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chilldsgn ◴[16 May 25 06:07 UTC] No.44002271[source]▶

I absolutely love German, it is one of my favourite languages, there's such beauty in it. I am not a native speaker, but enjoy studying it. I am a native Afrikaans speaker and I see so many similarities between the two, which I find intriguing.

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submeta ◴[16 May 25 06:58 UTC] No.44002508[source]▶

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I am a native speaker. And I find German to be a very ugly language. Pronounciation wise. Compared to French or English. It sounds like someone is constantly having a quarrel with you.

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1. odiroot ◴[16 May 25 14:24 UTC] No.44005910[source]▶

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There's this fun video from Easy German, where native speakers (Austrians in this case) express their feeling of uneasiness when flirting in German. As in, the German language not being the sexiest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEx0edmLdLo

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