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Mark Twain

The Awful German Language

An 1880 essay by Mark Twain published as Appendix D in A Tramp Abroad. The essay is a humorous exploration of the frustrations a native speaker of English has with learning German as a second language.
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  • dariabutdariaсподели впечатлениепреди 4 години
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    even centuries later, dear Mark Twain, we are still on the same page

  • b2382662916сподели впечатлениепреди 4 години
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    Oh, dear Mark Twain, I understand you so much, thanks for the laughter and let’s wait when they get rid of those declinations

  • Maria Mamokhinaсподели впечатлениепреди 7 години
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    Посмеялась от души. Тешу себя надеждой, что раз уж великий Марк Твен пыхтел и чертыхался над немецким языком, то и мне можно!

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  • Alla Nabatovaцитирапреди 8 години
    In the hospital yesterday, a word of thirteen syllables was
    successfully removed from a patient
  • rootartцитирапреди 8 години
    the German it is true that by some oversight of the inventor of the
    language, a Woman is a female; but a Wife (Weib) is not – which is
    unfortunate. A Wife, here, has no sex; she is neuter; so, according to the
    grammar, a fish is HE, his scales are SHE, but a fishwife is neither.
  • rootartцитирапреди 8 години
    For instance, the same sound, SIE, means YOU,
    and it means SHE, and it means HER, and it means IT, and it means THEY, and
    it means THEM.

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