I love the stepping downstairs to the storage room.

how did you know I needed this!? for my German class I'm writing a formal German letter. and I'm confused on what to use. perfect timing!

@DontTrustTheRabbit

7 жыл бұрын

Great, that makes me happy! :)

@simplyvanessa3497

7 жыл бұрын

Dutchik im sure you r going to make it

@toadkatze5503

7 жыл бұрын

Dutchik Also im Deutschen ist das halt so... Genau so wie es im Englischen ist. Klar ist das ein Problem für manche, also ist diese Idee für dieses Video so cool, weil man so etwas gutes lernen kann. ;) xD

@RauelON

7 жыл бұрын

Like many times with this language, it's hard to speak it correctly if you weren't rise german. If you use it incorrectly a german will notice that of course but still understands what you mean

@dutchik5107

7 жыл бұрын

RaoelOn. yeah Germans will understand you, yet I still need to pass my German tests and exam. I don't think they will just ignore those mistakes.

even as a german, i find the word "also" kind of weird, when i think about it, because i couldn't even explain in my own language how to use it. Trixi did very well. the meaning of "also" even changed during the centuries; friedrich nietzsche for example, used it in "also sprach zarathustra" in a way, which isn't common nowadays.

The chocolate made me think Trixi was into scat for a second. Thank Ecod for that!

I have learned German for 9 years. And this is exactly the reason, I never managed to master it. So much confusion.

@pavlepetkovic3048

7 жыл бұрын

I guess that at one point you need to develop something like a gut feeling, and repeat repeat repeat.

@JanHurych

7 жыл бұрын

I guess You have to like the language you learn and actually use it to get that gut feeling. I hated every single lesson of it :-D

@TremereTT

7 жыл бұрын

Right away, I'm my self totally shitty in languages, and I don't claim to be any better than anyone spoken about in this post! It's just a post! If theres anyone aiming his hate at me because of this post, do so quietly and in private, thx. You can't master German (and most languages) living outside a German speaking community. The worst thing is that most teachers, teaching German as foreign language, also never lived in a German speaking community themselfs. Letting 4chan do your home works...actually is a thing I had the chance to read some worksheets for homeworks from some American pupils... For example: A teacher wrote letter to his pupils in German. And you could easily forge that it's basically an English written letter, translated into German, sentence by sentence. It felt super unnatural and wierd to read it.

@JanHurych

7 жыл бұрын

TremereTT You are probably right. As I was learning english I only had one semester with Alison from Utah - she was the best. She was not very demanding, but I learned so much just by listening to her and doing conversation exercises. There were no homeworks, no surprise exams.... . Just awesome.

@pavlepetkovic3048

7 жыл бұрын

Jan Hurych Yeah, and I guess that purpose is very important. We cannot force ourselves long term to something as time demanding like language learning, without any purpose or genuine interest.

Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU. I was studying German in High School, and my teacher kept using "also" a lot. I asked him, point blank, what it meant. And he said he couldn't give me a definitive meaning for it. I was like, "But, you're German. And you teach German. So, teach me." He just became annoyed and pretended to be busy." So, (my U.S. "so", not your "so"), you're a way better teacher than my acutal German teacher. Also, (again, my "also" that means "too"), we Americans use "so" in very similar ways, and in very simiilar circumstance, as our German friends. Thank you, again, for this very valuable video on two seemingly small words, but words that give important "touches" to statements.

English is to blame this time, because it uses "so" to mean "therefore" and "very". Deutsch unresolved this by using "also" for the first and "so" for the second.

@Ari33sa

7 жыл бұрын

that is of course with the exception of 'und so' which I think would translate to 'and thus'.

Wow ,really in polish we have the same usage of "so" and "also" .So means "tak" and we use it in EVERY situation you've mentioned :O I'm quite surprised ,because even in the last situation when you said "so so" ,in polish I would say "tak tak" and it is 100% correct :O Wow I didn't expected our languages to be so similar.

@oof5622

6 жыл бұрын

1705lea tak means yes xD

@nobby196808

5 жыл бұрын

@@oof5622 tak means yes and also so?

German is hard.Gut dass ich aus Deutschland komme :D

@beigehues

7 жыл бұрын

Benny CS:GO _Selbst Deutsche können keine gute Rechtschreibung_

@oxBOWLP

7 жыл бұрын

hmm

@CoderboyPB

7 жыл бұрын

Deutsch ist halt auch kompliziert, sei es unsere Kommataregeln oder auch die ganzen zusammen gesetzten Wörter und dann noch die Groß- und Kleinschreibung. Schreibe öfters auf Twitter auf englisch, weil es einfach wesentlich einfacher und auch KÜRZER ist ...

@beigehues

7 жыл бұрын

CoderboyPB _Ja, ich schreibe meistens auch eher unter englische Videos und benutze häufiger Englisch als Deutsch_

@yannickchaumont1225

7 жыл бұрын

Benny CS:GO Made my day XD der war echt gut

A rough rule I was taught for using "also" was to treat it as "therefore" - I think many of your examples become clearer if you think of it that way

Also, ich bin so froh, dass Deutsch meine Muttersprache ist, so brauche ich so was kompliziertes, nicht als Fremdsprache lernen! - und so weiter (usw.) Und ich finde Du machst SOOO super Videos! Also weiter so!

@tomasdererste

7 жыл бұрын

Aber es ist Spaß Deutsch zu lernen. Ja, es ist kompliziert, aber Tschechisch ist viel mehr kompliziert. :D Viele Grüße aus Tschechien! ^_^

@AstroSam66

7 жыл бұрын

Nur wenn du kein Tscheche bist ;-)

Soooo I think i'll need to watch it again and again :D I'm totally confused

@SardonicALLY

7 жыл бұрын

Me ''also''

@AstroSam66

7 жыл бұрын

Also, passt mal auf! Ich sag nicht so, und ich sag nicht so. Dann kann keiner sagen, ich hätte so und so gesagt ;-)

@AstroSam66

7 жыл бұрын

Confused now?

I like your small acting scenes, they are not just informative, but also cute :D

This is a perfect video for my German-learning English secondary school classes. One of many you produce. Also (English meaning) you have accomplished the "impossible" once again - by making an entire video about German "also" without using the English word we use to define it in British Primary Schools: "therefore". The chocolate was a very nice touch! As usual, well done.

Mir fällt noch das "so" bei Vergleichen ein. Zum Beispiel: "Ich bin so klug wie du." Oder "so" als Ersatz von etwa "auf diese Art und Weise": Zum Beispiel: "Das geht so schon in Ordnung." oder "Das kannst du so doch nicht machen!" oder noch besser: "Also, so kannst du das aber nicht machen!"

@simon24h

7 жыл бұрын

Soso.

@-mwolf

7 жыл бұрын

Phorzaken sowieso!

@thestralix

7 жыл бұрын

Das erste wäre doch dann einfach 'n Komparativ, aber die Kurzform. Etwas ist genau*so* [Adjektiv: klug, whatever] wie [irgendwas]. Obwohl man dann wieder philosophieren könnte: Ist es nur 'n verstärktes *so* oder, in diesem Fall mit "klug", semantisch nicht so passend wie genauso. Also, (haha), "Er ist genauso groß wie du" - Beide z.B. 1,85cm aber "Er ist so groß wie du" ist so Pi mal Daumen. Ja, Deutsch ist spaßig. >.> :D

Der "Treppen-Effekt" ist super :) :D Klassisches Comedy-Element :)

Ich bewundere es, wie viel Arbeit du in deine Videos steckst. Es muss ewig dauern den Inhalt zu schreiben. Gute Arbeit! :)

This is one of the better ones you've done in a while. 😊

The Rabbits Conquer The World ? 😀🐰🐰🐰. I want that book.

@kiwipanda2373

7 жыл бұрын

I want Pandas conquer the world!!!!!! I want it and I need it *o*

Excellent clip, and I love Trixie's presentation. These usages aren't complicated - they are just complex and varied.

I just happened a few days ago to say "also" in English to a client when what I really meant was "So...". And you just come here and make a video on that. Not a coincidence.

Ich freu mich jedes Mal, wenn ich was über meine eigene Sprache lerne, die man ja als native speaker eigentlich nahezu perfekt beherrscht und trotzdem sooo wenig über sie weiß. Ganz schön kompliziert, aber sehr spannend, nicht nur für Leute, die Deutsch lernen! Also... Vielen Dank und Daumen hoch dafür!😊

Learning german was never so funny and creative. Trixi, you are wonderful. Hope all the best for you.

Na so wass! Also, wie kompliziert dass alles sein kann! 😉 Thank you. A refresher is always welcome, and so long as it's informative and also amusing, so much the better.

This is one of your best videos ever! Vielen Dank!!

Your videos about German language usually save many hours of study (even though my mother language is Portuguese). When I need to use some expression, I recall you saying that. It is much more easier than remember what I had studied on books. Please, don't stop making this kind of video.

@rmannrich

7 жыл бұрын

Mostly? Are you serious? I know that most of her videos are made to be funny. But it is easy to distinguish. And it´s easy too to remember a native speaker saying something (correct) in a funny way. Can't figure out why are you sayng that.

This was great!!! Totally cleared up the also/so issue, which I was very confused about!! So, to distill what you said, "so" is a focusing term, and "also" is like a refocusing term? I love you Trixie!!!

Oh my god, as the first video I see from you... I am Loving this channel!!!!! (AMAZING ACTING!!)

Endlich mal ein Video ohne Ausschnitt. Da kann ich mich endlich mal nur auf den Inhalt konzentrieren :)

I love the new (?) text boxes in both languages, so helpfull!

Another outstanding German lesson! Thank you. I am grateful that you have chosen to bless us with your knowledge and teaching ability. You are gorgeous and could have been a fashion model, but you are bringing so much more to the world with your teaching. Thank you again, and God bless you and your family.

Also, so kompliziert ist das mit so und also nicht. Aber wenn man es so gelernt hat im Alltag geht das auch so. Also immer schön lernen dann wird das was mit also und so. 😁😨🙊🙈🙉

@Maarcus01

7 жыл бұрын

sowieso!

@GlitterDeluxe

7 жыл бұрын

:D

@12tanuha21

7 жыл бұрын

also, das mit dem so ist so ^^

@wernerhiemer406

7 жыл бұрын

Soso. Da haben wir also die Schose mit der Schokososse auf der Hose. So oder so, sorgt sowas so und so oft soweit für solche Sorgen beim Sortieren der … can"t sort this out I am so sorry ;)

As a student in Berlin, I've been struggling to learn some of these nuances for 2 reasons. 1) Berlin German is...quirky, and it makes it difficult sometimes to know if I'm using things correctly. 2) Nobody can really explain the differences well enough because in order to properly explain something, and as an English Literature major, it means I get caught up on the small things. Thank you for this because as I venture further into the language, I find myself reaching for certain phrases only to find more false friends.

The two ways to say "so" doesn't seem that hard to me, but then again, I did study Esperanto before German, and so I already knew the difference between "do" (also) and "tiom" (so). That was immediately transferable to German. However, I wasn't familiar with the more idiomatic usages. Not that I can see myself using any of them in daily usage.

Wer "SO" sagt, ist noch lange nicht fertig. 😆 Eins der besten Rabbit Videos! 👍👍👍👍👍

Loved this video👌 helps getting used to hearing the differences with all the uses. 😊

So, every single one of your "also" examples are situations where, in English, I could imagine myself starting my sentence with "So..." I had been taught that the proper translation of German "also" was "thus", which probably better captures the particular meaning of "also" but doesn't really work for casual speech as we almost never say "thus". Thank for the clarification; I expect I'll be using "also" more often in my spoken German.

omg amazing video, how u express is crazy, usefull and super funny

Thank you so much! 4 years+ of Deutsch and this is the first time learning this.

Also, ich habe es nichts verstanden... hahaah just kiding! Loved you video! And sure, I understood your examples. In some of them it seemed to me that a simple "so" (English "so") would do the job just fine to exemplify the translation, but you "refined" them a little more a "such" or whatever. Which is ganz ok für mich. Thanks for the video!

Very helpful info and examples. Thanks!

Wow, I didn't realize that we use this so often! xD But when I signed in at a language forum I recognized that foreigners seem to have problems with this. At first I was confused, because for me there is no relation between "so" and "also", but now I understand it.

you know what.. I like your style. Well done!

Thank you for posting a great new video. I think you do a great job generally, but I really liked this one because you had the German written out, with the English translation. This new feature really improved my comprehension and hopefully retention. Gruße Steve. P.S. I am sorry the internet is full of jerks, don't worry about the nasty comments.

I went to a German integration school from 10 years of age so we learned a lot of stuff quite naturally. for example, I never realised this was an issue 😂

Trixi at her best! Fantastic video, fantastic explainations and examples. The video feels just a bit hasty, thoug. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned and you video was perfectly modern stlye. But I want to mention again, please include half-a-second-breaks right after you've just finished one thing, so that the video doesn't rush into the next scene. Sometimes I find myself surprised ("überrannt") by your "The next thing I want to talk about.." But that aside, PLEASE continue those videos, love them! =)

You're SO (Hahaha) clear with the explanations and I find your videos really useful, since I'll be living in Germany for 10 months next year. You're gorgeous thank you!

Großartiges Video Trixie, vielen Dank!!!!😀

thank you SO much for the explanation !!

Thanks, Trixie! You lifted my confusion to a higher level. :)

Note to self: To protect your keyboard, never take a sip of wine (or any liquid) when watching Trixi explaining things.

Good to know I've been doing it right then. Most of what I learned with "also" and "so" have been through watching/listening to a lot of German dubbed shows I used to watch in English.

Gracias por la explicación, siempre fue confuso pero ahora puedo ver la luz!!

Awesome video! Thanks for clarifying!

very educational thanks Trixie

Thsi channel is so helpful for my GCSES! maybe you could do some videos on different tenses? or maybe different connectives? or anything to help with gcses and/or any exam curriculum? im sure it would be very helpful for may people! Your channel is also entertaining too! Thanks!

Trixi/Svenja, this video is very interesting and helpful. Thank you for sharing it with us :-)

I love when you explain german!

i was also not aware of this problem, that's amazing :D

Needed this!

that was both amusing and educational! danke sehr

In regards of the first example of So: It's sort of like in english if you did some sort of taxing task and after it's finally done. You pause and say something along the lines of "Okay...or Alright.." as a mental assurance.

Thank you! Also Sounds very much the way we use so in English in pretty all those examples.

I really needed this tutorial. Thanks, this has always confused me!

Lol Fantastic job! Well explained, adorable, funny to watch. Really enjoyed it ^.^

Ich hab einen Fisch gefangen, der ist sooooooooooooooooo gross. Very nice video! Even for me as a German native, I wasn't aware of all the different usages for "also". I also liked how you went from book shopping to bank robbing :D

This video was SO helpful! 😉

This is very close to the Swedish "alltså" and "så", used in very similar ways.

Great topic. Thank you. I would love it if you could explain the different usages of "doch" in the same way. It's such a confounding interjection.

To summarize, the German "also" means what in English is "so" and "well" as an interjection. The German "so" means "so" (as in: so big!), "such," and "now" as an interjection (used when something has been accomlished). It can also introduce an exclamative. This is also where there's a small translation error in the video: Aunt Gundula... what a surprise! ("such a surprise" isn't very good English here). Anyway, thanks, Trixi, for making this overdue video. I've literally never come across an English speaking learner of German who didn't make this error. It was time someone corrected it.

That was astronomically helpful. Thanks.

Very informative. Danke!

So so, my mom said that so much when I was a lad. Specially when I was doing silly things. It's a French expression also written zozo.

@chrisrudolf9839

3 жыл бұрын

The French zozo and the German so so are not quite the same, the German is exclusively a filler word that indicates disbelieve, while the French zozo can also be used as a noun to describe a person (in that context it means dork or jerk)

@Padraigcoelfir

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisrudolf9839 Oh thanks for the clarification. It can be confusing when languages share similar words.

I guess French "Alors" is an equivalent to German "Also".

@xyxxyz2735

5 жыл бұрын

Yes it is

Sooooo helpful!!! Thanks for this video!!! :-)

Das Milchgeschäft hat heute wohl geschlossen. Spaß beiseite, ich liebe deine Videos. Sie sind informativ und unterhaltsam :)

THANK YOU for this video!!! I needed that explanation! \o/

this really helped! thanks

So, that was jolly useful 👍🏽

"false friends". "false friends" everywhere...

DANKE! Sehr hilfsreich 😊

Thank you so much for your this perfect video.

Lol Back in my day They tried to teach us both at the same time. This video made me remember those sweet times :)

Ich liebe, Ihre videos aufzupassen. Ich freue mich immer, Sie sprechen Deutsch und Englisch, was ich nicht glaube, ich könnte tun

You're so great! I totally understand it...

thank you very much that was really helpful for me

very useful... Thanks ☺

Thank you so much! You did a great job explaining it. You could be a teacher (or an actress as well:-)). I heard one use of "also" instead of "zum beispiel".

Love your personality, you are the just right amount of crazy :P

After watching this video, I watched a Mathologer video. Although the host was speaking English, albeit with a German accent, he kept interjecting the German "so" at the beginning of some sentences. I was vaguely aware of his tendency to do that but now I notice it more.

Great tip rabbit

i love you, you're the cutest !

That thumbmail killt it

You are such s funny person. I like that.

So to recap (no pun intended), also und so auf Deutsch are somewhat different from so in English. They have several uses that 'so' does not have in our language, but often times one of them will be the correct translation because their uses do often overlap with so in English. As a side note, never confuse also und auch.

It's been three years since I've had my German classes and I've not used German much since I live in America, so I'll attempt this in German(sorry if I butcher this) So könnste du über dem Untershied zwischen "ob", "wenn", und "falls" sprachen? Was ist die korrekt Grammatik für jeder? I can't really figure out how to say this in German, but could you also cover in a future video some complex German sentences that use a lot of commas? Again, it's been a long time since I've had German, and I've forgotten so much and would like to re-learn it. Please also tell me what the correct way of saying what I said in German is, if it's not correct.

Ich mag dich sehr gerne! Ich komme aus Deutschland und interessiere mich sehr für die englische Sprache. Manchmal habe ich noch Probleme mit der Geschwindigkeit, mit der Engländer und Co. sprechen, aber bei dir verstehe ich wirklich jedes Wort. Ich denke auch, dass du vielen, die versuchen die deutsche Sprache zu lernen, sehr weiter hilfst. Keine Sprache ist soooo kompliziert wie Deutsch, das gebe ich selber zu. ;D

@Apokalypse456

7 жыл бұрын

hat finnisch eine ähnlich komplizierte struktur oder basiert dein vorschlag nur darauf, dass das deutsche und das finnische absolut keine verwandtschaft haben ? eine sprache wird an sich nicht komplizierter egal, wo man her kommt, es ist nur einfacher verwandte sprachen oder sprachen mit änhlicher satzstruktur zu lernen, was erklärt wie eine einfache sprache wie englisch in japan o.ä. von vielen trotz jahrelangem unterrichts in der schule nur bruchstückhaft gesprochen werden kann.

@Apokalypse456

7 жыл бұрын

yuffi81 naja aber liegt das an der komplizierten struktur oder daran, dass es nahezu keinen anhaltspunkt gibt von unserer seite aus um die sprache zu erfassen ? auch ist ein einzelfall nicht in der lage so etwas zu zeigen, es zeigt was passieren kann, nicht was immer passieren wird. soweit ich bisher weiss könnte deine tante auch einfach ziemlich unbegabt sein was sprachen anbelangt, was ich allerdings nicht glaube, da sie selbst ins ausland gezogen ist. ich denke was sprachen ausserhalb der germanischen und lateinischen sprachfamilie so schwer macht ist einfach dass wir keinen anhaltspunkt haben um sie zu verstehen, es kann sein, dass sie ähnlich kompliziert aufgebaut sind wie deutsch, aber dafür müsste ich bestimmt einen monat an jeder sprache sitzen um das beurteilen zu können :p

@Apokalypse456

7 жыл бұрын

yuffi81 nur um das klar zu stellen, meine kommentare beruhten tatsächlich auf purer neugier und ich wollte dich nicht runtermachen, allerdings habe ich nun das gefühl dass du das gefühl hast dass ich dich fertigmachen wollte. eine gefühlception später stimme ich dir zu dass jede sprache schwer zu lernen ist, BESONDERS die erste fremdsprache und sprachen die mit deiner keine verwandtschaft haben.

Also, um einmal alles zusammenzufassen: So wie du das erklärt hast, schein ich also alles so verstanden zu haben, so dass sich alle Fragen erübrigt haben. (hihihi)

@Letotheon

7 жыл бұрын

just 1 question? are you german or english ? :)

@whatshisnamegain1

7 жыл бұрын

Letotheon Neither, I am Austrian. So technically, my writing this sentence could be considered cheating. 🙈

@Letotheon

7 жыл бұрын

the first "also" is wrong :P at least in this case.. if this would be 2 sentences without , it would go, but like this it sounds terrible :D

@whatshisnamegain1

7 жыл бұрын

Letotheon "Sounding terrible" doesn't mean it's wrong. It's clumsy at worst, but it's still correct to use it that way.

@-mwolf

7 жыл бұрын

What's Their Name Again? soso also sowieso

like 2 days ago... i was asking myself if i used so correctly! thanks!

@leilocasportuguesa

7 жыл бұрын

Also... is 100% like alors in french hhahaha

Great videos, Ms Trixi. Although I know how to use 'Füllwörter' in German, if and when I am actually talking German, I seem to struggle when translating these into English (or Swedish, for that matter - although we do have quite a few similar ones in Swedish)... Many people ask me to explain their individual meanings and like I just said, although I know 'in my gut' what they all signify, I can usually only describe them with examples, in which I change the stress in certain parts of the sentence to illustrate their usage... I hope I haven't confused you here... Wondering if you would consider doing a video about particles and intensifiers, eg. 'erst', 'recht', 'erst recht', 'zwar', 'mal', 'schon'... yeah, err, I'm pretty sure you know what a 'Füllwort' and a 'Flickwort' is, hehe... I'm not as good a German tutor as you are and I'm not half as pretty either, lol...