How I Learned German

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  • čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
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    I started learning German before the age of the Internet. I'd had some exposure as a young man, but during a month between jobs, in 1987, I really went at it. I found second hand German readers, and I went at then, massive comprehensible input.
    0:00 When I started learning German.
    1:40 The books I used to learn German.
    9:10 How I learn German on LingQ.
    11:24 I hope to improve my German moving forward.
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  • @Thelinguist
    @Thelinguist  Před 2 lety +43

    What have the greatest difficulties you experienced when it comes to learning German?
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    • @marchauchler1622
      @marchauchler1622 Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @marchauchler1622
      @marchauchler1622 Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @paataskhirtladze365
      @paataskhirtladze365 Před 2 lety +1

      Mi oso Lorne Doschools lengvich.

    • @ProverbsDeEnAr
      @ProverbsDeEnAr Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @skzyr8865
    @skzyr8865 Před 2 lety +374

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

    • @Dai_Abdurrahman
      @Dai_Abdurrahman Před 2 lety +7

      Er ist aber sudetendeutscher also Österreicher

    • @shamshadalam6214
      @shamshadalam6214 Před 2 lety

      Haha

    • @Dai_Abdurrahman
      @Dai_Abdurrahman Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @Dai_Abdurrahman
      @Dai_Abdurrahman Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @Dai_Abdurrahman
      @Dai_Abdurrahman Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @alexandernordic8551
    @alexandernordic8551 Před 2 lety +64

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

    • @bijucyborg
      @bijucyborg Před 2 lety +3

      Herr Professor is also recommended

    • @ProverbsDeEnAr
      @ProverbsDeEnAr Před 2 lety

      Hey, This could help you too (C1-B2)
      czcams.com/video/wkB74tR_V9w/video.html

    • @anneluepken5369
      @anneluepken5369 Před měsícem

      Hear, hear!

  • @JayYuka
    @JayYuka Před 2 lety +313

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

    • @baaradjamil1907
      @baaradjamil1907 Před 2 lety +3

      Ich mag deutsch

    • @abdulbasithn1521
      @abdulbasithn1521 Před 2 lety +5

      typische Deutsche word ordering :)

    • @Ph34rNoB33r
      @Ph34rNoB33r Před 2 lety +10

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

    • @1chicgeek368
      @1chicgeek368 Před 2 lety +11

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

    • @user417dpd2ihe
      @user417dpd2ihe Před 2 lety

      Meddl Loide

  • @auge8450
    @auge8450 Před 2 lety +314

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

    • @alwaysuseless
      @alwaysuseless Před 2 lety +32

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

    • @FynnDynamite
      @FynnDynamite Před 2 lety

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

    • @alwaysuseless
      @alwaysuseless Před 2 lety

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

    • @hartesgeld
      @hartesgeld Před 2 lety

      @@alwaysuseless Vielleciht.

    • @ahmedhamdad9921
      @ahmedhamdad9921 Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @IKEMENOsakaman
    @IKEMENOsakaman Před 2 lety +28

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

    • @jameswilson461
      @jameswilson461 Před 3 měsíci

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

  • @phsal5182
    @phsal5182 Před 2 lety +7

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

  • @BackgroundNatureSounds
    @BackgroundNatureSounds Před 2 lety +49

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

    • @anires1195
      @anires1195 Před 6 měsíci

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

  • @Jana-ne6km
    @Jana-ne6km Před 2 lety +8

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

  • @herculesbarbosa5424
    @herculesbarbosa5424 Před 2 lety +27

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

  • @1chicgeek368
    @1chicgeek368 Před 2 lety +11

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

  • @Daveinitely
    @Daveinitely Před 2 lety +27

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

  • @bernardobuffa2391
    @bernardobuffa2391 Před 2 lety +6

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

  • @ronaldgamboa6594
    @ronaldgamboa6594 Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much. Vielen Dank für deine Hilfe

  • @marciafatima9608
    @marciafatima9608 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @HD-StudiosLego
    @HD-StudiosLego Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @dolph1673
    @dolph1673 Před 2 lety +1

    love these kind of videos

  • @nurseboni2798
    @nurseboni2798 Před 2 lety +10

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

  • @a1k131
    @a1k131 Před 2 lety +35

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

    • @collegesuccess
      @collegesuccess Před 2 lety +4

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

    • @pecadro4233
      @pecadro4233 Před 2 lety

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

    • @a1k131
      @a1k131 Před 2 lety

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

    • @watermelon3679
      @watermelon3679 Před 2 lety

      @@a1k131 Where are originally you from?

    • @a1k131
      @a1k131 Před 2 lety

      @@watermelon3679
      You mean my parents in Turkey ?

  • @A.D.798
    @A.D.798 Před měsícem

    God bless you!! You are motivation for me in my language learning journey!!

  • @samg415
    @samg415 Před 2 lety

    REALLY useful thanks!

  • @michaelbreitenstein9623
    @michaelbreitenstein9623 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @bianca.sartori
    @bianca.sartori Před 2 lety +36

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

    • @camillomancini5619
      @camillomancini5619 Před 2 lety +2

      Wow you are so so so beautiful

    • @bianca.sartori
      @bianca.sartori Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @ProverbsDeEnAr
      @ProverbsDeEnAr Před 2 lety

      Hey, This could help you (C1-B2)
      czcams.com/video/wkB74tR_V9w/video.html

    • @moonharmonica3899
      @moonharmonica3899 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @bianca.sartori
      @bianca.sartori Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @dougbaker2755
    @dougbaker2755 Před měsícem +2

    I still have one of my college German textbooks from more than 50 years ago, Im Wandel der Jahre. I noticed you mentioned that one.

  • @Hebamagdy43
    @Hebamagdy43 Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @1995taunus
    @1995taunus Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @fredericjanelle
    @fredericjanelle Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @Eric-le3uu
    @Eric-le3uu Před 2 lety +1

    Great vid quality.

  • @mizutanikoichi2611
    @mizutanikoichi2611 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @longhaulblue
    @longhaulblue Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @anglaisaveclamerloque5525

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

  • @oswaldocaminos8431
    @oswaldocaminos8431 Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @_Username__
    @_Username__ Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @user-hb3ww7hp5e
    @user-hb3ww7hp5e Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @ProverbsDeEnAr
      @ProverbsDeEnAr Před 2 lety

      Hey, This could help you (C1-B2)
      czcams.com/video/wkB74tR_V9w/video.html

  • @lady0shady
    @lady0shady Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @nicolasherrera6877
    @nicolasherrera6877 Před 2 lety +9

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

    • @nilkkl
      @nilkkl Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @nicolasherrera6877
      @nicolasherrera6877 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @erturtemirbaev5207
    @erturtemirbaev5207 Před 2 lety

    Merry Christmas ☃️🎄

  • @Larrypint
    @Larrypint Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @theprophet2444
    @theprophet2444 Před 2 lety +54

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

    • @otienuc299
      @otienuc299 Před 2 lety

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

    • @theprophet2444
      @theprophet2444 Před 2 lety

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

    • @otienuc299
      @otienuc299 Před 2 lety

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

    • @drewzoobulandes4184
      @drewzoobulandes4184 Před 2 lety

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

    • @shamicentertainment1262
      @shamicentertainment1262 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@theprophet2444 I find it easy to roll my tongue for the R sounds. but there is another sound people do, zum beispiel Rot. I cant describe it exactly but sometimes someone won't roll it much at all, but have a deeper R sound in their throat. Feels very strange for me to do so I just roll it instead. Although I don't often hear germans roll their 'R's as much, I listen to heaps of Rammstein and he uses it all the time, is it a certain dialect that does it or Lindemann just exaggerating it?

  • @germantoenglish898
    @germantoenglish898 Před 2 lety +5

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

  • @itgirlsplaylist
    @itgirlsplaylist Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @stewste4316
    @stewste4316 Před rokem

    great video

  • @ca6bal4
    @ca6bal4 Před měsícem

    This man's voice is so soothing, I could listen to him tell stories all day.

  • @annfraser6655
    @annfraser6655 Před měsícem +1

    When I was studying languages at university I found it very useful to translate German into French so I did not think in English. I still use French when trying to learn a new language.

  • @erturtemirbaev5207
    @erturtemirbaev5207 Před 2 lety +1

    С рождеством вас и наступающим новым годом!

  • @amenibenyusuf9186
    @amenibenyusuf9186 Před 2 lety +18

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

  • @dennisenglishjournal498
    @dennisenglishjournal498 Před 2 lety +7

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

  • @Tehui1974
    @Tehui1974 Před 2 lety +7

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

  • @Ajas0810
    @Ajas0810 Před 2 lety +11

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

    • @1chicgeek368
      @1chicgeek368 Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @Ajas0810
      @Ajas0810 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @propofol-98
      @propofol-98 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @Ajas0810
      @Ajas0810 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @propofol-98
      @propofol-98 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @rosemarywacera2576
    @rosemarywacera2576 Před 2 lety

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

  • @Richkunst
    @Richkunst Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @David-wo4hh
    @David-wo4hh Před měsícem

    i can only say, you are amazing.....,

  • @unknownpro9947
    @unknownpro9947 Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @soufianeberbal4255
    @soufianeberbal4255 Před 2 měsíci

    Vielen Danke🎉

  • @suzetteospi
    @suzetteospi Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @marilu8763
    @marilu8763 Před 2 lety

    Encontré el vídeo Muchas GRACIAS 👌😃

  • @sarahzaza7251
    @sarahzaza7251 Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @beeflat4287
    @beeflat4287 Před 2 lety

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

  • @muskadobbit
    @muskadobbit Před 2 lety +15

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

    • @fanoflanguages7278
      @fanoflanguages7278 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @bornmoo
      @bornmoo Před 2 lety +1

      Круто!

  • @sciacc5019
    @sciacc5019 Před 8 měsíci +1

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

  • @gustavgnoettgen
    @gustavgnoettgen Před 2 lety +7

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

    • @paataskhirtladze365
      @paataskhirtladze365 Před 2 lety +1

      Butt ful men. Lorn to Herman Munster .

    • @AF-gt1fv
      @AF-gt1fv Před 7 měsíci +1

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

    • @gustavgnoettgen
      @gustavgnoettgen Před 7 měsíci

      @@AF-gt1fv Both if available

    • @Knight101AAA
      @Knight101AAA Před 5 měsíci

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

  • @BaluDerBaer933
    @BaluDerBaer933 Před 2 lety

    Unbelievable... and very interesting!

  • @zlostavljac6454
    @zlostavljac6454 Před 2 lety +10

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

  • @Evelyn-jf5xf
    @Evelyn-jf5xf Před 2 lety +8

    I want to learn german

  • @ariohandoyo5973
    @ariohandoyo5973 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @Jan-ed3ud
    @Jan-ed3ud Před 2 lety +6

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

    • @Thelinguist
      @Thelinguist  Před 2 lety +7

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

  • @gilmar-ac3247
    @gilmar-ac3247 Před 2 lety +1

    Hi there - Brasil !!!

  • @VyraFall
    @VyraFall Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @davejoerger8928
    @davejoerger8928 Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @blackseasailing8672
    @blackseasailing8672 Před rokem

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

  • @androandro7179
    @androandro7179 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @ugur76
    @ugur76 Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @TheVietnam0725
    @TheVietnam0725 Před 2 lety +6

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

  • @Roywebcafe
    @Roywebcafe Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @Spencer.Lucas1991
    @Spencer.Lucas1991 Před 2 lety

    You’re the best

  • @MiladGorgin
    @MiladGorgin Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @Dai_Abdurrahman
    @Dai_Abdurrahman Před 2 lety +2

    Danke. Aus Gradac Štajerska Austrija.

  • @slimytoad1447
    @slimytoad1447 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @naraaway
    @naraaway Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @CouchPolyglot
    @CouchPolyglot Před 2 lety +5

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

    • @Thelinguist
      @Thelinguist  Před 2 lety +5

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

    • @CouchPolyglot
      @CouchPolyglot Před 2 lety +1

      @@Thelinguist cool!

  • @bettinaannaaumer3632
    @bettinaannaaumer3632 Před 2 lety

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

  • @vanefreja86
    @vanefreja86 Před 2 lety

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

  • @9StickNate
    @9StickNate Před rokem

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

  • @batgirlp5561
    @batgirlp5561 Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @CuteLittleLily
      @CuteLittleLily Před 2 lety

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

  • @HenryVandenburgh
    @HenryVandenburgh Před 2 lety

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

  • @phoenixkibara458
    @phoenixkibara458 Před 3 měsíci

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

  • @habhunger
    @habhunger Před 2 lety +1

    What is the name of the cassette recording? :]

  • @alwaysuseless
    @alwaysuseless Před 2 lety +5

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

    • @dorfkind8571
      @dorfkind8571 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @alwaysuseless
      @alwaysuseless Před 2 lety

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

  • @Akinph
    @Akinph Před rokem +1

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

  • @hakandelabiarritz6750
    @hakandelabiarritz6750 Před 2 lety

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

  • @zambiasi6017
    @zambiasi6017 Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @_TMac
    @_TMac Před 2 lety

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

  • @jesuisravi
    @jesuisravi Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @FynnDynamite
    @FynnDynamite Před 2 lety

    #Willkommen in der Gemeinschaft :)
    Liebe aus Chemnitz.

  • @ahmedezaldean1743
    @ahmedezaldean1743 Před 2 lety +1

    İ love you man

  • @gelbblume9658
    @gelbblume9658 Před 7 měsíci

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

  • @julieenglert3371
    @julieenglert3371 Před 2 lety +1

    Were your parents Sudeten Deutsche, from Sudetenland? (Germans living in the Czech Republic?)

  • @ThiagoSilva-dj9qz
    @ThiagoSilva-dj9qz Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @alexanderdragun2251
    @alexanderdragun2251 Před 2 lety

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

  • @Theone_h
    @Theone_h Před rokem

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