I've just spent a week in Geißen, and can confirm this video really helped me learn enough basic words and phrases to help me order food and drinks with ease. If anything, this video was a bit too good as the locals were replying back to me, like I was a native 😅
people always forget liechtenstein in the list of german speaking countries.. people of luxemburg speak german as well (on top of 2 to 4 other languages (usually french, luxembourgish and english, sometimes even spanish or italian)), but pretty much everything she said was on point! good lecture!
To find out if you can teach the crash course more effectively. I’m not from the German-speaking world, but I speak the language at high B1 or low B2 level, and I feel I could teach the basic crash course more effectively and efficiently.
If I was teaching the pronunciation aspect of this crash course, I’d have used more interesting examples. CH- Bach W- Wagner SCH- Schubert, Schwarzenegger J-Johann As for ß, I’d have used an example like “Ich heiße…” another useful phrase meaning “My name is…”. I’d have used “Scheiße” if it wasn’t a swear word (gotta know your audience). I’d also mention that it is a long vowel sound before ß and that the ligature is also known as Scharfes S,. Furthermore I’d mentioned that they don’t use the letter in Switzerland. I could end up going on a tangent about the history of ß. As for the counting thing, for explaining how in German they say “ones digit and tens digit”, I’d have used “99 Luftballons 🎈 “ as an example (Neunundneunzig Luftballons) As for “the”, my advice would have been when in doubt , just use “der”. I’d have also mentioned that Herren means Gentleman and Damen means Ladies (don’t want to end up in the wrong restroom 😅) speaking of which, I’d ask “Wo sind die Toiletten?” or “Wo ist der Klo?”
Beware the false friends! There are some words that sound like "Englisch" that just aren't! I met one of my German teachers for the first time a few years ago. She said "I become your e-mail!" This was a few months before I found out that "bekommen" means "to get" and not "to become".
The most obvious false friend(s) in German are "deutsch" and "Deustchland". Someone who knows nothing about the German language will think "Deutsch" means "Dutch". 🤣
18:56 There is no "t" sound in "pizza". Just say "pizza" in English and isolate that "zz" sound. Absolutely NO "t", don't inject that idea into people's minds.
I’ve watched dozens of videos trying to prep for a trip to Germany. This was by far the most useful and informative.
This was fun , Gretchen. I'm using Pimsleur to learn basic German, but you added the human element.
I've just spent a week in Geißen, and can confirm this video really helped me learn enough basic words and phrases to help me order food and drinks with ease. If anything, this video was a bit too good as the locals were replying back to me, like I was a native 😅
people always forget liechtenstein in the list of german speaking countries.. people of luxemburg speak german as well (on top of 2 to 4 other languages (usually french, luxembourgish and english, sometimes even spanish or italian)), but pretty much everything she said was on point! good lecture!
Also parts of Belgium and Denmark.
这个老师的发音真不咋样。我科隆口音听她读一些词别扭
@@canuzzi also in Namibia and South Tyrol area of Italy
Thank you for this video, which we are sharing with the students in our German genealogy class! It's like a private lesson for travelers. Bravo.
Thanks Gretchen! I loved this! Very helpful and approachable.
Very helpful!
I am proud of you for doing this presentation! You are very funny and intelligent! Keep it up!
don’t forget Windhoek, Namibia!
Ausgezeichnet!
Keep uploading please
40:13 the German word for 30 is NOT “dreizig”, but “dreißig”
I'm German, I don't know why I'm watching this :-)
To find out if you can teach the crash course more effectively. I’m not from the German-speaking world, but I speak the language at high B1 or low B2 level, and I feel I could teach the basic crash course more effectively and efficiently.
If I was teaching the pronunciation aspect of this crash course, I’d have used more interesting examples.
CH- Bach
W- Wagner
SCH- Schubert, Schwarzenegger
J-Johann
As for ß, I’d have used an example like “Ich heiße…” another useful phrase meaning “My name is…”. I’d have used “Scheiße” if it wasn’t a swear word (gotta know your audience). I’d also mention that it is a long vowel sound before ß and that the ligature is also known as Scharfes S,. Furthermore I’d mentioned that they don’t use the letter in Switzerland. I could end up going on a tangent about the history of ß.
As for the counting thing, for explaining how in German they say “ones digit and tens digit”, I’d have used “99 Luftballons 🎈 “ as an example (Neunundneunzig Luftballons)
As for “the”, my advice would have been when in doubt , just use “der”.
I’d have also mentioned that Herren means Gentleman and Damen means Ladies (don’t want to end up in the wrong restroom 😅) speaking of which, I’d ask “Wo sind die Toiletten?” or “Wo ist der Klo?”
Beware the false friends! There are some words that sound like "Englisch" that just aren't!
I met one of my German teachers for the first time a few years ago. She said "I become your e-mail!"
This was a few months before I found out that "bekommen" means "to get" and not "to become".
The most obvious false friend(s) in German are "deutsch" and "Deustchland". Someone who knows nothing about the German language will think "Deutsch" means "Dutch". 🤣
How cool that they often only accept cash in Switzerland/Austria. Someone is thinking.
Utterly useless....the first words arriving in Germany are hardly going to be about the seasons 🤣
18:56 There is no "t" sound in "pizza". Just say "pizza" in English and isolate that "zz" sound. Absolutely NO "t", don't inject that idea into people's minds.
She started out by saying that she is not perfect!