"Es geht" is more like it is okay but not necessarily good at the moment. If you want to give it a more positive attitude you can say "es läuft" literally "it runs" compared to "it goes"

"Es geht" bedeutet: " Es geht mir schlecht, aber ich möchte das nicht so direkt sagen."

I’m German and I love to see how people from other countries want to learn our language! I know that it’s quite difficult but it’s worth it😘😀😍

I wanna say: great video, love the thoughts you put into it. Sounding 'natural' speaking german is pretty hard to achieve I'd say, but here are some of my thoughts on your examples that might help others. 0:38 "Guten Tag" is not really something any german uses in their day to day articulation. It's more commonly used in Mail traffic and such. VERY formal and rarely used. 0:48 "Wie geht's" is not very formal and is not something you'd ask a client e.g. It's a question you ask to break the ice and start a conversation, tho some people use this as a hook to complain about anything going wrong in their life at the momemt, so be warned here. 0:58 "Was geht ab" is pretty much outdated and not used that much anymore, but you'd say that to a friend to start chatting I'd say. 01:24 "Es geht" to me is not that 'it's going well' or 'I'm fine' vibe tbh. It's more like 'I'll say I'm fine but actually I'd like to complain and moan about my current inconveniences.' Usually the comment of 'es geht' is followed by some sort of 'What's wrong?'. 01:39 "Mir geht's gut" is not something you'd hear a lot from a german, simply because germans don't usually talk in first person as weird as that sounds. A much more commonly used phrase would be "Alles gut." which is 'it's all good' or 'all good'. 01:55 "Na" & "Ne" the fillers everyone uses, usually at the end of an expression if you want the other one to say something to what you just said. Like "Das wetter ist heute richtig gut, ne?" 'The weather today is really good, right?" "Aber sowas von..." 'It sure is...' 02:21 perfectly explained, nothing to add here other than germans will shorten it by on letter which makes you sound more natural: "Ich versteh nur Bahnhof." 02:59 perfectly explained. nothing to add. 03:25 perfectly explained, tho you'd really wanna strech that "o" like "proost" (not as an 'u' like in english). 03:38 "Neee" should be extended by the phrases "Nö" "Näh" and maybe "uh-uh". Other than that I'd agree, but "nein" is totally fine and commonly used. You could make a scale of this. On a scale from 1-10, where 10 is the strongest disagreement a "Nee" would be a 3 or 4, a "Nö" would be maybe a 4 or 5. a "Näh!" would be a 6 or 7 and a actual "nein" would definetely be a 10. 03:53 "Auf jeden fall" is greatly explained. Could be translated to "sure" as an answer. 04:13 "Naja..." perfectly explained as "well...", nothing to add to that. It does even have the same range as "well.." depending on you voice, your emphisis and so on. 04:32 "Jein" is really only used by annoying people and idiots ^^ You don't wanna say that, unless you wanna sound like a jerk. 04:50 "Chillen" no need to add anything to that, it is what it is, tho it's frowned upon among people above 35 I'd say. 05:10 "Ja, ich bin dabei" is a great phrase to use as an answer to that question. Great explanation! 05:23 "Entspann dich" is not that common among germans. It'd be more like "Komm mal runter" which translates to "Calm down". The Terminator reference there was a perfect example why you wouldn't want to say that, if your goal is to sound natural. "Entspann dich" sound so mechanical and like an order :D 05:44 "Geil" is the universal, commonly accepted adjective for "awesome", tho still frowned upon by elderly. 05:49 "Fett" - Do not say that, unless - once again - you wanna sound like a complete jerk. 05:54 "Krass" is more commonly used but it's nowerdays more likely to be used as an increased version of very ("sehr"). Example: "That was a mad effin' backflip, dude!" 'Das war ein krass, geiler Backflip, alter!'. It's very good that you name the possible negative expression of the word! 06:07 "Ich habe die Nase voll" is not that often used. It's more like "Ich hab' die Schnauze voll!" which is and increase of intensitiy to that. "Nase" is just 'nose', but "Schnauze" is what an animal has as a snout. It really adds some spice to it. Saying "... nase voll" is not at all really used. 06:25 "Bock haben auf..." is very well explained, nothing to add, good job! 06:39 "Jemandem die Daumen drücken" Good, great, simple and perfectly explained! : ) 06:52 "Einen Augenblick, bitte" is a very nice phrase, not very much used, but very polite, and I wish people would use it.. Nowerdays it just "Wadde mal!" which is a junction off "Warte mal" which means 'wait'. It's very nice to say "Einen Augenblick, bitte", because it is so rare these days. 07:14 "Wie viel kostet das?" is gramatically correct, tho in germany you'd say "Was kostet das?" which is the abosulte mainly used phrase only topped by "Was kost' das?". 07:21 I actually burst out laughing while hearing that because in germany they don't actually ask, what you need or if you need anything unless you're in a shop that sales top price, prestigious items. You'd most of the time have to consult a salesperson to help you and even then, they don't wanna deal with you as a customer tbh. If you ARE - however - at a good retail shop they're probably more likely to ask "Wie kann ich Ihnen helfen?" which means 'How can I help you?' I'd say. 07:48 "Darf ich mich Bargeld bezahlen?" which for now is accepted at any location you could think of. 09:10 "Die Rechnung, bitte". To me it's more likely to say "Können wir bitte zahlen?" which translates to "Could we play, please?". The initial phrase is fine, tho it sounds more like a command. 09:26 "Stimmt so" absolutely correct, nothing to add to that, tho you might wanna know that germans aren't that generous in general with tips. 0936 "Noch eine, bitte". You should be careful with that phrasing, because if you say "Noch EINE, bitte", it's ordering another ROUND of beer for everyone on the table. If it's just you being thursty it'll be "Noch EINS, bitte" which means "another one, please". 09:48 "Darf ich mal vorbei?" is a great way to phrase that, tho it'll be enough in most cases, and sounding more natrual to just say "Darf ich mal?" which is totally fine! 09:55 "Können Sie mir bitte helfen?" is a great way to ask for help because most germans won't ask for help AT ALL, because they think, they know everything better, but mostly because of the "bitte" in between which is uncommon by now. 10:04 "Schön Sie kennenzulernen" ist most likely to be used after the introduction thb. In case of goodbyes, it's more like to say "Hat mich gefreut!" or "War schon Sie kennenzulernen." 10:13 "Alles Gute zum Geburtstag" is a great way to say "HP, BRO!", but just was well as "Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag!". 10:34 "Guten Appetit" is fine and accepted everywhere. Although if you're talking to a coworker or something like that you'd probably say "Guten Hunger!" which means exactly the same but it's a lot more based and informal in some way. 10:42 "Ich stimme dir zu" - noone really says that, it's way too formal and sounds robotic. It'll be more like "Klaro" or "Absolut!" or "Jawoll" or maybe even "Jo". These are more natural to the german language. 10:48 "Der Zug ist schon abgefahren" - TRUE! 11:12 "Eigentlich schon, aber..." yeah.... that's basically saying 'Yea, but actually.... no" - simple as that. I'd actually include "Hau rein" as an outroduction as an informal, friend to friend sorta "Tschüss" which is commonly known and used.

German is such a beautiful language. It’s music to my ears as my Oma would speak it to me all the time when I was growing up❤️

Is lustig das als deutsche anzugucken 😂😂😂

The idiom "I only understand trainstation" makes sense when you put it into the context of its origin: When driving in a foreign country by train, many of the stations names will end with the respective word for "station" in the country's language. Since this word will be repeatedly announced throughout the travel, you will learn to understand it. However, if the conductor announces something more elaborate than just the stations name, the only thing the german will understand, would probably be the word for "station", hence the saying "Ich versteh nur Bahnhof". While the idiom is used just like "It's all greek to me", the premise is a little different. There is another german idiom that works more like "it's all greek to me" in terms of phrasing, but is applied when something seems weird, in the sense that it must be a foreign thing, which is "Das kommt mir spanisch vor"-->"Seems spanish to me"

I loved this video, Marina! I am interested in German as well and this is a great opportunity to learn some phrases. Blessings.

NA? Als Deutsche ist es lustig zuzuschauen! Andere verstehen nur Bahnhof hahahaha...auf jeden Fall werde ich dich weiter verfolgen! Naja, Prost 😂 ♡

I’ve been learning German both self-taught and in school. Of course it has all been super formal. And I’ve been wanting to learn more natural, relaxed terms and phrases so this was quite helpful, thank you!

Lmao I feel like "Yesn't" is the equivalent of "Jein" in English 😂

It was a real pleasure to hear you giving us wichtige Sätze auf Deutsch. You are so convincing that you should really carry on teaching us your phrases and experience in Germany.

„Geil“ is used in Germany as awesome, but if you translate it directly into Englisch it means „horny“. Just to let know. :)

If you ever wondered where "Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof" came from it came from the soldiers in World War 1 who were fed up fighting the war and didnt wanna hear anything unrelated to "Bahnhof" which meant that they would be returning home.

I discovered your channel randomly and I wanna thank you for your awesome video. When it started I didn't want to watch a video which is 12 minutes long, but your first sentences were touching. Mach's gut!

Thanks for the video. I studied in Frankfurt for 4 months on the Earasmus scheme in 1994 and then worked in Rastatt in Baden again for only 4 months three years later. I haven't returned there more than twenty years on. I really enjoyed your vid though, keep it up.

"German" in the title. Every German: *OMG* The comment section is my territory!!!!!!

"Bis später" means "See you later", not "See you soon". It's generally only used if you plan to meet or talk to that person again on the same day. You could also use the phrase "Bis nachher".

Hi I’m from Germany and the answer „es geht“ to the question how I am doing doesn’t really mean that I am good. It actually means more like „ not so good“. The better answer would be „alles bestens“. Great Video btw.

Marina, I like your English Channel very much. And I like your way you teach people. And now I know why... I have been learning Russian at school and I spent my childhood in Dresden. You're triggering positive feelings in me. I burst into tears. Ja lubju tebja!! Mach weiter so! Kati

In Germany you dont ask " can i pay cash?" you have to ask " can i pay with card?!

Eine Russin die den Amerikanern deutsch erklärt, das ist total lustig :)

1:20 Depends on the accentuation. Very often this just means: "I dont't wanna talk about it. Next question." ;-)

Hey, amazing video, I enjoyed it very much, because I'm german 😊 But I want to share that the phrase "Es geht" or "Es geht so" don't mean "I'm fine"! It means "moderate", so you use it when you're not fine and not bad, but something in between! You can use also "Mir geht es so lala" instead :) Hope that helps you..

Instead of "entspann dich" younger people also use "chill mal"

I'm german why am I watching this😂😂😂😂

In Germany now for company training. One of the first phrases we were taught by one of our trainers is "fier abend", which basically means end of work day. But what it really means is, "Work's over, time for beer!" The most important phrase I have ever learned.

thank you for this video! i am very grateful that it doesn’t last for more than 12 mins, keeps me more focused this way. ❤

"Jein" I found the word of my life

''Was geht ab'' is pretty outdated. People shortened it to ''Was geht''. If someone would say ''Was geht ab'' it would make them sound kinda silly. At least I havent heard anyone saying ''Was geht ab'' since ages..lol Also ''Es geht'' in case of answering the question ''Wie geht's?'' / ''How are you doing'' / ''Was geht ab'' - People say that when they don't really feel well but neither bad. You could compare that to ''It could be better''. We don't really use ''Es geht'' as a shortened version of ''Mir geht's gut'' /''I'm doing fine''. If you say ''Es geht'' your friends or people around you will ask you most of the time ''what's wrong with you'' because they assume you have something on your mind you struggle with.

Hi . Thank you so much . I use your English videos as teaching curriculum over here in Afghanistan . You have a heart made of GILD. THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK

this was very informative! and your skin looks amazing 😍

great video :D

My German level is in between B1 to B2. Your videos are so helpful & useful for me to remind how to communicate :)

Thanks for you video, I'm at a much higher level, but still it was a wake up call for some little phrases I had kind of forgotten. Your format is great, your enthousiasm inspiring. (I'm not native English, I'm from the Flemish speaking part of Belgium). Good luck to you. Bye. Marc

Thankyou for this! I've been taking german classes and self teaching for 2 years. This helps thankyou

Please never say „fett“ in the context you mentioned in the Video. Normal People don‘t say that here in Germany :D

Heyy, I am German and I was quite interested in this video. I've also watched lots of other videos from you and I really do love the way you explain and just talk in general - it makes me want to study. Anyhow, I also wanted to add [this is a 110% not meant to be rude, just a "tip"] that in minute 2:10 you said "Na, alles klar?" means: "So, did you get it?" but we germans actually use it to say like "What's up?" or "Everything's fine/okay?" or if you say "Na, alles klar bei dir?" it means: "Is everything okay with you?" just like "Are u okay?" It's just a "tip" in case you are going to use this phrase again. Btw: I love your channel & your channel content, it's just amazing. Love from Germany, xoxo

Loved it. Super useful. Hope to get the chance to spend some time in Germany later this year.

It is so exciting to watch this as a german. Good Job !

Ich glaube dieses Video schauen nur deutsche an😂😂

For me as a native speaker I totally understand how hard it is to learn German! The The more I really want to complement you your German is pretty good, especially because you’re not living in Germany anymore and you’re not practicing it everyday. All the best from Germany.🤗

Fun fact: Jein exists in Italian as well. You can say "Sni" or "Ni" and it's quite the same meaning. Maybe you can hear when someone asks you if you are sure and you can answer in a very informal way "Sni" or "Ni" which means that you are half sure half not. By the way, I am currently studying German and English so watching this video I obviously improved my German but my English as well. Two in one. Wunderbar!!

1:25 "Es geht" is also often used as describing something as "medium", for example: "Ist es kalt draußen?" - "Es geht" would mean "Is it cold outside?" - "kind of, but not too cold"

Grüße aus Deutschland :D

"Es geht" is like "I'm fine..." But you're really not.

Thanks Marina I have recently started learning Germany It’s a beginning Your video is helpful too 😊

Danke für das Video, dass du gemacht hat. Die Phrasen haben mir sehr viel geholfen. Bleiben Sie mehr tollen Video machen!

„Na, alles klar?“ is more used as something like: „is everything fine/okay?“

"Es geht" is definetly not "I'm fine", it's more like "not really good, but ok"

Thank you for placing (writing in) the words too! God bless

Du machst das großartig. Mega krass ! Es macht mir Spaß zu sehen wie you Deutsch lehrst. Hammer 😍👍. Liebe Grüße aus Thailand 🇹🇭

As a german is it great to see how you explain this words. Als ein Deutscher ist es interessant die Erklärungen zu hören.😊

in french (Québec) for the "jein" we have "noui" that's more like a mix between "non" et "oui" together.

I'm about to visit a friend in Germany in a few days and this is very helpful. Danke!

10:04 00:59 6:52 7:15 7:25 9:47

I love that you listed all the phrases. So helpful. Much appreciated! Danke schön!🙂

One quick correction: "Es geht" does NOT mean "It's going great/okay" it's more the version of "I'm not well" without wanting to sound like a whiner. Another example: If you ask somebody how his food was and he replies "es geht" you can be pretty sure he will never go to that restaurant again. Also: jein isn't a real word. It's more a wordplay on "ja" (yes) and "nein". It is colloquially used to stress ambivalence. Example: Did you have a nice weekend? Answer: Jein. The people were great, but the weather was so bad, that the show was cancelled. Oh, my level of German: probably native, if Kölsch isn't my native language =;-))

I think you are the best of the best on KZfaq. Your content and the way you present it, its simply spectacular.

Been doing DuoLingo to brush up on the stuff "ich vergessen" from high school (I realize the irony of using that phrase right there :P). I'm going to re-watch this video a hundred times to get these sunk in. Really want to take my first trip to Deutschland soon!!! Thanks for this video :)

Thank you for this great video! I have been learning Deutsch for about 6 months now, and most of these are phrases they definitely don't teach you in learning apps, but great to know. Du bist toll!

Hi from France ! Thank you for this video ! I learn English with you and now German. My German level is like a beginner because.... the last time I spoke German... a very very long time ago. So yeahhhh ! :)

I had never heard ’jein’ before. In swedish we use ’nja’ (nej + ja) meaning the same thing. We also have ’nåja’ = ’na ja’ but that means sort of ’oh well’. Good video. Using some good filler words here and there make a big difference.

So gut, dieser Deutschunterricht bei dir. Danke schön!

This is awesome, I'm going to Germany for the 3rd time shortly and always feel I should have more "conversational" German rather than relying on them speaking english, will be coming back to this video in the next couple of weeks I'm sure. Thanks again!

ich stell mir gerade vor wie jemand "you're awsome" sagen will und "du bist fett" sagt😂

As a German learner: Thank. You. So. Much. I've been trying to find common phrases like this for so long, this is so helpful, THANK YOU!!!

Incredibly helpful, thanks!

Thanks for this amazing video 🌻🌻 I'm in the A2 stage in my "learning german" trip I love you and I'll be waiting for more vids like this one 💚💚

Thank you for this informative video! I am on the A1 level currently and have been learning German for the past month and a half! A few phrases were complicated for me but I got most of them :) Danke schön!! Mach's gut!

3:32 Gotta love the Christoph Waltz reference. Nothing more German/Austrian than that.

A very useful video for people who want to travel or study or work in Germany.

Hey! Some little correction: Normally you don't use "es geht" to respond "was geht". Much more you say "nicht viel". Greetings from Germany😄

"Jein..." just means yesn't. Welcome to Texas.

Fuer die Auslander Deutsch ist schwer, aber mit diesem Video ich finde ist sehr gut und interresant. Vielen dank und Tchuss!

Now I realised, I can anderstand completeEnglish. Just WOW! My first foreign language is Germanm and I always thought it's more easy to understand. I've been learning English for 1.5 years and it's so easy, OMG. I'm proud of myself. Just believe in yourself!

what I noticed when I was in Chile that it doesn't really exist a synonym for "achso" in several languages, which means like "ah okay now I understand it" and I am german and I use this 100 times a day

Hey Marina! I enjoyed watching your video. I'm studying both English and German and I'm glad to have found your channel since with you I can improve my knowledge in both. :) Keep up the good work! ;)

You are so fresh air, thank you!

Oh I realized I couldn't really grasp it when I was seeing these videos. But after doing a lot of Duolingo now these phrases instantly stick with me. Just like how you did latin origins to learn Spanish you gotta get a handle on the similar sounding words. It starts to make sense intuitively.

Hallo meine liebe Freunde!! What is your level of German?

Awesome information. I'm an American living in Germany and still feel like a beginner even though I am currently taking my third German class. One thing I would love is if you kept the subtitles of the phrases up for longer or during the entire time that you are explaining the meaning and giving examples.

Du kannst wirklich schön und deutlich in Deutsch sprechen😊 Your German sounds really good and clear😄

Girlfriend, hello from Florida, moving to Berlin tomorrow. I usually do NOT like Channels on this platform, but thank you for these amazing phrases, terms, idioms, and salutations.

You're such an amazing girl, I am so happy to know you and I would like to say that I just started to learn German, so I wanna you to make german phrases for beginners. Thank you in advance, Love you and I actually enjoy when I am watching your videos Marina! :)

I live in Germany 🙄👍

какая умничка, спустя годы стать такой успешной. Ты не устаешь Марин?

Gerade ich lerne Deutsch. Es ist die Sprache Schillers und Goethes und die genaueste und präzieseste Sprache und kann immer wieder neue Wörter erfinden. Was ich hier liebe, ist die Gemütlichkeit. Dieses Wort gibt es nur hier!!

Please make more videos on Deutsch like you make for English:)

I loved watching your video, you seemed so friendly 😊

Ihre video hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Gute Informationen haben Sie über die „Common Phrases” gegeben. Vielen Dank! Seit 4 Monaten lerne ich Deutsch. Am 11. Februar habe ich meine A2 Prüfung im Goethe Mumbai.

Hey, your video was fantastic, really helpful.👏🤝 But please can you make more of such videos. I'll be grateful to you.

Thank you, Marina, for your video! I like the way you explain German! And the fact you’re doing it in English! Keep doing it, going to watch some more videos of yours 🙌🏻

This was an entertaining, well-structured and nicely paced video which taught me a lot. One doesn’t necessarily learn these types of informal words and phrases on foreign language courses. Perhaps you could make a short video showing a dialogue between yourself and another German speaker about small talk at parties, for example? I think it would be quite entertaining and educational. Keep up the good work and well done! 😁

Ich habe Bock auf noch ein Video von dir! Still my favorite expression :-)

I am doing my A2 Now. Today i learned a lot. Dankeschön

10:04 False It was nice to meet you -> Schön sie kennengelernt zu haben Nice to meet you -> Schön sie kennenzulernen

If you just say "Ich habe Bock" without anything else it most likely means you want to have Sex so be careful with that 😅😅

Wow😍 bitte mehr von diesen Themen ❤

You are the best teacher in the world. I am so happy to watch this useful video. Thank you for that ❤❤