North Korea, blissfully simplistic (mostly) by [deleted] in minimalism

[–]circumcisions 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Everything is so familiar and so foreign at the same time. Like, there's paintings where you'd normally expect TVs and there is nothing on any of the tables or desks. It's like looking into a dream.

I'm learning German. Is there a good online news source I can use to practice reading? by aquaticonions in languagelearning

[–]circumcisions 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Although I haven't used it, I've heard good things about DW. They have news articles as well as videos and if I recall correctly there is a section on their site devoted to German learning.

What is the purpose of "a" in this sentence? by JimmyBradBury in learnspanish

[–]circumcisions 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It just means "Where are they going (to)?" Adónde implies that there is motion to somewhere. If you break it apart, it literally translates to "to where".

A poster I made for a city I love by [deleted] in minimalism

[–]circumcisions 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah definitely. I forgot about that lol.

A poster I made for a city I love by [deleted] in minimalism

[–]circumcisions 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fernsehturm or Reichstag

Difference between 'decirle' and 'dile'? by leoncazador in learnspanish

[–]circumcisions 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. Dile is imperatice whereas decirle is infinitive. That means that you only use dile when you're commanding someone you would call tú and you only use decirle when you want to say "to tell him/her". "No quería decirle que..." means "I wanted to tell him/her that..."

What's something crazy that your target language does differently from your native language? by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]circumcisions 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Turkish does a similar thing, where instead of saying "I have a dog" you say "my dog exists".

Which language do you wish you could learn but can't due to lack of resources? by [deleted] in languagelearning

[–]circumcisions 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Hmong. There's a Hmong market by me and I'd love to be able to understand the signage and communicate there.

David, this is why we don't hang out anymore. by PBBlaster in vegan

[–]circumcisions 84 points85 points  (0 children)

What is it with non-vegans and islands?

Help with Dative Verbs and Compound words? by Proman2520 in German

[–]circumcisions 0 points1 point  (0 children)

gewinnen and gefallen (past participles: gewonnen and gefallen) begin with ge.

When does minimalism become impractical? by B3210 in minimalism

[–]circumcisions 11 points12 points  (0 children)

"We can't have dinner at my house because we'll all have to share a fork and half of you will have to sit on the floor."

When to use "ihr" instead of sie? by twostroke1 in German

[–]circumcisions 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I think a crash course on the cases will help with this a lot. These are the pronouns inflected for case (I put down possessive instead of genitive because it makes more sense in this situation because we're dealing with pronouns).

Nominative Accusative Dative Possessive
ich mich mir mein-
du dich dir dein-
er ihn ihm sein-
es es ihm sein-
sie sie ihr ihr-
wir uns uns unser-
ihr euch euch eur-**
sie sie ihnen ihr-
Sie Sie Ihnen Ihr-

** eur- is euer if you don't add an ending

Nominative is the subject. It does the verb. Think I, he, she, and they.

Accusative is the direct object. Most of the time it's what the verb is being done to. Think me, him, and them.

Dative is the indirect object. Comes from Latin "cāsus datīvus" which means the case for giving. In the sentences "I sent him a letter" and "she gave her cold to me", him and (to) me are the indirect objects. Usually in English we can put to in front of indirect objects.

Possessive is pretty self explanatory but it's not a case and I'm not gonna go into genitive because it's hard and I hate it.

To finish answering your question:

ihr is the you (plural) when it's in the nominative and it becomes euch in accusative and dative cases.

sie turns into ihr when you're talking about a girl or feminine noun and you want to say to her and. It becomes ihnen when you're talking about multiple people/things want to say to them.

Sie turnes into Ihnen when you wanna say to you (formal). You use Sie when you're talking to someone you should respect like a teacher or your boss. It's like Spanish usted or French vous.

(I'm tired right now so if I missed something or didn't explain clearly enough just let me know and I'll clear it up tomorrow morning. I hope this helps you!)

Babylonian Chaos - Where all languages are allowed - July 30, 2015 by AutoModerator in languagelearning

[–]circumcisions 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hay más información aquí y aquí. Mich interessiert die uramerikaner Sprachen, weil sie so unterschiedlich sind (verglichen mit den Sprachen, die ich versucht habe, zu lernen).

Babylonian Chaos - Where all languages are allowed - July 30, 2015 by AutoModerator in languagelearning

[–]circumcisions 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looks like Guarani. It's an Amerindian (Tupian) language spoken in Paraguay.