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TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I’ve found it interesting how people who learned English as a second language tend to use sentence structures and patterns associated with their first language. What are the ways to tell if a German speaker is obviously American or has learned English first, if you know them?

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FQQD@lemmy.ohaa.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Pronunciation is a big one - they often struggle with the “r”, and sounds like “ch”. Also, instead of “the”, German has “der”, “die” and “das” with no obvious structure when you should use which, so people fail to say the correct one.

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