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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

You’re not my Mutter, so nein.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

More like "gay ins Bett!" Hab ich Recht, Jungs?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Learning German was worth it nur für diesen Witz

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Jedes Mal dass ich "geh" höre, denke ich an "gay." Finally it paid off!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sina toki ala toki e toki pona ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, that's where my name comes from. Sorry, I don't remember it well enough to respond to you properly. I really should get back into it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

is that the next gen console from Japan?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

That's hyspherical

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Wahlnacht in Kanada. Keine Chance früh ins Bett zu gehen.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ich nicht spreche deutsch :( aber ich lerne deutsch

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

According to Duolingo it goes as "Ich spreche kein Deutsch"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I think the nicht goes after the verb in German. Technically does in English as well as you say "I don't speak German" where "do" is the verb being negated

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Danke. Ich bin eigentlich früh aufgewacht, aber ich möchte wieder schlafen gehen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Frühaufsteher-Gruppe checkt ein.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dann können wir alle zusammen schlafen!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Diese Kommentar Section ist jetzt Property der Bundesrepublik Germany.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I only speak English and I understood that

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

you can't make me

sleep is for the weak and the dead

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

The dead don't sleep. They dead.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ich bin Kanadierin und du bist nicht meine Mama!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ich bin Kanadierin...

Aber wie lange noch?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Aber wie lange noch?

Immer. :)

Und im Krieg haben wir viel Training mit den Deutschen. :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

So sind wir hier.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But Canada is a country on the (north) american continent, isn't it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Local naming conventions preclude the use of "American" to mean Canadian. "North American" would be acceptable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But what if I want to refer to someone from anywhere.on the americas, north, middle or south?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At least here, it would be conventional to say North American, South American, or Central American.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And what about the entirety of people on the american continents?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You just said it. I'm merely desribing local naming conventions. call any Canadian "American" (in English) and you will get a puzzled reaction at best :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You just said it.

What exactly? I'm looking for an equivalent to europeans, africans, asians, europeans. Americans don't get the special treatment of not being referred to in their entirety.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'm looking for an equivalent to europeans, africans, asians, europeans

The equivalent would be North Americans or South Americans, as they are two seperate continents

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't know what to tell you and I don't know why you're getting angry at me - I'm not prescribing language, I'm describing it and yes, I'm aware this differs in other languages and other parts of the world. The continental model we use has North and South America as separate continents, therefore you might as well ask me what to call Africans and Europeans together.

Anyhow, I'm not going to reply anymore since you're being kinda annoying, sorry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I'm not getting angry, it's a mixture of being confused and poking fun at confusing language stuff.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Probablemente, no sé si alguien me puede confirmar

[–] [email protected] 99 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm glad it's not just me.

Me: "Did the memes just turn German, or am I really tired?"

Lemmy: "当你太美国化而无法识别中文时的感觉"

Me: "Okay, yep, it's bedtime."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah there's a large part of social media now where I no longer have any fucking idea what's going on. This is that part.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It'd be nice to have a translation plugin in my lemmy app

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

I'm kind of enjoying it. I translate things sometimes. Most of the time, I don't. I'm just really happy to have social media that isn't an authoritarian, walled garden, filtered for engagement, and segregated by culture. Lemmy may be small, but it's diversity is really strong. It does create situations in which I can't appreciate the content sometimes, but I'm happy that it's there for its intended audience in a way that I can see. It's nice to feel included in things that aren't specifically for me.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The feeling when you're too American to recognize Chinese

Oh my god this is brilliant. When I got to that line, my first thought was "Which language is that?" And then I read the very next line.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Thanks! I had a lot of fun with that one.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I myself am german. I'm referring to this meme from two days ago and thought it would be funny to remind americans to go to bed when I wake up for a few days.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

That makes sense. Thanks for linking the reference. It is very funny.