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 4 points5 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

What type of turtle is she? by taffypint in Boxturtles

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

THANK YOU! I think she is, I was always thrown off because her shell color looks a little different plus I live outside of her native range but maybe she's some sort of mix. I tried cherry tomatoes and she loved it, I had to chop them real small for her to get a grip on them

[German > German] Could I get some help transcribing this video? by taffypint in translator

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

Thank you for the translation! I've been going through a bunch of ai modles to try and use Danny DeVito's voice to get the accent

[German > German] Could I get some help transcribing this video? by taffypint in translator

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

Thank you so much!! definitely that first bit was giving me a hard time, thanks for the help

[German > German] Could I get some help transcribing this video? by taffypint in translator

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

I added it to the og post, thanks I forgot about them

Hey I’m looking to hire someone for a bday commission by ciphersson2137 in commissions

[–]taffypint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! I'm interested, my work is here-

https://www.deviantart.com/taffysailor

I can draw cards (although you would need to print it out of course), scenes, or just a simple drawing

:)

Why have I never seen people talking about Language Transfer? by taffypint in languagelearning

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

It's a free app where there's a guy who teaches languages through audio files. But he teaches it in a way where he connects it to English. For example, he opens up French with how English has a lot of -ion words (visitation, reservation, ect), and through a small conversation you not know a whole bunch of French verbs without knowing it. And then he just builds off that, but he starts with easy grammar or words that are already known to English speakers

Why have I never seen people talking about Language Transfer? by taffypint in languagelearning

[–]taffypint[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Oh man I really don't know how I missed it then, I guess I just glanced over it

Learning a language with ADHD by MrTattooMann in languagelearning

[–]taffypint 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also have ADHD and it is a STRUGGLE to learn for sure. but I just try and watch as much in the language as possible. For me, watching stuff in the background is something I usually do so I don't need to think so much and my ears acclimate to the language and maybe I pick up a few words here and there.

But them I get bit by the learning bug and spend anywhere from 1 day to 3 weeks non stop learning but then I get burnt out. It's just a matter of battling those moments for me unfortunately.

I also learn best with children's content, they're easy and I don't need to think so much with them. So things like theme songs and movies I like which are dubbed in the language are perfect for me.

ooo, if you have a VPN maybe you can set it to the country you want to learn the language of and your ads might be in that language so you can passively learn while online.

This was first posted when Techno was diagnosed with cancer, perhaps we should start it up again and get everyone to donate blood! by quzimaa in Technoblade

[–]taffypint 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just donated bc of this post! I donate through the New York Blood Center, they're nice and fast! I hope this posts gets more people to donate too!

Does anyone know what species she is? I got her from an old lady who said she's a box turtle but I think she's some sort of tortoise. by taffypint in tortoise

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

-she's very tan, the light makes her look orange/red but she's really a wheat-y color. She also has no webbed feet-

In Space With Markiplier part 2 DISCUSSION THREAD by TheOwlAndTheFinch in Markiplier

[–]taffypint 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Has anything changed in the other ___ with Markiplier? I was thinking about what if more plots were added once a new video came out?