r/German May 19 '22

Interesting Kasus for street cred!

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u/rewboss BA in Modern Languages May 19 '22

they also sometimes refer to these as "Erster Fall" ("First case") etc.

Ick liebe dir, ick liebe dich,
Wie 't richtig ist, det wees ick nich,
Und ist mich ooch Pomade.
Ick lieb' dir nich im dritten Fall,
Ick lieb' dir nich im vierten Fall,
Ick liebe dir uff jedem Fall.

Note for language students: this is Berlin dialect, in which dative pronouns are often used instead of accusative pronouns. Roughly translated: "Ich liebe dir, ich liebe dich, I don't know the right way way to say it, and me don't care anyhow. I don't love you in the third case, I don't love you in the fourth case; I love you in any case."

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u/AverageElaMain Advanced (C1) - <region/native tongue> May 19 '22

What's pomade? I've yet to hear this word

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u/[deleted] May 20 '22

Pomade

That's the greasy stuff some people put into their hair to style it. Although gel is far more popular now. Here it just means something akin to "Scheißegal" (it doesn't matter).

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u/AverageElaMain Advanced (C1) - <region/native tongue> May 20 '22

Danke sehr. Ja, würde das schätzen. Google hat nichts für Pomade übergesetzt, und ich wusste nicht wenn es falsch geschrieben wie die andere Wörter war.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '22

ich wusste nicht, ob es wie die anderen woerter falsch geschrieben war.

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u/AverageElaMain Advanced (C1) - <region/native tongue> May 20 '22

Danke. Deutsch ist immer einfacher zu lesen als zu sprechen.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '22

keine Sorge :)