German Study Group

[księżycowy]

In the browser format it's kinda hard, unless you scan the whole deck yourself. The desktop software will automatically indicate if you've already made a card with the same information on it.

[vijayjohn]

Uh-oh.

I just realized I added a whole bunch of cards to the default deck instead of the other one.

EDIT: And...apparently Anki has forgotten that I ever added anything to the other deck??? o_O

EDIT2: Okay, I'm massively confused. -_- Every time I create cards...and then try to review them to make sure they're there...it forgets that I already created them, and so doesn't check whether I made any duplicates or not...

[vijayjohn]

Hilfe!! I'm drowning in the Anki-Danube! Or maybe I already have.

[księżycowy]

Hehehe.

[Saim]

Vijay on Anki???

[vijayjohn]

Well, I was trying to help make Anki flashcards for księżycowy here, but...idk wtf is happening when I try to make them because I can't seem to see them without them disappearing or something?? So I gave up (for the time being, anyway).

[księżycowy]

As much as your troubles amuse me (and the amuse me greatly ), maybe we can find a platform that would allow us both to create/edit flashcards?

EDIT: Actually, why don't we just use a Google Spreadsheet and I can import it into Anki!

[vijayjohn]

That would be much better, thanks!! Danke schön!
Donkey shone!

[księżycowy]

I prefer the classic "donkey shit", but to each their own. (If I remember correctly, I think I've discussed this with Linguoboy and someone else before, was it you? )

Any way, I'm working my way through Kapital Drei at the moment.

I have to remind myself what the construction es gibt means again. My best guess at the moment is "there is/are", based on the context in the lesson anyway.
Ex. Im Hotel Monaco es gibt eine Tiefgarage.

[vijayjohn]

I prefer the classic "donkey shit", but to each their own. (If I remember correctly, I think I've discussed this with Linguoboy and someone else before, was it you? )

I have no recollection of that. "Donkey shit" doesn't even make sense.

I have to remind myself what the construction es gibt means again. My best guess at the moment is "there is/are", based on the context in the lesson anyway.

Correct. Es gibt means 'there is/are' (though literally 'it gives', and I guess you could make up a context where it actually means 'it gives', too ).

Ex. Im Hotel Monaco es gibt eine Tiefgarage.

This is weird, though. I'd think it should be Im Hotel Monaco gibt es eine Tiefgarage, due to the verb-second (V2) word order in German and most(?) other Germanic languages.

[księżycowy]

I have no recollection of that. "Donkey shit" doesn't even make sense.

And "Donkey shone" (which I would pronounce like "shown") makes sense?
[Helpful hint, it's not suppose to make sense ]

Ex. Im Hotel Monaco es gibt eine Tiefgarage.

This is weird, though. I'd think it should be Im Hotel Monaco gibt es eine Tiefgarage, due to the verb-second (V2) word order in German and most(?) other Germanic languages.

I'll double check that I typed it correctly.

EDIT: Yeah, that was my typo; I wrote it correctly in the book, but messed it up here.

[vijayjohn]

Oh okay.

I have no recollection of that. "Donkey shit" doesn't even make sense.

And "Donkey shone" (which I would pronounce like "shown") makes sense?

It makes perfect sense when you don't know the difference between <o> and <ö> yet.

[Car]

Any way, I'm working my way through Kapitel Drei at the moment.

Kapitel = chapter, section
Kapital = capital, asset etc.

[księżycowy]

Danke!

[linguoboy]

I prefer the classic "donkey shit", but to each their own. (If I remember correctly, I think I've discussed this with Linguoboy and someone else before, was it you? )

Donkey fieldmice!

[vijayjohn]

See, now that one makes sense!

[linguoboy]

See, now that one makes sense!

Wenn ma Österreicha is!

[księżycowy]

Das moderne Hotel hat ein französisches Spezialitätenrestaurant.

So, französisches is a thing? I ask because I guess I was surprised because it ends in -sch already.

[vijayjohn]

Yes, of course. Unless I'm missing something, every indefinite singular neuter adjective in nominative or accusative case (wow, that's a lot of conditions ) ends with -es no matter what comes before it. Französisches, deutsches, italienisches, großes, ganzes...

[linguoboy]

Yeah, -(i)sch is a derivational suffix; -es is an inflectional one. One doesn't have anything to do with the other.