2:30 I think a better response would be something like "Sure, that sounds good." ..."I don't mind" isn't rude, but it still sounds a little odd as a respond to that particular question. It could give someone the impression that you don't take the future meeting very seriously.
This video is quite helpful, but there are actually other ways of asking for when your business partner is free. I would prefer "Would (...) be convenient for you?", but that's just my opinion. The German mistakes are not to be underestimated because they occur faster than you think, I can clearly tell. This video helps, but if you want to do your phone calls properly, there is but one thing you can do -- practise :)
Silly American cow teaching Germans English! Americans should concentrate on improving their own English before they go about teaching others. Amis nach Hause!
@stephen1971 First off, dumbass, that woman is not American. She's Canadian. Second, American English is the most global in the world, so most Americans speak "proper English". Our English is based primarily on British English. And finally, if you weren't such a sanctimonious cunt, you'd know that correcting someone's English is the best way to improve oneself, and that there is nothing wrong with learning more. Stop watching American films in German, and you could improve too.
@stephen1971 "is not Canada in America?" , should be "Isn't Canada in America?" The answer to that is yes, but Canadians do not call themselves Americans, and it is perfectly acceptable to call a citizen of the USA, American. "We do not need your movies", fine, so make your own and stop dubbing British and American films. The industry is a multi-billion dollar industry, so 80 million Germans would fervently disagree with you. You hate "Amis" so much, get off Youtube, it's an Ameircan invention.
@thejoymonster "is not Canada in America?" , should be "Isn't Canada in America?" Contractions are for bums. Read Fowler and Curme, and you might just learn how to write proper English.
@stephen1971 Trying to be superior didn't work in WW2 and it sure as hell won't work now. This isn't the German coastguard video, so why do you speak English that way? Your German English teacher who taught you was wrong about a lot of things, so open your eyes and try to learn. Megalomaniacs such as yourself are generally plagued with delusions of grandeur. Keep responding. This is the look inside the mind of an uneducated, sanctimonious, moron.
@stephen1971 You sir, are a idiot. I hope you do not represent the whole of Germany, because your statement "Amis raus", sounds very Nazi-related. Why should they leave simply because many are here to teach you and your fellow countrymen proper English? And yes, Americans do speak proper English, do don't get your panties in a bunch. I am German myself, and have recognized that we can be very close minded people. You have to open your mind. So your English isn't perfect, und? Du bist so typisch!
@stephen1971 Typos happen. What is your excuse? My mistake was a mechanical one, but yours are clearly wanting to remain ignorant. Wie schade das du so ein schlechtes Vorbild von die Deutschen. Grow up.
@stephen1971 Contractions are a natural part of spoken English. Maybe you think they're for bums because you don't know how to properly use them? That could very well be. Your ignorance is embarrassing.
@Valvallaria Yes, he clearly said chief and it was taken as chef in the video. Honestly, I studied in Germany, I have German friends, and I've done some business with Germans and I have not encountered one person who would make these mistakes. These examples seem a bit altmodisch.
One funny thing I've seen Germans do when speaking English is to say, something like "I am living here", or I am doing this", instead of " I live here", or "I do this".
@wilb6657 yep, that's cos in school we learn that things we do now is in present progressive and in german you don't have a simple and a present progressive, you just have 1 present, in school we learn that present progressive is for the things we're doing now ....some forget that you have to take simple present for things you do regularly xD i always try not to make those mistakes xD (and i hope what i said was right xD)
Absolutely Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilarious!! I'll be sharing this one with my students, who, although we know we should be learning German grammar (fun!), will greatly appreciate the humor in this clever exchange, though it's more difficult-to-figure out for them than some of the clearer misstatements from awesssssome over-the-top funny commercials (e.g., Berlitz: "Vot are you zinking??"). It's just too too funny! :)))
@BIoodrunk most of the rest of the world use 24h notation, but i in daily conversation ppl will say "at 2 in the afternoon" or sth like that more. it's just americans that stubbornly use the 12h notation and call the 24h notation the "military time". LOL. that's not military, that's what ppl use around the world. LOL
@EvanC0912 Not really. In England they do not use the "20 o`clock" either. Has nothing to do with Americanism. In Italy too. You haven't traveled much, have you?
@thejoymonster I think you misunderstood. I meant that the 20.00 notation is only used most of the times in some writings or in spoken formal occasions (e.g. in the airport/station timetables). but the reality is in the daily and casual conversations, people would say "at 8 o'clock". In the States, however, 20.00 is almost constantly written as 8.00PM.
@EvanC0912 Sorry Evan, I wasn't actually replying to your post. I know about US and European times as I'm an American living in Germany. Sorry for the misunderstanding;)
date can be with business, English is my mother tongue, and I now live in the US and the word date is used for appointment in business matters all the time!
In the first conversation he also said,"can we please change?", instead of, "can we please change it?". Without an object, "change" usually refers to changing ones clothes, although the context makes it clear here.
I notice that he has an "American" German accent, which seems to be the norm, and his pronunciation is perfectly understandable.
On the other hand, mastering the German language, even with without colloquialisms, is incredibly difficult, as Mark Twain rather amusingly noted.
Meine Güte... was ist das für ein Schulsystem hier, wenn man nach mindestens 7 Jahren Englischunterricht kein Gespräch am Telefon führen kann und deshalb irgendwelche Sprachtrainer von FOCUS braucht???
@Hannoi if this video would show the truth. of course only those businessguys can speak english that good. most germans have an accent espacially some political people.
i often talk to my swedish friends per headset in english and they care more about that everything is perfect. even in simple chatting they take care of writing and using the formal english.
@Hannoi Thanks hannoi:this is really true.i live in Germany since 1999 and speak really good German,but i still do make mistakes and got definately accent coz i do speak 4 kenyan languages.so it isnt easy for one to be able to speak a new language completely without accent.BUT GERMANS ARE ALWAYS PERFECT IN MANY THINGS,but there are things one cant change,especially the fact that one has been speaking a languang since childhood.
@Hannoi Thanks hannoi:this is really true.i live in Germany since 1999 and speak really good German,but i still do make mistakes and got definately accent coz i do speak 4 kenyan languages.so it isnt easy for one to be able to speak a new language completely without accent.GERMANS ARE PERFECTIONISTS n dont like making mistakes.
PLEASE CHECK LUTHER MATHÄUS videos on youtube to get to know a cool german who doesnt matter about Accent or no accent!!he love and speaks Engish!!
My clock even told me it's 25:83 o'clock when it malfunctioned :P
our mechanical clocks go only to 12 but the digital ones to 24. And when the mechanical shows 2 p.m. we translate to 14.00 or say two, when it's obvious that it's p.m. because of the sun is shining out...
They speak better English than most native speakers do, honestly any of those mistakes could easily be understood for what they meant to say...idk that's just my take, you don't need to be perfect, god knows Americans aren't...
@chucknorrisgawd No but, this is geared towards professionals who use the language in a work environment. So when you keep that in mind, they don't speak better than native speakers of english... Sure there are a lot of natives who speak English poorly, but they tend to drive taxis and sell stuff behind a counter- not work in the corporate world. These mistakes are no big deal in a social situation, but in business even slight mistakes can make a client have doubts about your skills at work.
@annaknowsu There's no such thing as a native speaker of English speaking English poorly. What you mean to say is that they speak "nonstandard" dialects or have nonstandard grammatical patterns. Take a course in linguistics. Just because someone's speech doesn't conform to the white upper class standard doesn't mean it's incorrect.
@TakahashiMaikeru Sweetie, just because you are upset that you don't make as much money as others doesn't mean you get to decide what is proper English and what isn't. The improper way of saying this is "what Ain't proper English and what ain't". Plus if you reread I was the one defending the point that only people working in the corporate world have to worry about little mistakes (such as shown in the video)- so I would suggest you take a 3rd grade level class on reading. ;)
@annaknowsu "ain't" is an attested variant in many speakers' idiolects, particularly in the South. It replaces "is not/am not/are not" and is, like all things in language, governed by grammatical rules. Just because it isn't standard doesn't mean it's "wrong." Next thing you'll be claiming that African American English or Scottish English are wrong. And yes, I know you said that people other than corporate workers don't need to worry, but you implied that they were still wrong... They aren't.
These are called "false friends" between languages... when something translated directly or literally has a different meaning in another language. Expressions are some of the more advanced things of a language to learn, for they are often rooted in culture.
wat the hell. ppl who speak english dont expect germans or other foreigners to be fluent... oh wait a lot of idiots do.
i rly dont think german ppl shud worry about this as its sort of obvious that theyre not from a native english speaking country when you hear them, they have such a thick accent.
If some english fellow tries to teach a german how to speak english, I always need to remind myself that many english natives are not even conversational in a single foreign language whereas a lot of germans speak (the educated ones) at least two of them... :D haha! :P
@feaRLaFrentz A German person can know more than one foreign language, but they still have to learn English if that is what they are learning, even if it is being taught by an English person. Your comment sounds kind of arrogant.
My boss is Geman and when he let me in charge of his personnel once he quoted I was the deputy "chef" when he would not be around and also he gave to me his "handyphone" number if I needed talk with him...
den Unterschied zwischen ,,I don´t mind "und ,,I don´t care "sollte man wirklich wissen^^BUT ANYWAY the film shows how to avoid embarrassing mistakes.;-)
yeah he is from Austria, which is a German speaking country. All German speaking countries also speak English, and most citizens are required to learn English as a child. (Austria borders Germany btw)
saying 14 hours is fine in english... it's american english that uses 12 hours and am/pm... otherwise you usually say fourteen hundred instead of 14 hours... but the 24 hour clock is used very frequently
PrdiG, a good point. But it's not just American English that uses the 12-hour clock. One of the world's largest English-speaking countries--India-- also uses the 12-hour clock.
ppps, to idiot1984, A little English is something an Englishman would say,I am English,I should know, its a LITTLE thing called dialect. You should stop writing these things now, as you are embarressing yourself with this bigoted, badly writen drivel
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ROFL!!! this is sad but very much true how majority of germans speak foreign language (especially english). wouldn't be bad to think about improving the quality of education in germany. no wonder people laugh at them when they open their mouth and try to speak any other language.
Business english wird leider weder an den Schulen noch an den Universitäten hierzulande gelehrt. Daher oft die peinlichen Fehler. Geht den Amerikanern aber mit dem Deutschen u. Französischen genauso. Ich wurde auch schon mal gefragt, ob ich verlobt (engaged) wäre :-)
what the hell....the woman at 0:24 (and through out the telephone conversation) was the woman Joey was dating in Degrassi: The Next Generation. Fuckin weird..
I know tons of people that use planner... now assignment... that sounds more like something a cop, professor, or government worker uses... that one was a bit iffy.
funny how using different words can change the context of whats being spoken.
meadowlane37 1 week ago
the raven-haired girl is HOT!
Mistercharming 2 weeks ago
@Hunter7023 LOL.same here
haaaaa89 3 weeks ago
How did I even end up here?
Hunter7023 3 weeks ago
Appoinment, meeting. date is a romantic meeting
nellie2581 3 weeks ago
Yes it happens
nellie2581 3 weeks ago
is this supposed to be a parody?
macusersinddumm 1 month ago
But I love it when foreigners make mistakes!
mikemike20202020 1 month ago
the german guy is so camp.
CorinWright 1 month ago
@CorinWright your mother is camp.....
TheAvestor 1 month ago
@TheAvestor lol.
CorinWright 1 month ago
Gott ist das alt. Hoffentlich nicht von 2008 oder?!
simcityfaan 2 months ago
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2:32 "eh..." :D das sollte man auch nich sagen wenn man englisch spricht ^^
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EGirlism 2 months ago
I thought this was very good. I'm trying to improve the German I learned in Highschool -- and it even helped me.
Thanks from the USA
charlessmileyvideo 2 months ago
2:30 I think a better response would be something like "Sure, that sounds good." ..."I don't mind" isn't rude, but it still sounds a little odd as a respond to that particular question. It could give someone the impression that you don't take the future meeting very seriously.
SleepWithoutDreams 2 months ago
This video is quite helpful, but there are actually other ways of asking for when your business partner is free. I would prefer "Would (...) be convenient for you?", but that's just my opinion. The German mistakes are not to be underestimated because they occur faster than you think, I can clearly tell. This video helps, but if you want to do your phone calls properly, there is but one thing you can do -- practise :)
xKeyblader78 3 months ago
How the fuck do people on youtube manage to make an argument on any video. You guys are idiots.
HesterDW 3 months ago 11
@HesterDW idiots or geniuses?
ulkord 1 month ago
haha this is funny. i probably make some stupid mistakes when speaking german though.
HesterDW 3 months ago
It's gotta be so fun learning English. I'll never know the feeling again though
MrMeat42 3 months ago
Want to favorite this just because I find it funny.
ninetailfox333 3 months ago
schoen !!!!!!!!! echt super! bin in kanada fuer 17 jahre und mach noch immer fehler
SuperTrenton20 3 months ago
Als US-Amerikaner, „To give someone a job“ klingt mir natürlich. „Job“ kann auch Aufgabe heißen.
Glarfugus 4 months ago
@Glarfugus ich stimme dazu
robsargent4 2 months ago
"ludwig, nice to hear from you"
"Yes, but I have bad news"
Should have given the same greeting that she did, instead of saying that it is indeed nice for her to hear from him. lol
alcusaco 4 months ago
Silly American cow teaching Germans English! Americans should concentrate on improving their own English before they go about teaching others. Amis nach Hause!
stephen1971 4 months ago
@stephen1971 First off, dumbass, that woman is not American. She's Canadian. Second, American English is the most global in the world, so most Americans speak "proper English". Our English is based primarily on British English. And finally, if you weren't such a sanctimonious cunt, you'd know that correcting someone's English is the best way to improve oneself, and that there is nothing wrong with learning more. Stop watching American films in German, and you could improve too.
thejoymonster 4 months ago in playlist Liked
@thejoymonster Thank you for this gem! "Sanctimonious cunt" is going to be my new 'phrase of the month.'
Throwweight 3 months ago
@Throwweight You're welcome! ;)
thejoymonster 3 months ago
@thejoymonster Is not Canada in America? American movies in German? We do not need your movies.
stephen1971 3 months ago
@stephen1971 "is not Canada in America?" , should be "Isn't Canada in America?" The answer to that is yes, but Canadians do not call themselves Americans, and it is perfectly acceptable to call a citizen of the USA, American. "We do not need your movies", fine, so make your own and stop dubbing British and American films. The industry is a multi-billion dollar industry, so 80 million Germans would fervently disagree with you. You hate "Amis" so much, get off Youtube, it's an Ameircan invention.
thejoymonster 3 months ago
@thejoymonster "is not Canada in America?" , should be "Isn't Canada in America?" Contractions are for bums. Read Fowler and Curme, and you might just learn how to write proper English.
stephen1971 3 months ago
@stephen1971 Trying to be superior didn't work in WW2 and it sure as hell won't work now. This isn't the German coastguard video, so why do you speak English that way? Your German English teacher who taught you was wrong about a lot of things, so open your eyes and try to learn. Megalomaniacs such as yourself are generally plagued with delusions of grandeur. Keep responding. This is the look inside the mind of an uneducated, sanctimonious, moron.
thejoymonster 3 months ago
@stephen1971 You sir, are a idiot. I hope you do not represent the whole of Germany, because your statement "Amis raus", sounds very Nazi-related. Why should they leave simply because many are here to teach you and your fellow countrymen proper English? And yes, Americans do speak proper English, do don't get your panties in a bunch. I am German myself, and have recognized that we can be very close minded people. You have to open your mind. So your English isn't perfect, und? Du bist so typisch!
MolokoDreams 3 months ago
@MolokoDreams "Americans do speak proper English, do don't get your panties in a bunch." Proper English? Du bist ein Spaßvogel.
stephen1971 3 months ago
@stephen1971 Typos happen. What is your excuse? My mistake was a mechanical one, but yours are clearly wanting to remain ignorant. Wie schade das du so ein schlechtes Vorbild von die Deutschen. Grow up.
MolokoDreams 3 months ago
@stephen1971 Contractions are a natural part of spoken English. Maybe you think they're for bums because you don't know how to properly use them? That could very well be. Your ignorance is embarrassing.
MolokoDreams 3 months ago
Boot eye dun no vaht do zay ven eye spek do jzee laydeez.
DangerD205 4 months ago
EGGS COOK TIME!
shoopwhoopX 5 months ago
i love how she was like on degrassi
bluejay109 6 months ago
chief... so what.. isn't you boss the chief...?
Valvallaria 6 months ago
@Valvallaria Yes, he clearly said chief and it was taken as chef in the video. Honestly, I studied in Germany, I have German friends, and I've done some business with Germans and I have not encountered one person who would make these mistakes. These examples seem a bit altmodisch.
johncoktostone 5 months ago
reeve why did you tweet this? you seem to speak perfect english...?
God, you are a weird one...
xXblythe 6 months ago
thumbs up if Reeve Carney sent you here :D
No0elly 6 months ago 10
One funny thing I've seen Germans do when speaking English is to say, something like "I am living here", or I am doing this", instead of " I live here", or "I do this".
wilb6657 6 months ago
@wilb6657 yep, that's cos in school we learn that things we do now is in present progressive and in german you don't have a simple and a present progressive, you just have 1 present, in school we learn that present progressive is for the things we're doing now ....some forget that you have to take simple present for things you do regularly xD i always try not to make those mistakes xD (and i hope what i said was right xD)
mjandicehockey4ever 5 months ago
@mjandicehockey4ever Hmmm...interesting. Thanks for explaining the reasoning behind th those tendencies.
wilb6657 5 months ago
@wilb6657 you're welcome ;) ...and maybe there are also other reasons why people make those mistakes, but that is what i think ;)
mjandicehockey4ever 5 months ago
Absolutely Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilarious!! I'll be sharing this one with my students, who, although we know we should be learning German grammar (fun!), will greatly appreciate the humor in this clever exchange, though it's more difficult-to-figure out for them than some of the clearer misstatements from awesssssome over-the-top funny commercials (e.g., Berlitz: "Vot are you zinking??"). It's just too too funny! :)))
EvitaLuisa 6 months ago
wait do germans and possibly other countries use 24 hour times? huh
BIoodrunk 7 months ago
@BIoodrunk
yes.
i think only the usa, canada and australia are using the 12 hour clock perhaps in some other countries, too
in europe we use 24 hour clocks
so if you say 2pm we would say 14 uhr
coolscream 7 months ago
@coolscream I still haven´t adjusted =) When I hear multiple digits I minus 2 hours. Then I know.
I´m not so smart though...And here in Germany numbers fuck me and them up.
Because the translation is reversed. For example Twenty one....in German is Ein und Dreizig (1 and 30)
We say numbers in reverse.
hoghash78 6 months ago
@hoghash78 The funny thing is, that's the way English used to pronounce numbers. Twenty four in Old English was four and twenty...
thejoymonster 4 months ago
@BIoodrunk most of the rest of the world use 24h notation, but i in daily conversation ppl will say "at 2 in the afternoon" or sth like that more. it's just americans that stubbornly use the 12h notation and call the 24h notation the "military time". LOL. that's not military, that's what ppl use around the world. LOL
EvanC0912 6 months ago
@EvanC0912 Not really. In England they do not use the "20 o`clock" either. Has nothing to do with Americanism. In Italy too. You haven't traveled much, have you?
thejoymonster 4 months ago
@thejoymonster I think you misunderstood. I meant that the 20.00 notation is only used most of the times in some writings or in spoken formal occasions (e.g. in the airport/station timetables). but the reality is in the daily and casual conversations, people would say "at 8 o'clock". In the States, however, 20.00 is almost constantly written as 8.00PM.
EvanC0912 4 months ago
@EvanC0912 Sorry Evan, I wasn't actually replying to your post. I know about US and European times as I'm an American living in Germany. Sorry for the misunderstanding;)
thejoymonster 4 months ago
music here is a copycat rendition of Eminem's "Bitch Please"
FrostyCoug 7 months ago
LOL I'm not german ...and I would be 1000times Worster* than them hahahah
XCutePupa 7 months ago
so ugly,
Ambu1993 7 months ago
why is she talking american?
PianoandCarcrack94 7 months ago
also a very common misstake of germans talking about soccer is "the referee did a bad blow job".
just kidding...
iltis4life 8 months ago
Hahaha 'I don't care'
pulsengine 8 months ago
I honestly didn't even fucking notice that the first guy made a mistake.
ASDFUIL 9 months ago
@ASDFUIL I noticed "chief." It made him sound like he's in the military.
wkunzelman1 9 months ago
2:18 .. Isn´t it "An Assignement" ? =)
YesWeJondo 9 months ago
turn on subtitles.
Testedformybros 9 months ago
Homegirl is coping some typical german attitude.
SFSUISOK 9 months ago
Did nobody realize how hot that girl on the phone is???
98765432123456789000 10 months ago 2
date can be with business, English is my mother tongue, and I now live in the US and the word date is used for appointment in business matters all the time!
Samster3666 10 months ago
they forgot: I'm going to become a iphone on saturday, for example :D
jeffhardymattrey 11 months ago
i have been german 2 years.. also a lot of german say : we meet us ... sank you,,.. Hello together....lil bet...
-Thank you sir
you Please
- What !
medi5750 11 months ago
@medi5750 what do you mean, you have been german 2 years?
quitscheente95 10 months ago
ich hätte auch gesagt i don't care - danke für den tipp xD
75426168 11 months ago 3
...erfahren sie, wie man nachfragt, wenn man kein Wort von dem versteht, was der ander Gesprächsteilnehmer sagt.
In Bayern ganz einfach. "Ha?" :DD
BleedingBambi 11 months ago 36
@BleedingBambi ich zieh nach Bayern um!!!kurz und schmerzlos die sprache.gerade weil ich ofters zu wenig verstehe.KISWHILI LERNEN.check out please.
tuperlady 8 months ago
@BleedingBambi Oder auch "Wos?" ;)
Prechtl91 4 months ago
@BleedingBambi
hier in der Gegend wird aus dem a ein ä "Hä?"
Drealein75 3 months ago
This is why you also have to give people speaking a second langauge a bit of lee way.
greenghost2008 11 months ago
In the first conversation he also said,"can we please change?", instead of, "can we please change it?". Without an object, "change" usually refers to changing ones clothes, although the context makes it clear here.
I notice that he has an "American" German accent, which seems to be the norm, and his pronunciation is perfectly understandable.
On the other hand, mastering the German language, even with without colloquialisms, is incredibly difficult, as Mark Twain rather amusingly noted.
6john6drake6 1 year ago
Meine Güte... was ist das für ein Schulsystem hier, wenn man nach mindestens 7 Jahren Englischunterricht kein Gespräch am Telefon führen kann und deshalb irgendwelche Sprachtrainer von FOCUS braucht???
SaBracaSam 1 year ago
she has mastered both german and english accents. nice
icantgetitup 1 year ago
Gibt es ein video im gegensatz? Wo man lernen typische Fehler für Deutsch-lernen
Danke!
twihok 1 year ago
LOL
Skaterdude4321 1 year ago
Only Germans care so much about being perfect, not a good trait imo.
Nothing wrong with having an accent and not using "perfect" English.
Things like that is what make you human.
Hannoi 1 year ago
@Hannoi if this video would show the truth. of course only those businessguys can speak english that good. most germans have an accent espacially some political people.
i often talk to my swedish friends per headset in english and they care more about that everything is perfect. even in simple chatting they take care of writing and using the formal english.
Garother 1 year ago
@Hannoi Thanks hannoi:this is really true.i live in Germany since 1999 and speak really good German,but i still do make mistakes and got definately accent coz i do speak 4 kenyan languages.so it isnt easy for one to be able to speak a new language completely without accent.BUT GERMANS ARE ALWAYS PERFECT IN MANY THINGS,but there are things one cant change,especially the fact that one has been speaking a languang since childhood.
tuperlady 8 months ago
@Hannoi Thanks hannoi:this is really true.i live in Germany since 1999 and speak really good German,but i still do make mistakes and got definately accent coz i do speak 4 kenyan languages.so it isnt easy for one to be able to speak a new language completely without accent.GERMANS ARE PERFECTIONISTS n dont like making mistakes.
PLEASE CHECK LUTHER MATHÄUS videos on youtube to get to know a cool german who doesnt matter about Accent or no accent!!he love and speaks Engish!!
tuperlady 8 months ago
chef - the person in the kitchen cooking
you might as well call it a woman
paulisftw 1 year ago
@paulisftw
Only lazy slobs that dont care about their girlfriend make her cook. Guys that love her will cook for her/with her.
lilgoalieman 1 year ago
@lilgoalieman nah, lazy slobs that don't care go to the pub, guys that love her just sit in the house on the sofa and watch tv XD
paulisftw 1 year ago
LOL
im0mole 1 year ago
Oh... I understood his intentions perfectly though. I think any native English speaker would have known "chief" meant boss and "date" meant event.
MissXMarlboro 1 year ago
i don't care ?! xD
Henricus018 1 year ago
what is "arschgeweih" in english?
Leinadi 1 year ago
@Leinadi i wish i could awnser but ich spreken nicht gut deutsch haha
WCHvids 1 year ago
@Leinadi tramp stamp (=Schlampenstempel)
vanitycase89 1 year ago
German's use the 24 clock?
glamourfields 1 year ago
@glamourfields
My clock even told me it's 25:83 o'clock when it malfunctioned :P
our mechanical clocks go only to 12 but the digital ones to 24. And when the mechanical shows 2 p.m. we translate to 14.00 or say two, when it's obvious that it's p.m. because of the sun is shining out...
megalomania345 1 year ago
I DON'T CARE!
21stcenturyphantom 1 year ago
They speak better English than most native speakers do, honestly any of those mistakes could easily be understood for what they meant to say...idk that's just my take, you don't need to be perfect, god knows Americans aren't...
chucknorrisgawd 1 year ago
@chucknorrisgawd No but, this is geared towards professionals who use the language in a work environment. So when you keep that in mind, they don't speak better than native speakers of english... Sure there are a lot of natives who speak English poorly, but they tend to drive taxis and sell stuff behind a counter- not work in the corporate world. These mistakes are no big deal in a social situation, but in business even slight mistakes can make a client have doubts about your skills at work.
annaknowsu 1 year ago
@annaknowsu There's no such thing as a native speaker of English speaking English poorly. What you mean to say is that they speak "nonstandard" dialects or have nonstandard grammatical patterns. Take a course in linguistics. Just because someone's speech doesn't conform to the white upper class standard doesn't mean it's incorrect.
TakahashiMaikeru 1 year ago 3
@TakahashiMaikeru Sweetie, just because you are upset that you don't make as much money as others doesn't mean you get to decide what is proper English and what isn't. The improper way of saying this is "what Ain't proper English and what ain't". Plus if you reread I was the one defending the point that only people working in the corporate world have to worry about little mistakes (such as shown in the video)- so I would suggest you take a 3rd grade level class on reading. ;)
annaknowsu 1 year ago
@annaknowsu "ain't" is an attested variant in many speakers' idiolects, particularly in the South. It replaces "is not/am not/are not" and is, like all things in language, governed by grammatical rules. Just because it isn't standard doesn't mean it's "wrong." Next thing you'll be claiming that African American English or Scottish English are wrong. And yes, I know you said that people other than corporate workers don't need to worry, but you implied that they were still wrong... They aren't.
TakahashiMaikeru 1 year ago
hehe als deutschlerner fand ich dieses video nützlich.
Takaja316 1 year ago
Is it just me was the receptionist a lot nicer when the guy spoke poor English?
championofcathay 1 year ago
These are called "false friends" between languages... when something translated directly or literally has a different meaning in another language. Expressions are some of the more advanced things of a language to learn, for they are often rooted in culture.
Mindraker1 1 year ago
ai äm sou hääppi sät ai behersch se englisch spietsch so very good ;D Haha
NfeatL 1 year ago
wat the hell. ppl who speak english dont expect germans or other foreigners to be fluent... oh wait a lot of idiots do.
i rly dont think german ppl shud worry about this as its sort of obvious that theyre not from a native english speaking country when you hear them, they have such a thick accent.
randyroo2 1 year ago
This is so hilariously stereotyped... :D
If some english fellow tries to teach a german how to speak english, I always need to remind myself that many english natives are not even conversational in a single foreign language whereas a lot of germans speak (the educated ones) at least two of them... :D haha! :P
feaRLaFrentz 1 year ago
@feaRLaFrentz A German person can know more than one foreign language, but they still have to learn English if that is what they are learning, even if it is being taught by an English person. Your comment sounds kind of arrogant.
QueenAnime99 1 year ago
ohgott die sieht aus wie harry pottter als weib
93ccp 1 year ago
Equal it goes loose - Zitat von Heinrich Lübke.
TorPedoCXC 1 year ago
My boss is Geman and when he let me in charge of his personnel once he quoted I was the deputy "chef" when he would not be around and also he gave to me his "handyphone" number if I needed talk with him...
fabiannihilator 1 year ago
oh mein gott die englischexpertin ist aber auch ne trulla Oo ^^
MatsPedda 1 year ago
bat ei heheh
SuperRedSmile1 1 year ago
den Unterschied zwischen ,,I don´t mind "und ,,I don´t care "sollte man wirklich wissen^^BUT ANYWAY the film shows how to avoid embarrassing mistakes.;-)
zuckerstreusel 1 year ago
@zuckerstreusel Ja, it´s important because you can really sound rude if you say I don´t care versus I don´t mind. Good video.
thejoymonster 1 year ago
lol lol lol
simplyBestGIRL 1 year ago
LOL timer = the amount of time an egg is going to cook
Ashenfly 1 year ago 29
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funtastik1985 1 year ago
so the chief of staff is always indian???
Durhandoni 1 year ago
That bitch with the glasses on wants to act smart. Try it in my country and you'll get executed.
electrobussterr 1 year ago
Haha, what a strange video...;D
Effi0123 1 year ago 3
was arnold schwarzenegger german speaking? his english sounds good.
leethebug 1 year ago
he's austrian
wirklichdoof 1 year ago
@leethebug
yeah he is from Austria, which is a German speaking country. All German speaking countries also speak English, and most citizens are required to learn English as a child. (Austria borders Germany btw)
XxElectroLoveKidxX 1 year ago
they talk like androids.
known12 1 year ago
wow that ladies english is pretty damn good.
bauhausbold 1 year ago
Of course, since she's English.
Atheist2006 1 year ago
@Atheist2006
then her german is pretty awesome as well
pixie4goddess 1 year ago
saying 14 hours is fine in english... it's american english that uses 12 hours and am/pm... otherwise you usually say fourteen hundred instead of 14 hours... but the 24 hour clock is used very frequently
PrdiG 1 year ago
PrdiG, a good point. But it's not just American English that uses the 12-hour clock. One of the world's largest English-speaking countries--India-- also uses the 12-hour clock.
Interlingua 1 year ago
At 0:27: It's not "sorry For that", It´s "sorry ABOUT that".
elprofejoe 2 years ago 4
@elprofejoe ...i just asked google, and it said: "sorry FOR that" is ok too
Lilithly 1 year ago
i'm german but i can speak french and english.
kraudi2fast 2 years ago
Lord, they were trained for all those mistakes. Germans usually aren't that bad.
H82BFat 2 years ago
BUt German girls are so cute with their german accents and mistakes they make in english.
usaiscollapsing 2 years ago 3
ppps, to idiot1984, A little English is something an Englishman would say,I am English,I should know, its a LITTLE thing called dialect. You should stop writing these things now, as you are embarressing yourself with this bigoted, badly writen drivel
viva la cuba
unclepunkle 2 years ago
yup, you are an englishman, allright...
and like i'm gonna do you a favor and stop replying on your insults, f***g loser!
Executioner1984 2 years ago
1984 you are an idiot
unclepunkle 2 years ago 3
really, did i hit the spot with the statement?
Executioner1984 2 years ago
no im not even german
i just think ur an idiot
ps.... your english grammer is of a very poor standard(maybe you should watch the video, you do need to improve)
pps dont bother to reply,as i am going on my holidays and i wont be here
unclepunkle 2 years ago
Meine Englisch ist fery gut.
ezekielwahwah 2 years ago 31
du bist Deutsch?
oder nein?
katybite 2 years ago
@katybite
Nein. Italian.
ezekielwahwah 2 years ago
cool :)
katybite 2 years ago
@ezekielwahwah yeah, half that sentence was German, lol, it hope you were being sarcastic.
Thrawn6211 1 year ago
@Thrawn6211
Nah...
ezekielwahwah 1 year ago
@ezekielwahwah ja...
Thrawn6211 1 year ago
@ezekielwahwah lmfao
icantgetitup 1 year ago
@ezekielwahwah No, it's perfect
EGL24Xx 10 months ago
@ezekielwahwah !!!ha ha haaaa!!!!auf jeden fall besser als Luther M!!!i like,i like.lol
tuperlady 8 months ago
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ROFL!!! this is sad but very much true how majority of germans speak foreign language (especially english). wouldn't be bad to think about improving the quality of education in germany. no wonder people laugh at them when they open their mouth and try to speak any other language.
Executioner1984 2 years ago
I hope your German is as good as their English.... I find this comment a little ignorant...
grito1437 2 years ago 2
'a little ignorant' or not, you still can speak 'a little english' which just proves what i said
Executioner1984 2 years ago
What languages can you speak?
ojideagu 2 years ago
Her hair is so....Einstein-y
0XxCarolinexX0 2 years ago 45
@0XxCarolinexX0
u like her hair, really?
simplyBestGIRL 1 year ago
@simplyBestGIRL
Sarcasm.
0XxCarolinexX0 1 year ago
@0XxCarolinexX0 She is a national treasure here in Germany, please refrain from making jokesabout her.
MERULZ69 1 year ago
@0XxCarolinexX0
Cus its Einsteins grand daughter. xD
lilgoalieman 1 year ago
floringheru .....15 00 is 3pm you idiot
smogrewvic 2 years ago
lol wtf that one woman is so fucking ugly..
n1ghthawkx 2 years ago
yeah they need heidi klum to do these videos man
gussy1d5 2 years ago
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TheSunmanho 2 years ago
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Fuck you you racist twat.
ojideagu 2 years ago
see you tomorrow at 1500, idiots at 5 o clock :))
floringheru 2 years ago
Business english wird leider weder an den Schulen noch an den Universitäten hierzulande gelehrt. Daher oft die peinlichen Fehler. Geht den Amerikanern aber mit dem Deutschen u. Französischen genauso. Ich wurde auch schon mal gefragt, ob ich verlobt (engaged) wäre :-)
pedowife4kids 2 years ago
middle of the week --> wednesday? --> well i don't mind! OMFG
froop84 2 years ago
what the hell....the woman at 0:24 (and through out the telephone conversation) was the woman Joey was dating in Degrassi: The Next Generation. Fuckin weird..
APTSproject 2 years ago
that woman at 0:32 looks like the woman from degrassi.
EvilPaola 2 years ago
WTF
Oreomilkcookie 2 years ago
Nobody says planner in America... we say schedule buddy
BACKDRAFT2009 2 years ago 5
I know tons of people that use planner... now assignment... that sounds more like something a cop, professor, or government worker uses... that one was a bit iffy.
Koollaidman1546 2 years ago
That woman is such a German smartass!
rubinho1870 2 years ago 4