The Travel Linguist - German 101

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[wildstarlights2]

Ihnen

Dir

Du

Dich

damn, how many words are there to say 'you'?

[Mrsepal2]

@chemiealex

Selber, spreche Ich Spanisch (vrom zu House), English, ein bisschen Französisch und ein bisschen Deutsch *na ya, Deutsch habe Ich für sehr lange Zeit nicht gesprochen, So, es is sehr gerrostet. I muss ja sagen Deutsch war DIE schwerer sprache für mich zu lernen. Eigently Ich lerne es immer noch, wenn die Gelegenheit is geben. Zu Zeit Ich versuche Chinese zu lernen, es is einfacher den Deutsch. Entschuldigun um meinen schlecht Grammatik

[EmmaHoee]

True they are very specific when they talk! Ha sometimes I feel like I'm saying it right but I'm sure I sound horrible! lol I really want to learn though it's a beautiful language.

[Meggiebeth13]

@EmmaHoee I think as an English speaker learning German, the nouns are easy to grasp because there are so many cognates. But verb conjugation and learning the tenses and cases is a bit difficult. Germans are very specific when the talk! LOL I'm taking college courses in German, and you definitely have to want to learn it to get it. It takes a lot of practice, but that's the same with any language I think.

[Meggiebeth13]

@wildstarlights2 Don't forget Sie! LOL I'm learning German in college; I have learned Germans are very specific! Each form of 'du' depends on what tense and what case you're using. Ihnen and Sie are formal. Dir, du, and dich are informal: du is nominative, dich is accusative, and dir is dative. The informal way to say "how are you?" is "Wie geht's?" (geht's is a contraction of 'geht es'). Literally, it translates to "how goes it?" Hope this was helpful!

[EmmaHoee]

@tollesTischbein Really? I would have thought french is more difficult to learn, alot of German words sound very similar to English.

[tollesTischbein]

ATTENTION ! "Ihnen" is the polite word for "you", if you talk to an older person, or someone you dont know that well. If you talk to children, or a friend, you have to say "du". (but then the grammatic is totally different.)

german is really hard to learn, guys !

[ThePolyg]

Als ob wir zu jedem sagen "Wie geht es Ihnen?" "Wie heißen Sie?" jüngere Leute würden mir den Vogel zeigen xD Finde man sollte das Ganze auch mit "Du" zeigen

[2012apocalypticGirl]

@wildstarlights2: you forgot "Sie" and "sie" ^^

[NicoDeEspana]

@Daintytwinkletoes Imagine a "hiss" (kind of). Put your mouth in the position as if you are about to say "Hugh" and blow air through that shape in your mouth. (It sounds close to a Sh, but it's not...) I hope that helps :).

[NicoDeEspana]

@Yaayzy Haha, Yea. They said "Sprekhen" With a rolled r. That's not how German is pronounced.

[blahblehblah1000]

dieses video ist sehr nützlich für anfänger. gut gemacht :D