sóknardalr

(Nominative Case)

Asking for the date ❓

Welches Datum haben wir (heute)? [lit. Which date do we have (today)?]

Der Wievielte ist heute? [lit. The how many-eth is it today?]

Telling the date ❗️

Phrases you can use:

Heute ist der… [lit. today is the…]

Es ist der… [lit. It is the…]

Der… [lit. The…]

Okay, but how do we say the days?

We use ordinal numbers both in English and German. In English, most of the time you add -th or -eth at the end of a number to get an ordinal number. In German, for the nominative case you put a -te or -ste at the end to achieve that.

There are just three exceptions where the name of the number changes, although the -te rule doesn’t.

One - Eins -> Erste / 🚫 Einste

Three - Drei -> Dritte / 🚫 Dreite

Seven - Sieben -> Siebte / 🚫 Siebente

The rest up to 31 is very regular! When -ste instead of -te is added, that is only for ease of pronunciation and in our relevant number range applies to numbers 20+ .

1 Eins -> 1. erste

2 Zwei -> 2. zweite

3 Drei -> 3. dritte

4 Vier -> 4. vierte

5 Fünf -> 5. fünfte

6 Sechs -> 6. sechste

7 Sieben -> 7. siebte

8 Acht -> 8. achte

9 Neun -> 9. neunte

10 Zehn -> 10. zehnte

11 Elf -> 11. elfte

12. Zwölf -> 12. zwölfte

13 Dreizehn -> 13. dreizehnte

14 Vierzehn -> 14. vierzehnte

15 Fünfzehn -> 15. fünfzehnte

16 Sechzehn -> 16. sechzehnte

17 Siebzehn -> 17. siebzehnte

18 Achtzehn -> 18. achtzehnte

19 Neunzehn -> 19. neunzehnte

20 Zwanzig -> 20. zwanzigste

21 Ein-und-zwanzig -> 21. ein-und-zwanzigste

22 Zwei-und-zwanzig -> 22. zwei-und-zwanzigste

…

30 Dreißig -> 30. dreißigste

31 Ein-und-dreißig -> 31. ein-und-dreißigste

(Note that you would usually write numbers like 21 and 31 together, without the dash in between. I just put it for the sake of better readability)

So let’s put everything together!

German dates are formatted Day - Month - Year

When somebody asks you something like:

„Welches Datum haben wir heute?“

„Welcher Tag ist heute?“

You can answer:

„Heute ist der 24. (vier-und-zwanzigste)“

„Es ist der 8. (achte)“

„Der 16. (sechzehnte).“

If you want to incorporate the month you can say:

„Es ist der 3. (dritte) August.“

Or

„Es ist der 3. (dritte) 8. (achte)“

If you want to incorporate the year:

„Heute ist der 1. (erste) Januar 2022 (Zwei-tausend-zwei-und-zwanzig)“

„Der 11. (elfte) 12. (zwölfte) 2022 (Zwei-tausend-zwei-und-zwanzig)“

I hope this very basic explanation could help you a little. There’s honestly more to it than I initially thought because of the cases and phrases, but you can easily pass with the information I’ve just given you.

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Linguistik, die - linguistics linguistisch - linguistically Laut, der - sound Vokabel, die - vocable Vokabular, das - a person’s vocabulary Wortschatz, der - syn. to Vokabular Sprachunterricht, der - language class Übersetzer, der - translator Übersetzung, die - translation Dolmetscher, der / Dolmetscherin, die - interpreter (m/f) Grammatik, die - grammar Wörterbuch, das - dictionary Schreibfehler, der - spelling mistake Tippfehler, der - typo

The capitalization in German is very important and should be learned from the beginning as it can change the whole meaning of a sentence.

What should be capitalized?

proper names (of people, pets, cities, countries, languages, brands, etc.)

nouns (including verbs and adjectives that are used as nouns i.e 'the walking' -> 'das Gehen' and 'this is the best' -> 'das ist das Beste')

cardinal and ordinal numbers (i.e one, two, three -> Eins, Zwei, Drei and first, second, third -> Erste, Zweite, Dritte)

the word after a colon :

the word at the beginning of a new sentence .

A

Au grand jamais - never 

Aucun-e(s) - none : Je n’en ai vu aucun / I have seen none of them  

Aucunement (rare) - by no means 

D

Dégun (southern slang) - no one 

E

En aucun cas - under no circumstance 

En aucune façon - under no circumstance 

En aucune manière - under no circumstance 

En rien - under no circumstance 

G

Goutte - nothing (old, rare) : On n’y voit goutte ici / We can’t see anything

Guère - almost not/nothing (old, rare) : Ce n’est guère plus rapide que le train / This isn’t any faster than the train 

J

Jamais - never : Plus jamais ça! / Never again! 

Jamais au grand jamais - never ever (dramatic)

Jamais de la vie - never ever 

K

Keud (slang), short que ‘que dalle’ (slang for Nothing)

Keutchi (slang) 

N

N’ - ne + vowel : Je ne t’aime pas / I don’t love you 

Nada - nothing at all : - Did you hear about that? - Nada! 

Nan (slang) - nah 

Ne - not : Je ne sais pas / I don’t know 

Ni - neither/nor : Je n’ai vu ni le chien ni le chat depuis que je suis arrivée / I haven’t seen neither the cat nor the dog since I got here 

Niet - nope! (often angry) 

Non - no 

Non plus - (n)either : Je ne sais pas non plus / I don’t know either 

Non plus que

Nul-le - none : Nos jeunes filles à nous sont tellement accomplies, que nulle des filles d’Ève ne peut lutter avec elles ! — (Modeste Mignon, Honoré de Balzac, 1844)

Nulle part - nowhere : Je ne le vois nulle part / I can’t see him anywhere 

Nullement - not in any way 

O

Ô/oh grand jamais : never ever (dramatic)

P

Pas - not : Je ne sais pas / I don’t know 

Pas autrement - not any other way : C’est comme ça et pas autrement

Pas encore - not yet 

Pas forcément - not necessarily 

Pas plus que

Pas un-e - not one : - Did they offer their help? - Pas un! 

Pas un chat - not one cat : Il n’y a pas un chat / There’s no one here 

Personne - nobody : Il n’y a personne ici / There’s no one here 

Plus : no more - Je ne t’aime plus / I don’t love you anymore 

Point - not : Je ne sais point / I don’t know (rare, old)

Q

Que dalle (slang) - nothing : - Did you know about that? - Que dalle! 

Que nenni - no (old) : - Are they here yet? - Que nenni! 

Que tchi (slang) - nothing 

Queude (slang, short for Que dalle) - nothing 

R

Rien - nothing : Je ne vois rien / I don’t see anything 

Adverbs of time :

Alors (so), après (after), après-demain (in two days) aujourd'hui (today), auparavant (beforehand), aussitôt (straight away), autrefois (in the past), avant (before), avant-hier (two days ago), bientôt (soon), déjà (already), demain (tomorrow), depuis (since/for), désormais + dorénavant (from now on), encore (again), enfin (finally), ensuite (then), hier (yesterday), jadis (in the past - rare), jamais (never), longtemps (for a long time), lors (during/at the time of), maintenant (now), parfois (sometimes), puis (then/next), quand (when), quelquefois (sometimes), soudain (all of a sudden), souvent (often), tard (late), tôt (early), toujours (always)…

Adverbs of way :

Ainsi (this way), bien (well), comme (like/as), comment (how), debout (up), ensemble (together), exprès (on purpose), mal (bad), mieux (better), plutôt (rather), vite (quickly), volontiers (willingly/gladly), etc.

Adverbs of quantity/intensity :

Assez (enough), aussi (too), autant (as/so much/many), beaucoup (a lot), combien (how much/many), comment (how), davantage (more), environ (around), guère (not much), mais (but), moins (less), pas mal (not bad), peu (few), plus (more), presque (almost), quelque (some), si (so, ex : ce n’est pas si dur), tant (so much), tout (all), tout à fait (absolutely), tellement (so much), très (very), trop (too much)…

Adverbs of location :

Ailleurs (somewhere else), alentour (in the surroundings of), arrière (back), autour (around), avant (before), contre (against), dedans (inside), dehors (outside), derrière (behind), dessous (under), dessus (over), devant (in front of), ici (here), là (there), loin (far away), où (where), partout (everywhere), proche (very close)…

Adverbs of affirmation :

Assurément, aussi (too), certainement (certainly), bien (well), certes (indeed), oui (yes), précisément (precisely), sans doute (without a doubt), si (marked yes), soit (alright), volontiers (willingly/gladly), vraiment (really)…

Adverbs of negation :

Non (no), aucun (none), aucunement (in no way), nullement (by no means), jamais (never), rien (nothing), personne (nobody)…

Adverbs of doubt :

Apparemment (apparently), peut-être (maybe), probablement (probably), sans doute (without a doubt), vraisemblablement (presumably)…

Please note : an -ent adjective becomes a -emment adverb (ardent : ardemment, indifférent : indifféremment) and a -ant adjective becomes a -amment adverb (brillant : brillamment, incessant : incessamment)…

À balle: in large quantities

Avoir le seum: being angry

Bananer: fooling someone

Barré/cramé/fêlé/flingué/ouf/taré: crazy 

Bébar/chourave/chourrer/karna/piquer/taper: stealing

Bebom: verlan for Bombe, super hot girl

Bédo/oinj/sandwich/splif: joint 

Beuh/beu/chichon/hash/herbe/shit/teuchi: weed

Bicher, bolosser, faire la misère: annoying/harassing someone

Biff, fric, moula, oseille, thune: money

Binks, cité, tèce, téci, tess, tiécar, zone: Parisian suburbs

Blinde, f: a lot

Boloss: loser

Ça caille/pèle: it’s cold

Ça me saoule/gonfle/fait chier: that’s pissing me off

Capter: understanding (T’as capté?)

Carrément: you bet! (- Do you want to come over? - Carrément!)

C’est bon: that’s enough, shut up

C’est carré: it works for me, it’s all good

C’est clair: totally

C’est claqué (au sol): it’s shit

C’est le sang: I love that person, we’re like relatives

C’est mort: that’s not happening

C’est tout pété: it sucks

Chelou: verlan for Louche, Weird

Chienne: bitch

Clope, f: cigarette

Comme jaja: like never before - short for Comme jamais

Crever: to die (Je crève de faim)

Dalleux, chien de la casse: annoying horny man

Darons: parents (un daron, une daronne)

De ouf: yes, a lot (Je bosse de ouf en ce moment)

Délire/kif: something cool, exciting

Démonter: fucking someone up

Disquette/douille/pilule, f: a lie

Eins: verlan for Seins, Boobs

Être chaud: being excited about doing something

Être en chien: being horny

Être en PLS (position latérale de sécurité): being exhausted/uneasy

Faire du sale: doing bad or illegal things

Faire le canard: acting like a simp

Faire le gars: acting tough

Faire tiep: verlan for Faire pitié, being pitiful

Feumeu: verlan for Meuf, verlan for Femme, Woman

Fonsdé: verlan for Défoncé, High (on drugs)

Galocher: kissing (Je l’ai galoche)

Gérer: being good at something

Gérer, ken, pécho, serrer: having sex (Je vais ken ce soir)

Gratter: con something out of someone (Je peux te gratter une clope?)

J’ai la dalle: I’m hungry

Je m’en bats les couilles: I don’t give a damn

Je suis refait: I’m lucky again after being unlucky

La flemme: can’t be bothered

Larchouma, tehon: shame

La vie de ma mère: I swear to God (rude)

Malaisant-e: cringy

Mes couilles/mon cul: yeah right

Mettre un coup de pression/stress: scaring someone with authority

Mettre une disquette: fooling someone

Meuf: verlan for Femme, Woman

Michto: nice, hot

Michetonneuse: sex worker

Mifa: verlan for Famille, Family (usually about close friends)

Morfler/prendre cher: being harmed, going through a lot

Mytho: liar

Narvalo, m: dumbass, dude

Nique sa race: fuck it

Oim: verlan for Moi, Me (Je rentre chez oim)

Pélo: dude

Perso: short for Personally

Puer la mort: stinking

Psartek: congratulations

Quetru: verlan for Truc, Thingy

Ras le cul: I don’t give a damn anymore

Relou: verlan for Lourd, Annoying (technically Heavy)

Reuch: verlan for Cher, Expensive

Reuf: verlan for Frère, Brother

Reuss: verlan for Soeur, Sister

Rien à battre/carrer/cogner/foutre/taper: I don’t give a damn

S’arracher/se casser/se tailler: leaving quickly during a bad situation

Se capter: meeting with someone (On se capte après manger?)

Se faire cramer: being catched red-handed

Se la raconter: bragging

Se maquer: seriously dating someone (Il s’est maqué l’an passé)

Se taper: doing, watching a movie, reading a book, having sex, fighting, eating (Je me suis tapé le dernier Fast and furious)

Squatter: crashing somewhere and chilling with friends

Tchoin, timp: slut

Téma: verlan for Matter, Look! (Téma la meuf)

Ter-ter: short for Territoire; someone’s block

Tu connais les bails: you know what I mean

Tu m’as tué: you killed me (after a joke usually)

Vénère: angry

Vivre sa meilleure vie: living one’s best life

Wesh: aight

Hi, everyone. I don’t normally do posts like these but I know the people behind the campaign personally and it would mean a lot to them if more people knew what is happening right now and spread awareness, so here we go:

What is this about?

In 2019, police illegally tried to prevent METU Pride in Ankara from happening and detained 22 people. On the 8th of October 2021, 19 people will be put on trial for “participating in illegal meetings and demonstrations and refusing to disperse” and may face several years in prison.

What can I do?

The Turkish group ÜniKuir is trying to raise awareness for what is happening right now to increase public pressure. You can:

Use the hashtag #ayberaatver (Turkish for ‘acquittal’) to inform other people on social media about what is happening and mention @unikuir on twitter and instagram

Upload a selfie to social media with a sign that says “Acquittal to METU Pride Parade” and “#ayberaatver” (and don’t forget to mention @unikuir)

Sign their petition!

Does this really change anything?