Advancing your German (or any language really)

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  • Опубликовано: 4 ноя 2024

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  • @erksst_film
    @erksst_film 3 года назад +20

    2:19 "For legal reasons, they're blocked outside of Germany. There may be ways around that but I should not really talk about them."
    3 years later: "This video sponsored by ExpressVPN"

    • @roberth.5938
      @roberth.5938 3 года назад +1

      Absolutely my thoughts

    • @Laittth
      @Laittth 2 года назад

      character development

  • @KKruse-jb4cu
    @KKruse-jb4cu 3 года назад +4

    A method for practicing German that I enjoy is listening to my favorite German musical artist, Hein Simons ( he's Dutch, but sings in German). I mimic his pronunciations, and I google the lyrics to his songs and write them out. This helps my German vocabulary and helps me learn the song by heart.

  • @Commandelicious
    @Commandelicious 7 лет назад +30

    First things first: Great job with the promotion announcement! I wish everyone would do it this way. Thank you!

    • @Commandelicious
      @Commandelicious 7 лет назад +7

      Now my learning process: Watching series and movies in english. At some point I started gaming on the internet, just for giggles. But as it turns out there are a lot of americans on the internet. So when I wanted to play with my new found friends I had to talk english. After a while I then switched my youtube channels language to english as well. This terrible 'ze' instead of the is gone, my pronounciation is a lot better.
      Speak, speak, speak. Write, write, write. Just as Rewboss said :)

    • @dercannabist-infoaufklarun8938
      @dercannabist-infoaufklarun8938 7 лет назад

      dito!
      I've started watching all my movies and series in the language they've been filmed in, mostly English...
      that gave me an edge in school and when I had finished school (got kicked off), I went to another school, where I ended up knowing more about the English language than my teacher.
      later in my life, I've gotten the chance to become a translator for Business English Correspondence, or BEC.
      I ended up aceing my exams from the University of Cambridge, achieving the grade of "A with merit", which has put me in the top .5% of graduates and has gotten me the "BEC Vantage", a nice diploma to have, if you want to work in the field of "translations".
      it even got my name into the credits of a reknown PC game, called "Layers of Fear", as the German translator, which has opened new career paths for me!
      to be quite frank here, my English is better than most Americans' - don't be fooled by the lack of capitalization in the youtube comments I write!
      this is the internet, after all, and I simply refuse to properly capitalize every sentence I write in comment sections! ;)
      (now, I'm getting ready to being shot down and all my mistakes to be pointed out!)

  • @Chames222
    @Chames222 7 лет назад +12

    1:14 Traktoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooor!^^

  • @Vampirzaehnchen
    @Vampirzaehnchen 7 лет назад +2

    I recommend total immersion as well. Did turn out helpful in Japan to me. Still can't speak well (after three weeks not that big deal) but my reading is way better now.

  • @raunchynachos6807
    @raunchynachos6807 7 лет назад +3

    Thanks. As some one trying to get from b1 to a c level proficiency I really have hit a wall with my learning. Gonna try these tips!

  • @Quotenwagnerianer
    @Quotenwagnerianer 7 лет назад +1

    I constantly have non native coworkers who I start speaking english with. But then I remind myself: They are going to be here quite a while you can't make it too easy for them to not learn german.
    So I force myself to speak german with them. I only switch back to english when I have to translate a new word.
    As for my english:
    I sucked at it in school until 9th Grade. I even nearly had to stay down a year because of it. But then I made a trip to Ireland, had to actually use my textbook knowledge and bought Star Wars at the Duty Free shop in Heathrow because I already knew the lines by heart in german and figured I would have no problem with the english original. That worked out so well that I started playing computergames in english and watched TV-Shows in english (if they were available).
    From then on I got straight A's in classes. The internet came later. Yes I'm old...

  • @F1RacingGame
    @F1RacingGame 7 лет назад

    I used the app back when I started to learn Japanese! It's really great and I love that you promote it! People should really use it. It's much better to talk to natives than learning with a book or RUclips videos only.

  • @Zeklandia
    @Zeklandia 6 лет назад +2

    I love seeing the stuff that photobombs in your window

  • @daphne7047
    @daphne7047 7 лет назад +2

    I can watch the ARD online streams just fine when I’m visiting the UK. Sometimes there are programmes which don’t show (and are replaced with a ‘can’t be shown for legal reasons’ message), but most things (especially Tagesschau etc) can be watched just fine.

    • @Balvald
      @Balvald 7 лет назад

      It's actually just all the private broadcasting companies that block non German IP's regardless. (depending on what company it is it'll allow Swiss, Austrian or Luxembourgish IP's to watch their content online).

  • @frankharzer6224
    @frankharzer6224 7 лет назад

    Nice Video with very useful hints Rewboss. :)
    And congratulations to your new sponsor.

  • @ChloeAriT
    @ChloeAriT 7 лет назад +2

    I just realized that I learned English almost entirely from RUclips and now I am watching an English channel to learn more about my native language.
    I should really get out more...

  • @37Sheridan91
    @37Sheridan91 7 лет назад +3

    I started learning Esperanto a week ago and I am just about to find out whether they have some Esperanto speakers in the app :)
    Btw: is any Esperantist here ? :)

  • @jannetteberends8730
    @jannetteberends8730 8 месяцев назад

    How to improve your German? Drinking a bottle of wine! Speak it fluently then, even got a compliment once.
    But you’re right, learning Swedish now, with Duolingo and watch Swedish channels. It’s a good feeling to start recognizing words. And even learned new words.
    Also use it to maintain my French. There is a news channel there for people who learn French.

  • @G4KDXlive
    @G4KDXlive 7 лет назад +1

    It is easy to receive German television outside of Germany. You just need a free-to-air satellite receiver a dish at least 60cm and point it at the Astra 19,2 East satellite. Loads of German stations incl ZDF channels, Bayerisches Fernsehen MDR etc etc.

  • @sing759
    @sing759 5 лет назад

    I am learning German now a day from Goethe Institute and your videos are very helpful ..

  • @MegaChaosGelee
    @MegaChaosGelee 7 лет назад +23

    1:12 Treckaah faaahrn xD

    • @Gilder-von-Schattenkreuz
      @Gilder-von-Schattenkreuz 7 лет назад +1

      I tought the same lol
      Its just leisurely driving into the Screen.
      Then suddenly it looks like its pulled back by whatever it was pulling xD

    • @popogast
      @popogast 7 лет назад

      Gilder Are You German? I suggest "... by whatever was pulling it." Comments welcome.

    • @Gilder-von-Schattenkreuz
      @Gilder-von-Schattenkreuz 7 лет назад +1

      I know it should have been dragging it ^^
      And yeah I am German :P

    • @jensalbers6673
      @jensalbers6673 7 лет назад

      hihi, dachte ich auch :)

  • @JMLawson80
    @JMLawson80 5 лет назад +1

    DW has a Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten in their Deutsch Lernen section.

  • @shahlabadel8628
    @shahlabadel8628 7 лет назад +1

    good pointers! thanks.

  • @SEATACFLUGHAFEN
    @SEATACFLUGHAFEN 7 лет назад

    @rewboss great video! I'm going to download the app.

  • @dercannabist-infoaufklarun8938
    @dercannabist-infoaufklarun8938 7 лет назад

    I've started watching all my movies and series in the language they've been filmed in, mostly English...
    that gave me an edge in school and when I had finished school (got kicked off), I went to another school, where I ended up knowing more about the English language than my teacher.
    later in my life, I've gotten the chance to become a translator for Business English Correspondence, or BEC.
    I ended up aceing my exams from the University of Cambridge, achieving the grade of "A with merit", which has put me in the top .5% of graduates and has gotten me the "BEC Vantage", a nice diploma to have, if you want to work in the field of "translations".
    it even got my name into the credits of a reknown PC game, called "Layers of Fear", as the German translator, which has opened new career paths for me!
    to be quite frank here, my English is better than most Americans' - don't be fooled by the lack of capitalization in the youtube comments I write!
    this is the internet, after all, and I simply refuse to properly capitalize every sentence I write in comment sections! ;)
    (now, I'm getting ready to being shot down and all my mistakes to be pointed out! good luck with that...)

    • @keepXonXrockin
      @keepXonXrockin 6 лет назад

      Der Cannabist - Info, Aufklärung, Safer Use
      Why would anyone need luck with that?

  • @downhill240
    @downhill240 7 лет назад

    Excellent, as always!

  • @marksimons8861
    @marksimons8861 6 лет назад +1

    I'm following this technique for Modern Hebrew but it is heavy going. Many programmes on Israeli TV have subtitles in Hebrew to help learners but I am not sure it's helpful.
    Once you've learnt' the rules written Hebrew quite easy, but the language has many homophones and near homophones it's quite tricky to hear them clearly and pull the meaning out of one's passive vocabulary.
    I tend to agree that total immersion is better, cos you can ask someone to repeat what they have said, or rephrase it to make sure you have understood correctly.

  • @G4KDXlive
    @G4KDXlive 7 лет назад

    In some countries a good tactic is to visit bars off the tourist circuit of an evening and talk to the locals. ( maybe a bit more difficult in Germany). After a week of this your speaking skills will have improved, though you'll probably feel like giving the beer a rest for a while.

  • @ChasedWheels
    @ChasedWheels 4 года назад

    Hier hast du meine Frage Antwortet! Danke!

  • @popogast
    @popogast 7 лет назад

    Total immersion. That's what I did at the age of three years. It worked very fine. Probably because I had no ballast of abilities to read and write my first language. So I suggest You to rejuvenate Yourself and save a lot of time before You start to learn a new language. ;)

  • @michaelas481
    @michaelas481 7 лет назад +1

    I got the app and I really like it. However, it takes me ages to type longer texts on the smartphone. I desperately long for a pc version.

  • @joeymann2410
    @joeymann2410 7 лет назад +1

    My brother and I used to play a game where we'd turn on the SBS (the Australian public broadcaster that rebroadcasts other countries' news) and try to guess whats happening.

  • @peterbrown6224
    @peterbrown6224 2 года назад

    You're right about total immersion. Get out of the cities.
    Although I'm relatively fluent, I run into problems with business correspondence, being too polite and not knowing if someone is using a word I do not know or has given someone's surname.
    Stichwoerter are also a trap.

  • @werbekball8624
    @werbekball8624 7 лет назад +9

    if you want to watch german youtube i Would recomend
    'Ultralativ' and 'Walulis'.
    or if you like Gameplay: Gronkh (The german youtube dad)
    The big ones who are in tje trends are mostly completely trash, sadly.

    • @optiquenz
      @optiquenz 6 лет назад

      'Shore Stein Papier' (the "Walter White of Germany") is also great und was decorated with the famous Grimme award.

  • @idraote
    @idraote 6 лет назад

    The good old times when all you had was a textbook, a cassette (yep, a cassette) and a humongous bilingual dictionary... You could sometimes trust the largest newsstands, usually located in the biggest train stations, to have some week-old newspaper or magazine...
    You younger people have it so easy (yes, I sound like my grampa).

  • @altair738
    @altair738 4 года назад

    Das ZDF Mediathek kann ich auch empfehlen (eine erstaunliche Menge von Sendungen sind nicht blockiert im Ausland). I'm glad all that GEZ I paid all these years is paying off!

  • @JaniceHope
    @JaniceHope 7 лет назад +4

    I learned English through song. I picked songs I liked, then I listened to the song, wrote down the lyrics by ear, and sung the song thanks to the lyrics I wrote down. Every word or idiom I didn't understand I looked up in the dictionary. Sadly, all that effort didn't improve my singing.

  • @lottelindner1047
    @lottelindner1047 3 года назад

    I'm a studend in german and i learn english and use his videos to learn the spelling and I can say everithing is true what he saiys ( please improve this coment if anithing is wrong
    In german :
    Ich bin schüler in deutschland und lerne englisch deswegen schaue seine videos damit ich meine ausprace verbessern kann
    Bye

  • @ChasedWheels
    @ChasedWheels 6 лет назад

    Hi Rewboss! How did you get a job in an age care home? Insn´t a special license or training needed? I have been living in Berlin for 3 years, and I want to find a job that could give me this imersion in the language. I used to work in a Restaurant, but it was not a good experience. Thanks!

  • @mbrad25
    @mbrad25 7 лет назад

    I don't live in Germany, and I have no problem accessing www.ardmediathek.de, which has a plethora of television content available for streaming. I also benefit from the vast amount of German RUclipsrs, who also post tons of interesting content that can rival most mainstream-produced television shows, at least on topic and content.

  • @kuhmuh2357
    @kuhmuh2357 7 лет назад

    Do people in Vatikan City have this App? I try to learn latin so...

  • @oxidmedia
    @oxidmedia 7 лет назад

    I came to Germany with only 3 words in my baggage - Hallo, gut and Scheiße - not a great way to keep a conversation
    - Hallo
    -- Hallo
    - Wie geht es dir?
    -- Gut.
    -Und wie findest du Deutschland soweit?
    -- Scheiße!
    Jokes aside, I never learned any German. I knew the numbers and a couple words. Living and working here taught me more than the so-called B1 entry-level blablabla. Google Translator helped me learn new words (DON'T USE IT FOR SENTENCES!!), online verb conjugation tables are all around. Wiktionary, Duden... anyone can learn a new language if they put their minds to it. Going for a 6th language someday....

  •  7 лет назад

    2:22 TunnelBear

  • @frankfrohdunk789
    @frankfrohdunk789 7 лет назад

    *!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:*
    *Do* *NOT* *listen* *to* *those* *ignorant* *people* *in* *the* *comment* *section* *telling* *you* *that* *each* *and* *every* *german* *RUclips* *video* *is* *SHIT.*
    There are actually very many german channels that produce videos of high quality a few of wich im gonna list below.
    As to why they have this opinion I can only make the guess that they:
    a) Have been solely watching english videos for a long time (some even mention switching their yt-language) thus creating a filter bubble where they only get to see english quality videos and german "trending" stuff
    b) Are simply conditioned by this sorta halo of intrinsically making better stuff (films, series, music...) that surrounds the anglophone world
    c) Simply managed to never encounter ANY of the good german youtubers by accident
    (d) have BAD TASTE kappa)
    _Anyways_ _here's_ _my_ _List:_
    ruclips.net/user/BeHaind former gaming-journalist making videos about various cultural topics (film, videogame trivia for example)
    ruclips.net/user/walulissiehtfern makes analytic, critical and highly informative video regarding german television and youtube
    ruclips.net/user/SpaceFrogsRadiovideos describe themselves as a sort of video blog, contains comedic, informative, commentary stuff
    ruclips.net/user/theclavinover music genius, making fun videos about music that even interest a me as someone who doesn't understand nothing about music, translating songs into different style, fixing germanys most hated youtube song...
    ruclips.net/user/Gronkh if you're intrested in Let'sPlay-videos and don't need your letsplayer to constantly scream like PewDiePie you should consider watching him, WARNING: talks in highly colloquial style
    ruclips.net/channel/UCsdArEi1oNivTWMDqFNoM9g comedy, satire on german youtubers (theres a small part of truth in the "shitty youtubers" assertion
    ruclips.net/user/dechangeman I don't watch him but he's almost universally considered to be making very good videos
    ...to name just a few I consider worth your time.

  • @eisikater1584
    @eisikater1584 7 лет назад

    Satellite television? Access to? You are THAT young? Didn't think so. I remember catching up with the BBC world service on short wave, and the VOA somewhere in the AM frequency range while driving into Munich. Audio, radio, something like that. These things that had antennas (or is it antennae?). Anyway, with loudspeakers and an amplifier that really shoved the air around, not a 60 dB limited ear plug for babies.
    Seriously, who in the world would want to listen to Peter Gabriel's "sledge hammer" via an earplug?
    Oh, yea, I see, generation smartphone, you say. Well then, the end is nigh, goodbye, cruel world.

  • @abcdef2069
    @abcdef2069 5 лет назад

    youtubes helps but i hardly get any responces from youtube teachers. i wish we still had the yahoo chat working.
    for me, now i use computer games for germans, games are below
    kyrandia 1
    kyrandia 2
    kyrandia 3
    lands of lore 1
    ailen shooter 2
    XCOM UFO
    indiana jones fate of atlantis

  • @moenchii
    @moenchii 7 лет назад +1

    1:13 Mäh, Mäh, Mäh!

  • @BST-ri6gf
    @BST-ri6gf 6 лет назад

    Wochenende Vater, nein?
    Weekend Father, no?

  • @CharlineLikesC
    @CharlineLikesC 7 лет назад +32

    Mh, I am German and me personally I don't watch any German RUclips channels, because I just can't identify with the German RUclips scene. All my German friends feel the same and do their videos in English....

    • @betaich
      @betaich 7 лет назад +8

      Yeah i know the feeling, most German youtubers are even in the realm of RUclips either weird or plain stupid.

    • @RTSFan1337
      @RTSFan1337 7 лет назад +5

      CharlineLikesC despite the scum in the trends, there are a lot of good ones. Dechangeman, HandofBlood or David Hain for example. They create quality videos and take a lot of effort upon themselves. Their webseries and plays are awesome.

    • @hofnaerrchen
      @hofnaerrchen 7 лет назад +1

      Hmmm, never thought about it but after reading your description I have to admit that I'm also only watching English channels on YT. Funny (=

    • @CharlineLikesC
      @CharlineLikesC 7 лет назад

      nfant Oh thx, I am always happy for suggestions that go beyond Ytitty and the Slimani siblings.

    • @chris99103
      @chris99103 7 лет назад

      They (you) do their videos in english to crave for a possible bigger audience..not only anglo-american but almost any nationality has many individuals that speak english...in France just a dozen or so...but...you get the point.

  • @Lara-dk1sj
    @Lara-dk1sj 3 года назад

    Ich aus Deutschland und denke mir erstmal so:jetzt erstmal Englisch lernen😂😅

  • @eltfell
    @eltfell 7 лет назад

    By the way, writing an essay isn't impressive given what "essay" means. It's French and means "attempt".

  • @hubertbreidenbach
    @hubertbreidenbach 5 месяцев назад

    Jeepers. I was an EU citizen when this was posted.

  • @ShinKillKenny
    @ShinKillKenny 7 лет назад +13

    If you play WoW, play in a german guild, that's how I improved my English :O
    And german RUclips is cancer.

    • @bl4ckscor3
      @bl4ckscor3 7 лет назад +3

      There are good german RUclips channels, too. But I aggree with you, 90% ARE cancer.

    • @Sanyaenyenwa
      @Sanyaenyenwa 7 лет назад +5

      Heh, the same thing can be said about english RUclips. Or anything, really. It's Sturgeon's Law after all: "ninety percent of everything is crap".

    • @ShinKillKenny
      @ShinKillKenny 7 лет назад +1

      Just look at any channel associated with funk, a cancerous strain of aids. Then Lefloid: shit, MrWissen2Go: crap, Gronkh: assinine etc etc etc.
      I only watch Die Weltraumaffen, any other stuff I watch on RUclips is english (either social/political commentary or wrestling-related)

    • @blub4108
      @blub4108 7 лет назад

      ShinKillKenny Is it because German as a language sucks? I was thinking about to participate in a German course at university but now I'm not sure.

    • @ShinKillKenny
      @ShinKillKenny 7 лет назад +6

      no, it's just unfunny silly crap. The language itself is amazingly poetic if you know how to use it.

  • @_aullik
    @_aullik 7 лет назад +2

    The internet is really really great........ fp

  • @Andreas-du7eg
    @Andreas-du7eg Год назад

    in 2023 it saddens me to hear you describe the benefits of being a member of the European Union. now British students can no longer come to Germany so easily. It is a pity.

  • @sirhonkalot
    @sirhonkalot 7 лет назад +1

    As always when it comes to German related subjects the answer is beer and don't watch German RUclips- channels. Again the answer is beer.

  • @nohirn
    @nohirn 7 лет назад

    Na dann schwätz doch mal Deutsch in deinen Videos!!

    • @oholibama8888
      @oholibama8888 3 года назад

      Ich richte kurz einen Vorschlag an sie: bitte sprechen sie deutsch in ihren Videos

  • @dercannabist-infoaufklarun8938
    @dercannabist-infoaufklarun8938 7 лет назад

    HelloTslk isn't right for me... when I'm partnered with any native English speaker, I end up correcting *the mistakes they've made in their own native tongue!*
    I guess, that's the curse of being overly educated in any field... I can be a real "Korinthenkacker", when it comes to my languages.
    there's a word, I'm in need of a translation, "Korinthenkacker". ;)

  • @sing759
    @sing759 5 лет назад

    I am learning German now a day from Goethe Institute and your videos are very helpful ..