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[@babybearchannel9937]

You should interview Japanese instead of European

[@KenFullman]

Super interestng how many conversations are going on in English where none of the participants are using it as a first language. German and Spanish, or German and Danish and "all sorts of nationalities". Give it time and it will be the standard language of the world :)

[@sachinbhattarai636]

One of the funniest things about Germans is that they often say their English is terrible or that they don't speak well, and then they end up speaking flawless English with perfect grammar. 😁

[@klimtkahlo]

I agree!

[@martip2736]

most germans are perfectionists

[@anjawright4609]

@@martip2736 100% true. I am German myself BTW :-)!!!

[@anjawright4609]

I find the opposite. A lot of my colleagues, friends and family in GE claim that their English is oh so great, but when they speak my husband, daughter and I almost cringe because there are so many mistakes and the accent is so very German. I'd rather have someone say that their English (or any other foreign language) is communicative rather than perfect because in the end the most important thing is that you get your message across.

[@dimalkqiku]

I totally agree! The Germans are one of the nations that speak English most fluently and their accent is just amazing! Such a huge contrast if you compare them with the French, who are terrible in this aspect!! 🇩🇪♥️

[@SamyDeluxxe]

As a german i can confirm that we all speak "a little bit" of English 😀

[@jameseverly8501]

thanks for the kind remarks I was in Germany back in 1980 did not speak much German but all of the German citizens talked to me were very kind and help me greatly thank you.

[@hotpotato98]

nur ein bisschen

[@fahadhussain66]

Sprechen Sie Englisch? -a leetal bit. ❤

[@moniho6907]

That's not true though

[@felixbohm7247]

The english teacher has such an amazing voice 😂

[@ameliehasi1239]

rightt i love it

[@ericlange1524]

unfortunately she is not teaching french

[@sayantanmazumdar3]

@Eric Lange, It would be too hot to handle.

[@cooleslama4397]

Ey Thats My Teacher

[@Sam.2711]

@@cooleslama4397 really?

[@kipchickensout]

As a german it's often hard not to sound british by accident

[@James-ip5gz]

I noticed this too

[@user-tj1pc8dl7o]

was the teacher german? JESUS LOVES YOU ALL🙏🏻❤

[@bumponlog]

The German English accent is the most low-key and "natural" sounding among non-native speakers to my ear. Whether it's them learning it in school at a young age or what I don't know but it's quite impressive. I had to strain listening to a few of these interviews to even detect their accent.

[@ChuckHackney]

I have known and had many German friends over the years. Without exception, their English was flawless. But not just Englidh...most spoke at least three and many five or more languages. Cheers to Maik from Stuttgart and all the Deutsch friends I have known. Prosit!!!

[@hayati6374]

There might be a bias since those whose English is not the best or their confidence is truly low, will show up less in places with many internationals :D

[@ChuckHackney]

@Hayati I would agree with you in that all my friends were/are highly educated so yes a bit of a biased sampling. Good call on your part!!

[@Sam.2711]

I am from germany my grandparents are from turkey but moved to germany back in the 60‘s/70‘s my parents were born in germany so I learned turkish german of course english is a major subject basically from the 2nd/3rd class till you graduate sometimes childs learn a little bit at the kindergarten:D and as a skateboarder who watched many interviews I wanted to learn english so bad to understand them so I started to learn it more when I was 10 I had it at school but wanted to learn more and faster :D And my minor was spanish! And I thought myself french so I’m speaking 5 languages :D I’m trying to learn swedish at the moment :D and I can read and understand dutch (netherlands) but I can’t speak it 😂if I read it I understand like 90% same as if someone’s talking to me in dutch 😅 sorry for my grammar I’m a little bit drunk at the moment 😅and people from the netherlands understands us germans too :D it’s almost the same language it’s a mix of german french and english :D

[@louisdittfeld260]

Prosit mein Freund 🤌😂

[@frederikraeker]

Yeah also wanted to mention that those people you met are probably above average, especially for knowing 3+ Languages. Id say i know quite a few people with good education, but being able to speak more than 2 languages is still pretty rare. Often result of international families.

[@annaxd3647]

The english teacher is actually freaking beautiful and blessed with a real soothing voice

[@anjawright4609]

I would say that Berlin does not "represent" all of Germany just like London does not represent the rest of the UK. The smaller a city/town the less people will speak English; the older generation i.e. people in their 70s/80s speak less English since many of them did not learn it in school. Then the level of English people speak depends on their level of education as well and their interest in keeping up with English after they leave school. For my generation (born in 1966) it was hard to come by English books and newspapers let alone videos. You had to be in a larger town and go to the train station to get the Times or Guardian for example, and it might not have been a current issue either. As for books in English, only specialty bookstores would carry them. I used to stock up on books whenever I visited England in the 1990s :-). Now, with the internet the whole world is at your fingertips.

[@michaela114]

I think it is nonsens to think people in the cities speak better english... why? The schools teach the same content, the companies act worldwide as well... maybe there are not as many visitors/tourists - I give you that.

[@5thElem3nt]

@@michaela114 Of cours there are exceptions, but in general the smaller the city, the less often you have to use english. Because there are lesse visitors/tourists, like you said. And if you don't use english, you doesn't train your skills as often as someone who lives in a bigger city.

[@anastasia5756]

@@michaela114 You are way less confronted wuth English if you live in the countryside. I'm from there myself and especially the older people that never leave their bubble never learnt English. It also applies for younger people that only hang around in their village and don't use the english speaking side of the internet a lot.

[@Bloom_040]

This is actually true and sad. It's scary how many young people really can't even do smalltalk in english...

[@Avocadosbecauseilikethem]

@@Bloom_040 huh

[@colorsofthelost1479]

Dude the teacher has a flawless American accent and casually says she barely speaks English 😂😂

[@waylinar]

Probably the best tip I've ever received for learning English is from my English teacher in college. Read Harry Potter in English. And here's why: Book 1 The Philosopher's Stone is written in English for first and second graders, that is, young people who are just beginning to internalize literacy. it is extremely simple English. With each book, the level of English increases so that Book 7 The Deathly Hallows is written in the understanding of 16-17 year olds. With this series of books you can gradually expand your understanding of the language because you can only get better if you actively use English.

[@AntonAeonEder]

Utterly stunned by the English teacher. Her voice and looks are not from this world.

[@Greenforrest7342]

As a Japanese, I envy German because it belongs to the same Germanic language group as English, so there are fewer cultural differences when learning it.

[@AFBLYS]

That’s true but speaking English doesn’t help learn German most of the time…

[@MrOnion-js1ls]

Yeah but English is still barely mutally intelligible with other Germanic languages. Too much French influence.

[@chadmelonite9999]

As a Japanese, your English is very good! Good on ya, mate.

[@Meowie765]

For someone who learnt both French and German, I say, the knowledge of English helped me a lot more in studying German than French. The basic/every day vocabulary and grammar you need to use German is quite similar to English.

[@moniho6907]

​@@Meowie765not true, german word order is totally different than English and very backward

[@SryFool]

that english teacher has way better english than my english teacher...

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

😂

[@ytuser993]

they often say "A little". But when they speak most of them don't even have accent. That's what I find funny, some of them speaking better than I.

[@flomarley998]

I discovered your channel not a long time ago, and honestly I love it so much. I've been learning English and your videos are very useful, entertaining. It's a good way to enhance listening, speaking and extend vocabulary. thank you 😊

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Aww... Thanks for your lovely compliment, it really makers our day to read such nice comments! 🙌

[@nasty5634]

The music thing is legit, as an American I learned German through listening to Rammstein. It’s not the most clean German but it’s definitely understandable.

[@pep590]

I find it so amazing that so many Germans and Europeans in general speak English. It's a great testimony to their academics and learning institutions. I find the same level in France as well. I say amazing, because where I live in the US, I meet so many native Spanish speakers and they often have lived in the US 10 to 20 years and can still only say, hello, good bye and thanks in English. Their entire life as in phone, television, social media are all in Spanish, so they stay in their comfort zone with no desire to learn and just fine living life as English uneducated. Academic ambition and achievement has so far to go in Central and South America.

[@metaman1546]

Spanish duh...let's be real, can you blame them? It's Spanish! Some younger Germans do have good English, the only thing you can't expect them to do have a casual banter. If they do speak it, it can feel a little transactional and a conversation is often a bit sterile and serious, because it is still a foreign language to them after all

[@manzanasrojas6984]

" I find the same level in France as well" Europeans collectively breaking out in laughter

[@moniho6907]

Sir I can tell you this, do not let what you see here fool you. I am from the Caribbean and lived in germany for 3 years, I lived in darmstadt near frankfurt. Literally no one speaks English or know it. Not even their foreign office. You go to kfc, grocery store, call a maintenance man, your phone cut off ect. Your neighbours absolutely nooooo one speaks English and if they do uts total rubbish. Yes you will find your occasional English speakers but the English language throughout germany is not prevalent. I remember I had to call their version of 911 and could not get an English speaker that was the last straw for me. English is the least spoken language on the street you will hear Arabic, Russian and turkish alot before you hear english

[@klimtkahlo]

In Portugal we are taught British English spelling and pronunciation but TV is British shows and american shows in its original form with subtitles. Some kids lean into British English others into American English. From what I have heard Portuguese people, as Dutch people do quite well with speaking foreign languages, I say because we are a small country and have no budget for dubbing! Sometimes it pays off to be poor! (Although that doesn’t apply to Holland). Nowadays people just hate dubbed anything! We love reading and watching movies 😄

[@politisk_prins]

Can’t you watch Brazilian shows

[@klimtkahlo]

@@politisk_prins we do consume a LOT of Brazilian soap operas but we refuse to watch anything dubbed, which does exist in Brazilian Portuguese for Brazilians. In fact, the translation comes in European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. I, personally, if there is no Portugal Portuguese prefer to read the English subtitles.

[@politisk_prins]

@@klimtkahlo wow I didn’t know there was that big of a difference

[@Milchreismitschoko2]

Actually my German English teacher is Portuguese

[@danielkristianson208]

I lived in Germany/Austria for about one year (spread over six summers). When meeting the locals, after they learnèd I was from the US, they'd invariably start speaking in English, despite the fact we'd started off in German. I had six years of German studies when I was young, and my accent was good enough that many Germans initially thought I'd grown up in Germany. Eventually I started lying, claiming I was from Scandinavia, and my German was much better than my English -- that was the only way I found to actually speak GERMAN in GERMANY. The German people need to remember that not ALL Americans are ignorant barbarians. Some are actually intelligent, well-educated and articulate in a second language.

[@anna-5104]

I only speak English to someone when they obviously struggle to say anything in German. I hate speaking in English, because of my accent lol. So far, it only happened once, when I met a Canadian for the first time. When he repeatedly didn't understand what I said, I asked him if he spoke English, there was no other way for me unfortunately haha

[@brittches]

What's important to know is why Germans do this. It's mostly because we don't wanna burden other people with speaking our language and we think it's polite to switch to English. I know that it often comes across as unsupportive, but most Germans do it to actually be supportive. Another thing about Germans is that we need direct communication. So if you wanna speak German rather than English your best bet is to just say "Hey, you often seem to switch to English. I'd actually prefer to speak German. Is that fine with you?" and in 98% of the cases you'll be fine.

[@Yorgos2007]

Yes, unfortunately Germans like to speak English very much with foreigners, instead of helping them improve their German 😞

[@user-cr9ir3pm3x]

@@Yorgos2007 English is a national language. Esperanto is an international language.

[@Bunny99s]

@@Yorgos2007 Well, probably to actually improve their english :D We usually don't have that many opportunities to speak english here in germany.

[@simonlippok40]

In my small village on the french border in southwestern Germany I know quite a few people that don’t speak any english word. Berlin is not Germany at all. There’s so much foreigners living that English levels of course are way above the national average.

[@nutzungsbedingungen1980]

In Eastern Germany the majority doesn't speak English because of the GDR, I learned English for 12 years and I'm not really fluent in it - only written (same as in Dutch, and I actually never learned Dutch). Russian was my second foreign language and I almost always got mark 1😆. I was one of the best in our class in English... If you aren't really interested in learning something, you don't catch and forget it. According to Eurobarometer 56% of the Germans speak English (2012) and more often in Berlin, Hamburg and Western/Northern Germany and fewer in Eastern and Southern Germany.

[@user-cr9ir3pm3x]

English is a national language. Esperanto is an international language.

[@simonlippok40]

@@nutzungsbedingungen1980 Right, I also can’t imagine a lot of people in Bavaria speaking English 🤣 English levels are clearly a city thing in Germany. But you won’t believe how many people in undeveloped parts of the world think that English is even our first language.

[@Red_Sunflower]

In Berlin a lot of people speak English.(especially in touristy places) I was there for two days and talked to many people, only one girl didn't want to talk. If I can I speak German I respect every country and if I visit a country I think I need to know some vocabulary in their country

[@padddy48]

Berliner here, learnd alot trough video games and KZbin acctually.

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

🙌

[@kabii]

Almost every german when being asked if they speak english: "Just a little bit" 💀

[@alexlululu9723]

A few days ago I saw a comment in tiktok like"im Deutschland muss Mann Deutsch sprechen" I thought things are probably different in Berlin because of its global working environment.

[@klausschmidt839]

I think the best way to learn english is to watch youtube videos, because im only 13 and i understand english perfectly.

[@giusjbiondi2334]

The guy with sunglasses...is very nice😊.

[@franhunne8929]

I am German, I learned English from my fifth year at school onwards (dates me a bit as children today start with English classes in their first year), learned Latin then from year seven, French for the ninth and tenth year (alongside English and Latin) - and started Spanish for a few weeks in an evening course. My interest for the language came with me listening to the Beatles. Music does so much for the English language. Later it was books. The odd movie. All long before the internet had taken off. Later the internet had a huge impact, too, but that was a decade after I had my Cambridge Advanced Certificate (somewhen in the early 90s), for which I had to attend evening classes. I liked Genesis' old music, 74/75 - the story teller albums - and I was very happy that my English was good enough to understand what they sang. So I would probably not say "a little bit" when asked on the street, but "yes, but viz a veRRy heavy DjeRRRman Eggscent".

[@joesoy9185]

Ze Eggscent iss no pRRoblem to hier it, but to smell it!! 😅

[@user-cr9ir3pm3x]

I like English only as a national language, and the mostly exactly because of old "Genesis" songs. But I don't like English as "international" language - as international language I prefer Esperanto (I also speak Esperanto except of English).

[@GordonShamway1984]

asking such a question in Berlin does not five you an impression on a standard german, since Berlin is crowded with international people.

[@mariannereuter]

Welcome in Germany! :) You seemed to have met the right people. I read a lot of English books and watch English movies, but unfortunately don't have much opportunity to talk. My SIL is from Simbabwe and we communicate in English, but we don't see each other so often. English comes in handy when you meet someone from another country. It's like a universal language.

[@lindenbeck]

Es heißt to Germany und nicht in Germany

[@olanmcevoy8581]

@@lindenbeck and you win the award for the most pointless and pedantic comment of the day

[@mariannereuter]

@@lindenbeck Thx!

[@mariannereuter]

@@olanmcevoy8581 Correcting people's comments under a language learning video is acceptable imo. Improving our English is the reason we're here, right? ;)

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

I’m guessing Berlin is a special circumstance with there being thousands of non-German locals

[@andrewludwig9251]

It is my opinion that Germans are the best non-native English speakers in the world. Their education system is light years ahead of the American school system.

[@harryd7047]

Lol you been to Scandinavia or the Netherlands? Far far better than the Germans. Far better

[@AndreasSanjaya-ii5tp]

@harryd7047 : The Netherlands and Scandinavian countries speak English better than Germans because there are not many people who speak ttheir languages! This is not the case for Germany since many people from throughout the world learn German language nowadays! The demands of learning German are growing robust recently! We should not forget that Germany is the power house economic of Europe and now in 2023 become the third biggest economic country on earth (Germany has surpassed Japan by GDP this year)! That's why Germany has big influences in Europe even in worldwide! This makes Germans don't really have to speak English on their daily life! In contrast, Dutch and Scandinavian people have to adopt English as their second language and speak it every day because they REALLY NEED TO DO IT! They completely realize that their languages are unpopular, rare and very difficult to learn! Almost nobody in this world speak their languages except themselves! Haha :) D

[@MoinMeister_187]

For me it started with watching pewdiepie and going on leo to look up the words I didnt understand yet, the fact that there were subtitles helped massively. Overall youtube was my nr1 source for learning english in my childhood/youth and still kind of is to this day

[@elemef2801]

The people in this video describe their mixture of english pretty good. In school we had english-based school books, so grammer and pronounciation was mainly british based (but also showing differences with american i.e. color/colour). As we got older and international social media got much more popular in the last 5 years, many germans try to sound more american, as its influence is just in general more present in our daily life.

[@suevialania]

Yes, Euro English, is what we speak in Europe! No Anglo-Saxon/WASP English, ( British, American, or Australian, etc)!

[@ChiNguyen-et9sl]

i speak English in my country very rarely and now i want to improve my English

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[@galathynius_aelin]

so i am from Germany and i am 16. i am working on my english but i don't use it often when i actually talk with people in my country. okay with my bff, i switch sometimes or the teenage slang is in english. but where i use english EVERY DAY is when i am online, on the internet. i love watching series in english or i communicate with people all around the world. not to forget listen to english music like the dude said in the video. Listening exactly to the lyrics is just like ❤❤❤❤

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

I have really loved it

[@klaramell]

I am German too. The first english classes i had was when i was about 5 or 6 years old. Of course in the beginning we only learned the translations for colours, animals or food, the whole grammar came later. But still, you could say i have been learning english for about 18 years now. Growing up like this i always felt my english was lacking. I was ashamed because i have a very strong accent and when speaking out loud i made grammar mistakes from nervousness. It might be because in general most Germans learn english for a long time and a lot of english is used in our every day life so the average level might be higher than elsewhere. Lately i consume a lot of english content from non native english speakers and without wanting to sound rude or disrespectful i now see that my level of english is not as bad as i always thought it was. Since then i no longer feel embarrassed or ashamed to make mistakes. For example when i write a comment and know that it feels a bit off i don't really care about it anymore because people will understand what i want to say and most people reading it are probably non native speakers anyway. So when Germans say their english is bad it might be because they compared themselves with other Germans who are better.

[@sk4ffydacherry543]

D..d..d..d..Dora😅

[@klaramell]

@@sk4ffydacherry543 ?

[@sk4ffydacherry543]

@@klaramell Dora the explorer.. erster Berührungspunkt mit englisch, zumindest bei mir 😂

[@klaramell]

@@sk4ffydacherry543 ahhh xD ne das hab ich tatsächlich nie geschaut. Bei uns gabs nur im Kindergarten schon minimal englisch, aber wie gesagt eher nur sowas wie Tiere, Wochentage usw :)

[@exan6970]

Classic German saying "just a little bit" speaks almost perfect english lol

[@hooperbass4230]

Hi, same as the previous comment, the funniest things is to hear Germans speaking English very well better than me and then says 'yes I speak a little bit ' .😊 Very good question about American English or British English language though, for me I dunno maybe both. Bye have a great day 👍

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

🙌

[@light2004]

We don't want you to have too high expectations if we just say "yes".😂

[@philipohmes9395]

Interesting. Most of the time I lived or spent time in Germany, I rarely spoke English with other people. Then also, I lived in small towns or villages, rather than large cities. Unless some tourist would ask me if I spoke or understood English, I only used the local German Dialects when speaking with others. The times I studied at university in Freiburg im Breisgau or at the Max Planck Institute there, either German or English was acceptable for conversational purposes with others. Back then we referred to English as the "Queen's English" rather than American, Australian, Kiwi, Indian, Canadian, African or some other variant. What you folks should really do, is a theme of The Story of English and how it came to be. It is one of the most difficult language to learn, because of all the "exceptions to the rule" situations and that it is a "layered language" as an amalgamation of 5 different languages over its 1500 year olde history.

[@orkanes2]

Wow you filmed just in front of my primary school in some of the shots😂 though it’s been like 12 years since I’ve been there

[@Diddy1970AD]

Spoke to a lorry driver from Bremen about 30 years ago at work, I asked him if he spoke English. He said "a little, not that great" and then proceeded to talk to me in perfect English for the next ten minutes.

[@bidiasmarc1394]

Hello Easy english. Here is mark from Cameroon. Central africa. We were first of all administrated before the 2 worldwars by Germany. Then France and England administrated simultaneously cameroon during both wars till the independances..so we have as official languages frenxh and english. Just like canada. But honestly speaking,only 35% max of the population speaks good english. Am from the frenxhspeaking part of cameroon. But i just love englisj and foreign languages. I qtudied german too

[@Mo-rf9ev]

Meanwhile here in Indonesia the government removed english subject in elementary school because they think that it could hamper student's ability on Indonesian speaking ability.

[@iys270]

Thank you

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

🙌

[@unreeel2105]

I am not white or German but someone said I spoke English like I am German. I’ll take it as a compliment.

[@Tripn]

that dude who said he prefered british english was crazy the differences are so small its just accent and some slang tbh

[@Tripn]

he was speaking english like an american would bc its the same english thats whats so confusing to me

[@henningbartels6245]

Though it could be that is more used to British English and it makes it easier to listen. Listen to an unfamiliar accent can be quite exhausting if you have to do it for work or there is also a challenging topic.

[@ulrikehoffmann6268]

Only 10 months late this time... However, I learnt British English in school for 10 years when I first visited London and I was lost. The first English person who spoke to me was a Cockney Bus Conductor. I was absolutely lost, bc I did not understand one word! After a while I got used to the different pronounciations of English. I guess I do speak a mixture of British and American English like most other Germans. I think 'Euroenglish' is a good expression as the woman in the Video said.

[@ZA-kk5tf]

I like to learn English through watching video, seeing a movie, singing songs, read some articles and attending meetings. I found that I could chat with an AI English teacher for one hundred sentences per day for free yesterday！It's amazing, isn't it? She could answer my questions quickly and correctly. It helped me to speak more quickly because if I stopped speaking, it's her turn to answer my question. I chatted with her for one hour for free. It's a good way for me to practice English every day and I know that my English is getting better every day.

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

That’s such a unique way to learn these days… great idea

[@alagunoff]

Thanks

[@emanuelgabrielghivici6949]

I'm from Romanian where I don't speak very much in English because here English is not very common on the street or jobs like in Berlin and you don't need to speak English but a lot of people know how to speak in English and I want to learn.. I started two weeks ago and maybe in one year I am speaking more than new.

[@erickbooster1]

When the teacher lady started speaking I thought I had the playback speed set at double time

[@rh-yf6cg]

I am German. I learned english in scholl. Last school exame was 5 ( from 1 best to 6 very worse). Know it is very importent in university abilitys. Was very happy that i dont need english in my university time. But it would be needed for an international career. My uni career end. ( not only from that fact )Was a few years without any contact to english language. Than internet communication began. English was an opportunity to write with foreign people from different nations. Wonderful, interesting. My old forgetten english got a renaissance. Little bit. So reading and writing seems to me is more easy for me today than 15 years ago. But easily understand when someone speak english is more difficult for me. I see at the example of my kids in which way they learned english. Basic was school but the internet with englich turorials or english games are the way to learn it much more fluent. Harey potter book reading in holiday was for my daughter her first big way to speak english. So my personal experience with english. And with french- i got it in school 4 yeRs too. But now french- horribel. Remember the meaning of some word if i read them. Not more. And i believe you see my german grammar. Hope english motherspeaking people understand it.

[@mcmerry2846]

Who is scholl?

[@rh-yf6cg]

@@mcmerry2846 school

[@rh-yf6cg]

Sorry. My orthography is not always correct.

[@cadehoff8702]

FYI we don’t say motherspeaking in english, despite that being the direct translation from german. we just say english-speaking people or english speakers aber dein Englisch ist sehr gut. Grüße aus dem USA :)

[@bitcode_angola8659]

Iam Angolan end our country Portuguese is the Main Language and now I start to learn Inglish.

[@user-cr9ir3pm3x]

English is a national language. Esperanto is an international language.

[@melanie7101]

Not all in Germany. if you have a bad teacher your english is bad. My english is not good but I'm learning english now. with Movies and youtube videos. the sentence structure and grammar is difficult for me. The younger People are better in speak english. But i can order a coffe in the uk or usa. This is important! 😂

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Hahaha what more English do you need? ☕️😆

[@melanie7101]

@@EasyEnglishVideos haha 🤣 I can read and understand some english if you speak clearly (not all vocabulary). When I have to write or speak English freely, all knowledge is gone. I use the translator for writing because I feel more confident. 😅 I have never been to the uk but someday I would like to go there for a weekend. (i was also never in the us)

[@franhunne8929]

@@EasyEnglishVideos Well, she is better in English then than I am in French, I always say my French is good enough for asking for "une tasse de café sans beurre, s'il vous plaît" - which is useless as I do not drink any coffee.

[@alexanderlangner9250]

I had the same problem as you, i think 2-3 Xears ago, but it will come with the time try to be open minded and mistskes are okay i mean my english isnt perfect or fluently.

[@derbart1191]

well for the Question which english we are speaking in Germany, we learn british english early in school but we also learn american english, so its more of i mixed between both. Like for example most german use the word trash in english, but on the otherhand we say Football and not soccer or garden instead of yard, but it actually depends on what is easier to remind for the individuelle person.

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

We just made a new video about this subject 😉😅

[@shane1948]

3:29 "Don't really caring about, I mean not really caring about making mistakes"

[@Kloetenhenne]

I would say I don't speak English at all in my day to day life. I watch a lot of documentaries and youtube videos in English, though. So I hear it a lot and occasionally write a comment on some.. in English obviously 😅

[@delanyx2310]

I google everything in English, I almost exclusively watch english YT videos/streams (rewatched Critical Role several times which is THOUSANDS of hours) and get my news from English speaking networks. I barely look up words anymore and don't need subtitles BUT I have crippling anxiety and when I actually need to TALK I sound like a 7th grader. I forget words, I can't form sentences, I fuck up grammar... It's frustrating because I am perfectly capable of understanding almost everything and while my written English is probably not top-notch, it's far better than anything that comes out of my mouth 😅

[@garierbos]

Why in these last months - I don't know how many - the subtitles are so low on the screen that is became difficult to read them. I am shortsighted man and there is a lot of people like me in the world. Please, put the subtitle hight on the screen.

[@jovanspasovic4227]

I wonder if anyone in Berlin even speaks german

[@rodrigopessoa1795]

"don't really caring about, like, not really caring about making mistakes"

[@ilgizarrr]

that was something😂

[@razubial6981]

I don't really know how to explain it, but I live in America in a town (in which I do not want to name for obvious purposes) of mostly Germans and we do not all speak German but I grew up around people who did, I myself didn't speak German yet (at this point in my life) but I grew onto a German accent in my English naturally somehow. It wasn't until I was in high school and started German classes and my junior year went to Germany for a semester.

[@agentandersbambus6355]

I also learned English in school and from watching various movies and tv-serires. (Which is why i now prefer the OV to the syncro) I love the language and always am glad when i have to speak it. But then when speaking with the only American i know i dont know wether to talk to him in English or German because he speaks and understands both. So its mostly a mess of German-English (Denglish). Well as long as we all understand what the other is trying to say. 😂

[@suzannemurrell6605]

i am a native E nglish speaker!

[@fadeltauma4296]

This episode is timing toward youth people

[@rostermaan1321]

the thing is Berlin is a little different to the rest of Germany... its a very multicultural city with a huge part of tourism so for us Berliners its kinda normal to speak english...

[@oliver-jt]

I'm 13 years old and live in Germany and I use english almost every day on the internet. I leant much about the grammer of english and some words in school but a big part of my vocabulary comes from youtube videos I watched about many different topics and video games I played.

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

That’s great! I also sometimes play FIFA with German commentary to learn 😁

[@BOBBY69]

schnauze

[@fleurblanche7642]

They do in reality They are very welcoming and kind to foreigners They do not make fuss if foreigners do not speak German and their English is more or less perfect Some of them can speak French as well as English They ste very rational and unsentimental and logical And convival also easy to live in this modern world

[@Enjoying1301]

The English teacher was my old teacher 😂😂

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

No way! 🙂

[@sams.9662]

My Grandma can only understand and speak german. My Grandpa, my father and obviously myself can understand and speak English.

[@TheBluesLab]

entertaining and fun episode :D (I wish I had come out with you)

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

Next time buddy 🙌

[@user-eg2wt1xj2t]

German people: My English is not very good (then they speak in near native accent and fluency) lol

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

😆😆😆

[@pep590]

I was thinking the same thing. Where I live in the US, when a Spanish speaker says that, they literally can only say 3 or 4 words.

[@daffkuh621]

Dude, you look like, so english!

[@leandromartinez5163]

We dont speak that much here,just the normal 12 years in school,after that most of the people forget everything.Saludos

[@sectorseven07]

You practically wouldn't be able to tell the English teacher wasn't American.

[@vankroenen2145]

I think I speak a weird combination of American and British English. .....but some people who hear me talking say they think I sound Irish. I have no clue why - I don't think so.

[@direncgeil]

When I see these types of videos from Germany I always wonder if all those people signed the DSGVO

[@leonzawadi3657]

No i did not 😂

[@user-gs5uf4lk7u]

Just a Little bit 😂😂

[@mahirmada]

I understand english pretty well, but when it comes to british english or american english with an strong accent, i just understand 3 of 10 words

[@giuseppelopresti3740]

I am Italian , and i speak English with my hands 😂

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

😂😂😂

[@user-cr9ir3pm3x]

English is a national language. Esperanto is an international language.

[@leewest356]

It’s rather funny that the gentleman who prefers British English sounds much more North American than British when he speaks it.

[@justzfire2188]

I think almost everyone above 14 can speak English, btw I am from Switzerland

[@Mvtthias]

For me, I use English on a daily basis, whether it is educational or recreational ,And I speak British English btw.

[@metaman1546]

It's a double-edged sword and cannot be generalized, there's Germans that do it fairly good and there's those that absolutely don't. Plus, it does depend on the individual and to what extend they were willing to expand their knowledge of English beyond basics in school. Some will be able to converse about absolutely everything while the average person you meet in the streets will have their limitations in terms of vocabulary and grammar and be much less articulate then others. German is the main language and those that grew up in Germany and went through the German education system, regardless of their ethnicity, Turkish, Arabic, African, most are all Germanized and therefore live and breathe German, even if some wont admit it. Same like the people of France. It would certainly help to define what "speak" means in this context. Saying "how are you" "fine", most will be able to say it, but how long will the conversation last would be another story.

[@NaDineT]

I grew up in Berlin and learned from 5th to 10th grade English. I have one memory where I was asked where the Naturkundemuseum was. I froze, and I'm sure I had some trouble to say one sentence at all. This was after my 10th grade, and I was really horrible at English. 6 years past without me speaking any English than I did my Fachabitur and was reintroduced. I passed with a 3 I guess, so not really better after 10th grade. 3 months later I started at a university and was introduced into an online game, where you were able to write and so the journey of me getting better at English started. Nowadays, I read and watch movies/TV shows in English. So the school English did nothing for me except maybe a little basics.

[@user-cr9ir3pm3x]

Engish is a national language. Esperanto is an international language.

[@Gochsener]

it's just so much better here than in many other countries. In fact, better than in most countries. At least under 50 years of age. And Berlin is the capital of international folks, so there's that

[@Caaaaspeeer]

now do this in Paris

[@LyroLife]

Most younger people age 20 to 35 do speak english at a toddler level.

[@binkeininfluencer1777]

My Family from Milano dont Unserstand only one Word in english

[@AggressivelyLoving]

I am german, grew up speaking german and low-german (platt). as soon as I learned english I fell in love with the language, everything I use now and have is on english settings and most of my friends (online) all speak english and are from around the world. english is the best language there is. so yeah I pretty much use the english language all day everyday.

[@EasyEnglishVideos]

🙌

[@Rqgs]

Englisch ist scheiße 💀

[@jaskatpon1]

@@Rqgswieso?

[@bobsmith471]

I have a question. On the HelloTalk app, Ive chatted with 4 people and mostly 2mo ago and 1 recently, but... I see many Germans on there learning English, but not one of them has a profile that says British English preferred, however... no one ever approaches me first and rarely answers me when I offer help. Are Germans not interested in American Englush but wont say it? 🤔

[@nari5025]

I'd say most people don't really care. We are aware there are regional differences, and in school we are taught the british variety. But the moment you start to watch movies, listen to music, go on he internet the vast majority is probably american. It all blends and doesn't make a difference if I'm learning english in germany. I really don't get the first question of the video. Do you prefer british or american english? In what context? hearing? speaking? writing? There are english accents that sound really nice, some sound horrible, and some that are almost impossible to understand. But I'm not trying to imitate any of them when speaking so again it doesn't matter. As for writing I'm probably inconsistent but again I'm not pretending to be from either side of the ocean. If I'm going to live there, I would probably have a preference to blend in. And that would come quite naturally with the experience of living abroad. But ask me in the streets of Berlin and I couldn't care less.

[@bobsmith471]

@Na Ri Thnx so much for the answer. As far as preference, I would say it's for accent/ pronunciation and maybe vocabulary. Also because it relates to using the app, since I get very little interaction, almost 0, so it seems to me people prefer help from a Brit, that's why I asked. Also Im learning German, but I dont think that is an issue(some people don't wanna teach). Thanks again.

[@nari5025]

@@bobsmith471 I never used an app to learn english, so I don't know of this one in particular. If I had to guess... it's english we want to learn. not british or americanish. It's simply not that of an issue you both countries seem to make of it. I'd concede though british sounds more 'posh' and thus may be preferred when learning. Although very few can replicate it in practice :)

[@eksi3boyutu]

The english language is coming from german language ::) That makes it eazy

[@MrMojo271]

I think a lot of non-native English speakers, can’t really tell the difference between American vs. British English, at least in my experience. I’m American and I would often be asked if I was British or American. And I would you usually reply with, “you can’t hear the accent?”

[@Skyl3t0n]

I mean there are variants that sound a little similar but it's pretty easy to distinguish between US and UK accents. People might get a little confused if you throw in the Aussie-accent as well. In school (Germany) we always got shouted at by our teachers if we used a mixture of both accents. For example: color instead of colour, trash/waste/rubbish etc. We had to chose either and then stick to it.

[@steamsalty6594]

I‘m from Austria (speaking German) and i think thats not true i can easily tell the difference when i hear it and so do my friends (maybe bsc we are younger)

[@florianmeier3186]

It might strongly depend if you are from a rather international area with no strong accent or an highly educated area where people try to hide their accent or if you grew up in the countryside. I would say in some cases it is enough to listen to one or two sentences to know where people are from in other cases it is hard to decide even after a whole talk. You should not forget that in both communities there are lot's of immigrants nowadays from all over the world where local accent mixes with accent from native language and school English.

[@dannymain542]

I'd think that you have to such a beginner in English if you can't differentiate so obvious differences between the accents, doesn't really apply to anyone who's actually studied English to fluency

[@fb3634]

Well thats berlin, try it in east germany again 😂

[@henningbartels6245]

Berlin is in East Germany for all friends of geography.

[@sheilanixon913]

some speak English very well , but a lot speak very little English. The French speak English very well , but WILL not speak English ,because they regard English(or should I say American) as the number 1 International language , as an insult to French which in the 19th century was THE international language . Its position , they say , was usujrped by American English.. The Spaniards think the same , with regard to Spanish

[@thomaslauterbach5404]

When I am travelling through Europe, I try to learn some words of the country, where I am. English is only spoken by younger people. My wife speaks a bit Turkish. That helps all over Europe. I hope you understand, what I wanted to tell. But I am old and did learn English only four years at school.

[@AFBLYS]

Denken Sie, dass die türkishe Sprache überall in Europa gesprochen ist?

[@thomaslauterbach5404]

@@AFBLYS ja, in Westeuropa Türkei türkisch, in Osteuropa Bulgarisch türkisch

[@AFBLYS]

@@thomaslauterbach5404 Interessante! Viele Grüße aus Dubai…

[@gm_jimmy4348]

its only berlin i think, you can hear and see more english words than in german.

[@Tatokala]

But try to ask People older than 40 -50.😂