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It’s a 19th century essay from Mark Twain about the difficulties learning German as an English speaker. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awful_German_Language
by philshem 6y ago
It’s a 19th century essay from Mark Twain about the difficulties learning German as an English speaker.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awful_German_Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awful_German_Language
The title translated into German is "Die Schrecken der deutschen Sprache" ("The Horrors of the German Language") which is more appropriate.
- wadkar 6y agoDeutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache
- ben_w 6y agoIt was surprising to see that phrase in Duolingo, but far more surprising to hear a native German speaker using it in the workplace.
- aitait 6y agoI don't think German is really difficult. Some things are strange for an English speaker: declension, therefore flexible word order and gender is more elusive compared to Spanish. There is a saying: "Hungarian... the only tongue in the world the devil respects."