Thai-Canadian Couple Tries to Learn German in 10 Minutes 🇩🇪

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  @berlindude75 · 2 weeks ago

  The word "hue" is a completely legitimate English word with deep historical roots dating back to Old English. Today, it is most commonly used in art, science, and everyday language to describe a color or a specific shade on the color spectrum, such as a blue or green hue. It can also metaphorically refer to a character, aspect, or political leaning. Additionally, it appears in the traditional English legal phrase "hue and cry," which stems from an Old French word for a loud shout or alarm. Anyone doubting its existence is likely unfamiliar with standard art terminology or historical idioms.

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  @berlindude75 · 2 weeks ago

  The German word <b>Brille</b> (English: glasses/spec(tacle)s, French: lunettes) comes from the late Middle High German word <b>berille</b> which originally referred to the gemstone <b>Beryll</b> (English: beryl, French: béryl). Around the year 1300, Italian craftsmen ground clear beryl crystals into the world&apos;s first reading stones and magnifying lenses. Because people needed two lenses for their eyes, the plural form of the crystal&apos;s name -- die Berillen -- eventually morphed over time into the singular feminine noun used for spectacles in German today, while French and English kept the plural form.

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  @der7tezwerg921 · 12 days ago

  My all-time-favourite is still the &apos;vacuum cleaner&apos; , the good old (literally) &apos;&apos;Dustsucker&apos;&apos;, the &apos;Staubsauger&apos;. 😁

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  @nettcologne · 2 weeks ago

  Unlike in French, we pronounce all the letters of a word. So it is Brille and not Brill ;-)

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  @Kivas_Fajo · 2 weeks ago

  Ä is like your A as in Batman....and our A is like the sound uh makes.<br>Ö is like the French sound of œuf.<br>Ü you already can pronounce, I have gathered, no need for explanation.

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  @JakobFischer60 · 6 days ago

  Crazy, sun and shine is sunshine, back and pack is backpack. and even thunder and storm is a thunderstorm. The german language is crazy.

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  @5t74h1un9 · 2 weeks ago

  &quot;ich eiche&quot;..... &nbsp;me oak😂

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  @wingedhussar1117 · 2 weeks ago (edited)

  Max, you already pronounce the &quot;ch&quot; well. I think what throughs you off a little bit is the &quot;i&quot; sound before &quot;ich&quot; and &quot;nicht&quot;. Like in English, German as a long /i:/ sound as in &quot;sheep&quot; and a short [ɪ] sound as in &quot;ship&quot;. The sound you use in front of &quot;ich&quot; and &quot;nicht&quot; is the short /ɪ/ sound. In <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJdbgtVHZJs&amp;t=213">00:03:33</a> you nailed the pronunciation. Your first &quot;ich bin&quot; was flawless. <br><br>The second &quot;ch&quot; sound as in Buch /x/ is present in many languages, not only German. It&apos;s basically the voiceless version of the French/ German &quot;r&quot; sound, similar to &quot;j&quot; in Spanish (as in &quot;José&quot;). It appears only after &quot;a&quot;, &quot;o&quot;, &quot;u&quot; and &quot;au&quot; in words like &quot;Bach&quot;, &quot;doch&quot;, &quot;Buch&quot; and &quot;Bauch&quot;. After the vowels &quot;e, i, ä, ö, ü&quot;, you use the &quot;ich&quot;-sound as in &quot;echt&quot;, &quot;nicht&quot;, &quot;Nächte&quot;, &quot;möchte&quot; and &quot;Bücher&quot;. <br><br>The French and the German &quot;r&quot; are pronounced exactly the same way, at least in the beginning of a word. There are slight differences after vowels, the French &quot;r&quot; tends to sound a bit stronger than the German &quot;r&quot;, because many Germans pronounce the &quot;r&quot; like a short &quot;a&quot; sound after a vowel.<br><br>As for &quot;ö&quot; and &quot;ü&quot;... &quot;ö&quot; is like French &quot;eu&quot;, &quot;ü&quot; is like French &quot;u&quot;, but unlike French, German has long and short versions of the vowels:<br><br>Höhle. = cave (long /ø:/ as in &quot;feu&quot;<br>Hölle. = hell (short /œ/ as in &quot;bœuf&quot;)<br><br>Hüte. = hats (long /y:/ as in &quot;rue&quot;)<br>Hütte. = hut &nbsp;(short /ʏ/, no equivalent in European French, don&apos;t know about Quebec French)

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  @miztazed · 2 weeks ago

  Wounderfull. Everytime I see such videos I respect the willing and interrest of learning German. I laughed with you, not about you. German is really a tough language. I am blessed, that I &apos;ve learned it since I was a Baby (my native language). Side note: English is more or less simplyfied German. It came from the Anglo-Saxon tribe from Germany. Therefore it&apos;s easier to learn English for Germans than it is the other way arround.

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  @bastiknolle5155 · 2 weeks ago

  Butterfly

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  @rosshart9514 · 2 weeks ago

  Ich heiße Heidelore.

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  @to.l.2469 · 2 weeks ago (edited)

  ch is easy: Its the &quot;hissing cat&quot; .<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJdbgtVHZJs&amp;t=220">3:40</a> Why make it so complicated? The first attempt was perfect. That’s just how it is.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJdbgtVHZJs&amp;t=1129">18:49</a> I wouldn&apos;t repeat &quot;ich komme &quot; so often; on its own, that means something else.. ;-)

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