Your mastery of English makes you an excellent teacher of German pronunciation for native English speakers. It is very difficult for us to pronounce "pure" vowel sounds without putting a "tail" on it, and you "get" it! 👍
ok, learning German for has been a hard and creepy road but you've literally changed all my perspective in 7 minutes. Thank you, had a blast with your videos.
So, I've been studying German pretty intensely over the past few months (I was lucky enough for the US Army to allow me a month based in Ramstein where I made trips to Frankfurt and Düsseldorf and just basically take in the beauty that is Germany- which essentially gave me the eagerness to learn the language). I've been utilizing several sites for learning, German TV and music, and books, and most helpful of all: your videos. They are extremely useful and informative and I can't thank you enough for being so helpful and eager to teach. Ich danke dir!
I started learning Deutsch at Christmas. I only knew Das Auto and Aufart (driving once in Germany). Now I've put my iPhone (including Siri) and my Mac in Deutsch, I'm writing in Deutsch, and I am even trying to teach my German customers (I work at an Apple Store) in German, although they correct me A LOT but are very helpful. I listen to HR Info (news radio) from Frankfurt every morning while I cook my breakfast and get ready for work and also listen to Rock Antenne in Friesing (I love rock), plus have started to watch movies in Deutsch as well. I've fully submerged myself and am trying to learn as much about the German culture and way of life as well as I am going to be going to school to get my teaching degree and Teaching English as a Second language certification and hopefully, hopefully see about moving to Germany to teach english. I want to say thanks for the great work you are doing, and giving me one more resource in order to learn this AMAZING language! Viele Dank Katija! I will keep watching as long as you keep making these video!
Yes, I've been making HUGE strides with apps (Rosetta Stone, Duolingo, Memrise), movies, music, web sites, and now your channel. Thank you again for your helpful videos. I've got a ton of questions still, but being fluent in French and English and also knowing some Kroatien helps sometimes with the rules and gender. Anyhow, keep up the good work! Joe
Haha, the thing is, I probably do about 3 takes of every sentence (on average) - I even script most of this. Apparently, I just failed to think of some of the sounds in time, most of the corrections in this video are actually things friends brought to my attention >_> The corrections I do mostly occur during editing, not right after shooting. And rerecording the entire thing just doesn't seem worth it to me xP And thank you! :) I hope you'll stay with me for a while ;)
I just found your videos. I am trying to learn German in my free time, I am amazed by the number of free courses around, specially over here in TH-cam. I'd like to thank you very much for taking your valuable time to give everyone a chance to learn this incredible language. It is really a door to culture and knowledge. My feedback to you so far is that you did a superb work, the lessons are funny, useful, short and effective, perfect for those with little time (which is my case). Once more, thanks. Tschüss.
I am Brazilian and think the sounds of German vowels "a", "e", "i", "o", "u" are very similar to the vowel sounds in portuguese. even the sounds of the vowels ä, ö, ü, are easy to understand for me.
@Wanderson Ramos Apesar da nota no final, soou meio agressivo a parte que diz - "Aprenda a interpretar antes de dar uma opinião". Só uma consideração, para ajudar a desenvolver uma linguagem mais assertiva ainda. Hehe :^)
the "ü" and "r" sounds are easy for me because I speak French and the "ch" sound is easy too because we have its first pronunciation in Tamazight and its second one in Arabic which are both my mother languages. I don't really find German that hard... Maybe because I'm too used to trying different languages all the time. Thank you for the lesson!
This is gold. I have this video in my playlist named smile when u want. Just watching her talk makes the day a little better. Deutsch für euch forever.
Yeah I'm starting them over again as well. It's amazing because there are little things I've forgotten or completely missed altogether. It's very valuable to go back over something even if you think you've mastered it. :)
Hello from California! Thank you for giving German lesson here..I need to learn German because I am moving to Switzerland..I took German class before and only for 9 hours..I learned little bit but hopefully will learn more from you. Danke DeutschFuerEuch!
I've wanted to learn german for a long time but never managed to start because of my laziness, I started making use of this quarantine trying to make the best out of it. So I ask you a question, is it easier for me to watch all of the videos chronologically, or should I watch the prepared playlists?
@@DS-qg9cd Hey! So happy to hear you're using your quarantine productivity points on learning German! :) If you watch the first, say 20-30 episodes chronologically, that will give you a lot of basic info. You can definitely skip some trivia eps if it's not info that is inetersting for you, or vocab if it's too specific and not relevant to what you want to learn rn. I would recommend that you check out the playlists, especially the Basics/A1 playlist I've made, since I've collected all the starter material there :) Just shop around a bit. Also make sure to collect a resource catalogue if you haven't already - my channel still doesn't cover everything, obviously :)
I'm going to Germany in July. I thought I might want to learn the language, but your videos are very encouraging. I'm downloading all of them to my phone so I can listen to them at work.
It's the first video of yours I watch and I got really impressed with the easy/clear/practical way you teach German. Bischer habe ich nur ein bischen D gelernt aber ich muss weiter gehen weil ich muss es fürs leben (täglich). I think your videos will keep me on track. Thanks for offerering these free lessons! :-)
Hi this is Paul from the Philippines. I am trying to learn German. picked it up from duolingo but i'm trying other sources and found this page on youtube. yours is highly informative. thank you.
+Quinn You're an disgusting Person Dude. I live in Germany and no one, of the Persons I know, would say something like that. You are just a Nazi. Really.
I'm Nationalsozialistische, you are welcome in Deutschland, we are not racists, we just have fear of Zionists and Free-Masonics and its economics traps (unfortunately they rules the World and still killing people today, mainly Arabs, that is, truly Semites), I'm sure you are not one of them... Welcome to Germany Sparkle notaŕofessional!
Guten Morgen Katia. Ich lerne deutche siet ein monat. I learn German through your lessons. It is very useful for me. I can speak French Italian Spanish and Portuguese. I want to speak German like you. Thanks for your excellent videos.
It's kind of weird how most English speakers from Germany sound American. I mean, England is literally right there. Their accents are there for the taking.
Hmmm... I have another Theory: B.E. came from the former Saxons emigrated from Germany to the Isle. So there the similaritys most certainly came from. Later the A.E. derived from this B.E., but also a lot of Germans emigrated to America. This may have brought up a newer influence with it. Also, old German not only has many similaritys to English, it also has with Jiddish. So maybe this may have bring more change to the A.E. So, my conclusion: A.E. has more in common with German than B.E. due more cultural influence from Germany or common sources than B.E. has. Because I were more exposed to B.E. than to A.E. all my life (British Zone). But still my Accent often makes people think, I am an mental retarded American (No offense, but my spoken pronounciation must be good while my Grammar suck, so it is meant as a real medical condition...)
Wow that's great. I just found your channel on youtube and I'm so happy with that. I'm Brasilian and going to Germany next month. Thanks for your tips. And I would love to meet you in person. You seems nice :) Bye and again thank you
Long time subscriber here, never really committed to learning German but I just realized that going to Grad school in Germany is probably the best thing to do with my life. So I'm back ':D Thank you for keeping at it. Much appreciated.
For me, as a Spanish speaker, is difficult the pf sound and the qv, the r not at all, in Spanish is taught with the example of making gargles. Although in some places the r sound is like strong r in Spanish. Also the umlaut are something difficult, especially the ö and ü, the ä is easy if you know something of English sounds.
The good thing of your "Deutsch" starts from the fact that some letters,words,and dipthongs ,are pronunciated like in spanish,so it's easier to learn german for anyone who raised speakings English outside home,and spanish inside home,
***** :D If you're not just trolling, please don't propagate this :D Apart from the fact that, while watching Anime regularily will give you a lot of practice in hearing, pronouncing and - after some serious consumption - decent understanding, it isn't very efficient in terms of learning active language use (barely at all, actually), most Anime also use very non-standard Japanese that would not be considered proper or even acceptable. People will cut you some slack as a foreigner, but there are certain lines that can be very awkward (or at worst insulting) to cross. It's also pretty offensive to reduce Japanese culture and language contact to Anime, but that's another conversation ;) Kylie McDonald If you're serious about it, get some books (ideally some that include CDs with audio recordings), look for classes in your area, find some Japanese friends or language buddies (depends on the area you live in, of course) and start with TH-cam-tutorials that make the beginnings fun. Then, with that proper knowledge to back it up and actually carry you forward, watch more Anime to school your ears and get a better idea of Japanese in use but, again, be careful about assuming that this is how people actually speak. Also, don't underestimate kanji ;)
I've only watched 2 episodes by far, I'm still exploring your channel. You are hilarious, I think your channel will be a great start for me. Sometimes I have trouble soaking in information, I get bored very easily. You keep my attention and your hilarious! Very happy you made the channel and hope to learn as much as possible! Danke :)
laivat saapuu Haha :D Now imagine picking up Dutch afterwards, where they have many of the same diphthongs (plus some others), but pronounce them completely differently :D
laivat saapuu A way to think of this is this way: The letters with umlauts can also be written as "ae," "oe," and "ue." So that diphthong will be looked at as "aeu," and, as we all know, "eu" mays the "oi" sound. :D Die Deutsche Sprache ist nicht so hart zu lernen, wie Englisch ist.
I like the way you explained the letters. It is enlightening and so useful. I have a hard time learning it for some time. Your superb videos are great! It's clearly explained. Thanks!
Out of interest, what "accent" is your German, and to what extent is it coloured by your English-- which is obviously first class, and subtlety, but distinctly American.
Centzon Totochtin I speak Hochdeutsch in these videos as in real life, although in real life I do, of course, use colloqualisms and slurred speech. Since German is my first and native language, it's not colored by my English at all, except when I use English words :D
thank you for these videos!!! I don't have any money to spend on those over priced language learners and these videos really help me learn! I have a three month old son and I want him to know multiple languages so I'm gonna try to learn with him :)
Your channel is awesome so far iv been wanting to learn German for ages and gave up when all i heard was computerized voices on most places! thank you so much!!!
English is my second language.I am trying to learn german as a third one.in my country ,there are not much free teaching-german videos and german course is expensive ,thank you for making this video.
Fantastic! This is the best German alphabet video on TH-cam. (My husband is a native speaker and he thought your technique was great) I love how you use associations especially the letters that are different from English (like 'e' and 'i'). The associations make the differences memorable. Your delivery is engaging and fun: you turned a dry subject into something easy and enjoyable to learn. Can't wait to see the other episodes!
... hello is a very nice way to teach german, i will follow all your lessons, btw, i'm Italian, and i live in Germany, and i need to pratice everyday for live here.. thank you so much, ah.. your english is the best i heard here around!.. ciao
I started to study deutsch at institute in Peru and your videos are awesome I can learn more thanks to you. Vielen Danke Thanks for your time for prepare these videos, please continue only will be better if you speak loudly for listen better. Muchas gracias saludos desde Perú.
Hi there! Ich bin Ramy. Ich bin Fünfundzwanzig Jahre alt. Ich komme aus Syrien. Ich lebe in Österreich. I dunno if I introduced myself correctly. Anyway, I am new in Austria and I wanna learn Deutsch and I just found your channel to be honest I am happy that you speak English beautifully so your channel would be my choice thanks in advance for all the episodes. Best Wishes.
Well that's good for you. Then you can forget about that comparison and maybe understand that there are languages that don't have "all those sounds and more", yes? ;)
A huge part of my family is of Arabic descent and in the Arabic language you have every sound that a language can have. I'm German, by the way. Hallo, Katja. :)
To be able to study this material (60 weeks of episodes), in less than 60 weeks, I would need a plan, an approach, other than slugging through the episodes one by one in strict sequence. I need an approach that would work with this material, and fit with the way my brain (a geek's brain) works, and my learning style. When I examined how Katja laid out the episodes, I found that she laid them out in about ten different "tracks", which more or less parallels the way I like to learn a new language, except the episodes are not in the order I like. That should not be a problem, I can choose any order - she did not proscribe any - and this is not a structured, academic, course. So, here is what I came up with. It helps go through the material in ten little "courses" - the way Italians eat. If it helps you, great. If it doesn't - totally ignore it. But I would like to hear how others are approaching learning from this material. The episodes can be divided into ten groups that are essentially along grammatical lines, except Katja added some fun episodes, that are just that - pure fun - put also informative, intelligent, and educational. So what do we have? * 59 Episodes (numbered from 1 to 51. Some episodes form a series on their own, Christmas Series, for example, and have one number. Some are not numbered). * 400 minutes total (just under 7 hours). This is an amazing accomplishment. Some commercial courses that cost $100s, take 30 to 50 hours for about the same amount of content. * Average episode a little under 7 minutes. Another great achievement. Sometimes she goes a bit fast - but she's always fun. You can always replay, and write down the German words. * Many episodes less than 5 minutes. Awesome! * Many episodes less than 10 minutes. Amazing! * Longest episodes are "fun" episodes, about 16 minutes. Still Amazing! * Shortest episode just under 2 minutes. Pretty awesome! Very doable in under 3 months (or 10 weeks - possibly 6 weeks). 1 group, or track, per week. BTW, This grouping, or table of contents, can, if Katja chooses, be used to produce a nice little book, and make her some money. I would certainly pay $20 to $50 for a transcript or a book of some sort that built on this material. Fluenz and Rosetta Stone are in the $500 range. Prescription courses are about $100 per year and up. TH-cam lists all the episodes in order, under Alle DFE Episoden. th-cam.com/play/PLDl7JofqmDnHxxS7NjiGgEapMeTQyPK5R.html Anyway, here is my arrangement, or my documentation of Katja's arrangement. Table of contents Track 1. Intro. Pronunciation, basic vocabulary, phrases - different topics - short, and sweet (shorter than 10 minutes). Episode 1. Alphabet (7:47) Episode 2. Greetings and Goodbyes (1:52) Episode 3. Introducing yourself (2:33) Episode 4. How to count (2:50) Episode 5. Articles/Genders (6:03) Episode 40. Umlaute Pronunciation (7:05) Episode 44. gerne, lieber, am liebsten (9:17) Episode 51. V, F, or W (5:58) Track 2. Pure Fun. Information and commentary (10 to 30 minutes) Episode 9. The German Federal States (11:49) Episode 11. 2 Episodes - Differences between Germany and the USA (19:15) Episode 20. The German School System (12:02) Episode 25. German Music (16:53) Episode 30. Tag Der Deutschen Einheit. Day of German Unity. Episode 36. Swear Like a German (10:08) Episode 38. Five episodes - Christmas Special (28:57) Episode 48. Movies and Shows (14:50) Track 3. Grammar - Nouns Episode 6. Colors and Fruit (2:06) Episode 7. Same as English (4:29) Episode 8. Pluralizing Nouns (7:31) Episode 10. Declining Nouns (9:13) Episode 12. Days of the week (6:45) Episode 17. Months and Zodiac Signs (4:52) Episode 18. Summer Vocabulary (3:18) Episode 34. Autumn/Fall Vocabulary (4:49) Episode 22. The Face (2:01) Episode 24. Upper Body (2:14) Episode 26. Lower Body (5:15) Episode 42. Talk about your family (9:37) Track 4. Grammar - Verbs Episode 14. Important verbs (2:10) Episode 15. Sein - To Be (1:59) Episode 16. Conjugating Verbs (3:21) Episode 28. Extra 4. Irregular Verbs (3:23) Episode 33. Modal Verbs (3:38) Episode 49. Imperative - Orders (6:07) Track 5. Grammar - Adjectives Episode 27. Adjectives (6:34) Episode 28. More Adjectives (8:11) Episode 29. Declining Adjectives (9:13) Episode 31. Grading/Comparing Adjectives (10:43) Episode 32. Irregular Adjectives (5:09) Track 6. Grammar - Pronouns Episode 13. Personal Pronouns (3:11) Episode 19. Declining Personal Pronouns - Part 1 (5:39) Episode 21. Declining Personal Pronouns - Part 2 (4:15) Episode 23. Declining Personal Pronouns - Part 3 (4:00) Episode 50. When to use Sie or Du (10:58) Track 7. Grammar - Conjunctions Episode 46. Conjunctions (10:52) Track 8. Grammar - Sentence Structure/Syntax (Hard! - Count as 3 Tracks) Episode 35. Sentence Structure Part 1 (9:55) Episode 37. Sentence Structure Part 2 (6:01) Episode 39. Sentence Structure Part 3 (12:16)) Episode 41. Sentence Structure Part 4 (9:11) Episode 43. Sentence Structure Part 5 (8:38) Episode 45. Sentence Structure Part 6 (6:56)
Hallo :) "Ross" is an older word for "Pferd". I would guess it was used becuase of its much more dramatic and dark sound... because it's Rammstein and that is how they do. The word goes back to the middle ages; back then it would refer to a horse no matter its gender, also used for implying that it was somewhat of a nobler horse, although it was mostly just the neutral word for "horse", contrary, for example, to the derogartory "der Gaul".
There are none, luckily (no idea how one would pronounce that). As for "chs", we have "Fuchs, Wachs, wachsen, Dachs, Lachs" and I'm sure a few others. You might be able to find a list of them somewhere online or I might make one some time. The imprtant thing is, as I mentioned in the video, to pronounce "chs" like "x" in these words :)
Your English is so great! I can barely tell that you are a native German speaker! Anyway, this video and your other videos are helpful to me with learning German.
Have you noticed the small ball of "energy" that appears floating behind Katja in minute 5:03 that goes flying towards the curtains? or is it a "special effect"?
I'm learning German, have been for years and still not fluent! I need to focus so I found your videos here on youtube and I mastered the sounds ages ago coz I'm brilliant, but thanks for this, it was funny too!
I didn't how to produce a single sentence in German but now with deutschfuereuch I do ....Awesome... I want to learn more and more.....please teach me more lol :) Dankeschön... Greetings from Peru/South America.
Hey Katja! It's a great page you have! Congrats! I've always wanted to learn german, and as I thought I'd just given up, your page showed up on youtube! I just got mad I haven't seen it a year ago, but I'll certainly start learning now! Thanks a lot for that! :D
I've learn Deutsch for a year now. Honestly, Deutsch Grammar is difficult specially if you can't remember the Artikel lol :) By the way thank you for videos it helps me a lots. I need to learn more "Hören und Schreiben".
Hallo Katja! Hola desde Medellín, Colombia. Quite interesting this video and a bit abstract, because of all those sounds. It's like a jewel for me, who is in love with the German language. I hope to watch this video many times and is a stuff for constant study. Your english is awesome, thanks also for that.
I speak 5 languages and the next one is gonna be the german, I decided to learn deutsch like 1 week a go, it seems to be hard but i'm gonna try anyway, your video was great , and YOU'R AMAZIIIIING
first of all : you're beautiful !! I just couldn't ignore that . second : your way to teach is the best you must be a genius !!?? and finally : thank you very much for your time you've been spending to teach others your language... thank you ... thank you ... in arabic we have a proverb : " the person hwo taught me a letter, I make my self a slave for him ". i wish i can help others to learn my language too, like you did, all my respects for you my master .
How to make the ü-sound: You start pronouncing i (English: e or ea [eagle, ear]). You hold the frame of your jaw while making this sound, then you move your lips to a kiss (but don't close the lips). You can play with the sound by moving your lower jaw back and forth. Practice hearing the difference between i (e) or u (oo) and ü.
I have been trying to pronounce this sound for five years. not kidding. I can speak Turkish but could never get this sound right. (Turkish also has this sound) but this comment taught me in like 5 seconds. please also write about ö
Its more or less the same storry, except you start with the e as pronounced in pen or pepper. Again, hold the frame and only move the lips to a kiss :)
Your mastery of English makes you an excellent teacher of German pronunciation for native English speakers. It is very difficult for us to pronounce "pure" vowel sounds without putting a "tail" on it, and you "get" it! 👍
ok, learning German for has been a hard and creepy road but you've literally changed all my perspective in 7 minutes. Thank you, had a blast with your videos.
That is lovely, thanks for telling me 😊
So, I've been studying German pretty intensely over the past few months (I was lucky enough for the US Army to allow me a month based in Ramstein where I made trips to Frankfurt and Düsseldorf and just basically take in the beauty that is Germany- which essentially gave me the eagerness to learn the language). I've been utilizing several sites for learning, German TV and music, and books, and most helpful of all: your videos. They are extremely useful and informative and I can't thank you enough for being so helpful and eager to teach.
Ich danke dir!
This comment too helpful for me thanks.
I'm American, born and raised. My bloodline is mostly German. I'm learning Deutsch with DuoLingo. You, however, really help me a lot. Danke.
I started learning Deutsch at Christmas. I only knew Das Auto and Aufart (driving once in Germany). Now I've put my iPhone (including Siri) and my Mac in Deutsch, I'm writing in Deutsch, and I am even trying to teach my German customers (I work at an Apple Store) in German, although they correct me A LOT but are very helpful. I listen to HR Info (news radio) from Frankfurt every morning while I cook my breakfast and get ready for work and also listen to Rock Antenne in Friesing (I love rock), plus have started to watch movies in Deutsch as well. I've fully submerged myself and am trying to learn as much about the German culture and way of life as well as I am going to be going to school to get my teaching degree and Teaching English as a Second language certification and hopefully, hopefully see about moving to Germany to teach english. I want to say thanks for the great work you are doing, and giving me one more resource in order to learn this AMAZING language! Viele Dank Katija! I will keep watching as long as you keep making these video!
Wow, you sure sound determined! :) Awesome. I bet you're making big steps at a time :)
Yes, I've been making HUGE strides with apps (Rosetta Stone, Duolingo, Memrise), movies, music, web sites, and now your channel.
Thank you again for your helpful videos. I've got a ton of questions still, but being fluent in French and English and also knowing some Kroatien helps sometimes with the rules and gender.
Anyhow, keep up the good work!
Joe
***** Why kroatien lol
+Vod Stein
Meinem familie ist Kroatien. I live in Canada, but have a huge family in Croatia. I learned some of the language growing up.
***** Ah ok je croyais que tu voulais l'apprendre pour le fun :) Good luck with learning german
Haha, the thing is, I probably do about 3 takes of every sentence (on average) - I even script most of this. Apparently, I just failed to think of some of the sounds in time, most of the corrections in this video are actually things friends brought to my attention >_>
The corrections I do mostly occur during editing, not right after shooting. And rerecording the entire thing just doesn't seem worth it to me xP
And thank you! :) I hope you'll stay with me for a while ;)
It's ok.👍🙏
I just found your videos. I am trying to learn German in my free time, I am amazed by the number of free courses around, specially over here in TH-cam. I'd like to thank you very much for taking your valuable time to give everyone a chance to learn this incredible language. It is really a door to culture and knowledge. My feedback to you so far is that you did a superb work, the lessons are funny, useful, short and effective, perfect for those with little time (which is my case). Once more, thanks. Tschüss.
I am Brazilian and think the sounds of German vowels "a", "e", "i", "o", "u" are very similar to the vowel sounds in portuguese.
even the sounds of the vowels ä, ö, ü, are easy to understand for me.
All Euro language vowels are similar...there is no relationship between Portuguese and German.
@Wanderson Ramos Apesar da nota no final, soou meio agressivo a parte que diz - "Aprenda a interpretar antes de dar uma opinião". Só uma consideração, para ajudar a desenvolver uma linguagem mais assertiva ainda. Hehe :^)
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN GERMAN LANGUAGE FROM ZERO YOU CAN FOLLW MY CHANEL AND GERMAN LANGUAGE IS VERY EASY TRUST ME
Au is the same as in our automático, aumento, etc.
Poisé ne mano tbm percebi isso, os gringo sofre com portugues mas parece mais facil aprender alemao pelo ingles
the "ü" and "r" sounds are easy for me because I speak French
and the "ch" sound is easy too because we have its first pronunciation in Tamazight and its second one in Arabic which are both my mother languages.
I don't really find German that hard... Maybe because I'm too used to trying different languages all the time.
Thank you for the lesson!
This is gold. I have this video in my playlist named smile when u want.
Just watching her talk makes the day a little better. Deutsch für euch forever.
Starting to watch all DFE episodes from the beginning on again... this is already THREE YEARS old
Yup. Kinda weird.
I'm doing the same
+Deutsch für Euch if u speak spanish the german u is familiar u because it is used in words such as un or usando :)
Yeah I'm starting them over again as well. It's amazing because there are little things I've forgotten or completely missed altogether. It's very valuable to go back over something even if you think you've mastered it. :)
You're aweseom! I'm living in Germany for 6 months and I'm from the U.S.! This is such a huge help
Es ist immer wieder lustig sich als Deutscher sowas anzugucken xD
You get a laugh out of this..me too.She is not German.
@@katinasvenska She is German.
Hello from California! Thank you for giving German lesson here..I need to learn German because I am moving to Switzerland..I took German class before and only for 9 hours..I learned little bit but hopefully will learn more from you. Danke DeutschFuerEuch!
Ha, just the effect I was going for, perfect - glad to hear that :)
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I've wanted to learn german for a long time but never managed to start because of my laziness, I started making use of this quarantine trying to make the best out of it.
So I ask you a question, is it easier for me to watch all of the videos chronologically, or should I watch the prepared playlists?
@@DS-qg9cd Hey! So happy to hear you're using your quarantine productivity points on learning German! :)
If you watch the first, say 20-30 episodes chronologically, that will give you a lot of basic info. You can definitely skip some trivia eps if it's not info that is inetersting for you, or vocab if it's too specific and not relevant to what you want to learn rn. I would recommend that you check out the playlists, especially the Basics/A1 playlist I've made, since I've collected all the starter material there :) Just shop around a bit. Also make sure to collect a resource catalogue if you haven't already - my channel still doesn't cover everything, obviously :)
@@DeutschFuerEuch Thank you so much!
I'm going to Germany in July. I thought I might want to learn the language, but your videos are very encouraging. I'm downloading all of them to my phone so I can listen to them at work.
It's the first video of yours I watch and I got really impressed with the easy/clear/practical way you teach German. Bischer habe ich nur ein bischen D gelernt aber ich muss weiter gehen weil ich muss es fürs leben (täglich). I think your videos will keep me on track. Thanks for offerering these free lessons! :-)
Thank you so much. People like you who give freely are making the world a better place!
Congrats! I really appreciate the way you teach us! It seems to be an easy language.
Hi this is Paul from the Philippines. I am trying to learn German. picked it up from duolingo but i'm trying other sources and found this page on youtube. yours is highly informative. thank you.
I'm moving to Germany in about a month so this is really going to come in handy
+Quinn You're an disgusting Person Dude. I live in Germany and no one, of the Persons I know, would say something like that. You are just a Nazi. Really.
I really hope you're a troll. xD
I'm Nationalsozialistische, you are welcome in Deutschland, we are not racists, we just have fear of Zionists and Free-Masonics and its economics traps (unfortunately they rules the World and still killing people today, mainly Arabs, that is, truly Semites), I'm sure you are not one of them... Welcome to Germany Sparkle notaŕofessional!
oYoSchlaf thank you. I'm here now and I love it!!
Willkommen Sparkle notaprofessional!!!
Most beautiful German teaching TH-camr so far.
Clear cut explanation I must say.
I will call this German made simple. Thanks
Wow, thank you, that's some praise there :)
Haha, you're the first one to mention my weird examples, I'm glad you liked them. Thank you very much! :)
I had to pause the video sometimes because I was laughing at your examples of how to pronounce the letters :) thanks for this!
What a beautiful teacher I got. Thanks for your videos. Learning german with your help!
Okay. Found the answer for "Schtasi".
I have to say your videos are very good. Keep up the good work!
Thank you :)
Guten Morgen Katia. Ich lerne deutche siet ein monat. I learn German through your lessons. It is very useful for me. I can speak French Italian Spanish and Portuguese. I want to speak German like you. Thanks for your excellent videos.
It's kind of weird how most English speakers from Germany sound American. I mean, England is literally right there. Their accents are there for the taking.
Haha. Well, the thing is, to get good at a language you need exposure. And one is so much more exposed to American English these days.
Ahh, touchè.
Hmmm... I have another Theory:
B.E. came from the former Saxons emigrated from Germany to the Isle. So there the similaritys most certainly came from.
Later the A.E. derived from this B.E., but also a lot of Germans emigrated to America. This may have brought up a newer influence with it.
Also, old German not only has many similaritys to English, it also has with Jiddish. So maybe this may have bring more change to the A.E.
So, my conclusion: A.E. has more in common with German than B.E. due more cultural influence from Germany or common sources than B.E. has.
Because I were more exposed to B.E. than to A.E. all my life (British Zone). But still my Accent often makes people think, I am an mental retarded American (No offense, but my spoken pronounciation must be good while my Grammar suck, so it is meant as a real medical condition...)
***** Do you live in Germany?
Sie sind so gut eine Lehrerin! Der Kurs ist sehr lustig und lebendig! Er gefällt mir sehr!
Wow that's great. I just found your channel on youtube and I'm so happy with that. I'm Brasilian and going to Germany next month. Thanks for your tips. And I would love to meet you in person. You seems nice :)
Bye and again thank you
Long time subscriber here, never really committed to learning German but I just realized that going to Grad school in Germany is probably the best thing to do with my life. So I'm back ':D Thank you for keeping at it. Much appreciated.
In spanish we pronounce the vowels like that too so *cross her fingers hoping everything will be easy* *Plays the video again*
+Jennifer Cardce JAJAJA yes most of them are similar :)
+Jennifer Cardce im german have to learn spanish as my 3rd language and its the woooooorst frensh and english are way easier then spanish
I'm learning German for 5 years but I do not understand it, these videos are very helpful for me. Thank you!. Greetings from Croatia xoxo
I just realized german pronunciation is easy for a spanish speaker!
Spanish is also easy to speak for germans
I'm portuguese and it was easy for me too!
madalena amaral Oh really?? One learns something new everyday. Obrigado!!
Bueno para nosotros en mas fácil aprender Alemán si sabes Ingles..👍👍
For me, as a Spanish speaker, is difficult the pf sound and the qv, the r not at all, in Spanish is taught with the example of making gargles. Although in some places the r sound is like strong r in Spanish. Also the umlaut are something difficult, especially the ö and ü, the ä is easy if you know something of English sounds.
The good thing of your "Deutsch" starts from the fact that some letters,words,and dipthongs ,are pronunciated like in spanish,so it's easier to learn german for anyone who raised speakings English outside home,and spanish inside home,
This is the 3rd language I'm attempting to learn. My second language was Japanese and I'm fluent, but that was a breeze compared to German :O
Really? How fast did you learn it? I have always tried to learn it! Where dod you learn it? Uujhhgh!!
I became fluent somewhere around 3 years. It's a very easy language tbh. 日本語は超楽しいよ！がんばるよー！
You work hard on German, bro!
Like, you mean with the subtitles on?
***** :D If you're not just trolling, please don't propagate this :D Apart from the fact that, while watching Anime regularily will give you a lot of practice in hearing, pronouncing and - after some serious consumption - decent understanding, it isn't very efficient in terms of learning active language use (barely at all, actually), most Anime also use very non-standard Japanese that would not be considered proper or even acceptable. People will cut you some slack as a foreigner, but there are certain lines that can be very awkward (or at worst insulting) to cross.
It's also pretty offensive to reduce Japanese culture and language contact to Anime, but that's another conversation ;)
Kylie McDonald If you're serious about it, get some books (ideally some that include CDs with audio recordings), look for classes in your area, find some Japanese friends or language buddies (depends on the area you live in, of course) and start with TH-cam-tutorials that make the beginnings fun. Then, with that proper knowledge to back it up and actually carry you forward, watch more Anime to school your ears and get a better idea of Japanese in use but, again, be careful about assuming that this is how people actually speak. Also, don't underestimate kanji ;)
I've only watched 2 episodes by far, I'm still exploring your channel. You are hilarious, I think your channel will be a great start for me. Sometimes I have trouble soaking in information, I get bored very easily. You keep my attention and your hilarious! Very happy you made the channel and hope to learn as much as possible! Danke :)
"Try looking like a girly douchebag"
Me:But katia I dont want to be Miley Cyrus *cries* :.(..
"But without sticking your tongue out"
Me:fine
hhhhhhhhh
These series are just awesome. Thank you very much from Iran.
äu = oy
shit this is gonna be harder than i thought
laivat saapuu Haha :D Now imagine picking up Dutch afterwards, where they have many of the same diphthongs (plus some others), but pronounce them completely differently :D
Deutsch für Euch oh no.... i seriously need to keep that in mind in case i decide to learn another language
Deutsch für Euch I am Dutch lol
laivat saapuu i know right thats exactly what i was thinking right now lol
laivat saapuu A way to think of this is this way:
The letters with umlauts can also be written as "ae," "oe," and "ue." So that diphthong will be looked at as "aeu," and, as we all know, "eu" mays the "oi" sound. :D
Die Deutsche Sprache ist nicht so hart zu lernen, wie Englisch ist.
I like the way you explained the letters. It is enlightening and so useful. I have a hard time learning it for some time. Your superb videos are great! It's clearly explained. Thanks!
Out of interest, what "accent" is your German, and to what extent is it coloured by your English-- which is obviously first class, and subtlety, but distinctly American.
Centzon Totochtin I speak Hochdeutsch in these videos as in real life, although in real life I do, of course, use colloqualisms and slurred speech. Since German is my first and native language, it's not colored by my English at all, except when I use English words :D
thank you for these videos!!! I don't have any money to spend on those over priced language learners and these videos really help me learn! I have a three month old son and I want him to know multiple languages so I'm gonna try to learn with him :)
Now i can pronounce Mario Götze haha
FHRITP Schweinstëiger, Schwarzenegger, Panzërkampfwagen, Bremen (still not sure how to pronounce it correctly), and other names.
Your channel is awesome so far iv been wanting to learn German for ages and gave up when all i heard was computerized voices on most places!
thank you so much!!!
Wow, I'm not even focused on learning I just found her channel and she's really cute. .-.
English is my second language.I am trying to learn german as a third one.in my country ,there are not much free teaching-german videos and german course is expensive ,thank you for making this video.
if you have learnt the Chinese pinyin , the ü shouldn't be a problem for you cuz it is similar
Fantastic! This is the best German alphabet video on TH-cam. (My husband is a native speaker and he thought your technique was great) I love how you use associations especially the letters that are different from English (like 'e' and 'i'). The associations make the differences memorable. Your delivery is engaging and fun: you turned a dry subject into something easy and enjoyable to learn. Can't wait to see the other episodes!
This is the 3rd language my mother language is Arabic and 2nd is English
but German quiet hard tho
Arabic is harder xx thats coming from a Palestinian who knows 3 languages and trying to learn german lol
+Len Nat Trying to scare the Israelis? I'm sorry, I just had to :-(
... hello is a very nice way to teach german, i will follow all your lessons, btw, i'm Italian, and i live in Germany, and i need to pratice everyday for live here.. thank you so much, ah.. your english is the best i heard here around!.. ciao
1:43 predicted "Work" by Rihanna
+Flexron Corp lol
You're more interesting to look at than the lesson itself, having said that this video is the most elaborate and comprehensible I've seen so far
Kenny Doorye You do realize how demeaning and rude that comment is, right? Thanks for the second part I guess.
Well that wasn't my intention and I apologise
Thank you :)
you are so cool!!
Hey Katja!
I think you're doing a great job. Thanks a lot for being kind enough and patient enough to do this for us.
All the best with everything.
the harder for me was german "ch" like in the word "ich", but i learned it :)
+Assas
Greeks, Dutchmen and Arabs have less trouble with that.
HesseJamez but there are different chs
Doesnt English already have this sound like in 'huge'?
Same
I started to study deutsch at institute in Peru and your videos are awesome I can learn more thanks to you. Vielen Danke
Thanks for your time for prepare these videos, please continue only will be better if you speak loudly for listen better.
Muchas gracias saludos desde Perú.
You are too cute.. i find it hard to concentrate
sounds like something you should work on
Wow dude best comment ever
lolz she is Savage
I think i like you more now
Thirsty dudes gunna thirst
Hi there! Ich bin Ramy. Ich bin Fünfundzwanzig Jahre alt. Ich komme aus Syrien. Ich lebe in Österreich. I dunno if I introduced myself correctly. Anyway, I am new in Austria and I wanna learn Deutsch and I just found your channel to be honest I am happy that you speak English beautifully so your channel would be my choice thanks in advance for all the episodes.
Best Wishes.
French?! Who cares about French, I'm Albanian, sweetheart: we have all those sounds and more! That's got to be the only language that has two "r"!!!
Well that's good for you. Then you can forget about that comparison and maybe understand that there are languages that don't have "all those sounds and more", yes? ;)
Deutsch für Euch Just relieved I don't have to learn new sounds.
Skerdy
Well that's good, maybe just put it less patronizingly next time ;)
A huge part of my family is of Arabic descent and in the Arabic language you have every sound that a language can have. I'm German, by the way. Hallo, Katja. :)
Every sound? Ooh I highly doubt it :D But I can only write a few letters in Arabic, so what do I know ;) Hi :)
Oh my god!
I loved tour channel, i was giving up from German before i saw it (its even harder than my mother tongue, portuguese). Thank you so much!!
You are soooo cute!
This is perfect!
My major problem with German was pronunciation, and now I finally understand it!
Thank you so much!!
To be able to study this material (60 weeks of episodes), in less than 60 weeks, I would need a plan, an approach, other than slugging through the episodes one by one in strict sequence. I need an approach that would work with this material, and fit with the way my brain (a geek's brain) works, and my learning style.
When I examined how Katja laid out the episodes, I found that she laid them out in about ten different "tracks", which more or less parallels the way I like to learn a new language, except the episodes are not in the order I like. That should not be a problem, I can choose any order - she did not proscribe any - and this is not a structured, academic, course.
So, here is what I came up with. It helps go through the material in ten little "courses" - the way Italians eat. If it helps you, great. If it doesn't - totally ignore it. But I would like to hear how others are approaching learning from this material.
The episodes can be divided into ten groups that are essentially along grammatical lines, except Katja added some fun episodes, that are just that - pure fun - put also informative, intelligent, and educational.
So what do we have?
* 59 Episodes (numbered from 1 to 51. Some episodes form a series on their own, Christmas Series, for example, and have one number. Some are not numbered).
* 400 minutes total (just under 7 hours). This is an amazing accomplishment. Some commercial courses that cost $100s, take 30 to 50 hours for about the same amount of content.
* Average episode a little under 7 minutes. Another great achievement. Sometimes she goes a bit fast - but she's always fun. You can always replay, and write down the German words.
* Many episodes less than 5 minutes. Awesome!
* Many episodes less than 10 minutes. Amazing!
* Longest episodes are "fun" episodes, about 16 minutes. Still Amazing!
* Shortest episode just under 2 minutes. Pretty awesome!
Very doable in under 3 months (or 10 weeks - possibly 6 weeks). 1 group, or track, per week.
BTW, This grouping, or table of contents, can, if Katja chooses, be used to produce a nice little book, and make her some money. I would certainly pay $20 to $50 for a transcript or a book of some sort that built on this material. Fluenz and Rosetta Stone are in the $500 range. Prescription courses are about $100 per year and up.
TH-cam lists all the episodes in order, under Alle DFE Episoden. th-cam.com/play/PLDl7JofqmDnHxxS7NjiGgEapMeTQyPK5R.html
Anyway, here is my arrangement, or my documentation of Katja's arrangement.
Table of contents
Track 1. Intro.
Pronunciation, basic vocabulary, phrases - different topics - short, and sweet (shorter than 10 minutes).
Episode 1. Alphabet (7:47)
Episode 2. Greetings and Goodbyes (1:52)
Episode 3. Introducing yourself (2:33)
Episode 4. How to count (2:50)
Episode 5. Articles/Genders (6:03)
Episode 40. Umlaute Pronunciation (7:05)
Episode 44. gerne, lieber, am liebsten (9:17)
Episode 51. V, F, or W (5:58)
Track 2. Pure Fun.
Information and commentary (10 to 30 minutes)
Episode 9. The German Federal States (11:49)
Episode 11. 2 Episodes - Differences between Germany and the USA (19:15)
Episode 20. The German School System (12:02)
Episode 25. German Music (16:53)
Episode 30. Tag Der Deutschen Einheit. Day of German Unity.
Episode 36. Swear Like a German (10:08)
Episode 38. Five episodes - Christmas Special (28:57)
Episode 48. Movies and Shows (14:50)
Track 3. Grammar - Nouns
Episode 6. Colors and Fruit (2:06)
Episode 7. Same as English (4:29)
Episode 8. Pluralizing Nouns (7:31)
Episode 10. Declining Nouns (9:13)
Episode 12. Days of the week (6:45)
Episode 17. Months and Zodiac Signs (4:52)
Episode 18. Summer Vocabulary (3:18)
Episode 34. Autumn/Fall Vocabulary (4:49)
Episode 22. The Face (2:01)
Episode 24. Upper Body (2:14)
Episode 26. Lower Body (5:15)
Episode 42. Talk about your family (9:37)
Track 4. Grammar - Verbs
Episode 14. Important verbs (2:10)
Episode 15. Sein - To Be (1:59)
Episode 16. Conjugating Verbs (3:21)
Episode 28. Extra 4. Irregular Verbs (3:23)
Episode 33. Modal Verbs (3:38)
Episode 49. Imperative - Orders (6:07)
Track 5. Grammar - Adjectives
Episode 27. Adjectives (6:34)
Episode 28. More Adjectives (8:11)
Episode 29. Declining Adjectives (9:13)
Episode 31. Grading/Comparing Adjectives (10:43)
Episode 32. Irregular Adjectives (5:09)
Track 6. Grammar - Pronouns
Episode 13. Personal Pronouns (3:11)
Episode 19. Declining Personal Pronouns - Part 1 (5:39)
Episode 21. Declining Personal Pronouns - Part 2 (4:15)
Episode 23. Declining Personal Pronouns - Part 3 (4:00)
Episode 50. When to use Sie or Du (10:58)
Track 7. Grammar - Conjunctions
Episode 46. Conjunctions (10:52)
Track 8. Grammar - Sentence Structure/Syntax (Hard! - Count as 3 Tracks)
Episode 35. Sentence Structure Part 1 (9:55)
Episode 37. Sentence Structure Part 2 (6:01)
Episode 39. Sentence Structure Part 3 (12:16))
Episode 41. Sentence Structure Part 4 (9:11)
Episode 43. Sentence Structure Part 5 (8:38)
Episode 45. Sentence Structure Part 6 (6:56)
Hallo :)
"Ross" is an older word for "Pferd". I would guess it was used becuase of its much more dramatic and dark sound... because it's Rammstein and that is how they do.
The word goes back to the middle ages; back then it would refer to a horse no matter its gender, also used for implying that it was somewhat of a nobler horse, although it was mostly just the neutral word for "horse", contrary, for example, to the derogartory "der Gaul".
Sehr gut für Anfänger. Gute Erklärung. Ich gratuliere. Danke für die Veröffentlichung in TH-cam. Machen Sie weiter. Vieln Dank !!
I came here to learn German and became a fan of your humour. 😂 You're hilarious.
Danke for the videos. I'm new to studying German and I will be going through all your videos in order.
There are none, luckily (no idea how one would pronounce that).
As for "chs", we have "Fuchs, Wachs, wachsen, Dachs, Lachs" and I'm sure a few others. You might be able to find a list of them somewhere online or I might make one some time. The imprtant thing is, as I mentioned in the video, to pronounce "chs" like "x" in these words :)
Your English is so great! I can barely tell that you are a native German speaker! Anyway, this video and your other videos are helpful to me with learning German.
I have fallen in love in your teaching style..Nice one
Thank you
i can't find the word for thank you ! i'm 14 years old and i start learning german from last year by myself... and now your videos are helping me :)
Hihi, wie lieb. Danke dir, das freut mich alles sehr zu hören :)
Never was Learning German so funny and excited... thanks you are Awesome Teacher
Thanks for your lessons. You make learning German much easier and interesting. Danke!
0:01 Intro
0:23 Vokale
1:11 Umlaute
2:11 Diphthonge
3:06 Das Alphabet
First lesson today! Super excited! Hope to get through til the end!
Have you noticed the small ball of "energy" that appears floating behind Katja in minute 5:03 that goes flying towards the curtains? or is it a "special effect"?
I saw that too, might just be dust or a G-G-G-GHOST!!!!! or should I say a G-G-G-GEIST!!!
It's actually a little dust flake in front of me ;)
I'm learning German, have been for years and still not fluent! I need to focus so I found your videos here on youtube and I mastered the sounds ages ago coz I'm brilliant, but thanks for this, it was funny too!
Du bist eine wunderbare Frau, ich habe viel von dir gelernt
I am so appreciative of your videos! I love learning German and hope to not be that person who is absolutely beyond clueless when I go back. :)
Vocals are just like spanish, danke dich ich lerne deutsch, and it's so helpful for me, I'm a native spanish speaker
thank you for you effort and kindly way of learnning dautch i am from egypt and i recently began to learn deauch .
Best teacher ever fur Deutsch language 🥺
Learning german is better with you. Danke schön
i love this girl, my first language is spanish and it`s so hard to get the pronunciation... her tips hahaha is all i need.
I didn't how to produce a single sentence in German but now with deutschfuereuch I do ....Awesome... I want to learn more and more.....please teach me more lol :)
Dankeschön... Greetings from Peru/South America.
I'm happy to be a french canadian fluent in english the pronunciation is so much easier than it looks like in english
ich danke Ihnen für den Deutsch-Unterricht!
Hey Katja! It's a great page you have! Congrats! I've always wanted to learn german, and as I thought I'd just given up, your page showed up on youtube! I just got mad I haven't seen it a year ago, but I'll certainly start learning now! Thanks a lot for that! :D
Firts 30 seconds, and I am actually in love with you. You get the point girl..I am going to learn german from you!
I've learn Deutsch for a year now. Honestly, Deutsch Grammar is difficult specially if you can't remember the Artikel lol :) By the way thank you for videos it helps me a lots. I need to learn more "Hören und Schreiben".
Nice teaching .nice face .nice personality. Every thing is nice 😊
Manchmal habe Ich die Deutche Alphabet vergessen. das ist zu Großartig! mit diesem video!!! Geil!!!!
Hallo Katja! Hola desde Medellín, Colombia. Quite interesting this video and a bit abstract, because of all those sounds. It's like a jewel for me, who is in love with the German language. I hope to watch this video many times and is a stuff for constant study. Your english is awesome, thanks also for that.
I speak 5 languages and the next one is gonna be the german, I decided to learn deutsch like 1 week a go, it seems to be hard but i'm gonna try anyway, your video was great , and YOU'R AMAZIIIIING
first of all : you're beautiful !! I just couldn't ignore that .
second : your way to teach is the best you must be a genius !!??
and finally : thank you very much for your time you've been spending to teach others your language... thank you ... thank you ... in arabic we have a proverb :
" the person hwo taught me a letter, I make my self a slave for him ".
i wish i can help others to learn my language too, like you did, all my respects for you my master .
How to make the ü-sound: You start pronouncing i (English: e or ea [eagle, ear]). You hold the frame of your jaw while making this sound, then you move your lips to a kiss (but don't close the lips). You can play with the sound by moving your lower jaw back and forth. Practice hearing the difference between i (e) or u (oo) and ü.
I have been trying to pronounce this sound for five years. not kidding. I can speak Turkish but could never get this sound right. (Turkish also has this sound) but this comment taught me in like 5 seconds. please also write about ö
Its more or less the same storry, except you start with the e as pronounced in pen or pepper. Again, hold the frame and only move the lips to a kiss :)
+MrSindbad80 Thanks a lot!
best german teacher ever !!!