SUPER EASY ENGLISH WORDS Germans Can't Say - feat. Dana (WantedAdventure)
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- Hey rabbits!
Since I am German it's no surprise that I sometimes struggle saying certain English words. However, it's not only the long and complicated words that drive me crazy. Often very short, seemingly easy words are the ones I have the biggest trouble with.
Thing, bowl, head, girl - these words don't appear to be difficult to say, but I always struggle pronouncing them.
Find out why that is and what I think about these English words in today's video - featuring a very special guest, the amazing Dana from WantedAdventure as my native American speaker sidekick!
Have fun!
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I'm a straight female but damn gurl those things are extremely distracting
Grumpy Cat 😂😂😂😂, maybe you will change your mind 😂😂
Yes! Especially 10.24 haha!
geile busen
Agreed lmao
Same. She knows, that's why she purposely makes sure the camera and her shirt was low enough to see them in every thumbnail and video.
One of my professors is German. She's amazingly fluent in english, but she sometimes needs a reminder from people in the class on how to pronounce certain words when she can't remember exactly how to say it. I'm sure this probably happens to all people speaking their non-native language no matter how fluent they are!
I had a French guest lecturer the other week and her English was almost accent-less. I thought she must've gone to high school in the UK or something. There was only one word that gave it away - "template", which she pronounced like a French word (i.e. like "tom-PLET"). It was quite funny.
superanimefan275 Actually when you are switching between two languages it's pretty hard to get the right pronunciation. I am a native german and speak american all the time. I have always hard times to switch between the two.
Had a neighbor in Greece who was from Cameroon who had married a Greek guy; She spoke excellent Greek but had a French accent-when she said her husband's name, 'Spiro' she always gave it a French inflection, 'Spighro'...kinda cute.
All of my foreign professors except for one ask every now and then. The one who doesn't has been here for 40 years though.
Happens with the native languages as well. Time to time I have a hard time pronouncing certain things in Slovak (e.g. črta -- yes, this is three consonants and one vowel in two syllables, which are pronounced together: čr-ta; and even worse is čŕt, which is genitive plural of črta).
Dana talks like a kindergarten teacher
Selena Gamya And wins an award for fakest laugh of all time
I don't think she's fake, she just seems sweet & upbeat. She'd be so perfect for children's TV. I could see her having her own Blue's Clues style show...
Selena Gamya fr
Her voice annoys me.
@@dooglesw Same.
What did she say? I can't concentrate.
Robin Hood: She _spoke_ ? As in used _speech_ ? Gee, I have to watch again. And again. And again . . .
@@thomasraahauge5231 XD
Why?
"I'm German, let my tongue touch things..." this video got way too steamy way too quickly. I need to sit down.
I had to pause for a day after "balls in my mouth".
9:11
Titten
Exactly, when I hear it, I split my tee
You don't suck. Once in Germany, someone asked me to pass the bowl...I hand them my key with a very confused face.
Andrew Thomas There's a little difference between Schlüssel and Schüssel 😁
They sounded very similar to me that day
Andrew Thomas omfg😂
Andrew Thomas Schlüssel 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Took me a while to get that. Very nice one xD
I thought you pronounced these words just fine. Native English speakers have different ways of saying a lot of words anyway.
Yeah
Highly agree. Germans are aleo much more strict on how they speak. Englush has more curves lol. Being a mix of germanic, celtic and latin.. we dont care much as long as we can understand a person clearly. In germany, even if they understand you perfectly, they freak out and want you to say each word with 0 accent and like a square box style, no room for ANY" mistake " or difference. And when over there, they make fun of other german dialetcs and proclaim , "that isnt REAL german", if its in austria you better speak high german( hoch deustch) . And the austrians were more laid back, didnt care... they border and have much history with the baltics. But in germany... youre damned if you do n damned if you dont. Unless you speak 100% perfect , no accent... they will say something, in which had it heen in America, if we got you then we are good. They are very staunch on their own language. Its one of the oldest ( german) so, that's great, but even german has evolved from old german . It is kinda ridiculous.
Yeah that bothers me a lot, I just learn conversational American, or be more specifically, the Californian way of English, and then I found that I couldn't understand British accent and phrases when I watching movies, also southern American accent is hard to understand too
@@maevebathory666 I totally agree. ALL Germans are as you describe.
By the way, ALL Americans are shoot crazy cowboys and ALL Americans are sure, that in Germany we still have a King ;-)
But you are right, there are Germans who try to correct foreign people if they pronounce a word wrong. But they don't wanna annoy you, they try to help you for the next time you use this word ;-)
Sorry, I hope you understand what I mean. I'm a German and my english is not as well as it should.
@@martinheitmann5440 i absolutley can. But being rude, and ignorant ,and cruel as fuck to me... right off the bat is why you need to apologize. If i am right like u said...then why the fuck did you say such idiotic shit? Have you been to where i live? Bc ive been to where you live. Im half austrian qnd my grandfather was just as stupidly anal on it and got on our asses all the time. So i got my asessment from my family and and going to germany and austria. And italy and france qnd Luxembourg ect. The Italians ... werent this way... and my italian is HORRIBLE. Yes, i am right like you said...so don't fuckin attack me nazi cunt.. oh u dnt like that? Now u know what u said to me 1st paragraph. ..then say i am right. Schweinhund
"Squirrel"
"Skviffel?"
"Squirrel"
"Squivvel!??
"..."
Anakin Skywalker I
Yes.
Jaaaa omggg😂😂
Yeap, the same thing.
Anakin Skywalker Do you like sand?
"let my tongue touch things"
Sheb Schaf lol
Sheb Schaf :p
9:02
Psycho Madness In Switzerland we say, that all you have to do to pronounce English correctly is to stick a hot potato into your mouth. There seems to be some truth in that saying. 😂😂😂😂
+ Sheb: I'm glad you said it because I couldn't lol
Vid starts at 3:10
Jakob Watson thanks! 👍
Jakob Watson thank you!
Gaayyyy
Thank you
12:26 actually
Technically, most Americans pronounce "was" with a "z" sound in the end.
That’s what a "soft s" is. The German "z" is different, it’s a /ts/ sound.
I do that, but it's very soft. Southern California west coast guy here, so it might be our mumbling ways of speaking.
Most English speakers generally, American or not.
I've never heard it any different
@@charlieclark2609 ...neither have I.
She's intentionally doing that, you know what I'm talking about
...do YOU know what you're talking about?!
That's called marketing
If you come to Australia “love” and “laugh” sound pretty much the same :3
Billy K i have an Australian teacher. You guys, with words ending in UH or AH you end with an R... Like pizzer.. like you say- loaf as love and laof as laugh.
Not being rude lmao ily
Only if you are a complete idiot to think so, must be deaf as fuck
All wise Luke on the braught sod of loife.
Melb here, "luv" and "laarf" are very audibly different - if you already know Aussie accents.
If not, I can see people getting confused, ffs half the time americans can't tell the difference between au, cockney and nz.
And how do they pronounce " water "?
I thought she did a pretty good job, besides accents are cute. But what I really want to see her say is "squirrel".
Malik Rath lol me as a Polish person can't say it
sq- skwirrel... qkwuiwwel sk- sq-- ... i give up
Let them contest... Dana has to say Eichhörnchen then.
It's hopeless. But the Germans get their revenge when Americans try to say Eichhörnchen :-)
as some comment probably stated somewhere down the the line, it is double "r" , like the a.m. squirrel but also worry, hurry, furry etc. as well as 2 "w's" too close together like wayward, wowing, wew etc. that are fun. "W" and "v" together are also great : woven, vowels, waiver etc.
"Let my tongue touch things"
I mean... alright
So Ariana Grande is german?
Es ist lustig wie viele leute hier über ihre brüsten reden... :')
Maria cool redest selbst drüber lustig
Um ehrlich zu sein, habe auch nur deshalb drauf geklickt, als TH-cam mir dieses Video gezeigt hat, weil ich mir gedacht habe, warum zeigt sich jemand, der eigentlich die englische Sprache erklärt oder die Unterschiede zwischen beiden Sprache aufzeigen will sich so freizügig an! Nun, jetzt weiss ich es... lol. Gib sicherlich bessere Kanäle, die das Ganze besser machen und nicht einmal mit ihren Titten wackeln müssen. Sorry.
Aber wer mir denen direkt zu Beginn wackelt und die so präsentiert will es doch sicherlich auch so. Dadurch bekommt sie sicherlich doppelt soviele Klicks.
Ja
Die sind da :D
i just saw the cringiest death metal impression ever
I actually feel quite insulted..
I loved the girl part 😂
me too....oh man :(
am i the only one who thinks that she has gigantic tits?
Ramsey Case probably because she has a child
I'm German, but i don't have any problems with these English words.
Lügner
So lucky
Me neither, I mean I don't take any extra english classes but those words are just kinda basic. The only thing I hate is a n "R" after a "TH"... But most Americans I know told me they also didn't notice that so yeah... I guess it's fine and english isn't a hard language if it's about right pronunciation.
Gigi H Muss man ja auch nicht
I once had a Korean roommate and she asked me to help her with pronouncing English words. I basically just told her to sound like she's putting no effort into talking at all; providing "refrigerator" and "rural" as examples. It helped her a lot, hilariously.
5:40 "The D needs to be taken care of as well! (That's what she said)!" that was TOO funny!!!
The first 4 seconds put me at damn near full mast.
Hahah I'm german too but I don't have any trouble saying these words😂😘
Livia Lafleur I too
I never messed up one of these words but the video was worth it, I laughed so hard..xD
Lol ich schon 🤣
Livia Lafleur me 2
hab auch kein problem damit
I wish people would not lose their accents. I don't want us all to sound the same.
slytlygufy i have a german wen speaking german amerikan wen i speak english
True that it would be boring if everyone sounded like duplicate robots.
OMG I could watch the first 3 seconds of that video, on a loop, for about an hour. You are so amazing Trix!! :)
I find it so cute how much effort Trixi puts into teaching us german and motivating us at all times. :D thank you. You're an amazing human :)
The Germans having difficulty with English is a bit ironic, because modern English evolved from Anglo-Saxon, so it's a cousin of German, and many words are closely related. I guess we can blame the French for all those difficult words :o)
It's true, old english has a stronger pronunciation, and in my opinion, it sounds a little closer to latin.
old english is actually closer to modern German than modern English... quite funny i think.
No, it is not only the French influence, Germans would have similar difficulties to pronounce Anglosaxon or medieval German as well. E.g. you find the "th" in those old German languages, but it has completely vanished in modern German (except for some of the northern dialects).
I always blame the French for everything anyways
English is a Germanic language that evolved from Frisian, and was influenced by French, Latin and many others.
Honestly, as a German, the only real challenge mentioned in this video is "three" :)
Sechzig u. Sechzehn. Now those are tough for native English speakers.
Philos honestly*
Philos, i can prunounce that :P
same
Squirrel is my enemy.
_"The 'D' needs to be taken care of as well."_
_{"That's what she said."}_
*LOL!!!!*
6:52 *My new ringtone.*
Ikr?
😂
YUP! IKR XD!!
I'm German, learning English for 5 years now. I can understand you completely! Especially 3 sounds terrible, but the other words, too!
I'm happy to know that I am not alone! ☺
Now that you speak English. Come on down 'ere to the south an get you sume sweet tea! We'll kick back and talk 'bout whatever you like.
I'm English and I'm learning German
+Brenda Stevens me to
I'm British and the way you say these words sound more natural to me than the way Dana says them. The word "bad" for example, I honestly thought Dana said "bed" but the way you said it is exactly how I say it.
LOL. I agree with you about das Mädchen, but it might be fun for you to know that many American's feel exactly opposite. My mother and sister, for example think that Mädchen is a "harsh" sound, but they think "girl" sounds delicate and light. Personally, I think that a lot of this has to do with a much deeper psychology, but that is another discussion. ;) Thank you for another fun and amazing video.
I'm an American, and I've always thought that "Mädchen" looked cool (the 'A' with the two dots!) and sounded lovely, mainly because of actress Mädchen Amick. What a beauty she was!
I was about to reply the same way. As an American English native speaker learning German, I (as well as so many other people) are the exact opposite :) . It's a beautiful frustration really. Repeatedly failing at combining the "ch" hiss in so many words (or doing so inconsistently). Trying desperately to roll my German "R". It took me years to learn how to roll the Spanish "R" and now I have to learn this again but using the other end of my tongue. The one important thing I learned though when learning how to roll my Spanish tongue is it took a couple years but I did it and can now do so confidently. The same can be assumed for my German pronunciation :) . I hope you feel the same with your own experiences.
Mädchen should mean woman and frau should mean girl. It seems infuriatingly backwords.
When I'm feeling sad and in need of comfort, I come back and watch the first three seconds of this video and feel suddenly restored.
i am french and the "th" is a torture for me, kiss from Paris meine liebling
Percy Shelley I want to go to France...
for exemple i can't say the word "with" , i say WIT sounds like OUITE
I also want to go to France, in the German Army.
Percy Shelley TH like saying SSS only with the very front of your tongue touching the bottom of your top teeth.
i have to practice, thanks
Sorry. Ich finde die eigentlich gar nicht schlimm...
Dennis K
Ich versteche nicht. Ich bin Griechisch aber ich spreche Deutsch nicht so gut.
+Mike Someone he wrote something like 'Sorry, I think they are not difficult as well.'
Ich auch nicht
"let my tongue touch things", "pretend that I have a ball in my mouth" You're not making this easy...
I absolutely love your German lessons, you are the best, please never stop
I´m german too and if I say "three" it souds like sree or Thwee
Lola Sommer So einen Sprachfehler haben viele
Lola Sommer i got used to pronounce it as free 😂😂😂
Lola Sommer Haha ich habs gelesen, es ausgesprochen und nen Lachflash bekommen xD
Lola Sommer Haha ich hatte so einen Lachflash als ich das ausgesprochen habe xD. Ich hab oft struggle bei "strength of thousend men"
Lola Sommer
ist wirklich so :)) ich kann three auch nicht richtig aussprechen bei mir klingt das nie wirklich richtig sondern ehr wie sree oder so
Disappointed "squirrel" wasn't one of the words. Germans trying to say the word squirrel is hilarious.
Skvirell. :)
Brittish people aswell
"Squiddle"
In WWII, US troops in the ETO would use passwords with the "w" sound such as "squirrel" or the "th" sound which were very difficult for a German tongue to wrap around, even if the infiltrator knew the password. In the Pacific, the password would contain an "l" sound, equally foreign to a Japanese tongue.
Shkvrrl hehe
What? It is really hard to say!!!
"Accents are beautiful"
I know what you mean, Russian and German accent are beautiful
Nobody is looking at her accent, aaaaah, knockers bazookas, aaaaah jugs,
I’m half German and half Russian. xD
I'm learning how to speak German and I have to really practice how to pronounce words so someone who speaks only German would at least understand what I was saying. I think you do a really great job speaking English, Trixie.
German here too. I'd consider myself to be rather fluent, but I was reminded (more like being ridiculed by XD) by a student from the states (Austin, Texas) while I was abroad studying in Japan that I got some words totally wrong and I started to see a pattern: most often I found myself confused in pronouncing words with "v" and "w". For those that don't know german, we have a lot of words starting with "w" that are pronounced similar to the english "v". So when I start talking in english without focusing, I default to pronounce some words in a german way. Somehow I pronounced Vader, as in, Darth Vader, like the "w" of "world" and the "w" of "world" more like the "v" of "vader". Unlike in german, the "w" in english is formed by pursing the lips together and narrowing the mouth (don't worry, this is just phonetics 101) and the german formation is more in the centre without that narrowing of the mouth. I's not like I can't make those sounds, but the more I think about it the more confusing it gets and I have to repeat it several times. Not sure if this is a german thing or just my inablity with those consonants but making the sounds of the english "w" feels a bit unnatural for my tounge. And whenever I see english words with "v" my brain reminds my, "watch out, this isn't the german "v"" but the german vowel isn't so much different. Long story short, I pronounce words like "vicious" sometimes like "wishes" and that cracked her up.
BTW nice cleavage.
vhat? XD No, jk, indeed I think this is internationally perceived as being typically German.
A lot of native English-speakers are pretty understanding if you mess up "w" and "v".
Crazytype, To make you feel better, we make fun of Texans, too. ;) Their drawwwl. But anyway, people should be more appreciative of speaking their language. One can correct without being a douche.
dont worry and have a glass of uine or a uisky....
Doel Baughman I've never seen anybody make fun of a southern twang. Because it is seen as charming. And either way they speak English correctly.
I'd say many of your examples are made harder for you due to American English. Do the same video with British English and you might find them a touch easier? Girl for instance does not require Dimmu Borgir vocals.
Allistair C I was always told as a child that brummie accents make it easier to learn German because they already have the nasally thing down. The end of the word also tends towards a hard consonant. I guess it would be the same in reverse.
I was thinking the same thing! As an American, the words that she apparently can't say, like "Accent", sounded British to me, and correct.
I think it depends on the british accent you do. I have heard lower class british accents and they sound American, but a high class one is very hard to understand as an American. For a german it would seem easier to do a high class british accent.
Yep, her Three was completely correct in English (or even scottish). Can't say i've noticed americans saying three differently.
Interesting. Which lower class accents do you think are american sounding? By high class do you mean folk like joanna lumley, prince harry etc?
Hi great youtuber! I'm a 22-year-old italian boy and I've been working on English for 7 months. I've been so self-focused and I've so zeroed in on in it every day that when I watch your videos I'm so full of passion and determination! I'll be living in Germany in about 2 months since my brother's purchased a 3-story building there ! I need to brush up on my German right now. Who knows maybe one day we'll bump into each other, and we'll enjoy some really interesting conversations in English and German! 🥰 Love you
I replayed that intro a hundred times! Thank you, lol! 😍
You get pigtails @4:35 😏👌
"queue" -> Why does this word exist??? :D haha
..its pronounciation has nothing to do with its spelling
yeah okay, you got a point there..
Ask the French. They gave us the word 'queue' which means 'tail'. Interestingly, the meaning of "cue", the stick used in billiards, is derived from "queue" when it meant "pigtail", not from "cue", as in "signal, or reminder".
+Sitting on Ceilings "Blame the French!" Always a good rule of thumb, especially when confronting weirdness in the English language. Why do we have separate names for the animal on the hoof versus the butchered animal? The French.
Who of course pronounce it completely differently.
Hey😂😉
Ich bin der deutsche Kommentar den du suchst
Nein, es gibt viele von ihnen hier >;3
Sicher? Ich bin auch da 😂
Bernd Bahnemann 😂😂😂
Bernd Bahnemann VERDAMMT du hast recht😂😂✨
Bernd Bahnemann ich habe versucht die auszusprechen ich kriege das nicht hin 😂😂ok nein die ersten diese Langen
The first second was enough for me to like the video
Was du in der 1 Sek. Des Videos gemacht hast, kann man den ganzen Tag ansehen😘
I am half German and half Amerian but These words aren't really hard to pronounce for the full German people I know 🙄😂
Morenn Hallo Army
who do you think you are? I am German and I stutter when I speak English
who do you think you are? Damn jimin you look so damn good xD
who do you think you are? Yes, I can pronounce all of them correctly but sometimes I have problems with 'three‘. I am German by the way.
who do you think you are? ARMYYY
the "d" needs to be taken care of as well
and that's what she said LMAO
"Let my tongue touch things!"
I think you are doing great with you're English. I found this video to be absolutely entertaining, and informative. You have a great sense of humor. For some of those words you can always break them down to smaller words that might help a little. But I also agree that accents are awesome, don't completely lose you're German accent.
Your pronunciation is actually excellent and your English has improved tremendously since you started.
All these words are so easy.
I hate the difference between love and laugh it sound so similar 😏 this video helped me with the difference. thanks a lot ❤
(Greetings from Germany)
Just be aware that the British/Australians/New Zealanders and a lot of others don't pronounce "laugh" in the way Dana (from U.S.) does. We say the "a" more like the "ar" in "farther".
And there's another confusing pair for you: "father" and "farther"!!
Hahahaha du hast so recht. Das Wort "laugh" ist definitiv eines der Wörter die ich ebenfalls NICHT aussprechen kann. Ich musste so lachen! This word make me wanna cry too.
Genau wie "thigh"!
Ich hasse dieses Wort, es ist so sssss....als hätte man einen Fussel an der Zunge den man weg pusten will...
Diese Wörter sind für mich zu weich, mein Mund weigert sich da einfach diese Wörter ohne Konsistenz auszusprechen.
"Sure" finde ich auch erstaunlich schwer.
"Genau wie "thigh"!
Ich hasse dieses Wort, es ist so sssss....als hätte man einen Fussel an der Zunge den man weg pusten will..."
Haha, Fussel wegpusten!
to-chan88 I wish I could speak German..... Ich verstehe allem nicht, Aber nur ein bisschen Deutsch 😟 . Können Sie mir helfen bitte
to-chan88 I wish I could speak German..... Ich verstehe allem nicht, Aber nur ein bisschen Deutsch 😟 . Können Sie mir helfen bitte
bridget mudiaga What do u wana know? I'm a German native speaker so I guess I could help u (even though teaching German in YT comments is completely new terrain for me)
Thanx... lol.... more like everything 😀
I enjoyed hearing your reasons for hating certain words. You remind me of some of my mother's struggles with English.
I learned German and French as a little kid and then learned English, but before the language cutoff, so I have "no" accent in English. (Though I'm sure my Aussie, Kiwi, and UK friends will disagree.) Then I learned Southern American English, which I encourage you to try to learn. It will help smooth out all those rough edges that German seems to want. Here's a phrase for you to say in your best Southern Drawl: The beer is in the truck. Have the amazing Dana say it for you-she'll know the right attitude.
I'm learning German and I find almost all of your words immensely difficult to pronounce. But I enjoy every minute practicing. I especially struggle with the umlauts. Hello from the Philippines!
i dont struggle with any of the words you mentioned, even though German is my mothertounge, the only word I could think of that I find kinda difficult is the word clothes. I realised most native English people also don't pronounce the th in this case but rather say "close", which is fine with me because I can easily say close 😂
Gloria Holly Yeah, I've never really heard anybody say clothes actually like "clothes." Literally everyone says it "close."
Gloria Holly English is my native language. I'm sure you pronounce "clothes" correctly, as I have never heard it in any of the American or English accents pronouncing the "th". just "close".... it's silly, really. lol
Dal Moller I'm american and I pronounce the th in clothes
Daniel Regalado oh, thats cool too, no problem with pronouncing a word correctly! haha. what part of the US do you live in?
As an American, if I pronounce it in a sentence at normal speed, I pronounce it like "close". Only when I enunciate do I say the "th".
Honestly though, I don't like to say it because it's harder to pronounce than clothing, with which it's often interchangeable.
"let my tongue touch things"
"the D needs to be taken care of as well"
ERM WHAT
GOLD ok
the double D's i guess xd
That got your attention, eh? LOL!! ;)
"Ball in my mouth"
I have to pretend i have a ball in my mouth
English is my first and only language I speak fluently, and even I trip over my own sentences...A LOT! Mind you I was diagnosed with a language disorder at the age of 3yrs old and had to attend speech therapy lessons. I have watched quite a few of your videos and for someone who’s native language is German, you speak very English almost effortlessly to me, if anything I’m rather impressed! 🙂
I laughed so hard during this video. One of my favorites 😂👍
Dead ass
Say "squirrel"
Jen Segrest at first you have to say "Eichhörnchen"😂
Jen Segrest .... Any word beginning with a " W" lol.. sounds like " V::: vord!
Say Oachkatzlschwoaf
Jen Segrest pronounced like "squrrl" here in west virginia
My Germán best friend can’t say squirre
"well, I'm german and I don't have problems with those words"
Maybe you guys think you're doing it right, but you're not😂💁
Well, i'm german and I could prove it to you that I'm doing it right. But I am learning english since I was little. Not speaking of kindergarten or elementary school. my first word was confusing and my mum and my grandparents talked in english to me until I was 3. so even though my parents are not from england I feel more native to english then to german.
AntiRoxasAMV productions than you are not a good german example are you? 😂 judging by your history, and judging by the fact you feel more native to English than to german...
That's sooo true 😂 I'm from austria btw (german speaking country, not australia). I know that I probably have a huge accent compared to Americans but I dont even know if I pronounce these words correctly!
Linicorn707 no worries, I know Austria, I've been there, with the kangaroos and all😂😂 I'm joking, I live in Germany, I know the real Austria.
Well, nothing will be as strong as Americans speaking in German, I personally find the german speakers accent very cool, really
Larissa Laisla yeah kangaroos 😂 but that's true actually ^^; I don't mind accents and they're actually really cute even tho I'd love to speak proper English xD
How did you manage to forget 'months'? It's SO AWFUL
In English, months sounds like muntz.
Foreigner - "So what are the rules for pronounced -gh at the end of a word"
English person - *Laughs maniacally*
You missed squirrel
Ben Carver you misspelled your life.
Ben Carver oh jes its a struggle
Skwerl
screw all
So schlimm 😆
whereas american can't pronounce the German "Umlaute", especially the "ü"
It's kinda funny when english speakers speak spanish and they say "á", "é", "í", "ó", "ú" and "ñ" in the same way than "a", "e", "i" "o", "u" and "n", sometimes it can change the whole meaning of the word, for example "papá" is "dad" but "papa" is "potato" (also "patata" but that one is mot used in Spain), "año" means "year", but "ano" means "anus" and so on.
I can though, and the ü is the easiest one for me...
Video prove plz ^_°
You might wanna try the Dutch 'ui' then, which is a diphthong ending in 'ü'. As in, 'huis' (house). Muahaha.
Well two things: My parents wouldn't let me, and I would be too scared to put myself on the internet like that. Can't you just take my word for it?
hahaha, such a fun video of you two. a big thumbs up!
Many of my german (ex)colleagues also have problem with the pair "love" and "laugh".
I think you have managed all those words, luv. Well done!
I like what Danna (Dunna? The American!) said about accents. I'm from Utah and my mom, being from Montana, often gives me crap about how I say words like "mountain" and "pillow!" But I like it! My family's history is deeply intertwined with the history of this state and I like that my accent shows it! So I'm going to keep my "moun'ins" and "pellows" thank you very much!
i have a quite strong regional eastern german (saxony) accent, and i still maintain that, dispite living in western germany now.
I know a well known youtuber that has that accent too, I love it
Oh my goddd all the time!! I say "moun'in" and "mi 'in" (instead of mitten) and my entire family makes fun of me
You mean "pillah"! haha
Toq The Wise I'm a native Coloradan and my family gives me crap about how I say BAGEL and SALAD! They say it sounds like I'm from Wisconsin. But I don't say WIS-KAAAAAAHN-SIN.
You made me laugh (yes there's that word) with this video. I think it is amazing that you speak English so well. Especially American English. I would think that since Germany is so close to England that your accent would be more British. I live in the US, or to be more specific, Texas. English in Texas is almost a different language altogether. I have many friends from South and Central America who speak Spanish. They constantly tell me that learning English is by far the most difficult thing that they have ever done. They say that English makes no sense at all. Sentence structure seems to be their biggest problem. I just wanted to say that I enjoyed your video very much. Keep up the good work.....Terry
Terry Harrison british english we have to learn at school and it sounds so silly imao and yes the sentence structure is most of the time crude cause it's totaly wrong compared to german language
That's funny because if you compare english with spanish, you'll realize that spanish is much more complex, for the average english speaker is harder to learn spanish that it is to learn english for an average spanish speaker.
Pop culture (hollywood, music, tv shows ...) is mostly american and therefore has a stronger impact than geographic proximity. Did your friends ever try to learn Latin (the mother of their mother tongue)?
Well I am from Spain and I agree there are many exceptions in the English language but because it's everywhere and they teach it in almost all schools from an early age it's no surprise that we learn a second language faster than many Americans who get the second language until high school ?
The only course I ver failed in High School... Latin... past, present, future.. I can deal with .. but arbitrary genders to words.... ARRRRGGGGGGG
cant say Girl??? try puella... ego amare. puellas
Trixi, your accent in English is fantastic and, I must agree with Dana, the accent you have adds a touch of charm and personality. Don't be in such a hurry to change your accent. Though, as Dana pointed out, I understand your personal desire to express yourself like a native. Just realize - you already do. The accent in your speech ...."is" you... your personality, ....your uniqueness. The way you pronounce the word and the intended word are so very close anyone can know what you're trying to say. Plus..... with your looks and charisma, you could be totally off on your pronunciation and it will still sound like poetry. 🐰
My native language is English, I think you are actually amazing at pronouncing things the right way. I can barely tell that you’re saying them differently. So good job! I also am learning German and at times it’s too hard to pronounce things correctly, and the right phrasing in a normal speed of talking. So, i take my time since I don’t talk to anyone in german in person yet. It’s always over text. To me, my german would be slow once I know how to have a conversation in the language. I could maybe have a small talk with someone, but that’s it.
Hi. how about "squirrel"?
Pronounced Squirl, but everyone who doesn't know says Squi-rell
It is acceptable to put a schwa sound in between the 'r' and the 'l' if that helps you out. Just don't use the short 'e' from 'tell'.
Nsimba S. I say squi-rrel... I'm English...
Jess Skillicorn Are you british or american? I think I've heard british people use it both ways. Maybe just depends on the area you live
VDSLight oh this one is hilarious. my dad is Mexican and has a heavy accent since he moved to America in maybe his 30s and only knew Spanish until that point. It sounds like he's saying skw * orwlo
I never liked a video so quickly. Your intro was good (:
Yaaaaaaay!!! :)
"chchchcherman!" yep, kinda random but cool.
How do you say "brassiere" in German? Stoppenthemzfrümflöppin
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Man Jensen #1
Why do I have this slogan in my head now?
You may prefer the British pronunciations. I'm American and the way we pronounce 'R's is supposedly very bizarre. The word 'girl' for instance is softer in a British accent--also, the 'a' in 'bad' would be the same as it is in German. It was so interesting to hear how you felt about the word 'however'. That's how I feel about French. There are so many vowels! For instance, the word 'happy' in French is 'heureux'--and the 'H' is silent. It's such a beautiful language, but I can't say their word for 'happy' without sounding like I'm about to vomit.
What a good video. Thanks for making good videos.
😂😂😂I have the same issue. I'm not German, I'm Russian... but I have a hard time pronouncing a lot of words with the letter R in them. In Russian, R is much harsher/harder in pronunciation - in English it's much softer. You're not the only one 😭
Eva B. Fortunately for me, as an spaniard, the russian language shares the same "r" sound as spanish, so for me its easy to pronounce some russian words 😁
Not sure how a ´rolled R’ can sound « harsh » lol. Dutch and German (it depends) sound harsh.
And Russian is such a beautiful language. In French it depends on the person/region, it overall sounds pretty with the soft, expired R (kinda like the German R actually), but if it’s spoken in the northern/ch’ti way for example, it’s ugly and hilarious.
My girlfriend never says the word "clothes" correctly, it's always "cloh-thes" slowly and confusingly
I have an indian friend and she pronounces "clothes" like clodes
Being American i pronounce it more like "close" which really made life difficult for younger me when it came to spelling it >.>.
Omg she is hilarious. She had me laughing so hard when she said "that's what she said"
I can undertand your struggle. As an English person learning German (Tschörmänn?) I really work hard on pronuncioation and holy heck some german words are hard to wrap your tongue around.
Still, great videos, very informative and entertainig xD
Can you say Squirrel ? I would love to hear you say that.
Say "Oachkatzelschwoaf"!
Please!!!
Greetings from Austria
Xenos haha xenos xD
Good lord what does this word mean?
It means squirrel tail. In very hard dialect.
Dodonator XP oachkatzl - "eichkätzchen" - eichhörnchen
schwoaf - schweif 😎
I'm german and i haven't problems with the words😂
Don't have*
My english teacher says that's right🤷🏻♀️
Or...I have no problem...
Haven't got any* würde auch gehen. In der Regel aber Don't have an der Stelle...
Kendra Malfoy Welche klasse bist du denn? Weil in den höheren Klassen lernt man das alles
Lol!, me as a native Spanish speaking (from Venezuela) during my English learning session was hard to me to pronounce "pronounce (lol ironic)" and "months" but what you should do is just set your tongue feel free and try to imitate the song and boom
I love just your channel and nothing else. It is the reason I use TH-cam.
Ich bin auch deutsch und hab gar keine Probleme beim Englisch sprechen, es ist bei mir einfach so dass ich es aus dem Unterbewusstsein richtig sage.
Ich kann Englisch reden ohne richtig über die Wörter nachzudenken, sie kommen einfach automatisch richtig raus 😇😇
Ps: Like wenn es euch auch so geht
Diamond Dog bei mir auch😆😀
Same here. Ich hasse es wie alle durch einen kamm geschert werden.
Diamond Dog same
Steve Smith ??
Diamond Dog bei mir auch
"Let my tongue touch things"
I used to have a lot of trouble pronouncing English words as well, but then I tried jumping up and down. Heck, even bouncing on my toes did the trick! You should make a video showing us if it works!
Hey Trixie! I watch you and Dana a lot but this is the first I've seen you both together on a single video. LOVE IT! Please collaborate together again a lot more! Or get together and do one side-by side video for both channels!
I am german and honestly, Trixie, I don't understand your struggle. I have to admit that, when trying to repeat your "th-overkill"-sentence, my first attempt ended up to be "I think that's another thrilling thring", but normally I have zero problems with all of those words. But this video made me for some reason think of the word " thread". I mean, don't you have to just hate this word?
I am also german and i have no Problem with These words
There was a German exchange student at my school and I heard her say idea (or at least try) and she said it like I-day-er. I was confused because die Idee sounds so similar to the idea
With or without subtitles ... that's a huge difference!
I bims 1 Deutscher!
Bernd Jans du bist auch schwul
Hey Trixie, say Thirteen thirsty thrushes thrust through a thick thicket in your next video. ;)
Tongue-twisters would be a great video.
Especially suspicious spaghetti... I mean its just three words... easy
Rubber baby buggy bumpers... should drive Trix mad... the tongue never touches anything
RIP in pieces german tongue - you will be missed ;P
Not only that, but learning to say tongue twisters might be helpful. I know actors go through tongue twisters to warm up, to help them say words clearly.
zirteen zirsty zrushes zrust zrü a zick zicket......you see its not that difficult.
Lady, you give me a laugh, even when I don't feel like laughing. Your English is great, you speak it better than I do, in fact. Definitely. I'm a Texan. :o\
I'm a native English speaker Learning Deutsche but you did really good because everyone has a different pronounaction of words
when you scroll down at the end of the video and realize it was youtube , not pornhub .
Kliersheed facts
😂😂😂😂
I watched this for a second, then ended up in porn hub..
why would pornhub has a educational video
Krebs Fish duh, discovery channel. Isn’t this what pornhub is? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Heavy metal, girl, heavy metal. Ich bin auch deutsch
Haha dachte mir auch so wtf
that was an especially good one , I laughed a lot , thanky
Ich werde jetzt immer wenn ich "volume" sagen will
"Woll Jumm!!!!" Im Kopf haben xD
Lustiges Video!