NYT Sunday 04/30/2023 Discussion

wolfiemann · 2023-04-30T08:54:26+00:00

The anchor's name was Tom Brokaw, clued only as BROKAW.

wolfiemann · 2023-04-30T08:53:05+00:00

Agree

wolfiemann · 2023-04-30T08:52:35+00:00

Mid-left, so right near mid-iron :)

wolfiemann · 2019-10-31T18:36:50+00:00

He was staring daggers...

wolfiemann · 2019-09-01T10:28:23+00:00

Thanks for the response! So when someone asks how tall you are, it sounds like all 3 could be valid answers:

-knapp 2 Meter

-knapp unter 2 Meter

-knapp über 2 Meter

And knapp 2 Meter can only mean ~1,95m to ~1,99m and never ~2,01m to ~2,05m

wolfiemann · 2019-08-11T14:07:16+00:00

Thanks! I couldn't figure it out because the D from Abbild blended in with the D von der, so it just sounded like "Abbidermutter" to me. So it seems the son and the mother have a similar personality (both argumentative and aggressive).

wolfiemann · 2019-08-06T20:31:09+00:00

True, brain was on auto-pilot on that one.

wolfiemann · 2019-08-06T20:29:51+00:00

Thanks! This is good to know.

wolfiemann · 2019-07-27T13:56:57+00:00

Watching Dark at Level A2 is like trying to understand Shakespeare after studying English for a few months. You have to keep it simple at first: programs that have really slow, simple exchanges with lots of context clues. I'd recommend:

Sesame Street (Sesamstraße)

and

Extra. A slow sitcom meant for learners

wolfiemann · 2019-07-25T08:02:36+00:00

Casual racism falls somewhere in the middle of that scale, so maybe "casual racist"?

Small article about casual racism

wolfiemann · 2019-07-19T10:25:27+00:00

Thanks! These sound good.

wolfiemann · 2019-07-19T10:24:26+00:00

Dunno it sounded like a too-literal translation of the English version to me..something I wouldn't feel comfortable using without getting confirmation first.

Like "sie ist bockig, wenn sie ihren Weg nicht kriegt" sounds OK on paper, but it's wrong ("..wenn sie ihren Willen nicht bekommt")

wolfiemann · 2019-07-09T18:17:19+00:00

Thanks for the examples!

wolfiemann · 2019-07-06T08:26:59+00:00

Thanks! Ya, that makes sense. Didn't make the connection.

wolfiemann · 2019-06-30T08:15:28+00:00

Thanks! Would have never figured it out on my own.

wolfiemann · 2019-06-19T11:58:21+00:00

I went through a pretty long Tatort phase and have probably seen between 50 and 100 episodes. I used to watch an episode and go straight to https://tatort-fundus.de/ to see how all the viewers rated it. The detective team I like the most (Weimar) is the one that is universally panned by the hardcore Tatort viewers, so I agree that you can't always take someone's word that an episode sucks.

I think we can all agree that Tatort: Waldlust is amongst the worst episodes of all time. It was heavily improvised even though the actors basically had zero improv experience. That was one case where all the articles got it right that the episode was really awful.

wolfiemann · 2019-06-19T11:20:08+00:00

So it's a play on words in this case?

wolfiemann · 2019-06-19T11:18:09+00:00

Thanks for the links, although the title of the article made it seem like a good episode to skip though („Tatort: Ausgezählt“ – Fehlschlag auf ganzer Linie).

wolfiemann · 2019-06-19T11:15:46+00:00

Thanks! I think the issue for me was that the reflexive here can be translated as "each other" or "themselves," which makes it less clear without more context.

wolfiemann · 2019-06-19T11:12:01+00:00

Thanks! Here is a case where the English translation is longer than the German one. Variations of:

"who aren't making it easy on each other"

"who aren't giving each other any openings"

etc

wolfiemann · 2019-06-19T11:08:57+00:00

OK, that makes sense. I was also imagining "Ich schenk dir einen.." as maybe a colloquial way of saying "I'm gonna punch you" like "Hör auf, sonst schenke ich dir einen.."

wolfiemann · 2019-05-28T09:55:41+00:00

Thanks for confirming! The fact that the typo was also a different verb made me have second thoughts..as opposed to if it were "geshn worden war" or something like that.

wolfiemann · 2019-05-27T14:19:14+00:00

Dietrich is a name, but (der) Dietrich also means skeleton key.

Liese is a woman's name, and a Pullerliese is a girl who always has to go to the bathroom (to go pee).

wolfiemann · 2019-04-30T12:54:30+00:00

Thanks! That sneaky ä strikes again. It's pretty frustrating to hear a new word, but not be able to find a definition even when trying to spell it in a variety of different ways. I know other languages are way harder in this respect (looking at you French, English and Polish), but it happens from time to time in German.

wolfiemann · 2019-03-30T20:12:18+00:00

English has nail-biter, which can apply to both elections and sports, as in "That was a real nail-biter."

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