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| location | Southampton, United Kingdom | |
| age | 29 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 11 months |
| seen | Feb 15 at 12:03 | |
| stats | profile views | 8 |
A Gerry living in England...
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Feb 1 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Feb 1 |
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What does “Kollegen” mean exactly? In youth language, it is used like "Alter" or mate/pal as well. "Ey Kollege" is commonly used to get someone's attention. This might be regional though. In addition, in slang the plural is often changed to "Kollegas". This is by no means proper German, just some additional perspective. |
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Feb 1 |
answered | Wie nennt man eine Kinderfrisur mit zwei nicht geflochtenen seitlichen “Pferdeschwänzchen”? |
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Dec 15 |
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Speaking German with accent: a status symbol or a sign of being a foreigner? Vocabulary and correct use of grammar is more a status indicator than a "phonetic" accent. That way you can often differentiate recent Russian/Baltic immigrants from Russlanddeutsche... |
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Dec 15 |
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Speaking German with accent: a status symbol or a sign of being a foreigner? Software, mathematics, rocket science or debt collection :) SCNR |
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Oct 3 |
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Does German language have “possessive apostrophe”? It is "permitted" for shops to put emphasis on the name. Still looks terrible, though. |
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Oct 3 |
answered | Welche Dialektwörter werden im Standarddeutschen am meisten vermisst? |
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Oct 3 |
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Do you always pronounce ST as SHT? And southern Germans might even say "beshten". It's part of the "Lautverschiebung", which is strongest in the south. |
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Oct 3 |
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Suitable translation of “you guys” or “you lot” I agree. I'd even say that the construction of "you lot/guys" is only a "workaround" to make up for the lost distinction of "thou/you". |
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Oct 3 |
answered | Is 'Hallo du Lieber' always romantic/flirtatious? |
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Sep 12 |
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Do Latin loanwords conserve their gender? Thanks for pointing out the status one. One of my pet peeves. In addition the neutrum nominative plural ending on "a" is often confused with the feminine nominative singular. |
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Sep 12 |
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How can a native English speaker know when it is appropriate to use the polite (Sie) or the familiar (Du)? I think the avoidance phrase would rather be: "Gibt's dieses T-Shirt auch in Groesse XL?"... |
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Sep 12 |
answered | Articles in real life |
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Sep 12 |
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Gibt es im Deutschen Reste von anderen grammatischen Fällen als den vier üblichen? Es gibt auch den versteinerten Genitiv, wie z.B. "der Erlkoenig hat mir ein Leids getan". |
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Aug 19 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Aug 18 |
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Was ist das Partizip Perfekt eines englischen Lehnwortes wie “booten”? Das habe ich mal hochgevotet. |
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Aug 18 |
answered | Is 30-60 minutes per day enough to get fluent in eight months? |
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Jun 2 |
awarded | Supporter |
