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| Camundonguinho Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 4750 days ago 273 posts - 500 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish Studies: Swedish | Message 49 of 53 26 January 2012 at 1:36am | IP Logged | ||
I think Berliners say Isch, but never Ich liebe disch, because they say: Ich liebe dir. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Rameau Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6108 days ago 149 posts - 258 votes 4 sounds Speaks: English*, GermanC1, Danish Studies: Swedish, French, Icelandic | Message 50 of 53 26 January 2012 at 3:13am | IP Logged | ||
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In Berlin, one will hear a delightful combination of "ich", "ick", and "isch". Berlinerisch has something of a curious mix of northern and central German influences; while there is something of a tendency to merge ch and sch as in central Germany, the decidedly Low-German-sounding "ick" forms a proud counterpoint. What's more, ch->sch and ich->ick seem to be largely independent variables, so one will readily here people say "isch" and "disch", "ick" and "disch", "ick" and "dich", and of course the standard "ich" and "dich". But I suppose we shouldn't be surprised to find a great deal of variation in a city that both lies near a traditional dialectical boundary and has also long had a large influx of new inhabitants from all across Germany, as well as from other countries.
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| BaronBill Triglot Senior Member United States HowToLanguages.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4690 days ago 335 posts - 594 votes Speaks: English*, French, German Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Persian | Message 51 of 53 21 March 2012 at 5:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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BlackCherries, are you still learning German? If so, how is it going? I started studying German in January 2012 and I think the "difficulty" of the language is vastly overstated. I have actually found it to make a lot of sense and vocabulary building has been much easier than I would have thought.
I can watch and (mostly) understand German Language movies and podcasts. I have even met some other German language speakers (of varying levels) and the key is to use it as much as you can. Talk to yourself, get a pen pal, find a Skype buddy online. Just use it. I am 36 years old and this is my first real attempt at learning a language on my own. I'm a C2 level in French but only because I took 12 years of French as I was raised in Southern Louisiana with lot's of opportunities to use it on a daily basis. My goal is conversational fluency (B2-C1) within one year and I feel like I am well on my way. I would be very interested to here how you are coming along with German. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| moony Bilingual Tetraglot Newbie Germany Joined 4628 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: Kannada, Marathi*, Hindi*, English Studies: German | Message 52 of 53 25 March 2012 at 4:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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I like the language ! I am currently doing A2 level in German ...and personally feel its
loads of fun. It can be mind wrenching sometimes..but then thats whats interesting right! and I need German here in Germany since without it i feel lost here. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| LebensForm Senior Member Austria Joined 5051 days ago 212 posts - 264 votes Studies: German | Message 53 of 53 26 March 2012 at 4:14am | IP Logged | ||
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I hope your German is coming along. I am 23 and have only been learning German for a couple years now. I am in an intermediate German course now, but I am going to Germany this fall to study and do intensive language at Goethe Institute, two months of it xD then off to Vienna :) Anyway, I hope learning German will be worth it to you because I think if you want to learn the language it really shouldn't matter what any blog says. I wanetd to learn German for a long time, since I was born there and lived in the states since I was two, I never got to learn German fluently, as English is my first language. But many people think I should have reconsidered learning it because it's hard and useless etc, but honestly every language is hard in their own way, but mainly because we are learning it, it is not our natrual, primary language!
I really hope the best for you and and your German studies xD 1 person has voted this message useful |
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