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Stumbled upon these and wanted to make one as well. Tweaked the base a bit for symmetry.
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None , Random Words , Rammstein , Beginner , Expert , Native Speaker
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What level exactly IS intermediate? GCSE and A-level level or...?
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I wasn't aiming for education-based language levels when making these stamps, because there are still differences between the educational systems of different countries. Of course you can base this on your education in the language, but this tricky because 1. I, living in Germany, have different official language levels than you in the UK and 2. what about those that learn the language via self-education and won't get a degree?
When I made this stamp, I myself defined 'intermediate' roughly the same as the following site: www.yourlanguageguide.com/inte…
Keep in mind though, it always depends on the person itself.
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Oh right. Don't worry, that's okay!
You clearly thought about this really well before submitting. And that's just great!
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Oh, und Danke! Es ist toll, Ja?
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No problem, I'm glad you like it. ;>
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Everyone says that German is so hard, but actually English is one of the hardest languages people have to learn ever. I already speak English so German is a 2nd language for me. ^^ And it's easier for me than Spanish is. ^^
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Sorry, but I disagree with that.
And no, English is not my first language. It is actually my third.
If you think English is hard, try learning Slovenian or Croatian. xD
They both have lots of things English does not, or that appear rarely in English.
For example, declinations and conjugations. There exist like 15 or something ways to say every verb, (only 2 of which do not reveal the gender of who they apply to, and each of these way can only be used in specific circumstances), and about 4 times 18 for nouns. This is the case with every single verb and noun that exists.
Also the same word can mean different things depending on which letter is emphasized, such as "góri na gôri gorí" which in Slovenian means "up on the mountain it's burning".
Example of declinations (i'll go with Slovenian because I know it better than Croatian)
let's take a noun.. *thinks of a random noun*
Ščuka. It's a species of fish.. Google it, I don't know how it's called in English.
Singular (slovenian ednina)
N (nominativ; slovenian imenovalnik) - ščuka (who or what is this)
G (genitiv; slovenian rodilnik ščuke (who or what do I see)
D (dativ; slovenian dajalnik) ščuki (who or what did I give this to)
Ac (accusativ; slovenian tožilnik) ščuko (who or what did they kill)
L (locativ; slovenian mestnik) pri ščuki (with who or with what; as in where)
I (instrumental; slovenian orodnik) s ščuko (with who or with what; as in with who)
Dvojina (this does not exist in English nor German; it's used when you're talking about no more and no less than two things)
N ščuki
G ščuk
D ščukama
Ac ščuki
L pri ščukama
I s ščukami
Plural (slovenian množina)
N ščuke
G ščuk
D ščukam
Ac ščuke
L pri ščukah
I s ščukami
And example of conjugations.. *thinks of a random verb* let's say, 'misliti' (to think)
Nedoločnik/namenilnik (I don't know how they are called in English) - misliti/mislit (those are the only two forms where you don't reveal the gender of who they refer to, simply because they aren't referring to anyone)
And the rest are:
wait, there are actually more forms where you don't reveal the gender, but only if you talk in first OR second person, present tense.
PRESENT TENSE
Singular:
First person: (jaz) mislim (finished action) and (jaz) razmišljam (unfinished action; you could compare the 'fnished' form with simple and unfinished with continuous in English, although it's not exactly the same, I think)
Second person: (ti) misliš (finished) and (ti) razmišljaš (unfinished)
Third person: (on/ona/ono) misli (finished) and (on/ona/ono) razmišlja (unfinished)
'on' means 'he', 'ona' means 'she', and 'ono' means 'it'
Dvojina:
First person: (midva for two boys or boy+girl, medve for two girls) misliva/razmišljava
Second person: (vidva for two boys or boy+girl, vedve for two girls) mislita/razmišljata
Third person: (oni for a group of boys or mixed gender group; one for a girl-only group; ona for gender neutral only group) mislijo/razmišljajo
Plural:
1st person: mislimo/razmišljamo
2nd person: mislite/razmišljate
3rd person: mislijo/razmišljajo
PAST TENSE
Singular:
First person: (jaz) sem mislil/(jaz) sem razmišljal if you are a boy; add the -a suffix if you are a girl, and -o suffix if you're writing a story where a gender neutral thing is talking (also every noun has a grammatical gender, regardless of whether you are talking about a human, animal, or thing)
Second person: (ti) si mislil/(ti) si razmišljal (again, for female and gender neutral form add the corresponding suffix)
Third person: (oni) so mislili/(oni) so razmišljali if you are talking about a group of boys, or a mixed gender group; replace all the -i suffixes with -e if talking about a group of girls, ond with -a if you are talking about gender neutral things)
Dvojina:
First person: (midva) sva mislila/razmišljala for both male and gender neutral form; (medve) sva mislili/razmišljali if both you and the other person are female
Second person: (vidva) sta mislila/razmišljala for both male and gender neutral form; (vedve) sta mislili/razmišljali if you're talking to two girls
Third person: (oni) so mislili/razmišljali (replace the -i suffix with -e if talking about girls)
Plural:
1st person: (mi) smo mislili/razmišljali
Oh you know, this is getting too complicated even for me.. After posting this I will remember some important things I missed out, I'm sure.. But I suppose you should get what I mean by now?
Also, neither Slovenian nor Croatian alphabet have the letters q, w, y and x in them, but they have some letters not found in English; they both have š, č, and ž, and Croatian also has ć and đ; in Croatian, 'nj' counts as one letter, and so does 'lj'.
Honestly though.. I speak Slovenian, Croatian, and Serbian fluently; I'm learning German and Latin at school; I recently started learning Russian on my own; I know a liiittle bit of French, Italian and Hungarian; and English was the easiest to learn of them all. (okay Slovenian and Croatian were easier only because they're my mother and father languages; and Serbian is very very very similar to Croatian, and Russian is the same language group as all of the formerly mentioned, so it's also quite easy (I understood at least 60% of it before I even started learning)
At English, there was the least to learn, and I know it just about as well as my first language (Slovenian) even though the only words I knew of it when I was 8 were 'yes' and 'no' and I absolutely refused to even try to learn anything more (especially pronouncing) until I started my first Pokémon game, which was English.
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Actually Icelandic is hard. But I said English is ONE of the hard ones. Mostly for it's spelling. I never said it was the hardest.
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Well I don't know, English was always one of the easiest languages for me.. (actually, objectively speaking, I don't really believe there even exists a language that's easier; although I'm sure all of my classmates would argue on that). I think Slavic languages are generally a group of the hardest languages (unless you are a native speaker of at least one of them), due to the letter combinations (let's see if you can say any of those properly: 'Ščavnica', 'Goljevšček', 'W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie', 'Đurđičić' 'miljounof' 'jezero' ... I'm pretty sure you can't though; people whose first language is English generally have lots of trouble using any language other than English without an accent so strong that a native speaker wouldn't understand them at all.)
The hardest of all, I think, would be African languages, and Asian ones. But especially African. I heard they have lots of sounds you make using only your lips, and each means a different thing.
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Yeah, I can see Asian languages being pretty difficult. In general anyone who doesn't really have that I guess special ability for learning languages, would find learning another language rather difficult haha! ^^
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Oh really? My mother tongue is German, but I imagine learning it to be harder than when I started learning English
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HAhaha! Ja? Mein Urgroßmutter (Müller) kam auf west Deutschland. Jetzt ich lerne die Sprache meines Erbes.
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Aww that's great! Maybe it's in your blood?
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c: I'm glad you're using it, and you're most welcome!
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It means you're not a beginner anymore, but neither an expert yet.
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Danke! >u< This is a great stamp, I've been searching for one like it for a while now. ;u;
I know most Deutsch words, but my main problem is Grammar, so this is pretty good for me. ;u;
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Gerne geschehen! ;)
Yeah, German grammar isn't easy xD
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isn't easy? isn't easy?
Its a hell :')
I mean I was okay when I chose german at school (I had like quite high scores on my tests, both communication and reading) but whenever I go to germany (I live near the border in the NL) I still speak english because I am ashamed of my grammar :') That germans are like "HAAAAAAHHHH WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?!?!?! :'D"
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Aww as far as I remember Netherlandish and German isn't that different.
I've been to Holland almost every year, and often I understand stuff without having learned the language at all.
Have confidence, nobody is perfect
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No thats true. Its really easy to learn the words. And if you germanify a dutch word its quite likely that german people understand. But the finetuning is so hard.
So only the grammar when speaking. When you write something down you have some time to think about it and it's okay. But speaking german is just hard because you have to improvise
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hmmm then there's only one thing to do:
Practise writing it until you don't even think about grammar
Because...
Es ist noch kein Meister vom Himmel gefallen.
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OMG! THANKS FOR THAT PLZ! I never knew it existed :')
I love you man, that one is perfect!
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:'D I think there's another one, but it's not as good, because it's pixelated 
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yap. I think the other is much better. its foamalicious
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Hahaha I know. I should practice my german more often. Quite sad to see how I actually was quite alright (like 80% scores and there was indeed a time where I was like, nooo just do this and itll be alright) but because im just too... unsure and trying not to make mistakes right now that i just dont use it at all. But i listen to German music alot. like rammstein. :d
I dont know if you like them, but I do <3
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German music is a good way to practise the language as well ;>
I have to say, despite me being German, I don't really like German music.
German sounds boring and in my opinion it's not the right language to sing.
But I listen to some German bands though, like 'Die Toten Hosen' or 'Subway to Sally'.
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Sie hören zu 'Eisbrecher'? Oder 'Oomph'?
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haha oh thats so typical. I mean im dutch, and I hate dutch music. But it's always crap anyways so I have the right to hate dutch music :')
No I love german music, I think the language is very poetic c: And it can be like soft and sweet but also raw and masculine
I don't know those bands but I'll be sure to check em out! Its rock/metal? oder was?
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:'D I can't tell, I've never listened to Dutch music so far.
Well, everyone has their own opinions. And that's good.
Imagine how boring the world would be otherwise ;D
Ja, their music is punk/rock/metal
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Haha well you shouldn't. Some of the songs are ok but most are horrible.
And very true. Its just that I think that German is a really pretty language, just like english. I mean I love listening to it so I also enjoy German music ^^
But indeed, Im glad that people have different opninions. But sometimes I'd hope people wouldn't have a different opinion. I mean for example people who hate black people or who think women should be opressed or who demonstrate at funerals because they want to strip gays of all their rights... they can go away, but that is mý opinion ;D
Yea I heard. Awesome man, I love rock/metal. I actually like many different music styles, but I prefer those ^^
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