Rofl German Is The Most Ridiculous Language Ever.
shellshock1911
Jul 9 2008, 09:41 PM
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So one of my favorite bands is all German and their lyrics are in German (Rammstein, I am sure you have heard of them).

Well I already speak pretty good Spanish and am fairly deep into Chinese (although you have to go INCREDIBLY deep to get anywhere with this language!). So I decided I might give German a try. I went to Barnes N' Nobles and picked up a German instructional book to read in the store.

The first chapter was just showing how phonetic German is and how there are many cognates and all between English. It seemed great at first. Then I turned to the next chapter and it is about verb conjugation and how you have to change the verb endings according to the subject, same thing as Spanish, not such a big deal. THEN I turn to the next chapter and it says "Declension" then I look down and see these things called cases and how you have to change the endings of articles, adjectives, and nouns based on how the subject is used in the sentence, AND then decline them even more based on gender. Ok if this wasn't enough to make me close the book and give up immediately, I looked at the next page and read that most German nouns have irregular plural forms, jesus, why can't they just add "S?" I turn to back of book and see that the section on irregular verbs is like 10x as long as the section on regular verbs.

So does anyone know...behind the INSANE amount of irregular stuff and ridiculous grammar rules, is German easy at all?

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- shellshock1911   Rofl German Is The Most Ridiculous Language Ever.   Jul 9 2008, 09:41 PM
- - ZakkWylde   Yep our grammar makes no sense at all and you can ...   Jul 9 2008, 09:43 PM
- - Caelumamittendum   I had german for three years, though I missed most...   Jul 9 2008, 09:47 PM
- - IDontWantMyUsername   German is obligatory at school here in Norway, I d...   Jul 9 2008, 09:51 PM
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|- - kjutte   QUOTE (IDontWantMyUsername @ Jul 9 2008, 10...   Jul 14 2008, 03:57 PM
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- - Tolek   I was born in Germany and have it at school. The g...   Jul 9 2008, 09:52 PM
- - chmilew   I took german for 5 years at school but I can...   Jul 9 2008, 09:52 PM
- - shellshock1911   Articles English- 2 Spanish- 8 Chinese- 0 German-...   Jul 9 2008, 09:54 PM
- - Caelumamittendum   "Ich habe eine räuber gegessen" is all ...   Jul 9 2008, 09:55 PM
- - TreyDeschamp   I think German is very hard I've tried and giv...   Jul 9 2008, 09:58 PM
- - jacmoe   I think the only way to learn German is to actuall...   Jul 9 2008, 10:04 PM
|- - shellshock1911   QUOTE (jacmoe @ Jul 9 2008, 10:04 PM) I t...   Jul 9 2008, 10:12 PM
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- - Nazgul   QUOTE (jacmoe @ Jul 9 2008, 11:04 PM) I t...   Jul 9 2008, 10:08 PM
- - Juan M. Valero   English is one of the easiest languages in the Glo...   Jul 9 2008, 10:12 PM
|- - shellshock1911   QUOTE (Juan M. Valero @ Jul 9 2008, 10:12...   Jul 9 2008, 10:18 PM
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- - Siggum   Sag mall spinst du? Deutsch is eine sehr gute spra...   Jul 9 2008, 10:18 PM
- - stickyfingers   ich finde es garnicht so schwer ;D just forget ab...   Jul 9 2008, 10:19 PM
- - tonymiro   One of my roles is academic proofreading and so I...   Jul 9 2008, 11:42 PM
- - Trond Vold   QUOTE (IDontWantMyUsername @ Jul 9 2008, 10...   Jul 9 2008, 11:51 PM
- - Caelumamittendum   In Denmark there's an option for either French...   Jul 9 2008, 11:59 PM
- - FrankW   I took German for four years. I enjoyed it, though...   Jul 10 2008, 12:33 AM
|- - shellshock1911   QUOTE (FrankW @ Jul 10 2008, 12:33 AM) I ...   Jul 10 2008, 01:20 AM
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- - Disturbed21   took german last year in high school. found it eas...   Jul 10 2008, 01:25 AM
- - The Uncreator   I actually didnt think it was that bad, Im sure sp...   Jul 10 2008, 01:28 AM
|- - shellshock1911   QUOTE (The Uncreator @ Jul 10 2008, 01:28...   Jul 10 2008, 01:32 AM
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- - The Uncreator   I just forget spelling and stuff, Not that hard to...   Jul 10 2008, 01:48 AM
|- - shellshock1911   QUOTE (The Uncreator @ Jul 10 2008, 01:48...   Jul 10 2008, 01:57 AM
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- - The Uncreator   Yeah it kinda is, And its not only masculine and f...   Jul 10 2008, 03:05 AM
- - JVM   So as someone who took 3 years of spanish and has ...   Jul 10 2008, 03:25 AM
|- - shellshock1911   QUOTE (JVM @ Jul 10 2008, 03:25 AM) So as...   Jul 10 2008, 03:35 AM
|- - JVM   QUOTE (shellshock1911 @ Jul 9 2008, 10:35...   Jul 10 2008, 03:46 AM
|- - shellshock1911   QUOTE (JVM @ Jul 10 2008, 03:46 AM) Wonde...   Jul 10 2008, 03:53 AM
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- - stickyfingers   i guess french is quite regular and logical - not ...   Jul 10 2008, 06:29 AM
|- - swingline   QUOTE (stickyfingers @ Jul 9 2008, 10:29 ...   Jul 10 2008, 06:47 AM
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- - erik   QUOTE (IDontWantMyUsername @ Jul 9 2008, 10...   Jul 10 2008, 12:41 PM
- - Nighthawk   You should really invest your time in something mo...   Jul 10 2008, 12:59 PM
- - Gerardo Siere   MMm I tried German for to weeks at a lyrycal singe...   Jul 10 2008, 01:32 PM
- - Ivan Milenkovic   Here we had to learn German from3 grade of element...   Jul 10 2008, 02:19 PM
|- - Nighthawk   QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Jul 10 2008, 03...   Jul 10 2008, 10:48 PM
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- - JuanMV   As with anything in life, some people have certain...   Jul 10 2008, 07:09 PM
|- - shellshock1911   QUOTE (JuanMV @ Jul 10 2008, 07:09 PM) As...   Jul 10 2008, 08:54 PM
|- - JuanMV   QUOTE (shellshock1911 @ Jul 10 2008, 04:5...   Jul 10 2008, 11:41 PM
|- - shellshock1911   QUOTE (JuanMV @ Jul 10 2008, 11:41 PM) Sh...   Jul 11 2008, 01:18 AM
|- - JuanMV   QUOTE (shellshock1911 @ Jul 10 2008, 09:1...   Jul 11 2008, 01:58 AM
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- - Bogdan Radovic   I tried to learn it once , didn't go well (I s...   Jul 10 2008, 09:27 PM
- - VinceG   Haha English for me was very easy to learn. Its ve...   Jul 10 2008, 10:16 PM
- - swingline   Everybody here in America who are native speakers ...   Jul 10 2008, 10:21 PM
- - Marcus Siepen   Yes, German is easy... if you are German   Jul 10 2008, 10:31 PM
- - erik   Norwegian and German both inherit from an old lang...   Jul 10 2008, 10:45 PM
- - tonymiro   QUOTE (JuanMV @ Jul 11 2008, 12:58 AM) En...   Jul 11 2008, 02:04 AM
- - Juan M. Valero   RE: Rofl German Is The Most Ridiculous Language Ever.   Jul 11 2008, 07:22 AM
- - erik   QUOTE (Canis @ Jul 11 2008, 12:20 AM) Not...   Jul 11 2008, 10:23 AM
|- - Canis   QUOTE (erik @ Jul 11 2008, 11:23 AM) Jeg ...   Jul 11 2008, 03:33 PM
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- - chmilew   French is easier, I guess..   Jul 11 2008, 07:10 PM
|- - Canis   QUOTE (chmilew @ Jul 11 2008, 08:10 PM) F...   Jul 11 2008, 10:38 PM
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- - Nazgul   QUOTE (Canis @ Jul 11 2008, 11:38 PM) Isn...   Jul 11 2008, 10:45 PM
- - Jeff   I took German in high school. That was many years...   Jul 14 2008, 04:13 PM
- - Disturbed21   QUOTE (Jeff @ Jul 14 2008, 11:13 AM) I to...   Jul 14 2008, 09:45 PM
- - tonymiro   QUOTE (Jeff @ Jul 14 2008, 03:13 PM) ... ...   Jul 14 2008, 10:32 PM
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- - Disturbed21   QUOTE (blindwillie @ Jul 14 2008, 07:46 P...   Jul 15 2008, 12:53 AM
- - Skalde   Deutsche Sprache - Schwere Sprache   Jul 15 2008, 10:51 PM
- - Rooks   All I know in German is automobile related. I work...   Jul 19 2008, 11:07 AM
- - Oxac   You should definitly start out by learning Swedish...   Jul 19 2008, 11:58 AM
|- - shellshock1911   QUOTE All I know in German is automobile related. ...   Jul 19 2008, 02:59 PM
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- - Fidelman   Here in norway we get to learn, Spanish, italian, ...   Jul 20 2008, 12:07 AM
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