German school system - listening exercise 1

[RuraLSnipers]

@exploreGerman Oh, well that's how I've learned it, just to use it when you put two "s" while you're writing. Plus, I live in America, lols.

[exploreGerman]

@RuraLSnipers

no worries :)

The usage of the ß (as many other stuff) got changed a lot recently (2000/2004) so there are completely new rules, that's why... probably not every teacher abroad has dealt that much with it yet :3

[Fummy007]

Can you give a lesson about when to use the esszet (ß)?

[RuraLSnipers]

@Fummy007 It's when you spell a word that has two "s" in it, so you would replace the two "s" with the esszet.

[exploreGerman]

@RuraLSnipers

Yes and no, not always and especially not since 2000/2004 after the Neue Deutsche Rechtschreibung was introduced. The ß depends on the length of the vowel which stand before.

Ich weiß

du weißt

er/s/e weiß

wir wissen

ihr wisst

sie wissen

ei is pronounced long (in this case) so you use an ß, i is short so ss

Russland is originally Rußland, but now written with ss as the u is short (and reading it with ß would sound like Ruß which means soot^^)

[exploreGerman]

@Fummy007

I wrote an explanation to RuralSnipers reply and corrected it a bit :)

I might make a video about it some day and will definitely write it down, yet I don't know if I can do it as I have a big lack of time lately :(

[norie0973]

Mein deutsch ist nicht sehr gut aber ich konnte alles verstehen :)

[gnossticc]

Thanks for the lesson!

[AndreR241]

Hey, hast DU DIr eigentlich eine neue Kamera zugelegt? Die Qualität ist herausragend (natürlich auch die des Inhaltes).

[exploreGerman]

@AndreR241

hey, danke :)

Ja, ich habe seit ich an meiner neuen Video-Reihe arbeite eine neue Cam die ganz schön was drauf hat... wobei es natürlich noch deutlich besser geht :)

(So'n 400€ Modell :3 )

[AndreR241]

@exploreGerman Ich habe auch vor, mir demnächst etwas vernünftiges zuzulegen. Mal sehen, wie viel ich ausgeben werde ;).

[spaziedoodie]

Nice I like the intro. Keep it up with the good learning videos! :)