Learn German - Lesson 6

[KiwiSpeedy]

i make german lessons on my channel. maybe you want to watch them :)

[naominaoko1217]

Why is it der film not das film? Is 'film' masculine?

[H0tguy760]

Man I love German it's just so badass

[lewieWaide]

Jetzt lerne ich Deutsch nach meiner Universität. Deutsch lernen macht mir Spaß. Ich bin Anfänger. Ich habe Deutsch gegen drei und halb Monate studiert. Ich meine, dass Deutsch eine sehr schöne Sprache ist. Ich spreche mit meinem Mitbewohner und meiner Lehrerin auf Deutsch sehr gern. Mein Mitbewohner kommt aus Tübingen. Ich finde das toll, weil ich mit ihm jeden Tag auf Deutsch sprechen kann. Ich möchte in den nächsten Monate mehr Deutsch lernen! Tschüss! :)

[Extenderblade]

@lewieWaide sounds pretty good for a beginner

[lewieWaide]

@Extenderblade Danke schön!

[lucio5016]

@lewieWaide PORRA !!!! tu qué esculachar nós é? caraio!!!!!

[Maro9205]

find find this language somehow complicated... its just so many stuff to make it look fancy tho its my fav lang of all makes you sound bad ass this would be my 3rd language :)

[ghali274623]

i winch speark german goten 

[furoman1]

"Das Ende der Geschichte ist schön." Why isnt it: Das Ende des Geschichte ist schön??? So Why is it "der" instead of "des"? Please help.

[fthbl01]

@furoman1

--part1--

Every german noun is determined by: a) number(singular/plural) b) grammatical gender (male/femal/neuter) c)case (nominative/genitive/dative/ac­cusative)

To find the correct form of EVERY single noun you have to "correlate" ALL THREE aspects(!) FOR EVERY single noun you will ever write or speak in german. ;)

YOUR EXAMPLE: "Das Ende der Geschichte ist schön"

There are two nouns: Ende, Geschichte

[fthbl01]

@furoman1

---part2---

a)So start by determining number: Ende, Geschichte -> both singular

b)Now you have to know gender. Look it up in the dictionary and learn it. There is no logic why something is male/female/neuter.

Ok, you now know: "Ende" = neuter; "Geschichte" = female.

c)now determine the case: Ende is nominative (ask: "WHO is beutiful?"), Geschichte is genitive (ask: "WHOSE end is beautiful?"

[fthbl01]

Ok, you now know: Ende = singular/neuter/nominative -> now you can look up the tables for all the diffrent cases. You'll find for neuter/singular the following:

nominative: das  <--- here: singular/neuter/nominative

genitive: des, -es

dative: dem

accusative: das

So it's "DAS Ende ... "

[fthbl01]

@furoman1

---part 4 ---

Next and last: Geschichte = singular/female/genitive.

nominative: die

genitive: der <------- here: singular/female/genitive

dative: der

accusative: die

So it's: "DAS Ende DER Geschichte ... " and so on

[fthbl01]

@furoman1

---part 5 ---

So when you come across a new german noun you have to memorize not only its meaning but also its gender. The nominative is given in the dictionary, watch out for something like (m.),(f.),(n.)and it determines the gender - wheter a german word is male, female, neuter. "Geschichte" is female in german, you have to accept that. ;)

And you have to memorize the diffrent articles that apply to the other three cases (genitive, dativ, accusative)

[cancan20000]

@furoman1 because geschichte is feminine, singular and here is genitive, so u use der.. check last leson again :)

[Chynese0010100]

I'm learning German because I like this German exchange student..hehehe(:

THANKS

[Kalvin40]

I would like to extend a question to DeutscheOnlineLernen, is there any rule or way on how to possibly determine whether a noun falls under the category of "masculine" or "feminine"? For instance, this doubt emerged when I saw the noun "film" which I thought was feminine but it is written in a nominative form as "Der Film" so the gender classification of knowns totally has me confused now.

[Gitarrenfreak1000]

I'm so glad German is my mothertongue because it's such an difficult language to learn :o

[Kat10652]

ありがとうございます。今、私は分かります。（＾∇＾）

[09mrhardabs]

Hell yes I'm improving

[melissahv13]

im having a lot of problems with the articles :( i wrote des instead of der and viceversa u.u

[whiteNnrdy1]

Not 2 b rude or a troll or anything, but y are we learning about books, movies, gifts,and such. I don't think the first thing I'd do when i get to Germany would be to read a book or go to the movies. I would go and see the sights and talk to the German people. I mean seriously I have yet to learn the word hello or hi. Thumbs up I u agree.

[elevenAnklaz]

@whiteNnrdy1 LOL I thought the same when someone wrote: "Why these people is always loosing things?" In lesson 2.

[Th3rslife]

Guten tag

ich heisst Philip und ich bin dreizehn.

ich bin geübt Deutcsh für zwei stunden.

entsschuldigen. es ist schwer für mir zu sprechen Deutcsh.

Ich wohnse in dänemark :)

I dont know if this is right, but i did my best :P

[rudyeilabouni]

I have been learning German on my own for quite a while now... My German was improving slowly and slowly and I must say, this lesson was one the best I had in a while! I have always wondered why I see des or den or dem or things like that and now I finally know! Well done, awesome channel! :D

I subscribed!

[sherifbatawy]

am just wndring how the german themselves managed to learn that singular-plural forms thing when they were young kids 

[nuvaboy]

@sherifbatawy nice quest(ion)

[xXx11blackrose11xXx]

Das ist verwirrend

[philosophicbeast]

hmmm...nobody's been on for a while this is a great place to learn German...at least for me, and I'm in Germany

[boxweg]

Tough and confusing. But I'll surely do it because I'm in love with a girl from Germany who I feel is THE one for me. <3 :)

[MonicaKn17]

@boxweg That's actually really sweet! Good luck!

[klaudianowicka3]

@boxweg I do this for the same reason, good luck :)

[Lasz2011]

these are a good but don't have any lecture it 's difficult to learn

[MrInwestycjaLichen]

Crimen Sollicitationis

[KaiqueSumatso]

Obrigado!

Thanks!

Danke!

:)

[ION1993OCTOMBRIE]

Dankeschön!! Ich habe gelernt viele Dinge hier, Ich will weiß dieser Sprache!!

[esflinkin]

for the dative case of ''ende'' but in plural, is it correct to say ''endens''?

[taosaga]

in exercise 2/6 the last one "die Titel der Filme sind gut" Why is it der infront of filme? why isnt it the genetiv plural des?

[nuvaboy]

@taosaga just because, except of the dative, all plural nouns are female (that's why "you (pl.)" is in german "sie", the same word as for "she")

[nuvaboy]

@taosaga oops! I wanted to say "they", not "you":

...(that's why the german word for "they" is "sie", the same word as for"she")...

[zbcrazy]

So awesome! I've always wanted to learn German, and now thanks to my high school Latin classes I'm already fairly familiar with articles and declension and such. ^-^ Thanks so much for these awesome lessons!

[snowboardersrule]

im traveling to DeutschLand soon. i remember everything my teacher told to me except how to shop. ask how much something is or such. is here a video about this?

[theKARSE]

its not that hard ... but the gentive / dative / nominative / accusative is a little bit difficult.. but since i'm a dane i guess i have an easier time learning this than others :) my biggest problem is the pronunciation :s

[kurdlands]

the only problem i have here is i dont understand genitive dative nominative accusative,i need help pls

[carzpop]

I didnt catch what dative, accusative etc. are but I can roughly understand and construct sentences... Thanks! :)

Oh can anyone tell me what dative and accusative etc. are? They are used like dem or den something.

[Baebol]

this is really good, i'm addicted to these lessons now

[Serenissima84]

Word forms like "des Kindes" or "des Buches" are rather formal and usually you'll find these expressions only in WRITTEN german or maybe in news broadcasts etc. ;o) So you needn't understand this kind of grammar so well to manage german language. I find this video quite difficult to understand and very confusing (although being a german who's always had good marks in german-lessons). Just learn the basics, watch german videos, watch DVDs with german subtitles etc.. Maybe it's an easier way.

[holly1849]

Danke! Vielen danke...

[hepatitis]

my gosh deutsch is frickn' hard!!!

[ghenulo]

@hepatitis Ganz nicht.

[SindyJB]

omg ,,,,,,,,, i can't believe it ,, i understand the (die ,der, dem ,dem......) use

i was about to lose it .

all i have to do now is memorize everything .

thank you so much,,,,,,,,,,

[rosereddoll]

Ahh! I actually got the exercises right! O__o

If I stick with it, it comes naturally. It's like how we know "I have two childs and they be mines" sounds wrong. The improper German grammar will start to sound wrong too! ^__^ Practice Practice Practice! (Especially the basics)

(.......I'm happy now, but I'll probably be singing a different tune in a few lessons when it gets even harder!!! But I won't give up! I WILL learn German.)

[ohmyguneh]

Is the German 'R' almost the same as the French 'R'?

[anneich0]

@ohmyguneh sometimes, kind of

[Serenissima84]

@ohmyguneh Yes, it's comparable. Only in Bavaria many people still roll the R.

[nuvaboy]

@ohmyguneh I think so, I chose latin

[Schutzstafell]

@nuvaboy I've had 2 years of Latin, and I must say it has helped me greatly in dealing with the German language, especially on a standpoint of nouns.

[nuvaboy]

@Schutzstafell I know, and I also found other similarities, e.g. in verb moods... but in latin they're even more particular though, so.... never mind! :P

[chino1922]

This will blow your mind! You either have to go live in Germany or talk to German people evryday and let them correct you! They has to be an easier way of learning!

[nuvaboy]

@chino1922 ok, lass es uns versuchen.... (okay, let's try)

[chino1922]

@nuvaboy ..Ich werde viel mehr anstrengen, wir danken Ihnen!

[OrodesIII]

I am lost already. :o(

[Sicklehead88]

@miscositas100 hey man, just a little correction: you either have to say "ich lerne Deutsch durch Sie" ("i learn german because of you", but with the meaning of "you teach me german"), or you have to say "ich lerne Deutsch mit Ihnen" (it's a dative clause, that's why you have to use "Ihnen" instead of "Sie", means "i learn german with you"). so choose the one that fits to what you wanted to say :)

[juansierra1972]

this is realy gut

[Solidalarm]

on excersice 2, on _titel_films, is it "films" or just "film"? because on the vocab it just says "film"?

[xxxclarissaxxx]

@Solidalarm

des films is genitive singular

[thforever26]

thank you so much!!!! :)

[melhem999m]

Can any one tell me why the hell is "buches" is pronounced like that ... and on lesson 4 it's either buch or Bücher ...!!! so Buch is for singel and Bücher is for plural but what the is " BUCHES" !!!

[DeutschOnlineLernen]

"Buches" is the genitive singular form of "Buch". Maybe you would like to have another look at lesson 4 (4 min, 24 sec) where this is explained.

Best wishes.

[melhem999m]

@DeutschOnlineLernen thanx alot :) ... i have one question ... is these lessons enough for german 1 ??? or is it like help for any one who wants to go to visit germany like to manage the visit ???

thanx any ways

[russkayadusha]

@melhem999m for examples in English language you would write "The book's title is interesting" when you use 's in English in german it is considered a genitive case. in this case instead of Das Büch (which is the Netuter case) it becomes Des Büches (the genitive case), the keys to look for is des.

Here is another example with another word

The father of the children is in Berlin. Der Vater des Kindes ist in Berlin. (same way the titles of the book belongs to the book. I hope this helps :)

[melhem999m]

@russkayadusha thanx for the info ... i took a kurs and i passed level one in deutsch now but realy thanx for everything

[russkayadusha]

@melhem999m for examples in English language you would write "The book's title is interesting" when you use 's in English in german it is considered a genitive case. in this case instead of Das Büch (which is the Netuter case) it becomes Des Büches (the genitive case), the keys to look for is des.

Here is another example with another word The father of the children is in Berlin. Der Vater des Kindes ist in Berlin. (same way the titles of the book belongs to the book. I hope this helps :)

[tvr390se]

@melhem999m "Can any one tell me why the hell is "buches" is pronounced like that ... and on lesson 4 it's either buch or Bücher ...!!!"

The Germans just evolved their language that way to frustrate the hell out of any non-native trying to learn it... or so it seems to me.

[NOUSweARE]

@melhem999m Hahaha! XD I'm with you, man. This genitive stuff makes German more complicated than I thought at first! I've watched this video like 5 times and still can't keep the different forms in my mind! Maybe my brain is already burnt out... Scheisse! XD But keep it up! :)

[haicugolu]

is this hard, or what? :))

[juceibbe]

hey great videos now i'm learning this lenguaje i thought that it was more hard but is just practice thanks a lot greeting from colombia saludos a todos amigos gracias por todo chao gracias

[geovanasurf]

sehr gut

[khaidizon000008]

i want to learn german bcoz of tokio hotel . :) they are my inspiration to have more patience . :) i really wanna learn .

[skinnycouchpotatoe]

thats so cool their my inspiration for this too:)

[khaidizon000008]

:)) i love them :))

[thundernuts0]

ah, I know i will have to be patient, I really like deutsch and I hope to be intermiediate at is by the end of this school year, I will have to be patient and disciplined, it can be confusing for some parts, but I belive i will get it

[nuvaboy]

@thundernuts0 if yu think THT's confusing, then watch out for the word order in a sentence with verbs using prepositions and that stuff: E.G.: What are you talking about?

GER: Worüber redest du?

literally: Whatabout (one word) talk you?

[rudyeilabouni]

@nuvaboy I think this is the simplest thing in German! The accusative is really getting on my nerves >.<

I don't know if this is even right... Let me say "The child has eaten the apple", would it be in German "das Kind hat den Apfel gegessen"?

This drives me crazy! :@

[nuvaboy]

@rudyeilabouni uhmmm... the translation is actually correct!!!! :D :D :D

[rudyeilabouni]

@nuvaboy It is correct here, because I was thinking of the accusative... But if I was trying to talk, it would be the last thing coming in my mind...

[nuvaboy]

@rudyeilabouni oh, here comes a tip (^_^) you already know:

accusative = direct object = says WHO sth is done TO

dative = indirect object = says WHOM sth is done FOR (yep, that makes sense I think)

usually verbs need the accusative case, only "helfen" (to help) requires the dative case and "geben" (to give) uses both cases as objects (as in english, too) e.g.: he gives him to him = er gibt ihn ihm

[rudyeilabouni]

@nuvaboy Thanks, I will keep this in mind :)

[goddessaphrodiety]

@ helioringer- it is der anfang der Geschichte because..... anfang here is nominativ...or the subject.... and anfang is a maskuline noun....which means the article before it would be der...(definite article nominative for maskuline)...and it is der geschichte becaure gechichte is genitive object and geschichte is a feminine noun...so genitive definite article for feminine noun is der....so der anfang der geschichte!!!! :) :)

[EcFXSN1P3RX]

wow this channel is amazing...

my germen teacher is bad...

[ncs2000]

How to tell if it is feminine or masculine or neutral?

[samchilat]

@ncs2000 by rote memory ! no rule !

[ACDSee13]

@ncs2000

You cant tell. Theres no rule for that. You just have to memorize.

[helioringer]

Yes. When using genetive, articles change like this: die = der; der+das = des. That's why it is der Anfang der Geschichte.

[ncs2000]

The beginning of the story is good.

Der Anfang der Geschicte ist gut.

Why use "der Geschichte" instead of using "des Geschicte" ?

Is it bcos Geschichte is feminine?

[supermiimi]

''Der Geschichte'' :D

[DEmonCrypt]

Korrekt. :>

[unconformityxxx]

it requires patience and time to learn a new language ..you can't do it overnight .

[Tavera12]

these videos are helping me out a lot with sentence structure, thanks for posting them

[jackexplorer1958]

The changing articles and singular-plural forms are really difficult...

[velero24]

As I see it, plural is the same thing in everycase, Singular case is the hard thing.

[Baebol]

@jackexplorer1958 i know their so fricking aggravating and complicated, but glad i'm not the only one that thinks so

[HubbyBunny]

did you also noticed that all of the videos takes 8 minutes? xD

[dowhatthouwilt911]

Most of the irregularities in English deal with spelling and pronunciation (also with plurals, but not nearly as many as in German.) But once you learn how to pronounce "the" you have that part of it mastered. 16 different versions of "the"?!? Erschiessen sie mir jetzt!

[capoeirahh]

Right?! So I'm not crazy:)

[MiyaviManson]

I'm getting better at using definite articles now, it got me all confused on the last lesson but this one helped me out a lot. Great videos !

[t0mbraider20]

julinwang is right this is mad !! all the grammar

[BritishAtHeart357]

if u thinkg this is crazy, think about if you had to learn english as a second language. with all of our exceptions I'd go mad!

[julinwang]

I've been learning German on my own off and on for half a year. The complicate grammar makes me crazy. This video is really helpful!!!! Thanks a lot!!

[xDoKathiioxD]

I am german and grammar makes me crazy too ;)

[MeSerbiaa]

this is crazy mann!!!

[j67123]

Does anyone know of a free online dictionary, either German, or German/English that lists headwords along with their forms ("der Film, -s, Filme") instead of just their gender ("der Film")?

[W4LTERhiggins]

It's very kind of you to do this for us. I've wanted to learn German for a long time, and this is just great. Danke.

[AgnieszkaD1990]

The videos are awesome! I would like to thank you with all my heart. You do such a great job with these videos. They help me a lot! Especially the exercise part in the end, it is so nice! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!

[sininkh]

Das Video ist interessant. I have learnt something, thanks for sharing.

[sininkh]

Vielen Dank !

It is very helpful to me. It is profesional video tutorial which i have never seen before.

please keep doing it. let me subscribe and wait for your next video, Hope comming soon.

[nahukas]

gr8 video!