Are there equivalents to “like”, “you see”, “all that” and “you know” filler words?
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For example:
I was like going to eat my tie, you know.
He was so happy, you see,
about his new job and all (that).
How would the above look like in spoken Deutsch?
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For example:
I was like going to eat my tie, you know.
He was so happy, you see,
about his new job and all (that).
How would the above look like in spoken Deutsch?
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Have a look at Modalpartikel.
– Marcel Hansemann
10 hours ago
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This list is a starting point; in conversation depending on region some further "words", like woll and ne, nich(t) wahr may be mixed in.
– guidot
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For example:
I was like going to eat my tie, you know.
He was so happy, you see,
about his new job and all (that).
How would the above look like in spoken Deutsch?
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For example:
I was like going to eat my tie, you know.
He was so happy, you see,
about his new job and all (that).
How would the above look like in spoken Deutsch?
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Have a look at Modalpartikel.
– Marcel Hansemann
10 hours ago
1
This list is a starting point; in conversation depending on region some further "words", like woll and ne, nich(t) wahr may be mixed in.
– guidot
7 hours ago
add a comment |
1
Have a look at Modalpartikel.
– Marcel Hansemann
10 hours ago
1
This list is a starting point; in conversation depending on region some further "words", like woll and ne, nich(t) wahr may be mixed in.
– guidot
7 hours ago
1
1
Have a look at Modalpartikel.
– Marcel Hansemann
10 hours ago
Have a look at Modalpartikel.
– Marcel Hansemann
10 hours ago
1
1
This list is a starting point; in conversation depending on region some further "words", like woll and ne, nich(t) wahr may be mixed in.
– guidot
7 hours ago
This list is a starting point; in conversation depending on region some further "words", like woll and ne, nich(t) wahr may be mixed in.
– guidot
7 hours ago
add a comment |
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One difference between English and German seems to be that German textbooks and grammarians ignore features of informal spoken language such as filler words and phrases.
Und ich so dann fress ich nen Besen weißte (was ich mein).
Er war so froh weißte wegen seiner neuen Arbeit und so.
Here, weißte is a contracted form of weißt du; (und) so is pretty close to like.
In the above example, I have used forms that are natural in informal spoken language, such as fress instead of fresse, nen for einen, mein for meine.
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In my experience (French, tiny bit of Spanish, some Japanese), textbooks everywhere often ignore informal language, often to the detriment of the learner. Its a shame.
– mbrig
8 hours ago
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Informal or not, I would have added considerably more punctuation in those example sentences.
– O. R. Mapper
7 hours ago
You know what I'm saying
– Philipp
3 hours ago
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One difference between English and German seems to be that German textbooks and grammarians ignore features of informal spoken language such as filler words and phrases.
Und ich so dann fress ich nen Besen weißte (was ich mein).
Er war so froh weißte wegen seiner neuen Arbeit und so.
Here, weißte is a contracted form of weißt du; (und) so is pretty close to like.
In the above example, I have used forms that are natural in informal spoken language, such as fress instead of fresse, nen for einen, mein for meine.
1
In my experience (French, tiny bit of Spanish, some Japanese), textbooks everywhere often ignore informal language, often to the detriment of the learner. Its a shame.
– mbrig
8 hours ago
1
Informal or not, I would have added considerably more punctuation in those example sentences.
– O. R. Mapper
7 hours ago
You know what I'm saying
– Philipp
3 hours ago
add a comment |
up vote
6
down vote
One difference between English and German seems to be that German textbooks and grammarians ignore features of informal spoken language such as filler words and phrases.
Und ich so dann fress ich nen Besen weißte (was ich mein).
Er war so froh weißte wegen seiner neuen Arbeit und so.
Here, weißte is a contracted form of weißt du; (und) so is pretty close to like.
In the above example, I have used forms that are natural in informal spoken language, such as fress instead of fresse, nen for einen, mein for meine.
1
In my experience (French, tiny bit of Spanish, some Japanese), textbooks everywhere often ignore informal language, often to the detriment of the learner. Its a shame.
– mbrig
8 hours ago
1
Informal or not, I would have added considerably more punctuation in those example sentences.
– O. R. Mapper
7 hours ago
You know what I'm saying
– Philipp
3 hours ago
add a comment |
up vote
6
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up vote
6
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One difference between English and German seems to be that German textbooks and grammarians ignore features of informal spoken language such as filler words and phrases.
Und ich so dann fress ich nen Besen weißte (was ich mein).
Er war so froh weißte wegen seiner neuen Arbeit und so.
Here, weißte is a contracted form of weißt du; (und) so is pretty close to like.
In the above example, I have used forms that are natural in informal spoken language, such as fress instead of fresse, nen for einen, mein for meine.
One difference between English and German seems to be that German textbooks and grammarians ignore features of informal spoken language such as filler words and phrases.
Und ich so dann fress ich nen Besen weißte (was ich mein).
Er war so froh weißte wegen seiner neuen Arbeit und so.
Here, weißte is a contracted form of weißt du; (und) so is pretty close to like.
In the above example, I have used forms that are natural in informal spoken language, such as fress instead of fresse, nen for einen, mein for meine.
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In my experience (French, tiny bit of Spanish, some Japanese), textbooks everywhere often ignore informal language, often to the detriment of the learner. Its a shame.
– mbrig
8 hours ago
1
Informal or not, I would have added considerably more punctuation in those example sentences.
– O. R. Mapper
7 hours ago
You know what I'm saying
– Philipp
3 hours ago
add a comment |
1
In my experience (French, tiny bit of Spanish, some Japanese), textbooks everywhere often ignore informal language, often to the detriment of the learner. Its a shame.
– mbrig
8 hours ago
1
Informal or not, I would have added considerably more punctuation in those example sentences.
– O. R. Mapper
7 hours ago
You know what I'm saying
– Philipp
3 hours ago
1
1
In my experience (French, tiny bit of Spanish, some Japanese), textbooks everywhere often ignore informal language, often to the detriment of the learner. Its a shame.
– mbrig
8 hours ago
In my experience (French, tiny bit of Spanish, some Japanese), textbooks everywhere often ignore informal language, often to the detriment of the learner. Its a shame.
– mbrig
8 hours ago
1
1
Informal or not, I would have added considerably more punctuation in those example sentences.
– O. R. Mapper
7 hours ago
Informal or not, I would have added considerably more punctuation in those example sentences.
– O. R. Mapper
7 hours ago
You know what I'm saying
– Philipp
3 hours ago
You know what I'm saying
– Philipp
3 hours ago
add a comment |
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Have a look at Modalpartikel.
– Marcel Hansemann
10 hours ago
1
This list is a starting point; in conversation depending on region some further "words", like woll and ne, nich(t) wahr may be mixed in.
– guidot
7 hours ago