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Astrum
Astrum
07:43
@Takkat when talking about time, is there a way to say "the better part of.."?
as in "I've been living in London for the better part of a year"
it seems like it's hard to make work with the "ich lebe heir seit..."
Takkat
Takkat
@Astrum man würde z.B. sagen: die meiste Zeit - überwiegend
Astrum
Astrum
can you give an example?
Takkat
Takkat
Die überwiegende Zeit des Jahres lebte ich in Paris.
Die meiste Zeit im letzen Jahr verbrachte ich in Mailand
Astrum
Astrum
oh, one of those adjectival constructions..
thanks
Takkat
Takkat
aber better part of könnte auch mit gut die Hälfte übersetzt werden.
Gut die Häfte eines Jahres lebe ich auf Mallorca.
Meine bessere Hälfte ist immer dabei. <-- das ist etwas anderes. ;)
Astrum
Astrum
07:54
"my better half"?
interesting how that means the same thing in English
Takkat
Takkat
Beide Sprachen sind eng verwandt.
Astrum
Astrum
that's true, although it often doesn't feel so
Takkat
Takkat
the deeper you dig into it the more it becomes obvious.
Astrum
Astrum
English - the easier version of German
Takkat
Takkat
das ist ein schönes Schaubild: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/…
Astrum
Astrum
07:58
"Epic Greek"
Takkat
Takkat
Englisch und Deutsch sind so nahe beieinander. Viel näher als die romanischen Sprachen.
Astrum
Astrum
Austro-Bavarian is a different language?
I thought that was just a dialect
Takkat
Takkat
Bairisch ist eine Variante.
Man kann auch Dialekt sagen... Hubert meint aber dann wieder, es sei eine "Sprachvarietät" ;)
Österreichisch ist aber keine eigene Sprache, so gern das manche sähen.
Astrum
Astrum
of all German dialects in Germany, which is the hardest to understand for foreigners?
(in your opinion)
Takkat
Takkat
Once they speak 100% dialect all of them are.
Not even Germans get it.
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I once was in a Bavarian pub and could not understand a single word of what they said there.
Astrum
Astrum
08:05
I can't even imagine that happening in English...
Takkat
Takkat
English probably has not so many variations but there still are considerable differences... think of Southerner vs. Scotch vs. West Midlands vs. Cockney.
They are different.
Astrum
Astrum
scotch is hard
youtube.com/watch?v=Lktt_DlpsJA I can't understand anything from here....
they claim it's similar to English
Takkat
Takkat
@Astrum well, Gaelic is different.
Astrum
Astrum
sure, but people have told me (he was Irish so...) that it's pretty similar to English
maybe he was just screwing with me
Takkat
Takkat
he was... :)
Astrum
Astrum
08:15
never trust an Irishman...
Takkat
Takkat
just like if somebody told you Swiss German is like German.
Astrum
Astrum
too much beer
lol
Takkat
Takkat
after too much beer all languages become very similar.
Astrum
Astrum
I suppose that's true
do you know of any good audio sources for German? I'm bored of listening to DW stuff
Takkat
Takkat
@Astrum youtube FTW
Astrum
Astrum
08:18
but they talk too fast
DW has stuff for learners, so it's slow - even though I still need to rewind many times
Takkat
Takkat
well - I never needed a slow speaking German ressource. So I couldn't tell.
Astrum
Astrum
dw.de/eine-stadtgeschichte/a-17445018 - things of this level
good speed, vocab isn't too hard
Takkat
Takkat
V i e l . z u . l a n g s a m
Astrum
Astrum
-_-
don't rub it in
Astrum
Astrum
09:13
you don't have any sound right now, right?

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