Maciek

@makingthematrix
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Learning German, one Grimm tale at a time.
Scala dev at Wire, a secure messenger.
github.com/makingthematrix zabierzswegolwa.wordpress.com (a blog in PL)
MaciekNov 25, 2017
"Er macht ein Gesicht wie drei Tage Regenwetter" = "he has [lit. he makes] a face like three days of rain". Meaning, he's sad :D
s, Gesicht, er = a face.
sie hat sein wahres Gesicht gezeigt = she showed her true face.
wahr = true
nicht waht? = isn't it?
wahren = to keep
er hat sein Gesicht gewahrt/verloren = he kept/lost his face.
verlieren = to lose
#German
MaciekNov 24, 2017

annehmen = to accept, to assume, to take. One of those jackass verbs with a preposition.
Ich nehme an, die Untersuchung wird nicht lange dauern = I assume (I take it) that the exam will not last long.
Die Vereinigung der beiden Länden wurde gut angenommen = The unification of both countries was received well.
angenommen is the past participle here, an - (ge) - nehmen.
dauern = to last, to take time
beiden = both

#German

MaciekNov 21, 2017

https://youtu.be/dnsyd-h5piI

A talk I gave on the #ScalaIO conference, November 2, Lyon. It's made with VideoScribe, so it's a nice animation, and voice recording (my voice, not so nice).

Wire is an end-to-end encrypted messenger. I work there as an #Android/#Scala dev. In the talk I explain the architecture and how we use Scala to make the code cleaner and the app more robust.

Scala on Wire

YouTube
MaciekNov 18, 2017
Weil mein Herr hat mich wollen totschlagen, da hab ich Reißaus genommen. - When my master decided to kill me, (then) I ran away.
Reißaus nehmen - to get/run away; lit. to take a tear, as if someone held you by your clothes and you had to tear them to free yourself.
etwas reißen - to tear something
Er hat mich ein Loch in die Hose gerissen - he tore a hole in my pants.
#German
MaciekNov 16, 2017
Additional materials for learning #German. Mark Twain to the rescue! The history of his own linguistic struggles written in both English and German side by side, so the reader can read German while reading about German.
MaciekNov 14, 2017
Alright. "Let's play a game, to help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same."
#Latin
#Sparta
#aikido
#bicycles
#neurobiology
#linguistics
#religion
MaciekNov 13, 2017

And, oh, right. Welcome #Mastodon! My name is Maciek, I'm a developer at #Wire, Berlin. We do a secure messenger, so being here send like a natural step.

But here I'm as a private, non-IT person. I'm Polish, I live in Berlin now, so I decided to learn German crash course style: with Brothers #Grimm's Tales. I'll be tooting mainly about them and the #German language.

MaciekNov 13, 2017

Also, das erste Brüder #Grimm #Märchen ist Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten. The Bremen Town Musicians. It's about a donkey who (it's a he) spent his life carrying bags to the mill and when he got old his master decided to sell him to a slaughterhouse. So the donkey ran away and went to Bremen to become a musician.

https://www.grimmstories.com/language.php?grimm=027&l=en&r=de

My last few toots are about vocabulary from the beginning of this tale. I'll be more consistent from now on.

#German #tales

The Bremen town musicians (ENGLISH) - Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten (GERMAN)

14-11-2017 - The Bremen town musicians (ENGLISH) - Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten (GERMAN) - There was once an ass whose master had made him carry sacks to the mill for many a long year, but whose strength began at last to fail, so that each day as it came found him less capable of work. Then his master began to think of turning him out, but the ass, guessing that something was in the wind that boded him no good, ran away, taking the road to Bremen, for there he thought he might get an engagement as town musician. Es hatte ein Mann einen Esel, der schon lange Jahre die Säcke unverdrossen zur Mühle getragen hatte, dessen Kräfte aber nun zu Ende gingen, so daß er zur Arbeit immer untauglicher ward. Da dachte der Herr daran, ihn aus dem Futter zu schaffen, aber der Esel merkte, daß kein guter Wind wehte, lief fort und machte sich auf den Weg nach Bremen, dort, meinte er, könnte er ja Stadtmusikant werden.

Show threadMaciekNov 13, 2017
@makingthematrix *ganz und gar nicht, dämlich autokorrekt.
MaciekNov 13, 2017
liegen - to lie (down), to be located.
Der Wein muss liegen - the wine must "lie", ie. mature.
Dieser Ort liegt zur Frenkreich - this town lies in France.
Es liegt ganz allein an dir - it depends only on you.
Die Schuld liegt bei dir - The fault is yours ("lies by you")
e, Schuld, en - a fault, a guilt, a debt.
schulden - to be guilty
beschuldigen - to accuse
ganz recht! - that's right!
ganz und gar - totally
good anz und gar nicht - not at all
#German