You guys are ADORABLE together! I'm from Rochester, NY and my boyfriend is in Berlin, Germany and I'm working on moving there! This totally gives me hope and makes me super excited to move :) I'm hoping to move in the spring!
Omg you’re from Chandler AZ? I live in Tempe AZ and just recently met a guy from Frankfurt Germany so here I am looking up Americans who moved to Germany and can across your channel lol. Thank you for making these videos. It’s been giving me a perspective in the German culture.
I'm from Scottsdale AZ and live in the Netherlands with a Dutch husband. I find the language incredibly difficult also! I have the same problem when people speak to me, I completely loose all understanding with the most simple phrases!
oh yay that is so awesome! a fellow arizonan! :) yeah it is so weird right. I imagine dutch is way more difficult to learn than German but I cannot wait for the day I am fluent and have no problems speaking to random strangers!
Dutch is actually a bit more closer to English then German. I guess you are sadly a bit out of luck ;) But seriously, it took my wife about 5 years to be really fluent in German, the first two years are the most frustrating ones as the grammar is just difficult and there are so many ways to string a sentence together to get easily lost. Therefor it s a language that you can be very precise about what you want to say. =) Have a nice time and I hope you adjust well! Just don't forget about the typical stages of "culture shock" as there will be a time where you just want to go back home. This will be the time where you need most support from your partner to get over that emotional "hole".
haha whoops, jokes on me. i guess i don't know much about the dutch language. wow 5 years is quite a while. Practice will be the key for me. congrats to your wife that is quite the accomplishment! Thank you I really do love the country. It is quite beautiful and the people here are very nice for the most part!
Bree moves to Germany Haha sorry if I scared you with that 5 years as I didn't mean it took so long to be able to speak German but that her German was so good after 5 years that she could discuss on any complex matter with just a slight accent. If you do go to an German intensive course (and I would suggest that as it jump-starts your German pretty fast) it takes about 1-2 years to be fairly fluent in German and is enough to be admitted to university. The beginning can be quite frustrating as it has a very steep learning curve and can be quite exhausting before you get the feeling of "getting it". But once you got over that hard grammar rules and the "der, die, das" illogicality you sadly need to learn by heart, the rest is just practice. Maybe you both should look into German movies or series where English subtitles are available. When you get better you will need the subtitles less and less and helps extending your vocabulary and language idiosyncrasies. Best with pausing the movie when you are lost while your husband can explain what and why that expression is used. We had quite some good time doing that with all kind of movies and series she liked. And I learned a lot when she explained to me what that expression would be like in her language, while I also learned more Portuguese vocabulary. =)
I would recommend to take six months of intensive German classes at "Goethe-Institut". My Japanese wife was enrolled into a German university after these courses. Goethe-Institut is expensive, but worth it.
*whisper whisper* PLAY CHEERING CROUD TUNE ...* comence bleeding ears* ... could you please for the sake of people with headphones level the sound a bit next time? thank you
Interesting vid. I just wanted to remain : I can not compare the weather of Lueneburg to German weather, as much u can't compare Phoenix weather to Arizona !, ...I mean Germany is what it is but, for example there are special areas in between, example : lets say Cologne & Bodensee 'the south west" : I don't know really because I don't care, but Lueneburg could be the "raining hole" par excellence, u never know ... Here 80 km east of Bonn I would not exactly compare it to San Francisco, but it definitely feels like California, we got a lot of sun and warm spring all ready in march. Cologne to Bodensee area called "the wine or apple street", it is interesting to see, because the blossoms of the trees wandering in spring from Bodensee first, up to Cologne. This are the warmest places in Germany, and Lueneburg is already too far off. ... And as well u can't compare Phoenix to Arizona weather, Phoenix is a real special place, just go 50 miles north of Phoenix, and u'll see the grass growing along the roads. Example Flagstaff, it's even colder than in the Rhine valleys ... got it ? p.s.: The ancient Romans knew that, that is the reason they established now more than 2000 years old cities like Cologne (at the Rhine river) & Trier (at Mosel river) where they also grow some of the finest wines u can find on the planet...
Moin. Es gibt Dinge in Deutschland, auf die man sich nach dem unvermeidlichen Kulturschock einstellen muss. Für Amerikaner ist es nicht das, was sie zu Hause gewohnt sind. Die Menschen werden überleben, wenn sie die Unterschiede zwischen den USA und Deutschland verstehen.:)
My advice, if u're not so much into speaking German all the time, than start watchin' TV. For some obvious reason, u have to get used to the language to learn it.
Okay so, I want to become an emergency room physician, but I would also like to move to Germany. Should I got to school in America and then move to Germany or go to school in Germany and move there?
Honestly I think your best bet would be to go to school in the US and then come to Germany. I say this because american licenses are accepted in both america and Germany but german licenses are mainly only accepted in Germany. But you can't lose either way :)
German licenses have a higher value than american and if you talk about universaty Germany has international bachelor/master degrees which are accepted worldwide
To my knowledge English is not a German Language it is or was basically partly a Germanic, Celtic, Scandinavian & whatever language. We still find Welch & Eire speaking, which is considered not English at all. German and Germanic are somehow to watch historical separately . ... And like languages are : after a while they all get influenced to some degree by other languages like French or Italian. Anyway it is true, that for example : Italian, French & Spanish are so called Romanic Speech-Families & English & German & Nordic Languages are rather Germanic origin. Germany is a union of countries which is rather only a few hundred years old, if at all.
I think that is what the dude tried to say. tho my english professor might be the first to say that english is the first thing that should get a "Made in germany" stamp. XD
so I'm German but I really don't understand the German guy. your accent is American and it's okay. I understand the German accent when some German is speaking English but this guy is some weird mix between these two what I don't understand ^^
Yeah he actually spent five plus years in the United States and two plus years in Norway and he grew up in Germany. So he is fluent in three different languages.. which is pretty dang amazing if you ask me! His english and his german are both equally perfect and everyone here can understand him 100%. Thank you though for the feedback. Sometimes the sound in our videos is not so great.. so that could be why too!
If u go for a while to an English speaking area, don't be with Germans, just be with native people, that's the way it works, so u don't end up with an German accent !
HiImBoosted tbh I didn't think he was German at first because for *me* , his accent sounds American and he speaks really fluently. So you should maybe speak more to American/English people than people with German accents ;)
I can't fucking believe it nobody is talking about importing thinks while moving to germany like VISA, SOCIAL SECURITY, HEALTHCARE, HOW TO OPEN A BANK ACC. DO I NEED A CAR. A PHONE HOW TO APPLY FOR A JOB ... on every f... video they are talking about the language about food how different everything is BUT NOT ABOUT IMPORTANT STUFF ...THIS IS SO DISAPPOINTING!!!
Hi Ben, actually I can answer some of your questions, not all of them and probably not in details but at least you get an idea. The webpage www.howtogermany.com may give you already a clue about VISA and Bank Account etc. You will need a car if you are plan to live on the landside or in smaller cities (< 20.000 citizens). Public transportation is usually quite good in larger cities. And by all means you need a phone, you will need to setup a lot of appointments done via phone calls. Be prepared that in smaller cities not all govermental employees can speak fluent english (which is somehow weird tho).
your show is not helpful at all for people who are moving to Germany ...everyone knows that the language culture and food is different in other countries ...
You guys are ADORABLE together! I'm from Rochester, NY and my boyfriend is in Berlin, Germany and I'm working on moving there! This totally gives me hope and makes me super excited to move :) I'm hoping to move in the spring!
Omg you’re from Chandler AZ? I live in Tempe AZ and just recently met a guy from Frankfurt Germany so here I am looking up Americans who moved to Germany and can across your channel lol. Thank you for making these videos. It’s been giving me a perspective in the German culture.
Great video. Love the editing.
I loved the photo of opa and uncle.
I'm from Scottsdale AZ and live in the Netherlands with a Dutch husband. I find the language incredibly difficult also! I have the same problem when people speak to me, I completely loose all understanding with the most simple phrases!
oh yay that is so awesome! a fellow arizonan! :) yeah it is so weird right. I imagine dutch is way more difficult to learn than German but I cannot wait for the day I am fluent and have no problems speaking to random strangers!
Dutch is actually a bit more closer to English then German. I guess you are sadly a bit out of luck ;)
But seriously, it took my wife about 5 years to be really fluent in German, the first two years are the most frustrating ones as the grammar is just difficult and there are so many ways to string a sentence together to get easily lost. Therefor it s a language that you can be very precise about what you want to say. =)
Have a nice time and I hope you adjust well! Just don't forget about the typical stages of "culture shock" as there will be a time where you just want to go back home. This will be the time where you need most support from your partner to get over that emotional "hole".
haha whoops, jokes on me. i guess i don't know much about the dutch language.
wow 5 years is quite a while. Practice will be the key for me. congrats to your wife that is quite the accomplishment!
Thank you I really do love the country. It is quite beautiful and the people here are very nice for the most part!
Bree moves to Germany Haha sorry if I scared you with that 5 years as I didn't mean it took so long to be able to speak German but that her German was so good after 5 years that she could discuss on any complex matter with just a slight accent.
If you do go to an German intensive course (and I would suggest that as it jump-starts your German pretty fast) it takes about 1-2 years to be fairly fluent in German and is enough to be admitted to university.
The beginning can be quite frustrating as it has a very steep learning curve and can be quite exhausting before you get the feeling of "getting it". But once you got over that hard grammar rules and the "der, die, das" illogicality you sadly need to learn by heart, the rest is just practice.
Maybe you both should look into German movies or series where English subtitles are available. When you get better you will need the subtitles less and less and helps extending your vocabulary and language idiosyncrasies. Best with pausing the movie when you are lost while your husband can explain what and why that expression is used.
We had quite some good time doing that with all kind of movies and series she liked. And I learned a lot when she explained to me what that expression would be like in her language, while I also learned more Portuguese vocabulary. =)
I would recommend to take six months of intensive German classes at "Goethe-Institut". My Japanese wife was enrolled into a German university after these courses. Goethe-Institut is expensive, but worth it.
*whisper whisper* PLAY CHEERING CROUD TUNE ...* comence bleeding ears* ... could you please for the sake of people with headphones level the sound a bit next time? thank you
Interesting vid. I just wanted to remain : I can not compare the weather of Lueneburg to German weather, as much u can't compare Phoenix weather to Arizona !, ...I mean Germany is what it is but, for example there are special areas in between, example : lets say Cologne & Bodensee 'the south west" : I don't know really because I don't care, but Lueneburg could be the "raining hole" par excellence, u never know ... Here 80 km east of Bonn I would not exactly compare it to San Francisco, but it definitely feels like California, we got a lot of sun and warm spring all ready in march. Cologne to Bodensee area called "the wine or apple street", it is interesting to see, because the blossoms of the trees wandering in spring from Bodensee first, up to Cologne. This are the warmest places in Germany, and Lueneburg is already too far off. ... And as well u can't compare Phoenix to Arizona weather, Phoenix is a real special place, just go 50 miles north of Phoenix, and u'll see the grass growing along the roads. Example Flagstaff, it's even colder than in the Rhine valleys ... got it ? p.s.: The ancient Romans knew that, that is the reason they established now more than 2000 years old cities like Cologne (at the Rhine river) & Trier (at Mosel river) where they also grow some of the finest wines u can find on the planet...
Moin. Es gibt Dinge in Deutschland, auf die man sich nach dem unvermeidlichen Kulturschock einstellen muss. Für Amerikaner ist es nicht das, was sie zu Hause gewohnt sind. Die Menschen werden überleben, wenn sie die Unterschiede zwischen den USA und Deutschland verstehen.:)
Like like like like and I was like like. And you know, like.
My advice, if u're not so much into speaking German all the time, than start watchin' TV. For some obvious reason, u have to get used to the language to learn it.
now you guys understand why germans talk about the weather everytime :) it's change from one second to another
Okay so, I want to become an emergency room physician, but I would also like to move to Germany. Should I got to school in America and then move to Germany or go to school in Germany and move there?
Honestly I think your best bet would be to go to school in the US and then come to Germany. I say this because american licenses are accepted in both america and Germany but german licenses are mainly only accepted in Germany. But you can't lose either way :)
German licenses have a higher value than american and if you talk about universaty Germany has international bachelor/master degrees which are accepted worldwide
There is no tuition in German universities. Would you like to start your life with debt?
Evil Pagan there is tution in Germany. but ist very low lioke 100 euros per semester
dudes :D English is a german language so hurry up and learn ;)
English is basically 3 languages standing on each other's shoulders wearing a trenchcoat
To my knowledge English is not a German Language it is or was basically partly a Germanic, Celtic, Scandinavian & whatever language. We still find Welch & Eire speaking, which is considered not English at all. German and Germanic are somehow to watch historical separately . ... And like languages are : after a while they all get influenced to some degree by other languages like French or Italian. Anyway it is true, that for example : Italian, French & Spanish are so called Romanic Speech-Families & English & German & Nordic Languages are rather Germanic origin. Germany is a union of countries which is rather only a few hundred years old, if at all.
I think that is what the dude tried to say. tho my english professor might be the first to say that english is the first thing that should get a "Made in germany" stamp. XD
so I'm German but I really don't understand the German guy. your accent is American and it's okay. I understand the German accent when some German is speaking English but this guy is some weird mix between these two what I don't understand ^^
Yeah he actually spent five plus years in the United States and two plus years in Norway and he grew up in Germany. So he is fluent in three different languages.. which is pretty dang amazing if you ask me! His english and his german are both equally perfect and everyone here can understand him 100%.
Thank you though for the feedback. Sometimes the sound in our videos is not so great.. so that could be why too!
+Bree moves to Germany yeah that might be the reason but whatever was a very interesting video!
his english is very good I understood everything :)
If u go for a while to an English speaking area, don't be with Germans, just be with native people, that's the way it works, so u don't end up with an German accent !
HiImBoosted tbh I didn't think he was German at first because for *me* , his accent sounds American and he speaks really fluently. So you should maybe speak more to American/English people than people with German accents ;)
you remind me of shoshanna from girls
Hello mam
I can't fucking believe it nobody is talking about importing thinks while moving to germany like VISA, SOCIAL SECURITY, HEALTHCARE, HOW TO OPEN A BANK ACC. DO I NEED A CAR. A PHONE HOW TO APPLY FOR A JOB ... on every f... video they are talking about the language about food how different everything is BUT NOT ABOUT IMPORTANT STUFF ...THIS IS SO DISAPPOINTING!!!
Hi Ben, actually I can answer some of your questions, not all of them and probably not in details but at least you get an idea. The webpage www.howtogermany.com may give you already a clue about VISA and Bank Account etc. You will need a car if you are plan to live on the landside or in smaller cities (< 20.000 citizens). Public transportation is usually quite good in larger cities. And by all means you need a phone, you will need to setup a lot of appointments done via phone calls. Be prepared that in smaller cities not all govermental employees can speak fluent english (which is somehow weird tho).
100% ACK.
your show is not helpful at all for people who are moving to Germany ...everyone knows that the language culture and food is different in other countries ...
Ben. if you have any questions you can always ask me.