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[–] [email protected] 195 points 1 year ago (5 children)

You speak English because it is the only language you know.

I speak English because it is the only language you know.

We are not the same.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Ich spreche Deutsch und Englisch weil du nicht Estnisch sprichst

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rausch*

Empfehle den zweiten Teil. Die Story ist echt gut und Michaela spielt den Flohwalzer auf nem Klavier.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have no idea what it actually means. When on an exchange program many years ago, a drunken Finn taught me that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Im Rausch des Orgasmus" is a famous, now vintage, porn series with acclaimed German porn actress Michaela Schaffrath under her stage name Gina Wild. It means something like "The buzz of orgasms".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for bringing context to this!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Siiski on sul õigus.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

People in the US: Can speak English, sometimes Spanish

People in Germany: Can speak German, had Spanish & French in school, can understand most of dutch natively and have learned some Turkish from their friends

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Ich hab Latein 💀

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Also learning swedish on duolingo for fun

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You forgot that they have English in school, too, sometimes starting in first grade already.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

had Spanish & French in school

Most of the German tourists I see either didn't or did their damnest to not learn :_)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I live 30km from the French border, had 10 years of French in school. I wouldn't be able order bread.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Doch nicht allen! Es gibt Dutzende von uns. Dutzende!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Soy bilingue :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Git gut.

It's not matter of intelligence, it's a matter of importance.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But you have to admit that git is good (gut).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Naja... Passt schon.