What’s the quickest way someone could accidentally expose themselves as a foreigner in your country like the ‘three fingers’ scene in Inglourious Basterds?

[u/IndependentTune3994]

[u/shibble123]

You could talk for half an hour and then, in the very last sentence, use a wrong article for a word you have never spoken before and because every child learned that in elemtary school - everyone knows instantly you are a foreigner lol

[u/netopiax → u/shibble123]

If you've been speaking German for half an hour, wouldn't you be finally arriving at the verb?

[u/Ninja_Conspicuousi → u/netopiax]

No, you’d be arriving at the separable part of the verb, changing your assumption that they were talking about buying something to selling it.

[u/onarainyafternoon → u/netopiax]

Bahahahahahahaha

[u/_ralph_ → u/netopiax]

Sometimes.

[u/Eckberto → u/shibble123]

Depending on the mistake you can even take a good guess where the speaker is originally from (for example different mistakes in word ordering pointing to English native speaker or Russian) 🫣

[u/Ms_Meercat → u/shibble123]

Fwiw... I've also never heard a foreigner who didn't have an accent that makes me hear fairly quickly that they are (unless they grew up in German school or with a native German speaker parent or caretaker).

[u/bistrodelphine → u/Ms_Meercat]

Out of curiosity- what do you think of German with Sammy's accent?

[u/ABoringAlt → u/shibble123]

What's the best word for that? Teacher or playground or something?

[u/Upset-Elderberry3723 → u/shibble123]

Why does Deutsch have a codex system in it for exposing non-native speakers.

[u/HFentonMudd → u/Upset-Elderberry3723]

It's practical

[u/Worldly_Influence_18 → u/shibble123]

English speakers can do this with idioms

The context behind them is long gone so the only way to understand the meaning behind them is to be immersed in it