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Same! I just got a FULL practice of just that one word... Ended up copy-paste the word, was much easier
exact same here, very useful practice in copy/paste.. apparently i gained a full 3% more fluency by learning just die Bundesliga though
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IMO "Die Bundesliga" should be translated as "The Bundesliga". Such proper names usually aren't translated. We don't translate "Premier League" in German either.
Why is this word introduced in one of the first lessons? It's either a joke, or purposefully provides bizarre insight into the priorities of German speakers.
obviously Dolingo has a deliberate sense of humour. Check out French course, it got its own share of jokes.
Bundesliga is one of the top two tiers of German football league, not any German football league
I think it's not important, but essential to the every day life of German culture to understand. Regardless if you like soccer/football or not, German stadiums would be packed with fans supporting their teams. It's just another one of those things about culture that I think it's always good to learn about.
i agree it's the bundesliga have a so big number of big clubs and players like bvb and bayern
aren't there more important things to learn in the first lesson apart from football vocabulary?
This is quite funny. I'm new to German, but I'm not sure if you need "Bundesliga" at the beginning stages of the language, and the same sentence is repeating over and over again.
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As far as I know, the Bundesliga (first to third) is THE German professional soccer league. The others are - more or less - amateurs.
Yes, you are right. The Bundesliga (1. to 3.) are considered as professional, while the rest is considered as amateur leagues. BUT several teams in the Regionalliga also pay a lot of money for their players and they play on a more or less high level (The multiple Regionalligen are the league below the third Bundesliga). So even when its considered an amateuer league, some players can live pretty well from it.
Why is this question appearing over and over for almost all 20 questions... It does not even seem to be a properly translated word?
Because Duolingo uses US English by default, and "soccer" is what association football is most often called there.
Duolingo uses American English by default, though where possible, UK English is accepted in translation exercises.
Because die Bundesliga is a feminine word, it needs the feminine article die.
As for why it's feminine: grammatical gender is mostly arbitrary, so it's best to learn the gender of a word when you learn the word. (A good dictionary will be helpful here.)
No, this isn't italian, there is very little to indicate the gender, you must use your memory. However i have seen some "tendencies" such as -er words and alcoholic beverages (except beer) tend to be male
A team is a group of players that play at once -- typically at least eleven, possible with some more in case a player needs to be exchanged during a game or is ill.
A league is a group of teams that are all roughly equally strong, or that are all found in the same geographical area, or where the players are about the same age.
Typically, games will take place between teams that are in the same league.
If die is THE in the feminine, why is The German Soccer League not DAS?
It's not das because the word Bundesliga is not neuter; it is feminine.
Grammatical gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) is not necessarily connected to physical sex (male, female, inanimate objects).
bundesliga it would be easier to just put socccer team rather than german soccer league
But those are different things -- a league consists of many teams that play against each other at roughly the same level or in the same area or where players are about the same age.
I think it's not important, but essential to the every day life of German culture to understand. Regardless if you like soccer/football or not, German stadiums would be packed with fans supporting their teams. It's just another one of those things about culture that I think it's always good to learn about.
