>Cum pal

Digga

I will never learn a second Germanic language. Sorry, only one per IE branch for me, and English already took that spot.

>>224472235
der poopinfartin

>>224472373
Ok Bruder

>>224472235
mein digga, hört mich mal an, das junge Hitler ist ein eachter kerl, oder?

>>224472235
Why are there like 20 variants of "the", "a" and at least 6 variations of every verb?

>>224472602
Old English used to look a lot like modern German, complete with cases and genders. However, English underwent massive radical surgery due to historical events:

The Viking invasions: When Vikings settled in Northern England, they tried trading and living with Anglo-Saxons. Both groups spoke related Germanic languages, but their word endings (the suffixes that told you if a word was a subject or object) were different. To communicate quickly without getting bogged down in arguments over grammar endings, they started dropping the endings entirely.

The Norman Conquest (1066): French-speaking Normans took over England, making French the language of power and law. For centuries, English was spoken mostly by lower-class peasants. When a language is passed down informally like this, irregular grammar and complex inflection systems tend to erode and get smoothed out for efficiency.2. The German Conservative StreakGerman didn't experience that same level of violent linguistic disruption. Because it evolved more continuously in central Europe, it preserved the ancient Proto-Indo-European blueprint.

Furthermore, German underwent heavy standardization later on (helped significantly by things like Martin Luther’s Bible translation in the 16th century), which froze many of those traditional grammatical rules in place rather than letting them wear away through casual spoken erosion.

In short, English is an ebonics tier creole while German is a normal language.

>>224472857
Maybe I should have learned ebonics then