Has Our German Improved Since Last Year? 🇩🇪 Our Kids Have Learned SO FAST!

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Almost exactly one year ago, we uploaded a video of how we were learning German while we were still living in the USA. We hadn't moved yet to Germany, can you believe it? So now we are updating you, one year later, on how we are learning German for free now that we are living here. But the part we know you're going to love the most is the interview we do with our son, Grayson! He has a real talent for learning German, so he wanted to join us for this video to show off his German skills! He's so cute in this video, I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed filming it with him.
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///CHAPTERS - Jump to Your Favorite Part//
0:00 - Intro, Snow Scenes from our Backyard
01:03 - Hear What Grayson's German was Like One Year Ago
03:24 - Hear What Grayson's German is Like Now, a Year Later!
09:49 - Bragging on How Good Kevin's German Is Now
12:36 - 1- How We're Learning German for Free - Duolingo
13:43 - 2 - The @Easy German: Learn German From the Streets! Channel
13:52 - 3 - Coffee Break German Podcast
14:15 - The drawback of free language programs
15:08 - 4 - Vereins (Clubs) and Making German Friends
15:59 - 5 - The DW App from Deutsche Welle
17:33 - 6 - Total Immersion into the Life and Culture
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@Baccatube79 2 жыл бұрын

Fun thing is, Grayson's German is getting so good, he's developing German inflection AND a Bavarian accent. If y'all stay in Germany, he'll be indistinguishable (languagewise) within 2 years at most

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I think so! Many of our German friends say they can’t hear his accent.

@bibliopolist 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, he's really good. I think he even did say "Inlineskaten", a Germanized form, not "Inlineskating" as subtitled.

@Baccatube79 2 жыл бұрын

@@bibliopolist he did.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

@@bibliopolist oh yes he did say that, you’re right!

@volldillo 2 жыл бұрын

True.

@AlyC92 2 жыл бұрын

It’s insane how fast kids learn new languages. Grayson‘s german is amazing!! I wouldn‘t be able to do that...

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s incredible - and they aren’t afraid to make mistakes and try.

@muesztaerrieh 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife I had made the expierence that it really makes a difference, for learning a foreign language fast, wether you have a native speaker as a teacher in class, and when you´re living abroad.

@Likr666 2 жыл бұрын

And I think it would be even faster without the pandemic situation. Children learn fast, havin g contact with other children in school,... Having home schooling and reduced contact makes it quite difficult.

@timefliesaway999 Жыл бұрын

It’s probably also school, talking with many people and being put into situations where you have to speak their language. As adults, a lot of people speak English so if you don’t know sth, you’ll just quickly switch to English to explain. As kids, you don’t usually have that option. Might not be a big difference, but it adds up. But especially the socializing; talking helps the most when learning :D

@hevog 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Grayson's German is flawless, free of any accent and just perfect. I am so impressed.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! He’s worked very hard.

@an7855 2 жыл бұрын

Graysons Deutsch ist großartig! Aber noch viel interessanter finde ich, dass man bei Kevin so deutlich hört, dass er einen schwedischen Akzent hat! Ich hatte an der Uni eine russische Professorin, die in der Schweiz deutsch gelernt hat. Das war auch eine sehr interessante Mischung an Akzenten.

@susannabonke8552 2 жыл бұрын

Ich hatte eine Spanierin für Französisch. Auch Klasse

@emjayay 2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to hear more from Grayson about his experience in school and with language acquisition there. I'm sure he has many stories to tell.

@lkskstr 2 жыл бұрын

Die Aussprache eures Sohnes ist einfach klasse. Ich bin immer wieder erstaunt wie schnell Kinder lernen.

@podaimler 2 жыл бұрын

Grayson spricht perfekt Deutsch. Ich bin begeistert!!!

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@LaureninGermany 2 жыл бұрын

Grayson gets a huge compliment from me, too! Klingt spitze! And yes, total immersion. It feels like it’s so slow and then one day you suddenly realise how much you can say and understand. Just don’t worry about mistakes when speaking. When writing in German, that’s the time to make sure everything is perfect, but people make mistakes even in their mother tongue, and people also say, no, it’s like this or that in every language. The point is to get your mouth and brain expressing what you want to say, quickly and then you can build on that.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Lauren!! That’s so true, I make mistakes in English, too. Grammar can be soooo complicated! How long did it take before you were fluent here?

@LaureninGermany 2 жыл бұрын

Longer than it should have because a lot of people spoke English to me and I let them. So I honestly cannot say. But my biggest tip is to watch German TV and films (not dubbed from English because they have to speak too fast). A great start is the most brilliant 4-parter (it’s a film, actually) about Ludwig II and Neuschwanstein, which you can find here on KZfaq, subtitled in English, on a channel called German Period Dramas. (I’ll check the channel and edit if it’s wrong)

@eldamarinadoli 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who is not a Muttersprachler living in Germany for 45 years, I totally agree!! Thumbs up!!

@jazzpresso7021 2 жыл бұрын

Für einen bayerischen Buben gibt es nichts leckeres als eine Leberkässemmel⁉️ wie schön der Bub spricht👍👍👍

@clauschiemgauer9609 2 жыл бұрын

Und a resche Buddabrezn!!

@jazzpresso7021 2 жыл бұрын

@@clauschiemgauer9609 genau eine Butter Brezen und hier in Vorarlberg gerne auch mal mit einem Stück Bergkäse auf die Faust🤝👍

@clauschiemgauer9609 2 жыл бұрын

Servus, meine Familie liebt den geriebenen Spätzlekäs im 1kg Beutel von der Vorarlbergmilch aus Feldkirch. Ein Traum für Kasspazn.

@oleksjimenez8835 2 жыл бұрын

Grayson’s German has improved hugely! Er spricht so gut wie akzentfrei. Ich würde nicht ohne weiteres erkennen, das seine Muttersprache nicht Deutsch ist. In einem Jahr spricht er so gut Deutsch wie Englisch. The use of English words and phrases („Anglizismen“) is a hot-button issue in Germany. Some can’t use enough of them while speaking, others feel it’s much too much.

@abinashmishra329 2 жыл бұрын

The Indian languages are really bad in this aspect. No one speaks a pristine form of Hindi or any other Indian language. The main reason I understand what my parents say is because they alway mix their language with English. Even worse, if you try to speak pristine Hindi (or the regional language) the locals will think you are a pompous dork.

@huttenbar4806 2 жыл бұрын

Glückwunsch , Grayson spricht phantastisch deutsch, nahezu akzentfrei

@kevinsamusch5435 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. Wie gut Grayson deutsch spricht. Die Aussprache ist auch wirklich gut 👍🏼

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Vielen dank! ❤️

@Turbo-ic8lw 2 жыл бұрын

Kevins Weissbier joke - I often do the same joke with "Pils" beer to my daughter. 😂😂😂

@hahr2751 2 жыл бұрын

Kinder lernen fremde Sprachen oftmals sehr schnell und nahezu perfekt..👍👍👍👍

@natascha7094 2 жыл бұрын

Holy, Grayson is doing so amazing. Almost fully without mistakes or accent

@trueffili1 2 жыл бұрын

Grayson spricht akzentfrei und fehlerlos. Phantastisch! 🏆

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@RustyDust101 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, Grayson totally blew me away. Again. He even adopted something of a Bavarian "Klangbild" in German. This is not a dialect. Literally translated, a "sound-picture". It is neither an accent nor a dialect, because his German was perfect high German (Hochdeutsch). But the cadence, the slight difference in where the focus of inflections are placed is slightly, just a teensy slightly bit different from for example the Klangbild here in Hamburg, even when someone here speaks Hochdeutsch as well. It is sooo fascinating for me to see how he has developed within such a short time. BTW: not that this is bad, not in the slightest bit. It is just barely noticeable if you listen very very closely and you have lived in different regions of Germany for some time. It is only fascinating how he has picked this up. Amazing! Nope, the slightly elongated 'joooaaa' is pretty universal in German colloquial speech. While it might be slightly more used in the south, it will not be a 'betraying' sign of your origin. 😀 BTW: Sara, that "Weißwurst" was almost a perfect Bavarian pronunciation of it. You definitely picked up on that as well. 😀👍 Just for Kevin's dad jokes: Grayson is 10 now, so legally, under your direct supervision he can try a Weißbier at 14, if he wants to. He can legally buy and consume it at 16 himself, without adult supervision. At 18 anything goes. He has picked up the German humor already. He picked up on the literal question of travel in the past year (in 2022) and threw the answer back at ya. Nice! Good going, Grayson! 🤣 There's the joke that there are more clubs in Germany than there are German citizens. While not technically true, Germans absolutely looooove their Vereine / clubs. So becoming a member of a club is probably one of the easiest ways (except meeting other parents at the playground when your kids are there) to meet up and make friendships with Germans. Good for you that you decided to pick up on that tip! Total immersion: perfect! That is the first thing you should try. Not live in your own bubble, but expand it as far as possible. BTW: is the German grandma the one Sara commented on in one of her earliest videos after you arrived here that she had this beautiful garden? It would be sooo great to hear that talking with her about some horticulture could have opened up a friendly contact. You guys will do absolutely fine, and your advances are definitely highly noticeable. Keep it up, you will succeed, I am certain.

@maryschumann3920 2 жыл бұрын

It's so awesome how good Greyson can speak and pronounce german. Well done Greyson. 👏

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’ll tell him you said so. 😄

@MsChris2707 8 ай бұрын

Grayson‘s German is really excellent. He‘ll be perfectly bilingual within the next year. Kevin speaks German with a Swedish accent, which sounds very nice.

@Sveni30 2 жыл бұрын

Ihr seid eine tolle Familie, schön dass Ihr Euch für unser schönes kleines Land entschieden habt ❤

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Vielen dank 🙏🏻💖

@isana788 Жыл бұрын

who needs a teacher when you have Grayson. This Boy is more than impressive.

@joergfro7149 2 жыл бұрын

Grayson's German is almost accentless !!! The boy is a real little language prodigy

@andibuletten6206 2 жыл бұрын

Guten Morgen zusammen. Ihr könnt alle stolz auf euch sein. Ihr macht tolle Fortschritte! Graysons Aussprache ist nahezu perfekt. Kinder lernen Sprachen stets recht schnell und spielerisch. Noch ein weiteres Jahr, und er spricht Englisch mit einem deutschen Akzent 😆😉 Schönen Sonntag wünsche ich euch. Bleibt gesund.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@afhdfh 2 жыл бұрын

It's so awesome hearing people learn German but then having a Bavarian accent. It's like a German learning English in the deepest south of Alabama hand having a southern drawl. :D

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Now that’s an analogy I can totally relate to! 😂

@frauleinjansen9394 2 жыл бұрын

Haha 😁 Even as a german I always have problems ordering by phone at our Chinese restaurant. It's like a Kinderüberraschungsei. You never know what you'll get. 😁

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Oh really! Haha that’s good to know.

@tobolinatolu7837 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, the Same here 😀

@susannabonke8552 2 жыл бұрын

Relatable.

@schmoemi3386 2 жыл бұрын

To be totally safe you have to master Mandarin, I guess... 🤔

@susannabonke8552 2 жыл бұрын

@@schmoemi3386 😅

@worldinperson 2 жыл бұрын

Coming from a family where everyone looks completly different, I'm always fascinated how similar your children look to both of you 😄

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah we do all look alike! So interesting in your family you look different.

@sebastianliebmann6014 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you are adopted?

@sisuguillam5109 2 жыл бұрын

@@sebastianliebmann6014 that comment is uncalled for. Coming from a family where the kids in several generations look very very different from each other people thought fit to tell that to their faces - which led to fears of being abandoned and being lied to.

@susannabonke8552 2 жыл бұрын

@@sisuguillam5109 agree to your comment. Not funny.

@sisuguillam5109 2 жыл бұрын

@@susannabonke8552 thank you. And imagine being an adopted child being asked that... Puzzlefamilien sind nicht weniger wert als andere Familien.

@scottmerriman2691 2 жыл бұрын

A minor but lengthy comment...I went to Germany in 1984, as part of the US Army. I was stationed in Zweibruecken. I had to find an apartment off of the US Army base. I settled for an apartment in Schartzenecker, or maybe Einoed.. This was in the Saarland. Neither my landlord nor my neighbors spoke English -- they all spoke French and German. (The Saarland has a complicated history with France.) So, to communicate, we spoke German. I learned so much. After 5 years in Germany, including a second tour in Mainz, I could converse fairly well but understood a lot more in reading and writing. (I did take German in college). Alas, after returning the the US, i lost a lot of my knowledge. A friend of mine still speaks German to me. Although I generally understand what he says, I usually have to answer in English -- so sad. I have only been to Germany once since those days. I would love to visit again. You have encouraged me to revisit the language, although I probably should be learning spanish! Thanks very much for your channel! Whatever your future and your children's future hold, knowing a second language is great, espacial for US English speakers. And don't forget to read ( or re-read) Mark Twain's essay, "The Awful German Language!"

@timefliesaway999 Жыл бұрын

I’ve read some of the comments before he started speaking German so I was “prepared” for some good German, but damn it still blew me away how much of a German he sounds! If I didn’t know he was American, I would definitely think he’s German and always has been. :0

@corneliahofmann3761 2 жыл бұрын

Wow Grayson is kinda speaking accent-free meanwhile - great job ............ keep going.

@mortusanteportas86 2 жыл бұрын

In case you want to improve your spoken German, there is a scheme called „Sprach-Tandem“ in Germany. You advertise (Facebook, black board in a store or a school) for a tandem and find a partner. You meet or call once a week and she/he speaks English to you and you answer in German. If the other person makes a mistake it is corrected by the native speaker. Win-win.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

That’s so cool! Thanks for sharing!

@alexanderblume5377 Жыл бұрын

In a very short time, not also the the child, but his parents , too!

@sisuguillam5109 2 жыл бұрын

The way you said Pommes 😄 very german. You all are doing so well!

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you 😄.

@sisuguillam5109 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 😃

@ArnoSchmidt70 2 жыл бұрын

Aus Grayson wird mal ein waschechter Bayer!

@jurgenrathjen5965 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, your son speaks so well. It is and will be a great asset for him to be bilingual.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it will! It really opens up the world when we can speak more languages.

@abinashmishra329 2 жыл бұрын

He could end up being tetralingual at least. English, German, French, maybe Italian (?)

@helilebon2383 2 жыл бұрын

Grayson ist ein sehr charmanter Bub. In weniger als 10 Jahren wird er manchen jungen Damen den Kopf verdrehen.... Sehr schönes und fröhliches Video. Ein Sonnenstrahl in der dunklen Corona-Zeit..... Herzlichen Dank.

@MartinMundorf 2 жыл бұрын

Lieber Grayson! Dein Deutsch ist wirklich sehr sehr gut! Es macht richtig Spaß, Dir (und deinen Geschwistern) zuzusehen, wie ihr von Video zu Video eurer Eltern immer besser werdet, und Du mit deinen Brüdern und deiner Schwester eure Eltern schon verbessern könnt! :) -and Sarah, your face at Kevins first Weißbiermention 5:33 - its priceless 😂

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha yes! Kevin wouldn't stop talking about beer!

@ursulaschwartz6725 2 жыл бұрын

Sehr GUT GRAYSON ,KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK MIT DEINEM DEUTCH SPRECHEN, SEHR GUT.👍

@jpdj2715 2 жыл бұрын

I still have to meet a baby that talks health insurance and permits, Sarah, and am quite a bit older than you. That would be a miracle

@herrgoldmann2562 2 жыл бұрын

Wow , es ist wirklich unglaublich, wie schnell Kinder Sprachen lernen !

@carluup2978 2 жыл бұрын

Wow Grayson! I’m impressed!

@muscledcowboy 2 жыл бұрын

Ihr seid einfach süß!

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Dankeschön!

@BigFetladral 2 жыл бұрын

Beeindruckend wie schnell die Kids lernen. Grayson spricht ja schon fast Akzentfrei.

@Mamaki1987 2 жыл бұрын

Damn, it is awesome to see all the progress you make! Greyson hardly has any accent anymore. You really have to listen very closely to even pick it up. And if you make grammar mistakes, don't get discouraged, that is not the end of the world at all.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! ❤️❤️

@conniebruckner8190 2 жыл бұрын

Ein großer Applaus !. Ich glaube, wenn ihr euch dieses Video in einem Jahr anseht, werdet ihr kichern und euch bewusst werden, wie weit ihr gekommen seid. I cannot remember much of the first year here in Vienna, ( it was a whirlwind year, including a wedding) but I do know that when I went back to the states 18 months later and tried my German on my uncle, from Berlin), he was most impressed 🙂 but he also said I had the local accent. 😀 You know you've arrived when German is in your dreams. Ask your children if they have dreams in German.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Yes so true! Maybe each year we will have a German language update, that would be fun.

@manuelrentz4728 11 ай бұрын

Da macht sich die Schule und die Freunde sehr bemerkbar

@Kivas_Fajo 2 жыл бұрын

Grayson really speaks fluently now and it sounds very much German. Sometimes you hear it, but it's negligable. Another year and he will be starting to know things in German, but not in English. Like new words in science from class or books e.g. ;-) Animal names in biology, maths, physics, chemistry...will all be pronounced or even named differently.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!! He is already learning words in Biology that he has to describe to us because he doesn’t know the English names. It’s really cool but also strange.

@mauriciorv228 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife hahaha that’s the natural process actually. He’s becoming German.

@Ilonasworld 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like one learns a new language quickly when they are fully immersed in the culture and is staying there

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it helps so much!

@stefanschuster4759 2 жыл бұрын

Dieses Video anzusehen hat mir große Freude bereitet. Ich würde mir wünschen, dass ihr künftig öfter mal in euren Videos deutsch redet. Ihr macht das wirklich schon sehr gut - vor allem natürlich Grayson. Obwohl natürlich auch sein Deutsch an ein paar Stellen grammatikalisch noch nicht ganz korrekt war, will ich hier doch etwas betonen, das vor allem bei ihm zu beobachten ist: seine Freude (gleichwohl ihr natürlich alle große Freude ausstrahlt)! Freude an einer neuen Kultur und an einer neuen Sprache zu haben ist das Wichtigste. Mögt ihr euch diese Freude bewahren können! Das Interview mit Grayson fand ich auch großartig. Mich würde interessieren, welche Vorstellungen Grayson (natürlich auch ihr alle) vom Leben/Alltag in Deutschland hatte, bevor ihr hierher gezogen seid. Welche davon hatten sich bewahrheitet und welche nicht. Ich kann mich nicht erinnern, dass ihr in einem eurer Videos mal darauf eingegangen seid. Vielleicht könnt ihr (oder auch Grayson, wenn er will) das in einem kommenden Video erwähnen. Liebe Grüße an euch alle und speziell an Grayson

@aufmischa 2 жыл бұрын

Schön zu sehen wie Kinder Sprachen lernen. Er spricht Deutsch, als wäre er ein deutscher. Nice to see how he switches between german an english naturally, with no accents at all. Hoffentlich vergisst er es nicht wenn er älter ist und ihr vielleicht nicht mehr hier lebt.

@myroomiehatesmycooking 2 жыл бұрын

more grayson in the videos please😁 I kept grinning through the whole video, such a smart and funny kid! Another way to learn German is to watch the TV. not TV shows or movies but something like German gameshows, standup comedy, trash shows (its embarassing to mention this, but you do learn a few things in there), etc. since you learn how germans naturally converse with each other and not reading from script. You also pick up alot of phrases and slangs that they normally don‘t do in Tv shows or movies.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

He’s such a cutie. We love him so much and enjoyed filming with him! Now we have this video forever for our own memories. 😍 Yes watching German TV shows is very good!

@agn855 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife - where KIKA (Kinder Kanal/children’s channel) is King. They even bring "adult news" transformed into children’s slang. Probably your youngest child will like it. My all time favorite video about earning language skills: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9KcdNOYxrLLd3U.html JFTR (your Fans/viewers).

@Danny30011980 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, Grayson is so fluent now and has almost no more foreign accent. Well done young man, you are so rocking the language!

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@alexanderlindner5808 2 жыл бұрын

On a different subject, you are really close to Italy. A drive from your location to Venice (through Austria) is about 5 hours. A little less than to Burg Eltz. Could be a great idea for a long weekend. And it's really cheap right now. The carnival of Venice is from Feb 12, 2022 - Tue, Mar 1, 2022. I think the kids would love it, and if I am not mistaken there is a school holiday in Bavaria during that period. (28 Feb 2022 - 4 Mar 2022)

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!! Great idea. We actually do have a vacation planned to Venice for our Osterferien!!

@alexanderlindner5808 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife Fantastic. I have seen Venice in the news, and it's pretty empty these days. They say they desperately need tourists. I can imagine Hotels or AirBnB's are pretty affordable right now. If you are interested, I can send you some really good and authentic restaurants.

@JayRioLasRocas 2 жыл бұрын

Grayson is almost fluent. Awesome.

@hans-dieternichau5467 2 жыл бұрын

Hallo Superfamilie ! Ich bewundere euren Sohn wie gut er die Deutsche Sprache schon beherrscht! Aber auch ihr habt gut dazu gelernt ! Ihr seit schon viele Orte in Germany besucht ,nicht überall ist die Speisekarte in Deutsch ,oder irgendwelche Hinweise ,da ist es nützlich es Lesen zu können ! Aber eure Kinder sind ja gute Dolmetscher 🤣🤣🤣Alles gute weiterhin ,und bleibt Gesund ,bis zum nächsten Video! Liebe Grüße

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Vielen dank! ❤️

@lotttiniwanders6696 2 жыл бұрын

Great job Grayson! The immersion is the reason why we make a difference between learning Deutsch als Zweitsprache (for foreigners living in a German speaking country) vs. Deutsch als Fremdsprache (for foreigners living in a different country) - there are actually different strategies and methods being used for each!

@nadelison2213 2 жыл бұрын

He is doing really great and he barely has an accent! Awesome. Way to go Grayson! He must have been living in Germany in a former life 😄😉 Also I love his smile and spirit. Actually all of you have it 😊

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@Napierala 2 жыл бұрын

I lived in Bavaria for a few years and you can clearly hear the Bavarian accent when Grayson speaks. His German is really good allready. I know this is not part of the Video but those glasses look fantastic on Grayson. Greetings from Berlin!

@r_7855 2 жыл бұрын

Ihr habt alle schon so große Fortschritte gemacht! Graysons Deutsch ist wirklich beeindruckend, aber dein Deutsch wird auch von Mal zu Mal besser, Sara! Das ist wirklich eine tolle Leistung, wenn man bedenkt, dass du selbstständig bist und dadurch weniger von Deutsch umgeben bist als die anderen. Du musst dich wirklich nicht entschuldigen oder unwohl fühlen, wenn du über die deutsche Grammatik stolperst - wir verstehen dich auch so ohne Probleme, und die Grammatik kommt mit der Zeit von allein :) You are all making such amazing progress! Grayson's German is really impressive, but your German is quickly improving too, Sara! That really is a great achievement considering you are self-employed and therefore not as surrounded by German as the others. Please don't apologise or feel bad for stumbling over German grammar - we can understand what you're saying perfectly fine, and the grammar will come to you with time :)

@Alexp37 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao I loved this video. Especially the "American family's dinner with Taco Bell, etc. scene".

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha that movie is so funny! Will Ferrel is the best!

@Alexp37 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife He is ;)

@kermitfrosch6559 2 жыл бұрын

The German language is - by a common agreement - one of the most important in the world, deep and heavy in mind and spirit, infinite in their shapes and formations, free and mobile, in their colorings and illuminations of the inner and outer world versatile and diverse. She has tone, accent, music. She has a wealth that you really can inexhaustible can call and the one German with the most strenuous studies of a long life may never encompass. (Ernst Moritz Arndt 1769 - 1860). Euer deutsch klingt schon sehr, sehr gut !!! Weiter so ❤️✊ Have a nice Sunday😊

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Ah love this!

@kermitfrosch6559 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife It's the magic of a very old language, which got its special power of expression at the time of the great German poets and thinkers. E.g. by J.W. von Goethe: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/max1fq982Nqoj6M.html Unfortunately, some ideologues who lead this language ab-absurum with their stupid gendering today. Unfortunately.

@abinashmishra329 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly in the USA it is not readily offered as a course at every high school. Spanish is guaranteed to be offered at all US high schools. Same with French and Latin. But German can go 50-50 or 40-60. My high school did not offer German and some seniors were complaining about it when I was a freshman. I did not learn German until college when after 4 years of Latin (I sometimes feel that I only took Latin because my parents learned Sanskrit) I said, “Forget this! In college, I am going to learn a language people still speak today.” At the University of Michigan, where I went for college, German is actually very popular to learn. They even a Max Kade German House living learning community for students who want to speak German every day. That’s the university’s only language living learning community. They don’t even have one for Spanish 😂!!!

@villy27 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I am from Berlin. I had to smile when you asked your son about his Lieblingsessen. I think most your proposals were bavarian regional kitchen. For example Maultaschen or especually Weißwurst. When I came to Munich first time as a child of eleven shortly after the of the fall the Berlin wall, I've never heard of it before. The if you travel Germany you will discover every very different regional specialities. The same with beer. Nearly every place here has its own beer.

@HansJochenUndermaier12221 2 жыл бұрын

Was für ein toller, lustiger Junge. Sein deutsch ist wirklich gut und euer Deutsch ist auch sehr gut. The chinese speak often no german 😂😂😂

@ramona146 2 жыл бұрын

Kevin and Sarah, your german has improved very much, thumbs up!

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@Patrick-on2ty 2 жыл бұрын

Das Jahr in Deutschland scheint Euch allen gut zu tun! Schaut sehr frisch,gesund und glücklich aus. Schaut mal Eure Gesichter an , den netten Rückblick habt ihr ja reingeschnitten 👍🥳🤗

@dasmaurerle4347 2 жыл бұрын

Grayson is doing awesome! Watching the No.1 news program of the country you're living in every day (Tagesschau in Germany i.e) is very helpful, i think. They usually speak very clear and correct.

@jorgfalk8798 2 жыл бұрын

Hut ab , für ein Jahr sehr gut !

@l.c.899 2 жыл бұрын

So loveley to watch🥰

@Winona493 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting that Grayson even says the English words like Baseball or Inlineskating in a German manner when speaking German. At least his own name!!! It turned from Grrrayson to Grayson, the 'r', you know what I mean.😂 He'a an awesome boy!!!

@annoth23 2 жыл бұрын

I was so exited before watching this video just by reading the title, and I enjoyed every part of it. I love watching your videos, you are an adorable family.

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I’m so glad you weren’t disappointed after watching! Haha

@KevinJohnBusche 2 жыл бұрын

Hey folks, thanks for the update. Time is flying, when you're having fun. Anyway, if, at some point, you'll be coming around the Lipperland, I'd be happy to show you guys around.

@emmacoldwellweber 2 жыл бұрын

He’s so adorable and he learned so fast

@nikomangelmann6054 2 жыл бұрын

your kids can try malztrunk (malzbier). its a alcohol free malt beverage what looks like a dark beer but its very sweet (basicly every brewery got this type of "kids beer"). so when kevin comes up with his dad jokes about drinking beer you have a couterpart.

@heha6984 2 жыл бұрын

Karamalz!!! :)

@susannabonke8552 2 жыл бұрын

"counterpart". I KNOW you'd bei disapppinted when no German corrected you ( olympic discipline ).

@susannabonke8552 2 жыл бұрын

@@heha6984 Da gibt es mehrere Marken.

@heha6984 2 жыл бұрын

@@susannabonke8552 Ja klar, aber eben nur EIN Karamalz :)

@susannabonke8552 2 жыл бұрын

@@heha6984 😅👍

@worldpeace1822 2 жыл бұрын

Love your energy guys!

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jasminm.2607 2 жыл бұрын

I submitted my comment below at the very beginning of the video…wow, wow, wow, Grayson can perfectly pronounce „ü“ and „ch“. Very good!!!

@marcol.6950 Жыл бұрын

Sehr gut!!

@dianakuhn8785 2 жыл бұрын

Ihr macht das alle ganz toll❣️

@jeffhands7097 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great video! I especially enjoyed your winter scenes and music at the beginning. Good taste!

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you like that part, I love filming nature!

@harwin5800 2 жыл бұрын

Cool, really good! Respekt!🙂👍

@ginaone6601 2 жыл бұрын

Wow Grayson, awesome job! Großartig gemacht! 👏👏👏

@beima2752 2 жыл бұрын

Gut gemacht, Kevin! 👏👏👏

@dorotheaduwel587 2 жыл бұрын

Hallo Grayson, du machst das ganz toll. Du sprichst schon ein sehr gutes Deutsch. Ich denke, dass du für deine Eltern ein super Helfer bist beim Erlernen der Sprache. Ich wünsche dir weiterhin viel Erfolg und immer gute Freunde an deiner Seite. Ich freue mich jedesmal über die interessanten Videos und vielen Dank an Euch, dass ihr uns an eurem Leben teilnehmen lasst. Liebe Grüße !

@maximotion2316 Жыл бұрын

What an amazing child you have. He will teach you a lot when he keeps growing. Never stop listening to him. Never stop learning. He is an amazing soul, i can feel it through the screen. Keep doing!

@yviguerrero8049 2 жыл бұрын

❤️ You are so lovely ☺️

@jasminkad.1150 2 жыл бұрын

Bis nächste Woche 😀

@burkhardd5182 2 жыл бұрын

You have already learned a lot of German for such a short time. Much respect and applause. Grayson speaks with a Bavarian-American accent. Maybe in a few years he will melt the hearts of the girls, only while speaking :-)

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha he's so cute I'm sure he will be melting girls' hearts!

@emjayay 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife Not necessarily girls, of course.

@clethraz.6467 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, Grayson, super!!!

@Violetss11 2 жыл бұрын

I smile when I hear Grayson speak German!!

@kerstinklenovsky239 2 жыл бұрын

You guys are delightful and your Bavarian accent is seriously charming. 🤩🤩🤩

@iamnotkurtcobain 2 жыл бұрын

Grayson's German is so good! Awesome! Love your channel!

@mahue171 2 жыл бұрын

Wowsers! Soooooo goood!!! Toll Grayson du bist spitze

@nadinebeck2069 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Amazing how fast they addapt a language! He sounds like a native speaker! Sometimes really with a tiny southern accent. So sweet 😍

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Thank you!

@gilliantracy7991 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing another great video. So much fun to see how far you've all come in learning German - especially you Sara! Grayson sounds like he was born into the language. He also seems like the engineer, like Dad. I'd get along with Grayson. I'm trying to learn some German for my trip this summer and have several apps. Some of which I've paid for. I also view Easy German and will check out DW. It's so easy to find resources and apps to learn a language now that it's become stressful to figure out which one is best! Also what is the area @20:49? So beautiful!

@anthanhdang2657 2 жыл бұрын

Weiter so Grayson 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@arnodobler1096 2 жыл бұрын

so nice 👏👏👏

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Morgen, Arno!

@ElinT13 2 жыл бұрын

Grayson speaks really really well!

@xXxLooPxXx Жыл бұрын

Wow he speaks very good! amazing!

@ProCorona 2 жыл бұрын

First thing on a Sunday is watching your great videos always the best start 😍👏🏻😃

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoy them, thank you for you watching! ❤️😄

@bettina_w 2 жыл бұрын

Grayson is just amazing!

@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, we think so, too. 😄

@AGWittmann 2 жыл бұрын

👏 for the whole My Merry Messy Life-Family, because, Mommy requested it 😂 Keep up the good spirit, nice to see you all healthy.

@anowl9065 2 жыл бұрын

That's amazing! Your German sounds really good! Quite inspiring to learn new languages and make new experiences! Also am learning French since two years.