ich_iel is the worst place to learn german, the running gag is to translate stuff from english literally while actively ignoring the context.
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Is that true? My dear mister singing club!
My English is so good, that makes me nobody so quickly after!
Classic english for runaways.
Must you give your mustard to everything?
That honestly sounds like it would be hilarious.
Does it translate well back into English enough to get the joke?
Yes, ich_iel mostly just takes English words and translates them 1:1. Doesn't actually make sense in German, but that's part of the joke. If you translate it back to English 1:1 again you should understand it perfectly.
As a native German speaker I often had to translate ich_iel memes 1:1 to English first to understand them myself. Its basically English but in German.
The English idioms must be super confusing. We have some odd ones like "chop a tree down" followed immediately be "chop a tree up".
Hacke einen Baum runter.
Hacke einen Baum hoch.
Kleine Hiebe fällen große Eichen!
It's not even easy to understand ich_iel as a native speaker. They use an extreme form of internet slang only understood by a handful of people.
Dies ist ein klarer Fall eines Geschicklichkeitsproblems.
Jajajajaja
Did I just say “yes” a bunch of times, or was I laughing? No idea.
Agreeing in German, laughing in Spanish, I think.
sounds about right. no idea why the spanish have a stroke every time they laugh
Ja ja heißt leck mich am Arsch!
Olles klaa maistaa
When German and Finnish merge...
ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch
(pretty sure that says "i speak a bit of german")
Ryan, is that you?
Sorry, different American
Oh, hey Jim!
SPRICH
Melone
und
tritt
Good that you chose this community, otherwise you'd have a request to change it to ich❌🇩🇪😂iel
𝕯𝖎𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝕶𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖘𝖊𝖐𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖎𝖘𝖙 𝖓𝖚𝖓 𝕰𝖎𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖚𝖒 𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝕭𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖘𝖗𝖊𝖕𝖚𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖐 𝕯𝖊𝖚𝖙𝖘𝖈𝖍𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖉
I've seen those posts too, but can't speak German. What does "ich_iel" actually mean?
ich = me
iel = im echten leben = in real life
so ich_iel = me_irl
SchroedingersPat* ftfy
I just block em lol
what's an alter
Alter, wo is mein Auto
From what I looked up it means something like dude or mate. It's also used when expressing suprise? If native speaker has better insight I'd appreciate it.
The English "Yo" is a really good translation. You can use it to express surprise ("Alter! Wtf!" - "Yo! Wtf!") or to address someone ("Alter, was geht?" - "Yo, whats up?").
"Yo" really is the best translation I can think of.
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It's pretty much just "dude", vor talking with friends. Other widely used versions include "Digga" and "Bruder"
Omg you just can’t go say the d word. /s
Ok digga dann eben nicht
The literal meaning is a really informal "old one" but can also mean "age" in another context. It is used exactly like you described.
Learn Austrian German instead, all you need is the dialect version of Alter: Oida
Or if you go further north you need to use Alder
A northern oida.
Alter, das kann doch jetzt nicht wahr sein.