• Deacon@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Thanks. I wasted a year on Duolingo and got very little idioms, just some supposedly common sayings like das is schnee von gestern, oder es kostet nur einen apfel und ein ei.

        Honestly, ich_iel has done more for my understanding than Duolingo did, but it is still almost nil.

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          2 months ago

          Careful, Zangendeutsch is a trap for English speakers. Like, not an intentional one, but you have to check the vocab you pick up there.

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        2 months ago

        Coming back to this thread, because sometimes it actually is pronounced as a k

        e.g. Fuchs, Lachs, wachsen

        tbf, it usually is not a k, and most importantly it isn’t in this context

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          2 months ago

          Yeah, but only in combination with an s, so it’s chs that’s pronounced as ks.