Shabnam mentioned DW's free German online courses in the clip, here is a link for you: learngerman.dw.com/en/learn-german/s-9528

Another enjoyable video. As an American trying to improve my German language skills, the biggest problem I have when visiting Germany, and Berlin in particular, is convincing most people to speak German with me. I can speak and understand most of what I need for general communication, but the instant most people realize that I'm an American, they switch to English. Someone in a hotel said to me simply at one one point, , "Can we speak in English. It would be much faster." Oh, well. I tried.

@MariadeLourdesAniesSanch-ze7hf

3 ай бұрын

Green I think Jesus

@MariadeLourdesAniesSanch-ze7hf

3 ай бұрын

you see... I bealive

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

2 ай бұрын

Full points for effort! And yes, sometimes, people are in a rush to get their job done.. but I'm sure you can find ways to practice one way or the other.

@Chris_7796

2 ай бұрын

Then don’t go to Berlin! Go to smaller German towns or the countryside where you will be forced to speak German

@dmarl1042

2 ай бұрын

In my case, my pronunciation is the main issue albeit my so-called B2 Niveau. The huge realization came when I told a delivery guy on the intercom "Die Person lebt hier nicht." to which he replied "Ihre Aussprache verstehe ich nicht." 😅 I've been trying to improve it since then.

Also we *should* look into making potato a universally accepted form of payment... 🤔 All those in favor say "Ja!!" 🥔🙋‍♂ xD

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

2 ай бұрын

Haha, if only! ;-)

Having to learn how to say my train got cancelled as your first German sentence is my type of humor 😂 (... as a German expat)

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

2 ай бұрын

Jetzt verstehst du mehr als Bahnhof, aber wenigstens 'Verspätung'! :D

The annoyed "Ja, ja" at the end was very realistic. Good job.

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

2 ай бұрын

That scenario happened to me in real life :D

Shabnam is a great reporter and all her videos so far have been informative, entertaining and helpful. I hope more of her videos will upload soon.

@dweuromaxx

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, stay tuned for more to come!

1:12 Hahahaaa 140 Min Verspätung (delay) 😂

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

2 ай бұрын

Zum (un)Glück!

Tolles Video, informativ, locker,peppig

@dweuromaxx

2 ай бұрын

Danke ☺

I try to learn German and find similarities to my native language Swedish. Many German tourists visit Sweden at holidays so i really want to communicate better. This is a valuable resource for me, these clips on KZread!

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

2 ай бұрын

Always happy to help!

Germany and the Netherlands are the two worst places to learn new languages. Almost 99.9% of the people that I encountered spoke excellent English. :)

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

2 ай бұрын

Not really the case all over Germany, but definitely in bigger cities, though. Would you agree?

@sauloncall

2 ай бұрын

Not really! Dutch have higher English fluency than Germans. Even the person in the Dutch supermarket spoke quite good English. The same can't be said about Germany. If you want to learn German just move out of the center of any big German City.

@S_Paoli

2 ай бұрын

@@sauloncall If I didn't know any better, I would have thought that English was the official language in Holland! :) I remember even 10-year-old kids spoke near-perfect English! 😂

@alihorda

2 ай бұрын

This couldn't be more wrong 😂, especially in Germany

Nice video again! Maybe you can talk about how much attention you have to give to letters you receive, that you need to leave someone in charge of checking your letters when you're away from home for a longer time, and those scary inkasso letters (whether you paid your invoices or someone is trying to scam you). This happened to a friend recently, and now she is dealing with a lot of paperwork (in German!!).

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

2 ай бұрын

Oh yes, bureaucracy is something that I can never stop talking about. I moved houses 5 times in the last 7 years and let's just say that I really know the pain from deep within now.

Very true and helpful indeed.

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

ooh handsome guy w/you on the bench at end of vid 🙂 although i've been here in Hamburg 4 1/2 yrs, my Deutsche skills are barely that of a 3 yr old kinder! i can handle basic conversation at the supermarket checkout, kiosk, restaurant, but still understand more (by context mainly) than i can speak

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

2 ай бұрын

That's a great beginning. Soon, you will be surprised at how much you can actually grasp. Just don't give up!

@Chris_7796

2 ай бұрын

4 1/2 years? You ought to be fluent by now.

@jdmagicmusic

2 ай бұрын

@@Chris_7796 that's rather presumptuous to say! i'm NOT fluent, nor do i really desire to be! but i DO speak MUSIC, the universal language! after 2 yrs on an island in sw Thailand (i lived there for 8 1/2 yrs) i was fluent in Thai (i also speak Spanish fluently)... i love Hamburg, it has allowed me to record my album (being mixed in UK) but i will be leaving here in a year or so to return to Thailand

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

2 ай бұрын

Not really, Chris. Many residents in German big cities don't feel the pressure to be fluent in German in a few years. It depends a lot on what their profession and lifestyle are like. @@Chris_7796

When I was in high school (centuries ago) we took a study trip to Germany. We were in a restaurant and our server was an older, not overly friendly woman. I meant to ask for a Speisekarte (menu) but instead asked for a Sparkasse (savings bank). I think my blood is still a little frozen from the look she gave me...

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

17 күн бұрын

One step at a time, sister! I feel you!

This is so cute :-) and the Indian accent is really great 😁

Nice!! =D Is there an official site for the courses?? =D

@dweuromaxx

3 ай бұрын

learngerman.dw.com/en/learn-german/s-9528

@ricomcsuave6348

3 ай бұрын

Danke @@dweuromaxx !! =D

I remember my first day in Germany. I'd expected language issues in Luxembourg, but I roll into Koblenz, and I'm running around trying to change trains, and I'm trying to read the schedules, and conversations are flying right by me, and I think, "Yeah, I've studied German for more than six minutes. Right."

@dweuromaxx

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your story. :)

Iam from India....I can't wait to go to Germany for sightseeing . Iam learning german B1

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Ninad! Which part of India are you watching from? What's the first thing you want to see in Germany?

@ninadsamant6275

2 ай бұрын

@@ShabnamSuritaMTG Thank you for replying. I stay in Mumbai. When I visit Germany I would love to visit Blackforest. That's my goal , to visit Black forest during winter. Please show something about this beautiful place. Iam putting all efforts in mastering this language .

@Vlog88999

2 ай бұрын

This is not good time to move abroad India is shining and going to surpass Germany in 2-3 years in terms of GDP Please take your decision carefully

@blazer9547

2 ай бұрын

​@@Vlog88999 learn the difference between gdp and GDP per capita.

@blazer9547

2 ай бұрын

Come for sightseeing ofcourse. Please don't stay btw.

Wunderbare!

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

2 ай бұрын

Danke!

I love this! Duolingo taught me this... please don't fail me now! I also have a memory fart too especially at the german embassy

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

2 ай бұрын

Keep listening, keep talking, that's the strongest way to learn!

Wichtige Sätze in Deutsch: Mein Zug ist verspäter. Mein Zug ist ausgefallen. 😂😂😂

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

17 күн бұрын

So waren meine Erfahrungen manch mal 😂

Genau, Shabnam!

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

2 ай бұрын

Had to share the 'knowledge' with rest of us who need it, right? Sending hugs back, Shola!

I know Rachel has already done this before, but Shabnam, if there's anything bit more you could do to make the use of articles like die der das easier for us poor English speakers learning german I'd be so happy, helpp!!! It's just not working for me😢

I tend to be better at grammar and structure than vocabulary. Recently, I've noticed having more trouble remembering words in English that were there a moment ago. Somehow, I became my grandparents...

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

2 ай бұрын

You aren't alone in this! I often switch to German words while talking to my parents. And they are like, 'what?' A lot like how my grandparents would switch to words from our dialect and toddler me would go 'what?' :D

Das is goot ❤

Das kostet ein Sack Kartoffeln.

@helge.

3 ай бұрын

Nehmen sie auch überwiegend festkochend?

@ShabnamSuritaMTG

2 ай бұрын

egal, mehligkochend oder festkochend, Hauptsache: Kartoffel!@@helge.

I miss Rachel

When are you going back to india?

@sisuguillam5109

2 ай бұрын

Alles okay bei Ihnen?

stop use words like ,,germans´´it's insulting it's insulting, use instead the word germanians.

@sisuguillam5109

2 ай бұрын

Ist Ihnen wohl?

Hi,can I get your email id? Need to ask many thing about Deutschland. Your videos are non other very motivating for new mover.