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0 pointsnxor4mo ago0 comments

What do I mean? Where to start. Interact with some people from the region and you will find out. As most learners of German know, the hard part of German isn't der die das, it's the exclusive culture. I have C1 in German and have been told "You sound unnatural like a Turk" (I am not a Turk) and "Children sound more natural than you" (of course - they are native speakers). You can get every case, every article, and every syllable correct and they will still find a way to laugh at you. Ask for help in Germany and you will be ignored. Or better yet, "I don't want to help you." Then they wonder why people fail to learn their language. Frankly I wish I could unlearn the language.

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17186274404mo ago

> You can get every case, every article, and every syllable correct

For articles, natives say sentences with wrong articles in them too. Seldomly because they don't know it (still happens), but because they change what they want to say mid-sentence. Cases are always a fight between the pendants and people who don't care.

Plain incorrect grammar will of course be noticeable, but grammar isn't everything.

nxorOP4mo ago

That's not what I meant, and I too switch words mid-sentence.

And even if my word choice, register, or what have you is wrong, I don't understand the attitude. Because when they make mistakes in English I don't even comment.

17186274404mo ago

I think this really depends on the people you surround yourself with. I'm a native German and I get "complaints" that I do not correct enough, because I just try to have a conversation instead of being a language tutor.

kleiba4mo ago

That's a sample size of 1.

When we moved to a German speaking country from the US some years ago, we didn't have that same experience at all.

HK-NC4mo ago

I've never had an experience like this, but my only practice in-country has been in Österreich, and majority in Wien.

chopin4mo ago

Where was that? Berlin by any chance? That's not representative for Germany.

flobosg4mo ago

I’ve had similar experiences in other, smaller cities. Luckily they are the exception rather than the rule.

nxorOP4mo ago

Ah yeah, north Germans. I do agree south Germans act differently.

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17186274404mo ago

> You can get every case, every article, and every syllable correct

Plain incorrect grammar will of course be noticeable, but grammar isn't everything.

nxorOP4mo ago

That's not what I meant, and I too switch words mid-sentence.

And even if my word choice, register, or what have you is wrong, I don't understand the attitude. Because when they make mistakes in English I don't even comment.

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kleiba4mo ago

That's a sample size of 1.

When we moved to a German speaking country from the US some years ago, we didn't have that same experience at all.

HK-NC4mo ago

I've never had an experience like this, but my only practice in-country has been in Österreich, and majority in Wien.

chopin4mo ago

Where was that? Berlin by any chance? That's not representative for Germany.

flobosg4mo ago

I’ve had similar experiences in other, smaller cities. Luckily they are the exception rather than the rule.

nxorOP4mo ago

Ah yeah, north Germans. I do agree south Germans act differently.

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