One time I needed to call the police at 3am and they didn’t understand my English or my broken German 🥲 That was my big motivation to start learning German properly
@@avapodyl4954 That’s just imposing the need of learning the language on another person though. Why do it in a roundabouts way when you can have the knowledge yourself? That’s like Americans expecting everyone to know English abroad 💀
Based on my Duolingo I actually knew how to partially answer! "Err hat Bauchschmerzen" und "fünfundfünfzig"! German is not so schwierig after Englisch, get him to learn Vietnamese!
I had to call an ambulance in Germany after 3 months living in there. I spoke English, they were pissed at me, and they hung up the phone, but still ambulance arrived in 15 minutes😅❤ thank you ❤ medical attention was excellent 👌🎉❤❤
I srsly don't care if people coming here speak english or german. We just need at least one language in common, and english is the most common one in Europe. So it's on them for being lazy in school, I had to learn 3
Well, it's not a good reputation for the emergency - call center.. But at least they got the address properly. But this situation is definitely part of the basic English lessons at school... And should be part of the call center training as well.. 🤔 But in another country I had the opposite : They understood English, but the medical treatment was poor... So.. Better this way! 😉
@@LaNoir.As a second language yes, but except the Irish there's nobody who speaks it as a first language. However German or dialects there of is spoken in a lot more countries. Germany, Austria, Switzerland and parts of Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, France and Italy.
Well in the GDR (old East part of Germany) they NEVER learnt any english. The west was the enemy, which adds up to the problem that most germans don't speak much english, especially people 40/50+.
@@user-hg2ih8hf7x Don't all Swedes speak perfect English? They do on all the Swedish TV cop shows I love watching! Sometimes the Swede speak better comprehensible English than their English cop counterparts they are working with to solve a British-Swedish crime.
Ohohohohoh, I'm learning, too! Feel free to @ me if you ever wanna practice together! I might never make it but I'm desperate to learn and the lack of people to practice with really curbs my enthusiasm...
Swedish is easy for English speakers. Half of it is the same as Northern English dialects, and most of the rest is pretty similar to Chaucerian or even Shakespearean English. If you were paying attention in school, you should have no great problems.
Up there with the old classic of "we are sinking german coast guard" (search that on youtube), though that one is intended for germans to learn english
@@chelseabunker2391They are there to help and will. They need to be tough and straight to get the life saving infos quick and to manage this challenging job
@@Viki1999yeah, the don't care at all, are always annoyed and ask nonsensical questions, like why did that neighbour kidnap my cat. Bruh idk but it's been several days and she told me she had him and didn't let him leave her house and told me I won't get him back for 10 days then told me she called someone to take him and doesn't have him anymore when I showed up at her house. And refused to tell me exactly where he is and give me the number of that person. I know they probably have to deal with some bs, but they are still very annoying
@@myeru Technically it's pretty accurate Actual book's Dumbledore was extremely calm. I'm starting to think he's German * Doesn't give a f*ck about anything * Manages the situations with no stress * He's extremely clockwork in his plans and thoughts * He behaves pretty indifferently in several moments (like when Snape says he wants to die because Lily was murdered, when he interrogates Barty Crouch Jr or when he fights Voldemort)
She's so sweet at the end, and the way he is bringing up the topic is also very sweet! I hope they hold good intentions for eachother like this always:)
@@anjunadeep.8384i mean... whats the point of that... like not everyone knows english. it's important to talk in ur mother tongue and respect it, bcs thats where u live. love from indiaa❤❤
@@anjunadeep.8384 How is Germany backward? They have women's shoe size which go higher than 41! In France, pretty women's shoes stop at 40/41! That's backward!
“Sweety you just told him that I violated you” “😦eh?” Omg I would be making quizlets filled with phrases to use during any medical emergency 😂😂 Edit: my goodness the religious conversation in the replies is interesting. Free speech is great and I respect it, but I lost faith in a god a long time ago. I don’t need it to be forced onto me again. Thank you tho. Edit 2: the comments are truly interesting. I must clear something a bit. I am not trying to avoid god and religion, I am trying to avoid the people who persistently force in onto me. I’ve experienced enough of that in my short lifetime.
This is similar to how a driving instructor taught me when I forgot to check my blind spot... "and there you just killed a cyclist". I never forget to check anymore lol
Just get this girl a giant note for the fridge with the script. “Hello we live at -“ and then a list of possibilities below with their translation for easy access.
Doesn't help too much, if the way of speaking the words out is not practiced and learned. No one can understand wrong pronounced read words without the ability to understand and response to asked questions... 🤷♀️
@@Appoxo I mean "I am at [address] and need medical assistance" should be enough. It's ideal to say what the issue is on the phone, but if one can't say, an ambulance is capable of figuring out the issue upon arrival. This doesn't mean to not learn german but it'd help because in stressful conditions, you forget things.
He needs to start speaking with you in german all the time, trust me, you really need to be constantly immersed to learn quickly. And btw exercices like the one in this video are really good! Its a real life situation where you need to use german. Learn with many different authentic situations. You got this!!
@@chelseabunker2391 it was just a well meant tip. ^^ If she knows already, that's fine. I just know I struggled with getting fluent in french for a long time before getting my ex and myself to stop switching to german or english all the time. Even if you know the techniques, sometimes it's hard to stick to them.
That's kinda normal if there isn't that much language support for your native language. E.g. Duolingo only offers 4 courses for German speakers, and only 2 when I started to use Duolingo. All the languages I wanted to learn only had courses from English. So just 5 years after starting to learn English at school, I started to learn all the languages I couldn't do at school from English. It's not that difficult. The only annoying thing is when English lacks a feature that both German and the language I'm learning have, resulting in me making mistakes in that feature in the other language, even though it's the same as in German.
I too am a native Bavarian speaker than had to learn German in school and then later my English teacher only spoke German not Bavarian! The struggle is real!
I feel your pain! I speak Dutch and I learned German at school in the UK. It's even more confusing than Dutch..Both the similarities and the differences make my head lol. I don't get to speak either very often which makes it harder lol.
@TheKillahKyla I don't think that's how he meant it. A physical assault is still a violation. Definitely not how I would phrase it, but I could see why someone else might.
while there is nothing special at all about knowing 3 languages (I easily know 5), there is that effort she puts in that deserve a praise except when it comes to calling an ambulance lol.
I phoned an ambulance is Spain once and the guy told me to just speak English because he couldn't understand my Spanish. I had been living and working in Spain for 4 years at this point. I was more upset with this than why I was phoning them.
Two months ago I had to call immigration in the USA to make sure I could work at my new job... I have been speaking English off and on since I was 6 years old. They had to transfer me to a live person, because the automatic voice operator couldn't understand my "accent". My boss laughed so hard, and said that until I told them in the office they thought my first language was English! 😅 I am on the phones for my job in English. The people I speak with don't hear whatever immigration heard. Lol.
so germans are so backwards they don't speak an international language? that's embarrassing. In Romania airport and hospital staff speak english and some french. If one's english is too bad they quickly bring someone who is fluent. I thought this was normal until I went to racist countries like Japan and Spain who refuse to speak english. It's so cringe. I don't like many things about english syntax and grammar but as hospital and airport staff in Europe to not speak english, french and spanish is embarrassing and xenophobic. BTW, I know in Romanian hospitals, airport and the police speak english because I have an ethnic name so first thing when they see my papers before they hear me they ask me in english if I speak romanian.
@@HisameArtworkbro idk who told you that here in Spain people don't talk in English because we're racists but that's such a big lie 🕴🏻 it's expensive to actually learn English here and many people who study it end up going to other countries because they can earn more money, get your info right before spreading misinformation please 🙏🏻
Dose this sentence automatically mean that her husband hurts her? Because from my understanding it only means that “her husband hurts ____. “ you need to sort of fill in that sentence don’t you? Wouldn’t it be “Mein Mann tut mir weh“? (Oder ist es Mich Und nicht mir) auch wollt sie „Mein Mann hat schmerzen“ sagen?
@@playgrounds6159 "Mein Mann tut weh." on its own isn't really an understandable sentence. It's likely that a real operator would understand what she meant, but he got her by asking a leading question "Ihr Mann tut Ihnen weh?" which she acknowledged.
@@playgrounds6159yes, technically it would be "Mein Mann tut mir weh", but most germans would ask for clarification like he did because we would most likely assume it was supposed to mean that her husband is hurting her and she just forgot the "mir" instead of "mein Mann hat Schmerzen" 😅
@@playgrounds6159 your german is correct here! " mein Mann tut weh" is very awkward german and wouldn't really be said by a native speaker. "Mein Mann hat Schmerzen (my husband is in pain)" or "Mein Mann hat sich weh getan (my husband has gotten himself hurt)" would be more accurate. However, when she said "Meinn Mann tut weh" the "responder" responded with "Ihr Mann tut Ihnen weh?! (Your husband is hurting you!?) Which she then confirmed. What the responder understood was quite locical to infer from what she was saying, so easily misunderstood
That's my motivation to learn English. I have to learn english properly to save myself. Call police, ambulances, etc. Living abroad is tough. You need to learn how to protect yourself.
Mal unabhängig von der Ernsthaftigkeit des Themas - einfach sympathisch ihr beiden! Uyen's "eh" nach dem "Sweetie, you just told them that I violated you" - ich musste so lachen. 😅😅 Uyen Du schaffst das.
That was kind of what motivated me to learn German. After moving for about 3 months, I got stuck in an elevator with my baby. All signs were in German, and when I call emergency number in the lift, they told me only German, no English. Luckily, I had very basic German and could tell them where I was and understood what they were asking for. Update: did not expect 600+ likes over night 😅 The emergency was to facility management, so I did not expect them to speak English. German is not a difficult language if you know English, as English is a Germanic language, however, it is extremely difficult to get it wrong, conjugations and such. Learning German in Germany made it easy for me, as it was immersive and I joined the same class as the integration programme for university students, was able to reach proficiency within 9 months at B2 level. Through understanding the language, I have learnt to love the country, culture and people more.
To be fair, an emergency number where they are not able to speak English is very weird to say the least... Also police and ambulance should be able to talk/ understand English
This is an edited Post: Meanwhile, so many comments have been written here that many no longer bother to read everything correctly. Or just make thinks up i never did say. Most simply stick to the first comment they disagree with and start writing. Therefore, I will try once again to summarize everything, at least as far as it concerns me. With this, I can refer to it and, of course, prevent more unnecessary comments from being written. I may also add to this later, but I hope I won't have to. Additionally, we have the problem that essentially several topics seem to be mixed up. Personally, I am concerned about the attitude of certain individuals. We now live in a world where many believe that certain things are self-evident, instead of being grateful for what they receive from others. Tourists: The doctors of a country are there for the population of that respective country. The only language they need to speak is the official language of the country. Does this mean they cannot speak English? No, of course not. Doctors have studied, and of course, they have learned English during their studies. Can we expect them to speak English? No, we cannot, but they can still do it. At least almost everywhere in the world - I wouldn't be so sure about the medicine man from the Ukabunga tribe, of course. It's also foolish to argue that someone would die in an accident just because the doctor can't speak with the victim. Life-threatening injuries are generally obvious to the doctor. And of course i find it good they can speak Englisch. The emergency services of a country are there for the population of that respective country. The only language they need to speak is the official language of that country. Does this mean they cannot speak English? No, of course not, especially in a country as advanced and with as educated people as Germany. Can we expect them to speak English? No, we cannot, but they can still do it. In many other countries, I would not assume this. And of course i find it good they can speak Englisch. The police are there for the population of the respective country. The only language they need to speak is the official language of that country. Does this mean they cannot speak English? No, of course not, especially in a country as advanced and with as educated people as Germany. Can we expect them to speak English? No, we cannot, but they can still do it, at least almost all of them. And of course i find it good they can speak Englisch. In many other countries, they may not be able to. Also, the normal population in Germany speaks English to a very large extent. Since the 70s-80s, English has been a compulsory subject almost everywhere in Germany, depending on the federal state. But about 70-80% of all Germans living today can speak English more or less. Among the younger ones, around 60 years and younger, this percentage is likely in the 90s. However, you will still meet many who do not speak English, just because they are ashamed of their poor English or have forgotten it again. They prefer to avoid it. To our American friends: Consider whether you had Spanish in school and how well you can speak it, or your compatriots. English is not the world language. There is no world language, and there probably never will be. In any case, it is not foreseeable. There is a difference between the world language and the most spoken language in the world. Besides, English being the most spoken language, it is also the international language of politics, business, and science. Not more and not less. People who permanently move to another country: Someone who permanently moves to another country must learn the national language to a certain extent. This is easily achievable within a year if you make a little effort. Otherwise, they have no place in this country and not in any other foreign country. Migration is a duty to bring. What do I do in a country where I don't want to participate in their culture? And no, German is not that difficult. There are enough examples on CZcams that have managed it in just a few weeks to a satisfactory degree. That is the minimum one can expect from an immigrant. And don't come to me with different genders, etc. You can completely mess it up, and a German native speaker will understand what you mean. The myth that German is such a difficult language is just that - a myth. It may not be the easiest, but there are dozens much more challenging, especially for someone coming from another Germanic language like English.
The elevator emergency number usually leads to the facility management of the house. Facility manager don't need to be good in foreign languages but in handy craftings. Also often elderly immigrants work as facility managers. They often have other mother tongues than German and if they had englisch lessons about 30-50 years ago.. well... 🤷♀️
I know these are skits but a good practice session when in new country/language! My poor husband just 2 weeks after we married was in a pickle when I had an acute anaphylactic reaction. My eyes swole shut and I couldn't see. He had the hardest time explaining what was going on to get a ride to the hospital. We got a ride and I survived so all is well!
What is there to explain than "send the ambulance right now" and giving the address? They medics can figure it out on the spot even if they couldn't speak the same language.
@@cyberfunk3793 That kind of understanding requires training, and if the culture in your country makes you feel like it is other people's duty to understand your language regardless of their situation, you don't bother with such measures.
@@cyberfunk3793 You have to be able to tell them what's going on so they can schedule the ambulance accordingly. There aren't unlimited ambulances and there's people calling them for stupid reasons.. a lot of times, you might get someone calling an ambulance for a medical problem they've been having for weeks that is absolutely not an emergency. So of course, you wouldn't send the ambulance there right away if someone else calls with a heart attack or something.
@@Shishikasuchan All they need to know is the priority and if they can't understand what you are saying, any person with common sense would treat it as highest priority until better info is obtained. The ambulance is on the way already while they keep talking to you. So yes the default is to send the ambulance immediately when the address is known unless it is immediately clear it's not an emergency
@@cyberfunk3793I think phone operators have orders to talk a lor with the caller and figure out if it’s REALLY an ambulance level emergency or not I recently called 911 (the swedish equicalent) when I saw an old lady crash on her bike, laying on the pavement screaming ”AAAAARGH I broke my foot!” She was impossible to talk to so I called and said ”send an ambulance we got a broken foot” They told me to wait, check her foot, talk to her etc. She was not communicative at first but after 5 minutes it turned out she was fine and just maybe had a light sprain. could walk home after I helped her up (the 911 operator was with me on the phone the entire time) That’s why - lots of calls are not REALLY ambulance worthy - if they would send em out willy nilly they would risk running out of ambulances for mega serious emergencies So you gotta convince em it’s serious And ”puffy eyes” doesn’t sound all that serious I mean; sure you can say ”my language bad, big emergency - send ambulance” and they might go anyways … but if you’re decent at the language they will try to ask detailed questions
I may recommend having pre-written card for an emergency. A simple, "My bf is hurt and needs assistance" or "I am hurt and need assistance" . The best option is to obviously learn the language to be able to converse properly, but in an emergency you don't want to have to rely on recently acquired skills. Especially because tragedy strikes at the most inopportune moments
you know... first thing my dad did once he met my mum (who was from poland, directly after the fall of the berlin wall), was to exclusively use german with her in germany (and for him in return to exclusively use polish when visiting her family). My mum hated it every single time whenever he corrected her, without any mercy, but it did work and she is glad that she learned. edit: 500+ likes... help idk what to do with those now
I was so lucky compared to most. I was the first in my generation and none of the older folk spoke English to me. I'm so grateful because I'm the only one in my generation who can carry on a conversation in Polish.
You know I know this is parody in a lot of ways but he brings up a really valid point and I think anyone visiting another country should at least know some more basics than what we tend to learn first or are told to learn first. Here I was taught to learn things like how to at least order food or ask for the bathroom or directions, but literally no one ever mentions learning how to handle an emergency like this and now I'm second guessing what I have been learning in Chinese (like asking how family is or how to order food lmao) and am more eager to learn how to say "help help I've fallen and I cant get up!" 😂😂
It's obvious the emergency services in civilized countries should at least understand some basic English or at least have one person on shift that can do it. Nobody can expect tourists that go to several countries learn each language. I'm in France now, can speak about 5 words of the language but have survived fine so far. No point in learning the language as I'm not intending to stay or go to another country where French is spoken.
Hey if you're second-guessing yourself: my chinese course literally thought us "library" and "history" in the first lesson ever but we only learned ' "my name is" in the third semester... It can't be this bad!
@@Scarlett.Granger I'm not second guessing learning lol. I'm still going strong between Duolingo and a Chinese woman nearby that owns a store with her family. She's been a wonderful teacher. It just makes me second guess in the sense of maybe going beyond my current level and lessons and learning how to say some quick phrases in emergencies. I just feel it's important and for someone like Uyen, that has lived and will continue to live in another country with another language outside of her first one, to probably learn some of those things specifically at that stage. Maybe not so much for short travels like the other commenter mentioned but assuming all emergency workers will know English just because they deem a country as "civilized" (a term I find to be obnoxiously ignorant when referring to people and cultures in general) or not is just meh to me. Hope they never have to deal with an emergency when there is a language barrier. 🙄
@@alosialeeYeah, a guy on another thread was defending Germany for having emergency dispatchers that can't speak English, which I thought there was no excuse, because it's a western country, but something like China... I could understand it. China has 1/3 of the world's population, and a coulture that's very unconnected to western society. I could imagine the same for Japan or Russia as well... Or a francophonic African country... Not every place in the world speaks English, and if you travel there, you have your safety to consider. Just because you're a tourist from a rich country doesn't mean 'they will handle it' taking care of you just like you were at home. There are travel destinations where you need to prepare more carefully. Not every place is a tourist pool hotel where all the staff and half of the town speaks English so they can serve the tourists.
@@raapyna8544 even in Germany I still understand it. Western or not their first language isn't English and while I understand that it's one of the most spoken languages on the planet, so is French, and no one would bash an American or Canadian emergency worker for not knowing French despite there being heavy French speaking populations in both countries lol. I think it's both silly and potentially dangerous to assume just because a country is a Western one that they would all or should all be fluent in English if and when it's not even their primary language and likely don't come across it as often as people think. At best you'd be able to find at least a translator for you, hopefully, if all the staff only speak a specific language or aren't fluent enough in English in order even get the jist without some type of lost in translation type situation. Granted I do see most places like say France or Germany at the very least having translators for English speakers on staff in most areas like these but people shouldn't just assume that's a given.
In France, you can send a written message to 114. If the person is not fluent in English, at least they can use an automatic translator or show the text to someone.
One time I needed to call the police at 3am and they didn’t understand my English or my broken German 🥲 That was my big motivation to start learning German properly
So when do you start to learn it properly? 😜😜😜😜
That's crazy! I think Ukraine has a multilingual emergency services now. Germany should learn 👌
What happened?! 😶
@@avapodyl4954 That’s just imposing the need of learning the language on another person though. Why do it in a roundabouts way when you can have the knowledge yourself? That’s like Americans expecting everyone to know English abroad 💀
They don’t have translators?
“And there I passed out”. No pressure
...said Dumbledore calmly.
It's the lack of pressure that has caused him to pass out though
Hilarious! 😂
I almost spit out my drink when he said that 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@@PianoKwanMan🤣🤣🤣
"swettie, you just told him that i violated you"
"..eh? 😦"
😂😂😂
"my husband forces me to learn german again"
@@Zeylo89😂😂🤣
That would work in an emergency like if he DESPRATELY needed help as they'd interview her where she can speak to someone who maybe speaks more English
That would work in an emergency like if he DESPRATELY needed help as they'd interview her where she can speak to someone who maybe speaks more English
This is such a German way of making someone learn...
It’s a good way of learning
That's totally true. In our departments you don't get far with English. That makes me sad, but well, you all are right, it is also a motivation
Install fear on the main drive.
Seems like it works
@@dandyjesus Underrated comment...
Duolingo is getting creative with these ads 😭
Based on my Duolingo I actually knew how to partially answer! "Err hat Bauchschmerzen" und "fünfundfünfzig"! German is not so schwierig after Englisch, get him to learn Vietnamese!
@@CDNChaoZ IT doesn't help If the Person behind the Phone can't understand you😅
German bf collapsing without an ambulance is more scary than all the threats Duolingo can think of.
shh don't give them ideas...
I laughed so hard at this
You're assuming that Duo'er wasn't the one that hurt him in the first place.
@@-haclong2366good one 😂
On that note I should go study thanks for the reminder
“hEh?” after “you just told them I violated you”😭
"he😰"
I was dying 😂
3 replies for 3k likes "perfection"
@@Nebul-wb6wjnow we need 7
5
"Call me an ambulance!"
"Okay, you're an ambulance!"
😂
That's the first thing I thought of!!!😂😂😂
Hello Mr. Ambulance.
Du bist ein krakenwagen
you mean
"Call me an ambulance!"
"Okay, Hi ambulance! how are you today"
Ship: " We are sinking!"
German coastguard:" Yes what are you thinking about?"
I love that video 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@theQueen. Its an Ad
Very funny!!
It was s Berlitz ad, and it was brilliant.
@@tammyd.970 i know
"want to save your boyfriend? Learn German" will now be my personal motivational sentence lol
Hahaha semee😂😂
Yes.
Nah he needs to LEARN. VIETNAMESE TOO
Save your Jewish Boyfriend 1941 Edition
You do realize that wihtout other language folks like Yiddish and hebrew German speakers and English speakers would be quiete mute? @@zeropoint3518
I had to call an ambulance in Germany after 3 months living in there. I spoke English, they were pissed at me, and they hung up the phone, but still ambulance arrived in 15 minutes😅❤ thank you ❤ medical attention was excellent 👌🎉❤❤
This is terrifying and funny at the same time 😅
I srsly don't care if people coming here speak english or german. We just need at least one language in common, and english is the most common one in Europe. So it's on them for being lazy in school, I had to learn 3
Well, it's not a good reputation for the emergency - call center..
But at least they got the address properly.
But this situation is definitely part of the basic English lessons at school... And should be part of the call center training as well.. 🤔
But in another country I had the opposite : They understood English, but the medical treatment was poor... So.. Better this way! 😉
@@LaNoir.As a second language yes, but except the Irish there's nobody who speaks it as a first language.
However German or dialects there of is spoken in a lot more countries. Germany, Austria, Switzerland and parts of Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, France and Italy.
Well in the GDR (old East part of Germany) they NEVER learnt any english. The west was the enemy, which adds up to the problem that most germans don't speak much english, especially people 40/50+.
I have been slacking learning my Swedish. My boyfriend is Swedish and I'm moving there. This was motivating. Tack 😂
Sweden here, welcome or as we say, here välkommen!👋🇸🇪
Just learn Norwegian. It’s easier and the Swedes will still understand you.
@@user-hg2ih8hf7x Don't all Swedes speak perfect English? They do on all the Swedish TV cop shows I love watching! Sometimes the Swede speak better comprehensible English than their English cop counterparts they are working with to solve a British-Swedish crime.
Ohohohohoh, I'm learning, too! Feel free to @ me if you ever wanna practice together! I might never make it but I'm desperate to learn and the lack of people to practice with really curbs my enthusiasm...
Swedish is easy for English speakers. Half of it is the same as Northern English dialects, and most of the rest is pretty similar to Chaucerian or even Shakespearean English. If you were paying attention in school, you should have no great problems.
We finally know his identity and why he keeps it secret. He's the scary Duolingo bird.
🤣🤣🤣
That explain the green hoodie we see!!😂
😂😂 your comment is hilarious, thanks for making me laugh
@@yassminenr509 you're Welcome, have a nice day :)
😂 "want to save your boyfriend"
This is indeed the best commercial for German training classes for foreigners😂
It sent me into a panic and now I'm googling intensive German courses.
@@Mariemgt123 😂
Up there with the old classic of "we are sinking german coast guard" (search that on youtube), though that one is intended for germans to learn english
@@raw_000 "Vat ahr iu sinking about?" will always be a legendary ad.
@@raw_000 I searched it. Thx for the laugh XD
The look on her face at the end🥺. It just got real for her.
"You just told him i violated you"
"Yeah. You have. You made me speak GERMAN!!!"
I really love the roughness of your boyfriend tone as he pretends to be a emergency operator. 😂
that's just what german emergency number operators sound liek for some reason lol
@@Viki1999 that would make my anxiety go crazy in an emergency situation like I’m getting reprimanded while I’m trying to get help 😂
@@chelseabunker2391They are there to help and will. They need to be tough and straight to get the life saving infos quick and to manage this challenging job
@@Viki1999 lol
@@Viki1999yeah, the don't care at all, are always annoyed and ask nonsensical questions, like why did that neighbour kidnap my cat. Bruh idk but it's been several days and she told me she had him and didn't let him leave her house and told me I won't get him back for 10 days then told me she called someone to take him and doesn't have him anymore when I showed up at her house. And refused to tell me exactly where he is and give me the number of that person. I know they probably have to deal with some bs, but they are still very annoying
"And there I passed out"
Dumbledore said calmly
😂😂
y'all gotta stop using this incorrectly
@@myeru Technically it's pretty accurate
Actual book's Dumbledore was extremely calm. I'm starting to think he's German
* Doesn't give a f*ck about anything
* Manages the situations with no stress
* He's extremely clockwork in his plans and thoughts
* He behaves pretty indifferently in several moments (like when Snape says he wants to die because Lily was murdered, when he interrogates Barty Crouch Jr or when he fights Voldemort)
Not the meme, but accurate lmao
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The best public service announcement "save your bf, learn German"
„Ja hallo, Notrufzentrale“ 😂😂😂 I can’t 😂😂
Gives some Emil vibes.
"If i was sick, could you call me an ambulance?"
"Ofcourse: DU BIST EIN KRANKENWAGEN"
LOOOL
Krankenwagen being the word for ambulance is the funniest thing to me LMAO
😆 Aaand they hang up on you.
😂
YOU ARE AN AMBULANCE
He just taught her a lesson as if she was a kid😭😭
Well, I mean, it was a pretty darn valuable lesson.
She acts like one.
It's really important trying really hard to understand and speak the language of the place where you live.
Im sure if she said 55 in English they woukd catch the meaning
@@CountryLifestyle2023 youd be surprised how little english the people you really have to depend on speak in this country
She's so sweet at the end, and the way he is bringing up the topic is also very sweet!
I hope they hold good intentions for eachother like this always:)
You are a natural comedian and I look forward to your posts. We all need a good laugh these days.
“You just told them I violated you.” 💀
"heh" 😦
Uyen, your sad face, almost in tears. We know, he knows, how much you love him. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
That tear stick really be putting in work 😂😂😂
They're just joking though so she's not really almost in tears
Germany it's soo backward !
In my country there's English speaking operator for all emergency telephone lines...
@@anjunadeep.8384i mean... whats the point of that... like not everyone knows english. it's important to talk in ur mother tongue and respect it, bcs thats where u live. love from indiaa❤❤
@@anjunadeep.8384 How is Germany backward? They have women's shoe size which go higher than 41! In France, pretty women's shoes stop at 40/41! That's backward!
"Can you call me an ambulance?"
"Sure!, Howzit ambulance! ✌️"
Uyen is just so cute getting all flustered under pressure!❤
“Sweety you just told him that I violated you”
“😦eh?”
Omg I would be making quizlets filled with phrases to use during any medical emergency 😂😂
Edit: my goodness the religious conversation in the replies is interesting. Free speech is great and I respect it, but I lost faith in a god a long time ago. I don’t need it to be forced onto me again. Thank you tho.
Edit 2: the comments are truly interesting. I must clear something a bit. I am not trying to avoid god and religion, I am trying to avoid the people who persistently force in onto me. I’ve experienced enough of that in my short lifetime.
Hand the link over 😮
Hi remember to not use God's name in vain
@@mariamendoza8934 Hi remember to not force your religious beliefs onto others
to be fair, the dispatcher will hear that she's clearly not a native speaker and probably understand either way
@mariamendoza8934 God's name i Ywhj
This is similar to how a driving instructor taught me when I forgot to check my blind spot... "and there you just killed a cyclist". I never forget to check anymore lol
Quick way to learn😭😭😭and have trauma 😂
@@brynalaplante1502 You mean if you ACTUALLY hit someone, right?
That's a great way to enforce the importance of something.
Mine used to turn lessons into Bond films. “The killers are trying to catch us, are they still behind us?” when I forgot to check my mirrors etc. 😂
In germany we say "Der Stärkere hat Vorfahrt"
🎶sweee-teeee be kwik....I'm huuuuurt over heeeeere🎶
So true it is important to learn the language in the country you are living in. Communication is key 😅
It’s rude not to.
Just get this girl a giant note for the fridge with the script. “Hello we live at -“ and then a list of possibilities below with their translation for easy access.
But that doesn't make for a funny skit on CZcams 😂😢
Doesn't help too much, if the way of speaking the words out is not practiced and learned.
No one can understand wrong pronounced read words without the ability to understand and response to asked questions... 🤷♀️
She could write down in her mother language the way it is pronounced correctly. It defenitely will look very weard and maybe it will save a life, too.
@@HalloLuja At least it helps a bit with the panic.
Until the emergency responder asks an unscripted question :D
@@Appoxo I mean "I am at [address] and need medical assistance" should be enough. It's ideal to say what the issue is on the phone, but if one can't say, an ambulance is capable of figuring out the issue upon arrival.
This doesn't mean to not learn german but it'd help because in stressful conditions, you forget things.
He needs to start speaking with you in german all the time, trust me, you really need to be constantly immersed to learn quickly. And btw exercices like the one in this video are really good! Its a real life situation where you need to use german. Learn with many different authentic situations. You got this!!
She already knows Gernan now. This is a skit to show why she started learning.
She has a short about how that went. It was very funny.
You realize that they dont film their normal activities but make funny videos? There has to be a lot of english in it for the audience
Lol she is already multilingual, I’m sure she understands language learning techniques that work for her
@@chelseabunker2391 it was just a well meant tip. ^^ If she knows already, that's fine. I just know I struggled with getting fluent in french for a long time before getting my ex and myself to stop switching to german or english all the time. Even if you know the techniques, sometimes it's hard to stick to them.
You make the cutest "chastised" face, i swear
"want to save your boyfriend? Learn German." best line to sell learning German
TBF learning German and yelling: "Du kannst nicht sterben! Lebe!" Will save 80% of all boyfriends.
Did have no clue what "sterben" was, and did think Lebe was Liebe. Long live google, source of all wisdom.
Lololol
🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍
@@kirgan1000 xD nooo, it means "you can't die! Live!"
👏 👏 👏 Time to give the “important phrases” language cards a rewrite! More drama = more impact!
I am just so impressed that you're not only learning German but you're learning it from a second foreign language, I'm so proud of you
That's kinda normal if there isn't that much language support for your native language. E.g. Duolingo only offers 4 courses for German speakers, and only 2 when I started to use Duolingo. All the languages I wanted to learn only had courses from English. So just 5 years after starting to learn English at school, I started to learn all the languages I couldn't do at school from English. It's not that difficult. The only annoying thing is when English lacks a feature that both German and the language I'm learning have, resulting in me making mistakes in that feature in the other language, even though it's the same as in German.
I too am a native Bavarian speaker than had to learn German in school and then later my English teacher only spoke German not Bavarian! The struggle is real!
That actually makes it easier not harder...
@@NavySeal2k😂😂😂
@@Widur42 no, it just reinforces the second language. Laddering is a challenge
She looked so sad at the end like the bit was too real🥺
"sweetie, you just told them I violated you" "Eh?" 😂
The look on her face when he said "You just told them that I violated you" 😂 I mean, it's gonna get the ambulance there, won't it? 😜
Actually might get you the police without an ambulance, or just more questions.
Yeah, but also the police! So her boyfriend would be in a lot of trouble before they could de-escalate the situation 😂
Lol
It'll get police there. They can handle the rest.
"He hurt you?"
"Yes, he's making me learn German!"
THE WAY HE CALMLY SAYS “sweetie you just told him I violate you.” I CANT
I feel your pain! I speak Dutch and I learned German at school in the UK.
It's even more confusing than Dutch..Both the similarities and the differences make my head lol.
I don't get to speak either very often which makes it harder lol.
shes so precious i swear to god😭❤️
“Sweetie, you just told them I violated you” has got to be the funniest thing I’ve heard on yt shorts 😂😂😂
"Mein Mann tut mir weh" means "my husband is hurting me" - I wouldn't say it's the same as rape
@TheKillahKyla I don't think that's how he meant it. A physical assault is still a violation. Definitely not how I would phrase it, but I could see why someone else might.
@@TheKillahKyla Still domestic violence.
For ether sex, that can count as dv. So it’s still bad if she says this, and it’s still bad regardless if it’s what you just said or not!!
@@florian8599 then German BF meant to say "abused" instead of "violated" then
But it's just semantics
He schooled her in the cutest way ever! She's so adorbs. 😂
Baby be quick, I'm hurt over here 😂😂😂😂 der Typ bringt mich jedes Mal zum Lachen 😂
Now German bf does same In Vietnamese
German boyfriend doing a gruff voice as the dispatcher was unexpected!
Girl, you speak Vietnamese and English and also learning German, you are amazing. Wish you all the best.
This to me is the best comment on this video i have read so far.
Yesss, girl!! 🙂🤚🏼 #highfive
while there is nothing special at all about knowing 3 languages (I easily know 5), there is that effort she puts in that deserve a praise except when it comes to calling an ambulance lol.
Yep and the yt bpyfriend need to learn Vietnamese
@@user-ix7iu4wf8oerm 😭
Swetie is an emotion right now 😢
The emergency service guy voice was so well done
I phoned an ambulance is Spain once and the guy told me to just speak English because he couldn't understand my Spanish. I had been living and working in Spain for 4 years at this point. I was more upset with this than why I was phoning them.
oh no, what's your first language?
Two months ago I had to call immigration in the USA to make sure I could work at my new job... I have been speaking English off and on since I was 6 years old. They had to transfer me to a live person, because the automatic voice operator couldn't understand my "accent". My boss laughed so hard, and said that until I told them in the office they thought my first language was English! 😅 I am on the phones for my job in English. The people I speak with don't hear whatever immigration heard. Lol.
Amazing moment to apologize in Spanish in a sad tone and hang up the phone.
@@francegamble1 Those things can't recognize *mine* and I was born in America, with a GenAm accent...
Because foreigners' accent is difficult to get so when in an emergency or in a hurry it's easier to understand English.
İ'm also learning German and the struggle is REAL. She's so relatable for this 😭
Du schaffst das! ☺️
Danke
I'm learning Chinese and the struggle is real 😭
languages are so difficult!
so germans are so backwards they don't speak an international language? that's embarrassing.
In Romania airport and hospital staff speak english and some french. If one's english is too bad they quickly bring someone who is fluent. I thought this was normal until I went to racist countries like Japan and Spain who refuse to speak english. It's so cringe.
I don't like many things about english syntax and grammar but as hospital and airport staff in Europe to not speak english, french and spanish is embarrassing and xenophobic.
BTW, I know in Romanian hospitals, airport and the police speak english because I have an ethnic name so first thing when they see my papers before they hear me they ask me in english if I speak romanian.
@@HisameArtworkbro idk who told you that here in Spain people don't talk in English because we're racists but that's such a big lie 🕴🏻 it's expensive to actually learn English here and many people who study it end up going to other countries because they can earn more money, get your info right before spreading misinformation please 🙏🏻
I love the instant switches between "scary" emergency center guy to sweet talking husband 😂❤ you should be a voice actor 😂🤩👍
"You're an Ambulance" it was that simple
Heheheh
"want to save your boyfriend?" And that sad little nod
like a child after the lecture
"Mein Mann tut weh" 😂 oh no
Imho a highly underrated comment.... as a german 😉😂😂😂👍👍👍
Dose this sentence automatically mean that her husband hurts her? Because from my understanding it only means that “her husband hurts ____. “ you need to sort of fill in that sentence don’t you? Wouldn’t it be “Mein Mann tut mir weh“? (Oder ist es Mich Und nicht mir) auch wollt sie „Mein Mann hat schmerzen“ sagen?
@@playgrounds6159 "Mein Mann tut weh." on its own isn't really an understandable sentence. It's likely that a real operator would understand what she meant, but he got her by asking a leading question "Ihr Mann tut Ihnen weh?" which she acknowledged.
@@playgrounds6159yes, technically it would be "Mein Mann tut mir weh", but most germans would ask for clarification like he did because we would most likely assume it was supposed to mean that her husband is hurting her and she just forgot the "mir" instead of "mein Mann hat Schmerzen" 😅
@@playgrounds6159 your german is correct here!
" mein Mann tut weh" is very awkward german and wouldn't really be said by a native speaker.
"Mein Mann hat Schmerzen (my husband is in pain)" or "Mein Mann hat sich weh getan (my husband has gotten himself hurt)" would be more accurate.
However, when she said "Meinn Mann tut weh" the "responder" responded with "Ihr Mann tut Ihnen weh?! (Your husband is hurting you!?) Which she then confirmed.
What the responder understood was quite locical to infer from what she was saying, so easily misunderstood
Your boyfriend has a perfect German Janitors "Accent". And lots of comededian potential. Love it 🤣
thank you, this is true. I love it because this is so often forgotten. it matters.
His voice is killing me 😂 Get this man a voice acting job fr
"Mein Mann tut weh" I just died laughing
That was the most frickin' German thing I've ever seen! BF is a fantastic (and terrifying) teacher O.O
That's my motivation to learn English. I have to learn english properly to save myself. Call police, ambulances, etc. Living abroad is tough. You need to learn how to protect yourself.
Mal unabhängig von der Ernsthaftigkeit des Themas - einfach sympathisch ihr beiden! Uyen's "eh" nach dem "Sweetie, you just told them that I violated you" - ich musste so lachen. 😅😅 Uyen Du schaffst das.
die beiden sind einfach die besten
@@ItsAshInMyCupImMadAsAMuh Jawohl! So Suß! 😊
That was kind of what motivated me to learn German.
After moving for about 3 months, I got stuck in an elevator with my baby. All signs were in German, and when I call emergency number in the lift, they told me only German, no English. Luckily, I had very basic German and could tell them where I was and understood what they were asking for.
Update: did not expect 600+ likes over night 😅
The emergency was to facility management, so I did not expect them to speak English.
German is not a difficult language if you know English, as English is a Germanic language, however, it is extremely difficult to get it wrong, conjugations and such. Learning German in Germany made it easy for me, as it was immersive and I joined the same class as the integration programme for university students, was able to reach proficiency within 9 months at B2 level.
Through understanding the language, I have learnt to love the country, culture and people more.
To be fair, an emergency number where they are not able to speak English is very weird to say the least...
Also police and ambulance should be able to talk/ understand English
This is an edited Post:
Meanwhile, so many comments have been written here that many no longer bother to read everything correctly.
Or just make thinks up i never did say.
Most simply stick to the first comment they disagree with and start writing. Therefore, I will try once again to summarize everything, at least as far as it concerns me. With this, I can refer to it and, of course, prevent more unnecessary comments from being written. I may also add to this later, but I hope I won't have to.
Additionally, we have the problem that essentially several topics seem to be mixed up. Personally, I am concerned about the attitude of certain individuals. We now live in a world where many believe that certain things are self-evident, instead of being grateful for what they receive from others.
Tourists: The doctors of a country are there for the population of that respective country. The only language they need to speak is the official language of the country. Does this mean they cannot speak English? No, of course not. Doctors have studied, and of course, they have learned English during their studies. Can we expect them to speak English? No, we cannot, but they can still do it. At least almost everywhere in the world - I wouldn't be so sure about the medicine man from the Ukabunga tribe, of course. It's also foolish to argue that someone would die in an accident just because the doctor can't speak with the victim. Life-threatening injuries are generally obvious to the doctor. And of course i find it good they can speak Englisch.
The emergency services of a country are there for the population of that respective country. The only language they need to speak is the official language of that country. Does this mean they cannot speak English? No, of course not, especially in a country as advanced and with as educated people as Germany. Can we expect them to speak English? No, we cannot, but they can still do it. In many other countries, I would not assume this.
And of course i find it good they can speak Englisch.
The police are there for the population of the respective country. The only language they need to speak is the official language of that country. Does this mean they cannot speak English? No, of course not, especially in a country as advanced and with as educated people as Germany. Can we expect them to speak English? No, we cannot, but they can still do it, at least almost all of them.
And of course i find it good they can speak Englisch.
In many other countries, they may not be able to.
Also, the
normal population in Germany speaks English to a very large extent. Since the 70s-80s, English has been a compulsory subject almost everywhere in Germany, depending on the federal state. But about 70-80% of all Germans living today can speak English more or less. Among the younger ones, around 60 years and younger, this percentage is likely in the 90s. However, you will still meet many who do not speak English, just because they are ashamed of their poor English or have forgotten it again. They prefer to avoid it. To our American friends: Consider whether you had Spanish in school and how well you can speak it, or your compatriots.
English is not the world language. There is no world language, and there probably never will be. In any case, it is not foreseeable. There is a difference between the world language and the most spoken language in the world. Besides, English being the most spoken language, it is also the international language of politics, business, and science. Not more and not less.
People who permanently move to another country: Someone who permanently moves to another country must learn the national language to a certain extent. This is easily achievable within a year if you make a little effort. Otherwise, they have no place in this country and not in any other foreign country. Migration is a duty to bring. What do I do in a country where I don't want to participate in their culture? And no, German is not that difficult. There are enough examples on CZcams that have managed it in just a few weeks to a satisfactory degree. That is the minimum one can expect from an immigrant. And don't come to me with different genders, etc. You can completely mess it up, and a German native speaker will understand what you mean. The myth that German is such a difficult language is just that - a myth. It may not be the easiest, but there are dozens much more challenging, especially for someone coming from another Germanic language like English.
The elevator emergency number usually leads to the facility management of the house.
Facility manager don't need to be good in foreign languages but in handy craftings. Also often elderly immigrants work as facility managers. They often have other mother tongues than German and if they had englisch lessons about 30-50 years ago.. well... 🤷♀️
@@raistraw8629 We are part of the EU, so basic english should be mandatory for all officials.
@@llothar68
Emergency personnel does not count as officials.
She needs a phonic cheat sheet with emergency phrases
When he said “See the struggle? Want to save your boyfriend? Learn German.” I saw Duolingo
"I'm hurt over here." That tone in his voice 😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣
I know these are skits but a good practice session when in new country/language! My poor husband just 2 weeks after we married was in a pickle when I had an acute anaphylactic reaction. My eyes swole shut and I couldn't see. He had the hardest time explaining what was going on to get a ride to the hospital. We got a ride and I survived so all is well!
What is there to explain than "send the ambulance right now" and giving the address? They medics can figure it out on the spot even if they couldn't speak the same language.
@@cyberfunk3793 That kind of understanding requires training, and if the culture in your country makes you feel like it is other people's duty to understand your language regardless of their situation, you don't bother with such measures.
@@cyberfunk3793 You have to be able to tell them what's going on so they can schedule the ambulance accordingly. There aren't unlimited ambulances and there's people calling them for stupid reasons.. a lot of times, you might get someone calling an ambulance for a medical problem they've been having for weeks that is absolutely not an emergency. So of course, you wouldn't send the ambulance there right away if someone else calls with a heart attack or something.
@@Shishikasuchan All they need to know is the priority and if they can't understand what you are saying, any person with common sense would treat it as highest priority until better info is obtained. The ambulance is on the way already while they keep talking to you. So yes the default is to send the ambulance immediately when the address is known unless it is immediately clear it's not an emergency
@@cyberfunk3793I think phone operators have orders to talk a lor with the caller and figure out if it’s REALLY an ambulance level emergency or not
I recently called 911 (the swedish equicalent) when I saw an old lady crash on her bike, laying on the pavement screaming ”AAAAARGH I broke my foot!” She was impossible to talk to so I called and said ”send an ambulance we got a broken foot”
They told me to wait, check her foot, talk to her etc. She was not communicative at first but after 5 minutes it turned out she was fine and just maybe had a light sprain. could walk home after I helped her up (the 911 operator was with me on the phone the entire time)
That’s why - lots of calls are not REALLY ambulance worthy - if they would send em out willy nilly they would risk running out of ambulances for mega serious emergencies
So you gotta convince em it’s serious
And ”puffy eyes” doesn’t sound all that serious
I mean; sure you can say ”my language bad, big emergency - send ambulance” and they might go anyways … but if you’re decent at the language they will try to ask detailed questions
The difference between learning in-country and learning in a classroom! A fluent and natural "doch, Deutsch," followed by questions about numbers 😅
I may recommend having pre-written card for an emergency. A simple, "My bf is hurt and needs assistance" or "I am hurt and need assistance" . The best option is to obviously learn the language to be able to converse properly, but in an emergency you don't want to have to rely on recently acquired skills. Especially because tragedy strikes at the most inopportune moments
People are thinking he sounds aggresiv when speaking German but he is just doing a cliché police officer voice.
Just be sure you’re the beneficiary of his life insurance policy.
😂
Most don't got that 😢 it's way to expensive 1/4 of the income
Cue life insurance dance by That Chapter
Plain facts 😂😂
😂😂😂 *cue Childish Gambino singing "Get Yo Money"*
People at emergency call centre can speak English fine but this was a fun test to test her german
Her laugh was so cute. Her genuine smile is just lovely.
you know... first thing my dad did once he met my mum (who was from poland, directly after the fall of the berlin wall), was to exclusively use german with her in germany (and for him in return to exclusively use polish when visiting her family).
My mum hated it every single time whenever he corrected her, without any mercy, but it did work and she is glad that she learned.
edit: 500+ likes... help idk what to do with those now
They could do immersion days. Like once or twice a week....but nothing that hurts the relationship
I was so lucky compared to most. I was the first in my generation and none of the older folk spoke English to me. I'm so grateful because I'm the only one in my generation who can carry on a conversation in Polish.
"Ja hallo Notrufzentrale" That didn't sound like your fiance at all. :D
That’s kinda scary. I never considered this angle.
Those nails look SO good on you!!
He is going to be a great dad 😂
The '😦eh' was so iconic
I wish your posts had more emoji options because this was hilarious 😂
This is such a great ad for DuoLingo 😂
“Sweetie…you just told him I violated you…” -German Boyfriend (2023)
At the end you could tell her sad face was not acting she felt that to the core
"Want to save your boyfriend? Learn German!" Best slogan ever ;-))))
His voice was calm and soothing.
You know I know this is parody in a lot of ways but he brings up a really valid point and I think anyone visiting another country should at least know some more basics than what we tend to learn first or are told to learn first. Here I was taught to learn things like how to at least order food or ask for the bathroom or directions, but literally no one ever mentions learning how to handle an emergency like this and now I'm second guessing what I have been learning in Chinese (like asking how family is or how to order food lmao) and am more eager to learn how to say "help help I've fallen and I cant get up!" 😂😂
It's obvious the emergency services in civilized countries should at least understand some basic English or at least have one person on shift that can do it. Nobody can expect tourists that go to several countries learn each language. I'm in France now, can speak about 5 words of the language but have survived fine so far. No point in learning the language as I'm not intending to stay or go to another country where French is spoken.
Hey if you're second-guessing yourself: my chinese course literally thought us "library" and "history" in the first lesson ever but we only learned ' "my name is" in the third semester... It can't be this bad!
@@Scarlett.Granger I'm not second guessing learning lol. I'm still going strong between Duolingo and a Chinese woman nearby that owns a store with her family. She's been a wonderful teacher. It just makes me second guess in the sense of maybe going beyond my current level and lessons and learning how to say some quick phrases in emergencies. I just feel it's important and for someone like Uyen, that has lived and will continue to live in another country with another language outside of her first one, to probably learn some of those things specifically at that stage. Maybe not so much for short travels like the other commenter mentioned but assuming all emergency workers will know English just because they deem a country as "civilized" (a term I find to be obnoxiously ignorant when referring to people and cultures in general) or not is just meh to me. Hope they never have to deal with an emergency when there is a language barrier. 🙄
@@alosialeeYeah, a guy on another thread was defending Germany for having emergency dispatchers that can't speak English, which I thought there was no excuse, because it's a western country, but something like China... I could understand it. China has 1/3 of the world's population, and a coulture that's very unconnected to western society. I could imagine the same for Japan or Russia as well... Or a francophonic African country... Not every place in the world speaks English, and if you travel there, you have your safety to consider. Just because you're a tourist from a rich country doesn't mean 'they will handle it' taking care of you just like you were at home. There are travel destinations where you need to prepare more carefully. Not every place is a tourist pool hotel where all the staff and half of the town speaks English so they can serve the tourists.
@@raapyna8544 even in Germany I still understand it. Western or not their first language isn't English and while I understand that it's one of the most spoken languages on the planet, so is French, and no one would bash an American or Canadian emergency worker for not knowing French despite there being heavy French speaking populations in both countries lol. I think it's both silly and potentially dangerous to assume just because a country is a Western one that they would all or should all be fluent in English if and when it's not even their primary language and likely don't come across it as often as people think. At best you'd be able to find at least a translator for you, hopefully, if all the staff only speak a specific language or aren't fluent enough in English in order even get the jist without some type of lost in translation type situation. Granted I do see most places like say France or Germany at the very least having translators for English speakers on staff in most areas like these but people shouldn't just assume that's a given.
In France, you can send a written message to 114.
If the person is not fluent in English, at least they can use an automatic translator or show the text to someone.
That is a great idea. All countries should have this option.
France really out there looking out for those millennials who can’t make phone calls
In france nobody speaks English though. My experience with Germany is that most will know and talk in English.
You are such a good actress! Your expressions are spot on!!
The sweetness of these two is like a cake shop!
THIS is the motivation to learn a language, to save a life
BF: …if I were sick could you call me an ambulance?
Uyen: Okay, you’re an ambulance 🚑
That pushing Kerrigan with the Archon strat in hamburger of Oblivion is hilarious! 😂
"Nutshell: don't eat with chopsticks to avoid these taboos"😂
You just told them I violated you 😂
The look on her face had me rolling
Right? The delivery was great 😂
Fastest way to get help, probably. Far better than "Er hat Bauscheweh".
They would instantly send the police instead of just thinking his tummy hurts.
Can you call me an ambulance?
Sure! Sie sind ein Krankenwagen.
Agreed. It is so important to learn the language where you are living or visiting.😊
One of your best video shorts.