As a person who learn German, i can confirm that German is difficult indeed (in terms of grammar), the words is actually alot similar to English words.

@mayethgarcia4441

Ай бұрын

Ich liebe dich

@receivedpronunciation6696

Ай бұрын

Dutch is a simplified German. Before 1945, Dutch looked more like German than today as it employed "der, des, den", just like German does. But after World War II, Dutch has sounded and looked more like English. Many Dutch people now speak Dutch with an American English 'r' when the 'r' is at the end of words and before consonants. Take 'de storm is over' vs 'the storm is over'. Now, they are heard 99% the same!

@DClover411

23 күн бұрын

The English dictionary is French by more than 75%. Seen as German remained almost perfectly Germanic, this is rich. Your comment doesn't add up.

@DClover411

23 күн бұрын

​​​​​@@receivedpronunciation6696 You make a point but you don't know where to place it. All 3 languages are Germanic so similarities, yes, a lot. Although the whole grammar process of Dutch through the years hasn't got much to do with English at all. Dutch and English share that they have vastly deteriorated compared to German, but English is very cohesive in it's grammar. Dutch has not been cohesive at all since the 50's, the point you're making. 9/10 words we borrowed from English are French anyways. Dutch has only become more English because Dutchmen do not care about Dutch and only want to rush into English because that's cool to them. This goes mostly for young people but the impact is there. Plus, that 'r' you're speaking of only runs in the North of the Netherlands. Also in the North you can find a Scandinavian 'r' in various dialects. In the South we pronounce an 'r' like the Flemish do. The Northeast is still very Saxon indeed and pronounces the 'r' like they do in Northern Germany and Scotland.

The beginning "oh my god" got me dying 😂

Spent a decade learning German (on & off in formal/casual instruction), including living there and having German family there. Cannot speak at a conversational level - STILL. Have repeated A1 level three times.. Failed every time. Have watched new students begin the course, then move up to A2 level while I stay behind. Believed I was neurologically incapable of learning another language - UNTIL!! I turned my attention to Afrikaans - Huge success. Tried my hand at Dutch. Also going well. For whatever reason, my brain doesn't find logic or reason when it comes to speaking German.

@mep6302

Жыл бұрын

Maybe it's because German has three genders and four grammatical cases. The other languages don't.

@henkoosterink8744

Жыл бұрын

🤣 Geen talenknobbel dus.

I learned German very quick. You just need the motivation. No language can be learned in like 5 month. I needed 5 years for german but if you understand the german grammar once, youll get it

That long German sentence within the first minute.. as a Dutchie I did not do any good. I want to appologize to anyone who is German and other fellow Dutchies for me failing so hard... Yes I had German at school, like all Dutch people (and dropped it after one year...), and yes I still failed hard.

@robfriedrich2822

Жыл бұрын

This sentence is also challenging for native speakers

@robfriedrich2822

Жыл бұрын

Comparable with the fresh fish fished by Fisher's Fritz.

@DClover411

23 күн бұрын

Jij bent waarschijnlijk beter in de logische vakken! Dat is meer waard in deze wereld.

I speak Portuguese, English, N2 in Japanese, I’m actually learning French and Dutch is next. I think Latin languages are easiest to me because my mother language is Portuguese, I can understand almost everything in Spanish. I’m thinking about make stories on Instagram about math, physics and a kanji every day.

@daviareis

2 жыл бұрын

(Math and physics in different languages)

@benwhitethelanguagesguy6838

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds super interesting! I never excelled at maths in school, perhaps your Instagram videos can peak my interest. What is your Instagram handle?

@khushnumakhan2048

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mr white aka sir I am the one from room 12

@DClover411

23 күн бұрын

Then Germanic Languages must be second nature to you. The base of our languages (I'm Dutch) lies in Latin. German itself is the most prominent example of that, as it is now. It must also be easy to learn English and Dutch words, because we have so much loanwords from French and Latin directly, as well.

I have studied a long time German, 5 years. I use it not so much. I have studied after that, Dutch during two years, I find it more intuitive even if there are lot of typical continental West-Germanised roots (I mean more likely to German than English itself) in the two languages. But of course the things are 1/Practice, practice, practice ; 2/Choose the language with the one you have more affinity and then at one moment, you will be able to learn ad speak the other one, more easily.

Wijf doesnt have the same meaning as wife. Its more of a curse word

The logic in both languages is completely different, although some words are the same. Why is German pronunciation easier than Dutch because Germans speak slowly?

@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx573

8 ай бұрын

Wdym the logic being different, you can translate a lot of sentences 1:1 with minor changes from one language to the other. The biggest difference actually is that some words are written + pronounced differently, but the root is the same and they're also used very much alike In fact, when i simply use german grammar and sentence structure and simply slap onto it dutch words it will sound horrendous but will be understood most of the time. Same thing works the other way around, if you keep dutch word order and ignore cases and simply use german words you'll still be understood. It'll sound awful and/or funny but it'll work In fact, the the logic is so much alike that it makes the languages easy to learn for a native of the other language.

More than one hundred and fifty years ago, people called German and Dutch _High Dutch_ and _Low Dutch_ in English respectively. These old-fashioned English terms can be found in Jonathan Swift's novel "Gulliver's Travels" (1726).

@DClover411

23 күн бұрын

Well I'm a Dutch linguistic nerd, and there was a time when Southeastern Netherlands was called 'Dietsland' we spoke 'Diets', (German in Dutch=Duits) so did the Southwestern Germans because all the different dialects in this spectrum here are all from Low Franconian (The language of Frankish tribes who roamed mentioned area). Lower Germany is Northern Germany, because it's a lot flatter than the South of Germany. Southern Germany is High German, thus because it's so mountainous. It also came into use like that because nobility often lived in the South.

@DClover411

23 күн бұрын

The Netherlands are the Low Countries, but it's not like 'High Dutch' or 'low Dutch' has ever been a thing

@ramamonato5039

17 күн бұрын

​@@DClover411I saw those old terms in the novel by Jonathan Swift, namely "Gulliver's Travels"(1726): Part IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms, in which the character of Lemuel Gulliver said: “I spoke to them in as many languages as I had the least smattering of, which were High and Low Dutch, Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, and Lingua Franca, but all to no purpose” However, in earlier linguistic books, the modern term used for Dutch was "Low German" and for German was "High German".

l learn German first cause. I'm still learning German

ok, will try to learn dutch after i master german

@benwhitethelanguagesguy6838

2 жыл бұрын

After you master German you will find Dutch very quick and easy to learn I am sure!

Jeg betragter dansk som lykkens sprog og et af de smukkeste og mest behageligt klingende sprog i verden) Jeg føler det, fordi jeg er dets transportør) Hvad angår videoen, minder Luximbourg-sproget for mig meget mere om tysk end hollandsk)❤😊

@DClover411

23 күн бұрын

I can't speak Danish or understand it when I hear it, but I can read it, and understand it. I'm from the South of the Netherlands and my dialect is actually far more Germanic than Dutch has come to be. I love Danish!! Have tried to learn it on my own. I do hope there's a Danish word for the Netherlands and not just for two of our provinces.

@HolgerReichardt

23 күн бұрын

@DClover411 Thank you , for your opinion) It,s really danish language it is so simple language for people who can speaking a west germanic language)

I'm gonna learn German and dutch at the same time

@delphinasartstudio6933

Жыл бұрын

How’s it going, is it working for you or are you getting them mixed up?

@greyy_097

8 ай бұрын

did it work brutha?

@Beyond_J-73

Ай бұрын

Ja ik kan wel spreek Nederlands ook al is het een beetje moeilijk voor mij omdat ik een spaansprenkenden bent

Hmmm what about: What is easier German vs Dutch vs Sweden?

@dachen1222

Жыл бұрын

Swedish (and Norwegian) are two of the easier languages to learn for a native English speaker. Other than mastering the concept of the pitch accent. Note that I don't include the closely related Danish as an easy language because of pronunciation difficulties.

@pirston2934

Жыл бұрын

@@dachen1222 so what do u suggest for me to learn as an English and Arabic speaker . And I really need to learn German bc I’m planning to live there in the future so I had the idea of maybe I could learn a language that will make the German pronunciation easier.

@geistescrashednana933

Ай бұрын

All scandinavian languages are easy for germans/english ppl or dutch ppl (expect islanks). The words are very similar and the grammers is very nice to learn.

Dutch is a simplified German. Before 1945, Dutch looked more like German than today as it employed "der, des, den", just like German does. But after World War II, Dutch has sounded and looked more like English. Many Dutch people now speak Dutch with an American English 'r' when the 'r' is at the end of words and before consonants. Take 'de storm is over' vs 'the storm is over'. Now, they are heard 99% the same!

I'm currently learning German, tried Dutch too, and I can tell you that German is better because Dutch sounds like someone is suffocating and it literally puts a lot of stress on your throat with all those G, H and CH sounds. German is guttural too, but much softer than Dutch on that regard. I could list many other reasons of why German is a better choice, but that was the decisive factor for me. Who would learn a language if they suffer just by speaking it?

@CEO-of-sleeping

Жыл бұрын

You can try to speak in the southern dutch accent way les guttural

@henkoosterink8744

Жыл бұрын

proleet.

@PetraStaal

11 ай бұрын

Hey, a native Dutch speaker here. I just wanted to let you know that I'm not suffering.

@greyy_097

8 ай бұрын

😂@@PetraStaal

German is a lot easier than Dutch if languages are your strong point. Because German is a purer language, it's gone through far less deterioration than Dutch has, it is much more loyal to its linguistical roots. Dutch has simplified a LOT over the years, cases aren't even learned at school nowadays (there's only two left for the people who are out to spot them, most Dutchman don't know this) also since the 60's, our official grammar isn't decided by linguists. Our grammar is surrounded a product. 'The Green little Book'. People who studied economics and marketing decide what our language looks like. That makes Dutch a LOT harder than German, because German is cohesive. Dutch has millions of exceptions in spelling and new grammar rules these days that are entirely NOT linguistically based. Our grammar is going down the drain and in due time Dutch will be completely ruined. People in general do not care about being able to spell well. People don't even try. It's cool to not be good at Dutch. It's normal that an official municipality letter is littered with grammar mistakes nowadays. People don't care. There's no national pride in the Netherlands, no one even knows what our culture is anymore. King's Day is something the queen started about a hundred years ago and it's only a workday off and out drinking. The King and his family are even boycotted on his birthday. So yeah it's a big thing, but it has nothing to do with nationalism. Flags on the cheeks? Superficial af. Anyways, that's why German is a lot easier than Dutch.

Is it better to learn Dutch before German?

@meriemmia

3 ай бұрын

This is my question 😂

The baby method 👍

btw, Japanese is the easiest for beginners.

As someone who learn German. You making it harder than it really is. You have to memorize the gender articles, and gender of nouns, as soon as you do that. Everything else is nor that hard. German is orderly.

@therealdutchidiot

6 ай бұрын

Correct. The key point is lots of listening and speaking yourself. Language has a sort of musicality to it, and no matter what the actual rules are you get a feeling for what's right and what's not.

ducht is easy but i am from ducht😎😎

@optimist_introvertiert_nam7271

Күн бұрын

"from Ducht"? 😂

Learning the different cases is definetely useful when you want to learn German properly. One thing is knowing and understanding the theory, another one is doing it right in everyday conversational practice. The conversational purpose is prior here but I don't agree with you when you are saying that you shouldn't care about them and that you will get it right just by speaking practice. You probably won't if you don't learn it properly. I'm saying this as a teacher of German

I've studied both languages and I lived in Amsterdam for a year. Dutch is 10000 easier! The pronunciation is easy since Germans and Dutch spell how they speak. Unlike English and Danish...these two are a nightmare. You can't look at Danish or English word and think you pronunce it! You have to hear it first. The irony is that for the native English speakers, we have the advantage over our Western European langauge counter parts. We elements of both Romance and Germanic languages in English. We could learn all these languages easier than anyone else! The sad thing is that we don't.

FOR ALL ENGLISH SPEAKERS WANTING TO READ DUTCH BIAS BY THE MEANS OF USING AN ENGLISH SYNTAX: “Can you give me the share, because I would knive the paper in two deals. Uhm, please do not trap in that fall, since these words can beteachen what others than you may think. What we name beteachness, is what the English name ‘meaning’. By us ‘meaning’ means what English ownly mean with ‘opinion’. Though there is any overlap in the beteachness from the word ‘meaning’ as we both can pray ‘what mean you’ whenere I you not furstand fully. I hope have learned you what, through what to teachen for you up paper, so as a lorer teachens up the board fore on in his class. Outerearth shall I it liker find to be the rider, than the knight that serves him. Also wis that you not can still stand, as you even then shall be beweighing as a weighscale.