Can American Understand Dutch and German? (Belgium, Germany, Netherlands)

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Жыл бұрын

Can American understand Dutch and German?
Dutch and German, can they understand each other?
Let's see how they do
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@oliverfa08
@oliverfa08 Жыл бұрын
It's funny for me hear the lady from The Netherlands and known that language is dutch , but hear the lady from Belguim and known is also dutch and sound totally different 😂
@hans471
@hans471 Жыл бұрын
The lady from belgium is really hard to understand! I think it is also the way of talking
@Wuzzy-qp9kn
@Wuzzy-qp9kn Жыл бұрын
It's a very different accent and she talks with a very happy emotion too.
@bramdeboel1851
@bramdeboel1851 Жыл бұрын
As a Belgian, even I have trouble understanding her. She speeds up and slows down for no reason at all. It's a very girly way of talking I would say.
@RichardHoogstad
@RichardHoogstad Жыл бұрын
I think both Naya and Ria were a bit harder to understand than the previous one with Dutch and German. However it looks like they loosened up a bit and having more fun. So applaud them for that.
@ManuelRuiz-xi7bt
@ManuelRuiz-xi7bt Жыл бұрын
@@bramdeboel1851 Naya basically has trouble forming sentences. Half of it are more little exclamations like 'Ow, so cuuuuute!'
@unknown-wc8qx
@unknown-wc8qx Жыл бұрын
As a native German who speaks English fluently and is currently learning dutch this was quite interesting. I can understand all of them even the woman from Belgium. 😁 I personally think dutch and english are more similar than German and English tho. Dutch really feels like a mix of German and English so if u speak either of these languages it's quite easy to understand and master. similar grammar and a lot of similar or even identical vocabulary.
@derbart1191
@derbart1191 Жыл бұрын
The Syntax of Dutch is the same as German, Dutch has so many words which are msore similar to German words than English words. So I Would Say German is pretty Similar to Dutch, that's why we can understand them sometimes but the English people don't. The biggest problem German people have to understand Dutch is like how they pronounce the j, g and h.
@olgahein4384
@olgahein4384 Жыл бұрын
@@derbart1191 Depends, i live in the south-west and can understand the swiss (well, most of them cause their dialects are wild) easily, but have a really hard time with the dutch. Meanwhile people from further north (especially at the dutch border of course) who speak 'Plattdeutsch' (flat german) can literally have a conversation with dutch folks and they understand each other without switching languages. I heard that 'flat german' is far closer to old german than modern standard german that everyone speaks nowadays. And that being so close to dutch would explain why dutch is also more similar to english than the standard german of today.
@xTheQuestx
@xTheQuestx Жыл бұрын
Liegt auch daran, dass niederländisch aus dem Niederdeutsch kommt, was in NIEDERländisch eben schon drinne steht.
@Janie.lillysophie
@Janie.lillysophie 10 ай бұрын
Im native dutch and speak german, Dutch and german are very very similar alot of the words are the same or very similar dutch is basically german but with like some different words and some english mixed in it
@Tsui-kl5uv
@Tsui-kl5uv Жыл бұрын
Sophia is so cute
@SHe-un8sj
@SHe-un8sj Жыл бұрын
I love the energy of Naya
@Sweepout
@Sweepout 11 ай бұрын
I’ve been learning German for like 6 months. I struggle to normally conversate cause I still have a hard time structuring my own sentences and I still have some vocabulary to learn, I actually understood everything Ria said though (well the words I didn’t know I could fill in from context)! That was sehr cool! :)
@pjschmid2251
@pjschmid2251 Жыл бұрын
She didn’t have a chance because they were mumbling and giggling half the time that’s not helpful
@ThunderPants13
@ThunderPants13 Жыл бұрын
I'm American and I understood more German than anything else.
@101steel4
@101steel4 Жыл бұрын
English is a germanic language
@tibibara
@tibibara 9 ай бұрын
Sophia, Karijn and Ria are a very cute and funny trio💙
@mr_heffy2576
@mr_heffy2576 Жыл бұрын
Im dutch and i can only understand 60% of what the Belgium lady says
@oliverfa08
@oliverfa08 Жыл бұрын
Someone said Karijn is actually Sophia's twin but from the Netherlands and 1:08 to 2:10 proved it , totally right for sure
@Imsemble
@Imsemble Жыл бұрын
True haha except it seems like Sophia is the one with access to legal weed lol
@Maartun
@Maartun Жыл бұрын
@@Imsemble Sophia is high as fook!
@alexanderbarnes8991
@alexanderbarnes8991 Жыл бұрын
ze hebben allemaal een sociale persoonlijkheid. Maar ik hou van een vrouw uit België en Nederland omdat ze mooi zijn. They all have a fun personality. But I like women from Belgium and Netherland because they are beautiful.
@julaizaya7946
@julaizaya7946 Жыл бұрын
That's was so fun to watch, as Belgian who learned foreign languages since I was a kid (I live in Walloonia aka the French part of Belgium so my native language is French), I can speak English, Dutch and German so this one so fun to watch ^^ thanks for the video.
@Simslord15
@Simslord15 Жыл бұрын
Your English is really good! Love from New York City! ❤
@julaizaya7946
@julaizaya7946 Жыл бұрын
@@Simslord15 Thanks you, greetings to peoples of NY City 😊.
@deutschmitpurple2918
@deutschmitpurple2918 Жыл бұрын
Sophia is so cute😊😊😊
@hans471
@hans471 Жыл бұрын
Generally, it would be nice if the girls would try to speak more clearly and even slightly slower and easier sentences. Then the success rate would be much higher. Why purposely talk quickly so that the English girl doesn't stand a chance. Even I as a German speaker had some difficulties with Rias second statement!
@FlyingFox86
@FlyingFox86 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I agree. I'm Belgian and had a hard time understanding the Belgian girl a lot of the times.
@Maartun
@Maartun Жыл бұрын
0:20 Karijn is gorgeous 😍
@Maartun
@Maartun Жыл бұрын
Sophia is high as fook 😂
@katii1997
@katii1997 11 ай бұрын
Being german and also speaking and understanding english fluently makes it feel like dutch is my native language tok without ever learning it hahah I understand almost everything. When hearing dutch and having subtitles or reading it i understand it almost as good as english. It gets hard tho when they speak fast or speak really quiet. I could understand a bit what the belgian girl was saying but she was mumbling most of the time which made it pretty hard
@TheDutchyNL
@TheDutchyNL Жыл бұрын
Fluffy is not a Dutch word, Karijn seems to have forgotten the Dutch equivalent, it's pluizig.
@Nachtfeuer
@Nachtfeuer Жыл бұрын
The German equivalent is also rather "flauschig" than "fluffig". But I totally get that they're quite a bit stressed shooting the flick.
@janmoorlagable
@janmoorlagable Жыл бұрын
She has a heavy South Holland accent
@thegaytay4327
@thegaytay4327 Жыл бұрын
​@@NachtfeuerBoth words can be used in German. The only difference is that "flauschig" refers specifically to fluffy fur or feathers, whereas "fluffig" can also be a fluffy texture of pastry for example
@Nachtfeuer
@Nachtfeuer Жыл бұрын
@@thegaytay4327 yeah, and she was talking about cake, right?
@TheDesertwalker
@TheDesertwalker Жыл бұрын
@@Nachtfeuer The whole P&F consonant shift is interesting in German languages. Comparing the words pepper and Pfeffer tells us something very important though - that we must refine our rule and consider particular contexts, if we are to understand why English /p/ corresponds to both German /f/ and /p͡f/. The pisces/fish similarity makes sense now.Pisces in English come from the 1300s. It comes from the plural of the Latin word piscis, meaning “fish.”
@Tenseiken_
@Tenseiken_ Жыл бұрын
The lady from the US is talking so relaxed and slow, it almost sounds like she's high lol.
@nicoanker1343
@nicoanker1343 Жыл бұрын
Sophia is like the american sister of Karijn.
@thisisnthenry
@thisisnthenry Жыл бұрын
Sophiia is very observatory 👌
@ManuelRuiz-xi7bt
@ManuelRuiz-xi7bt Жыл бұрын
Naya from 3:23 on: 'cadence'? Hey, hoi! Ik ben Naya, ik ben ook vierentwintig jaar. Enne mijn hobbies - Go(d) - ik hou van dansen en ik zing suuuuupergraag. En euh ik speel ook de ukulele, euhmmm, en ja, zo, mijn vrienden, zo, chillen en zo, doe ik ook wel supergraag.
@ManuelRuiz-xi7bt
@ManuelRuiz-xi7bt Жыл бұрын
Translation: 'xxx Hey, hi, I'm Naya, I'm also twenty-four. And erm my hobbies - gosh - I like dancing and I am suuuuuper into singing. Aaaand erm I also play (the) ukulele and errrrm yes, like with friends like chilling and stuff, that I'm also super into.'
@mmmhorsesteaks
@mmmhorsesteaks Жыл бұрын
The Belgian girl is not making as much effort at being easily understood as the Dutch and German girl were. US did well to get what she got I think.
@tmsoens
@tmsoens Ай бұрын
I'm Belgian and I understood the German and Dutch girl better.
@jaroslavvokurka3738
@jaroslavvokurka3738 Жыл бұрын
I had big problem to understand Naya. She said first sentences really quietly and she was mumbling.
@thato596
@thato596 Жыл бұрын
That girl from belgium is very hard to hear what she is saying. Even if we can not understand her language. But she is not prouncing her words clearly. Those 3 girls are mumbling their words it looks like they scared to talk
@TomWaldgeist
@TomWaldgeist Жыл бұрын
The one from Belgium doesn’t speak clearly she plays around with her words and intonation speaks fast and then really slow xD so it’s even harder to follow her as a non native
@Ice_V
@Ice_V Жыл бұрын
I guess, I understood as much as Sophia🤔
@KiWi_BoO
@KiWi_BoO Жыл бұрын
Hello, thats so cool
@KeebClack
@KeebClack Жыл бұрын
whoever is making the captions, its karijn not karjin i think, cuz Karijn is a name in the netherlands and belgium
@_H__T_
@_H__T_ Жыл бұрын
Very intresting experiment! But there was a time where English and German of that time were still closer and similar than today. I mean the time from around 500 AD upon, both languages were more two different dialects than two languages. But than in 1066 AD Harold King of the Normans, who spoke French at that time, conquered Great Britain and brought the French and therefore the Latin language. They mixed up and simplified and the result is the English of today. Before the conquering English had got more grammar cases as today namely 5, which German has kept 4 of them until today. And also the English language had got 3 grammar genders as German has until today. Even Dutch kept 2 over this great range of decades.
@12tanuha21
@12tanuha21 Жыл бұрын
It would be even today much closer if Low German would have become the standard German instead of High German.
@olgahein4384
@olgahein4384 Жыл бұрын
@@12tanuha21 Yeah, but then we would all just sound like drunk dutch all the time in Germany. And High German is pretty much a mix of all the dialects, which is really hard to accomplish considering the countless dialects you have in the south alone (I live in the Blackforest and here ever village has its own dialect. And unless you grew up with the dialect from the neighboring village you will not understand it. Trust me, it tried all my life).
@idt877
@idt877 11 ай бұрын
​@@olgahein4384it's not that bad lol
@woshinideaihao
@woshinideaihao Жыл бұрын
We need a video with Sophia and Ana from Brazil
@HR-cp5ek
@HR-cp5ek Жыл бұрын
Ganz toll, ich verstehe alle drei die Sprachen, ik versta ze alle drie, I understand all three of these languages.
@IriaChannel
@IriaChannel Жыл бұрын
American is cute also, but im in love with dutch girl
@yigitaslan5512
@yigitaslan5512 Жыл бұрын
dude you need to see other dutch people. i fall in love every single day
@phoenics2465
@phoenics2465 Жыл бұрын
Whats the american girls name? She kinda doesnt look american tbh. Can be found out by the name maybe
@SethOmegaful
@SethOmegaful Жыл бұрын
Are you kidding?
@testie__111
@testie__111 Жыл бұрын
They wrote Karijns name incorrectly
@Ceruleannn
@Ceruleannn Жыл бұрын
Just a little tip, but I would always specify if the Belgian guests are speaking Flemish (Dutch) or French. Even some Dutch people think that 'Belgian' is a language, but it's not, it's just a nationality but we usually speak either of these two (or both) languages 😁
@Sayitlikitiz101
@Sayitlikitiz101 Жыл бұрын
This particular Belgian guest speaks BOTH. I think Flemish is her primary language.
@homeless5913
@homeless5913 8 ай бұрын
@@Sayitlikitiz101 It's mandatory in school, I'm garbage at French though ngl
@stevenhendrix4768
@stevenhendrix4768 7 ай бұрын
@@Sayitlikitiz101 It is her primary language. you spotted that very well. She is from Antwerp by the way. I can hear it from her accent. Flemish is in essence the same language as Dutch not a simalar language but the exact same language. Difference is In Flanders we often chose a different word to describe the same thing. for example the word rope in Englisch: Dutch = touw Flanders = koord. Botch words however are correct in the Dutch language . Just like American English versus Britisch English. truck vs lorry for example.
@user-ry2qs7xf9k
@user-ry2qs7xf9k Жыл бұрын
*World Friends has discovered a secret gate to heaven.*
@RoadsFranconia
@RoadsFranconia 11 ай бұрын
"fluffige Katze" alles klar, das sagt man höchstens zu einem Gebäck. "Flauschige Katze" wäre wohl besser.
@ManuelRuiz-xi7bt
@ManuelRuiz-xi7bt Жыл бұрын
Naya from 6:24 on: 'Ja, ik hou van zo euhm - duiven eten het (?) - t t - zo een quokka, da's zo - ken - ge kent da(t), hé? Like da's zo - da's zo een, ja, zo'n bruin ... dier, met een ... - heel blij gewoon ... - die lachen altijd, en ... jaaa, zo keischattig en klein, en zo cute, en ik wil die gewoon zo nm nm opeten zo - snapt (g)e? Ja, een quokka, vind ik wel echt schattig'.
@ManuelRuiz-xi7bt
@ManuelRuiz-xi7bt Жыл бұрын
Translation:' Yes, I sort of like erm - pigeons eat it (?) - t t - like a quokka, that's like - you - you know that, right? Like it's sort of - it's like, yes, like a brown ... animal, with a ... - simply very happy ... - they always laugh, and ... yeah, like super cute and small, and like cute, and I like would love to just num num eat them like - you with me? Yes, a quokka, I kinda really think they're cute.'
@ManuelRuiz-xi7bt
@ManuelRuiz-xi7bt Жыл бұрын
Actually, the random speeding up and slowing down by Naya is reminiscent of the effeminate Bart Peeters in the Gamma-sketches from 'het Peulengaleis'.
@woshinideaihao
@woshinideaihao Жыл бұрын
Sophia is an angel
@JosephOccenoBFH
@JosephOccenoBFH Жыл бұрын
Karijn and Ria 😍✨🥰😘💘💓
@whysosour935
@whysosour935 Жыл бұрын
why could i understand most of what was said in all languages but i only really know english and german partly 😂😂😂😭
@faisalbinmazi1934
@faisalbinmazi1934 Жыл бұрын
Hallo Freund 💜💜💜💜💜💜 👋❤️💕
@hans471
@hans471 Жыл бұрын
By the way, I as a german, did not understand, Rias second description ;-)
@n_other_1604
@n_other_1604 Жыл бұрын
Really? She don't really has an accent & also speaks clearly that baffles me as german myself.
@hans471
@hans471 Жыл бұрын
​@@n_other_1604I didn't get the oxacotle animal or whatever part since I had forgotten that animal. Also I think the sentences should be "too easy" for a German. But you AR right she doesn't have an accent...
@xTheQuestx
@xTheQuestx Жыл бұрын
Iam German and understand 100% German.
@CasGroenigen
@CasGroenigen 11 ай бұрын
As someone who can speak Dutch, English and German this was interesting to watch lol
@anttirytkonen11
@anttirytkonen11 11 ай бұрын
The way 🇳🇱 Karijn pronounced her name made me wondering, how the Dutch and Belgians would pronounce the name Martijn. They must be similar.🤔 I'm a rally fan 🚗 and there's a 🇧🇪 Belgian driver (confusingly a native German speaker with a French full name) who has a 🇧🇪 co-driver with that first name which the 🇫🇮 Finnish and 🇬🇧 British commentators and journalists have pronounced "Martin", as in English. I'm pretty sure that's not correct. 🙄
@hildev84
@hildev84 11 ай бұрын
Dutch speaker , yes Martijn is pronounced similar to Karijn. Martin is also a name in the Netherlands but pronounced very different from English
@escwilde222
@escwilde222 11 ай бұрын
I am Dutch, why do I have the most trouble with understanding Vlaams (Belgian) 😂 It's is Dutch technically, but like German is easier for me personally to follow.
@tom091178
@tom091178 6 ай бұрын
English - Dutch = German 😜
@EddieReischl
@EddieReischl Жыл бұрын
It's funny, I have the same problem listening to German and Dutch that I have with Spanish. I'm trying to eat some leftover chicken before I go pitch shoes in our horseshoe league, and I have to stop chewing when they speak to have a chance of understanding them. So, I basically just ate when Sophia was talking. No problems with English.
@zaytuuniabdiabdihassan7887
@zaytuuniabdiabdihassan7887 Жыл бұрын
I'm somali 🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴💓💓💓
@CoCo-kg5bf
@CoCo-kg5bf Жыл бұрын
It could be a good idea to make this video but with someone from England!
@Kane_2001
@Kane_2001 Жыл бұрын
Melayu hadir
@CinCee-
@CinCee- Жыл бұрын
If they spoke slower it would not be as hard
@1-9236
@1-9236 Жыл бұрын
halo is e scarlett an tainm a th' orm agus is toil leam na bhideothan agad
@manojsinha2562
@manojsinha2562 Жыл бұрын
Honestly this is a wanderful channel in terms of a overview of different languages. Please some time include Hindi language too.
@user-gd3pk4io6l
@user-gd3pk4io6l Жыл бұрын
Hello, I want an American friend to learn from his English 🌚
@baccamau80
@baccamau80 Жыл бұрын
"His" bro not him.
@user-gd3pk4io6l
@user-gd3pk4io6l Жыл бұрын
@@baccamau80?
@baccamau80
@baccamau80 Жыл бұрын
@@user-gd3pk4io6l you mistake grammar
@user-gd3pk4io6l
@user-gd3pk4io6l Жыл бұрын
@@baccamau80 Well and what's wrong?
@baccamau80
@baccamau80 Жыл бұрын
@@user-gd3pk4io6l i just correct for you
@d0minarix
@d0minarix Жыл бұрын
Those aren't all English words Karijn. 25% of the Dutch vocabulary are French words. French formed English, so they have a cousin living in English too.
@user-rw2bk6ig3j
@user-rw2bk6ig3j Жыл бұрын
No, Dutch isn't that much. It's more like 5-10%
@Elaud
@Elaud Жыл бұрын
French became the Vulgar Latin, which old Dutch speakers (the Franks) spoke in France
@oliveranderson7264
@oliveranderson7264 Жыл бұрын
I think English speakers would be able to get some of these Dutch sentences. Note that "ij" is pronounced like ay in "say" Dat is mijn boek Sinds februari is hij ziek. Ik drink wit koffie en eet groene appels. Ik zwem in de zee. Mijn dochter bringt me water.
@bluerefr
@bluerefr Жыл бұрын
As a native English speaker, reading Dutch is significantly easier than listening to it. German is a mix of both from what I've seen & heard.
@ManuelRuiz-xi7bt
@ManuelRuiz-xi7bt Жыл бұрын
Rather maybe something in between 'ay' and 'I'.
@user-rw2bk6ig3j
@user-rw2bk6ig3j Жыл бұрын
Hear me out. IJ is not pronounced like ay, it's more like the letter i in English. But it still isn't the same pronunciation.
@rmyikzelf5604
@rmyikzelf5604 Жыл бұрын
The 'ij', like the 'ei' and 'ui', in Dutch are sounds that do not exist in English. They also do not exist in French or German. No doubt there are languages that do have these sounds (possibly Scandinavian languages) but I know of none.
@PrometheanRising
@PrometheanRising Жыл бұрын
That was amazing. Thank you.
@worldsdoors
@worldsdoors Жыл бұрын
Please, stop showing it only from an American's perspective. It is cool, but it would be more interesting to see other views of the topics :)
@adele_levkovych
@adele_levkovych Жыл бұрын
Guyyys we wanna see more Ukraine
@user-tp9hm2iq6p
@user-tp9hm2iq6p Жыл бұрын
The Dutch girl really to project her voice more... It's hard to hear what she's saying. And her accent is so unclear. I'm not Dutch but I speak it fluently and I dare say that I have a clearer accent than her!
@RichardHoogstad
@RichardHoogstad Жыл бұрын
I totally disagree, her accent is very much ABN (algemeen beschaafd nederlands) which is a term we use for a kind of neutral/general accent. When she focused less on her pronunciation she sounded a bit more natural but still very clear. I think it might be an accent you are not used to though.
@Tarquin678
@Tarquin678 Жыл бұрын
She doesn't have a strong regional accent but that's not the same thing as speaking Algemeen Nederlands. Historically, Algemeen Nederlands is based on the Haarlem accent, and maybe is supposed to sound just a little bit posh. I actually think her pronunciation is kind of messy like Antones does, but I'm not sure it's because I don't think she doesn't sound western, or because she doesn't sound posh.
@RichardHoogstad
@RichardHoogstad Жыл бұрын
@@Tarquin678 It’s the other way around, Haarlem is often associated with an ABN accent because it is very neutral sounding. I go there regularly and she kind of sounds like she is from there Leiden, or maybe Utrecht. The posh accent you are referring to might be het Gooise accent. Personally I don’t like that accent much.
@MLWitteman
@MLWitteman Жыл бұрын
I guess she’s just very uncertain of herself or shy. That’s why shy mumbles a little bit. But her vocabulary and grammar ar spot on. She speak Dutch ABN. Or standard Dutch. But she’s defiantly from a more posh environment.
@Tarquin678
@Tarquin678 Жыл бұрын
@@RichardHoogstad You say that like you think I might be from het Gooi.
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