Improve You're Engrish Skrillz Todai

[Dino]

(2016-09-30 05:31)Chuck Wrote:  

(2016-09-29 21:24)BP Wrote:  .. I'm not sure how much grammar is screwed up in other languages though. English is the only language I know.

It's pretty much the same in German. There are very common mistakes but most of them will make you look stupid, rather than just lazy. Typical is mixing up "das/dass" or the false spelling of "nämlich" or "Fön".
However, if I chat in German, usually nothing of that would be accepted by any online translator lol. I noticed this is very different in English.

True, I agree Chuck.
Same with "seit"/"seid", while the first one is always used when expressing "since when" something happens and the second one is used to decsribe someone/something.
Example:

Ich bin seit 7 Uhr wach. (awake since(?) 7 am)
Ihr seid zu laut. (too loud)


On the other hand I got a german example which a lot of people do wrong but it doesn't make the person look stupid.
It happens when you want to compare two things with each other and one thing is bigger/louder/taller/smaller or whatever

Du bist größer ALS ich (correct) (taller than)
Du bist größer wie ich (incorrect)
Du bist größer als wie ich (very incorrect)

When two things are exactly the same:
Du bist genauso groß WIE ich (correct) (as tall as)
Du bist genauso groß als ich (incorrect, very very very weird)
Du bist genauso grß als wie ich (rip)

Enough for today.