Fluent in German with Duolingo
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- I have been practicing German on Duolingo every day for the past 2 years and it has helped me become conversationally fluent! What techniques am I using? WATCH ON!
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Some people are upset I didn't speak any German in this English video to show my ability. Well, I did upload a video 100% in German in October so you be the judge ;) czcams.com/video/eABPDYb1NA0/video.html
Mich
Guten tag!
@@carloscastrovargas2732 What other ways would you suggest then? You've learned 4-6 languages apparently, you must have an incredible source if Duolingo is so far below you. Plus he also said in the video you can get *conversational* with Duolingo, which is like A2 level. He mentions Dino Lernt Deutsch, Dark, Clozemaster, and generally immersion, TV shows, and books on top of Duolingo, which I think is more than enough to reach A2
Admit it Evan, the DuoLingo bird forced you to upload a german video.
@@carloscastrovargas2732 I'm curious, how you'd suggest learning, too. :)
No matter how kind you are,
German children are Kinder.
I went through a phase where I wanted to learn German I used Duolingo and I got this guess Duolingo kinda helps 🥵
I’m proud of myself because I understood the joke.
Noice
I actually understand this lol i have only used German for like a day
This should have more likes
When you learn German on Duolingo, you find out that cows drink milk and bears read newspapers.
BROT UND WASSER BROT UND WASSEE BROT UND WASSER
or even bears eating strawberies!
I learned Cows eat beef and Bears read “How to talk to a bear.”
Or children eating insects lol
Andres Munoz I think you meant to spell, “because” instead of “cos.” This isn’t to offend, but nicely inform.
Duolingo one day: This isn't a spider, this is a horse.
Duolingo the next day: This country needs a revolution.
Mrs Cookie this is SOOO accurate
Das ist keine Spinne, sondern ein Pferd
literally tho, it’s like duo wants to have a french rev 2.0
Must be France
Now it has a little different sentences.
Duolingo one day: Ich bin keine Banane!
Duolingo a few weeks later: *sudden upgrade* Wenn du müde bist, warum gehst du nicht schläfen?
I remember this moment, when suddenly I've got these hard sentences with word order switch on a beginne rlevel(I think), it's good, that there is "disscusion" button there, where I could get, what goes after what.
Duolingo: "so after 6 months of french, what have you learnt?"
Me: "oui"
Insane Iguana wouldn’t that be je mange and not j'mange
Insane Iguana C’est ‘Je mange le bébé.’ pas ‘j’mange le bébé’.
@@adlg5158 in terms of grammar j'mange le bébé is wrong, so the right way to say is "je mange le bébé"
but when it comes to the actual pronunciation of that phrase, people would probably say j'mange...
true, dude! ive been learning french in school for a year and a half and just went on duolingo to see how much i know, but figured out they didnt teach us the difference of a and en (en france, a paris)
next thing you know your family is gone
Duo bird: did u learn spanish?
Me: si
Duo bird: what did it cost?
Me: mi familia
nice one
¿Cuántos?
Duo: ¿aprendes español?
Me: Si.
Duo: ¿cuántos?
Me: Mi familia
La miga
Nico uno
"Its free"
Ever heard of hidden charges?
In this case your family?
someone didn't read the small words.
I haven't had to pay anything. You can pay to remove the ads. But as long as you are willing to watch them it's free.
Greg Specker r/woooooosh
@@goldendrifts8377 what does that mean
Im confused is it free or not free?
"learning german for pleasure" never heard that before never gonna hear it again lmaooo
Das ist wahr.
Lol me right now. Yup, maschocism at it's finest.
Ich bin! I have literally no connection to Germany besides ancestry. I just wanna know a second language.
My native language is Flemish Dutch,
and I have currently 13440 xp and 107 crowns on Duolingo for German. It is a really beautiful language, I can't wait to speak it someday :)!
@@peanutcheese_9828 Speak it alone or when you talk to yourself talk in german it will help you learn
I once did 1000 XP in one day because I wanted to be #1 on the leaderboard so bad. Overnight, this lAdY got 10 more XP than me and ultimately won. I actually raged.
Totally relatable ....so many r so competent to get 1000 diamonds
This is a big fat mood 😂
It's 2 am and your comment made me paranoid so I am going to score some more xp so that i can end the leaderboard at 1
So I got bored with the app.. I was in the diamond league ...I uninstalled the app..after like 2 weeks..Duolingo emailed me ..it's the duo bird and it was crying
A fellow bill burr fan I presume?
I Tried This App and 3 Days In I Missed a Spanish Lesson, The Kids are Gone
It would be better if Karen had them.
🤗 nein danke 🔫🐦 your next
Well i missed my norwegian lesson
@@AmericanRequiem please tell me this is a joke
"The kids are gone"
And this is bad because...? 😉😁
I told my siblings some German word or phrases boy their face was so confused that I dropped my milch und wasser
@Solar Gaming I have you I learn german a week?
Not the milk and water!
@@user-fz3ip3ke8p woah
*waßer
@@dmcc4788 ahaha youtube deleted my comment
after so long of german on duolingo i can confidently say "brot und wasser" 😛
Same bestie
Mien shcwester mien bruder
Wir sind Männer und ihr seid Frauen. Lmao
du bist ein mann und ich bin eine frau lol
@@sm3675 meine Schwester* someone needs to study more
I was inspired to learn German by this video 180 days ago. I currently hold a 180 duolingo streak and take real German classes to develop my language. Thanks dude!
Wie läuft's?
Lernst du immer noch deutsch?
hau rein chef
@General Delta wie geht's? Ich heiße Beatriz
🤗🤗👍👍
‘I’m not sponsored believe me I tried’ :’D
American: I learned an actual language that is not my mother tongue, how amazing!
European: *cries in 5 high school taught languages
As a Canadian being force fed French, **cries in not enough choices**
As an American, but with Mexican/Colombian blood, but everybody you’re around including a lot of your family speaks mostly Spanish but you were never taught, **cries in monolingual**
To be fair, they didn't have the privilrge and advantage of having a lot (and by "a lot", I mean THOUSANDS OF NATIVES) of foreign-language speaking people surrounding their circles and environment.
An american learning a language that learned his/her 2nd is just as impressive, if not more impressive, than other people that learned languages naturally and didn't work for those languages that much.
I.e A Japanese that is conversationally fluent in English as his/her L2 because he/she worked for it very hard without the luxury of having of an "English environment" is more impressive than a European learning his 4th language, and that 4th language is prolly mutually intelligible and just needs a bit of tweaking
@@billyma6 Belgian guy : forced to learn German, Dutch and french
I hate how the French teachers are mostly all terrible and they don't teach us anything
When he said "it really helped me when I went to Australia" I almost died but then he said German vloggers
There are lots of old German towns here in South Australia actually where Germans migrated to many years ago. Places like Hahndorf and Lobethal. A lot of the German towns' names were changed during the war but few have been changed back. The Barossa Valley is full of German heritage (and vineyards) and historical places like the Herbig tree, and it is a famous winemaking region with all different grape types including Riesling. We have Oktoberfest here too (it's said to be the best in Australia) and Schutzenfest (basically a beer festival), but our longstanding German Club in Adelaide closed its doors in the city recently after it sold its premises and it moved to the suburbs. We have old families here like the Henschkes which is also a winery and Wintulich's which makes mettwurst. Colin Thiele was a famous childrens' writer here and he wrote a lot about the Barossa area. We read his books in school and I met him as he presented a literary award.
Food companies like Menz are a South Australian icon, and no other state makes fritz. It is slightly different in those states and they call it devon or polony there. Also schnitzels are everywhere here: they are a pub staple and we have places where you can eat out and have a good schnitzel like Schnithouse.
I went to school with families with German surnames like Wilksch and Schwarz. I don't know how much German is still spoken here as a first or second language: my uncle learnt it at school. No-one I know got the option to learn Spanish in school. Here common options are Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, and French. Actually I think my younger sibling learnt German in high school come to think of it.
@@xero6396 thanks for the history!
@@xero6396 I actually went to Hahndorf as a german and it was a bit shocking lol. They seem like the biggest german stereotype, nothing you would actually find in Germany
Duolingo bird: did you learn japanese
Me: の
Duolingo bird: omae mou shindeiru
* omae wa mou shindairu lol I don't even speak NEeHOUnG
Supergamer XD you mean いいえ？？？
I Love Boobies! r/wooosh
Duo: did you learn Japanese?
me: 多分はない
Duo: 走る始まる。
NANI??!
i find it hilarious that he learned german on duolingo but babbel is advertising all over this video
they keep emailing me to work with me but I keep ignoring it xD
if it ain't free it ain't for me
@@evan r/ChoosingBeggars
@@nathanosafoomane6224 r/ihavereddit
Nathan Osafo Omane
Something like communication should not be a monthly fee
@@evan lol thats a good quote "if it ain't free it ain't for me"
'As you can tell, I got a bit of German heritage'
[Describes the most common Scandinavian look]
Martin borup well I mean he does have German heritage though…so like I dunno why you’re calling him out for that.
Lydia Kelly I think his point was that those features aren’t specifically German, they can apply to a lot of countries
Maybe Scandinavian, maybe German but the right word is NORTHERN EUROPEAN STOCK.
Yeah, just applying the "typical German" stereotype.
*annoyed German who has been confronted with this issue often enough*.
I’m lost. Point me to my people. “The blonde hair blue eyed people.”
Me: *looks in mirror.* Something went terribly wrong. 😂
"It's hard to find existent German subtitles."
Laughs in learning Scottish Gaelic.
zSharp me too!
Omg yees 😂
zSharp good luck my friend on behalf of my country I don’t have a fucking clue what we were on when we made it
Is Scottish Gaelic similar to Irish?
Farheen Rizvi Tha Gàidhlig na h-Alba coltach ri Gàidhlig na h-Èirinn, ged a tha beagan diùbhrasan cudromacha ann. Tha a’ chaid seantans sa Ghàidhlig oir an uairsin ‘s urrainn do luchd-ionnsachaidh-Gaeilge coimheasachadh na dhà chànanan. Scottish Gaelic is similar to Irish, though there are a few key differences. The first sentence is in Gaelic so any Irish speakers can compare the two languages.
And as a non-native english speaker, I'm proud that I can understand this video. You speak really fast.... damm
Felipe Siedschlag Yopán That’s impressive! Even as a native English speaker he can be hard to understand
Felipe Siedschlag Yopán same
Not as fast as my uncle. I am a native English speaker and I barely understand him!
oh my goodness i just posted the same thing. listening to him speak is stressful and english is my native language. it makes me feel like i need to grip the handles of my chair and stop breathing. LOL
Same here man!
I passed my french exams because of duolingo
haha so funny how years of education have failed me but a green owl saved everything kinda
👍👍
True that
My wife's neck was broken when I learned Spanish that's when I understood the cost.
It’s been two weeks that I’ve been learning French and I already understand a lot and I can read small stories. I love duolingo
Done other Duo-languages?
2018 comments: *Normal Stuff*
2019 comments: Break your streek duo breaks your neck!
Well the memes always win over
2020 ei?
2020 comments: let me out! Let me out!! Corona virus! Corona virus!!!
*streak
Idk y this made me laugh 😆
"Good morning, spider, goodbye, fly!" - German Duolingo (i'm not even joking)
“Can I would like Wine with milk” like what 😂?!
Yes, you are my wife
My sister is tall and smart
@@scrapthatwithmatt9520 I've never seen such a sentence, but I've seen "Ich bin keine Banane!", that literally means "I'm not a banana!". And seems i got why this sentence exists. Because, "ist" and "isst" sound similiar in third person. But you still can understand it form the context, so I don't know, why they made it.
Guten morgen, spinne, tschuss, fliege. Was dieser richtig,?
Ich ube mein deutsch
@@musicgeek7793 "Spinne" and "Fliege" should start from capital letter, and "Tschüss" instead of "Tschuss".
Video: *Has german in the title*
Germans: Ein Volk, eine Nation, eine Kommentarsektion!
Me learning german 👁️👄👁️
Inas Bendris me too 👁👄👁
kOmMenTaRSeKtiOn😂
I didn't get it can someone please explain 😅
@@rayan8640 it means that if the video has German in the title we jokingly say that it’s part of Germany...
it‘s cool to see that someone actually likes german haha
BlogManiac64 ich liebe Deustch auch
I'm getting a Bachelor in languages: German and English. I JUST LOVE GERMAN SOOOO MUCH! (and Germany) :3
I am just glad Even showed me this app,, I have to do German for my language GCSE and I would probably fail if not for this.
Ich liebe Deutsch ❤️
Ich liebe Sprachen, und Deutch ist nur eine davon :D
He was forced to do this by duolingo, they had his family hostage
That's why he talks so fast:0
That's mean
:(( i didn't mean it that way-
@@asadwholesomememe2749 Ok
He keeps looking away of his camera to see a live feed of his family being held captive
Americans: I can't even imagine learning Spanish and French. Learning two other languages that aren't my mother tongue is so hard.
South Africans: I've finally learnt 6 of all 11 official languages. 5 more to go. *screams why in 6 languages*
Aaron Hocker lol no ones hating! Ur just assuming
@Aaron Hocker lol it's a joke for fucks sake
@Aaron Hocker Stop being so triggered at a meme comment
@Aaron Hocker Ha
@Aaron Hocker being sensitive like that is exactly why people joke on Americans
Duo: You did japanese?
Me: はい！はい！
Duo: well, your streak is 598 days soooooooo
Me: BRING ME MY FAM....
Duo: say it in japanese
Me: ...
家族を連れ戻す!
Duo: How about no.
dkFreeze lmfao
dkFreeze お元気ですか？
Japanischer Kira はい、どうもありがとう😊
@@japanischerkira3761 お元気ありません。
Spoiler: After 600 days he still didn't return his family.
*Got a Babbel ad...*
The war is real
Me 2 lol
I got a FluentU ad...
Passive aggressively trying to take over duolingo
Same
You: are you learning a foreign language?
Me: ja, ich bin
*Ja, mache ich
("Ja, ich bin" is more as to what you are, as in being someone/something)
@@herrvorragend1175 ich glaube das war nur ein witz von ihm
@@xjnsdrj1273 das weiß ich auch, allerdings war die deutsche Aussage schon grammatikalisch richtig gewollt, da der Witz ansonsten nicht all zu gut funktioniert :)
@@xjnsdrj1273 ihm*
@@jenswieth7397 danke, hab mich verschrieben
I'm doing the same thing! Learning Germany for no reason but fun. Glad to know I'm not the only crazy person!
I am as well... For fun and I've just always wanted to learn German...I don't know why, my ancestry maybe?
I was originally learning because i have it at school, but now im doing it so another language is with me.
Same
🤗🤗🤗🤗
same i actually have no connection with germany whatsoever yet one day out of nowhere i wanted to learn german and decided to take it up on duolingo
I learned English listening to music or watching movies and series with Spanish subtitles until I could understand English subtitles and now I don’t need them. It feels sooo good when you can finally understand English just by listening to it.
Edit: Also now I find myself ALWAYS thinking in English instead of Spanish because when I was learning I tried to translate everything all the time lol
Same here, I don't even remember since when I started thinking in English, but it's amazing, I want to do the same with German, but Im struggling to find some content
Very great, my friend. I am proud of you
Ur just like me
Jaja estaba traduciéndolo al español cuando leí que siempre traducías cosas al otro idioma. Es importante que la persona traduzca al otro lenguaje a menudo para practicar suficientemente.
He aprendido español durante el último año y medio y ahora casi puedo hablar como el otro idioma que hablo.
You're the biggest Ravenclaw I've ever seen
Amy Astrid omg yesss
Omg, I was thinking the same thing 💙
i’m a slytherin but i relate haha
Dude be like yeah that’s just for the fun of it and the bit of light reading involved 🙄
i really wish duolingo had a skill for verb conjugations (especially for irregular verbs!) for french and all romance languages
If you need help I can try to assist you. Native speaker of BR Portuguese
I could help out with French if ever !
@ME you speak native portuguese or just learned pt. and then wanted to learn spanish?
||-// ayyyyeee
ME what ? How they are in the same family. If anything it’s easier cause you got a Romance language under your belt
0:39 "blonde hair blue eyes"
Actually not very common in the south here. Most have brown hair brown eyes. Northern have blonde hair blue eyes because of Scandinavian influence
I'm learning German because I plan to move to Germany when I get my independence. Even thought it's kinda hard, I feel like it will be worth it because Germany looks so nice and......... safe......
The video helped me!!
Deutschland ist ein schönes land
Where are you from?
@@Sarah-kc3fb I’m from the US
@@TheBrotherDini I would wanna move to Switzerland with my German speaking abilities. They have some of the most relaxed gun laws there.
i want to move germany too i live in turkey and learning german
From what I know it really is a cool place I'm still looking at canada and new Zealand though
When you want to compete with someone but none of your friends on Facebook has Duolingo...
Relatable
미영 on the mobile version they pair you with random people to compete with
You don't need their emails or the mobile app, just go to the forum, find someone (in the comments or posts) who has a really good streak and follow them, then they appear in the competition "box"
I didn’t add anyone..I’m not following anyone either ..I think duolingo automatically adds people into the competition box..I’ll add some friends..let’s see what happens ...anyone wants to compete with me in Spanish?
🤔
I missed my Hungarian lessons and haven't seen my family since 2018.
Kaiser productions you’re learning Hungarian? Isn’t that one of the hardest languages in terms of grammar? Respect man 👍
@@don_p7546 Yeah, I want to vacation there at one point but I figured I should learn the language. IT'S HARD.
Ive missed mine as well last wednesday; luckily i had one freezer left. Only lost my grand aunt
44. Infanterie-Division I'm learning Hungarian too (at least trying) ♡ good choice
I started learning Hungarian a few years ago after meeting my Hungarian friend in college. I never quite finished but I’m hoping to get back into it after reconnecting with him at the end of my time at uni. It’s definitely a difficult language to learn but having that community help you out is really great! Even if you don’t have someone you know personally, there is plenty of like minded learners and native speakers that are willing to help you learn! 😊
After learning Spanish on Duolingo, I did try all the other languages. I really like German. I was able to land a job because I can speak Spanish now. I used other things to learn as well, But Duolingo is the best I think.
Felicidades!
Bruh I was trying to learn Greek Hawaiian German French spanish Turkish Dutch Italian and Latin
@@idk-uv7mt Holy shit I think 1 at a time is easier
@@idk-uv7mt If I would try to learn so many in the same time I would mess everything up, especially, when there are "Italian, spanish, french", that are similiar. That's mindbloving. Good that I'm learning only one langauge on Duo now. I already noticed, that sometimes I think in other langauge or remember the words in that langauge, that I'm not currently talking on.
@@brrttaa I am learning Esperanto, German, French and Spanish at the same time without counting at school I study Spanish and Arabic too. I'm keeping up better than I thought, Arabic on duolingo is hard to learn so I just skip it, I'm mainly focused on German rn
Americans: "Woww I know how to speak a foreign language! How amazing"
Europeans: Starts learning English by 8 and French-German at 11
Βασιλινα Χαλτουπη
Auto to kanoun we oli thn europh h mono stin Ellada?
(Also, glory to mankind)
@@cactussenpai9625 Puthanotata to kanoun se oli tin Europi alla den kovo kai ton lemo mou XD (Glory to mankind!)
Yes, but Florida doesn't speak a different language than Alabama. California doesn't speak a different language than Washington. Language learning isn't as crucial in America when you can fly 4 hours and land somewhere that still speaks your native language. You can't do that in Europe. So yeah... to any American that is making the effort to learn languages, keep it up!
Raven Me, an American knowing English, French, Chinese, Japanese and Hawaiian 👁👄👁
True, but English is one of the best languages to know. Because most want to learn it. Or wish they could speak it like a native. Here in America the states all speak English. So we don't need to learn another language. To be able to communicate if we travel out of our state.
Wow the ad that came up before this video was for babbel
Well done youtube
the random guy I got an ad for learning English, despite being a native speaker
Who uses babbel? I often watch ad from them, but just sucks and its expensive
yeah same
Mine was for WordUp. ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️
Man, you're so entertaining. Love the way you talk.
thank!
Não esperava encontrar um brasileiro aqui
He reminds me of Keith from Buzzfeed. Even looks wise.
Caio Luis yes but im learning english and he talks too much and he talks like.....uh samma lamma dumma lamma you asumming im a human what i got a do to get it through to you im superhuman
Alejandro Velazquez Innovative and I'm made of rubber, so that anything you say is ricochetin' off of me and it'll glue to you and I'm devastating, more than ever demonstrating How to give a motherfuckin' audience a feeling like it's levitating
Duolingo helped me at the level that I can understand you speaking that fast in English I'm a Portuguese and Spanish speaker
Nice 3rd language
I can finally say, after on and off for a while "bist du das maus oder bist du das Käse?"
very useful
Im pretty sure its "bist du die maus oder bist du der käse"
Evan!! Ich bin so stolz auf dich! Ich kann nicht glauben, dass du Deutsch nur durch Duolingo gelernt hast!!! Ich habe mit Duolingo aufgegeben, weil ich nicht mithalten konnte. Für mich sind Fernsehsendungen (mit deutschen Untertiteln) und Bücher die besten Methoden, um Deutsch zu lernen (nachdem man die fundamentalen Dinge gelernt hat), weil man ein Gefühl für die Struktur der Sprache bekommt, und man lernt schnell, was "gut" klingt, indem man die Sprache in einem alltäglichen Kontext hört. Aber ich kann mir vorstellen, dass Duolingo sehr nützlich sein könnte, wenn man die Geduld hat.
Ich hoffe, dass du bald ein Video auf Deutsch drehst, damit wir deine Deutschkenntnisse sehen können!!
sorry if my german is atrocious ich bin sehr müde
Hättest du nicht gesagt, dass du Deutsch lernst, wäre ganz sicher niemand auf die Idee gekommen, dass du keine Deutsche bist. Sehr beeindruckend!
Eve Bennett Dein Deutsch klingt wundervoll und ich mag deine Ausdrucksweise c:
I love you!
Eve Bennett wtf I am seriously impressed, dein Deutsch ist extrem gut!
**cries** I lost my 66-day streak today... very mad at myself... **cries harder**
I had a 88 day one but... My phone was stolen
T I R Z A H u can use ur laptop or any other device u have 😕
@@hessa5900 This was before I knew that but thanks ❤️
T I R Z A H np 💜
Lolz just use the streak freeze n00b
I’d say the best way to get into a foreign language is really being able to like the process you know, there’s no moment more satisfying that when u get that joke or video or tv show in you target language, dude you get so happy and excited, I can tell, so before any effort you’re about to make, have sure you’ll be liking the language and the process 👍🏻
I used to hate Duolingo but I recently decided to try it again and now I actually love it.
❤❤👍👍
I agree so much with the gold lesson rule! I’m learning French on Duolingo and I refuse to learn a new lesson unless all of my previous ones are gold. Yes it can take quite some time to get all of them up to gold the farther along your tree you get, i find it’s worth it because you have to have all of the basics before that new lesson mastered or else there’s no point in learning more advanced skills!
Gabi Braun Bon chance!! Français est une belle langue
Annie Bananie C'est! Je suis en visite en France cet été et je voulais apprendre la langue! J'ai appris pendant 8 mois! (I think most of that was okay???)
Gabi Braun Ahhh je veux voyager en France beaucoup mais voyager en avion est trop cher!! Toutefois j’ai visité Québec l’été dernier et il était incroyable!! Mais bon voyage, jouis la France!
Je parle français au ma lycée?
I am learn french at my high school
Gabby Signs J'apprends le français au lycée. 😉
I become “fluent” in French because of Duolingo i mean i watch french videos too. Now, i am currently studying Spanish, Korean, and Danish. I am still improving my french. 👌👌👌
ohhh i speak spanish and im learning french and italian, i hope i get to speak them fluently lol romance languages are very alike.. which videos do you recommend??? (French)
Vraiment?? Chouette mon ami! Je pense aussi que toutes les langues romances sont similaires: j'apprends espanol et français (aussi l'anglais, l'arabe, l'almange et chinois)
Je parle espagnol et anglais, im still learning french lol I started like a week ago
@@Angel1810 just keep to it. It took me 3 years in a fully immersion school but 100% worth it
@@lanam5883 impressive
So after 10 minutes of German, what do you remember?
Me: nein
Well, there's the term "German" in the title, i don't understand why the comment section isn't run only by Germans yet
Julian Kl. they cant get over their blitzkrieg
I wish these sort of things were around when I was younger as my grandparents only spoke Italian so I couldn't say goodbye to them properly. I'm glad you are doing something you love though
im learning hungarian rn for exactly that reason
I really hope I find a way to learn Bengali for that exact reason. I have to rely on my grandparent’s strained English to communicate
+Saarah xxx omg same! it's hard because I can't have proper conversations with family in Bangladesh so I wanna try my best to learn
@Funny Gacha Fails "Ciao" is Hello, and Bye. "Arrivederci" is good-bye
Yeah I learned that hi and goodbye are the same word
Nobody:
Duolingo: *Wasser ist nass*
Joana what
trainsirf water is wet, pretty sure
I mean it's true
My experience with Duolingo:
I am learning German, French and Japanese using this app. For both French and german, I did not complete every leason ( until it hits the "gold" color) because I already learned some german in highschool, and, since I'm a native portuguese speaker, the initial french lessons where too easy ( I was using the english version when I started, there was no portuguese version of the French course).
Its helping me a lot to write and read, and I can already read some philosophy books in German. I also use other methods outside the app, like Tandem or just writing a good old daily journal in french and german ( my grandmother told me about this method, she speaks german and french).
For japanese, or any other language with a different alphabet, I would not recomend the use of Duolingo alone. Japanese has three sets of ideograms, and Duolingo does not put the Furigana over the kanjis when you are practicing, so, you are going to get stuck at some point during the course. There are some apps that teach you how to write japanese letters, however, one is called "write-it", and the other is called "kanji study". The first I use for Katakana, and the second for kanji. Hiragana I'm learning using only Duolingo. Lingodeer has a better course of japanese than Duolingo, but you can only make half of the basic course without paying a subscription, so, I would recomend a mix of these four apps to learn without having to pay anithing. I would also recomend the Deustch Welle podcast for training german ( there is a special, slower podcast, for german learners) and ther is also some news in slow french here on youtube, on a channel called "lingua360" if I am not mistaken.
Lucas Santos Bonne chance avec toutes vos langues !
Thank you sharing with us
I have been learning Spanish for 3 months now and have progressed so much
About the subtitles, I wrote subtitles for a series once as a sidejob (in German) and they actually had a maximum amount of characters I could use per fragment shown on the screen, since people seem to speak faster than you can comfortably read. So the rule was, make sure you can read the subtitles as fast as possible and you get the meaning, otherwise shorten it as much as possible.
Also, if you are learning a new language, get in contact with native speakers. Make sure that they know you are still learning and don't mind being corrected if you say something wrong. Also, dare to speak and dare to make mistakes, otherwise you won't learn.
Why Me Makes sense. I also thought subtitles are mainly for deaf/hearing impaired people, so it doesn't really matter if the sounds and subtitles match!
Exactly. Broadcasters as well as streaming services have their own subtitling best practices which usually means a max of 40 characters per line and 2-3 lines per segment. There is also a minimum standing time for subtitles, meaning short subs like "Hallo, Evan." have to be visable for at least one full second, whereas two-liners have to be visable for at least 4-5 seconds. Since German words (esp. compositions)are freakishly long and some Germans talk freakishly fast... you sometimes have to adjust the sentence structure or the wording to retain the content but reduce the number of characters. Also: A German translation of any English text is on average twice as long as the original... so... long story short: Subtitling and translating is hard af, so stop complaining Evan ;) That being said: If you've got access, German public broadcasters like ARD, ZDF and NDR are usually a save bet when it comes to good subtitles. I've subtitled for the NDR before and they usually try to keep the subtiles as close to the audio as possible.
May I ask how you got that job? Because I'm super interested!😄
I communicate with an Australian girl and it helps me a lot :) I love the English language and I got more confident since I started writing with her :) When it comes to speaking I’m a bit weird. Short videos on Snapchat are okay, but standing in front of somebody 😬
And I actually like Subtitles :D But I saw a movie which was in german (I think it was a dialect or sth like that) and the subtitles were completely different and that makes me angry even though I can understand it and speaking it fluently;) (I’m Austrian btw). I mean the subtitles were correct, but in proper/ standard german or how this is called 😂🤷🏼♀️
Thank you for sharing !
I just wanna avoid my Spanish teacher. My family and I are Honduran, so I already know Spanish. She thinks that she is better than me, and that she's gonna teach me. Her accent is wack, and her grammar is decent, at best.
Is your Spanish teacher a Latina?
You have many insults from many countries to pick and tell her, yo haría eso realmente, por ejemplo, "seas picha"
Xobile ur from El Salvador I’m guessing?
Weird cat he just said he’s Honduran, read
S S I meant the teacher
When you fluently talk the 2 most used languages in the world and go to german for no real reason:
*Ja.*
Only 7-8 million people speak my native language so not very surprising on my part and whats worse? I can't even read in my native language
@@brrttaa why? (Just curious)
@@brrttaa what language do you speak?
@@giraythecatt Karen its a small ethnic group
@@brrttaa please tell me the truth im really interested
"When you've finished Duolingo, you're not quite ready for Harry-Potter-like books."
*Goethe is laughing loudly*
We all know you are being held hostage by Duo.
Say “The cheese” in German to cry for help
Das Käse
Die Käse
@@lunawolf1452 *STILL WRONG! YOUR FAMILY IS NEXT*
cursed
wait I haven’t been getting notifications for these replies wtf
Cursed, what have you done?
@@LLAWLlET I've got it this time. Der Käse
did duo bully you like he bullies me daily
Claire Molinich yep I keep getting reminders every day and it’s hella annoying.
HAH he definitely bullied me
I’ve had one that says it’s clear these notifications aren’t working 😂😂😂😂
I love the ‘these notifications don’t seem to be working, we’ll stop them now’ and then like two days later you get a notification saying it’s time for your French lesson
rain ikr it’s like U feel bad cause u realise you should do it but then u don’t feel as bad once they start trying again 😂😂
Duuuude I freakin love you xD I always find youtubers and this kind of videos annoying but you're genuinely funny and relatable, fastest subscription I've ever done :3
No one:
Not a single soul:
Duolingo Latin: The crazy drunk parrots destroy the city with fire.
y u learning latin
Learnt German in school and remember quite a lot. Will try the app and pick up the language again 😊
8386charlie I’ve started to do the same with French as I was forced to take it for 5 years in school, but never bothered too much as I thought that speaking German (natively) and English (quite fluently) would be enough, but now I miss learning a language. I’m quite proud that I still remember a lot!
You've reignited my passion for duolingo! I'm going to go back to it and apply these newly learnt skills! Thanks Evan :D x
Lydia Stobie-Owen same here! :D Evan is awesome!
Lydia Stobie-Owen same!
Saaaaame
About the subtitle thing you talked about: That is a big part of how I learned English. My family hated dubs so they watched/made me watch every foreign show or series with Turkish subtitles. I was way ahead of my friends in English when I was a kid just because of that.
But I get that since aren't used to reading subtitles it may be hard to adjust to that. It's like second nature to me since I have been using subtitles for years.
thank you for putting captions !!! :) and for the tips!!
There's also a Netflix series called "How to Sell Drugs Online, Fast" (I think) and it's in german as well c:
Ooh, i actually watched that one. I thought it was english but it being in deutsch was a pleasant surprise!
A F Jap habe ich komplett durch geguckt. yep watched the whole series
I just finished ‘Dark’ so I might check it out now :)) danke
Hannah what’s dark
trainsirf
it’s a German language show on Netflix. Basically about time travel. It’s kind of like Stranger Things but for an older audience. It’s a real cool concept.
In school, I am learning Greek. So, I tried Duolingo. It drastically improved my skills
Miss a lesson, lose your family. S P A N I S H O R V A N I S H
Language learning at school is the worst thing. Never was able to communicate in English until I binge watched Harry Potter movies over and over again. Fuck school.
where do you live? im curious because im greek
in school i learn German and i am learning Greek individually, that's cool!!!!!!!!!!
I'm learning Greek too but I wasn't offered it when I went to school, I'm learning it now because I'm moving to Greece for nearly 4 months this year
I absolutely LOVED your video and could relate to so much of it myself! Thank you so much!!!!
Duolingo is literally awesome. I totally agree
Had to check to make sure I didn't have my video speed on 1.5x
Edit: Thanks everyone for all the likes! First time above like 5 :D
Same 😂😂😂
suki
mobinblack i actually had my speed on 2x...
I had it on 1.5 and seemed just a bit too fast but pretty understandable:))
I had my video speed on 1.5x and it was still understandable
Thanks for the tips. I literally JUST signed up for Duolingo today to learn Korean (not German I'm afraid). I'm half Korean and have always wanted to learn my mother's language so here I am trying it out! Hope I can get a Duolingo streak as high as your in the years to come. :)
rmussman1 hey I'm learning Korean toooo!
I started learning Korean recently too. I thought it would be fun! So far it is.
hey! im learning korean as well. a tip from a fellow learner, while duolingo is fantastic for a lot of languages, its not necessarily great for all of them, so keep that in mind! (and personally ive found korean is one of those, at least on its own anyway). korean is fairly new to duolingo so they havent had much time to perfect it where they have with common ones like german, spanish, etc.. if you find that duolingo korean isnt right for you, i would recommend lingodeer (app specific to asian languages, for casual learning, vocab, or reinforcement of knowledge), talk to me in korean (podcast great for grammar and explaining nuisances of the language), and memrise (app i find helpful for vocab, as you can skip to certain levels specifically for what kinds of words you want to learn). once again, this is a personal preference but i thought id share it because these resources have helped me a lot! good luck and happy learning :)
I downloaded the app quite some time ago because a friend recommended it to me, but they didn't have korean yet, so I deleted it. Glad to hear it's on there now :)
I have been learning Korean for about 2.5 years and Grammar Haja, Rieul Korean, and howtostudykorean.net are the absolute best. Good luck on your journey!
I realy appreciate this video! I had 0 expectations as I had used duolingo once but on the mobile app, but now I am convinced and will try Duolingo on desktop mode. I speak 3 languages but german has always been a passion of mine but never got the chance to learn it. Thank you so much for the helpful tips!
From 2 days I've learned to indroduce myself in german in one sentence. "Ich bin Ben". 😁😁
@@engagementengagement8836 eine* noob
@@jamesplaymsp213ii5 Lol
You're right about not using English subtitles. I heard a study showed people learning a new language using subtitles in their native language had a 0% improvement in their understanding of the language, while those that listened to a show without the subtitles in their native language improved their comprehension of the new language by around 12%.
German is awesome in my humble opinion. You have many things to motivate you to learn the language and culture: an interesting historical past; great contributions to literature, psychology and philosophy; vast technological innovation in electrical engineering, automobiles etc; beer, sauerkraut and sausages; awesome folklore, including the Grimm Brothers' fairytales, which we all grew up on; intense musicians such as Rammstein and that angry rapper guy, we love meme-ing on.
Deutschland, Ich kann nicht ihre Sprache sprechen, doch Ich liebe dich!
Plus they got some amazing music!! Ever listened to Equilibrium? ;D
Now say all that in German
Beer, soccer, and cars -- the Germans have it down!
@@rachel39321 There are not many (if any) good German tv shows (maybe Dark or Haus des Geldes, which is originally Spanish)... The synchros are so good we apparently don't need our own shows lol
I really like Annenmaykantereit, but the songs might be pretty complicated for beginners. I don't know your taste in music, but I enjoy Alligatoah as well.
CZcams channels:
science: Mailab, MrWissen2go (that one's more about politics though), 100SekundenPhysik
comedy/satire: Walulis, Tommys lehrreiche Lehrfilme (very dark humor, pretty sarcastic)
entertainment: dunno, Julien Bam (one of the biggest German youtubers, high quality content)
Bavarian xD: Der Heider
documentaries: y-Kollektiv
Video essays: Simplicissimus (one of my favourite channels), Ultralativ, Kurzgesagt (the German one)
I also don't get why you would want to learn German though lol
I'm still trying to learn Italian though
@WillieG They're workin' on it.
Wow, we are quite similar. I’ve been using Duolingo for almost a year, and use it in a similar manner. I also supplement it with Babbel and I have watched Dark quite a bit. All in all this was a great watch and I loved seeing how passionate you are about learning German
Thank you for letting me know about the desktop version!!! I’m always on Duolingo currently learning French and I always find my self asking why that and why this! I’m going to try the desktop version for sure!
Thumbs up 👍🏻
Yo so one time I commented on one of your vids "I want to learn german so bad!" And you replied "do it" so then I downloaded duolingo and now im pretty good at german! Thanks?
I've learning Spanish on Duolingo for 36 days now (I did do Spanish for a year in school) and it's going really well so far! Being able to learn a language with my phone for free is amazing. This is what I really love about the Internet. When used right, it is a tool to make education more accessible to everyone.
How's it going?
Yeah , how is it going , also do you recommend any books in Spanish to start off with, was thinking Harry Potter but now maybe not…
Umm, to the people asking, it's been kind of on and off for a while, but now I've built up an 80 day streak again, so right now it's going well. I can do Pretérito and Gerunds. Getting into Spanish social media is good, texting my Chilean friend in Spanish is good. Don't have any book recs as of yet 😅 I'm sure the first Harry Potter would be a solid choice though.
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Awesome! Keep up the good work. Subbed
thank you Evan , it has been of great help
The best thing about this video is getting to understand everything he says. My native language is Portuguese which means I had to learn English by myself and that’s a very big step for me and now I wanna learn other languages and I didn’t know how to start (weird huh? considering the fact that I’ve already learned a new language before). Thank you so much for the vídeo I’m definitely gonna start using Duolingo ASAP
Yonara Costa What language did you pick ? Brazilian portugese or portugese from portugal ? Im trying to learn it right now 🙂
Hi. I'm Brazilian and I have been speaking English for 12+ years now. I learnt it by myself using online translators as a kid. If you want a bit of help, don't hesitate to contact me.
Tenha uma boa semana!!
@@but6531 She's native, I believe she's Brazilian.
I'm also Brazilian and I would recommend BrPt.
@@but6531 probably Brazilian portuguese. I'm Brazilian too
pois é, to na mesma... tento aprender norueguês desde o começo de 2018 e ate agora so sei o básico mas vou começar a partir de amanhã por um novo jeito que to pensando
Harry Potter is perfect book to read for studying Foreign language. When I learned English Harry Potter was so easy to read for me! So try it out, put yourself to a challenge.
yeah that makes sense, because Harry Potter was originally written in English. Reading Harry Potter in German means reading a translation... it sure can make sense because you know the story. But it's not ideal in my opinion. It's probably better to grab an original German book for that :)
yeah, grabbing German book is always better option. I just wanted to say that is has simple language.
Another thing you can do is read a german book which you've read in translation.
I don't totally agree on the fact that it is simple language. It always depends on which vocabulary you are familiar with. We had this discussion during my time at university, when someone suggested to read children's book to learn a language and it turned out that they are not necessarily easier to read.
I believe what makes Harry Potter easy is the fact that you already know the story and can easily understand new words in context. Agreeing with what you said, it's a good idea to read a book in German that you already know.
I think Harry Potter is good if you are around B1 level. But I had B2 lvl and started to read LOTR in English. Yes, it is very complicated. I wrote down at least 15 new words per chapter. But in the end I felt more fluent. I think the best way is to read something that is suitable for your level but also has new vocabulary and phrases as well.
I also use duolingo in English which helps me learn new language and maintain my English skills.
Thank you so much for your tips on Duolingo desktop version and simply taking the free version, Evan.
I’m learning Danish on Duo and for the same pain I could’ve shot myself in the foot
But at the same time I’m obsessed with the language, it’s so gorgeous
Good luck learning Danish!
CommonCola thank you!
Respect for learning danish but as a swede danish sounds like a throat disease
I've been using duolingo to learn french for just over a month and honestly I know more french than I do Spanish or Chinese (both of which i took two years if in school) I don't know if it's that duolingo is better than what I was being taught or if I'm more involved in it but I highly recommend for a good base to learning a language
awkwardsity C’est très bien, j’ai commencé à apprendre l’Espagnol, je suis vraiment content.
I have tried to learn German but I couldn’t keep up, it is a bit hard to be honest.
awkwardsity ç’est vrail? pouvez-vous mener une conversation?
It’s involvement - people tend to reject things they were forced to learn as soon as they can stop doing it, whereas when you willingly choose to learn another language in your own time you become more involved in it and pay better attention.
been learning french for the past 3 months on duolingo and I'm really involved with it but I'm afraid of not getting as advanced in it as I am in english (that's how I ended up watching this video). I've learned english for at least 5 years of my life and even though I can tell from experience that interest is the differential, I don't know if I'm convinced that you can have a nice level on a language without classes
edit: also, it breaks my heart that I can't pronouce the "R" in french like they do :/
Das wär so cool :) Ein ganzes Video von dir auf Deutsch 😂😊 Wär echt mehr als cool :)
That was great! I didn't realize there was a desktop version.. AND that it was harder. Awesome. Loved the German grammar joke LOL. Great energy!!!!
You are so funny! Good video.
I love Duolingo, I feel like it deserves more credits. In the field of education it's a revolution.
Duolingo is good for basics well depends on the language. I would recommend to use other methods and apps to learn a language. I would try to find things that are comprehensible input for me and learn some vocab and some grammar and watch films.
Looking forward to your full video in German!
Great video You helped me so much 🙌🙌🙌🙌
I had no idea about the differences between the app and desktop versions. Thanks for making me aware of that. Checking out the desktop version right now.
I can recommend also Memrise. It's a free site where you can learn a lot of things actually, not only German and not only languages. It is structured in a similar way as Duolingo but, I think that using them both at the same time it can make you learn more words, also because after a while of using the same app I get kinda bored so in this way, switching apps, I can study more time without feeling bored at all.
Francesco Giannone are you sure it's free? I wanted to study Arabic on memrise and only the first 3 lessons(I think) was free. After that, you have to pay.
It sounds really weird to me. I've done several courses (not Arabic though) and I never paid anything, maybe it depends on the specific course. I don't really know.
Hamza Hassan really? i just got done learning swedish and i did about 5 lessons and didn’t have to pay
goth gf Jag pratar lite Svenska. Lär dig med Duolingo.
Been learning for a month now, so still at the basics, but I’m learning and having fun with it. It definately helps! Lycka till med att lära svenska!
I used Memrise to learn Russian, it was very useful for the vocabulary, although not inherently enough. It's a bit tedious because of self promoting ads, but very efficient and a bit less forgiving than Duolingo. And I never paid anything after months of using it.
Duo bird: so what did you learn?
Eddie: German
Duo bird: what did it cost?
Eddie: my family
*Meine Familie
@@goran5844 lol mi familia
@@digitalclock thats spanish
OH JA OPA
@@digitalclock *Mein familie.* At least say the meme right you bandwagoneer.
I like you talking speed! I had to make sure I didn't have the video faster than normal.
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