![Bayerisch / Bairisch [‘b͜aɪrɪʃ] Part 1 -> Bavarian is a German dialect that is mostly spoken in Bavaria (South-East Germany) and parts of Austria and Switzerland. Bavaria is Germany’s biggest Federal State and has about 12 Million inhabitants.
Click on the picture to listen to Bavarian dialect. I doubt you will understand much, even if you’re an eager student of German. But that shouldn’t frustrate you - the joke “70 million Germans do not speak Bavarian” (translation of the text in the pic) is true ;) If you play this video to people living in e.g. Northern Germany it’ll be very likely they won’t understand a thing ;)](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0m5siwheT1qzz5rto1_400.jpg)
Bayerisch / Bairisch [‘b͜aɪrɪʃ] Part 1 -> Bavarian is a German dialect that is mostly spoken in Bavaria (South-East Germany) and parts of Austria and Switzerland. Bavaria is Germany’s biggest Federal State and has about 12 Million inhabitants.
Click on the picture to listen to Bavarian dialect. I doubt you will understand much, even if you’re an eager student of German. But that shouldn’t frustrate you - the joke “70 million Germans do not speak Bavarian” (translation of the text in the pic) is true ;) If you play this video to people living in e.g. Northern Germany it’ll be very likely they won’t understand a thing ;)
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This map gives you a brief overview of the different areas of German dialects. There are quite a few very distinctive ones that I would like to talk more about in following posts. Just a couple general facts:
German is a pluricentric language, meaning it’s a language with several valid standard versions both in written and spoken form (just like English). The 4 German standards are: German (north), German (south), Austrian German and Swiss German. Now, please don’t be worried - there’s a “pure” and standardized pronunciation that is used on television, radio etc. :)
Some dialects I would like to introduce you to are: Friesisch, Fränkisch, Bayrisch, Sächsisch, Schwäbisch and more. Stay tuned!
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10 expressions with “Ärger”
der Ärger [‘ʔɛrɡɐ] = anger; trouble
1.) sich über etwas ärgern = (to) be annoyed with sth
2.) seinem Ärger Luft machen = (to) vent one’s anger
3.) sich grün und blau ärgern = (to) be very mad
4.) jemanden ärgern = (to) pick on somebody
5.) Willst du Ärger? = Do you want trouble?
6.) Ärger machen = (to) make trouble
7.) Ärger bekommen = (to) get into trouble
8.) ärgerlich = annoying
9.) Der Ärger stand ihm/ihr ins Gesicht geschrieben. = His/Her anger was written in his/her face.
10.) unbedingt Ärger haben wollen = (to) ask for trouble
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12 ways to say “to have sex” in #German
[WARNING! This post contains content that may not be suitable for children] ;)
Words that are marked with an exclamation point are very rude/slang and shouldn’t be used in public!
1.) Sex haben
2.) miteinander schlafen
3.) Liebe machen
4.) Geschlechtsverkehr haben
5.) es miteinander treiben !
6.) vögeln !
7.) bumsen !
8.) poppen !
9.) pimpern !
10.) nageln !
11.) rammeln !
12.) ficken !
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![In regards to my previous post about the German letter “ß” I’d like to add something.
A few readers sent me messages saying that I was incorrect in stating there’s no capitalized form of the ß. These readers are referring to a new norm added to the international fonts which says that there is a capitalized ß.
However, some may have misunderstood what I was referring to in my post. As quoted by the German spelling dictionary, it’s “[…] eine wichtige Neuerung, besonders für Buch- und Zeitungsverlage, aber eine, die nicht Bestandteil der amtlichen Rechtschreibung ist.” (quote Duden) (“[…] an important innovation, especially for book and newspaper publishers, but one which isn’t part of the official orthography.”)
a) both the capitalized and the small ß look the same (it is standardized) - so it really doesn’t matter in the end. Compare: weiß; WEIß (white) The official rule is to substitute the ß with ss in those cases.
b) there’s never been a need to capitalize it (unless you want to write the entire word with capital letters), because it never occurs at the beginning of a German word.
—> While yes technically the capitalized “ß”exists, it is NOT part of the official German spelling and you don’t have to worry about it when typing the ß.
(pic via wikipedia)](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz6s75Msd71qzz5rto1_400.png)
In regards to my previous post about the German letter “ß” I’d like to add something.
A few readers sent me messages saying that I was incorrect in stating there’s no capitalized form of the ß. These readers are referring to a new norm added to the international fonts which says that there is a capitalized ß.
However, some may have misunderstood what I was referring to in my post. As quoted by the German spelling dictionary, it’s “[…] eine wichtige Neuerung, besonders für Buch- und Zeitungsverlage, aber eine, die nicht Bestandteil der amtlichen Rechtschreibung ist.” (quote Duden) (“[…] an important innovation, especially for book and newspaper publishers, but one which isn’t part of the official orthography.”)
a) both the capitalized and the small ß look the same (it is standardized) - so it really doesn’t matter in the end. Compare: weiß; WEIß (white) The official rule is to substitute the ß with ss in those cases.
b) there’s never been a need to capitalize it (unless you want to write the entire word with capital letters), because it never occurs at the beginning of a German word.
—> While yes technically the capitalized “ß”exists, it is NOT part of the official German spelling and you don’t have to worry about it when typing the ß.
(pic via wikipedia)
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peppermintwolfman asked: Do you speak any other languages?
Yes, I do! :) Besides German I speak English, French, basic Swedish, and a bit Spanish and Russian.
I went to a language school for 2 years and got a degree as a Foreign Language Correspondent. My two main languages were English and French. During high school I also learned Latin for 5 years, which helped me a lot in terms of understanding languages better in general.
Some years ago I had many Russian speaking friends and picked up some stuff. Also learned how to read and write in kyrillic.
Swedish (and Sweden in general) is kind of a passion of mine. I’ve been to Sweden 5 times and just love everything about it! The language is just awesome in my opinion. I used to be way better at understanding and speaking it, but I wanna take courses at university again to refresh and improve my skills. This past semester I took a Spanish course, which was fun but I couldn’t really concentrate on it too much because of all the other courses I had to take and study for.
There are many more languages that I’m interested in learning at least on a basic level, e.g. Arabic or Japanese.
As you can see - I just LOVE languages! ;) I admire people who speak several fluently and I wish I had grown up bilingually ;)
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Anonymous asked: can you tell me the english translation of "alles klar" please? thanks
“Alles klar” [‘ʔalɛs ‘kla:] (literal translation: everything clear) translates to:
a) Alright! Example: Lass uns gehen! - Alles klar!
b) Got it?/ Got it! Example: Du musst die Aufgabe auf diesem Weg lösen, alles klar? - Ah, ok - alles klar!
c) Everything ok? / Everything’s ok. Hey, du siehst blass aus - alles klar? - Ja, mach dir keine Sorgen. Alles klar.
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Who would like to come to the blackboard…
…and tell us which language you consider to be the sexiest?
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“glauben” und “denken” in German
The German verbs glauben [‘ɡl͜aubɘn] (reg.) = (to) think and denken [‘dɛnkɘn] (irreg.) = (to) think are probably not easy for beginners of German to differentiate. They’re interchangeable very often, however, here are some rules that may help you.
“glauben (an)” is used more in the sense of (to) believe
e.g. Ich glaube Paul hat eine Freundin = I think (believe) Paul has a girlfriend.
Er glaubt an Gott = He believes in God.
“denken” is more used to express your opinion.
e.g. Ich denke, dass das eine gute Idee ist = I think that’s a good idea.
It can also be used in the sense of (to) think about sth/sb -> über etw./jmd. nachdenken; (to) think of sth/sb -> an etw./jmd. denken
(thx to an anomynous reader for asking this question :))
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10 ways to say “stupid” in #German
1.) blöd
2.) dumm
3.) behämmert
4.) beknackt
5.) doof
6.) idiotisch
7.) dämlich
8.) hirnverbrannt
9.) dümmlich
10.) bescheuert
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