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[@allie2185]

0:49 I’m pretty sure she said 'Germanic languages', not 'dramatic languages'.

[@checkcommentsfirst3335]

triggered me hardly

[@mycro575]

@@checkcommentsfirst3335 Me too

[@computerjantje]

German is for sure not a dramatic language. You can say a lot about Germany but they are not into drama :) So I guess she meant Germanic

[@EvelynL.1112]

Yeah, I can't believe the subtitles got it wrong! 😠

[@maurice8180]

Who the fuck gets that wrong? 😂 On a language channel too 😂🤦‍♀️

[@henryqu19]

Francesca 🇩🇪 is very cute and friendly , I was sad when back then she said she wanted to go home because of the country flags game 😊 and welcome , Megan from USA 🇺🇸

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

I totally agree with you, my friend

[@______yawn6419]

ur like in every vid bro

[@hanswurst9437]

She looks more asian 😺

[@shangarashang6323]

@@hanswurst9437 Especially with some small acts.

[@jandeusvult2920]

gotta love the subtitles for this one. "Theyre both dramatic languages" she clearly stated GERMANIC

[@teofanna]

The German sounds so much nicer than the american English. And I don't understand why the americans don't study foreign languages from early age - the fact that English is international doesn't mean anything. Studying languages develops the brain and increases the general culture about the world: something they all miss.

[@florecitadelcampo13]

They should study geography too 😅

[@rodaross]

First, I agree 100%,. People should be at least bilingual from the very beginning. Unfortunately, it is true that most of the Europeans speak enough English to communicate, so normally any American in Europe does not need to speak any language but English. In Belgium even in conversations between the natives of the two different regions they switch to English instead of choosing French or Flemish. Second, the roots the situation are mostly geographic and historical. In Europe you take a car and after just one hour the people in streets could be speaking a completely diffent language. So you need to learn different languages just to move around. Conversely, the USA is a very large country, really big, and so until the last three or four decades, most the Americans would have needed to take a plane to get to place where English was not spoken. The same happens in Brazil, another very huge country, and for the same reason. Even though Brazlians learn other languages in the school, most of them don't care a little bit about really "learning" other languages. In a lesser degree it also happens in China.

[@T0m41_08]

Yes! Idk why we Americans don’t start learning Spanish/German/any language at a young language cause our parents think we wouldn’t need it unless our parents know it and know people who speak it. Like when I was younger I had two friends who I didn’t understand who spoke Spanish and I didn’t understand but I picked up on it until they went back to Spain. That’s why I’m gonna grow up my future children to be bilingual!

[@cuba223]

Its cause a lot Americans don't venture out of America, our country is bigger than all of western Europe. So for people in Europe learning languages makes more sense because you can drive 4 hours and go through 3 different countries while we could drive for 10 hours and still be in the same state...

[@cuba223]

for example from Maine our most eastern point to California is about 3300 miles. but from Lisbon Portugal to Moscow Russia its only 2800 miles, and every single state in between speaks English, and our northern neighbor also speaks English with some French parts. the only reason we would NEED to know another language would be for Mexico, and on top of that most Americans are only going to tourist areas there where they also speak English. so we don't have the need to learn another language unlike Europe.

[@eliseivanica]

i’m just shocked that the american girl didn’t know nivea 😭 i’m australian and its pretty huge over here.

[@ulvessens5902]

Ikr, even as a guy I've known of Nivea most of my life and use their products as well!

[@badecnamor]

in Spain too!! 😅

[@ishanpuri04]

in india tooo😂

[@maxwellcorbin4764]

I'm also from the US and have never heard of it. I don't think we have it.

[@matthewdefilippo5700]

@Maxwell Corbin Yes we do. Many places

[@DidrickNamtvedt]

When Francesca talks about Gerrman and English both being Germanic languages, stemming from the same root and the subtitles somehow make it be "dramatic" languages lol 😂 But this was a fun one, and also a fun fact: Schwartzkopf means "black head" but that could probably be a little too pc to mention that in the video too lol.

[@Peter-ik4cd]

Is English a Germanic language, I didn't know this 🤔

[@oliverhuhn9889]

​@@Peter-ik4cd In terms of it's structure, yes, and a large part of the vocabulary as well. If you want to know more. There is a in-depth video on the youtube channel "Langfocus" titel is "Is English Really a Germanic Language?"

[@frigginjerk]

@@Peter-ik4cd English started as a Germanic language, but when the Normans conquered England in 1066, a lot of French/Latin vocabulary came into the language, although the grammar stayed Germanic, just simplified a bit. Something like half of the words in modern English are Franco-Latin (French being a descendant of Latin). A lot of the "fancy" words are from French, whereas the words a medieval peasant would have said on a daily basis stayed Germanic. For example, "House" in German is "Haus." In French, it's "Maison," which applies to everyone's house, not just the rich guy's big "mansion" as we might call it in English.

[@thomastschetchkovic5726]

You are correct that half of the lexicon is of franco-latin origin, but in terms of usage the balance is thrown way of. The Germanic words are the small words, the essentials, the ones you need to build a sentence and those you use to describe everyday things and actions. In this comment alone ~45 of 61 words are of Germanic origin.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

@@thomastschetchkovic5726 You got it all right. We French have Germanic influence

[@philstilcke3855]

Volkswagen doesn't mean, it is only for the German people, it means, that it should be a car which can be purchased by all the people because of the price.

[@optimist_KMA]

oh, Francesca opened a new (for me) perspective to look at languages! I didn't think that way!

[@esthermariasaezmayoral4566]

I loved this Germán Girl since the first time she appeared in these videos.shes so sweet and well mannered😃. I lke also some words in German can be learned because its a very beautiful lange very undervalued. I know its really difficult we must recognize It but surprises me that Many people think It sounds so hard like dutch or russian,for me they are beautiful languages. Lets celebrate diverstity. Its cool i like this Channel for this reason and much more.greatings.

[@francescatv6377]

🥰🥰🥰

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

Me too, my friend. She is so cute person

[@nathanspeed9683]

Francesca has grown on me, she’s so sweet and love her German accent! Always great to see a new participant, 👋🏻 Megan! There must be a lot of Americans living in Seoul! As an Australian, we pronounce Nivea and Adidas similarly to Germany. We get Nivea and Schwarzkopf here.

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

True, my friend

[@joebarrera334]

Francesca knows exactly what she's talking about. English and German are cousin languages with very different developments (1066, never forget) whose vocabularies diverge dramatically in higher registers of the languages. As a German learner it's frustrating trying to read some things in German when I don't recognize most of the nouns. I wonder if she studied linguistics or English or German in college.

[@xxx_phantom_xxxw_t_a9479]

"Volkswagen" is actually what was thought at the time, a car for the folk. History: The Führer commissioned Ferdinand Porsche to construct a car that anyone can afford to work on. This is how the "VW Beetle" (Ger. Käfer) came about. However, Porsche did not have a factory that could even come close to producing what was expected, so it was decided (probably mostly with funds from the Reich) to create an independent factory (and brand). This explains at the same time why on the one hand there was a certain similarity between the "old" 911 and the Beetle and the basic concept, engine at the rear, was identical in both, as was the air cooling back then. We here in Switzerland have 4 official national languages, a 2nd national language has always been compulsory (in the meantime I think it has simply changed to a 2nd language). But I know that today many learn English as well as a second national language.

[@marcanthony8873]

Nivea is definitely in the USA. Fairly big, too. I’m really surprised Megan’s never seen it. I had to look up what birkenstock were but yes, those are very popular as well.

[@Jpeg13759]

Bullshit ! "Nivea" is as german as the "Oktoberfest" They might produce that stuff over there in USA, but, "Who invented it ?" "WE did"!!!

[@marcanthony8873]

@@Jpeg13759 I think you misread what I wrote

[@rinmartell2678]

@@Jpeg13759 Bro, WTF?😂😂

[@helenatube]

Yeah as an American I'm shocked she's never heard of it.

[@angyliv8040]

I’m not a English native speaker but I get volks is folks in English. I think when you know more than one language you start to make connections between words. It’s more easy and faster to understand things. And even more when you know a language of the same family. When I learned Japanese was easy for me to understand Korean…. Nivea it’s very famous but I think more in Europe.

[@Peter-ik4cd]

So now you speak japanese and korean that's amazing well done

[@klugscheier1644]

It‘s not exactly the same tho. I don‘t thing there is an English synonym to Volk.

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

@@klugscheier1644 Folk is the English synonym to Volk in German. Both derive from dialects of West Germanic. Same with wagon/Wagen. The word people came from Norman French, and is more commonly used in English, but you can totally say folks to refer to people in English, especially in more casual conversation.

[@klugscheier1644]

@@lissandrafreljord7913 yeah i know the expression „folks“ but as you said it is used for people which would be like „Leute“ in German i guess. Didn‘t know that a folk are the people of a nation tho. Never heard it used that way..

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

@@lissandrafreljord7913 France and Germany used to be Nation called the Frankish Empire or Kingdom of Franks. Frank people 🇪🇺🇨🇵🇩🇪

[@Arachnid-Man]

Me a Dutch guy: I can pronounce it all!

[@greendro6410]

What Megan don't know what is Nivea when it something that's even popular in the U.S . I can't believe this 😯

[@ronnythetrooper]

You can learn Spanish or French in school as an elective but it's usually in high school and you only take a year...maybe 2 if you want to keep going but most don't do more than a year as it's an optional class for the most part.

[@Noah_ol11]

I like how Francesca isn't the stereotype of Germany 🇩🇪 , the way she speaks isn't agressive and loud , she doesn't like beer that much , even her name isn't german neither from any germanic language

[@JosephOccenoBFH]

And Francesca sounds more like an Italian name ..

[@Noah_ol11]

@@JosephOccenoBFH yes , that's right , it's an italian name , pretty popular in countries where the languages are from Latin , France , Portugal , Brazil , Argentina , Spain...

[@atticustay1]

Agreed. It’s a very annoying stereotype

[@linaaaa492]

@@JosephOccenoBFH shes also half italian

[@AtomicMushroomz]

I have literally never heard that as being a stereotype for German people. I always heard it was the exact opposite. That's really strange 🤔

[@ledkicker2392]

Nivea has been always known in Belarus and Poland, but mostly as deodorants But I've never heard of Birkenstock, we mostly use cheaper brands for sandal shoes

[@nikamuszynska6315]

I am from Poland and almost everyone has birkenstok

[@Jpeg13759]

Nivea is a fatty creme in a blue Tin Can, which i know all my Life.... Just smear it on your little bruises, always works... "Penaten Creme" is even better, in a yellowish Tin Can, think there is more Sheep Fat in it.... If you think, German Chemistry is done by now, don´t forget "Aspirin" !!! Or the german "Panzer-Schokolade", which hat lots of Meth in it. Yes, our fucking Führer kept us high on drugs... Did you know, he was a drug-addict himself,

[@computerjantje]

same here in The Netherlands. Nivea is huge but I never heard of Birkenstock. Then again There are thousands of American brands known all over the USA which we never heard of here.

[@iys6890]

Nivea is popular in Canada!

[@uliuchu4318]

Megan's pronounciation of Birkenstock became really northern, almost swedish really fast

[@hannanehstm9514]

We used to pronounce BMW as Germans ( which is a correct form) but some people start to pronounce it as English pronunciation and say this way is correct and you are outdated . Happy to see this video🤣

[@drstrangeman]

Francesca is so small and adorable like she must be protected at all costs.

[@kirksway1]

Francesca is such a doll! 😍

[@christianhansen3292]

i have used Nivea skin product before. And i am an American.

[@derwolf9670]

Sehr sympathisch, Francesca. Grüße aus der Heimat

[@francescatv6377]

Liebe Grüße🥰

[@moritzwalser]

Grüße aus Bayern 🔵⚪🤗

[@LIA-52]

3:20 sometimes I flip it around to "Benz-Mercedes" or contract that to "Benzedes"

[@edeschneeden9223]

Endlich mal eine Deutsche die sanft und normal spricht und nicht absichtlich rumbrüllt damit die Welt denkt wir sind Uruk-Hai hier.

[@faithtroupe8998]

I’m surprised she didn’t know Nivea. Though I didn’t know they made body wash and shampoo. Only knew about the body lotion, cold cream, and face wash.

[@jwb52z9]

I was surprised also. I mean, you can get Nivea lotion at the Dollar Store.

[@w00tz4ibanez]

You can get Nivea in the US but vast majority doesnt use it so no one really knows what it is. There are other moisturizers that are very popular here, like Aveeno and Neutrogena. Nivea is amazing though and well known to much of the rest of the world! Part of it I think is that it’s so accessible and almost exclusively *the* moisturizer elsewhere.

[@natedang5025]

@@w00tz4ibanez Agree. I did see Nivea in some drug stores but mostly people buy Neutrogena or Cerave. I always thought they made cheap products until I went to Germany and saw some 20 something euro creams from Nivea.

[@wraspita]

Nivea is the brand while the company behind is Beiersdorf. The same way as Gillette (brand) and Procter & Gamble (company).

[@ChristianCharry]

they are both so cool

[@Spt41007]

Francesca is just so god damn beautiful I don't think I ever see anyone so beautiful like her in Germany for my years of living in southern Germany

[@jpomr]

Dainty german🤣

[@Peter-ik4cd]

Yes ☺

[@nikaswords17]

To the subtitle person - germanic languages, not dramatic 😅🙈

[@Startwenty0ne]

Nivea is very popular in Indonesia, I'm shocked when she didn't know this. I have a lot NIVEA products on my home

[@_888_]

Sehr sympatische Damen. 😊

[@user-qn7cq9nq9e]

Немецкий язык очень красивый)

[@sergueiignacinskybenitovic3025]

"dramatic languages" 😂😂😂

[@muriellefin807]

Nivea is well known here in Argentina lol…

[@user-ws2me9xm8t]

So easy attitude, funny atmosphere

[@toomasargel8503]

I was learn elementary school german language but that was 1983 until 1990 .

[@jeffedrade]

in Brazil we used NIVEA a lot, and pronounce the same way.

[@hanswurst9437]

And you build alot volkswagen 🤭

[@sandraperlstein79]

Nivea is in Canada. I've seen so many commercials for it. Also I'm used to some of these words because I've been to Germany too many times to count.

[@khanhb2630]

My god , i just watch the video becuz of the so cute German lady !

[@jodamin]

If you translate VW /Volkswagen it's more Like "Car of the common people" rather than "Germany's car"

[@cloosat]

Great video as always, but we need a dimmer background cuz my eye is getting blasted.

[@karllogan8809]

Welcome Megan 🙂

[@maevehartstein995]

Nivea is in the States

[@brunokubin]

A video with Francesca and Christina would be an overdose of sweetness and wholesomeness lol Make it happen tho!!!!!

[@MrPantheraUmbra]

Yes.

[@francescatv6377]

I would love to! 🥰

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

👍👍👍🥰🥰🥰

[@hollish196]

Francesca is great in every video.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Es lebe Deutschland From 🇨🇵❤🇩🇪

[@francescatv6377]

Thank you so much 🥰

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

I totally agree with you

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 😍❤️

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

@@francescatv6377 You're welcome From Frankreich

[@pahis1248]

was fun :)

[@toomasargel8503]

05:19 Wagen is also interpreter.

[@maikigr9560]

In Baden-Württemberg where Mercedes-benz is located we even dont say neither of them we call it daimler xD

[@francescatv6377]

Omggg really??? That’s so interesting!!

[@maikigr9560]

@@francescatv6377 u think so? The reason is Gottlieb Daimler (sidenote the name Gottlieb is similar to Amadeus) who invented the engine with mr. Maybach (cant remember his first name tho) And volkswagen is a car for General public considering the time i started it was just 1 car not a brand (i was probably "for the germans" but more likely becouse the World wasnt connected as today u had to go for your own Market to be succesful at the start not like it is today so its not against other countrys like it may seem for some ppl if told too easy we are speaking about germany tho xD

[@irgendeinname9256]

Lol as a German who grew up in BaWü I always thought Daimler is a specific kind of mercedes

[@nickyg7557]

6:50 every federal state here has got at least one brewery/beer brand, so beer is so german haha and also many famous brands who maybe even foreigners would know like Warsteiner, Pils, Krombacher, etc... I think these are really well known

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

This is really interesting video

[@oulboyy6538]

Francesca is very cute, probably the sweetest german girl ever 😍

[@EduardoReyes-bx6ly]

Ty

[@Vrumfondel]

In Germany, in Baden they say "I have a Benz", in Swabia they say "I have a Daimler", and in the rest of Germany they say "I have a Mercedes".

[@florecitadelcampo13]

I don’t know in the States, but definitely in Mexico we have all those brands

[@giyutomioka2562]

The German girl is awesome

[@user-ve4dk8li5i]

Agree 🎉

[@kirdot2011]

Probably the cutest German I've ever seen

[@SuperJuvexxx]

She's half italian

[@kirdot2011]

@@SuperJuvexxx I guess that kind of explains it

[@herrbonk3635]

Then you haven't seen many german girls... (She's cute though!)

[@francescatv6377]

Yess my dad is italian 🥰 thank you!!!

[@kirdot2011]

@@herrbonk3635 I haven't

[@luschulz2370]

"even tho it's a double U" 💀

[@vickmulishafelix3377]

Francesca what a lovely girl !!!

[@gotmilk91]

I wanna hear the girls say TELEFUNKEN ... and Blaupunkt

[@mello662]

watching these video's im confused how the subtitles are wrong

[@vuuugle]

Nivea is the third most famous cosmetic brand in India after Lotus and lákme.

[@nitishsaxena1372]

I'm from India and I've never heard of Lotus

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

We French have Nivea. A really common cosmetic brand here as well 🇨🇵

[@lanzsibelius]

It is also very popular here in Mexico, I think most people know it. But I always thought that it was french, it just doesn't sound german.

[@vuuugle]

@@nitishsaxena1372 you don't! Thats surprising.

[@MrMackievelli]

Nivea is definitely a thing here, especially lotions.

[@learntofly5024]

I like megan, she's so cute

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

Me too

[@koonaikoo]

I am from India and Nivea is super popular here! Glad to know we pronounce it correct!

[@alvallac2171]

*correctly

[@greendro6410]

Francesca what a cute half German half Italian girl 😊

[@francescatv6377]

Thanks! It is true my dad is italian 🥰

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

@@francescatv6377 🥰🥰🥰

[@madhatterdo5458]

Well i think the first attempt on "Hefeweizen" also wasn't bad, because it sounded like the German "Wiesn" (which is a nickname for Oktoberfest) and that is pretty close to Hefeweizen ^^

[@kim99jung]

BMW - Bavarian Motor Worke Its unfortunate that she didnt say it out.

[@ariltonpires7336]

this german girl is so lovely

[@ArturoVilchez92]

"Even though it's a double-u" - most American thing I've ever heard

[@christianstainazfischer]

Originally W and U didn’t exist. Only V did and it was called oo and it either made the U or W sound depending on context in a word. Later the W sound started to shift to a V sound, so they kept V for the V sound and rounded out the letter to an U to make the oo sound. When German adopted the Latin Alphabet, there no longer was a letter to represent the W sound so they took two V V’s (oo’s) and put them together. W=W, V=V, U=U. German then went through a sound shift where just like Latin into Italian, the German W shifted into a V sound, thus the letter's name changed. When English adopted the Latin Script, there was a different letter, winn, to represent the W sound, but we eventually got red of that and replaced it with the German W letter.

[@anndeecosita3586]

A lot of Spanish speakers say doble u en vez de doble v

[@RagingGoblin]

@@christianstainazfischer Er, really? I think V and F were used pretty arbitrarily in historic German, tbh. V isn't a phoneme in German (since it's always /f/). I'm pretty sure it wasn't a phoneme in Middle-High-German either. Can't talk with certainty for Old-High-German but yeah, I'm 90% certain it wasn't. In Middle-High-German you had stuff like vruowe und vuoz but it was still actualised as /f/. And I could swear that Old-High-German used predominantly 'f' for the phoneme. I remember /fihu/ for /Vieh/ (cattle), but that's about all the vocabulary I can remember starting with /f/. And that devolved into /vich/, /vihe/, and /vehe/ in MHG. The /w/ phoneme on the other hand I'm definite is ancient in Germanic languages and hasn't changed forever. Since stuff like OHG -wer (Man) and Germanic *wera (Man) are basically unchanged for more than a thousand years ... Or look at Germanic *wintru OHG wintar MHG/NHG Winter. So I really think you must be mistaken.

[@christianstainazfischer]

@@RagingGoblin check out Luke Ranieri's video about the v sound in latin

[@christianstainazfischer]

scratch that, check out the video by nativlang about modding the latin alphabet

[@serdadumataram3793]

I love Jerman

[@bubbles001gray7]

Good lord Francesca you are the cutest. I like when she said with a little attitude "It's a V in german".

[@francescatv6377]

Thank you so much 🥰😭

[@MandMs05]

Me: "Yes it's a BM Doppelvau" "It's BMV Veh"

[@almogozi7460]

She could know the name Schwartzkopf from the American general from the first gulf war Norman Schwartzkopf

[@karenthomas4575]

Can't believe American girl doesn't know Nivea

[@mimamo]

German and English of the group of "dramatic" languages, lol.

[@kenmonster3594]

I laughed a lot

[@holabombon8380]

Mercedes, an hispanic name 🥰

[@heros2110]

Volkswagen literally means Car of the public or the people. It's not like Porsche or Mercedes-Benz, which descend from given or family names.

[@Samcaracha]

Adolf and Horst ADIDAS Rudolph and Armin PUMA, all called lastname "Dassler" (hence the name AdiDAS. It was first called "GeDa", as for "Gebrüder Dassler", which meins Dassler's brothers" in English.). They were brothers in the same industry, but into some kind of conflict. It is not fully known or reconstucted what this was really about. A dark periode after the war, but why this kept on: No answer. But yes, they were born in Germany and their sons as well, but other than that I could say nothing out of my head.

[@Mike8827]

A Hefeweizen isn’t a brand but a type of beer , a German style wheat beer

[@cixelsyd40]

same with Dunkel

[@lemontea221]

I was surprised and shocked twice. First, I never imagined that Nivea was German brand. Second, American girl didn't even know that brand lol. I thought Nivea was quite famous as like Adidas. But anyway thanks for funny and interesting video!

[@somersault4762]

the Company is Beiersdorf. It produces Eucerin (moisturizer), Labello (lip balm), 8x4 (deo) as well

[@florianlasser2779]

Volkswagen basically means „peoples car“ or car of the people and was founded during the NS Regime (funny beard guy)

[@demon6937]

the German lady is elegant and beautiful 😍 I'm in love

[@liveforever141]

Francesca is so pretty! More videos with her!!!

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

German are gorgeous. She’s my type 🇨🇵❤🇩🇪

[@francescatv6377]

Thank you🥰

[@mydanny6523]

I like both of these girls Francesca and Megan who have a sense of humor but softly 😂👍

[@eladbenm]

In my country we say folksvagen😭😭😭

[@Mike8827]

Which is exactly right . V = F and W = English V in German

[@elisabellaaaa]

I actually find German to be a way softer language than English

[@irwanolenk8915]

GERMANY BRAND 🇩🇪❤️🇩🇪

[@Peter-ik4cd]

German and English are beautiful and cute languages

[@genchwanlim2970]

They are both Germanic languages. Not "dramatic languages".

[@florianlasser2779]

I can insult people in 4 different languages 😂

[@markr1550]

Nivea is a big thing in the US

[@MissLeni98]

These Girls are so cute

[@andrebrodbeck3883]

0:47 she did not say dramatic, she did say germanic.

[@tomastokos9122]

Volkswagen- is the: car of the people

[@SnowmanTF2]

Given how many of the brands have run massive ad campaigns with the names localized, it seems hard to consider it pronounced wrong.

[@maxime1776]

I like how the subtitles aren’t even right