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I learn a lot about the world simply by breaking words down and learning about their origins. I'm AudHD brained, and languages have always been a special interest for me.
To me it's been very fulfilling to be able to relate to people in their native languages, some people really brighten up from hearing a stranger remind them of their upbringing

That is my opinion and experience: that it's not a time sink and it does increase verbal reasoning. I learn for fun though, and decide my own proficiency level rather than following structured courses and taking tests

Gesundheit!

>>16920834
>That is my opinion and experience: that it's not a time sink and it does increase verbal reasoning. I learn for fun though, and decide my own proficiency level rather than following structured courses and taking tests
So in essence you're an overconfident Reddit midwit who doesn't know shit about other languages.

>>16920836
You say it. So it must be.

>>16920819
Learning languages in 2026 is fools errand. It used to be important for just surviving but also character development but these days if there's one thing that LLM's have completely replaced humans in it's translation.

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Everyone relevant speaks English. If something is in a different language that's worth reading, there will be an English translation of it.

>>16920819
Don't learn a language, if it doesn't have an immediate use to you, i.e. if you can't directly apply it to a use-case.

The use-cases are what accelerates the speed of learning. Without use-case, a language is quite literally useless after all.
If you don't live in Germany (or Austria or Switzerland or Belgium) and don't have an interest in German classics, the German language is useless to you.
If you live in Germany, you better be speaking it, though.

>>16920819
>>16920966
Ok but what to learn instead? I won’t take math or "learn what you will use" as an answer.

>>16920972
(My first post was written thinking, this was /int/.)
Whatever your major is?
And maybe a language closely related to it, so you have actual use-cases.
I can't think of a science, that would require German these days, though. If at all, the German publications are probably strictly worse.
t. native German

>>16920819
German dudes are disproportionately not chill but German women are chill. Learning German is good if you like German women.

>>16920819
the majority of tech jobs in de and ch require fluent German speaking.

Learning Spanish got me laid and let me lose my virginity, so I disagree.

>>16920819
German is actually a great language, rather ugly sounding, which makes it harder to sweet talk Germans.

>>16920819
I agree, unless you have a very strong/specific reason to learn a particular language. Or you're at university and need to fill some slots.

German is great. It is as if it was created by an autistic programmer.

>>16921118
>losing your v card to a goblina
It's like bragging you lost your virginity to the family dog

>>16921098
this one, not you >>16921118
Fuck

>>16921198
“ihr”:
>you (plural)
>her (to her)
>her (possessive)
>their
>YOUR (formal, singular or plural)
A jeet coder would write such logic

>>16921226
>seething so hard he went cross-eyed
kek

>>16920819
Too bad I have to learn your french-frisian pidgin to communicate with the cool europeans.

>>16920858
I've read things in other languages that didn't have an English translation that were worth reading. Hell, there's still no complete English translation of the Shiji (though there is a complete Russian translation).

>>16921227
Unlike English, which definitely never has any homonyms.

>>16921577
homonyms are fine
but not when they're all pronouns

>>16921580
English has a single word "you" for singular subject, singular object, plural subject, and plural object. That's almost unheard of, especially in European languages.

>>16921586
The subject object distinction is itself retarded and it's a good thing english avoids it almost entirely
Also it's one thing for you singular and you plural to be the same thing, it's a whole other level of retardation for you singular and they plural to be the same

>>16921593
It's specifically the polite "you", it originates from using "they" to be indirect, like how in English we might say "would sir like some more wine"? But also how is that any less stupid than English using "that" for both "that thing" ("give me that") and for introducing a sentence within a sentence ("he says he's going to come"), or using "to" to indicate either direction ("he is going to the library"), purpose ("he checks out a book to read"), or "also" ("he checks out a book too")? (Yes, the latter is spelled different, but that's just a written convention; writing is not language. In any case they're etymologically the same word.)

>>16920819
I said the same shit.
Most on here are from the US. Anyone goodlooking, smart, and not poor knows english. Same with the EU.

If you waste time learning a langauge after 5 years of study you have the vocabulary and grammar of a 10 year old and still can barely understand the spoken language

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>>16921647
Textbook proof why langauge learning is useless

70% of Europeans under 30 know english. So if you want pussy english is good enough. Also part of that 30% that doesnt are retarded or poor

>>16921654
For what value of "hold a conversation"?

>>16921661
>hi, where is kebab shop
>on street bro ahead left then right, cash only
>thanks bro germany very good country very beautiful women great people

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>>16920834
>learn a lot about the world simply by breaking words down and learning about their origins. I'm AudHD brained, and languages have always been a special interest for me.
>To me it's been very fulfilling to be able to relate to people in their native languages, some people really brighten up from hearing a stranger remind them of their upbringing

This nigga is wise. He gets it!

>>16921906
That nigga is corny af, also break down the word "schlucken" for me and enlighten me about its origins

>>16920976
I want to move to Germany by 2030. I speak no German. I only speak English. Any recommendations? I know of the goethe exam.

>>16920819
is this in response to my thread on here from a few days ago asking how to learn german?

i feel like this is a glowie thread to get people to avoid learning more about what's happening in germany
seems like the UK almost, nightmare

>>16922029
i agree. it feels targeted towards me specifically tbqh

>>16922030
>>16922028
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideas_and_delusions_of_reference

>>16921586
thee and thou technically still exist

>>16922039
It's not part of anyone's native dialect, even if it's still known because of writing. If English were unwritten like the majority of languages on Earth it would be utterly forgotten.

>>16922013
>Any recommendations?
Do you actually know your shit? Do not come. Do not come.
The German elite hates capable people, because capable people could foil all their attempts to bring Germany to "Zero CO2".
If you are but baggage for the society you currently call your home, they will welcome you with open arms either way. Speaking German will at most lower your chances.
(I might be exaggerating here, but I'm not quite sure by how much. Germany has overall been a total clown show these last few years.)

>>16921574
>Russian translation
They have no standards and are desperate to have at least SOME translation. They will slop up the shittiest MTL.

>>16921654
>if you want pussy english is good enough
True, if you are < 25. Else you better know the local language to be a "stable guy" or women won't even look your way.

>>16922088
There is no even passable MTL from Classical Chinese. The result would be obvious gibberish, especially until recently, and the translation has been running in parts since the 70s.

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>>16920819
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhlenberg_legend

>According to the legend, the single vote of Frederick Muhlenberg, the first-ever Speaker of the US House of Representatives, prevented German from becoming an official language of the United States.

>>16922040
>It's not part of anyone's native dialect,
thou is rare but thee is used in a few uk dialects, yorkshire and cornish being two I know of though the cornish pronounce it more like ee
>maid what be ee doing?

>>16922302
Ah, you're right, it does still survive marginally in Yorkshire. Still, it's not part of the vast majority of English speakers' native grammar.

>>16920819
>Don't fall for the language learning psyop.
>This is one of the biggest time and brain power sinks.
Okay, but learning languages isn't a goal in and of itself, you are aware of that right?