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1@jesse_saenz Jesse Saenz

Thanks #duolingo I'm sure this phrase will naturally come up in all types of daily interactions. #german #deutschlernen

(A screenshot of Duo lingo) Liebst du Mayo oder liebst du mich?

Do you love mayonnaise or do you love me?

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[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago
[–] thecodeboss@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I got ChatGPT to write me a silly dialogue ending in this line:

Samantha: "Arthur, how could you?"

Arthur: "What? What did I do this time, Samantha?"

Samantha: "You've put mayonnaise on the roast chicken again! You know I can't stand the stuff!"

Arthur: "But, Samantha, it adds so much flavor!"

Samantha: "Arthur, it doesn't. It just makes everything taste like... mayonnaise!"

Arthur: "That's the point! You know I've always loved it."

Samantha: "I thought you loved me."

Arthur: "Well, of course, I do."

Samantha: "Well, you can't have both of us."

Arthur: "What, you want me to choose between you and mayonnaise?"

Samantha: "Yes, exactly. Do you love mayonnaise or do you love me?"

[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Fuck me, this is actually kinda funny in an absurd way. Everyone is a bot joke are going to get much more real in the next couple of years.

[–] geekworking@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If I ever go to Germany, I now have an awesome pickup line.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Be prepared for a lot of Germans to pick mayo

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's when you produce a jar of mayo from behind your back.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Honest to god I think this would actually work

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago

If you're understanding strictly because of context, how are you supposed to learn the language well. You need to be exposed to absurdity in order to really get it

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You don't know how much Germans love mayo, then.

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Germans? not as much, Slaves? damn, they would end the world for one more spoonful of mayo

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Slaves

Err...did you mean to type "Slavs?"

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

autocorrect XD, that one time you don't check, but ima keep it, it's funny

[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

Those damn slaves and their... checks notes ... lust for mayo?

[–] kindenough@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We Dutch need all the mayo. Where are you hiding the mayo?

[–] octoperson@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

So what's this 'hollandaise' then? What are you hiding from us?

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

we sold it, you'll need to go (to) Hungry

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Pommes mit Mayo? Spinnst du?

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

The point isn't to teach you useful sentences to memorize, it's teaching you spontaneous usage of the language. With German, it's definitely drilling all of the specific tense rules into you by throwing random ass sentences at you to translate.

[–] Mayonnaise@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

User name is sus.

[–] drdabbles@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Jesse doesn't truly understand the German language or people until this question makes sense.

[–] RobertOwnageJunior@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

'Liebst du Mayo oder liebst du mich? Scheiß egal, ich hab die Gicht!'

[–] muse@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Hell of an ultimatum

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] oldfart@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Such an underrated comment

[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Seems pretty normal to me 😹

[–] N0N0@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm german and this phrase is utterly bs. Tbh, every German You will tell this will treat You like you're a retard.

[–] Shialac@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

fr... I am german, of course I love mayonnaise

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What would be the proper phrasing for this question?

[–] UlfKirsten@feddit.de 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s grammatically correct but every sane German will obviously pick mayo.

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

that's sort of the point, you aren't learning phrases to spit out like a "Chinese room", but instead vocabulary and grammar

[–] N0N0@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

E.g.: Was liebst du mehr, Mayonnaise oder mich?

What do You like better, Mayonnaise or me?

The point is, it's highly improper to not love a person in favor of a thing. Instead You can lighten it up a bit by just asking for what they like better.

The initial question is only askable among very close friends (Irony/Saracasm), usually not even for couples and definitely not for love interests or lose contacts.

I like how the first section of German Duolingo is learning how to ask for coffee and beer or tea and wine

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 2 years ago

If you're Doug Funny this could be legit.

[–] x4740N@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's better to study language from natural sources, yes you can use dullingo or textbooks but learn about natural language from natural sources by immersing yourself in the content of the language you are learning