🇩🇪📱 learning german with BUSUU for a week!
yes, you read that right. Elysse DaVega finally succumbed to the curiosity and tried a language app-- a pretty darn cool one at that! i can honestly say i learned a lot more about what i prefer in an app, but above that, i'm eternally grateful that they gave me the opportunity to say the word Kreuzfahrt. that's always cool. check it out below!
Start learning a language with Busuu here:
Web: bit.ly/elysse_busuu
Mobile: bit.ly/elysse_busuu_app
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☕️ buy me a coffee (if you are so inclined!)
ko-fi.com/elyssespeaks
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💌 social media:
📷 instagram:
/ elyssespeaks
🐥 twitter:
/ elyssedavega
🎵 spotify w/ english, german, spanish, and portuguese playlists
open.spotify.com/user/elysse....
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💌 about me
Hellooo! My name is Elysse, I’m from the USA and I study digital media production. I have an undying passion for language learning and all the beautiful experiences it has brought into my life ♥️ I hope you enjoy my videos about my journey in language learning, as well as diaries about my travels and life as a curious tree-climber.
💌 FAQ
How old are you?:
20 years old
What languages do you speak/sign?:
English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, American Sign Language, and now Mandarin Chinese (all at varying levels!)
Where do you live?:
The United States, in the south.
#busuu #appreview #learngerman
Пікірлер: 287
i split my 20 tabs between 3 windows to feel better about myself lmao
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
This is adaptation man
@pinkiepie1656
3 жыл бұрын
I just installed 64gb of memory. Now I can have 500 chrome tabs.
@connorgioiafigliu
3 жыл бұрын
OneTab!
I tried it like a year ago, it was one of the first resources i used when i started learning german. I reached the B2 level on the app, eve though it is not a real B2 it really founded my basis to keep learning by other media, especially on grammar it is very well explained. It is a grat app, y really recommend it too even more if you are starting with german. btw love your videos elysse, saludos de argentina reyna.
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
yeah i feel like there’s a bit of a disconnect with the levels maybe. the placement test was kind short! i’m glad you liked it though.
@dejlignoam
Жыл бұрын
Can you speak german now? Or atleast good german from the app?
@youngplanet
5 ай бұрын
Did u test your b2 level what level are u just by using this app ?
The apps that I like the most: free apps 😂
@nicoleraheem1195
3 жыл бұрын
Same 🤣
@kshemendragourav3746
3 жыл бұрын
Nothing is free 🥺
@moved.3845
2 жыл бұрын
@@kshemendragourav3746 yeah I payed for KZread
@sabahdif949
2 жыл бұрын
@@kshemendragourav3746 this is not right You can just download bussu mod hacked from google....
@Jabbys
2 жыл бұрын
@@kshemendragourav3746 yeah i payed for water
Hey Elysse! I started using the premium version of Busuu two weeks ago (for German). All of my exercises have gotten corrections so far. Still, you are right. It does take longer to get corrections because it seems less native German speakers are using the app in comparison to Spanish, English, or Brazilian Portuguese native speakers. Something I found helpful is using the social tab to find exercises done by German natives who are learning Spanish or English. I correct those and add them as friends. Once you have them as friends, you have the option of choosing up to five people on your list to correct your exercise. They have been correcting mine when I send the request, or they return the favor once I've corrected them. It's working so I just keep adding new native German speakers to my friend list lmao 😂
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
This is so helpful, thanks for the tip! Gonna make that step this week.
@simplyangie6806
3 жыл бұрын
@@elyssespeaks I'm glad! Good luck! I'm actually really enjoying the app so far. There are a few little changes that could help, but overall, I think it's pretty good! I had been looking for something like this where there are short lessons, exercises, and a community interaction/corrections section all in one because I used to use a similar website called Livemocha back in the day when I was learning Portuguese, but it got bought out by Rosetta Stone, and they shut it down -__-
3:20-3:24 is so me ! I never watch videos I put in my "watch later" playlist 😭🤦♂️
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
just preaching the truUuUuth!!!
@connorgioiafigliu
3 жыл бұрын
And when I do go back to watch them, half have been removed from KZread 😂
Hello Elysse, i just wanted to thank you for inspiring me to start learning German! 💖
I have been using Busuu for my Spanish and Japanese for a while now. It's definitely one of my favorite apps to use. I love the actual roadmap they give you to track your progress/level. I just hope that they add more languages to it (Especially Swedish!!). ❤️
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Yes it’s so helpful!! and they already have such a wide range but i definitely hope they open it more
@mortizmortiz
3 жыл бұрын
Do you recommend Busuu for Japanese?
I loved this video! I’ve been really curious about Busuu but your video was really clear as to how it works. Time to explore 👀
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ophelia!! i wish i could’ve used it longer to cover all the possible bases but i didn’t want this video to be a marathon hahaha. good luck on ur exploration :D
At first I thought you're German because you talked so goood!
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
that's so sweet, thank you!
I've been using it for Portuguese since May and I'm just about to complete the course :) Overall, it helped me a lot. Even the community feature worked perfectly for me - I always received plenty of answers within minutes. And I found it to be very motivating since Brazilians are always so supportive. However, I also write all the lessons down and use the "review" section religiously to memorize all the phrases. If anyone is thinking of using it for Brazilian Portuguese, I'd recommend it :)
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Brazilians are all really helpful, I think they’re usually very flattered that people are learning PT! And there’s so many of them so that explains why you get answers so fast hahaha.
@Katjjjes
3 жыл бұрын
Do they have European Portuguese?
@ursha007
3 жыл бұрын
@@Katjjjes no, unfortunately not, only Brazilian.
@ursha007
Жыл бұрын
@@leobitencourt4719 Muito bem! 😊 Agora já faz quase 3 anos que eu falo e na verdade acho que uso mais o português que a minha língua materna. Uso todo dia e ainda amo o idioma.
@thaiane.
9 ай бұрын
Ah, que fofa 🥰
I am cureently using Busuu and actually it really helps but ofcourse you have to spend effort like in every field. But if you really comply with the exercises you really get improved
wow muchas gracias por esto, Elysse! estoy tratando de aprender español ahora y es mi primer idioma nueva después del inglés. solo lo he estudio para seis meses (en serio)y he estado buscando buenos recursos. No conocí Busuu hasta tu video y lo acabo de prober y me gusta mucho! creo que voy a mantenerlo :)
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Gracias por verlo Bretta 🤗 mucha suerte con tu español, ya escribes muy bien! Un abrazo :)
@IgNaceus
24 күн бұрын
Idioma nuevo*. Idioma es un sustantivo masculino, aunque termine en "a" :)
OMG dein Deutsch ist soooo gut geworden!! 😍 Wow. Du kannst wirklich stolz auf dich sein!
Learning how to use commas in German is actually really intuitive. There are a lot of cases when one should use a comma, but once you memorize them, it’s a walk through the park. Punctuation is the only thing that I got right writing exams in German class 😭
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Honestly i feel like you just have to pick it up by copying what others do hahaha you’ll go crazy trying to memorize the cases in which you use it!
@vintagenovember
3 жыл бұрын
Dont worry,even as a german i dont know when to use commas😂😂😂😂
@NataliaNNS
3 жыл бұрын
This is something I find really weird as it’s kind of the opposite of my native language (Portuguese) 😂 I normally don’t bother with commas for now, but if I try to I just think of the places where I would never put one 😅
Always very interesting (and amusing...you're hilarious) content. Love the German-focused videos 👍 Danke!
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Aww I'm so glad you like them, I love doing language-specific videos! Thanks for watching
its so nice to have this review of the app, because im always stressed about the paid plans of language learning apps. and since im native german its cool to see how effective this app alone teaches a language. also your accent and pronaunciation is very good, if you made a whole video talking in german i would have thought you are native, ok amybe not native but like someone who moved here when they where a teen and went to highschool here.
@elyssespeaks
Жыл бұрын
hahaha thanks so much! i'm glad you liked the vid.
I lost it when you started dancing. Hoody dancing is something I never knew I needed.
I have been using Busuu to learn German for around a month or so now, German is the first language I'm learning and Busuu is one of the primary things I'm using. I'm currently aiming for the A1 test but have already noticed a few things that bug me about this app, One of them being the league and leaderboard system, I'm jumping between my phone and computer at the moment and I'm not so focused on completing with other users to get into a better leaderboard. But, the mobile app is based on a point system where as the website is based on a timed daily goal which I much prefer! to add annoyance, anything I do on the website (which is the same lessons as the app) doesn't count towards my goal on the App! You can also cheat the goal on the app. By re-doing lessons you get given 15 points for each part completed instead of 5, this isn't something I want to do as I'm only going over lessons in which I feel I'm not 100% on. Another thing that bugs me is that once you get a question wrong twice, it's gone, it doesn't force you to get the answer correct and I often just forget what I did wrong because the app is already forcing me to move on. Ok rant over, i just thought i would voice my thoughts, if anyone is looking into getting busuu i do recommend it, it's helped me soooo much but be aware of the few tiny annoying things I've encountered Great video btw!
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Oh wow! I think i haven’t been so diligent about actually completing the goal, so i hadn’t noticed. I can see how that can irk 😅
@dirtybubble557
3 жыл бұрын
Yo Alex have you still been using this app , and have you improved any since then ?
@alexdudley4497
3 жыл бұрын
@@dirtybubble557 to be honest i have no been using it much lately mainly due to returning to work and having less time to practice. Most of my german practice is mainly listening now. Although, I would say that Busuu did help me progress a lot more than duolingo and random youtube videos did. Their course is really nicely laid out and they add to it every couple of weeks giving you more stuff to learn. Their vocab study is also very useful too. Hope this helped :)
In this video you can see Elysse in every possible way, fancy, nerd, weekend-outfit and tired. 😂 Greeeat video btw as always! Your voice is kinda calming and it's really catchy to keep on listening and watching the video lol. Saludos desde México!
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Best comment hahaha! Yeah i’ve never really done a video like this except for my Italian dabbling one, maybe I should do a day in the life type video soon 🤔 and thank you, i’m glad you don’t get tired of listening to me talk 😹
@sarahromero5749
3 жыл бұрын
@@elyssespeaks HAHAHA I just said the truth. And that would be rlly cool, you're welcome 🤣💓
I used that for like 3 months as a starter for Russian. I loved it. The prices raised up a lot, but I had a great deal when I was started using it and it really worth it. When I got good bases in Russian, I stopped using it to have a different studying approach, but if I learn another language some day, I could definitely use it again to begin.
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
If you like it enough i guess it’s worth the commitment!
I've been using Busuu this summer on a recc' from an English teacher... but recently switched back to Duolingo because of the stories. I love that Busuu gives learners a structured study plan. :) Btw, I'm learning German & Spanish tooooo!
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
i didn't know about duolingo's stories :0 that seems like a fun feature, and use of multiple apps is normal. and thats awesome!
@euro8029
3 жыл бұрын
@@elyssespeaks yaaass, someone was like "hey these duo lingo stories are wild lol" so ofc i had to check it out. They're short but have funny twists 😅 It'd be a cool job to have anyway
I really like the idea of all of these common app features in general put together in one! How do you feel the free version compares to the premium version? Also you totally pulled memories of middle school Abigail trying to learn languages online out of the deep recesses of my mind with that old busuu logo
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
OMG yeah when i saw the logo again i legit winced... but i feel like the free version is great because from what i've seen they don't lock any material, just certain kinds of exercises. if all you want is material then the material is great :O
I thought you looked familiar, but then I realized we were in German class with Frau together. It's been a couple of years! Hope everything's going well for you
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
AWWW BEST COMMENT we must have suffered together through all that :D hope you’re sticking with it too
@Aristaeuss
3 жыл бұрын
@@elyssespeaks I didn't get to for the first few semesters of college but I'll be taking more German classes in January. I at least want to be good at German by the end of college. Possibly Russian as well, but we'll see :p as intense as Frau's class was, it was pretty fun and I kind of miss it lol
I'm from Austria and speak German fluently and you speak it really good like wow
I started German on Busuu this week! But Busuu and Mango Languages are good together.
I love it when you smile :) Eu adoro quando você sorri :) Apps complicate a lot and confuse Apps complicam muito e confudem There are very formal words and phrases not often used in conversations
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Obrigada
Waiting ❤️
Oh wow this is cool! Definitely going to check it out for bringing my German to the next level :)
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Sick!! i’m so happy to hear it :)
Just want to send you love ❤️ and i hope your mom is recovering fast
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, i appreciate this so much
Hey I’m also learning German, do you know where I could get any books for it/ any book suggestions? Apps just aren’t doing it for me anymore.
You inspired me to take up French again which I had learned from kindergarten to 5th grade and pretty much completely forgot once I switched to Spanish. So thank you. Amazing video as always, keep up the quality content!
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
awww that’s amazing! i’m glad you got back into it, i’m delving back into french next year. thank you for the kind words!
I haven't studied German in a number of years but my experience was pretty similar in terms of getting corrections from native speakers. You need to be patient. Studying Japanese and Chinese I haven't had that issue.
when you explained your tabs it was like listening to myself talk
Your videos are very motivating I can speak English Spanish and French Right now I am learning Polish , one of the hardest languages ever but I love it so I won't give up on it 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱Pozdrawiam dla wszystkich polaków
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Hell yes, don’t give up! :D
@agatatomala3454
3 жыл бұрын
I'm Polish and I am so happy you are learning our language 😁 keep going!
@raoufrachedi2383
3 жыл бұрын
@@agatatomala3454 dziękuję ci bardzo)
To me you're C3 in German. I wasn't expecting "Take on me" on this video, gut gemacht Elyssinha
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
C3 KKKK desde uma perspetiva estrangeira sim, e Take On Me deveria ser em todos os vídeos meus
Thanks for the review! A little problem compared to Duolingo - there are only popular languages, and you cannot find there the less popular ones (Latin, Hebrew, Greek, etc.) Also, Duolingo already added conversation lessons (to some languages) so Busuu doesn't have this advantage anymore
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
I get that. Yeah, it’s a little bit more developed than Busuu, but i feel like Busuu is so much more involved in making the content digestible whereas Duolingo is kinda like just throwing random sentences? i dunno hahaha.
@aw-g
2 жыл бұрын
@@elyssespeaks you're right! Doulingo is very random compared to bussu By the time I completed the first basics tree on doulingo learning only frau,mann,madchen,wasser,brot I had already known how to say hi, how are you and 40 more words on bussu plus it has a better design and alot easier to use also you don't get bored doing excirces.
I´ve started learning german 1 year ago on Duolingo, but it wasn´t helping me at all. Like, they teach first animals and food before teaching you how to say things like "Wie heißt du?" or "Wie geht´s dir?" and that doesn´t make a lot of sense. So I discovered Busuu and bought the premium version, and I think it´s reeeeally worth it. I´ve been doing it for about 8 months now and I am currently going to unit B1. I mean, I consider myself an A1 person in speaking, but I can already understand A2/B1 senteses by reading, and that is really an evolution for me, because as an 14 years old brazilian girl I didn´t even know how to say hello in german when I started 😂 In conlusion, I really like Busuu and it is definitely helping me to build a base for my german, and now that I know how the app works, I think the "weakest" parts of it are the grammar and the speaking, so these are the topics that you have to study by other means also to consolidate better. Great video Elysse! ^^
@lavandergirl0209
3 жыл бұрын
Meu deus descobri agora que vc também fala português, podia ter escrito em PT hahahha Te adoroooo, minha meta falar alemão igual tu fala
@brandonjackson6696
3 жыл бұрын
Hey that’s good, when you’re comfortable you might want to try italki sessions with native speakers or using the busuu tutor options. I currently use Italki and busuu, and they both are super helpful. I record my italki video sessions then play them back later to learn from my mistakes.
@lavandergirl0209
3 жыл бұрын
@@brandonjackson6696 thanks for the tip :)
I love busuu
instrumental music>>>>
i have never used this app before but i want to know if Bussu has the same fonctionnality as Duolinguo the same programs ...
hey elysse, a question- not to do with busuu, but quizlet- is quizlet pro worth it, if you use the paid version?
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
I don't use the paid version of Quizlet, so I can't speak on its premium features :( i'm sorry!
Busuu seemed great from the free part of the course :)
Hi elysse! Any idea of the German certificate we earn from Busuu is honoured esp in Embassy or finding a job in Germany?
Do you have a video about learning German for beginners? I'm just starting out, and it would be nice to hear about your experience with learning German. By the way, are you an American?
Which is your native language and how many language do you know or are you learning? I'm italian and I already know english and french at a good level, and I've been learning german since 1 year
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
English, and my other languages are ES/FR/PT/DE/ASL. congrats on your german learning!
Not me totally loving the Duolingo shade
Ugh I love your KZread 😂😂😂
Elysee is so cool. I have never met her but I imagine she's cool
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
man i hope i'm cool
Busuu just dont want to work with me The app crashes after some minutes os use And the site wont load Its pretty strange I tried two times with a month of difference
Guys actually you can make a group tab and color them
Currently learning french on both Busuu and Duolingo 😌
I think I love her ,🤧😭😭
I used busuu around 8-10 years ago. It was when they didnt have many languages and every language was a little tree that gets bigger when you studying. And everything was free back then. I stopped when you had to pay cuz i was young and didnt had any money
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
that's a really cute idea, i remember it! oh man ;(
Not too bad hehe! Great video!
Schon am Anfang gibt es in der App ein Fehler, oder? Sollte "sich am Dienstag treffen" sein, würde ich sagen. Das Wort "am" fehlt. Aber vielleicht geht beides, kann jemand hier mir das bitte erklären?
I loved this videoo🥰🥰 and i think my next language is gonna be german
@connorgioiafigliu
3 жыл бұрын
I just started and I'm loving it!
I really relate to you
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
i would love to help you with german / correct your texts haha, im currently learning spanish by myself and just discovered busuu as well :)
I love Busuu! I use the website, not the phone app. I use it for Spanish. It is definitely geared for European (Spain) spanish instead of Latin American.
@hallihallo3016
3 жыл бұрын
Hace cuántos años/meses lo usas?
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Ah wow I didn’t know that about the spanish, but it makes sense. I think i prefer desktop as well!
@johntyy88
3 жыл бұрын
@@hallihallo3016 4 meses. It’s not the only thing I use.
I'm trying to learn Polish on Busuu.
Elysse: Stop looking at me Me: 👀
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Staaaahp
love it since 2014
11:06 Good try! Please also avoid Nestlé, folks.
Sounds like duolingo, tandem and italki in one.
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
right? more comprehensive than a lot of lang learning apps i’ve seen.
@spieker131
3 жыл бұрын
i've used duolingo in the past and i can say from my experience that i've had a better time with busuu than with duolingo.
So, I am clueless about how to study German. Right now, I am at beginner duolingo and I am 1% at finishing Busuu. I am studying German at school and I am A1. Can anyone help me find a way to go about studying ? (preferably free or cheap). Any help would be greatly appreciated! ( My native language(s) are English and Greek)
GOOD MORNG
What camara are you using for this vídeo?
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Sony a6400 with a 18-135mm lens. :)
I would just like to say that you are so swaggy, Elysse
Totally judging you for your number of tabs, even more so after you defended yourself, hahahaha, love the video!
@elyssespeaks
2 жыл бұрын
heyyyy let me live HAHAHA thank you for watching!!
Hi, I think learning German is not that difficult as I know it's very easy😊
Damn i am a german native my self. Your pronounciations is extremly good
Hi, Elysse, my talented pretty friend. for nearly 6 months i've been learning German language. you're the best, multilingual. with a kiss.
@sedm9508
3 жыл бұрын
congrats! youre doing great❤
@mohammadnurealam9053
3 жыл бұрын
@@sedm9508 thanks. you can be my esteemed teacher & beloved friend if you accept. love you.
Acabei de ter aula com um tutor. Foi bem legal
Hi. I want study German and communicate on this language. Could you help me in it?
Deine Aussprache ist echt gut :)
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
danke sehrrr!
@moabitsmash
3 жыл бұрын
@@elyssespeaks büdde 😛
wow das ist so beeindruckend, dass du in 7 tagen deutsch gelernt hast??? Beeindruckend
@elyssespeaks
2 жыл бұрын
Ich war kein Anfänger! Haha also in diesem Video war ich am B2 vllt
I used it for a while and there were two main issues with it: 1) I'd submit a paragraph or two for an answer and never got a single comment or rating even after several months, my account was verified with a picture, I corrected maybe 400 english submissions, it's not like I wasn't active; maybe it's because I was a beginner but still considering I was paying and it's their biggest selling point, was a let down. 2) The work plan doesn't do a great job of picking up where you leave off; if you don't use it for a week it still assumes you remembered everything like it was yesterday. That and when new courses are added your overall percentage decreased, I was at 45% of the way to complete their A1 ranking and one day it dropped to 28% it was super demotivating and I ultimately cancelled my subscription. I really wanted to like their app but it was just too rigid for me, I switched to using anki which has been serving me well ever since
@connorgioiafigliu
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe you were writing too much? I used to use HelloTalk, which had a community corrections feature, and I remember it being hard to get good corrections for posts longer than a couple sentences
Learning Is Everything
man how are you so cool
I used it for french and took all the lessons they had, but I definitely didn’t reach fluency with it. I’ve had to supplement by learning with quizlet sets and reading in order to keep progressing.
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
of course, i think it’s very difficult to just rely on an app for language learning. i think they’re most effective when combined with other study efforts :)
I've been using this app for some months and it was helping me a lot to start to learn english. I am brazilian, more brazilians here??
@leotutone
3 жыл бұрын
Aqui estou eu
@marie-eve8863
3 жыл бұрын
Não sou brasileira mas estou estudando português kkk
@leotutone
3 жыл бұрын
@@marie-eve8863 que legal! de onde Vc é?
@marie-eve8863
3 жыл бұрын
@@leotutone da Bélgica parte flamengo
@leotutone
3 жыл бұрын
@@marie-eve8863 e sua língua materna é francês ou holandês?
7:44 you said "bueno" in Spanish jajajaj
Du kannst so krass gut Deutsch reden.. Respekt, dass du eine schwere Sprache gut beherschst😃👍
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Danke!!
@YouTube_XpascalX
3 жыл бұрын
@@elyssespeaks Gerne. Wenn du gerne mal ein Deutsch-Quiz machen möchtest, melde dich bei mir😉
For how long have you been studying German so far?
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
I started when I was 15 in high school but I only started taking my studies seriously in the past year!
Just watching a regular KZread video and then boom is that Harry Potter?
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
man what HAHA
Сделай пожалуйста русские субтитры!!! 💞 🥺 Буду очень рада😇
Ich habe "I need more hostile vocabulary" verstanden :D
I just wanted to point out that at 0:52 you made the sign for ‘dating’ in ASL lollll
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
I subconsciously sign stuff all the time it's weird to me
@guzzar100
3 жыл бұрын
What is ASL sign?
@Mika-od2hz
3 жыл бұрын
@@guzzar100 american sign language i think
Grüße an dich aus Stuttgart 😀Deutschland ❤️👏🏼
Hi guys l live in Eygpt and l wanna ask you a question " the language you study in the school, can you speak it ?" P.s l am 18 years old
@zerotwo3094
Жыл бұрын
yes
Firstly, WHY YOU SO PRETTY 🥺 Second, love Busuu. Def tops all apps for me. Agree with you that it’s a good stepping stone when you don’t know where to start. Like me with Arabic. Also they advanced me so far when I took the Spanish test so they clearly know what’s up 😎 Third, how will we be friends now that you’re not on insta? I only use Twitter to laugh at trump supports. HelloTalk?
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
🥺 no UR PRETTIER!! and ikkk i loved it for that purpose i feel like it got me back on track! and 😭 i don’t know but i’m so active on twitter so u gotta come back just for me
@totopopo
3 жыл бұрын
How the arabic version of Busuu?
@TheChicagoRose
3 жыл бұрын
@@totopopo it’s pretty good now that I’ve realized you can switch between Arabic script and English spelling. Lots of useful phrases to get started with without feeling too intimidating
I made only 2 or 3 mistakes and got placed in b1 :/
Parece um bom app, vou experimentar. Mas essa voz metálica é meio sinistra. Não vou usa-lo quando estiver sozinho.
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
😹 ameaçador né?
You're beautiul
Hey Elysse - nice work on the video! I also think they are great for French, German, Italian, Spanish and maybe a few others... However when my review of them (which was glowing) started getting lots of views, a lot of people commented that Japanese, Russian, Chinese and Arabic were not so good. I used Arabic for about 3 days and I agree... it teaches a strange mix of MSA and then a kind of made up Arabic that isn't even MSA, plus they assume you know the alphabet already. For Japanese and Russian I had literally dozens of comments saying that it was not good, and not really a single positive one. So yeah basically I had made the mistake of expanding my experience from French out to all 12 languages, and it seems like it's only the case for the "Big Euro 4", and maybe a few others like Turkish and Polish... but unfortunately not for all of them.
@elyssespeaks
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Lamont, thanks! :D That's disappointing to hear, eurocentrism is a repeat offender in a lot of language courses/apps and I wish it would change :/ the resources to do it are definitely there. I plan on getting into Turkish next year so maybe I'll have a chance to see what it's like out of those confines.
Übrigens, „Service“ ist in der Tat ein Anglizismus. So the pronunciation is more or less like in English
12:15 You're welcome.
3:42 Which ones, and why? Your German audience may love this shit! I smell a collaboration with Wanted Adventure (unaffiliated, yet still shameless promotion) brewing up in the distant future. :-P
hi my good looking teacher
elysse e 20 abas abertas. não julgo porque faço igual heueheu