How I Learned German

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I started learning German before the age of the Internet. I'd had some exposure as a young man, but during a month between jobs, in 1987, I really went at it. I found second hand German readers, and I went at then, massive comprehensible input.
0:00 When I started learning German.
1:40 The books I used to learn German.
9:10 How I learn German on LingQ.
11:24 I hope to improve my German moving forward.
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[@Thelinguist]

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[@marchauchler1622]

Hi Steve. Your German is excellent and you mastered our complicated language stunningly well. I am looking forward to watching more of your videos which I always enjoy. Best regards from Germany!

[@marchauchler1622]

Since your parents were German speakers from Chechoslvakia / Bohemia speaking to each other in German I wonder if it still facilitated your German language acquisition process due to (passive) language exposure at home. What do you think about this?

[@paataskhirtladze365]

Mi oso Lorne Doschools lengvich.

[@ProverbsDeEnAr]

Den Satz (aswendig) zu bauen ist gar nicht einfach, denn man vieles bedenken muss wie zB. Akkusativ/Dativ oder Trennverbs, etc🙈

[@skzyr8865]

"Having Kaufmann as last name gives you 50% of the German language knowledge at the start of the adventure" Such a great buff for early game german learning.

[@Dai_Abdurrahman]

Er ist aber sudetendeutscher also Österreicher

[@shamshadalam6214]

Haha

[@Dai_Abdurrahman]

@Kurocoon es gibt sehr viele Österreicher die die ladinische oder slowenische oder Magyarische Muttersprache haben.

[@Dai_Abdurrahman]

@Kurocoon leider ist das Österreich von früher zerfallen. Die deutschsprachigen in Böhmen Mähren und tschechisch schlesien wurden leider auch vertrieben. In Ungarn gibt es wegen Viktor Orban seit 2015 einen Tag wo man an dem Ungarndeutschen vertriebenen gedenkt. Aber was mich stört man spricht immer von deutschen Minderheiten als im deutschsprachige Minderheiten aber diese Leute sind Österreicher. Bruno Kreisky hat das schon im Fall Südtirol betont. Einer der größten Politiker meines Landes. Nach ihm folgte Fred Sinowatz du darfst raten was für eine Muttersprache seine war. Sinovac heißt Neffe wie gesagt. Natürlich kann ich Deutsch mein Großvater ist auch in Deutschland geboren aber er ist halb Österreicher/$vabo und halb Alman/deutscher. Die Minderheitensprachen wurden in Österreich auch aktiv unterdrückt seit 1933. Und viele der Minderheitensprachen wurden auch während den 12 schrecklichen Jahren vertrieben. Aber was Rudolf Meister in Maribor gemacht hat war auch nich schön. Es geht darum wenn ein Land wegen zwei kriegen jedesmal seine Existenz aufgibt und somit auch seine Identität dass die Leute bzw die Menschen die diesen Land leben danach ein gewisses bzw schwieriges BZ Gefühl zu ihrer Heimat entwickeln bzw zu ihrer Nation oder zu ihrem Land. Österreich ist zweimal ausgelöscht worden und deswegen haben die Leute vergessen was es ist. Österreich ist mehr als nur deutsch brate moj. Um es mit den Worten von Ban Josip jelacic zu sagen glauben wir an ein slawisches Österreich! Willkommen Kaiser Roman Palfrader. Seine Muttersprache ist Ladin. Berglatein eine sprache Austrijas wie Tajtš oder Magyar oder Češki oder slovački. Mi smo glih.

[@Dai_Abdurrahman]

@Kurocoon karl renner first president of austrija or bertha von suttner look where they are born.

[@JayYuka]

I'm german and I felt like your pronunciation when you read the titles of the books were really good! 👍

[@baaradjamil1907]

Ich mag deutsch

[@abdulbasithn1521]

typische Deutsche word ordering :)

[@Ph34rNoB33r]

His pronunciation sounds Austrian at some points ("durch"), which is less of a surprise when he mentions working in Austria. But yes, pretty good pronunciation. From another video where he spoke more freely, grammar and vocabulary don't seem to be at the same level. Not bad, but the mismatch in levels is obvious.

[@1chicgeek368]

@@Ph34rNoB33r That's because our friend admits that he relentlessly seeks out words to grow his vocabulary but shuns grammar as something to glance at but not worry about. Supposedly your brain will work out the patterns for itself. That doesn't work for me but bravo to Steve for getting a toe hold in so many languages even if the grammar can be shaky 🤗.

[@user417dpd2ihe]

Meddl Loide

[@auge8450]

Ich liebe es wie du deutsch sprichst :) Für mich als Deutscher ist es ein riesen Kompliment, dass du dir die Zeit genommen hast, um diese schwierige Sprache zu lernen. Teilweise erzählt dein Deutschakzent auch eine Lebensgeschichte - du klingst manchmal wie mein Opa, manchmal auch wie ein Franzose. Faszinierend! :D Grüße aus Sachsen

[@alwaysuseless]

Danke fürs Schreiben. Ich liebe es, KZbin-Kommentare auf Deutsch zu lesen. :-)

[@FynnDynamite]

Ich auch, ich verstehe nicht, wenn Leute nicht in ihrer Muttersprache auf KZbin schreiben :) Als ob es wichtig wäre, dass jeder das Kommentar versteht.. Es gibt nichts Unwichtigeres.

[@alwaysuseless]

@@FynnDynamite Tsy misy latsa-danja? Mampihomehy izany.

[@hartesgeld]

@@alwaysuseless Vielleciht.

[@ahmedhamdad9921]

Ich bin Deutschlehrer, aber kein Deutscher und würde gerne kurz was erläutern:): Deutsch ist eigentlich nicht schwierig, sondern anders und genau DAS ließ mich mich in diese Sprache verlieben...

[@alexandernordic8551]

I highly recommend the KZbin challenge "Easy German". They interview normal people on the streets and put subtitles on it and other things that help you learning the language

[@bijucyborg]

Herr Professor is also recommended

[@ProverbsDeEnAr]

Hey, This could help you too (C1-B2) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZylaGeqh8SJb9k

[@phsal5182]

Your videos give me hope and strengthen my commitment to learning a foreign language. Thank you!

[@1chicgeek368]

Hello Steve! Thank you for sharing your German library with us. I was particularly interested in the book published by my alma mater, the University of Southern California in the year I was born. My greatest frustration in learning German is not the grammar but still struggling with listening comprehension. And my New Year's resolution is to stop asking you to make a video in German. 🤗 Frohes Neues Jahr !! 🥳

[@herculesbarbosa5424]

Steve is a legend.... along with Richard Simcott, is my biggest influence on language learning

[@Jana-ne6km]

I love your attitude towards learning. I hope I also have a growth mindset like you do. It makes life so much more interesting.

[@BackgroundNatureSounds]

My dream is to have a job that allows me to use my passion of language learning just like you! I love your videos!

[@anires1195]

dont then you will start to hate it as it wont be a hobby.

[@bernardobuffa2391]

Great motivating video. As a native spanish speaker, I remember how I learned my ABC in english.. I was 16 and just discovered The Beatles, and I got a book with the lyrics of every song of them (and a dictionay). Two things you mentioned that I can confirm... 1) reading anchors very effectively in your mind the sound to the word and the concept 2) music (I am pretty sure movies can do the same) makes all the learning a delicious way to walk. Generally most of the people are intimidated with the challenge... so take your favorite song, get the lyrics... research a bit to translate and understand the meaning.. and begin to sing along. Happy 2022!

[@Daveinitely]

Hey Steve! Ich bin immer wieder sehr davon fasziniert, wie leidenschaftlich du mit Sprachen umgehst und sie strategisch lernst. Viele Grüße aus Deutschland von einem Deutschlehrer auf KZbin! :)

[@nicollyfarao2401]

Ich liebe deutscher Lehrer ist sehr nett

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

So I guess it's not just about "brain power", but more so about "thirst for adventure" and "a thirst to see the bigger world"!

[@jameswilson461]

It’s about consistency, paying attention and enthusiasm. Those are the most important things in language learning for me! All the other skills stem from this.

[@suzetteospi]

Schick! Ich wusste gar nicht, dass du Deutsch kannst. 😊😊😊Ich habe deinen Kanal erst vor kurzem entdeckt und finde ihn sehr spannend. Gerade bin ich dabei, Spanisch zu lernen, weil das die Sprache meiner Nichte und meines Neffen ist. Deine Videos haben mir dazu schon gute Anregungen gegeben, danke dafür!

[@bianca.sartori]

Hi, Steve! I am learning German by now and it was really stimulating to see this video and to know a little more about your history with this language! Thanks a lot for sharing, I really appreciated this! 💜😊

[@camillomancini5619]

Wow you are so so so beautiful

[@bianca.sartori]

@@camillomancini5619 Hahaha, I assure you it is just because is a tiny picture and one can't see me well, lol. But thanks for the kind words.

[@ProverbsDeEnAr]

Hey, This could help you (C1-B2) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZylaGeqh8SJb9k

[@moonharmonica3899]

Hey, ich weiß nicht wie viel Deutsch du schon kannst, oder du mich überhaupt verstehen kannst, aber ich als Deutscher kann dir wirklich einfach nur sagen, wie schön es ist zu hören, dass jemand versucht die eigene Sprache zu lernen. Gerade weil Deutsch nicht gerade einfach ist. Viel Erfolg beim Lernen und Grüße aus Bayern!

[@bianca.sartori]

@@moonharmonica3899 du kannst dir nicht vorstellen, wie glücklich ich bin zun lessen und verstehen Ihre Kommentar! Deutsch ist eine schwere Sprache zu lernen vielleicht aber auch eine schöne Sprache! Danken sehr sehr für Ihre Wörter! Grüße aus Brasilien!

[@dolph1673]

love these kind of videos

[@HD-StudiosLego]

Du hast die Buchtitel wirklich gut vorgelesen, deine Betonungen sind wirklich gut👍

[@marciafatima9608]

Obrigado e Steve por trazer este tipo de contéudo no seu canal é exatamente do Que preciso muito obrigado

[@michaelbreitenstein9623]

I think you did an amaizing good job in learning that difficult language. What does count in languages is not to be perfect without any mistakes. Languages are to communicate and to express and understand. So be proud of your achievements and do what languages are made for: get in touch and have fun!

[@a1k131]

I was born in Germany in 1970 and lived there until '77. After that while learning/improving Turkish I forgot German. Since 1998 I've been speaking English where I live in the US. Three years ago at the age of 48 I started studying German again. There was not much left from my early experience of it. So I started with a couple small dual language simple story books. After them I ordered from Germany "1001 Nacht". Two volumes, almost 2000 pages total. I said to myself by the time I finish these two volumes I should be at a good level of comprehension. Of course I added lots of listening to this. The books were too advanced for me but the stories were familiar since I'd read the "Arabian Nights" (basically the same books) in English 1-1/2 times. This helped a lot. Until the last few months I tried other things, other books, other methods of learning. So the 1001 Nacht was slowly simmering in the back burner. None of those other methods and reading material grabbed me like this book. So a few months ago I gave my full attention to them. And stopped worrying about using the monolingual dictionary, started using Google translate. Often times I get lost in the stories and in those moments I live in the language, I forget that I'm learning it. I think total immersion is the secret to absorbing the language. I started reading the same book in Arabic also since I have a basic understanding of it. I'm also doing shadowing to German radio. (English also). Just a little mumbling works the best since I don't worry so much about getting it right, and this allows me to stay connected to the talk I'm shadowing. I think in the same lines with Steve and also benefited a lot from his videos.

[@collegesuccess]

You will love 1000 Lektionen Englisch. It is out of print but very cheap. Page after page of up to 5 or 6 sentence essays with translation on the next page. Very doable and upbeat. Best wishes for Deutsch re-lernen in 2022. Viel Glück!

[@pecadro4233]

what did you do with Turkish :) did you learn it

[@a1k131]

@@pecadro4233 yes, at the age of 7 when I learned Turkish I forgot German, since I lived in Turkey until I was 28 yo.

[@watermelon3679]

@@a1k131 Where are originally you from?

[@a1k131]

@@watermelon3679 You mean my parents in Turkey ?

[@1995taunus]

Thank your for sharing yout experience. I heard your interviews in German and in Russian - they have impressed me!

[@ronaldgamboa6594]

Thank you so much. Vielen Dank für deine Hilfe

[@germantoenglish898]

Thank you for sharing your story. I have been living in Germany for 20 years and still have problems with dative and accusative.

[@mizutanikoichi2611]

ありがとうございます。 thank you for your sincerely

[@oswaldocaminos8431]

Hi Steve, I have just found, in a second hand book store, a very old book, Grammatik der deutschen Sprache, by Schultz-Griesbach, that I guess you might have, that seems to be very hard but also useful, with a lot of drills and reading. Greetings from the underground.👍

[@_Username__]

Wow Steve your subscribers counter is spinning like crazy, half a million before 2022 ?!

[@Eric-le3uu]

Great vid quality.

[@samg415]

REALLY useful thanks!

[@nurseboni2798]

Ich bin philippinischen Krankenpfleger. Für zwei Jahre habe ich Deutsch gelernt, dann machte ich die B2 Prüfung. Ich brauche die B2 Zertifikat, um in Deutschland arbeiten zu können. Aber die Prüfung ist wirklich schwierig! Ich habe zwei Mal die Prüfung gemacht. Meine Schwäche sind Leseverstehen und Hören Teile. Und ich muss sagen, dass zahlreiche Vokabeln wichtig ist und nicht nur die Grammatik müssen in Betracht gezogen werden.

[@longhaulblue]

Wow! Deutsche Sprache für Ausländer was the book I used when I was attended the VolksHochschule in Germany. I can commmunicate well enough like when I'm travelling there but I'd really like to nail down the language and have been toying with the idea of re-learning it. But I also want to learn Spanish. Seems like a really useful language to know especially here in the Americas. Thanks for your inspiring videos.

[@nicolasherrera6877]

I am from Colombia (South America), however idk why I've fallen in love with German... I expect to become really fluent in 2022.

[@nilkkl]

Thats really cool! Meanwhile I am here in germany trying to improve my spanish haha

[@nicolasherrera6877]

@@nilkkl I wish you really good luck. Spanish is a really beautiful language that will provide u a huge perspective of Latin America and Spain.

[@erturtemirbaev5207]

С рождеством вас и наступающим новым годом!

[@Hebamagdy43]

that's interesting and really helped me as i'am trying to learn German away from the textbooks and grammar stuff. than;'s Steve.

[@user-hb3ww7hp5e]

Thank you! It's very impressive to have B2 level by studying a language by yourself! I already have a small book in german, so I guess I'll start there. 👍📖

[@ProverbsDeEnAr]

Hey, This could help you (C1-B2) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZylaGeqh8SJb9k

[@Tehui1974]

It was interesting to view your statistics on LingQ. If my calculations are correct, you've learnt about 28k words over a 14 year period, so you've averaged about 2k words per year. I find those graphs to be fascinating.

[@theprophet2444]

As a German native speaker I agree that the language is pretty hard, even many native speakers are having trouble with it(mostly the written part though). Pupils are learning to write in the correct grammar for at least 8 school years straight -even though it's the language that is native to them. I am quite proficient in German and can point out most errors when I read them on message boards, though I wouldn't dare to claim that I never make any mistakes, cause I still do. Pretty much everyone does, even news writers will have the odd spelling error here and there. - I was baffled about how easy English was in comparison. The grammar rules are much simpler, capitalization rules are pretty easy to understand as you can write most stuff in lower case to start with. However, one thing that German has going for it, is that reading and then pronouncing something is pretty easy. English isn't that hard either but it has its quirks, French would be one of the more difficult beasts in that regard. As I am currently learning Japanese I found that the language was very straight forward with the pronunciation, much like German in a way. It is similar to German phonetics actually, maybe because the vowels are spoken almost the same way, which play a huge part in any language I guess.

[@otienuc299]

I'm struggling with the German GR- sound. It's hard to pronounce those two sounds at the same time clearly. Do you give me some advice to solve it. Thank you so much. German is interesting but the combination of sounds makes native speakers tired when practicing pronounce them. But it worth to learn it :p

[@theprophet2444]

@@otienuc299 what exactly do you mean by "the GR sound"? The combination of "gr" as found in "großartig" for example is spelled the same way as in English "great" pretty straight forward. If it helps you spell the "g" very quickly and go to the "r" part right after that. -Or perhaps you mean the rolling "R"? -If it's that you don't have to do that actually but I can see how it might be taught, it's only used in classical music pieces nowadays, no one talks like that in public. Especially since back in the days a certain dictator used to speak like that(it was common vor public speakers back then though), so you don't hear that outside the operetta or musical scene nowadays. It's not really worth the effort of learning it and most native speakers can't do it correctly either. The combination I found that most non native German speakers have issues with seems to be "ch". Like found in "Rauch"(smoke), it's hard to describe how to spell it as there is nothing in English that would be comparable and probably also other languages, to make that sound, is a bit like heavy breathing but you direct the air up to your palate with the help of the back part of your tongue. Also the "sch" combination seems to be an issue for some, if you know how to talk in English "sch" is basically spoken like "sh" is in English.

[@otienuc299]

@@theprophet2444 The combination of GR (G with the rolling R) is probably the hardest in French and in German because they all come from the throat. The G sound is pronounced so softly that it is almost inaudible, making it difficult for foreign learners to hear and pronounce correctly without an instructor. I'm trying shadow speaking. This is probably the only combination that I find difficult because my language doesn't have the rolling R sound. As for the CH sound, it already has a similar sound in my native language (KH sound in the Vietnam language) so I don't find it difficult to pronounce it. I love German and am trying to master this beautiful language. Thank you for your prestigious advice.

[@drewzoobulandes4184]

I'm learning German but my native language is Spanish, and yeah German is a lot more complex but that in my experience just adds to the fun. It's insane the amount of detail German has, but I find it so hilarious that something as simple as a pronoun like She (which I know Spanish, Russian and English have Ella/Она/She) is missing. But its cool to see certain words that are the same like book/buch, milch/milk, stool/stuhl, even some spanish ones like maíz/mais. I thought that since I'm fluent in Spanish and English I would have a really easy time with the pronunciation but certain words with the ch, sch, and the ü elude me for now also it took me 3 weeks to get the hold for the bloody r especially for words like schere, Französische, Vertrauen in Spanish you just "attack" the front teeth with your tongue in words like ferrocarril, carro, carrera. But for German is almost as if you let the air roll in your throat and you dont even touch the frontal teeth. With that being said holy smokes is it beutiful I'm still in A2 though as I am self thought planing on checking out if I can find anything cool in the German Embassy like I did with Russian which I'm still not confident enough to say I'm fluent but getting there. If you have any recommendations or any experience you think could help me I would appreciate it if you could share them.

[@Alesti5]

French spelling is pretty consistent on the other hand English spelling doesn't give you much information on how a word should be pronounced though most learners don't realize it and as a result make a lot of mistakes when pronouncing English words.

[@erturtemirbaev5207]

Merry Christmas ☃️🎄

[@fredericjanelle]

Danke fûr die video. Sehr Interessant. Lieber Gruße aus Québec!

[@amenibenyusuf9186]

I love German so much that I can't even notice that it's difficult

[@myyoutubechannel6280]

🤣🤣

[@anglaisaveclamerloque5525]

Im Wandel der Jahre…so grand! My grandfather used the same book when studying at USC in the early fifties!

[@Ajas0810]

I’m learning German on lingq right now. Approaching a million words read and 200 hours listened. It was hard at first but it has gotten a lot easier. Still can’t understand freely spoken German and can’t read unassisted but I’ve gotten so much better since I started. Vera has tons of good material. Reading and listening to suni and the detective now. Still a long time to go but seeing the progress is motivating. Just enjoying what I’m doing and not worrying about being fluent anytime real soon.

[@1chicgeek368]

One million words?! 🙀 Wow! Kudos to you my friend.

[@Ajas0810]

@@1chicgeek368 thanks. Still a long long way to go.

[@propofol-98]

How do you import the subtitles into lingq ?? From Netflix ??

[@Ajas0810]

@@propofol-98 I haven’t used Netflix. Mostly KZbin and things that are already there. Somebody has already imported tons of KZbin videos.

[@propofol-98]

@@Ajas0810 Aha 😀 Well good luck with your studies 👍

[@soufianeberbal4255]

Vielen Danke🎉

[@dennisenglishjournal498]

Hi Steve, good to see you again! 🙋‍♂️ Thanks for sharing with us your expierence in learning different languages 😊 It helps us both, students and teachers 👍 I hope some day someone will say the same words about me 😊 Let's learn English together, guys! 🙌

[@toshikoy8955]

😘🎶

[@Larrypint]

Immerwieder erfreulich zu sehen, dass sich Menschen dazu entschließen diese tiefverwurzelte Sprache zu lernen. Die Sprache der Dichter und Denker war nicht grundlos eine der wirkungsstärksten Wissenschaftssprachen bis ins 20. Jahrhundert neben Latein, französisch und english. Der Fokus auf englisch in den letzten Jahrzehnten macht zwar Sinn aufgrund der weltweiten Verbreitung, aber es geht etwas sprachliches verloren, besonders im Bereich der Metaebene und der tiefen Sinnhaftigkeit und Geschichte der Worte.

[@itgirlsplaylist]

Would be great if Update us on your persian learning process or anything you found interesting about the language ❣

[@lady0shady]

I have to start to appreciate times we live in- the knowledge is so available and yet I do not learn as much as I could or should...

[@gustavgnoettgen]

I'm German and my gf introduced me to watching movies with their original English language and subtitles, that's what made me learn English better than from school and understanding it as it's spoken. Today I mostly watch videos in English.

[@paataskhirtladze365]

Butt ful men. Lorn to Herman Munster .

[@AF-gt1fv]

Hello. Would your subtitles be in English too? Or German? Thanks.

[@gustavgnoettgen]

@@AF-gt1fv Both if available

[@Knight101AAA]

I should be in English or no subtitles at all to learn English.​@@AF-gt1fv

[@stewste4316]

great video

[@sarahzaza7251]

Oh that's perfect, because I am learning German also

[@sciacc5019]

I'm beginning this journey, planning to learn German for the foreseeable future. I've been using comprehensible input casually for a week or two, but now I've decided to become more serious. *Day 1* (more accurately day 14 or so): Reading Die unendlichte Geschichte I have to look up words every now and then; my reading pace is significantly slower than when I read Ollie Richard's Short stories for Beginners in German (A2-B1) - For the first chapters of that book, my WPM was 60 WPM, and at the end, 120 WPM. (250 upon rereading the first chapters). For Die unendlichte Geschichte, my WPM is 60-80 on the first day

[@blackseasailing8672]

Steve,I am so impressed! How quickly can you read books?

[@unknownpro9947]

Whenever i got Chance ! Every day i learn new German words . As indian my most favorite country among the other European country is Deutschland . Auf Wiedersehen . Namaste

[@Richkunst]

Hello, could you make a video about language learning materials which aren't online? Since you are learning languages for some decades you might have an astonishing collection of resources. I'm interested in creative resources which don't teach the usual way, many of them you might have surely aren't in print anymore.

[@rosemarywacera2576]

Following closely since I want to learn the language and be able to participate in the voluntary BFD program come 2023. Thanks for this,

[@marilu8763]

Encontré el vídeo Muchas GRACIAS 👌😃

[@muskadobbit]

Just the other day I found a graded reader in Russian, “Taman” with some text by Lermontov. Glossary on each page. Published in 1945!

[@fanoflanguages7278]

I have this Russian reader. My copy is from 1961 and is part of a series of graded readers. This video has motivated me to go through this book again. I hope it will be easier to understand than it was the first time I read it.

[@bornmoo]

Круто!

[@zlostavljac6454]

I honestly never had problems learning foreign languages. I am from a country which officially has 3 languages and 2 different alphabets, so I naturally fell in love with learning the same. I moved to Austria a little bit over 1 year ago and ever since then my german has been improving itself every day of my life. For the first year (2021) I didnt speak any german, only english, and when I came back to austria after Summer break and started going to high school I managed to speak really good german, which obviously still isnt perfect. My point is, never give up and after some time and enough hard work you can speak any language of this world.

[@Jan-ed3ud]

Hallo Steve! Wenn du solche Videos machst, warum sprichst du nicht ein paar Sätze in der jeweiligen Sprache? Ich hätte mich sehr gefreut dein Deutsch zu hören. Viele Grüße und ich lerne jetzt weiter Spanisch auf Lingq :)

[@Thelinguist]

Ganz am Ende des Videos habe ich ein paar Beispielvideos hinterlassen, in denen ich Deutsch spreche.

[@Evelyn-jf5xf]

I want to learn german

[@VyraFall]

Since many years I try to get fluent in English. I read english books, I always watch movies in english, I even speak english to myself. Writing is not a problem, understanding neither. But as soon as I talk to someone whos native language is english, I struggle, miss all the words and sound like a fifth grader who started to learn English.

[@ariohandoyo5973]

Wow you like read books so much about languange that you're learning, i rarley read books in english i just using an article from google read articals on google vs read book what do you think guy?😊

[@beeflat4287]

Hallo, genau so lerne ich, und habe gelernt, die englische Sprache. Mit viel hören, zum Beispiel BBC, BFBS Radio, viele Filme mit Untertitel. Und viel lesen : Bücher, Zeitungen oder auch englische Schulbücher ! Grüße aus Hamburg -Stephan PS: Ich liebe die englische Sprache !

[@xuedi]

I am curious if you ever checked out lower German, its an old branch, maybe a bit similar to Yiddish or Frisian. Extremely simple, but sadly very little material available. As a dying out spoken language it has a interesting story of revival, in the 90's linguists collected all dialects & written words from east Poland, all over the north German coast through south Denmark to Friesland, then they offers a standardized framework for students wanna go to teaching. Most choose it because it was simple and they can focus on other topics. Then applied in schools, where two foreign languages are mandatory, many students choose it again as a easy way out to focus on other topics ... Not we have 70.000+ speakers again and the knowledge to read and write is not solidified ...

[@BaluDerBaer933]

Unbelievable... and very interesting!

[@gilmar-ac3247]

Hi there - Brasil !!!

[@CouchPolyglot]

Früher habe ich auch viel mit Büchern gelernt, jetzt benutze ich sie auch, aber weniger. Mir ist es jetzt lieber, mit Videos oder Podcasts zu lernen, wenn möglich. Hast du auch Videos auf Deutsch? :)

[@Thelinguist]

Ganz am Ende des Videos habe ich ein paar Beispielvideos hinterlassen, in denen ich Deutsch spreche.

[@CouchPolyglot]

@@Thelinguist cool!

[@davejoerger8928]

My family is mostly German. I learned to speak German fluently by use of unconventional means. Courses in institutions aren't enough. First, I learned by researching topics of interest on the internet in German. I would look up words in a dictionary and build my vocabulary. Pronunciation and speaking I learned primarily playing Xbox. You can switch the settings to Deutsch and the game would often be dubbed in German in addition to German subtitles. I heard native speakers and mimiced the speech. I was able to hear dialogue in realistic situations. Unconventional but very effective. Many Germans have told me I don't have a foreign accent.

[@Spencer.Lucas1991]

You’re the best

[@MiladGorgin]

Which second-hand bookstore do you go to, Steve? The cranky old guy on Pender? 😁

[@9StickNate]

Here’s what I did, when I started learning German. I purchased blue, pink and yellow Post-It Notes. I labeled my refrigerator with a blue masculine note that read “DER Kühlschrank/ Die Kühlschränke”. I labeled die Mikrowelle/Mikrowellen with a pink feminine note. I placed a pink note on mein Kühlschrank mit Milch/Butter/Sahne/Cola/Torte as well as the plural versions. Das Fenster gets a yellow neuter post-it note. I labeled my mirror, window, stairs, door, appliances with labels. Anytime I see the label with the object. I say the object with the article. As my vocabulary improves. I use the word in a sentence.

[@naraaway]

Steve, este método podría funcionar para aprender holandés , sin vivir en el país y habiendo muy poco material en internet?de Alemán hay mucho

[@miguelluissousadias1371]

dutchies to be youtube channel, also dutch pod 101

[@TheVietnam0725]

"I haven't done much" and still has 10,000 more known words than I do after two years of a single language 😅

[@slimytoad1447]

Steve have you ever learnt languages through Language Stacking as Lindie Botes does??

[@Dai_Abdurrahman]

Danke. Aus Gradac Štajerska Austrija.

[@ugur76]

Why is his lingq web page is different? Is it new version?

[@androandro7179]

Can you put links to the German books you have on your website,please?

[@alwaysuseless]

*Deutsch:* Sehr interessant. Der Weg zum Lesen war das Lehrbuch für einen Deutschkurs, den ich an der Uni belegt habe. Es war schwer. Deutsch ist die einzige Fremdsprache, die ich auf dem B2-Niveau erworben habe. *English:* Very interesting. Der Weg zum Lesen was the textbook for a German course I took at university. It was hard. German is the only foreign language I've taken to the B2 level.

[@dorfkind8571]

Das soll B2 sein? Du bist viel weiter. :) Mindestens schon C1.

[@alwaysuseless]

@@dorfkind8571 Danke, aber leider scheint Der Weg zum Lesen heute noch schwieriger als damals.

[@Akinph]

Learning a language takes a lot of time and efforts and moreover you have to like the whole process of it. I know that there's quite a number of words in English, which are of German origin. But German grammar is complicated. Once I even started to learn German and then quit it. Simply didn't want to continue and study all that grammar rules. Here it comes again you have to like it! Which is obviously not in my case.

[@Roywebcafe]

Have you tried learning more than one language at a time? Tried German and Dutch but too similar and gets confusing.

[@batgirlp5561]

I think the question is how do you move to the intermediate level where you can listen and understand and read and understand. Right now I'd have to look up and translate every word of text.

[@CuteLittleLily]

Determination and will. Slowly you will reduce the translating and get better at it. Im still learning too but i now can read A2 text comfortably without translating. It takes time and habbit

[@bettinaannaaumer3632]

Das finde ich super! Herr Kaufmann, das ist klasse und ich hoffe, Sie könnten meine amerikanischen Cousins animieren Deutsch zu lernen. Second hand book store - great idea! Im Wandel der Jahre ... 1959 (published) I will send this podcast to my cousin. Jetzt lesen wir ... so cool! Deutsche Sprachlehre für Ausländer - Quer durch Deutschland ... Super!!!

[@vanefreja86]

I learned German for 7 years in school and have an ok understanding. But I need to reconnect with it, brush up on the vocabulary and maybe get a language exhange partner, who wants to practice Danish (my native language)

[@pouyabaghery4170]

Hi Steve. Hope you are doing ok. So, I started learning English about 7 years ago by traditional methods(classroom, grammar books, etc) and I am planning on learning French. So my question is this; How do I study the alphabet? Should I take the traditional approach(writing letters, memorizing how each one of the sound etc) or do I just start reading book until I understand? That is what keeping me from starting French really, because just like you I enjoy reading book and I want to be able to communicate through written record. I will appreciate it if you could guide me. Thank you.

[@hakandelabiarritz6750]

Its one of the best american spoken german I have heard. Its very good. I am impressed. Normaly its american with german words.

[@HenryVandenburgh]

Fantastisch. Selbst, habe ich als US Soldat viel deutsches Bier getrunken 1965 - 1968.

[@habhunger]

What is the name of the cassette recording? :]

[@jesuisravi]

It's very much more difficult for a native speaker of English to learn German than for him/her to learn Spanish or Italian and certainly more difficult than learning French. I speak from experience. I am trying to learn it again after several aborted attempts. The cases are not a problem but all those nochs and dochs and ans...

[@alexanderdragun2251]

I listened Rammestein over and over, till I knew the songs by heart

[@ahmedezaldean1743]

İ love you man

[@akir4388]

Kaufmann in russian means купцов

[@gelbblume9658]

It is best to learn languages ​​at a young age so that we can have an enjoyable time and benefit from the information, especially if our language is not universal or weak. Even international languages ​​are good to learn English. And at a young age. We must not pressure our children to learn languages ​​because it is just for fun, although it is very beneficial because we are not at the front, because children have small hearts, regardless of their gallbladder and spleen being afflicted with illness when they are young. Therefore, under the age of 5, we must not put pressure on our children and give them a lot of tenderness and cuddles so that they become confident in themselves and do not fear when the mother and father are not with them or they are far from the child.

[@FynnDynamite]

#Willkommen in der Gemeinschaft :) Liebe aus Chemnitz.

[@_TMac]

How long does it take to get to that dormant level, you called it B2?

[@methodicallivingwithalex2516]

Those books seem advanced in German. Shouldn't we be doing reading in our target language that's on our level? One of my greatest problems is understanding natives and comprehending them, maybe reading will help with that also!🤔

[@zambiasi6017]

Hallo, ich kann auch deutsch sprechen, guten morgen guten abend es ist sehr gut mein deutsch

[@alwaysuseless]

Haha. Vielleicht noch nicht.

[@phoenixkibara458]

Hallo. Can anybody list all the books mentioned in the video. Thank you in advance

[@akli1108]

English is a germanic language for you it's more easy to learn it that's all. For à latin speaker like spanish italian or french it's complicated.

[@Theone_h]

I honestly use video games German dub or subtitles to learn more vocabulary.

[@pabitramaitri]

Hello,Steve Nice to meet you I ask something,do you speak Hindi?

[@ThiagoSilva-dj9qz]

How I learned german? Working hard! 😄 That's simple!