German on the other hand not so much. On the other hand, it’s usually very precise and information-dense, which is reflected in how fast it rather slow it’s spoken, especially compared to Spanish.
Eh, there’s lots of filler in German, too. I learned both Spanish and German and as far as I can tell, Spain-Spanish fast talking is more a feature of cultural extroversion than anything inherent to the language. Even many of the american Spanish speakers speak considerably slower than the Spaniards, and there’s no obvious reason why Spanish should be spoken so much faster than Italian, Portuguese or even French.
there’s a cheat code called “not giving a fuck” where you just say “die” or “das” for every word, and natives will just cringe slightly and then forget about it
Maybe you know it but if not read Mark Twain’s Essay “The Aweful German Language”. It’s a fantastic and bellyachingly funny thing to read.
I am a native speaker and have to admit Mark makes so many brilliant points.
Fuck gender and fuck german for letting “the” get THIS fucking out of control.
I studied this fucker for 5 years in secondary school, got a B , but fuck it.
I’m learning/speaking Spanish now, it’s still got gender and el/la/al but it’s not this bad.
My first language of Turkish doesn’t even have “the” for fucks sake.
Spanish is a rather easy language
German on the other hand not so much. On the other hand, it’s usually very precise and information-dense, which is reflected in how fast it rather slow it’s spoken, especially compared to Spanish.
Talking speed differs greatly by region though. Slowest speakers are probably Swiss and fastest being citizens of Frankfurt.
Eh, there’s lots of filler in German, too. I learned both Spanish and German and as far as I can tell, Spain-Spanish fast talking is more a feature of cultural extroversion than anything inherent to the language. Even many of the american Spanish speakers speak considerably slower than the Spaniards, and there’s no obvious reason why Spanish should be spoken so much faster than Italian, Portuguese or even French.
there’s a cheat code called “not giving a fuck” where you just say “die” or “das” for every word, and natives will just cringe slightly and then forget about it
Maybe you know it but if not read Mark Twain’s Essay “The Aweful German Language”. It’s a fantastic and bellyachingly funny thing to read. I am a native speaker and have to admit Mark makes so many brilliant points.