Thanks to my lovely friend Anina for taking part btw! If you want to take part in this language series and you speak another language fluently then message me @elise.acrossthechannel on instagram! I'm also sure over the weeks more comments will fly in with 'This isn't fair because you also speak Dutch!'. But try to remember that none of this matters lol. It's just supposed to be a fun video with a friend. Sure maybe a more accurate title is 'How much Dutch can a Brit understand who also knows Dutch' but that is a bit long innit. Just enjoy the video for what it is kids :P And hopefully when I'm back in the UK, I can get other British friends to take part in the series who don't know another language!
Elise you cheated in this video a little bit, knowing also the dutch language, that has quite some similarities especially in the sound of quite a lot of words with the german language.
I grew up learning Dutch and German at the same time, and until I was 6 I thought they were the same language (there was the "zee"/"meer" incident then), so I find it always amazing that people who know Dutch don't understand more German. However speaking German after not using it actively for 30 years is ... difficult. I keep thinking that I'm channeling Rudi Carrell (showing my age here) Fun series!
@@alphabetaomega265 we were at a seaside resort where there was a lake in front of the houses and the sea nearby. I had agreed with my German speaking friend to go to the 'zee' and asked my mother for permission. Only then I realised that sea in Dutch is 'zee' and in German is 'meer' while lake in Dutch is 'meer' and 'see' in German. And that I had forgotten which language I was using with my friend... It was German of course. Wild, wild seventies when you let children of six play alone next to a lake.
As a native Dutch speaker; I’m so used to reading the subtitels that I can’t ignore them and just try to listen to what she’s saying in German and how much I understand without the subs.
Thanks to my lovely friend Anina for taking part btw! If you want to take part in this language series and you speak another language fluently then message me @elise.acrossthechannel on instagram! I'm also sure over the weeks more comments will fly in with 'This isn't fair because you also speak Dutch!'. But try to remember that none of this matters lol. It's just supposed to be a fun video with a friend. Sure maybe a more accurate title is 'How much Dutch can a Brit understand who also knows Dutch' but that is a bit long innit. Just enjoy the video for what it is kids :P And hopefully when I'm back in the UK, I can get other British friends to take part in the series who don't know another language!
Nice video Elise!
Fun fact: in Dutch, we also call a grand piano a "concertpiano" or more commonly a "vleugel", like German does!
Elise you cheated in this video a little bit, knowing also the dutch language, that has quite some similarities especially in the sound of quite a lot of words with the german language.
This is more like, how much German, does a Dutch person understand
I grew up learning Dutch and German at the same time, and until I was 6 I thought they were the same language (there was the "zee"/"meer" incident then), so I find it always amazing that people who know Dutch don't understand more German. However speaking German after not using it actively for 30 years is ... difficult. I keep thinking that I'm channeling Rudi Carrell (showing my age here)
Fun series!
What’s the zee/meer incident? I speak German, but don’t speak Dutch.
@@alphabetaomega265 we were at a seaside resort where there was a lake in front of the houses and the sea nearby. I had agreed with my German speaking friend to go to the 'zee' and asked my mother for permission. Only then I realised that sea in Dutch is 'zee' and in German is 'meer' while lake in Dutch is 'meer' and 'see' in German. And that I had forgotten which language I was using with my friend... It was German of course.
Wild, wild seventies when you let children of six play alone next to a lake.
@@pevaneyn oh lol, that’s a funny story
The franconian dialect is always so sweet.
I feel like this proved that Dutch is close to German
As a native Dutch speaker; I’m so used to reading the subtitels that I can’t ignore them and just try to listen to what she’s saying in German and how much I understand without the subs.
Come on Elise, no slacking....gives us another vlog
The german is very sweet and nice :)
Yes horseback archery is a sport. Definitely in Hungary and Mongolia but probably in more countries
And I thought the dutch to your brother was bad😂
I mean I speak basic German but the first one is crazy😮😂😂