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minus-squareApeman42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoI feel like after couple weeks observation, I could understand the 1100s or 1200s version well enough, but it probably helps that I have vague memories of high school German classes. Speaking it would take far longer.
minus-squarefujiwood@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoThat’s impressive, the sentences before 1550 are not language that I understand. Other than a few single words.
I feel like after couple weeks observation, I could understand the 1100s or 1200s version well enough, but it probably helps that I have vague memories of high school German classes. Speaking it would take far longer.
That’s impressive, the sentences before 1550 are not language that I understand. Other than a few single words.