Aaron Parecki

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Any German speakers want to tell me if my instinct on this is correct?

"Ganz kleine Nachtmusik" is the name of a piece of music by Mozart that was just discovered. (He later titled a piece "Eine kleine Nachtmusik")

The English press about this is translating it as "Very little night music" which seems wrong? I feel like either "Quite small night music" or "Completely small night music" would be more accurate.

When does "ganz" change from "quite" to "completely"? Is it ambiguous here?

Portland, Oregon, USA • 56°F

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Fri, Sep 20, 2024 10:29pm -07:00 #music #german #language
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Sat, Feb 19, 2022 8:52am -08:00 #german
Duolingo out here doing a bit of foreshadowing...

Portland, Oregon, USA • 50°F

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Sun, Feb 13, 2022 8:47pm -08:00 #duolingo #german
Sometimes Duolingo makes up sentences that don't make any sense, but I think even this is something they couldn't have come up with if it weren't for the pandemic

Portland, Oregon, USA • 43°F

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How to use 'je... desto... ' | German is easy! (yourdailygerman.com)

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German Dative Pronouns: Your Essential Guide | German with Laura (germanwithlaura.com)

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Barnaby Walters https://waterpigs.co.uk

I’ve gotten through entire (admittedly short) conversations in dutch just by speaking german in a dutchey way. It’s not just a weird version of german though, they have some (adorable) words of their own too!

Utrecht

Tue, May 14, 2019 2:04pm +03:00 (liked on Tue, May 14, 2019 2:20pm +02:00) #language #dutch #german #reply
it's always important to consider the opposite viewpoint

https://twitter.com/nelson/status/1128064202600357893

Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NLD

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Tue, May 14, 2019 12:28am +02:00 #language #dutch #german
hot take: Dutch is basically German with a funny accent

Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NLD

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Tue, May 14, 2019 12:25am +02:00 #german #language #dutch
Made it to Barcelona! I keep trying to say simple words in Spanish, but instead the words keep coming out in German.

I'm having flashbacks to grade school where we switched between German and Spanish lessons every month and I always took a couple days to adjust.

El Prat de Llobregat, Catalunya, ESP

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Why we should learn German | John le Carré | Education | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Thu, Jul 27, 2017 9:10pm -07:00 #language #german
Just learned a new German word when a woman walked up to my table at the crowded hotel cafe and asked "Darf ich das mal klauen?" while pointing to the table setting next to me. Context is everything.

Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DEU

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https://www.facebook.com/aaronpk/posts/10102470448313686?comment_id=10102470449740826

Danke! Ich kann euch verstehen wenn ihr langsam spricht, aber die meistens Zeit, spricht euch so schnell!

Nürnberg, Bayern, DEU

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It's 11:30pm and the only English I've spoken today was to the guy at the cell phone store and a call to the US! \o/ #travel

Nürnberg, Bayern, DEU

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Wed, Apr 13, 2016 11:33pm +02:00 #travel #german
"German™! Because even words that don't exist have 2 meanings." https://yourdailygerman.com/2013/10/23/german-prefix-ver-meaning/ This is the best site for learning German I swear.

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Successfully went to a restaurant, ordered, ate and paid and spoke entirely in German. The waitress didn't even attempt to try to speak English with me! How many Duolingo points do I get for that?

Nürnberg, Bayern, DEU

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Found a sign with #english #german and #spanish "Cocktails to go." Does this mean I can walk around Germany drinking a margarita?

Enchilada Nürnberg

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Man, #wordlens is pretty convincing! #spanish #russian #german #travel

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