`I lerne Deutsch aber es ist noch nicht super`

Hi.

Ich lerne Deutsch, aber es ist noch nicht gut.

This would be the way I would write this sentence. Es is a possesive pronoun. In this case you could substitute. Das is not a possesive pronoun.

Ich lerne Deutsch, aber mein Deutsch (my German) ist noch nicht gut.

I would use gut instead of super. Super would mean that your German is not yet superior.

Cic there's a trans facility in Google

By the way "I" s/b "Ich" shouldn't it

Yeah I've forgotten that. I apologize for it

Not at all Cic. I wasn't sure but what it was a 21st-century neologism

"Es" and "das" are both correct. For what it's worth, "es" sounds more idiomatic to my native-German ears.

Do you really think das is correct in this case?
I have never heard someone using das in such a sentence.

According to the German Wikipedia personal pronouns (I was wrong with the possesive pronoun) are used when a noun is replaced.
Additionally if das stands alone in a sentence it can be replaced by welches or dieses (two demonstratives). To me the sentence does not sound right after such a substitution, but perhaps it is also ok.

Really? It doesn't sound right at all to my ears (although I acknowledge your ears are much better than mine in this particular area). Wouldn't "Ich lerne Deutsch aber es ist noch nicht gut" suggest that the German language isn't good yet? Seems to me that "es" has an unclear antecedent. I'd go with something like "Ich studiere Deutsch, aber mein Studium geht mir langsam (oder schlecht)."

I agree "das" sounds a little off, but it does not violate any rule of German grammar I'm aware of. The same is true if you substitute "das" with "dieses", as you suggest you should be able to. While it sounds like a clueless, tone-deaf, or insecure person trying to be formal, it technically violates no grammatical rule and does convey the intended meaning.

"Es" would be understood to refer to "the German I've learned so far", or something in that vein. So yes, the antecedent is kind of vague, but it remains well within the limits of vagueness permissible in everyday conversation.


"Geht mir zu langsam" (too slow) or just "langsam" without the "mir". But yes, that would be more precise.

I wouldn't write that sentence in a paper when studying German at the LMU's Faculty of Languages and Literatures. But I agree with Thomas, it's every day German. (And joe's sentence is more precise.)

Yes, you might be right. I am not an expert in German grammar, but as a native speaker it sounded wrong to me.

Some additional thoughts:
In this case "das" would be a demonstrative pronoun I think, which refers to the object "Deutsch". So if you use "das" it should be accented.
I guess in this case one could say that the German language is not good.

If you use "es", this word can be interpreted as a personal pronoun i think. According to this one could substitute my German, which is a bit more precise.

Is there generally less irony in German conversation/culture, or does it just show up in different places?

It's a demonstrative (Demonstrativpronomen, "hinweisendes Fürwort").