1@jesse_saenz Jesse Saenz

Thanks #duolingo I’m sure this phrase will naturally come up in all types of daily interactions. #german #deutschlernen

(A screenshot of Duo lingo) Liebst du Mayo oder liebst du mich?

Do you love mayonnaise or do you love me?

  • thecodeboss@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I got ChatGPT to write me a silly dialogue ending in this line:

    Samantha: “Arthur, how could you?”

    Arthur: “What? What did I do this time, Samantha?”

    Samantha: “You’ve put mayonnaise on the roast chicken again! You know I can’t stand the stuff!”

    Arthur: “But, Samantha, it adds so much flavor!”

    Samantha: “Arthur, it doesn’t. It just makes everything taste like… mayonnaise!”

    Arthur: “That’s the point! You know I’ve always loved it.”

    Samantha: “I thought you loved me.”

    Arthur: “Well, of course, I do.”

    Samantha: “Well, you can’t have both of us.”

    Arthur: “What, you want me to choose between you and mayonnaise?”

    Samantha: “Yes, exactly. Do you love mayonnaise or do you love me?”

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      9 months ago

      Fuck me, this is actually kinda funny in an absurd way. Everyone is a bot joke are going to get much more real in the next couple of years.

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    9 months ago

    If you’re understanding strictly because of context, how are you supposed to learn the language well. You need to be exposed to absurdity in order to really get it

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    9 months ago

    The point isn’t to teach you useful sentences to memorize, it’s teaching you spontaneous usage of the language. With German, it’s definitely drilling all of the specific tense rules into you by throwing random ass sentences at you to translate.

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    9 months ago

    It’s better to study language from natural sources, yes you can use dullingo or textbooks but learn about natural language from natural sources by immersing yourself in the content of the language you are learning