8 THINGS I WISH SOMEBODY TOLD ME BEFORE I STARTED LEARNING GERMAN

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I’m going to be honest right off the bat and tell you that I learned German the WRONG way - who knew there even was a wrong way to learn German?! That’s why I’m sharing 8 tips with you that I wish someone had of told me back when I first arrived in Germany!
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@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

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@juttalio1664 3 жыл бұрын

Niemand hier wird erwarten, dass ein Tourist deutsch spricht. Aber wer sich entschließt hier zu leben, sollte zumindest die Basis für ein miteinander kommunizieren kennen. Das ist ein Punkt, den ich voll und ganz unterstreichen würde. Der beste Rat, den man geben kann und das gilt für alle Länder.

@bartolo498 3 жыл бұрын

Man fragt sich auch, was das für eine Art Neokolonialismus ist, zu erwarten, längere in einem Land zu leben, ohne dessen Sprache zu lernen. Deutsche oder Italiener in den USA würde man heutzutage schallend auslachen, wenn sie auch nur auf die Idee kämen, dort ohne Englisch leben zu wollen.

@TheWuschelMUC 3 жыл бұрын

@@bartolo498 Das Auslachen ist nicht so sehr das Thema, aber wenn man praktisch täglich wegen fehlender Deutschkenntnisse aufgeschmissen ist, führt das auch zu Einsichten.

@bartolo498 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheWuschelMUC Ja. aber das Realitätsfeedback funktioniert in Deutschland nicht so gut, weil "zu viele" relativ gut Englisch sprechen, d.h. Leute mitunter relativ lange mit sehr schlechtem oder kaum Deutsch durchkommen. Sich dann auch noch beschweren oder auch nur hervorheben, dass man für manches in einem Land eben die Landessprache halbwegs können muss, liegt für mich zwischen lächerlich und unverschämt.

@leppavu 3 жыл бұрын

@@bartolo498 Viele Deutsche scheinen nicht zu erkennen, dass Deutsch eine schwerere Sprache ist als andere. Viele Deutsche machen sich auch über die Fehler von Ausländern lustig oder geben sich keine Mühe, sich mit Akzenten oder Sprachfehlern auf halbem Weg zu treffen, indem sie einfach sagen "Ich verstehe nichts!". Deutschland ist keine besonders freundliche oder offene Kultur für Ausländer, und das macht es noch schwieriger, die Sprache zu lernen. Die meisten Deutschen überschätzen auch ihre Englischkenntnisse, aber das ist ein anderes Thema. Aber ja, man kann hier mit schlechtem Deutsch und mäßigem Englisch zurechtkommen. Englisch ist eine Lingua franca, Deutsch nicht.

@albustanmagic4036 3 жыл бұрын

@@leppavu Deutsch ist für Englisch-Sprecher die am einfachsten zu erlernende Sprache, das liegt daran, dass sich die beiden Sprachen erst vor 900 Jahren auseinander entwickelt haben. Dass Expats aus englisch-sprechenden Ländern sich schwerer tun, Deutsch zu lernen als z.B. Rumänen oder Polen (zwei total anderes Sprachfamilien !) liegt nicht daran, dass die deustche Sprache so schwer ist. Sondern an fehlender Sprachlernpraxis, die in den angloamerikanischen Schulsystemen so gut wie gar nicht gelehrt wird (eine Sprache zu erlernen braucht viel Zeit und Ausdauer und viel Übung, das muss man einfach wissen). Hinzu kommt die Bequemlichkeit und das ständige Widerholen der Legende, Deutsch wäre schwerer oder komplizierter als z.B. Französisch (was für Englischsprecher sehr viel schwerer zu erlernen ist).

@lisabepunkt4212 3 жыл бұрын

10:56 🤓 actually we use certain verbs (haben, sein und die Modalverben) in Präteritum in spoken language as well because their Perfekt is a bit weird and complicated to use in daily conversations.

@doctorphil0078 3 жыл бұрын

Great reassurance for this of all ages. We're a bit older than you but the info is helpful. Thanks as we may be moving to Germany. Tschüss.

@sorayarosadha Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I have been learning Deutsch since last year and the journey has been very tough. Watching this makes me feel that it's all worth it.

@elkeyvonnelindemann8284 3 жыл бұрын

We are Germans living in the US! We have learned Oxford English in School, but as we moved here, we missed tons of words and most of all phrases or idioms! In the beginning I tried to translate our german idioms straight into english.....as you might imagine.....that went awfully wrong;) Since Americans would like to be polite every time I am searching for a word during a conversation they are waiting but barely helping! Some even giggle about my pronunciation! But, I agree with you: IT IS SOOOOOO IMPORTANT WHEN YOU LIVE IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY TO LEARN THE LANGUAGE! I cannot understand people who are not doing it! We lived in Mexico for a while and I haven‘t learned a word in Spanish before we moved there ......a great mistake, because I lived for 1/2 year in a tunnel and missed out on so much! I admire you, Jenna! It is never easy to live in a foreign country with a different culture (food, traditions)! And, we will be always homesick...especially right now during COVID time! I hope, you have a great support system in Germany! Keep up your positive attitude!

@Marco080476 3 жыл бұрын

That's probably the best advice-video I ever heard here on KZfaq for learning german or how to learn german. Great work. It's nice to have somebody like you in Good-Old-Germany. Greetings from Hamburg

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

Marc Oh thanks so much for the awesome feedback!! 🤗🤗 I just did a little happy dance haha

@drahnier63 3 жыл бұрын

you are absolutely right about the help in drinking a little alcohol before trying to speak in another language. my dad once had some wine and at that point just forget about making mistakes in using his English-speaking skills and was able to talk to a guest of us who came from the United States rather easily.

@albustanmagic4036 3 жыл бұрын

I think its always a great idea to take every opportunity to practice a language as much as possible...and it works without alcohol as well :-)

@Tony-ow3if 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid thanks dear.... You have inspired me to crack on after 7 months of intense grind 🇩🇪💪🏼🤜🏼🍻

@DeutschlernenmitMax 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Jenna 😀😀 Wow du sprichst mega gut Deutsch 🙏👍 Sehr gut!! Vielen Dank für deine tollen Tipps ✅ Liebe Grüße, Max 🇩🇪🙋‍♂️

@suzetteospi 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. It encouraged me to take up Spanish again. I had given up because although I can understand a lot, I have been unable to say someting in a conversation. But I would love to be able to talk with my niece an nephew who only speak Spanish. Thanks for giving me the courage to try again!

@furzkram 3 жыл бұрын

Liquid courage - LOL. I have to remember THAT one!

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

furzkram 😂🍻 prost!

@JaimeEcheverryG 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos! 💖

@ruisong4458 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jenna! Just moved to Berlin. Your videos are super helpful!

@swabia1554 3 жыл бұрын

AND written vs spoken also is important to distinguish just like in English, too that mixes a bit with formal informal but even outside the formality box there is a difference between written and spoken!

@jabba6552 3 жыл бұрын

In my experience as a german with foreigners (i.e. not-native-german-speakers) and as a foreigner in other countries just trying to speak the language is appreciated very much. People (mostly) don't care if you don't speak their language perfectly, but they feel respected by you in trying so and will love to help you. If you're staying for some time you should improve your skills in that language of course.

@seelenwinter6662 3 жыл бұрын

my wife is from peru and learned german in 1 year perfectly... so it is not as hard as the most people think... but of course you have to learn then every day and not only 45 minutes per week... and as more you speak it as faster you will learn it...^^

@silmuffin86 3 жыл бұрын

the problem is that if I start speaking German, then Germans think I can actually really speak it, they start talking fast, and I get lost and look like a deer caught in the headlights LOL while if I start saying "hallo, sprechen sie deutsch?" everything goes smoother :D

@jabba6552 3 жыл бұрын

@@silmuffin86 Then your German has to really good when people don't hear you're foreigner. A friend and I expierienced the same, when two American teammates switched to some kind of English "so that their kids wont't understand" - we didn't either But if people get to fast, just tell them. They'll slow down foor your ...at least for a while ;-)

@silmuffin86 3 жыл бұрын

@@jabba6552 I wish my German was too good! I am Italian and American and I think my accent is more Italian, so maybe Germans are used to the plenty Italians here speaking German too?

@jabba6552 3 жыл бұрын

@@silmuffin86 There are lots of Italians and their descendants. Most of them came in the late 50's to early 70's as "Gastarbeiter" (I don't like that word) and stayed, worked, opend their own businesses. Today most of them are Germans with Italian origins or have both passports and both cultures. Sometimes thera are bilingual elemetary school also. Most first generation Italians speak very good German with a strong accent, the second generation has almost no accent at all but sometimes som "Italian way of speaking". Wih the third generation you can't hear the origin at all. And without Italians Germany would be a lot poorer in culture (and without pizza, pasta and espresso)

@swabia1554 3 жыл бұрын

mistakes no one should ever be afraid of that is the only way to improve cause only then anyone can correct you and help

@MagnificentGermanywithDarion 3 жыл бұрын

Very awesome advice on learning German. Although I live here in the US my goal is to be fluent in German one day as I travel to Germany often (not during COCID). I am glad that I had lived in Germany for a total of six years to give me that bump. Again, ver awesome advice I am sure that you will be helping tons of people as they start to learn the beautiful language of German. :) Thank You. :).

@browndoggle Жыл бұрын

Is „Du bist so süß“ the equivalent of „bless your heart?“

@guenterstahr4796 3 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Germany from a German man near Berlin.

@oliverkersting2852 3 жыл бұрын

The Praeteritum is on a different level of distinction than formal and informal. Praeteritum is about telling a chain of events in the past. Perfekt is for single events in the past, for past events causing a present state or for past in informal speaking.

@butenbremer1965 3 жыл бұрын

Make sure to raise your kid bilingually. He'll be benefiting from it his whole life with doors being open anywhere......

@negin8131 3 жыл бұрын

Strongly agree

@plzignoremyname7911 3 жыл бұрын

It’s also advised to speak to your child in your native language. Studies show that people have a stronger emotional connection to their first language as opposed to their second/ third/... one regardless of how well they speak it. Children could also copy their parents’ mistakes if they don’t speak German properly. And of course, having two native languages is awesome and is a huge benefit in many situations.

@butenbremer1965 3 жыл бұрын

@@plzignoremyname7911 I totally agree with you - thank you for contributing!! Du hast die richtige Einstellung :-)

@auxiliomedesmayocallesevie1718 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I’m Mexican but my dad decided to immigrate to the US and he taught us English and we went to school and it made it a lot easier to learn it and stuff. The opportunity to speak both languages benefit me both in my country and in the one I’m living rn. I’m going to try to learn German

@helfgott1 3 жыл бұрын

Hallo als ich noch vor der verflixten Pandemie reisen durfte habe ich das richtig genossen. Ich durfte Menschen aus Europa Asien USA Canada und Afrika kennenlernen, das war toll , nein das war supermaga interessant. Ich freue mich sehr über Dein Herz und sei nicht so streng mit Dir. Niemand ist perfekt, nur man muss aus Fehlern lernen, alles andere ist dumm. Also Kopf hoch und bitte bleib gesund

@swabia1554 3 жыл бұрын

you could also self teach yourself using an app like duolingo or whatever they are alslo cool. And very important is that you socialize and open your mouth there to get practise. But yes some proper learning whether online or at a school is recommended.

@fafnirdrache1210 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not good at languages myself. I respect everyone who honestly tries to speak a foreign language if he / she wants to live in the foreign country. Mistakes are perfectly fine. Nobody is perfect.

@tilo9389 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, i like to watch your Channel. i say your german ist quite good,if i could speak englisch like you german , i would be happy. and to watch your channel ist the best opurtunity to improve my englisch . thanks tilo

@Why-D Жыл бұрын

I think the Volkshochschule is a very good way to learn German, and it is even quite cheap.

@plerpplerp5599 3 жыл бұрын

German is not difficult. Only German teachers teach the language in such a laboriously complex way that you lose the will to live.

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

Plerp Plerp 🤣🤣

@DaxRaider 3 жыл бұрын

so do english teachers xD i had to redo a year in school because i got a 6 (F) in english xD and i still failed it and changed school xD and i never came over a 5 in english like i always failed .. then in studium i got streight 1 (A) all the way just because in the meantime i watched so many movies and games and stuff xD teachers are so shit xD

@xCorvus7x 3 жыл бұрын

Curiously, it's similar with mathematics.

@leppavu 3 жыл бұрын

@@DaxRaider Ughhhh, your English is still not a 1, lol, sorry.

@LadyDiana1989 3 жыл бұрын

I'm german and I sometimes dont understand the rules/reasons. Yesterday I found out that the word "Wasser" (water) has a plural. I sat there "Was? Die Wasser? Oder die Wässer oder was?". I used many months at work the word "unterfristig" like many of my colleagues too. One day I found out, this word doesn't exist in the german language. I have to use "nicht fristgerecht". And the german language has often no logic. It is "der Mann", "der Junge", "die Frau", but "das Weib" and "das Mädchen". I wouldn't say that german language is the most complicated language, but it is really complicated and often illogical.

@johannaweissensteiner1536 3 жыл бұрын

Me as an Austrian living in Iceland, I completely agree with your points. It might just be me and my experience but I have the feeling that Germans are more likely to use or stick closer to using the präteritum than Austrians while speeking.

@barbarapeck5804 3 жыл бұрын

It is always worth to learn a new language no matter what.

@helfgott1 3 жыл бұрын

Fehler machen ist ok, nichts daraus lernen ist ein fehler

@juttalio1664 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Ja ein Fehler (Substantiv) ...und schon wieder was gelernt. 😇

@NotUnymous 3 жыл бұрын

...Also ist nichts daraus zu lernen okay 🕵️

@FeinesFabi 3 жыл бұрын

Learning business German - oh boy. I mean, sure the difference between "Kannst du mir mal die Akte geben?" and "Könnten Sie mir bitte mal die Akte bringen?" seems doable. But once you get into legal territory, like reading the AGB of any GmbH, you are trying to master the language in a way that few native Germans have achieved.

@mattschke 2 жыл бұрын

i had to laugh really hard as you brought up the alcohol. 😂 I had the same experience with English.

@roesi1985 3 жыл бұрын

My Swiss husband is also using Präteritum a lot when speaking High German. I think you can tell from their use of the past tense(s) whether someone learned German at school or is a native speaker. I don't understand, however, why it's not taught that way - Präteritum is written language (with a few exceptions), Perfekt is spoken language. Would make it so much easier for learners of German!

@commando30 2 жыл бұрын

I've always thought that's it's rather dumb to use a tense when speaking and another tense when writing when you want to communicate exactly the same thing.

@seelenwinter6662 3 жыл бұрын

@janbarriault4494 3 жыл бұрын

my partner is German, from Coburg. i'm from Newfoundland. the liquid courage concept resonants.. hahahaha

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

😂✊

@yvonnekuhn9592 3 жыл бұрын

Hope you like Coburg, I'm from Coburg but don't live there any more.

@swabia1554 3 жыл бұрын

formal and informal is sth i believe happens a lot in almost any language so even English which is my side of the profession has it.

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

Swabia 15 you’re absolutely right! I always just fine that when I translate the “professional speech” I would use in English, it’s just not the same in German

@ninafernandes4610 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much my dear for making this video. It was very useful for us because my daughter intends to do her Masters in dentistry in Germany. She intends to Maxillo-Facial Surgery. Right now she is in the last year if BDS. Do you have any idea which university in Germany is good for her to pursue her studies. God bless you and your family.💟😗

@Kessina1989 3 жыл бұрын

It's okay, to make mistakes!

@martin09091989 3 жыл бұрын

Speaking bad German is no problem, we have so much immigrants from all over europe, and from the Arabic world, and alot of them speak very broken German. We all grew up with this since Germany hase Migrant workers since the 60s and 70s. We are used to people pointing at things saying just one word, and we know wat they mean. 😉

@albustanmagic4036 3 жыл бұрын

@Steven West Das ist aber ein anderer Zusammenhang...das auf kulturell-religiösen Säulen fussende Phänomen der Parallelkultur durch gewollte Abgrenzung. Uns gehts hier aber doch gerade um Touristen, Studenten und Expats, die neugierig auf kulturellen Austausch sind und deswegen etwas Deutsch erlernen.

@starryk79 3 жыл бұрын

Well mistakes are not a problem if you can still get the meaning of what is said. So indeed don't worry about making mistakes when it comes to articles or using the correct grammatic. In Germany we say 'Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache' (German language, hard/difficult language) so we German native speakers are fully aware how hard it is to learn it so well that you make no mistakes in these areas of it. And for that reason we are very lenient when it comes to non Native speakers making mistakes. Without the PS shown I would have been very confused why you list Präteritum as another form of the language with informal and formal.. it simply is the past tense you will read in newspapers or most books. Yes in daily conversations it is not used that often we rather use the Perfekt or past progressive (if i remember my english grammar right) if we want to tell about something that happened in the past. So we would rather say 'Ich habe gestern gesungen' instead of 'Ich sang gestern'. (I have sung yesterday instead of I sang yesterday)

@kusekaful 3 жыл бұрын

Where did you get your Düsseldorf poster? I would love to get a Köln one.

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

Ashleigh Simpson I just got it a few months back! It’s called Mapiful (bit.ly/mapiful-dus) you can get it for any city/town and also move the map around a bit (I moved mine so my house was in the middle-ish) 🤗

@lunamercurious3 3 жыл бұрын

Is it just me, or are you now speaking English with a bit of a German accent now? :) I’ll have to watch some earlier videos again to say for sure. Whether my ears are deceiving me or not it’s kind of adorable and tickles me. Anyway this video is definitely one of the more helpful ones. Where can I find the links? I thought you said “in the comments”, but I don’t see them. Do I need to be on a PC rather than the app or did I just miss them somehow.

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

lunamercurious3 hahahah Ive recently heard that from others too 🤣🤣 I don’t hear it at all... most Germans don’t either! But the Canadians I know often say I have some sort of weird accent now - not German, just different haha! The links are in the caption, but in the app it’s so hard to find! I should start inserting them in the video itself I think!!

@KosmoKool 3 жыл бұрын

03:25 Me when I was in the states and someone said " Oh, you are from Germany? Say something in German! " :-D

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha! I’ve definitely asked that before 😂😂😂

@GigiDePatagonia 2 жыл бұрын

Damn girl you good haha

@andibuletten6206 3 жыл бұрын

Just watch german movies. Subtitled. That could be helpful.😉 But your german sounds great!

@devLivora 3 жыл бұрын

Formal language? Ask a German how often in lifetime he used the Plusquamperfekt. 🤔 If you do - even if it is right - you will be stared.

@bartolo498 3 жыл бұрын

In written language you will probably use it, or in any case a native will realize when tenses are used incorrectly (even when unable to precisely name the mistake). I think grammar is especially hard if one has never really studied ANY foreign language formally. If you have done it once somewhat thoroughly it becomes far easier the second or fourth time.

@gerhardadler3418 3 жыл бұрын

It depends who are you talking to. In some circles it is used casualy.

@bartolo498 3 жыл бұрын

@@gerhardadler3418 There are people or might be regional that frequently and wrongly use plusquamperfekt instead of perfekt or Präteritum (which was called Imperfekt when I was in school but it was a bad name because it does not express the imperfective aspect in German). They say: "Gestern war ich bei einer Grillparty gewesen." Better: "Gestern war ich auf einer Grillparty" Also possible (colloquially more frequent) Gestern bin ich auf einer Grillparty gewesen. The tenses are actually one of the weakest points of German. There are a bunch of them but they are poorly correlated with aspects (one needs contexts or adverbs) and in colloquial speech most people only use present tense and one or two past tenses (perfekt and präteritum). Instead of future very often present tense is used: Morgen gehe ich ins Kino instead of Morgen werde ich ins Kino gehen. So it is to a large extent true that passive knowledge of this stuff is enough for most conversations.

@devLivora 3 жыл бұрын

@Astir01 I know but it is highly unlikely that there is someone using in the right way🤫😉.

@NotUnymous 3 жыл бұрын

@@devLivora I only know few who dont know how to use it 🤷‍♂️ Well,... Subjektive Impressionen

@haraldschuster3067 3 жыл бұрын

Learning on the fly opposed to learning in school - it depends on where you live and whom you live with ... "Wem is dat Mopped vor die Tür?" "Ich" ... well ... good luck with that. :)

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

Learning in school will definitely allow you the proper time and instruction to learn the language RIGHT! I, sadly, did not learn it properly by not going to school 🤷🏽‍♀️ I’m glad though that I understand a lot of casual German chitchat vs. Formal conversation - and I think sometimes Germans might appreciate that too 😝

@EK-gr9gd 3 жыл бұрын

Präteritum is the "narrative tense". Like simple past in English. Any good advices how to retrain English grammar?

@torontoash45 3 жыл бұрын

As a Canadian myself i always wanted to live in Germany, but felt it was too expensive and the red tape would be a nightmare

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

The red tape can definitely be a nightmare! But I find the cost of living SO much cheaper than in Canada. Actually trying to convince my mom to move here. After 6 months here, she couldn’t believe how much cheaper her life was here - food, cell phone plan, internet, etc

@kerstineisenhut8151 3 жыл бұрын

red tape? 🤔

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@kerstineisenhut8151 meaning the amount of things that stop you from living an easy life her in Germany - loads of paperwork, not being able to get a job without German knowledge, etc.

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

@Karym Eliya hahaha depends on what angle you look at it and what lifestyle you want to live!! Small town life in Canada is much nicer (in my opinion)

@StefanMarkBee 3 жыл бұрын

.....halfway well educated Germans, mostly speak two or more of the major European Languages - English, French, Spanish, Italien ....at least enough to get around, ask simple Q, order meals etc - mostly, if Europeans from various countries meet, they'll find a common language to communicate.

@DLCA13 3 жыл бұрын

I learned german "correctly" on school till B2, than i got a job and since 2016 i speak german daily on my life. I need to say that my german is fluent, i can communicate about all topics, specially technical conversations about machines. But my grammar is bad! I can really bad declinate and i have no time to go back to school to improve it, because i travel 90% my time to work. Grammar is too complex. Verb conjugation, verb position, articles, declination, nebensatz usw... Other thing its that germans never correct my german, never. They doesnt feel comfortable enouhj to correct my mistakes hehe.

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha ♥️ ohhhh boy do I understand that entirely!! But you’re right about germans never correcting the grammar. It always makes me feel better 😝♥️

@xCorvus7x 3 жыл бұрын

Wait, linguistic pedants are sought after? Looks like I've found my purpose lmao

@LadyDiana1989 3 жыл бұрын

Thats true. I also dont correct the german of my colleagues, because I would feel uncomfortable. I think that is a behavior of our childhood: if someone says "das heißt mir und nicht mich" everybody thinks "yeah you are such a smart-arse". Only between good colleagues or in the team you do it, because you know each other well. But I think if you tell it some of your fellows that you would appreciate hints, they would change their behavior.

@harmanjitsinghshimba4983 3 жыл бұрын

Mam is need learn German in Dusseldorf? Bcz it's good place to speak English with people left the Germany so plz suggest me

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

harman jit singh shimba I would say that in Düsseldorf 5 years ago it was almost impossible to get by with just English, but nowadays it’s getting a lot easier to get by with just English. I would still say it’s important to know a bit of German (for grocery shopping mostly). Try watching some German language KZfaq videos or buying a cheap course on Udemy: bit.ly/udemy-de That should be enough to get started here! 🙂 Best of luck!

@vrenelimeyer2856 3 жыл бұрын

I'm german. I just had to google Präteritum. I suck at german grammar. Especially these kind of words. Speaking and writing is no problem but I have no idea why something is said the way it is.

@jbperformance6703 3 жыл бұрын

Präteritum is just past tense

@fangirlinneverland6335 2 жыл бұрын

You kinda remind me of Nina Dobrev,you are so pretty!!

@Tom-hz1kz 3 жыл бұрын

How do you come to the conclusion that German is a hard language to learn for a native English speaker? The alphabet is the same (only the Umlauts are added), the grammar is 2/3 the same, many of the German vowel sounds exist in English as well, the consonants are spoken the same or similar, a lot of words in the vocabulary are identical and new English words are included in the German language every year, German and English are both not tonal languages where the same word can have different meanings depending on the vowel pitch. The US State department teaches languages to diplomats before they are send on their mission and in their experience German is one of the easier language to learn for native English speakers. The languages they categorize as "super-hard languages which are exceptionally difficult" are Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese and Korean. The "hard languages with significant linguistic and/or cultural differences" are Albanian, Armenian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Czech, Estonian, Farsi, Finnish, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Kazakh, Khmer, Kurdish, Lao, Mongolian, Nepali, Russian, Somali, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Urdu or Vietnamese. www.state.gov/foreign-language-training/

@miroanaje4310 3 жыл бұрын

Das liegt daran, dass eher weniger Englischmuttersprachlern eine andere fremde Sprache außer Englisch sprechen. Wenn sie aus Kanada kommt, sollte sie wenigsten zwei Sprachen sprechen: Englisch und Französisch... Französich hat auch Formal und Informal.

@KMMOS1 3 жыл бұрын

German learning resources question: Do you have experience with Pimsleur or Assimil courses (from an English base) to learn German? Is Assimil popular in Germany?

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

I haven’t tried either of those yet! Sorry. I don’t believe they’re very popular here in Germany. At the moment, Lingoda is a pretty hot one! As is Babbel for those who enjoy App-based programs

@KMMOS1 3 жыл бұрын

@@lifeingermany_ Thanks! Lingoda appears to be a real time challenge with all that scheduling, but live teachers is attractive. I briefly tried Babbel and liked it, but I'm still in college, so maybe after graduation. I do use Pimsleur because it's all local audio - nothing online - so it's flexible and great for pronunciation. I'm using it for Spanish on my phone because it has no books. I'm going to add Assimil for Spanish because it's more advanced including grammar (with a book). I asked about Assimil because they are a French company with several language bases (not just English).

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@KMMOS1 ahhh cool! Sounds like it might be similar to HelloTalk too! This ones fun as well and all local audio

@madamerousseau78 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, yeah. "Wie niedlich!" You have kids, right? You'll catch up on your German grammar when they start school! In my experience, Germans tend to be less generous with their praise and quick to point out mistakes. I've learned to appreciate the honesty.

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh yes! Hahha that’s what I’m hoping for 🤣🤣 ... I’ll learn with my kids as they go through the school years!!

@karimnabil1851 2 жыл бұрын

I now understand why would someone from Canada move to Germany or Europe in General? but why didn't you think of the UK, I'm currently trying to do my research in order to decide which country I would move to

@lifeingermany_ 2 жыл бұрын

We considered UK for a long time! Actually ended up going with Germany because my husbands father passed away and we stayed in germany to be with the family ♥️

@PropertyOfK 3 жыл бұрын

I studied English philology, so I am not normal when it comes to learning a language ; > I hate those app which teach you phrases and does not explain the grammar, I like to understand what I'm doing. I had started learning German first, at 7yo, but it didn't stuck to me the same way as English did (and I started English when I was 11). Then in HS German again - I wasn't that interested (that was the stupidest thing) and Latin (the most useful thing EVER). In college I had Dutch as the extra language (I do not remember a lot : D). Now I learn Spanish for last 3/4 years - if anyone tells you that Spanish is easy, laugh at their face please : D My mother tongue is Polish and I work in American English/Polish environment.

@Gnarkzsch 3 жыл бұрын

I am German and I hate the language. My best! grade in school was a 4- (D-). We might be on the same level of German grammar right now :D you learning it for 6ish years now and me for 40+. I bet your German will be better than mine when you reach my age.

@miroanaje4310 3 жыл бұрын

Ich könnte mir Filme auf 5 verschiedene Sprachen ansehen, 2 davon meine Muttersprachen, Deutsch ist die letzte Sprache, die ich gelernt habe, und zwar vor 4-5 Jahren. Und trotzdem bevorzuge ich die Filme und Bücher auf Deutsch, weil mir diese Sprache einfach zu viel gefällt. Ich liebe Deutsch.

@DaxRaider 3 жыл бұрын

perfekt is not really the "informal" and präteritum the "formal" its not like that. it SOUNDS way more formal in präteritum but u never use it in spoken language even when you have a meeting with your boss or importent clients NO ONE would speak in präteritum but you write often in präteritum so all books are written in it. BUT there are exceptions with some of the verbs where you normaly even in spoken use the präteritum xD basicly you always use the präteritum for: haben, wollen, sein, dürfen, müssen, können, ...

@dr.sekarhealthcare.6047 3 жыл бұрын

Alcohol not necessary to give courage .

@_SpamMe 3 жыл бұрын

The talk about tenses just friggin' confuses me. Which language school would teach anyone to talk in simple past? Lesson One, introduce yourself. "Ich hieß Blabla." Makes no sense. Maybe it's about the difference to past perfect, which many Germans use informally? "Ich las ..." vs "Ich habe xy gelesen." But neither of those are present tense.

@thomashandschuh8476 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Jenna ! Is your Husband a Kanadian too? So you speak English in your everyday Homelife??? If so IT IS realy hard 2 lern propprr German... Try this Video with 50/ 50 in German& English Rock steady &work on your Letter "R"...Greets...t.Glove

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

Thomas Handschuh my husband is German, so it makes it much easier to speak “like a local” so to say... but I’m struggling with the grammar always! Haha

@tillappelhans4985 3 жыл бұрын

Receptionist, who don't speak English? I met Receptionists speaking 7 languages to meet the requirements of international clients,.

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

Till Appelhans amaaaaazing! Some companies really are INTERNATIONAL! But others only have English speakers in the roles where they REALLY need them

@amochswohntet99 3 жыл бұрын

Jenny I think my grammar workbook is wrong please help. Fill in the blanks with the missing endings for the cases indicated. Dative: *meiner dumm__ Bekannten* To me, 'meiner' should be meinen because Bekannten is plural(more than one) So the answer would be meinen dummen Bekannten Is the book wrong? To me it looks wrong.

@MiciFee97 3 жыл бұрын

Isnt Präteritum just past?

@mamamia6925 3 жыл бұрын

If you want to live in Germany,you should learn speaking and writing in German, very simple!

@josephstahl3137 Жыл бұрын

Who the heck can afford to take a year or two off of work? I can't afford to take a sick day lol

@lifeingermany_ Жыл бұрын

I totally get it! I’m with you! BUT if one can… it’s totally worth learning the language intensively at first so that you can get to work quicker in a higher paying job here!

@wora1111 3 жыл бұрын

Guter Vortrag und ich gebe Dir vollständig recht. Allerdings handelt es sich bei mir um französisch. Aber die Optimist die gleiche.

@thomashandschuh8476 3 жыл бұрын

Nice try, but still full of mistakes...~take IT easy& try on! .. A native speaker! t.

@mahpeetakoda1290 3 жыл бұрын

Volkshochschule bieten für jedes Level Sprachkurse zu sehr günstigen Preise an. In fast jeder Stadt zu finden. So schwer ist Deutsch nicht.

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

Leider sind die normalerweise nicht die günstigsten, aber ja, sehr preiswert!

@nordwestbeiwest1899 3 жыл бұрын

Deutsch ist die Sprache der Dichter und Wissenschaftler .

@joeviolet4185 Жыл бұрын

I am amused by your classification of German in Informal, Formal and Präteritum. Never heard that before, but it is a matter of fact that in everyday's talking you don't use Präteritum very often, but a sooon as you start writing somethjing for others to read or to be read to, or even in songs, poems, ..., Präteritum is the way to do it. But be prepared that in everyday's talking language you will hear lots of proverbs and special phrases that, translated literally, don't have any meaning at all, but once you know some backgroud you are perfectly able to understand what they mean. One quick example that I encountered recently is: "Sperr mal Deine Löffel auf!" which literally translates to "Just unlock your spoons!" - meaningless, isn't it? You have to know that the hunter's technical term for rabbit ears is "Löffel" (in a way the former look likt the latter), it becomes totally clear that "Sperr Deine Löffel auf!" means "Will you finally start listening to me, right?"

@dieter3613 3 жыл бұрын

Jetzt mach doch bitte mal ein Video auf deutsch....

@Osmone_Everony 3 жыл бұрын

"Präteritum" is a word I heard for the first time and that as a German who was born in this country 1961. 😅😳

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

😂♥️ right?!

@tommathe2124 3 жыл бұрын

Dann hast du im Deutschunterricht in der Schule aber nicht aufgepasst. ;-)

@Osmone_Everony 3 жыл бұрын

@@tommathe2124 Es ist 45 Jahre her. Ich habe diese Fachtermini nie gebraucht und kann mich problemlos ohne sie ausdrücken.

@BlockchainGenius 3 жыл бұрын

präteritum = simple past = dying out in ger

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🤞🤞🤞

@martinstubs6203 3 жыл бұрын

Not for educated people. I came home and the television was on: Educated - Ich kam nach Hause und der Fernseher lief. Uneducated - Ich bin nach Hause gekommen und der Fernseher ist gelaufen.

@brittakriep2938 3 жыл бұрын

@@martinstubs6203 : I am swabian , and in swabian dialect , ich ging' etc. simply doesn't exist.

@butenbremer1965 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha.... Du zählst jedenfalls schon sehr deutsch: Du nutzt Deinen Daumen für die Zahl 1 und nicht den Zeigefinger :-) Mit dem Lernen der (komplizierten) Grammatik ist man in der Schule am besten aufgehoben, denn "auf der Straße" lernt man sie nie, weil wir Deutsche auch zur Vereinfachung neigen und kaum jemand je wirklich korrektes Deutsch spricht. Im Schriftlichen sieht das jedoch ganz anders aus. Bei einem schlechten Schreibstil wird immer auf das sprachliche (mündliche) Niveau und somit der Bildung im Allgemeinen geschlossen - bei einer Person mit stark fremdsprachlichen Akzent wäre das verzeihlich, bei Deinem herausragenden Sprachniveau (man könnte meinen, Du wärst muttersprachlich deutsch und hättest die letzten 10 Jahre in Kanada verbracht) wäre es indes hinderlich. Ich empfehle Dir das Buch von Bastian Sick "Der Dativ Ist Dem Genitiv Sein Tod".

@frankderessener4477 3 жыл бұрын

"Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache." Das gilt aber nur, so lange man nicht Ungarisch, Finnisch oder Chinesisch lernen muss. Von irgendwelchen Bantu-Sprachen ganz zu schweigen.🤷‍♀️😉 Klappt schon.... Take care..

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

Frank der Essener 😂 das stimmt! Ich bin froh, dass ich mit Deutsch lernen muss! 😝

@wasserdrucker6227 3 жыл бұрын

Wobei Chinesisch von der Grammatik gar nicht so schwer ist :-)

@LadyDiana1989 3 жыл бұрын

Chinesisch hat seinen Schwierigkeitsgrad aus ganz anderen Gründen als die deutsche Sprache. Grammatik in der chinesischen Sprache ist aus deutscher Sicht erschreckend einfach. Aber die Aussprache, die begrenzte Anzahl an Lauten, und die Vielzahl an Schriftzeichen machen es schwer. On top kommen die Dialekte (wobei ich als Deutsche auch schon oft genug so manchen Niederbayern nicht verstanden habe). Grundsätzlich kann man aber schwer sagen welche Sprache am schwersten zu erlernen ist, weil es einfach auf die eigene Ausgangssprache ankommt. Für einen Chinesen ist es nicht so schwer japanisch zu lernen wie für einen Deutschen. Ein Deutscher kann problemloser Französisch lernen als asiatische Sprachen. Jmd der Urdu spricht versteht auch indisch usw. Die Muttersprache spielt die grösste Rolle. Wenn es genug Verknüpfungsmöglichkeiten und Parallelen gibt, wird es einfacher. Am Ende gibt es wahrscheinlich nicht die schwerste Sprache, sondern einfach komplexere Sprachen und nicht ganz so komplexe Sprachen und dann spielt die eigene Ausgangsposition die entscheidende Rolle.

@svenx69 3 жыл бұрын

Und jetzt das ganze nochmals in deutsch

@lifeingermany_ 3 жыл бұрын

svenny sven 😂😂 Ich denke, das würde ewig dauern! Aber vielleicht mache ich eines Tages ein Video auf Deutsch, wenn ich den Mut finde! 🙈

@svenx69 3 жыл бұрын

@@lifeingermany_ schreiwe kandsch jo perfekt! Do mach imir koi sorga mitem schwätze (schwäbisch)

@TheOneG36 3 жыл бұрын

imagine your in France talking in french to someone and he answers in english... thats how "nice" it is to learn french, these 100-1000 of hours will never come back and i will always disgust this country as i always have as a German :P

@Thomas-wx7uf 10 ай бұрын

8:17...Ah ok so alcoholism is the trick ^^ got ya ! ;D

@juricarmichel5864 3 жыл бұрын

Come on, look in the mirror and you know why you get that reaction (about 6:50).

@satanmitdengeilenbarthaaren 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone who moves to a different country should have a strong motivation to learn the language quickly. Otherwise it´s just disrespect. Even as a tourist you should show some respect and learn some simple words.