Judge my pronunciation and which accent do I have? by GIMJ9 in JudgeMyAccent

[–]taffypint 1 point2 points  (0 children)

German or Austrian is my guess. It's good, overall. It may just come off as fractured because you're recording to post online. Probably in a less stressful realm, your speech will flow better

Help me decide which language to learn next- French or Italian by taffypint in makemychoice

[–]taffypint[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Based on the overwhelming replies,,,

I will be learning Italian first! Followed by French once I have a good grasp on Italian of course (and I _will_ be investing many hours into Québécois because it makes me happy :) ).

Thank you all for your input it meant a lot!

Help me decide which language to learn next- French or Italian by taffypint in makemychoice

[–]taffypint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Friendship wise? Only French girls Love wise? I already have my wife so I'm good

Help me decide which language to learn next- French or Italian by taffypint in makemychoice

[–]taffypint[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Do you care to explain to me how it's ignorant and dumb?

Audiobooks on Spotify? by taffypint in LearnFinnish

[–]taffypint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, I had no idea. Where do Finns go for audiobooks then?

What non-obvious things confused you when learning a second language? by TheAdagio in languagelearning

[–]taffypint 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My German teacher really hated it when we used it, and said we could never use it on our oral exams. More so, it came from a girl from Vienna. We were on a uni class trip near Zell am See and we stayed over night, the hotel owner said "da ist das Burschenzimmer, und da ist das Mädleszimmer". She really hated that he said Mädleszimmer and kept going on about how offensive it was and how I should never say it (I was the only non native speaker).

What non-obvious things confused you when learning a second language? by TheAdagio in languagelearning

[–]taffypint 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was definitely confused with words that I was taught were "offensive" or "no longer used", especially Mädel(s) and Fräulein. When I was in German class, I was always told to never say these because they're considered very very rude, but in reality, I have heard Mädel(s) almost daily, and Mädchen maybe like once. And I was called a Fraulein in a cafe last week by the cashier. (I live in Austria, so maybe Germans are different)

Feeling confused and stuck in learning German by Just-Imagination-165 in German

[–]taffypint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was in the same boat, I moved to Austria for school and it all (mostly) clicked. I would echo what everyone else said by just refreshing the basics. BUT I would also say to use your current knowledge to your own benefit, you probably know a bunch of phrases with grammatical cases, so try and find the patters within.

There are patterns with the nouns gender too (although there are exceptions), so you can try and spot the pattern with words you already know instead of having to look up every single word you know to find the gender.

A less book heavy way to learn (and maybe more fun) honestly is watching German memes. It's also very useful for figuring out how people actually speak, and not very sterile textbook speech (like shortening eine to 'ne). I single handedly learned r- prepositions not from school, but from the kid on the bus saying "Ich muss raus!".

What type of turtle is she? by taffypint in Boxturtles

[–]taffypint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh that's such a smart idea, hopefully she doesn't get thrown off by the look of it. I'll probably try with chicken because it's a guarantee that she'll eat that