Fun thing is, Grayson's German is getting so good, he's developing German inflection AND a Bavarian accent. If y'all stay in Germany, he'll be indistinguishable (languagewise) within 2 years at most
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife I had made the expierence that it really makes a difference, for learning a foreign language fast, wether you have a native speaker as a teacher in class, and when you´re living abroad.
And I think it would be even faster without the pandemic situation. Children learn fast, havin g contact with other children in school,... Having home schooling and reduced contact makes it quite difficult.
It’s probably also school, talking with many people and being put into situations where you have to speak their language. As adults, a lot of people speak English so if you don’t know sth, you’ll just quickly switch to English to explain. As kids, you don’t usually have that option. Might not be a big difference, but it adds up. But especially the socializing; talking helps the most when learning :D
Graysons Deutsch ist großartig! Aber noch viel interessanter finde ich, dass man bei Kevin so deutlich hört, dass er einen schwedischen Akzent hat! Ich hatte an der Uni eine russische Professorin, die in der Schweiz deutsch gelernt hat. Das war auch eine sehr interessante Mischung an Akzenten.
Grayson gets a huge compliment from me, too! Klingt spitze! And yes, total immersion. It feels like it’s so slow and then one day you suddenly realise how much you can say and understand. Just don’t worry about mistakes when speaking. When writing in German, that’s the time to make sure everything is perfect, but people make mistakes even in their mother tongue, and people also say, no, it’s like this or that in every language. The point is to get your mouth and brain expressing what you want to say, quickly and then you can build on that.
Longer than it should have because a lot of people spoke English to me and I let them. So I honestly cannot say. But my biggest tip is to watch German TV and films (not dubbed from English because they have to speak too fast). A great start is the most brilliant 4-parter (it’s a film, actually) about Ludwig II and Neuschwanstein, which you can find here on CZcams, subtitled in English, on a channel called German Period Dramas. (I’ll check the channel and edit if it’s wrong)
Grayson’s German has improved hugely! Er spricht so gut wie akzentfrei. Ich würde nicht ohne weiteres erkennen, das seine Muttersprache nicht Deutsch ist. In einem Jahr spricht er so gut Deutsch wie Englisch. The use of English words and phrases („Anglizismen“) is a hot-button issue in Germany. Some can’t use enough of them while speaking, others feel it’s much too much.
The Indian languages are really bad in this aspect. No one speaks a pristine form of Hindi or any other Indian language. The main reason I understand what my parents say is because they alway mix their language with English. Even worse, if you try to speak pristine Hindi (or the regional language) the locals will think you are a pompous dork.
@@sebastianliebmann6014 that comment is uncalled for. Coming from a family where the kids in several generations look very very different from each other people thought fit to tell that to their faces - which led to fears of being abandoned and being lied to.
Guten Morgen zusammen. Ihr könnt alle stolz auf euch sein. Ihr macht tolle Fortschritte! Graysons Aussprache ist nahezu perfekt. Kinder lernen Sprachen stets recht schnell und spielerisch. Noch ein weiteres Jahr, und er spricht Englisch mit einem deutschen Akzent 😆😉 Schönen Sonntag wünsche ich euch. Bleibt gesund.
Damn, it is awesome to see all the progress you make! Greyson hardly has any accent anymore. You really have to listen very closely to even pick it up. And if you make grammar mistakes, don't get discouraged, that is not the end of the world at all.
He is doing really great and he barely has an accent! Awesome. Way to go Grayson! He must have been living in Germany in a former life 😄😉 Also I love his smile and spirit. Actually all of you have it 😊
Lieber Grayson! Dein Deutsch ist wirklich sehr sehr gut! Es macht richtig Spaß, Dir (und deinen Geschwistern) zuzusehen, wie ihr von Video zu Video eurer Eltern immer besser werdet, und Du mit deinen Brüdern und deiner Schwester eure Eltern schon verbessern könnt! :) -and Sarah, your face at Kevins first Weißbiermention 5:33 - its priceless 😂
Grayson is doing awesome! Watching the No.1 news program of the country you're living in every day (Tagesschau in Germany i.e) is very helpful, i think. They usually speak very clear and correct.
I was so exited before watching this video just by reading the title, and I enjoyed every part of it. I love watching your videos, you are an adorable family.
Great job Grayson! The immersion is the reason why we make a difference between learning Deutsch als Zweitsprache (for foreigners living in a German speaking country) vs. Deutsch als Fremdsprache (for foreigners living in a different country) - there are actually different strategies and methods being used for each!
Ein großer Applaus !. Ich glaube, wenn ihr euch dieses Video in einem Jahr anseht, werdet ihr kichern und euch bewusst werden, wie weit ihr gekommen seid. I cannot remember much of the first year here in Vienna, ( it was a whirlwind year, including a wedding) but I do know that when I went back to the states 18 months later and tried my German on my uncle, from Berlin), he was most impressed 🙂 but he also said I had the local accent. 😀 You know you've arrived when German is in your dreams. Ask your children if they have dreams in German.
Grayson ist ein sehr charmanter Bub. In weniger als 10 Jahren wird er manchen jungen Damen den Kopf verdrehen.... Sehr schönes und fröhliches Video. Ein Sonnenstrahl in der dunklen Corona-Zeit..... Herzlichen Dank.
Wow, guys, your videos are awesome and highly addictive! I look forward to each new experience that you share with us. Grayson makes this video...he is incredibly smart and so full of love-for-life, or joie de vivre...excuse me, lebenslust. You are so natural with these episodes that you seen like friends we haven't met yet. Thanks for sharing!
Hey folks, thanks for the update. Time is flying, when you're having fun. Anyway, if, at some point, you'll be coming around the Lipperland, I'd be happy to show you guys around.
I’ve read some of the comments before he started speaking German so I was “prepared” for some good German, but damn it still blew me away how much of a German he sounds! If I didn’t know he was American, I would definitely think he’s German and always has been. :0
Wow, Grayson totally blew me away. Again. He even adopted something of a Bavarian "Klangbild" in German. This is not a dialect. Literally translated, a "sound-picture". It is neither an accent nor a dialect, because his German was perfect high German (Hochdeutsch). But the cadence, the slight difference in where the focus of inflections are placed is slightly, just a teensy slightly bit different from for example the Klangbild here in Hamburg, even when someone here speaks Hochdeutsch as well. It is sooo fascinating for me to see how he has developed within such a short time. BTW: not that this is bad, not in the slightest bit. It is just barely noticeable if you listen very very closely and you have lived in different regions of Germany for some time. It is only fascinating how he has picked this up. Amazing! Nope, the slightly elongated 'joooaaa' is pretty universal in German colloquial speech. While it might be slightly more used in the south, it will not be a 'betraying' sign of your origin. 😀 BTW: Sara, that "Weißwurst" was almost a perfect Bavarian pronunciation of it. You definitely picked up on that as well. 😀👍 Just for Kevin's dad jokes: Grayson is 10 now, so legally, under your direct supervision he can try a Weißbier at 14, if he wants to. He can legally buy and consume it at 16 himself, without adult supervision. At 18 anything goes. He has picked up the German humor already. He picked up on the literal question of travel in the past year (in 2022) and threw the answer back at ya. Nice! Good going, Grayson! 🤣 There's the joke that there are more clubs in Germany than there are German citizens. While not technically true, Germans absolutely looooove their Vereine / clubs. So becoming a member of a club is probably one of the easiest ways (except meeting other parents at the playground when your kids are there) to meet up and make friendships with Germans. Good for you that you decided to pick up on that tip! Total immersion: perfect! That is the first thing you should try. Not live in your own bubble, but expand it as far as possible. BTW: is the German grandma the one Sara commented on in one of her earliest videos after you arrived here that she had this beautiful garden? It would be sooo great to hear that talking with her about some horticulture could have opened up a friendly contact. You guys will do absolutely fine, and your advances are definitely highly noticeable. Keep it up, you will succeed, I am certain.
In case you want to improve your spoken German, there is a scheme called „Sprach-Tandem“ in Germany. You advertise (Facebook, black board in a store or a school) for a tandem and find a partner. You meet or call once a week and she/he speaks English to you and you answer in German. If the other person makes a mistake it is corrected by the native speaker. Win-win.
You have already learned a lot of German for such a short time. Much respect and applause. Grayson speaks with a Bavarian-American accent. Maybe in a few years he will melt the hearts of the girls, only while speaking :-)
What an amazing child you have. He will teach you a lot when he keeps growing. Never stop listening to him. Never stop learning. He is an amazing soul, i can feel it through the screen. Keep doing!
Ihr habt alle schon so große Fortschritte gemacht! Graysons Deutsch ist wirklich beeindruckend, aber dein Deutsch wird auch von Mal zu Mal besser, Sara! Das ist wirklich eine tolle Leistung, wenn man bedenkt, dass du selbstständig bist und dadurch weniger von Deutsch umgeben bist als die anderen. Du musst dich wirklich nicht entschuldigen oder unwohl fühlen, wenn du über die deutsche Grammatik stolperst - wir verstehen dich auch so ohne Probleme, und die Grammatik kommt mit der Zeit von allein :) You are all making such amazing progress! Grayson's German is really impressive, but your German is quickly improving too, Sara! That really is a great achievement considering you are self-employed and therefore not as surrounded by German as the others. Please don't apologise or feel bad for stumbling over German grammar - we can understand what you're saying perfectly fine, and the grammar will come to you with time :)
It's so awesome hearing people learn German but then having a Bavarian accent. It's like a German learning English in the deepest south of Alabama hand having a southern drawl. :D
That's amazing! Your German sounds really good! Quite inspiring to learn new languages and make new experiences! Also am learning French since two years.
Love your wee channel. Lots :) All 3 of you speak such a good German already! Its dead on. You ll be Bavarian's in no time. Keep up the good work. Thanks for brightening up my day with your videos and bringing some Home vibes to NI. Liebe Grüße aus Belfast ♡
Grayson's pronunciation is really really good! Always surprised how good kids are able to learn and speak a new language! I do understand english better than I speak, too 🤣 keep it up!
So awesome that Grayson even pronouces the English words (like Inlineskating) in a German way! Thanks for letting us hear him and you speak German. Go out and talk to the neighbors or your other German friends and gather experience. You'll get better with each time.👍
Haha 😁 Even as a german I always have problems ordering by phone at our Chinese restaurant. It's like a Kinderüberraschungsei. You never know what you'll get. 😁
I know some people (of American and Polish descent) who have lived here for 30 years and speak German really well, but still get the cases wrong. It doesn't really matter for succesful communication (but it will make you sound foreign, that's true).
On a different subject, you are really close to Italy. A drive from your location to Venice (through Austria) is about 5 hours. A little less than to Burg Eltz. Could be a great idea for a long weekend. And it's really cheap right now. The carnival of Venice is from Feb 12, 2022 - Tue, Mar 1, 2022. I think the kids would love it, and if I am not mistaken there is a school holiday in Bavaria during that period. (28 Feb 2022 - 4 Mar 2022)
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife Fantastic. I have seen Venice in the news, and it's pretty empty these days. They say they desperately need tourists. I can imagine Hotels or AirBnB's are pretty affordable right now. If you are interested, I can send you some really good and authentic restaurants.
Servus nach Bayern!! 🍀🍻 Absolutely impressive how good he is, amazing. He's getting a little Bavarian accent and it sounds so good. Kid's are not so afraid of everything they just do it and that's a huge advantage with learning something like a language and the kid's learning it together in different situations of life without overthinking it to much. Really cool that he likes to play ice hockey 🏒 That was a wonderful idea of video, it definitely helps to motivate other people.
Grayson looks so much like his father, the smile (and the sense of humour as far as I can tell) is almost the same! His German pronunciation is so good already, I couldn't tell where he is originally from if I didn't know!
Hey guys, I did enjoy your video as always, you had some good points there. It is clear that Grayson has a knack for languages, not only learning the grammar and words but also the intonation, dialect and so on, that's great to see. Talent and hard work are definitely paying off but as you already said, so does the complete immersion in the culture. I think you can learn a great deal from "the outside" but will only truly develop language skills similar to a native if you are surrounded by it. I had the biggest learning effects when I spent two weeks on my own in Ireland. A very short time but speaking and hearing English all the time and having to communicate to get by is helping so much. And you quickly realize it's okay if it's not perfect as long as you speak at all :D, something schools should apply too... I remember being super afraid of speaking in class as I could not speak a single word without being corrected or overly criticized. I also have some questions/ topics for your next videos maybe?: - Having lived in Sveden and France, what are the main differences to living in Germany? - How did you learn French? Was the process of learning the language and immersing into the culture easier or harder than with German? - Are the kids taking English classes for natives outside of school? How are their English teachers at school dealing with them? - How are people in your everyday life (grocery store, doctors and so on) reacting to you? Are they patient or did you face any discriminatory behaviour?
Hallo Grayson, du machst das ganz toll. Du sprichst schon ein sehr gutes Deutsch. Ich denke, dass du für deine Eltern ein super Helfer bist beim Erlernen der Sprache. Ich wünsche dir weiterhin viel Erfolg und immer gute Freunde an deiner Seite. Ich freue mich jedesmal über die interessanten Videos und vielen Dank an Euch, dass ihr uns an eurem Leben teilnehmen lasst. Liebe Grüße !
Only 1 year ago and your german is SO good, you all can be really proud of what you reached in that short time! Keep up doing that great work, it´s so much fun to watch your slice of life videos. One thing what´s funny, is that you only named bavarian food(understandably), I wonder when you´ll see other parts of german and taste the food there. Hope the whole traveling will be easier again in future. Best wishes
Your german is amazing and the kids sound almost native and can already switch easily which will help them in their future, even with learning new languages. You went all in and it shows in amazing progress. You definitely hear the rural bavarian influences in the childrens’ german and yours too which really is an interesting aspect of languages. I love the way the accents sneak in, it keeps language unique and diverse within the language. I just love the variety in german and even within the region there are unique aspects to every village and family and person that culminates in a unique speaking pattern for everyone. Sometimes even a unique body language based on those influences.
Ihr seid ja sooo niedlich! 😆 Ich habe euren Kanal erst gestern entdeckt und bin gespannt, was es dort noch alles zu sehen gibt. Viele Grüße nach Bayern aus Niedersachsen! 🤗
I lived in Bavaria for a few years and you can clearly hear the Bavarian accent when Grayson speaks. His German is really good allready. I know this is not part of the Video but those glasses look fantastic on Grayson. Greetings from Berlin!
Hallo Superfamilie ! Ich bewundere euren Sohn wie gut er die Deutsche Sprache schon beherrscht! Aber auch ihr habt gut dazu gelernt ! Ihr seit schon viele Orte in Germany besucht ,nicht überall ist die Speisekarte in Deutsch ,oder irgendwelche Hinweise ,da ist es nützlich es Lesen zu können ! Aber eure Kinder sind ja gute Dolmetscher 🤣🤣🤣Alles gute weiterhin ,und bleibt Gesund ,bis zum nächsten Video! Liebe Grüße
Das Jahr in Deutschland scheint Euch allen gut zu tun! Schaut sehr frisch,gesund und glücklich aus. Schaut mal Eure Gesichter an , den netten Rückblick habt ihr ja reingeschnitten 👍🥳🤗
Grayson‘s German is really excellent. He‘ll be perfectly bilingual within the next year. Kevin speaks German with a Swedish accent, which sounds very nice.
Grayson is doing really well with his German. And from the few things Kevin says here and there, he is doing really well, too. I love how everybody is making the effort to learn the language and expand their horizon!
more grayson in the videos please😁 I kept grinning through the whole video, such a smart and funny kid! Another way to learn German is to watch the TV. not TV shows or movies but something like German gameshows, standup comedy, trash shows (its embarassing to mention this, but you do learn a few things in there), etc. since you learn how germans naturally converse with each other and not reading from script. You also pick up alot of phrases and slangs that they normally don‘t do in Tv shows or movies.
He’s such a cutie. We love him so much and enjoyed filming with him! Now we have this video forever for our own memories. 😍 Yes watching German TV shows is very good!
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife - where KIKA (Kinder Kanal/children’s channel) is King. They even bring "adult news" transformed into children’s slang. Probably your youngest child will like it. My all time favorite video about earning language skills: czcams.com/video/illApgaLgGA/video.html JFTR (your Fans/viewers).
A great video! Und Grayson, Dein Deutsch ist schon sehr, sehr gut! Weiter so! When I was learning English, music helped me a lot! I wanted to be able to sing songs I liked and I wanted to know what the songs were expressing, saying. So I looked up the lyrics, translated them or searched for a translation and I listened to the song until I could sing it. Of course this is easier with English songs - simply because there are like uncountable songs of every genre out there. But if you search a bit I'm sure you can find German songs you like, too. Songs are a great way to learn how to "play" with a language.
You are all just doing so well! :-) Grayson spricht großartig und nahezu perfekt -und bekommt einen ganz liebenswerten bayerischen Einschlag. Ganz tolle Leistung! Strudelteig geht ganz leicht, den bekommst Du hin, keine Angst :-)
Jo! is typical bavarian....and Graysons german is brilliant!!! Kids learn so fast. But your german has improved also a lot. When I learned english in school here in Germany, I had a deal with my mom, who was a fluent speaker as well. The deal was to speak one hour a day only english- no matter what. My skills went up rapidly. To learn a language, speaking is the most important, even if it is the intimidating german language. Speak. Make mistakes. Your reward will be progress.
If I had a kid as talented, impressive and likable as Grayson, I'd definitely also parade them in a CZcams video. Your pride is palpable and totally understandable. I do hope we get to see a lot more of him in future videos!
Awe thank you! It’s funny because we had planned for this video to be just Kevin and I, but Grayson heard us talking about it and he said he wanted to join in! So he was a last minute addition. 😍
Wow guys, amazing job! I love your approach to your live in Germany and and how you embrace all of it! 😍 your German has come on so well! And apparently, Kevin’s Swedish had come on really well too - the “Ja” still sounds very Swedish 🤪 we still understand, but that is a different “Ja” compared to our Bavarian “Ja”! I absolutely love to follow your story so all the best for all of you and keep it up 😘
Thank you for sharing another great video. So much fun to see how far you've all come in learning German - especially you Sara! Grayson sounds like he was born into the language. He also seems like the engineer, like Dad. I'd get along with Grayson. I'm trying to learn some German for my trip this summer and have several apps. Some of which I've paid for. I also view Easy German and will check out DW. It's so easy to find resources and apps to learn a language now that it's become stressful to figure out which one is best! Also what is the area @20:49? So beautiful!
Fun thing is, Grayson's German is getting so good, he's developing German inflection AND a Bavarian accent. If y'all stay in Germany, he'll be indistinguishable (languagewise) within 2 years at most
Yeah I think so! Many of our German friends say they can’t hear his accent.
Yes, he's really good. I think he even did say "Inlineskaten", a Germanized form, not "Inlineskating" as subtitled.
@@bibliopolist he did.
@@bibliopolist oh yes he did say that, you’re right!
True.
It’s insane how fast kids learn new languages. Grayson‘s german is amazing!! I wouldn‘t be able to do that...
Yeah it’s incredible - and they aren’t afraid to make mistakes and try.
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife I had made the expierence that it really makes a difference, for learning a foreign language fast, wether you have a native speaker as a teacher in class, and when you´re living abroad.
And I think it would be even faster without the pandemic situation. Children learn fast, havin g contact with other children in school,... Having home schooling and reduced contact makes it quite difficult.
It’s probably also school, talking with many people and being put into situations where you have to speak their language. As adults, a lot of people speak English so if you don’t know sth, you’ll just quickly switch to English to explain. As kids, you don’t usually have that option. Might not be a big difference, but it adds up.
But especially the socializing; talking helps the most when learning :D
Wow! Grayson's German is flawless, free of any accent and just perfect. I am so impressed.
Thanks so much! He’s worked very hard.
I'd like to hear more from Grayson about his experience in school and with language acquisition there. I'm sure he has many stories to tell.
Graysons Deutsch ist großartig! Aber noch viel interessanter finde ich, dass man bei Kevin so deutlich hört, dass er einen schwedischen Akzent hat! Ich hatte an der Uni eine russische Professorin, die in der Schweiz deutsch gelernt hat. Das war auch eine sehr interessante Mischung an Akzenten.
Ich hatte eine Spanierin für Französisch. Auch Klasse
Holy, Grayson is doing so amazing. Almost fully without mistakes or accent
It's so awesome how good Greyson can speak and pronounce german.
Well done Greyson. 👏
Thank you! I’ll tell him you said so. 😄
Grayson gets a huge compliment from me, too! Klingt spitze! And yes, total immersion. It feels like it’s so slow and then one day you suddenly realise how much you can say and understand. Just don’t worry about mistakes when speaking. When writing in German, that’s the time to make sure everything is perfect, but people make mistakes even in their mother tongue, and people also say, no, it’s like this or that in every language. The point is to get your mouth and brain expressing what you want to say, quickly and then you can build on that.
Hi Lauren!! That’s so true, I make mistakes in English, too. Grammar can be soooo complicated! How long did it take before you were fluent here?
Longer than it should have because a lot of people spoke English to me and I let them. So I honestly cannot say. But my biggest tip is to watch German TV and films (not dubbed from English because they have to speak too fast). A great start is the most brilliant 4-parter (it’s a film, actually) about Ludwig II and Neuschwanstein, which you can find here on CZcams, subtitled in English, on a channel called German Period Dramas. (I’ll check the channel and edit if it’s wrong)
As someone who is not a Muttersprachler living in Germany for 45 years, I totally agree!! Thumbs up!!
Die Aussprache eures Sohnes ist einfach klasse. Ich bin immer wieder erstaunt wie schnell Kinder lernen.
Grayson’s German has improved hugely! Er spricht so gut wie akzentfrei. Ich würde nicht ohne weiteres erkennen, das seine Muttersprache nicht Deutsch ist. In einem Jahr spricht er so gut Deutsch wie Englisch. The use of English words and phrases („Anglizismen“) is a hot-button issue in Germany. Some can’t use enough of them while speaking, others feel it’s much too much.
The Indian languages are really bad in this aspect. No one speaks a pristine form of Hindi or any other Indian language. The main reason I understand what my parents say is because they alway mix their language with English. Even worse, if you try to speak pristine Hindi (or the regional language) the locals will think you are a pompous dork.
Wow.
Wie gut Grayson deutsch spricht.
Die Aussprache ist auch wirklich gut 👍🏼
Vielen dank! ❤️
Coming from a family where everyone looks completly different, I'm always fascinated how similar your children look to both of you 😄
Yeah we do all look alike! So interesting in your family you look different.
Maybe you are adopted?
@@sebastianliebmann6014 that comment is uncalled for. Coming from a family where the kids in several generations look very very different from each other people thought fit to tell that to their faces - which led to fears of being abandoned and being lied to.
@@sisuguillam5109 agree to your comment. Not funny.
@@susannabonke8552 thank you. And imagine being an adopted child being asked that... Puzzlefamilien sind nicht weniger wert als andere Familien.
Kevins Weissbier joke - I often do the same joke with "Pils" beer to my daughter. 😂😂😂
Ihr seid eine tolle Familie, schön dass Ihr Euch für unser schönes kleines Land entschieden habt ❤
Vielen dank 🙏🏻💖
Grayson spricht perfekt Deutsch. Ich bin begeistert!!!
❤️❤️❤️
Wow Grayson! I’m impressed!
Amazing, your son speaks so well. It is and will be a great asset for him to be bilingual.
Yes it will! It really opens up the world when we can speak more languages.
He could end up being tetralingual at least. English, German, French, maybe Italian (?)
Kevin and Sarah, your german has improved very much, thumbs up!
Thank you!!
Guten Morgen zusammen. Ihr könnt alle stolz auf euch sein. Ihr macht tolle Fortschritte! Graysons Aussprache ist nahezu perfekt. Kinder lernen Sprachen stets recht schnell und spielerisch. Noch ein weiteres Jahr, und er spricht Englisch mit einem deutschen Akzent 😆😉 Schönen Sonntag wünsche ich euch. Bleibt gesund.
Thank you so much!
Grayson spricht akzentfrei und fehlerlos.
Phantastisch! 🏆
Thank you!
Damn, it is awesome to see all the progress you make! Greyson hardly has any accent anymore. You really have to listen very closely to even pick it up. And if you make grammar mistakes, don't get discouraged, that is not the end of the world at all.
Thank you so much!! ❤️❤️
He is doing really great and he barely has an accent! Awesome. Way to go Grayson!
He must have been living in Germany in a former life 😄😉
Also I love his smile and spirit. Actually all of you have it 😊
Thank you so much!
Lieber Grayson! Dein Deutsch ist wirklich sehr sehr gut! Es macht richtig Spaß, Dir (und deinen Geschwistern) zuzusehen, wie ihr von Video zu Video eurer Eltern immer besser werdet, und Du mit deinen Brüdern und deiner Schwester eure Eltern schon verbessern könnt! :) -and Sarah, your face at Kevins first Weißbiermention 5:33 - its priceless 😂
Hahaha yes! Kevin wouldn't stop talking about beer!
Grayson's German is almost accentless !!!
The boy is a real little language prodigy
Grayson is doing awesome!
Watching the No.1 news program of the country you're living in every day (Tagesschau in Germany i.e) is very helpful, i think. They usually speak very clear and correct.
I was so exited before watching this video just by reading the title, and I enjoyed every part of it. I love watching your videos, you are an adorable family.
Thank you so much, I’m so glad you weren’t disappointed after watching! Haha
Great job Grayson! The immersion is the reason why we make a difference between learning Deutsch als Zweitsprache (for foreigners living in a German speaking country) vs. Deutsch als Fremdsprache (for foreigners living in a different country) - there are actually different strategies and methods being used for each!
Ein großer Applaus !. Ich glaube, wenn ihr euch dieses Video in einem Jahr anseht, werdet ihr kichern und euch bewusst werden, wie weit ihr gekommen seid.
I cannot remember much of the first year here in Vienna, ( it was a whirlwind year, including a wedding) but I do know that when I went back to the states 18 months later and tried my German on my uncle, from Berlin), he was most impressed 🙂 but he also said I had the local accent. 😀
You know you've arrived when German is in your dreams. Ask your children if they have dreams in German.
Yes so true! Maybe each year we will have a German language update, that would be fun.
Grayson ist ein sehr charmanter Bub. In weniger als 10 Jahren wird er manchen jungen Damen den Kopf verdrehen.... Sehr schönes und fröhliches Video. Ein Sonnenstrahl in der dunklen Corona-Zeit..... Herzlichen Dank.
Wow, guys, your videos are awesome and highly addictive! I look forward to each new experience that you share with us. Grayson makes this video...he is incredibly smart and so full of love-for-life, or joie de vivre...excuse me, lebenslust.
You are so natural with these episodes that you seen like friends we haven't met yet. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much! Vielen dank! 😍
Hey folks, thanks for the update. Time is flying, when you're having fun. Anyway, if, at some point, you'll be coming around the Lipperland, I'd be happy to show you guys around.
I’ve read some of the comments before he started speaking German so I was “prepared” for some good German, but damn it still blew me away how much of a German he sounds! If I didn’t know he was American, I would definitely think he’s German and always has been. :0
Wow, Grayson totally blew me away. Again. He even adopted something of a Bavarian "Klangbild" in German. This is not a dialect. Literally translated, a "sound-picture". It is neither an accent nor a dialect, because his German was perfect high German (Hochdeutsch). But the cadence, the slight difference in where the focus of inflections are placed is slightly, just a teensy slightly bit different from for example the Klangbild here in Hamburg, even when someone here speaks Hochdeutsch as well. It is sooo fascinating for me to see how he has developed within such a short time.
BTW: not that this is bad, not in the slightest bit. It is just barely noticeable if you listen very very closely and you have lived in different regions of Germany for some time. It is only fascinating how he has picked this up. Amazing!
Nope, the slightly elongated 'joooaaa' is pretty universal in German colloquial speech. While it might be slightly more used in the south, it will not be a 'betraying' sign of your origin. 😀
BTW: Sara, that "Weißwurst" was almost a perfect Bavarian pronunciation of it. You definitely picked up on that as well. 😀👍
Just for Kevin's dad jokes:
Grayson is 10 now, so legally, under your direct supervision he can try a Weißbier at 14, if he wants to. He can legally buy and consume it at 16 himself, without adult supervision. At 18 anything goes.
He has picked up the German humor already. He picked up on the literal question of travel in the past year (in 2022) and threw the answer back at ya. Nice! Good going, Grayson! 🤣
There's the joke that there are more clubs in Germany than there are German citizens. While not technically true, Germans absolutely looooove their Vereine / clubs. So becoming a member of a club is probably one of the easiest ways (except meeting other parents at the playground when your kids are there) to meet up and make friendships with Germans. Good for you that you decided to pick up on that tip!
Total immersion: perfect! That is the first thing you should try. Not live in your own bubble, but expand it as far as possible. BTW: is the German grandma the one Sara commented on in one of her earliest videos after you arrived here that she had this beautiful garden? It would be sooo great to hear that talking with her about some horticulture could have opened up a friendly contact.
You guys will do absolutely fine, and your advances are definitely highly noticeable. Keep it up, you will succeed, I am certain.
In case you want to improve your spoken German, there is a scheme called „Sprach-Tandem“ in Germany. You advertise (Facebook, black board in a store or a school) for a tandem and find a partner. You meet or call once a week and she/he speaks English to you and you answer in German. If the other person makes a mistake it is corrected by the native speaker. Win-win.
That’s so cool! Thanks for sharing!
I feel like one learns a new language quickly when they are fully immersed in the culture and is staying there
Yes it helps so much!
You have already learned a lot of German for such a short time. Much respect and applause. Grayson speaks with a Bavarian-American accent. Maybe in a few years he will melt the hearts of the girls, only while speaking :-)
Hahahaha he's so cute I'm sure he will be melting girls' hearts!
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife Not necessarily girls, of course.
Thanks for another great video! I especially enjoyed your winter scenes and music at the beginning. Good taste!
Thank you! Glad you like that part, I love filming nature!
The way you said Pommes 😄 very german.
You all are doing so well!
Oh thank you 😄.
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 😃
What an amazing child you have. He will teach you a lot when he keeps growing. Never stop listening to him. Never stop learning. He is an amazing soul, i can feel it through the screen. Keep doing!
👏 for the whole My Merry Messy Life-Family, because, Mommy requested it 😂
Keep up the good spirit, nice to see you all healthy.
Wow, Grayson, super!!!
Ihr habt alle schon so große Fortschritte gemacht! Graysons Deutsch ist wirklich beeindruckend, aber dein Deutsch wird auch von Mal zu Mal besser, Sara! Das ist wirklich eine tolle Leistung, wenn man bedenkt, dass du selbstständig bist und dadurch weniger von Deutsch umgeben bist als die anderen. Du musst dich wirklich nicht entschuldigen oder unwohl fühlen, wenn du über die deutsche Grammatik stolperst - wir verstehen dich auch so ohne Probleme, und die Grammatik kommt mit der Zeit von allein :)
You are all making such amazing progress! Grayson's German is really impressive, but your German is quickly improving too, Sara! That really is a great achievement considering you are self-employed and therefore not as surrounded by German as the others. Please don't apologise or feel bad for stumbling over German grammar - we can understand what you're saying perfectly fine, and the grammar will come to you with time :)
Grayson's German is so good! Awesome! Love your channel!
It's so awesome hearing people learn German but then having a Bavarian accent. It's like a German learning English in the deepest south of Alabama hand having a southern drawl. :D
Now that’s an analogy I can totally relate to! 😂
This is absolutely amazing, you have come such a long way, feeling proud of you too! Much love from us guys.xx
Thank you so much dear Kirsten! ❤️
Wow! Amazing how fast they addapt a language! He sounds like a native speaker! Sometimes really with a tiny southern accent. So sweet 😍
Yes! Thank you!
I still have to meet a baby that talks health insurance and permits, Sarah, and am quite a bit older than you. That would be a miracle
That's amazing! Your German sounds really good! Quite inspiring to learn new languages and make new experiences! Also am learning French since two years.
Love your wee channel. Lots :) All 3 of you speak such a good German already! Its dead on. You ll be Bavarian's in no time. Keep up the good work. Thanks for brightening up my day with your videos and bringing some Home vibes to NI. Liebe Grüße aus Belfast ♡
Grayson's pronunciation is really really good! Always surprised how good kids are able to learn and speak a new language! I do understand english better than I speak, too 🤣 keep it up!
Thank you! Yeah they learn so fast!
So awesome that Grayson even pronouces the English words (like Inlineskating) in a German way! Thanks for letting us hear him and you speak German.
Go out and talk to the neighbors or your other German friends and gather experience. You'll get better with each time.👍
Haha 😁 Even as a german I always have problems ordering by phone at our Chinese restaurant. It's like a Kinderüberraschungsei. You never know what you'll get. 😁
Oh really! Haha that’s good to know.
Oh yes, the Same here 😀
Relatable.
To be totally safe you have to master Mandarin, I guess... 🤔
@@schmoemi3386 😅
Wow, Grayson is so fluent now and has almost no more foreign accent. Well done young man, you are so rocking the language!
Thank you!
Wow Grayson, awesome job! Großartig gemacht! 👏👏👏
Ihr macht das alle ganz toll❣️
who needs a teacher when you have Grayson. This Boy is more than impressive.
Ihr seid einfach süß!
Dankeschön!
Y'all are soo funny! And thanks to Grayson for being part of the video! He's amazing! (and incredibly patient)
Yeah he was so patient with us! Hahahaha
Gut gemacht, Kevin! 👏👏👏
Love your energy guys!
Thank you!
You're all doing so great with the learning! I have German 8th graders in my class who still get the cases wrong...You kids will be fluent in no time
Thank you so much! ❤️
I know some people (of American and Polish descent) who have lived here for 30 years and speak German really well, but still get the cases wrong. It doesn't really matter for succesful communication (but it will make you sound foreign, that's true).
On a different subject, you are really close to Italy. A drive from your location to Venice (through Austria) is about 5 hours. A little less than to Burg Eltz. Could be a great idea for a long weekend. And it's really cheap right now. The carnival of Venice is from Feb 12, 2022 - Tue, Mar 1, 2022. I think the kids would love it, and if I am not mistaken there is a school holiday in Bavaria during that period. (28 Feb 2022 - 4 Mar 2022)
Yes!! Great idea. We actually do have a vacation planned to Venice for our Osterferien!!
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife Fantastic. I have seen Venice in the news, and it's pretty empty these days. They say they desperately need tourists. I can imagine Hotels or AirBnB's are pretty affordable right now. If you are interested, I can send you some really good and authentic restaurants.
Servus nach Bayern!! 🍀🍻
Absolutely impressive how good he is, amazing. He's getting a little Bavarian accent and it sounds so good.
Kid's are not so afraid of everything they just do it and that's a huge advantage with learning something like a language and the kid's learning it together in different situations of life without overthinking it to much.
Really cool that he likes to play ice hockey 🏒
That was a wonderful idea of video, it definitely helps to motivate other people.
Grayson looks so much like his father, the smile (and the sense of humour as far as I can tell) is almost the same! His German pronunciation is so good already, I couldn't tell where he is originally from if I didn't know!
Hey guys, I did enjoy your video as always, you had some good points there.
It is clear that Grayson has a knack for languages, not only learning the grammar and words but also the intonation, dialect and so on, that's great to see. Talent and hard work are definitely paying off but as you already said, so does the complete immersion in the culture. I think you can learn a great deal from "the outside" but will only truly develop language skills similar to a native if you are surrounded by it. I had the biggest learning effects when I spent two weeks on my own in Ireland. A very short time but speaking and hearing English all the time and having to communicate to get by is helping so much. And you quickly realize it's okay if it's not perfect as long as you speak at all :D, something schools should apply too... I remember being super afraid of speaking in class as I could not speak a single word without being corrected or overly criticized.
I also have some questions/ topics for your next videos maybe?:
- Having lived in Sveden and France, what are the main differences to living in Germany?
- How did you learn French? Was the process of learning the language and immersing into the culture easier or harder than with German?
- Are the kids taking English classes for natives outside of school? How are their English teachers at school dealing with them?
- How are people in your everyday life (grocery store, doctors and so on) reacting to you? Are they patient or did you face any discriminatory behaviour?
Hallo Grayson,
du machst das ganz toll. Du sprichst schon ein sehr gutes Deutsch. Ich denke, dass du für deine Eltern ein super Helfer bist beim Erlernen der Sprache.
Ich wünsche dir weiterhin viel Erfolg und immer gute Freunde an deiner Seite.
Ich freue mich jedesmal über die interessanten Videos und vielen Dank an Euch, dass ihr uns an eurem Leben teilnehmen lasst.
Liebe Grüße !
Only 1 year ago and your german is SO good, you all can be really proud of what you reached in that short time! Keep up doing that great work, it´s so much fun to watch your slice of life videos. One thing what´s funny, is that you only named bavarian food(understandably), I wonder when you´ll see other parts of german and taste the food there. Hope the whole traveling will be easier again in future. Best wishes
Für einen bayerischen Buben gibt es nichts leckeres als eine Leberkässemmel⁉️ wie schön der Bub spricht👍👍👍
Und a resche Buddabrezn!!
@@clauschiemgauer9609 genau eine Butter Brezen und hier in Vorarlberg gerne auch mal mit einem Stück Bergkäse auf die Faust🤝👍
Servus, meine Familie liebt den geriebenen Spätzlekäs im 1kg Beutel von der Vorarlbergmilch aus Feldkirch. Ein Traum für Kasspazn.
Wow , es ist wirklich unglaublich, wie schnell Kinder Sprachen lernen !
Your german is amazing and the kids sound almost native and can already switch easily which will help them in their future, even with learning new languages. You went all in and it shows in amazing progress.
You definitely hear the rural bavarian influences in the childrens’ german and yours too which really is an interesting aspect of languages. I love the way the accents sneak in, it keeps language unique and diverse within the language.
I just love the variety in german and even within the region there are unique aspects to every village and family and person that culminates in a unique speaking pattern for everyone. Sometimes even a unique body language based on those influences.
Thank you so much! I love accents, too.
graysons german is unbelievably good. mad respect little man. pronunciation, inflection, melody… amazing
Thank you so much!
Ihr seid ja sooo niedlich! 😆 Ich habe euren Kanal erst gestern entdeckt und bin gespannt, was es dort noch alles zu sehen gibt. Viele Grüße nach Bayern aus Niedersachsen! 🤗
I lived in Bavaria for a few years and you can clearly hear the Bavarian accent when Grayson speaks. His German is really good allready. I know this is not part of the Video but those glasses look fantastic on Grayson. Greetings from Berlin!
Hallo Superfamilie ! Ich bewundere euren Sohn wie gut er die Deutsche Sprache schon beherrscht! Aber auch ihr habt gut dazu gelernt ! Ihr seit schon viele Orte in Germany besucht ,nicht überall ist die Speisekarte in Deutsch ,oder irgendwelche Hinweise ,da ist es nützlich es Lesen zu können ! Aber eure Kinder sind ja gute Dolmetscher 🤣🤣🤣Alles gute weiterhin ,und bleibt Gesund ,bis zum nächsten Video! Liebe Grüße
Vielen dank! ❤️
Das Jahr in Deutschland scheint Euch allen gut zu tun! Schaut sehr frisch,gesund und glücklich aus. Schaut mal Eure Gesichter an , den netten Rückblick habt ihr ja reingeschnitten 👍🥳🤗
First thing on a Sunday is watching your great videos always the best start 😍👏🏻😃
So glad you enjoy them, thank you for you watching! ❤️😄
Grayson‘s German is really excellent. He‘ll be perfectly bilingual within the next year.
Kevin speaks German with a Swedish accent, which sounds very nice.
Grayson is so sweet ☺️😍 His german is great.
Grayson is a very smart kid. Clever and curious, too. He has improved his german language skills very well!
Thank you!
Grayson is just amazing!
Thank you, we think so, too. 😄
So loveley to watch🥰
Wow he speaks very good! amazing!
Grayson is doing really well with his German. And from the few things Kevin says here and there, he is doing really well, too. I love how everybody is making the effort to learn the language and expand their horizon!
Thank you so much!
He’s so adorable and he learned so fast
Wowsers! Soooooo goood!!! Toll Grayson du bist spitze
more grayson in the videos please😁 I kept grinning through the whole video, such a smart and funny kid!
Another way to learn German is to watch the TV. not TV shows or movies but something like German gameshows, standup comedy, trash shows (its embarassing to mention this, but you do learn a few things in there), etc. since you learn how germans naturally converse with each other and not reading from script. You also pick up alot of phrases and slangs that they normally don‘t do in Tv shows or movies.
He’s such a cutie. We love him so much and enjoyed filming with him! Now we have this video forever for our own memories. 😍 Yes watching German TV shows is very good!
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife - where KIKA (Kinder Kanal/children’s channel) is King. They even bring "adult news" transformed into children’s slang. Probably your youngest child will like it.
My all time favorite video about earning language skills:
czcams.com/video/illApgaLgGA/video.html
JFTR (your Fans/viewers).
Hut ab , für ein Jahr sehr gut !
Ihr seid eine tolle Familie, so lustig. Ich freue mich immer über Eure Erfahrungen zu hören. 😊
Dankeschön!
Grayson speaks really really well!
A great video! Und Grayson, Dein Deutsch ist schon sehr, sehr gut! Weiter so!
When I was learning English, music helped me a lot! I wanted to be able to sing songs I liked and I wanted to know what the songs were expressing, saying. So I looked up the lyrics, translated them or searched for a translation and I listened to the song until I could sing it. Of course this is easier with English songs - simply because there are like uncountable songs of every genre out there. But if you search a bit I'm sure you can find German songs you like, too.
Songs are a great way to learn how to "play" with a language.
Yes great points! I need to find some German artists that I really like.
You are all just doing so well! :-) Grayson spricht großartig und nahezu perfekt -und bekommt einen ganz liebenswerten bayerischen Einschlag. Ganz tolle Leistung! Strudelteig geht ganz leicht, den bekommst Du hin, keine Angst :-)
Jo! is typical bavarian....and Graysons german is brilliant!!!
Kids learn so fast. But your german has improved also a lot.
When I learned english in school here in Germany, I had a deal with my mom, who was a fluent speaker as well. The deal was to speak one hour a day only english- no matter what. My skills went up rapidly. To learn a language, speaking is the most important, even if it is the intimidating german language. Speak. Make mistakes. Your reward will be progress.
Similar in scandinavia.
Glückwunsch , Grayson spricht phantastisch deutsch, nahezu akzentfrei
You guys are delightful and your Bavarian accent is seriously charming. 🤩🤩🤩
Grayson ist ein sehr intelligenter und süßer Junge! Danke Grayson, dass du so geduldig warst!!!❤❤❤
If I had a kid as talented, impressive and likable as Grayson, I'd definitely also parade them in a CZcams video. Your pride is palpable and totally understandable. I do hope we get to see a lot more of him in future videos!
Awe thank you! It’s funny because we had planned for this video to be just Kevin and I, but Grayson heard us talking about it and he said he wanted to join in! So he was a last minute addition. 😍
Wow guys, amazing job! I love your approach to your live in Germany and and how you embrace all of it! 😍 your German has come on so well! And apparently, Kevin’s Swedish had come on really well too - the “Ja” still sounds very Swedish 🤪 we still understand, but that is a different “Ja” compared to our Bavarian “Ja”! I absolutely love to follow your story so all the best for all of you and keep it up 😘
Thank you for sharing another great video. So much fun to see how far you've all come in learning German - especially you Sara! Grayson sounds like he was born into the language. He also seems like the engineer, like Dad. I'd get along with Grayson. I'm trying to learn some German for my trip this summer and have several apps. Some of which I've paid for. I also view Easy German and will check out DW. It's so easy to find resources and apps to learn a language now that it's become stressful to figure out which one is best! Also what is the area @20:49? So beautiful!
Cool, really good! Respekt!🙂👍
Lmao I loved this video. Especially the "American family's dinner with Taco Bell, etc. scene".
Hahaha that movie is so funny! Will Ferrel is the best!
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife He is ;)