How well can you learn German in 5 months?

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[@VMRVid]

I just realized I've been studying for five months and I can understand everything if I read the German subtitles.

[@camilagusmao8898]

@@jorgeanderson9032 How ddi you start to study ? and what kind of methods did you use to learn?

[@miraito8039]

Ikr it's a great feeling. Like I think I'm not learning then I end up understanding

[@hazeldaniels1679]

Omg I didnt constantly recognize that I was understanding it until I read this comment, I forgot I was even listening in a foreign language at all

[@borepopnikolov2477]

@@hazeldaniels1679 i relate... weirdly lol

[@saratchandramv1886]

@@hazeldaniels1679 God i want to have that feeling as well.

[@mathswithpete5078]

Not bad. His German is at an advanced stage and whilst obviously he misses the odd word he can understand enough to communicate effectively. Very impressed with the level reached after just 5 months.

[@Theyoutuberpolyglot]

Entrepôt Melbourne we never know if he started it from scratch or not. It is not the same reviewing your languages skills to learn a new language. If it were so easy, I would probably speak 20 languages. 1 language per year. Another point to mention is- if you learn fast, you tend to forget fast. It is not only about learn, but also recall what you have learnt. It takes time to stick all the information in your brain. We don’t know if he prepared the dialogue or not. Did he speak of the cuff?

[@shawnruby7011]

@@Theyoutuberpolyglot that's a bit paranoid, the guy running this is proud of his system and doesn't seem flashy

[@soniahassan6830]

I have been taking the SmarterGerman course and I have gone from a beginner to intermediate level in a few months. The course is absolutely amazing and Michael is a great teacher and course creater. Thanks to SG many of us can speak very good German without needing a script beforehand! Danke

[@GurmeetSingh-ls8xb]

5 months with this level of German is a great achievement. We should not forget the hard work of people like Michael from SmartGerman are putting in order to create & give us such materials which help us not only to learn German but also learn it fast. Thank you Michael for creating usch videos. and best of luck to Jorden.

[@pustexanmnecefova6732]

I think he has some problems with pronunciation but generally, his speaking is perfect!!!!

[@Theyoutuberpolyglot]

pustexanım necefova he speaks fluent German to a certain extent. Yeah 😎, you can tell he has a strong American accent. It is difficult to understand him without making an effort. I assume his German level is between B1 and B2.

[@keithwheeler7452]

This video is simply inspirational. I thank you both so much for posting it. I have used it throughout my German learning as a reference point of my progress and a reminder to be determined when the going was tough. Jordan is so humble yet motivated and it’s so good to have a demonstration of his fantastic ability with the honesty that it’s come with serious dedication together with a well designed learning strategy. I hope you realised some of your future university study goals Jordan.

[@joalexsg9741]

Amazing! Just in five months achieve such a level, wow, congrats!!!

[@alejandrasalgado5492]

I have being learning German for 2 months by my own, and l can understand 50% of what he said with out reading subtitles. 😍🎊🍷

[@bilalkontakt9330]

That's great. Can I ask what tools are you using? Any books or websites that helped?

[@gracelyn5806]

Thats awesome for 2 months! What have you been using to learn the language?

[@cerafinrenga6966]

Grössartig. Gratulations!!!! Ich habe Deutsch von eine Jahre gelernt.

[@galaxydave3807]

@@cerafinrenga6966 von eine Jahre?

[@koitaki]

Looks like that resulted from a lot of hard work + a dedicated effort at immersion + good training strategies...good stuff Jorden (& Michael)!

[@nathancironi4575]

Well done man, very impressive progress!

[@BeyondLucidDreaming]

I took a year of German in school, but nothing at all for a decade. Now, I've been at it for about 4.5 months and I'm nowhere near that speaking level, but watching this actually made me realize how much I have learned. I was able to follow along with only a few moments of confusion. I've been learning in Duolingo, mass amounts of KZbin lessons, memorizing German songs and their English translation, and otherwise just trying to immerse as much as I can in the states. It's still not enough, though, and so it's quite clearly time for me to get out there and start having conversations.

[@OverlyCurly]

Are you using the mobile version of duolingo or the desktop web version?

[@ELEISONCARABALLO]

It is very inspiring for me. Very good job when you have determination. I am in need to learn German in order to work and live in Austria, so I will start work on it.

[@hurtstosmile]

That was such inspiring. Vielen Danke!

[@arankakurcinak5789]

Herzliche Glückwunsch du bist sehr sehr gut ☺️☺️☺️

[@waveculture]

Superb! Congrats to both of you :)

[@senaykaranfil7487]

He produces many German words and sentences.Congratulatuations. I hope (ich hoffe)pronunciation (Aussprache) will be better.

[@sosacu3785]

Thanks for sharing. Inspiring

[@slimsleepy262]

That's really amazing he can have a whole conversation like that. Awesome. I am learning German now just started.

[@wise_fool]

how's it goin' ?

[@PROTAGONIST_48]

Gut, mann.

[@mohammedeleriaan5986]

and After one YEAR have you finally reached your goal yet ?

[@adilO.o]

Really inspiring video and story !!

[@rahulkumar-nl2uk]

Too good sir, please do more this type of video

[@kobayashi_bslsk]

I would say his grasp of the conversational ability is great for 5 months and was better than I was at that stage. But my german teacher was fresh off the boat and paid more attention to pronunciation

[@italianwithkati]

Congratulations to Jorden. In my opinion, his German is B2. I'm still a A2, but I started taking German lessons with a GERMAN teacher. I hope I'll achieve the same result as Jorden did. Thanks for sharing this video

[@yuma1102]

What happend ?

[@Cairol58]

Very interesting and informative video. And Jordan is definitely doing well especially after just 5 month of learning. I spent decades of learning the language but I am still not perfect when it comes to certain things like in classical literature and so on, this being a native speaker ;-). Currently I am trying to learn some Russian, tried it once and never got really going but I found a KZbin channel recently which might do the trick for me: the guy running this channel is a young Russian, now living with his American wife in the US. He is teaching Russian to Americans mainly and I find his style or method by far easier than as if I would do it German to Russian ;-) Sounds maybe weird but it is what it is for me. Life is full of miracles ;-)

[@sumiyamfu1527]

Wirklich gut gemacht jounge Mann. Ich gratiliere dich

[@elhaamhasan1136]

I self studied german from scratch for 1 and half months and passed my B1 exam and 2 out of 4 components of my B2 exam. So don't lose hope!

[@elhamali8511]

can i ask what resources you used and how did you manage to speak german?

[@jinettew.3192]

OMG, very similar level to me. I am also at 5 months of learning German!

[@MatHanley]

Wow 5 months, also did you submit these subs or did KZbin do it? Side point if Google has done it, it's had to follow two processes. One listen to the German, then translate it to English. Both processes tend to have errors and I didn't watch all of it but for the section I did watch - it read really well. That's impressive if so.

[@streetfoodmadness6333]

wow he so fluent im learning a1 now i need to pass b1 its my fourth language i hope i can make it

[@yousefmaher8206]

How are you doing after 1 year

[@JNDSAN95]

es kommt auf seine anderen Fähigkeiten an, sprich Hör-Leseverstandnis usw aber im Augenblick im grenzbereich B2, er hat ja erkannt, dass seine Aussprache verbessert werden könnte, davon abgesehen, könnte er seinen Wortschatz ausdehnen und ein paar wendungen benutzen um ein höheres niveau zu erreichen , beachtliche leistung nichtsdestotrotz schon so gut zu sprechen!

[@kaanerdem8274]

Ich wohne in die Türkei und ıch jetzt selbständig lerne Deutsch seit Januar 2021 kann. Ich bin froh dass ıch kann fast alles verstehen aber sprechen ist mein am schwierigsten Seite weil ich habe kein ein tandem partner. Ich hoffe, ıch wird nach Deutschland in August kommen. Danach glaube dass, ıch kann mein Sprachen verbessern. Ich will sagen dir vielen dank für das video für Deutschlerner

[@cerensahin6327]

5 aydır Almanca çalışmasına göre çok güzel bir almancanız var ben de kendimi almacada b2 ye kadar çıkarmak istiyorum. Siz nasıl çalıştınız bu beş ay boyunca acaba? Yani günde/haftada kaç saat, hangi kitaptan çalıştınız, özel ders falan aldınız mı?

[@Bumblebee76]

In Sweden many people speak German. Swedish and German languages has many almost similar words

[@ravikumarsharma141]

He can easily clear any level

[@memesena2313]

I have been learning GERMAN for about 110 days and I can understand everything!!!(without subtitles)

[@humanpewman3394]

Do something meaningful with you life. Listen closely at 10:54 what the teacher says. Speaks volume about what kind of perception the German society has for Indians. They might find the speaking mistakes by a American cute but won't even tolerate your accent.

[@161BMW]

@@humanpewman3394 how do u know they are Indian ?

[@161BMW]

@@SmarterGermanBerlin Indian students even when they speak English sometimes hard to understand their accent. The Freshy ones.

[@wise_fool]

"jetzt habe ich vier glaube ich" that sounded like a quote

[@booitsjohnny]

So does Jordan have an instagram? You know just to keep up with how his German's going >>:

[@jeanlrm]

Yeah I'm very interested too

[@mohammedallamy]

Hallo ich bin Mohammed ich wohne in Deutschland seit einem Jahr ich weiß nicht ob ich spreche deutsch gut oder nicht ich arbeite seit elf Monaten und ich hab kein Zeit zum Deutsch lernen und das ist der Probleme dass ich hab jetzt , auch ich wollte unbedingt nächstes Jahr studieren aber ich weiß nicht wie kann ich das schaffen ohne dass ich mein Arbeit verloren .

[@MIbrahimov24]

Meine erste eindruck ist schockierend. Er spricht ziemlich gut Deutsch. Es scheint so dass er motiviert ist Deutsch zu lernen. Ich denke wenn er lernt weiter so macht wird er seiner deutsch niveau mehr verbessern.

[@spookytheblackcat7416]

I have one year to be able to communicate in german can it be done? It doesnt have to be fluent but just so i can communicate and understand what is said to me.

[@RobertLinthicum]

Good effort = good results. One recommendation: Um, ah, ehm should be avoided. Silence is OK. If someone interrupts, fine.

[@taehan_]

Robert Linthicum Not necessarily. Natives really use ähm, um, ah

[@roderickanthony7211]

Yeah it will take some time But five months is a pretty good progress Ja es wird manche Zeit dauern , aber fünf Monaten ist ziemlich gut

[@Anaselamin]

You're right, I have this habit and I wish if I worked in stopping it from the beginning..

[@Waryfuls2]

as someone who speaks dutch and just lives over the border... i understand around 75-95% of every sentence but i can barely speak it, it's just that our words are alike i'd say i'm a1- a2

[@PetraStaal]

Zeer herkenbaar.

[@Devthereader]

Do u have any language school in germany

[@nwp6109]

Sehr beeindruckend sind sein Wortschatz und seine Sprachfähigkeit für einen 5 monatigen Lernende. Er muss noch seine Aussprache verbessern, aber er wird die b2 Prüfung bestehen. Mit ein bisschen Vorbereitung kann er auch erfolgreich die C1 Prüfung bestehen.

[@Theyoutuberpolyglot]

Pierre Désiré Olivier Michel Nko'o Wo'o C1 ist sehr schwer. Er spricht,er schreibt nicht. Bei der C1 Prüfung musst du Formelle Sprache kennen. Du musst die offizielle Sprache lernen, nicht die einfache Sprache die man im Supermarkt verwendet.

[@kerrysterll]

Mike can you help me ? I'm struggling with my pronunciation , the more I keep listening to German being spoken ; the more depressed I am ! My mum comes from Chesterfield & my dad comes from deepest darkest Yorkshire ! & I'm a mixture of the two / my East Midlands accent is really thick and I think in German well enough but I can't speak without tripping over German words & I can't read out loud without getting frustrated & feeling so stupid ! 😢

[@jordenhouse-hay760]

Cool to see this video get so many views! Michael and I recorded a follow up video a while after I passed the C2 test (and almost two years after moving to Germany). For those curious how my german learning progressed from here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6PCaGV_f62aZ5I&ab_channel=JordenHouse-Hay

[@deutschersprecher4278]

Bro, your deutsch learning journey is very inspiring. Hope I am able to reach B2 in one year.

[@signmeupruss]

I would like to ask is how much has it cost him to get this far? His result is impressive, but some of us cannot afford a paid speaking partner and we do not live among native German speakers.

[@nomecompleto5560]

Can you enter on Discord?

[@ShahzadHassanBangash]

@@nomecompleto5560 hey i am thinking of starting my masters in germany. Can you help me out ?

[@polyglotpengyou]

You don’t need money

[@suzib.8808]

in 5 months he can speak Deutsch very fast and well, how to do that? super

[@kinhelfa]

When I select 'English' from the captions menu only German subtitles appear. Has any other viewer experienced the same?

[@kinhelfa]

I may attempt a translation over the weekend and submit it to you for checking. What do you think?

[@kinhelfa]

Where may I submit my translation? Email address, preferably.

[@kinhelfa]

I sent them a few moments ago but, upon revisiting the video, I notice that you now have English subtitles available. I am not sure whether or not the translation is a result of my work, but it was a fun experience for me, a novice, to have completed such a task.

[@leizheng9089]

Such great content for beginner like me, who don’t know to start the course! 非常推荐！

[@leizheng9089]

smarterGerman too many options are available on the market. I’m starting from ABC video first.

[@jordanmullenhopkins]

@@SmarterGermanBerlin Im hoping to learn to surprise my gf (native Austrian) where should I start? (Also fairly limiting on money aspect of things.)

[@pamgardunho]

ich bin sicher er spricht genau so wie B2:) Herzlichen Glückwunsch!!, Ich bin Pamela und ich habe vor 5 Monaten Deutsch gelernt, als ich nach Deutschland gekommen bin, konnte ich kein Deutsch, und ich bin gerade in einer IntensiveKurs eigentlich in B1, außerdem spreche ich Gut Englisch, Spanisch (Muttersprache) und Gut Französisch auch. Ich muss sage dass sein Deutsch für 5 Monate ist ganz Perfekt!! Aber ich kenne noch nicht jemand wie ihn, In meiner Schule es gibt viele Ausländer, aber trotzdem niemand kann das Gut Deutsch, Das Programm in der Stadt (Nürnberg) vielleicht ist nicht so Gut, unserer Bücher sind zu langsam, und leider die Deutschen sind nicht so Freundlich auch, manchmal ich lerne im Bibliothek aber ist nicht genug. Es wäre schon dass Sie ein paar Tips zu uns geben können!!

[@hameedullahhamidi1099]

Ich wünsche dir viel Erfolg, Respekt

[@Theyoutuberpolyglot]

pamela garduno Te puedo dar un consejo. En alemán existe la inversión. Ellos dicen “ Gestern habe ich einen Apfel 🍏 gegessen“ Manchmal gehe ich in die Bibliothek 📚. Ese error también lo cometía yo en mis inicios. A veces voy yo a la biblioteca- así lo dicen. En vez de decir como nosotros lo decimos “ a veces voy a la escuela” ab und zu gehe ich in die Schule 🏫. In meiner Schule gibt es. Hier ein anderes Beispiel. Im Park gibt es ….

[@coal2710]

Für zwei Jahren versuchte ich Deutsch zu lernen, dann habe ich mir gesagt, "Warum lerne ich Deutsch?". Ich studiere Maschinenbau und die Muttersprache der Ingenieure ist Deutsch. Das war ein gute Grund um Deutsch zu lernen, dazu fand ich eine gute Lehrerin. Aber es gab ein Problem: wenn ich ein Fehler mache, korrigiert sie es nicht. Sie hat uns gesagt dass wir flüssig sprechen sollten und keine Angst haben, Fehler zu machen. Aber ich benutzte "in Deutsch" für "auf Deutsch" für lange Zeit und es ist nicht ein kleine Fehler. Wie kann ich Präpositionen mich bemerken? Kann jemand mir hilfen? Viele Grüße, Coal

[@Theyoutuberpolyglot]

Coal einen Fehler- Akkusativ mit merken. Dativ. Gute Frage. Du musst die Sprache einfach benutzen. Es gibt keinen Trick.

[@ft85915]

Wow very impressive. 😯 I guess I need to spend more hours studying German. I'm not even at A1 level yet. 😭

[@averagestan9671]

50 days in to learning German and understand all of this without subtitles BUT can't speak as well as this conversation yet. Actually getting speaking is the hardest part.

[@zaya421]

Can you tell me what did you use? And how did you start learning? What your materials if you can please

[@Profile.4]

I live in America. How should I learn, An online course? I can't find local instructors. Please help me, thanks

[@Profile.4]

@@SmarterGermanBerlin thank you, sir!

[@Theyoutuberpolyglot]

Seven Babbel, KZbin, search on Google. There are so many resources.

[@straaths]

Where are the subtitles you were talking about?

[@straaths]

Ah "activate them", you mean yt subtitles, well then I am not able to have both at the same time. That is what i expected. Ok, whatever

[@steverothmans5908]

i had german in school for 6 years and i understand maybe 5% of what theire saying... maybe i had bad teachers..not sure...i dont know why german is so difficult for me..ive learned english, but not german... i can understand everything in english...but it i try to watch a movie in german, i dont even underarand what the movie is about... its an incredibly difficult language

[@pek2602]

Dutch is similar to German so I can understand a few words

[@elizavetafrolova7672]

Ich glaube,wenn es weniger Akzent hätte, wäre es fast perfekt

[@gigglehertz]

He seemed to know the words, but his accent wasn't very good. He sounded like an American speaking German. And I'm not even fluent.

[@mrwurm5315]

@@SmarterGermanBerlin ich liebe du comentere

[@elenaquerida]

He sounds great! My only complaint is the “uhm” after every few words.

[@Theyoutuberpolyglot]

Alex Garay Don’t you do that in your native language? Do you speak without breathing? He could have used filters also, mal, instead.

[@idraote]

As for his level, I would agree with the B1, which is not bad for a five-month study time. Unfortunately his pronunciation is really bad. It does not impede comprehension, but it certainly doesn't make it easy. He makes several mistakes and some of his sentences are direct translations of English constructions. Two and a half years have passed and he's probably much better today. I do hope he found the time to focus on his pronunciation and on his spoken language in general.

[@Theyoutuberpolyglot]

Do you only have American students? No more than B2. You might be a brilliant teacher 👨‍🏫 and your students love you 😍. I mean the way you teach them German.

[@-First-Last]

@@SmarterGermanBerlin Does knowing English makes it easier to learn German ?

[@dg7438]

I've only been learning German for 2 weeks, but I can tell he has a very thick American accent LOL Excellent job as far as speaking in 5 months! He can fix his pronunciation later

[@SmarterGermanBerlin]

Just to save a lot of people a lot of pain due to this unfortunate belief: An accent doesn’t need “fixing” per se. If people understand you without effort you are fine. What’s worse is sentence structure and second wrong articles/endings. His accent is actually not that strong and today it’s even less present. Just for everyone’s information. Just met Jorden again a week ago.

[@Commentator541]

Ah actual universities where you CAN LEEEARN! I am so jealous! I wish i could live in the real world!

[@Commentator541]

At that time I was living in Serbia, bit not to worry I managed to escape. :)

[@ichbin5200]

I feel he has had previous knowledge of Deutsch. I will not let this Discourage me. I am American with German parents. 😕

[@montaser007ify]

Ich glaube er ist zwischen B2 , C1

[@Theyoutuberpolyglot]

M.Montaser Alhaj Ebrahim No C1, his vocabulary is not very advanced. His command of language is good to talk in common situations. The language he uses can be heard among friends,in the street, in some social situation, but not in academics field or in business.

[@jonrocker1983]

I've been self studying german for more than 2 years in a very disorganized way(few hours here and there, months of stops etc.) therefore my level is nowhere near as Jordan's....still I can't understand why I'm not impressed at all ..living in a country for 5 months + 3/4 hrs a day of study should be enough to be better than what he achieved...I think the girl showcased in the "B1 exam in a month" video was way way way much more impressive. Anyway that's just my 2 cents...I know that probably in reality that guy is better than the majority of people

[@jonrocker1983]

@@SmarterGermanBerlin no reason not to believe you moreover because you're an outstanding teacher...those were just my impressions...as I said, I still don't know why I wasn't impressed...probably his thick accent misguided me.

[@jonrocker1983]

@@SmarterGermanBerlin sure thing!

[@salah777]

German language isn't very hard as some english native speakers say ... i find Arabic and chinese a lot harder than German specialy that all the sounds in German exists in Arabic but Arabic has more sounds than any other language like: ق ط ص ض ظ ع

[@luking4freedom181]

Digga der geht ja ultra ab für 5 monate üFF 😎🧐

[@fero___3005]

I'M LEARNING FOR TREE MONTHS IM VERY BAD 😒😢 I CANT ABLE TO UNDERSTAND

[@fero___3005]

@@SmarterGermanBerlin nope ..studying 3hours per day... 😭 will try NEVER GIVE UP 🙏

[@user-lx1zr9gq7q]

b1

[@italianwithkati]

Ahmed Elkassas absolutely NO. he's definitely a B2.

[@honefone]

sounds like a total gringo but still pretty impressive

[@luammerces2461]

Callis is that u

[@TheMaineSurveyor]

He clearly has the vocabulary under his belt, but his accent could use some work. I'm sure that will come in time.

[@mc-eo5ri]

German and English have many common words and they have simiral grammatical structure. Take a Turkish guy and have the same result. I don't think it is possible.

[@kainmason]

I’ve been speaking English as my native language for 30 years and I don’t even know if I know as much English as he has displayed in German . 5 month is impressive

[@user-oq9vk2bp8f]

too much thigh for one frame

[@x7royalhbb943]

وش تقصد .ما فهمت

[@cj5273]

He has a good level of German but he needs to work on his pronunciation and accent

[@nyssatang1173]

American accent German 🇩🇪😹😹😹

[@humanpewman3394]

Spent 2 years learning the language. Only to realise that it doesn't matter since I am neither European nor white, it's difficult to get accepted in the society. The Bureaucracy is designed in way to keep non Europeans away. Also since I don't look like someone who might speak German, used to get to hear a lot of bad things whenever I used to go out. Like one of the politician once said "Kinder statt Inder". 10:54 Just realised the teacher proved my point. Shame

[@humanpewman3394]

@@SmarterGermanBerlin The kind of prejudices one has, not only influences the kind of choices one makes but also how they perceive same thing differently. Everyone has their own imperfections. Imperfections by one group of people are considered cute and the same imperfections by other group of people are not. This influences not only the kind of life one has but also the opportunities one can have. Refusing being a tandem partner is a small thing, people are being refused jobs here even in technical fields. Trying to narrate one's experience in a civilized manner is not called lashing out. I agree that generalizing everyone serves no purpose but it's also equally true that not everything is perfect. A lot of people have a rosy picture in mind thanks to the different institutions promoting German Language and Culture in different countries. If you are investing so much time of your life learning a language one should be aware of the other side as well. People who don't speak German have a easier time in the beginning here since the only difficulty they face is not understanding what is what while buying grocery. But someone who understands German can have shock of their life which can make them reconsider their life choices.

[@graceshrines]

His grammar is great, but he has the curse of the American accent, lol can't be helped! Very good progress for 5 months though!

[@boringnames6920]

Lol! Describe this to me!

[@Lucas-ht8ew]

His accent is so bad

[@MarleneBohr]

Ich, ich, ich.... Terrible pronunciation, even for the simplest words. It's annoying to the ears.

[@genekisayan6564]

Reaching a B2 level in 5 months is insane. It took me 3 years to reach that level in english from scratch 🥲

[@SmarterGermanBerlin]

The question is how you got there. Time elapsed on its own is not a useful criterion. For all you know you could have used some app or just watched yt videos which is a far more difficult way of learning due to the lack of a relevant structure. So 3y could be pretty good