Oh yikes! I feel very lucky that the German translation is competent. German has a pretty robust dubbing industry. And the German translation of Ragnar the Red is perfectly singable and I actually like listening to it to practice singing along! :)
I just looked up the video of the Japanese VA singing Ragnar the Red in Japanese and I feel so bad for that poor voice actor having to shove so many syllables into such short time.
Elder Scrolls is Great for Learning a Language!
Hi all! I've been teaching myself German lately, and I've really found so much value in switching Skyrim over to German and immersing myself that way! At first it was really, really hard, and I was spending a lot of time stopping and translating words and adding them to my flashcard app.
Now, it's still hard, but I'm finding with the repetition and the need to know the words, I'm learning quickly! The way you can stop and examine items and learn words that way, and the slow speed of dialogue and ability to repeat most dialogue really lends itself to learning a language.
It's also just a lot of fun! I've never played the DLCs, somehow, so I'm excited to get through the game and play those, as well as trying out some nice mods!
Has anyone else here done this? :)
I'm not a very tech-savvy person. Could anyone explain very simply what this is and how it works? Does it download videos off the internet and plug them into a streaming service or am I misunderstanding this?
Hallo alle! Ich bin neu hier!
Hallo! Ich bin neu und möchte Deutsch mit Freunde lernen und üben. Ich bin A2-ish. Ich möchte meine Sprechen und Schreiben verbessern, und muss euch fragen: Habt ihr für mich Tipps? Ich benutze jetzt Busuu, Anki, und andere Sachen wie Podcasts, Videospiele, und kurze Geschichten für Anfänger. Was benutzt ihr?
(Entschuldigung für mein Deutsch, wenn es nicht so gut ist)
TV Show - From
Hi! Has anyone seen the TV show "From"? Itl watched the first two episodes with my friend and it's really intriguing! It's very creepy and apocalyptic in a way, with there being a town people can't leave and creepy monster people at night!
German Learners
Hello all! I'm looking to practice my German with other German learners or patient native-speakers! I'm at/near the A2 level and am actively studying as much as I can! A huge part of learning a language is writing/speaking to others, however, and - living in Ohio in the U.S., I don't have much opportunity for that. So I'm looking online!
I'm looking for either: people here who would like to help me practice, or directions to where I might be able to practice with others.
Thanks! :)
When I click these links it breaks my Lemmy app and doesn't take me to the destination. Do you have any advice, or maybe an ideal app I should be using?
Yes to the language-learning one! I really need to have a space to support my goal of learning German. I'm already really missing that resource that I had on Reddit.
You would HATE AI Somnium Files then, haha. I really like their flowchart, but I definitely see how others wouldn't.
Autoheart - My Hallelujah
This is basically my favorite artist. I always try to share their work with as many people as I can, since they deserve the attention. :)
I feel like I keep getting little Elder Scrolls releases in the form of mods made my incredible, passionate mod developers. I find it so fascinating and wonderful to see people who care so much about making great content that they'll do it for free and it often turns out better than some professional teams could do.
I've been replaying Skyrim to teach myself German, but I'm also using quite a few mods, such as Inigo and Helgen Reborn. I also have some that take me to other lands. Some mods just increase graphics or change gameplay mechanics a bit. There's just so many amazing things people have made, it really keeps things fresh.
It'll be cool when the next game comes out, sure, but for now I can keep supporting mod creators and having a blast finding new things :)
This is a bit obscure, but does anyone know any good German YouTubers? I'm trying to practice my language skills. :)
Strahd himself is asking this? I'm star-struck!
Hm, but to try to answer this... I used to play a lot of EverQuest back in the day, and at one point upgraded to EverQuest 2. I was pretty open when talking to people online, even though I was a little kid, just chatting up random players while leveling and regularly inviting random people to groups just to have someone to talk to.
At one point I met some other player who was playing a rat man (Ratonga?) and he and I played for a while while chatting randomly about life or whatever. At some point I must've expressed confusion about how I felt about a male friend of mine, and this player very calmly and patiently explained same-sex attraction to me. I'd gone to a private Catholic grade school and never had much information about queer anything to this point, so it was a bit of a shock to me.
Thankfully, this player was so patient and kind with me, talking about their own identity as an adult gay man, how happy they were, what their life is like, and really helping me to understand that it's normal, it's healthy, and in many ways it's fun.
I think back on that encounter occasionally and I think about how genuinely impactful and helpful it was for me. We didn't talk for very long, but it left such a lasting impact on how I view myself. Without it, I may have lived with a lot of shame and confusion for a lot longer.
Sometimes I wonder where he is, and if he knows how much of an impact he had.
I had a few other interactions on MMOs that were similar, after this encounter, trying to find other people like me who I could look up to. Surprisingly, many people were very friendly to me and willing to talk about their lives and explain things. It was my very first interaction with the community, and it was all virtual through games. So many people helped me out when I was experiencing a lot of confusion. I wish I'd had that help in real life, but at least I did find it somewhere.
By "Lemmy app" do you mean "Jerboa for Lemmy"? Because I don't see any other apps on the Samsung app store. Maybe the official one is only for iPhone?
It'll be an adjustment to this new site, but I welcome the change. It seems healthier here.