AMERICAN FLUENT IN GERMAN! Pt. 2 - Our Bilingual Friendship | Feli from Germany

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[@FelifromGermany]

PART 2 IS HERE 🎉 We got so much amazing feedback on the last video we did together that Josh and I sat down to record a part 2. We answered a lot of the questions that we didn't get to last time and also some follow ups. We hope you enjoy the sequel just as much and as always, please share your own thoughts and experiences in the comments below! 😊 And if you haven't seen the first part yet, check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/naOWYmaIlshjkJo

[@rypatmackrock]

German Girl in America I honestly enjoy the way you speak English. Feel free to learn the general American accent if you want to, yet I find there are too many American accents to learn if you ask me. General regional accents like New York or New England, the greater south, the upper Midwest, and the general west with it’s own idiosyncrasies, particularly northern and southern California where I’m from. Aside from that, it’s up to you.

[@LittleMogwai]

@German Girl in America An idea for a video would be the day to day difference between a German and an American family . I love learning about different cultures from a day to day living experience. For instance here in the USA at dinner time all across America the one thing we all have in common on a daily basis, is the big question of what’s for dinner? So from the time we get out of bed, till we get back in bed at the end of the day, is life lived EXACTLY the same no matter where you are? Do we all have the same habits? Get out of bed. Go to work. Come home from work. Eat dinner. Go to bed. Get up and do it all again....so what are the day to day differences between out two cultures, if any?

[@3.k]

@rypatmackrock When I was still in school here in Germany, we had a student from Alaska, who told me that my English sounded southern. I knew that this was because I was listening to Elvis a lot back then. ^^ Listening to various Americans on KZbin, there are several regional accents that I enjoy. Sometimes I wish that I could tell where a certain accent is from, and that I could learn how to speak more like that. Then again, there are British accents that I also enjoy, and I think it would be very hard to pick a favourite one to learn.

[@akuriki2420]

Schönes Video. As german I like your Videos to 111%, because it's interresting to know how it is in the US. Thump is up!

[@hairyairey]

In the UK, washing your mouth out with soap and water is also a threat. One that has been carried out before, probably will be considered child abuse now! Question for both of you. Have you both seen the movie Arrival? Which leads onto the other obvious question. Does the ability to speak more than one language personally affect your cognition? - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity - note that Noam Chomsky doesn't believe in this. I guess he hates the movie...

[@EasyGerman]

Thanks for the shout out Josh! Dein Deutsch ist MEGA krass. Freut uns sehr, dass wir dir beim Deutschlernen helfen konnten! 😃Liebe Grüße aus Berlin! Cari

[@joshuafreudenberg3094]

Danke Cari! Ihr wart damals eines der größten Hilfsmittel für mich, das Alltagsdeutsch zu lernen! Ich feier das was ihr mit eurem KZbin Kanal und jetzt mit dem Podcast macht :) Das nächste Mal wenn ich in Berlin bin (hoffentlich bald nachdem die Einreisebeschränkungen für Amerikaner aufgehoben sind) würde ich mich mega freuen euch persönlich kennenzulernen :) Liebe Grüße aus Cincinnati!

[@MrRoztoc]

@@joshuafreudenberg3094 Dein Deutsch ist phänomenal, dude! :) Selbst "wart" schreiben viele Deutsche falsch. Hilfe: Das nächste Mal, WENN ich in Berlin bin... Go on! 😊

[@wandilismus8726]

@@joshuafreudenberg3094 Ich habe einen Kumpel aus Upstate New York, der auch gut Deutsch spricht aber gegen dich ist er Vorschulniveau

[@danielnmaryannyoder]

Ich studiere Deutsch aber jetzt noch wenn ich deutsche Sätze schreiben oder sagen will so kommen mir die Worte nicht klar. Es ist mir einfach nicht einfach. (Heißt man das wörterspiel?)

[@LeechTM]

@@danielnmaryannyoder I`ll correct that sentence for you: Ich studiere Deutsch, aber selbst jetzt noch, wenn ich Deutsch spreche oder schreibe, komme ich nicht mit allen Wörtern zu recht (oder fällt mir nicht jedes Wort ein). Es fällt mir einfach nicht leicht. (Es ist einfach nicht einfach) (Ist das, das Wortspiel?) :) Hope this helps. Cheers.

[@2012WCIH]

Ich bin noch immer beeindruckt von Josh‘s Akzentfreiem deutsch

[@wernermaurer3164]

Ich auch!

[@davidlegrand4086]

und ich erst. altn, als wäre er echter hannoveraner.

[@dirtydorte8355]

@@davidlegrand4086 Ne, Hannoveraner nicht. ;) Da komm ich her und es klingt schon etwas anders. Aber ich hätte auch gedacht, dass er Native Speaker ist. Der Wahnsinn! :)

[@Ian-dn6ld]

It's not that exciting. At 5:13 he even mentions his heritage. And he's from Cincinnati which basically is a cluster f* of german-american communities. The accent remains in the family and is passed down via the mother's line and is often only influenced by the surrounding community. I've heard tons of others who are able to sound virtually native who are also in the same midwestern German-American boat

[@pikewerfer]

"akzentfrei" muss man aber klein schreiben, richtig? Oder? Ist doch ein Adverb..... Wieso werden Sprachen in deutsch eigentlich klein geschrieben??

[@thechoosenhorst1]

the german word for roadrage is "normaler Zustand"

[@Karikato]

That's what I thought. It's just normal in germany to have road rage while driving. So there is no word for it :D

[@ralfrufus6573]

@@Karikato Roadrage is maybe the continuation of WW2 to them? ;-) Honestly, when going to the Netherlands Dutch people say only the Germans wear helmets when cycling and this is the way to spot a German on a bicycle. It is like Germans think they are going to the battle as soldiers when cycling: Never without a helmet!

[@AndreasDelleske]

Yep. We just don’t have guns.

[@ralfrufus6573]

@Ahashdah Guess what, there are less head injuries in the Netherlands when cycling compared to Helmet-Nazi-Germany, see this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKG5n5aNrd6AgNk

[@ralfrufus6573]

@@AndreasDelleske Your "guns" are four wheeled cages, your battlefield are the streets and you think of yourself like being a warrior against another warrior.

[@michaelwurth4056]

Da er Tiernamen lustig findet , wird er die Nacktschnecke mögen.

[@josefineseyfarth6236]

Oder Nashorn, Ameisenbär, Gottesanbeterin...

[@glaubhafieber]

naked snails go me on the cookie

[@wernermaurer3164]

And maybe he'd like armored toad soup.

[@davidlegrand4086]

Nacktmulch and i think it's beautiful xD

[@prinegonbevaris1788]

Das lustige daran ist, dass Faultier und sloth sich noch nicht einmal in der Bezeichnung wirklich unterscheiden. Denn sloth ist ja schließlich die Todsünde der Faulheit.

[@troychavez]

I love this combo. Non-native speakers speaking foreign languages with native-like fluency.

[@wernermaurer3164]

There's a potential downside to that, at least while one is still learning. I've experienced it myself because like both Feli and Josh, I'm pretty good at pronunciation, so when I was just learning a language the native speakers figured I knew it really well and started firing away a mile a minute, when really I was just beginning to learn and could hardly understand a thing they were saying. I wonder if either of them had experiences like that?

[@publicvoidmain]

​@@wernermaurer3164 Everyone does. Even now, if people talk a very fast-paced German (my native tongue), it takes a moment to adapt to that speed. (Sometimes it takes much longer to do so, particularly if I don't care to actually follow...)

[@julio1148]

This is an interesting topic, my first language is spanish, and if I hear someone with a non-native accent I would find it charming. I’ve heard mixed things the other way around (english) because it depends on how well the non native speaker is understood (as long as they are, the non native accent is mostly seen as possitive or neutral rather than something you want to get rid off).

[@medinas.9954]

Das mit den Sprichwörter wäre lustig. Ich sag nur "da wird der Hund in der Pfanne verrückt" 😄

[@muffigaming2787]

my english is not one-wall-free. "Mein Englisch ist nicht einwandfrei". Or My english is not the yellow from the egg. "Mein Englisch ist nicht das Gelbe vom Ei"

[@tamaragunzl6924]

@Rhoxy es macht sinn, weil mit "spinnen" nicht das Tier gemeint ist, sondern das verb. deswegen heißt es übersetzt "I think i'm crazy/ going nuts" und nicht "i think i spider" 😁🙄

[@liane2022]

@@tamaragunzl6924 Ist mit "spinnen" nicht das spinnen gemeint, dass an der Spindel gemacht wird? Also wo die Wolle gesponnen wird?

[@blubberdignubber]

@@liane2022 Nee, das Wort "spinnen" wird hier synonym für "ich drehe durch", "ich werde verrückt" benutzt. Daher passt die Übersetzung mit "crazy/going nut" o.ä. ganz gut. Gibt es auch als direkte Ansprache mit "ich glaube du spinnst wohl" auch hier ist nicht die Herstellung von Fäden gemeint, sondern das Verb spinnen im Sinne von verrückt sein. Das gleiche gilt auch weiter oben bzgl. einwandfrei. Ist zwar Humor nach Art von Otto Waalkes, aber einwandfrei hat halt nix mit Wand zu tun, sondern mit dem Verb "einwenden" und nicht "einwanden". Das Substantiv von einwenden ist der Einwand und daraus bildet sich einwandfrei. Aber frei nach Otto Waalkes: Das ist dann schon für run-aways also für Fortgeschrittene ;)

[@unlustig1]

@@blubberdignubber dazu mal ein klares Jein! ;) bezieht sich auf verrückt, kommt aber vom Wolle spinnen: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinnen_(Umgangssprache)

[@Trampelschrat]

My english teacher in school: "Why is your english that good?" Me: "Well, Cartoon Network and computer games..."

[@ariasworld9991]

😂👏🖐️ Same here.... I learned Deutsch and English over Cartoonnetwork and SuperRTL years and years ago.... The amount of things the kids can learn is enormeus!

[@asf2k5]

I learned so much english from playing computer games in the 90´s. We had no translation or subtitles, but nevertheless we had a lot of fun! :)

[@Lara-ni4vt]

wenn ein Amerikaner das akzentfreiere Deutsch spricht als wir Schweizer😂

[@georgobergfell]

Das geht mir als Schwabe genau so, komme aber auch vom Bodensee, nur ein paar Kilometer weg von der Schweiz :D

[@theresahostettler]

Ha genau s‘gliche denkt 😂💀

[@annika1903]

Ja gell haha😂

[@philipphermann9454]

@@annika1903 Wenn ich das lese, denk ich "haha" lustigerweise sofort mit dem ​ɐ, obwohl ich kein Schweizer bin

[@anaik3628]

schwizer chönntes o, wenn si sech nur chli würde astrenge^^ aber es juckt haut di meiste nid

[@marvingonzalez-chavez5662]

Josh's Deutsch ist wirklich der Wahnsinn.. deutlich besser als das jedes dritten deutschen Muttersprachlers würde ich behaupten, besonders in der heutigen Zeit.

[@imano8265]

Sehe ich auch so.

[@Valnotersc]

@Ellis Dee Hat jemand gerufen? Deppenapostroph und so XD

[@philipphermann9454]

Schwöa digga ja is escht so XD

[@Hoschie-ww7io]

Schlimmer ist noch: ich bin größer ALS WIE du

[@HesseJamez]

Im Nordhessischen wäre das korrekt. Allerdings müsste es dann "alswie" geschrieben werden, da "als" = ständig/andauernd bedeutet.

[@Hoschie-ww7io]

HesseJamez Das mag sein, aber es hört sich fürchterlich an. Was mir auch einen Schauer über den Rücken laufen läßt ist: Es hat ganz doll gebluten. (anstatt geblutet).

[@HesseJamez]

@@Hoschie-ww7io An der Saar sagt man "Ich hann gedenkt" ...auch grausig. -:)

[@Samcaracha]

Solche "Eigenheiten" in manchen Regionen gehört zur Kultur und dem Dialekt, 'Der, wo hat/hon/hut/het (alle Vokale..;-)", wieoft hab ich das alles gehört als Jugendlicher. Wobei, bei was sich bei mir immer noch die Fußnägel hochrollen ist: "es MACHT Sinn", richtig wär "es ERGIBT Sinn". "It makes sense." Amerikanisch halt übernommen.

[@sternchen1965st]

Aachener dürfen das 😂

[@daveausdauer1310]

Holy Crap, his German is impressive. Learning German fluently is definitely on my bucket list.

[@haifutter4166]

You already got the right surname. ;)

[@skadi1292]

If you want you can practice with me.

[@aklepatzky]

Dont worry If you practice for more than 10 years like him your german will be amazing too

[@albertgrant1017]

I took Germamn in college and now retired and I am trying to learn again.Excellant video !

[@erindowd2793]

Me too

[@missnici1504]

Sein Deutsch ist einfach der Wahnsinn! Wie geht denn das? Er macht keinerlei Fehler und hat keinen Akzent...unglaublich. Hut ab!

[@rebekkakunze1730]

Ich finde dein Englisch ist sehr angenehm zu verstehen wenn man Englisch lernt

[@askalein5679]

Allgemein ist Englisch mit einem leichten deutschen Akzent für die meisten Deutschen besser zu verstehen als Englisch von Muttersprachlern. Selbst wenn man den deutschen Akzent nicht mehr bewusst heraushören und erkennen kann, ist er einfacher zu verstehen, aber trotzdem englisch genug, um damit anständig Englisch lernen zu können. Wenn du über KZbin Englisch lernen/dein Englisch verbessern möchtest, kann ich dir nur empfehlen, dich nach weiteren deutschen Muttersprachlern umzusehen, die englische Videos machen.

[@BirteK1975]

@@askalein5679 Unfug! Es ist kein großes Ding, einen Muttersprachler zu verstehen.

[@lpcaiser]

Half an hour of intelligent-and-handsome-guy entertainment? Yes, please.

[@asf2k5]

I totally agree that he is really handsome... and intelligent! He´s german is brilliant.

[@ianlins2792]

Josh is like my goal in speaking german. He can speak hella fast, it feels like it's so natural to him at this point

[@eyeklar]

Mine too... Greetings from Austria. 🤣🤣🤣

[@petecam3949]

Felicia, your English is really good. If I had met you somewhere and started talking to you, and you hadn’t told me you were from Germany, I never would have realized that you weren’t a native English speaker. You speak English clearer than some native speakers.

[@FelifromGermany]

Thank you :)

[@lloydhlavac6807]

I agree. Exactly what I've thought when watching these videos.

[@Winona493]

Yes, indeed. I understand her words pretty well, much more better than from a native American.

[@francarbone3192]

@@FelifromGermany Hi... how is it you have no accent... that is pretty amazing...

[@Lorrainecats]

I hear no accent at all, just standard American English.

[@valruun]

Hey ihr zwei! Jaaa, unbedingt! Macht sehr gerne was über Redewendungen! Da lerne ich gerne auch noch dazu. Ist meines Erachtens der schwierigste Teil an einer Fremdsprache! Übrigens: Tolles Video!

[@wernermaurer3164]

Ich hab' von meinem Vater ein erstklassisches Buch geerbt, das heisst Deutsche Redensarten und was Dahinter Steckt. Schon etlcihe Jarhzehnte alt, mein Exemplar wurde 1990 gedruckt und das war bereits die 6. Auflage. Aber so etwas wird ja nie alt, es sei denn dadurch, dass die neuesten Redewendungen fehlen. Verleger heisst/ hiess Wilhelm-Heyne-Verlag. Ob's die Firma oder das Buch noch gibt?

[@sergejgleithmann7950]

ich sag' nur "my lovely mr. singing club"

[@herbertblum7704]

@@sergejgleithmann7950 Korrektur: "my dear mr. singing club". Ordnung muss sein.

[@fsinjin60]

@@herbertblum7704 my male singing group in the US is a Liederkranz

[@herbertblum7704]

@@fsinjin60 I refered to the German saying. "Mein lieber Herr Gesangsverein". That's an expression of surprise and astonishment. Literally translated it means "my dear Mr. singing club" and doesn't make any sense in English, I guess. There are only a few German words in the English language and yes, "Liederkranz" is a nice word, so much better than "Blitzkrieg".

[@breziwill]

das ist wahnsinn!! niemals würde jemand glauben dass es nicht die muttersprache ist. großen respekt!

[@wanheda6894]

Absolut. Ich merke beim Schauen des Videos wie mein Hirn das Wissen, dass er gebürtiger Amerikaner und kein Deutscher ist, einfach ausblendet xD

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

Härtetest - jetzt sprich (d)einen Dialekt. ich kenn keinen Deutschen der nicht (s)einen eigenen Dialekt sprechen kann XD Aber ich denke Deutsche Dialekte lernen ist nochmal ne ganze Hürde mehr weil sich neben neuen Wörtern auch andere Betonungen und Aussprachen dazuschleichen, denn (fast) kein Deutscher spricht Hochdeutsch. Klassisches Beispiel: SP in deutsch wird eigentlich immer als SCHP gesprochen. Also schprechen statt sprechen. Aber tatsächlich ist es eigentlich SP also s - p - rechen und nicht schprechen was eigentlich jeder sagt

[@maxmusterhund3154]

What is with big and small writing?

[@breziwill]

@@maxmusterhund3154 nouns are written big in german. i did not because i am lazy ;-)

[@Winona493]

​@@OrkarIsberEstar Dies ist aber kein Beweis für einen Dialekt. Wir sagen ja zB auch "Könich" statt König. Das ist einfach nur richtiges Deutsch und kein Dialekt. Würden wir wirklich "sprechen" sagen statt "schprechen" , DANN wäre das ein Dialekt und zwar ein knallharter norddeutscher. 😂

[@artandcrafts381]

Nicht nur, dass er fließend deutsch spricht, sondern es kommen auch typische Worte wie "hä?" "ey" "kaputtgelacht"...genial

[@Jixxor]

Tja, dann wirds wohl Zeit für Part 3 wa? :D

[@TomChin_MS]

Bitte mehr von den Folgen mit Josh 💚

[@th.a]

Greetings from Munich. Just wanted to express that I'm impressed by Josh's more or less accent-free German. Absolutely stunning! Never listened to an American who speaks my mother tongue that well!

[@uwehelling]

Den Spruch "den Mund mit Seife auswaschen" kenne ich aus meiner Jugend auch. Nicht dass es gemacht wurde aber es wurde damit im Spaß gedroht wenn man ein "schmutziges" Wort gesagt hatte.

[@NotMeButAnother]

Nur dass in den USA das tatsächlich getan wird und völlig legal ist, genau wie man seine Kinder dort auch schlagen darf und sie in manchen Staaten auch in der Schule noch geschlagen werden. Das Land der Freiheit liebt die Freiheit andere zu misshandeln stets mehr als die Freiheit von Misshandlung. Feli müsste das eigentlich inzwischen mitbekommen haben, daher verstehe ich die Überraschung nicht wirklich.

[@herbertblum7704]

@@NotMeButAnother Ich glaube, sie genießt ihr Leben in den USA anstatt jedem Missstand nachzugehen. Da ist sie eben nicht typisch deutsch. Ich gönn's ihr.

[@holgerviel1949]

You both are a German teacher's dream team! 😀

[@dianastenger1755]

And vice versa also of the English teacher.

[@SikoraTim]

Here's an interesting topic. What sounds do animals make in other languages. For example, pigs go "oink", dogs go "bow wow" or "ruff", cats go "meow" sheep go "baah" etc. Different languages have different animal sounds.

[@all_in_for_JESUS]

The turkish Rooster: ü ü ü üüüüüüh

[@onfleek6942]

german cats do "miau" xD sheeps do "bääh" and dogs do "wau wau" or "wuff".

[@Spikus74]

Czech cats make: mňau

[@MartyBecker]

So glad there is a part 2. Enjoyed part 1. My German wife even commented on how good his German is. As for the Schnitzel sentence, an similar phrase would be, “I am happy as a clam.” Not sure how this phrase came about, nor why clams would be happy. 😀

[@scelestion]

Yeah, that's better! I feel like "happy camper" ist too little.

[@wernermaurer3164]

Also, happy as a pig in muck, glücklich wie 'ne Sau im Dreck.

[@Annedelano]

I always thought "happy as a clam" came from the way clams look - like they're always smiling.

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@wernermaurer3164 Or the non-PG version XD That's real Southern, though.

[@catherinehastings2063]

@@Annedelano exactly. Have you ever seen an unhappy clam???

[@alexanderlorenz8280]

Josh spricht besser Deutsch als die meisten Deutschen 😂

[@oleksiinoreiko4966]

Oh Mein Gott. How amazing his Deutsch is. I feel like I have to spend a whole life learning and practicing German and would not be even close.

[@folkehoffmann1198]

When I was in England for two weeks, my host sister tried to tell her friend that "Dummkopf" is German for hello. Me, the other German girl, and our host sister had fun.

[@thecatfather857]

LMAO

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

Lousehund means excuse me. Drachenfrau means mother in law.

[@andiperrycook7630]

YES PLEASE talk about German sayings and idioms in a future video!

[@44r0n-9]

Beim Thumbnail hab ich mir noch gedacht: "Ach was, akzentfrei? Das ist sicher ein bisschen übertrieben." Nope, absolut perfektes Deutsch. Ziemlich beeindruckend!

[@Chris_Martin707]

I love watching you guys switching back and forth between English and German. I took four years of German in high school and shortly thereafter visited Munich. The German I had learned in high school did very little to prepare me for actually speaking German. Still, all the Germans I encountered were very happy with my attempts and seemed to find my horrible skills very entertaining. One night we were pretty much adopted by a large group of German friends our age that were out drinking and celebrating World Cup. They loved to ask me to say things in German and laugh and laugh. It was all good natured, and we had a great time. Keep up the good work!

[@jamesmillstead7476]

I actually love the German accent when speak English. I spent 3 years in Germany and it brings back such great memories. I an starting to learn German again, I love the language.

[@FelifromGermany]

Good luck!

[@dermajor6770]

Josh spricht so mega gutes deutsch. Also wenn er mich in Deutschland ansprechen würde, würde ich niemals darauf kommen, dass er kein Deutscher ist. Absolut unfassbar. Respekt 👌🏻👍🏻

[@letsplaychronicles9483]

meine Güte, seine deutsche Aussprache ist ja wahnsinnig gut. Nur Nuencen sind selten hörbar. Krass. Ein großes Kompliment zu diesem Lernerfolg.

[@Chercht]

Als Deutschem fällt einem natürlich sofort auf, wie extrem gut Josh deutsch spricht, aber man darf auch nicht vergessen, wie extrem gut Feli englisch spricht! Hut ab vor euch beiden! Ich spreche glaub ich auch ziemlich gut englisch, aber die große Kunst ist wirklich flüssig und ohne nachzudenken reden zu können und auch den ganzen Satzaufbau adaptieren zu können! Echt wahnsinn! :)

[@MikeyBarca02]

The fact that Josh can speak german without any accent is so crazy cuz yunno I’ve heard someone sayin that if you can speak in two different languages you kinda have two different personalities. And always when he speaks german I feel so familiar with him and that he could basically be the student that’s two grades above me, but in reality he’s an American and my head can only hardly accept it ahahaha

[@Medyo]

just listening to you both speak the language, I am starting to get hypnotized and appreciate your language despite not understanding any of it.

[@avoicetocount]

I remember German sounding extremely weird to me when returning to Germany after a year abroad. I also lost my native German dialect and adopted more standard German pronunciation. So, people are not able to tell anymore that I grew up in Saxony. Being abroad did that for me and it's actually a permanent effect. So, becoming fluent in English changed my German quite a bit. But my perception of what German sounds like, specifically on the radio and on TV, that really stood out to me only for the first few days upon returning to Germany and faded pretty quickly.

[@claireusilton4066]

When there is a slight time lapse between sound and video when a foreign language is being spoken, it really throws everything off!

[@linusfotograf]

An idea for a post-covid video series. The two of you travelling around the states looking for anything German. Perhaps speak with older German-Americans and visit German-towns in the Midwest

[@Danish_Guy_77]

Fun to watch, I'm Danish, but speak both English and German, and always fun when traveling with friends, and speaking Danish, but understanding other languages, and then switch if someone speaks about you 😊

[@whocares961]

Sehr sympathisch, der Josh! Solltet öfter was zusammen machen ;-) Ihr seid ´n tolles Team! Grüße aus der Heimat ;-)

[@IWFDI]

Das mit dem Akzent ist für alle schwer, die ihn das erste mal hören. Ich kann mir sehr gut vorstellen, das wenn einer deutsch gelernt hat und das erste mal starkes schwäbisch oder sächsisch hört.

[@velocita8842]

Having you both switching back and forth is a great way to build comprehension of the German language.

[@huawafabe]

My favourite Bavarian language movie is 'Wer Früher stirbt, ist länger tot'. It's a really fun and sad movie, totally recommend it! :)

[@egal007]

I would love to hear ... and see Josh´s reaction to this... I love that film too

[@rsbolin]

The dynamic question is a good one, but keep in mind that you have a comfort level with one another that a new relationship will not have.

[@knunne1]

My Mother was born in Berlin (Teirgarten) in 1932 and came to the US in 1956. She still has more of a German accent than you do!

[@ChicaTiquita]

Thats really interesting! By the way, you probably mean Berlins locality (and former district) of Tiergarten :)

[@tomrogue13]

I like watching Easy German and im not even learning German lol. The easy languages group is just awesome in general

[@michaelcox744]

More! Half way through I realized that I hadn't stopped smiling since the intro. So captivating. Like I mentioned in the comments of Part 1, the chemistry is so good, and your shared passion for language produces a video that is, for me, the highest form of InfoTainment. Loved it. You talked about anger and cursing, but how about love and compliments. Which language do you prefer using for compliments, or pick up lines? And which sounds the best when trying to share those feelings? #AkronNative in Houston

[@ralfwendel2983]

Ihr zwei seid einfach klasse. Richtig sympathisch. Es fühlt sich an, als würde man guten Freunden zuhören. Sehr interessant und witzig. Ich war wirklich traurig, als das Video vorbei ging. Vielleicht macht ihr, irgendwann, nochmal ein Filmchen zusammen? Ich würde mich freuen.

[@kilsestoffel3690]

In Berlin the breadrolls are called Schrippen ( maybe it's oldfashioned, but my Mom still says it)

[@DavrelBlue]

Ich bin 24 und sags immernoch

[@davesaunders7080]

I have no clue why but I just enjoy listening to you 2 talk German and English seamlessly.

[@MrPierreCreux]

I think that "wegen dem" is also specific (actually correct) in Southern Germany. In the north, you will find many people who correct you on that one.

[@georgobergfell]

yes, still not gramatically correct here in BW but nobody will give you a hard time because of this

[@dirkmarkus4415]

Macht echt Spaß euch zweien zu zuhören! Macht gerne mehr Videos zusammen! Besonders die mit den falschen direkten Übersetzungen! Darüber könnte ich mich schlapp lachen! Das wäre: First cream! 😀

[@UBRLND-X]

also, to add to the local colloquialisms, I found out the hard way, coming from NW New Jersey were we actually have a few Pennsylvania Dutch slang terms of our own, that in Tennessee ANY type pf soda is just called "coke," which I found really confusing at first. For instance when ordering food, I would say "and I'll have a coke with that" and the server would say "what kind of coke do you want; spite, Dr. Pip, Cola, Diet, etc?' Great video and really very interesting. Danke!

[@lindonesc]

Ist echt verrückt. Ich könnte euch beiden ewig zuhören.

[@InterFelix]

They should definitely start a podcast. Please!

[@ArgusStrav]

A very famous movie in the US is "A Christmas Story", which features a scene where the kid protagonist gets his mouth washed out with soap. Also, in parts of the South, we call all soda "Coke" in the same way you call tissue Kleenex or cotton swabs Q-tips. So you'd say, "I'd like a coke" and the waitress would say, "What kind?" And then you might say, "Coke coke" if you actually wanted Coke brand specifically. :D

[@Shadowfax-1980]

ArgusStrav I like how he talks about what brands of soap taste worse than others.

[@tugboat2]

You are correct that coke is said for all sodas but if ordering the waitress would give you coke. I’d be surprised if she asked which?

[@ankocooks]

I dont even speak german, I speak native bulgarian (born in Bulgaria) and spanish ( raised in Spain) and learnt english on the internet :D But i love your content. I feel reflexed on you and your buddy in the vid! Such an easy going and lovely speak about native languages that if you're easy going about learning new lenguages and love learning more and more, its amazing!

[@miriamredinger]

I love how both of you pronounce Cincinnati differently depending on which language you're currently speaking!

[@h0n0lulu83]

Ja, sogar Josh spricht es deutsch aus, wenn er es in einem deutschen Satz sagt xD

[@jeanb4792]

I'm moving to Germany in 6 weeks! Watching ye speak German is making me so excited to learn more German. 😁

[@skadi1292]

Viel Glück 😁 Ich hoffe Corona hat dich nicht davon abgehalten...

[@jeanb4792]

@@skadi1292 Danke! Ich wohne jetzt in Deutschland ! :) WOO!

[@skadi1292]

@@jeanb4792 Cool :) Was ist so dein Eindruck? 😄

[@jeanb4792]

@@skadi1292 Es ist sehr schon. Die Leute sind sehr nett. Viele shokolade! haha Ich lerne Deutsch auf meinem Computer aber ich bin nicht sehr gut.

[@skadi1292]

@@jeanb4792 Freut mich gerade sehr :) Wenn du Probleme beim deutsch lernen hast kannst du gerne mit mir deutsch üben und mein Englisch verbessern 😄

[@publicvoidmain]

Der deutsche Begriff für "road rage" ist "Autofahren" :D

[@FelifromGermany]

Haha stimmt

[@XX-nd1lx]

nailed it 😂

[@kylemcclellan9686]

One thing that definitely makes American English difficult is that there are many formal grammar rules that we just throw out the window in everyday speech.

[@critterzzz]

Regarding your friend from Wisconsin thinking that you sounded southern.... I’m from the Kansas City area, and when I’ve traveled, I’ve been told that my accent is northern and southern and everything in between, depending on what part of the country I’m visiting. 😂

[@not-a-theist8251]

There is also a german radio station that releases german news slowly spoken. Great source for beginners imo m.dw.com/de/deutsch-lernen/nachrichten/s-8030 Also there really should be a german word for road range. Can we make one up?

[@josefineseyfarth6236]

Fahrerfrust 🤔

[@not-a-theist8251]

@@josefineseyfarth6236 Bin ja eher für die wörtliche Übersetzung 😂😂 Straßenwut

[@mihailbalanici5303]

@Lukas Es gibt außerdem diese tolle App auf dem Google Play: German Listening, die auch von DW hergestellt wurde und regelmäßig aktualisiert. Da werden kurze Nachrichten als Text veröffentlicht, und dieser Text wird langsam und deutlich gelesen. Gefolgt wird die Ganze noch von einer Liste der Vokabeln, die man voraussichtlich nicht kennt.

[@charliejg]

Your point about sentence structure is interesting to me because of the Pennsylvania German influence in the Lehigh Valley, PA. So, those of us with that heritage will sometimes switch the subject/predicate order because of phrases we have grown up with here. For example, "make out the lights" is one, although older and not really used any more. Another example often cited, "throw the horse over the fence some hay". The German settlers in this area came mainly from the Alsace region as I recall. They were mistakenly called "Pennsylvania Dutch", where Dutch was inserted for Deutsch. One of the sounds that still exists somewhat is replacing the "j" sound with a soft "ch" sound. So, instead of saying just it comes out as chust. Love your vids, keep them coming!

[@geraldmcmullon2465]

Pop, soda and fizzy drinks: In English the word used is often the manufacturer that made the product popular. So we hoover the floor instead of vacuum clean. You get a Kleenex instead of a tissue or paper handkerchief. In England there used to be the Pop man who delivered pop to you house like milkmen and still do in some places. We used to queue up to get corona - the brand name of the pop . It was more expensive and "better" tasting that the pop found in the local shops and you got a penny back on the returned bottle. Empty milk bottles were returned and collected by the milkman but didn't get any credit. During World War II the English adopted even more American words than they had from Hollywood movies. The two shillings and six pence coin was called half a dollar (four dollars to the pound, eight 2s 6d to the pound). BTW: In Germany the milkman pushed a cart and milk was from the churn measured out into a jug you brought to the cart. The bottles were small with chocolate milk (1950s). All Cola was Coke. The Coke bottles I got from the US Air Force post at the local RAF base was much better than the Coke sold in England or Germany. In Germany I would drink Fanta but the stuff sold in English shops was nothing like it. Fizzy drinks is the generic name now given to sugar water and the zero sugar diet versions. I don't know when they stopped using 'pop' or if it is regional and still used in parts of England. Another word that seemed to confuse the English was "can". An American visitor was asking for a "can" and so they fetched my mother to work out what they were saying. What was annoying the town had the "American Can" factory. My mother learned English whilst working at the PX and then the NAFFI and her colleagues assumed she spoke every foreign language in Europe and would always fetch her to "translate" what any visitor to England was looking for.

[@Cheetorblz]

I used to work with an Austrian and I lived his accent and quirky speech habits.

[@gringoviejo1935]

the street where i lived for my Uni-Freiburg semester was Sautierstr. in my head, that was "mother-pig animal street." it was at least a decade later that i learned this was from the French word for "jump" & that i'd been mispronouncing it all along!

[@elfsieben1450]

I love that story!

[@gringoviejo1935]

@@elfsieben1450 pleased to have amused you .

[@stefanw7406]

Oh, she was from Thüringen - or like english people say: Doorwrestling

[@InterFelix]

Ok, this one had me laugh a little. Thanks for a great "Kalauer" I will remember for the rest of my life😂

[@st4ndby]

I needed a few seconds but it’s a good one 😂

[@stefanw7406]

@Ahashdah it's a joke only people understand who speak german and english.

[@mojojim6458]

Good. Thanks for doing a part two.

[@DavidHBurkart]

Good stuff!! Thanks to you both

[@Dr_Guude]

Danke für Teil 2! Ich war echt geflasht, wie akzentfrei und korrekt der Mann deutsch spricht :O Eindeutig besser als manche meiner Freunde 😅

[@honkytonk4465]

Trenn dich von diesen komischen Freunden. Die haben dich nicht verdient.

[@Dr_Guude]

@@honkytonk4465 Das ist, glaube ich, das Liebevollste, das ich heute gehört habe. Danke!

[@skadi1292]

Ich denke mir gerade dasselbe... So korrektes deutsch ist nicht unbedingt selbstverständlich in Deutschland.

[@spydr7768]

Closing in on 100k awesome

[@jockodog2009]

New subscriber. Really enjoy your channel. This conversation pt 1 & 2 with your friend is great.

[@handcoding]

I could watch this video series all day-this was such fun!

[@basti5263]

I really like the idea of learning a language with tv shows. At least 90% of the content i watch on KZbin is english. But you have to engage in the language actively. I understand almost everything i hear. But forming sentces is much different than understanding them. My comment is probably already proof for that xD

[@abigailoliver8285]

Your sentences are very well written!

[@dannydanny9875]

The way you two are looking at each other

[@Rob2]

How long until he turns out to be her boyfriend?

[@dannydanny9875]

@@Rob2 Soon, Probably :-D

[@ladyaranora2861]

I know right? They are so cute together. I totally "ship" them. Sometimes best friendships become the most successful & longest lasting romantic relationships because you just love being around your other half & already know each other intimately. Why wouldn't you want to spend forever with someone who makes you laugh & smile constantly? They are so beautiful together.

[@TheItalianoAssassino]

The sexual tension is hella intense. Look at her facial expressions, the hairflips, the lip bites etc.

[@S_E_N_S_E_nmann]

Wahnsinnig sympathisches Video! :)

[@thelifeofjustin7516]

immer wider aufs neue sehr beeindruckt echt toll

[@Lolarryy]

I love this combo so much Please KEEP it up!🤩🤩

[@rolfadams5208]

Ich habe beide Teile gesehen ... und kann den dritten kaum erwarten :)! Ihr macht das beide großartig und Joshs deutsche Aussprache ist unglaublich (aber wahr :)). Ihr seid ein tolles Team!

[@dizdizzy8937]

Awesome. Thank you

[@TheCliet]

this guy is amazing!!! sau stark!

[@thekla.von.tanelle]

Absolut beeindruckend, wie gut Josh deutsch spricht. Man könnte meinen, er sei Deutscher und dass er sogar einen kleinen deutschen Akzent hat, wenn er englisch spricht :D

[@bluchu22]

These two have a wonderful friendship!

[@imacastle]

Excellent Part 2! I enjoyed this even more than the Part 1. You two have good energy with your videos!

[@FeiduFeidu]

Sein Deutsch ist perfekt. Congratulations

[@simonewoodwell7354]

Great video. I could listen to your videos all day long. So informative.

[@billross7245]

I'm taking a online refresher course for German and these conversations are so helpful. Thanks!

[@herrjordan23]

You really have to do this regularly. It's fun and interresting to watch you both! You are so sympathetic. 🤭

[@joannem.5225]

This has been very interesting and fun. Please make more.

[@hel1okitty32]

Sir Friendzone is back!

[@sayrerowan734]

Lmao

[@dannydanny9875]

haha yep

[@stuckie3916]

Dude needs to drop 30, start lifting

[@annaa6972]

I’m a native English speaker. Accents don’t bother me one bit and I actually kind of like them.

[@peerneumann6739]

Großartig! Weiter so bitte!

[@fuunta]

War wieder sehr unterhaltsam euer gemeinsames Video 👍 Danke dafür !

[@reeceb1259]

Love how much German was spoken in this video. 🇩🇪 Just started learning so it's good listening practice 😄

[@nightmare7219]

I just finished getting a grasp on portugese and now I have to learn german, thanks Feli XD

[@austinsays501]

Es ist immer schön, neue Sachen von deinen Videos zu lernen :) "von dem her" hatte ich eigentlich noch nie gehört! Ich freue mich so sehr, deinen Kanal entdeckt zu haben.