American Reacts How has Germany changed you as a Person?

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  • @JJ-of1ir
    @JJ-of1ir Месяц назад +19

    What really amazed me about this video is that people from, literally, all around the world not only speak their own language (of course), but have learnt German too and are now giving their views very comfortably in English.

    • @saladspinner3200
      @saladspinner3200 Месяц назад +2

      It's not uncommon to know and be proficient in 3 languages in Western-Europe. I know no-one who's monolingual.

    • @alicemilne1444
      @alicemilne1444 Месяц назад

      That is a misapprehension. The guy doing the interviewing lives in Munich and deliberately seeks out people in the international community there who speak English. Many struggle with German. And most of them are students.

    • @olgahein4384
      @olgahein4384 Месяц назад

      Oh, don't be fooled, this is in Munich. You don't have to know german in Munich, trust me. Even bavarians speak sometimes english with each other, and everyone knows they are both bavarian, cause they tend to have a very specific kind of german accent (which can sound quite nice actually).
      Even here in Freiburg, which is a smaller city comparably, most international students speak very rudimentary german, if at all, even after a decade of living here - maybe cause they come here to study English Linguistic mostly.

    • @claudiakarl7888
      @claudiakarl7888 Месяц назад

      The guy who does the interviews is British.
      But many people in Europe speak at least two languages.

  • @JamesGeary-vx6qt
    @JamesGeary-vx6qt Месяц назад +12

    McJibbin unleash your shackles and travel the world.

  • @manub.3847
    @manub.3847 Месяц назад +7

    Traditional Oxford English is usually taught in most schools, but the influence of American pronunciation and word choice has been present for decades through music and later through videos, international news, etc. This is why many of the younger generations in particular seem to sound "American".

    • @catchcarpcarter
      @catchcarpcarter Месяц назад +3

      We call it "proper" English where i come from in the uk

    • @nazimelmardi
      @nazimelmardi Месяц назад +2

      @@catchcarpcarterand British English sounds way better not to mention I heard way less of these gen z bulls… in UK than in American social media. (Not native speakers opinion…)

    • @saladspinner3200
      @saladspinner3200 Месяц назад +2

      He was referring to those 2 girls from Ireland. Under certain circumstances, the Irish accent may sound a bit American.

    • @alicemilne1444
      @alicemilne1444 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@saladspinner3200It's actually the other way round. American accents developed out of the accents from Britain and Ireland.

    • @saladspinner3200
      @saladspinner3200 Месяц назад

      @@alicemilne1444 I know, American English developed from the prevelant accents of the UK and Ireland at the time. I was just saying that under certain circumstances, the Irish accent may sound American.

  • @mangachu3626
    @mangachu3626 Месяц назад +4

    I just wanna say, i love these mental health aware send-offs. Idk if people notice but i did and i want to say thanks!

  • @Attirbful
    @Attirbful Месяц назад +3

    We tried a German-Japanese alliance. It was called AXIS and did not go too well for either country… LOL. But you are correct. Although our cultures could hardly be any more different, we do have a LOT in common as well. But there is also a lot that differs vastly between Japan and Germany…

    • @olgahein4384
      @olgahein4384 Месяц назад

      Yep, for example if you break a rule (even if it's an unspoken one) in Germany you can bet your ass that there will always be at least one german to tell you about your wrongdoing immediately, another german berate you and one more german to cuss you out for that, while everyone around you will stare right into your soul to shame you. In Japan on the other hand, if you break a rule, people will never tell you in your face but try to make you understand in such a polite way that nobody but a japanese person would get it - and then they will silently judge you, but you will never know, until a new local law appears because of that.

  • @donnie1725
    @donnie1725 Месяц назад +3

    4:52 I think two big things you can look at for 'differentness' of a language is relatedness as well as contact. You can definitely overstate this, but a lot of English words and phrases will translate directly into German and Dutch. Then you've got the north germanic languages, which will be the same story but likely less as they split off earlier. Then likely French and Latin, followed by the other Romance languages. As a lot of influencial English speakers spoke those languages as well. After that, it gets a lot 'crazier'.
    For example, the Slavic languages, while still related, were a lot less influential / in contact with English. There will likely be similar phrases, but a lot more shared between each other than with Romance and Germanic language speakers. This is where grammar also gets pretty 'whacky' from an English speakers perspective. For example like in Latin, with Slavic languages, the word order isn't set. You can pretty much put the words in any order and still be understood! For example, where the purpose of a specific sentence in a Germanic sentence would be defined by the place of its words, in the Slavic language (most of them anyway, there are exceptions) will have the words take different forms. Check out a Langfocus video on a Slavic language (Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, etc) to learn more of how this works! Let's now look at the completely unrelated languages. These will often be VERY different and unintuitive to an English speaker in the way that it can function.
    For example, while most Slavic languages have the function of the words baked into them, languages like English have time baked into them. You have to specify a time in languages, even if in the abstract. There are languages where you don't have to do this, like many Chinese varieties. Where you indicate time by separate words like yesterday or next year, but don't even have to. Making it possible to, for example, write poetry completely removed from time!
    You also have languages where the words and grammar you use depend highly on who you're speaking to, making it so that you're essentially speaking multiple different but highly related languages to for example you classmates, your Grandma, and your boss. You see this often in East and South East Asian languages.
    Then you've got Semitic languages where they largely only write the constonants, and the specific function of the word is depending on the vowels. Check out this example on Wikipedia from Arabic. Where the root is the constonents K-T-B meaning 'write'. Then you've got:
    كِتاب kitāb "book", كُتُب kutub "books", كاتِب kātib "writer", كُتّاب kuttāb "writers", كَتَب kataba "he wrote", يكتُب yaktubu "he writes
    Then you've got languages like Turkish, without gendered pronouns. 'He', 'she', 'it', and singular 'they' all translate to just 'o'. As well as the Bantu languages where, for example, Swahili has 15 grammatical genders / noun classes. Depending on shape, gender, animacy, abstraction, and more! I also think it's Navajo, where these noun classes are determined by a to us rather abstract animacy, and the more animate something is, the earlier it comes in a sentence.
    And that's only the very tippity top of the cool ways we evolved to express ourselves in this world. It's honestly mind-blowing how different but also similar we can be in the most complex shared thing we mostly do daily: Communication. I swear I could talk and learn about this wonderful subject forever!

  • @kvas101
    @kvas101 Месяц назад +3

    Well, your german sounds quite good for a beginner, so keep ON learning ✌️ learn twenty german questions with the answers and you can lead a small conversation..

  • @Jochen.Lutz-Germany
    @Jochen.Lutz-Germany Месяц назад +9

    Sorry to say but the chinese woman is telling nonsens about shootings in Germany. They are really very rare. Futhermore you have to have a "Waffenschein" which is the permission to own a gun. If you are previously convicted you are not allowed to own a gun. Of course in big cities like Hamburg or Berlin there are certain districts I would avoid at night (as in all big western cities) but for sure no no-go-areas.

    • @olgahein4384
      @olgahein4384 Месяц назад +2

      Well, she comes from China, where guns are officially banned and more importantly - where nobody will ever hear about a shooting happening even if it happened. So of course it made her feel a bit afraid hearing in the news, without censorship or sugarglacing, that a mass shooting happened in the cuontry she's staying in.

  • @phoenix-xu9xj
    @phoenix-xu9xj Месяц назад +4

    I think the Irish accent has heavily influenced the US accent

  • @morbvsclz
    @morbvsclz Месяц назад +7

    1:49 What makes you think it's the Brish Anthem? Given the Geography, then anthem of Liechtenstein is more likely. But since it's Germany, it's certainly the Hymn of the German Empire (Emperor) "Heil dir im Siegerkranz" - all are the same music. The lyrics are "a bit" different 😀 That'd actually make a good reaction video all in itself.

  • @phoenix-xu9xj
    @phoenix-xu9xj Месяц назад +3

    Netflix is so much to answer for. Everybody now speaks with American accent. I think it’s sad says to go to tell which countries people came from before. Plus many Americans already think English is American😮

  • @Peter_Cetera
    @Peter_Cetera Месяц назад +4

    I think, the Banana thing was in Italy. Really sad....

    • @melchiorvonsternberg844
      @melchiorvonsternberg844 Месяц назад

      Never mind... Idiots are all around the world, in more than sufficient numbers...

  • @kucnimajstor2901
    @kucnimajstor2901 Месяц назад +4

    All of these people speak 3 or more languages and are very educated..

  • @Jochen.Lutz-Germany
    @Jochen.Lutz-Germany Месяц назад +1

    Your second pronounciation of dog (Hund / the u spoken like the ou from you) was right.

  • @markmuller7962
    @markmuller7962 Месяц назад

    There are concepts and words that just don't have a translation in the other language, you have to spell out an entire sentence to convey the concept.
    Also, Italian has formal and colloquial forms which are quite different, probably not to the extent of Japanese but it can probably be challenging for an amateur in the language because it changes most words into plural and things like that

  • @odalv316
    @odalv316 Месяц назад +1

    Could you finish Basil series?

  • @ayrtonsenna1020
    @ayrtonsenna1020 Месяц назад +2

    one thing is important, in Europe, if I don't count a few southern countries, we are all 100 times quieter than the rest of the world ..and that's why we are also bothered by noisy tourists etc etc ..we have our culture and your noise disturbs it

    • @Michael_from_EU_Germany
      @Michael_from_EU_Germany Месяц назад

      Japan ... not a southern country

    • @ayrtonsenna1020
      @ayrtonsenna1020 Месяц назад +1

      @@Michael_from_EU_Germany didn't you understand what I wrote?? Southern countries like Italy, Spain and the Balkans are noisier, the rest of Europe is quiet... Japan and South Korea are OK, the rest of the world is enormously noisy

    • @Michael_from_EU_Germany
      @Michael_from_EU_Germany Месяц назад

      @@ayrtonsenna1020 You wrote that nonsense: "than the rest of the world"

    • @bastian6625
      @bastian6625 Месяц назад +2

      ​@@ayrtonsenna1020I live in Italy and lived in Croatia, as a German. I don't find them very loud on daily occasions. Especially not, compared to US Americans

    • @claudiakarl7888
      @claudiakarl7888 Месяц назад

      @@ayrtonsenna1020Actually Portuguese people aren’t that noisy.

  • @alfredfrischholz6916
    @alfredfrischholz6916 Месяц назад

    Danke very much. Seriously. 😅 I Love You Guy. 😉

  • @Rygel-XVI
    @Rygel-XVI Месяц назад

    Gerne

  • @fabianstriebeck8054
    @fabianstriebeck8054 Месяц назад +3

    oh mcjibbin...the language word thing is maybe only for the Latin Germanic languages - but compared to other languages it could be multiple words, a phrase or different words for the same meaning. learn more languages. I can speak German, English, Afrikaans. I need to do more. You can also do better. I need to speak at least French as that is taught in most German schools as a 2nd language. So I should be on a minimum of 4. We have to strive for more. knowledge = power.

    • @olgahein4384
      @olgahein4384 Месяц назад

      French is taught at the high education schools, but not at all, kids can choose. In my time it was between french and latin (latin kids when they want to go into linguistic, medical, judicial jobs later on, but they still get french on a lower level later on, while french kids usually got more scientific classes - at least at my school), spanish was also an option additionally or instead of latin. Depends highly on the state and the school type too, i described my school which was a Gymnasium that wenti into both, foreign languages and science. But you can also get away with spanish.
      Also, even within the latin germanic languages there are many words that can't be just translated, especially when one of them languages is german or english or both. I mean, translate these german words into an english word please:
      - Eierstellensollbruchstellenverursacher
      - Doch
      - Tja

  • @_Yannex
    @_Yannex Месяц назад +1

    We call a dog Hund. You're right

  • @dirkst73
    @dirkst73 Месяц назад +2

    elf, zwölf, dreizehn, vierzehn, fünfzehn, sechzehn, siebzehn, achtzehn, neunzehn, zwanzig... when you've learnd that, I'll teach you to count until 30 ;-)

  • @16-BitGuy
    @16-BitGuy Месяц назад

    I like your reaction. I have a suggestion: For a better understanding of how english and german are connected, you could check out the video "How anyone (including YOU) can read German" by RobWords

  • @gerdahessel2268
    @gerdahessel2268 Месяц назад

    There are two kinds of Norwegian in Norway, too: Bokmål and Nynorsk.

  • @micade2518
    @micade2518 Месяц назад

    Another off-topic suggestion, knowing your fascination for the subject: "Could A 13th Century Castle Be Built Today? | Secrets Of The Castle | Absolute History"
    Enjoy!

  • @bubee8123
    @bubee8123 Месяц назад +2

    In Croatia everyone stares at black people and Asians because we are 98% white country so we did not see a black person for months before that. Most are just surprised, some are racist for sure, but a small minority. It is not really an issue when there is no black people here.
    Once I informed myself about safety in multicultural countries I lost all will for experimentation. Greetings from safest capitol city of EU Zagreb.

    • @claudiakarl7888
      @claudiakarl7888 Месяц назад

      How safe an environment is Zagreb for queer people?

    • @bubee8123
      @bubee8123 Месяц назад

      @@claudiakarl7888 To be honest. Not safe at all. Police will protect you but that is where it stops. Big majority of people have problem with any LGBTQ people.
      We did vote to give rights to gay people to get married and adopt children but that is where it stops.
      For most younger people LGB is not a problem but anything beyond that is seen as mental illness. West is trying to push LGBTQ agenda into our country for years now and there is no progress at all.
      I like it that way. Do what you want and do not flaunt it in public. Changing gender is not successful enough to be considered. Once they can change XY into XX and vice versa and make people have working reproductive organs after sex change I might start considering it as normal until then it is just self mutilation in my eyes.

    • @bubee8123
      @bubee8123 Месяц назад

      @@claudiakarl7888 To be honest. Not safe at all. Police will protect you but that is where it stops. Big majority of people have problem with any LGBTQ people.
      We did vote to give rights to gay people to get married and adopt children but that is where it stops.
      For most younger people LGB is not a problem but anything beyond that is seen as mental illness. West is trying to push LGBTQ agenda into our country for years now and there is no progress at all.
      I like it that way. Do what you want and do not flaunt it in public. Changing gender is not successful enough to be considered. Once they can change XY into XX and vice versa and make people have working reproductive organs after sex change I might start considering it as normal until then it is just self mutilation in my eyes.

    • @bubee8123
      @bubee8123 Месяц назад

      @@claudiakarl7888 I wrote an entire book for you but youtube censorship will not let me post it. In short environment is not safe for queer or LGBTQ people at all.

    • @bubee8123
      @bubee8123 Месяц назад +1

      @@claudiakarl7888 I cannot answer you because of youtube censorship and I wrote an entire book for you. In short no its not safe.

  • @nazimelmardi
    @nazimelmardi Месяц назад

    Man, learning languages? Look up Kurt Hugo Schneider. He is a musician of the legendary type here. He decided that he has many subscribers from Asia. So he learned Chinese and Indonesian. Now he speaks them. As for learning Indonesian he made a video how much you can learn in a week from zero. That’s how he started. Look up on his channel. He also speaks Spanish. That’s after all the 2nd most spoken language in USA. So why not?

  • @gedeuchnixan3830
    @gedeuchnixan3830 Месяц назад

    9:08 he did ment his connection to his family, frinds and home country has gotten stronger and no wonder you struggle since don´t forget: his native language is portugese, he´s used to speak german because living here and giving an interview in english, he´s sturggling as well.

  • @ChocoLater1
    @ChocoLater1 Месяц назад

    Hey American. It's easier to learn another language if you start learning about the culture. First you get motivated, second you will find a purpose in learning the language. Then start with a hardcore memorisation of most common words in the language. You can find a list of these words online, it's usually something 2-5K words. You go from there.

  • @achimschaffeld9653
    @achimschaffeld9653 Месяц назад +3

    Hey there! I'm german with a Thai mum, and I belive, there is a saying in Thai, that we don't have in german: If you spit into the sky, it'll hit you in the face. But if you spit on the ground, it'll never return. Wich means, dont't gossip obviosly, cause you'll never know, how it will return to you. I can be very wong and this idiom dosen't exist, though... 😅

  • @utebellasteinweg3976
    @utebellasteinweg3976 28 дней назад

    They speak their native Language, German and english

  • @severinocasu4070
    @severinocasu4070 Месяц назад

    I think you're spontane 👍

  • @embreis2257
    @embreis2257 Месяц назад

    19:25 'I'm learning a language. what language should I learn?' as an American the most useful second language would be Spanish, right? if you wanna punish yourself, consider a non Indo-European language like Mandarin, Japanese, Korean etc - have fun! 😊

  • @markmuller7962
    @markmuller7962 Месяц назад

    I'm neurodivergent and a lot of things you said about yourself in the video I recognize myself in them

  • @micade2518
    @micade2518 Месяц назад

    Talking of people from all over the world celebrating together, have you seen this, Connor? "SPECTACULAR Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony! 💥🇫🇷 | Highlights" - Olympics

  • @melchiorvonsternberg844
    @melchiorvonsternberg844 Месяц назад

    As I said years before... You would fit very well into Europe...!

  • @d.-_-.b
    @d.-_-.b Месяц назад

    Got some WWII history you can ignore… or can you? Video title: "Australian Genius Tactic That Completely Wrecked Rommel" about the Rats of Tobruk.

  • @carolinekofahl8867
    @carolinekofahl8867 Месяц назад

    Another language: German is not that far from English, French or Spanish is more useable if you want to travel.

  • @twinmama42
    @twinmama42 Месяц назад +1

    The banana incident: Idk the circumstances and could be completely wrong. Generally, when something like this happens it is because the player is from the other team. Soccer fans, esp. ultras, are VERY tribal. They don't care about race or nationality but if you're from the other team (esp. when there is a rivalry or animosity between the teams) you are the enemy. Oc the banana makes it look race-related and maybe it was, but I guess this was just the icing on the cake.

    • @bastian6625
      @bastian6625 Месяц назад +2

      Another Ultra expert 🤡🙄🤦

    • @claudiakarl7888
      @claudiakarl7888 Месяц назад

      I think it was a combination of both. But they picked the dark skinned player especially.

  • @Ratzie01
    @Ratzie01 Месяц назад +3

    It was also the anthem of Germany during the German Empire. That is why it plays here. The title was Heil dir im Siegerkranz. It was also the anthem of Liechtenstein.

    • @berlindude75
      @berlindude75 Месяц назад +3

      He plays the UK national anthem because the interviewer and channel owner is from the UK and he named his channel "yourtruebrit". He took an interest in Germany one day, then decided to travel across Germany from one corner to the other and only stay with friends he'd make along the way. He filmed some of his experiences (see playlist on his channel). He later decided to start learning German and to continue making videos in Germany (these days typically interviews like this one).

  • @rasmusn.e.m1064
    @rasmusn.e.m1064 Месяц назад +1

    9:08 I think he meant that he appreciated his family and culture more, now that he is in a different country. I think what confused both of us is that this wouldn't be specific to Germany, but it's a valid observation, nonetheless.
    Oh, and on the language thing; Yeah, when languages are close, it's often a case of just translating the words, but further apart and the structure is completely different. In English, we say: "I would like a sandwich." In Turkish it's like "My 'can' a sandwich wants."
    'Can' (pronounced "jan" with A as in khan) is basically untranslateable, but it's kind of like the soul or essence of a person. 'My can' is also what you call your girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband.

  • @catchcarpcarter
    @catchcarpcarter Месяц назад +1

    Funny you say that german culture and Japanese culture is a like as they were allies in WW2 🤣🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @Janie_Morrison
    @Janie_Morrison Месяц назад

    You've got no one who you trust and who you could talk to alarm your only friend knife that will guide you and watch you in life I'll be a true friend to you you've been dealing with a lot of false ass women out there and they're gonna ruin your life and I know I've been putting spells trying to get to make that will never work because I'm too strong for them

  • @YukioHinterland
    @YukioHinterland Месяц назад

    The Albanian language is fascinating as well.

  • @iainjordan8930
    @iainjordan8930 Месяц назад

    The two Irish women had no trace of an American accent. In a past video of Rick Steve taking to an Irishman, you convinced yourself that he was American. In another reaction you convinced yourself that a Hungarian man was American, then you thought he might be Canadian. He was Hungarian. If you ever left your bedroom and travelled to Ireland you would convince yourself that they were all American! Can you do a reaction to the Irish language?

  • @Janie_Morrison
    @Janie_Morrison Месяц назад

    The only true friend you had was me but for your lady friends I'll tell you something now they're trying to get what they can offer you soapy weary be wary of the

  • @nordwestbeiwest1899
    @nordwestbeiwest1899 Месяц назад +1

    I'm German and your history joke isn't funny! You could be spoken to aggressively in Germany for this. We Germans do not tolerate rude and disrespectful behavior.