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  • @henri_ol
    @henri_ol Рік тому +274

    Francesca 🇩🇪 is very cute and friendly , I was sad when back then she said she wanted to go home because of the country flags game 😊 and welcome , Megan from USA 🇺🇸

  • @allie2185
    @allie2185 Рік тому +155

    0:49 I’m pretty sure she said 'Germanic languages', not 'dramatic languages'.

    • @checkcommentsfirst3335
      @checkcommentsfirst3335 Рік тому +22

      triggered me hardly

    • @mycro575
      @mycro575 Рік тому +2

      @@checkcommentsfirst3335 Me too

    • @computerjantje
      @computerjantje Рік тому +7

      German is for sure not a dramatic language. You can say a lot about Germany but they are not into drama :) So I guess she meant Germanic

    • @EvelynL.1112
      @EvelynL.1112 Рік тому

      Yeah, I can't believe the subtitles got it wrong! 😠

    • @maurice8180
      @maurice8180 Рік тому

      Who the fuck gets that wrong? 😂 On a language channel too 😂🤦‍♀️

  • @jandeusvult2920
    @jandeusvult2920 Рік тому +13

    gotta love the subtitles for this one. "Theyre both dramatic languages" she clearly stated GERMANIC

  • @teofanna
    @teofanna Рік тому +117

    The German sounds so much nicer than the american English. And I don't understand why the americans don't study foreign languages from early age - the fact that English is international doesn't mean anything. Studying languages develops the brain and increases the general culture about the world: something they all miss.

    • @florecitadelcampo13
      @florecitadelcampo13 Рік тому +27

      They should study geography too 😅

    • @rodaross
      @rodaross Рік тому +8

      First, I agree 100%,. People should be at least bilingual from the very beginning. Unfortunately, it is true that most of the Europeans speak enough English to communicate, so normally any American in Europe does not need to speak any language but English. In Belgium even in conversations between the natives of the two different regions they switch to English instead of choosing French or Flemish.
      Second, the roots the situation are mostly geographic and historical. In Europe you take a car and after just one hour the people in streets could be speaking a completely diffent language. So you need to learn different languages just to move around. Conversely, the USA is a very large country, really big, and so until the last three or four decades, most the Americans would have needed to take a plane to get to place where English was not spoken. The same happens in Brazil, another very huge country, and for the same reason. Even though Brazlians learn other languages in the school, most of them don't care a little bit about really "learning" other languages. In a lesser degree it also happens in China.

    • @T0m41_08
      @T0m41_08 Рік тому +2

      Yes! Idk why we Americans don’t start learning Spanish/German/any language at a young language cause our parents think we wouldn’t need it unless our parents know it and know people who speak it. Like when I was younger I had two friends who I didn’t understand who spoke Spanish and I didn’t understand but I picked up on it until they went back to Spain. That’s why I’m gonna grow up my future children to be bilingual!

    • @cuba223
      @cuba223 Рік тому

      Its cause a lot Americans don't venture out of America, our country is bigger than all of western Europe. So for people in Europe learning languages makes more sense because you can drive 4 hours and go through 3 different countries while we could drive for 10 hours and still be in the same state...

    • @cuba223
      @cuba223 Рік тому +2

      for example from Maine our most eastern point to California is about 3300 miles. but from Lisbon Portugal to Moscow Russia its only 2800 miles, and every single state in between speaks English, and our northern neighbor also speaks English with some French parts. the only reason we would NEED to know another language would be for Mexico, and on top of that most Americans are only going to tourist areas there where they also speak English. so we don't have the need to learn another language unlike Europe.

  • @eliseivanica
    @eliseivanica Рік тому +189

    i’m just shocked that the american girl didn’t know nivea 😭 i’m australian and its pretty huge over here.

    • @ulvessens5902
      @ulvessens5902 Рік тому +24

      Ikr, even as a guy I've known of Nivea most of my life and use their products as well!

    • @badecnamor
      @badecnamor Рік тому +8

      in Spain too!! 😅

    • @ishanpuri04
      @ishanpuri04 Рік тому +5

      in india tooo😂

    • @maxwellcorbin4764
      @maxwellcorbin4764 Рік тому +3

      I'm also from the US and have never heard of it. I don't think we have it.

    • @matthewdefilippo5700
      @matthewdefilippo5700 Рік тому +6

      @Maxwell Corbin Yes we do. Many places

  • @DidrickNamtvedt
    @DidrickNamtvedt Рік тому +233

    When Francesca talks about Gerrman and English both being Germanic languages, stemming from the same root and the subtitles somehow make it be "dramatic" languages lol 😂 But this was a fun one, and also a fun fact: Schwartzkopf means "black head" but that could probably be a little too pc to mention that in the video too lol.

    • @Peter-ik4cd
      @Peter-ik4cd Рік тому +5

      Is English a Germanic language, I didn't know this 🤔

    • @oliverhuhn9889
      @oliverhuhn9889 Рік тому +13

      ​@@Peter-ik4cd In terms of it's structure, yes, and a large part of the vocabulary as well. If you want to know more. There is a in-depth video on the youtube channel "Langfocus" titel is "Is English Really a Germanic Language?"

    • @frigginjerk
      @frigginjerk Рік тому +14

      @@Peter-ik4cd English started as a Germanic language, but when the Normans conquered England in 1066, a lot of French/Latin vocabulary came into the language, although the grammar stayed Germanic, just simplified a bit.
      Something like half of the words in modern English are Franco-Latin (French being a descendant of Latin). A lot of the "fancy" words are from French, whereas the words a medieval peasant would have said on a daily basis stayed Germanic. For example, "House" in German is "Haus." In French, it's "Maison," which applies to everyone's house, not just the rich guy's big "mansion" as we might call it in English.

    • @thomastschetchkovic5726
      @thomastschetchkovic5726 Рік тому +6

      You are correct that half of the lexicon is of franco-latin origin, but in terms of usage the balance is thrown way of. The Germanic words are the small words, the essentials, the ones you need to build a sentence and those you use to describe everyday things and actions. In this comment alone ~45 of 61 words are of Germanic origin.

    • @christophermichaelclarence6003
      @christophermichaelclarence6003 Рік тому +1

      @@thomastschetchkovic5726 You got it all right. We French have Germanic influence

  • @Noah_ol11
    @Noah_ol11 Рік тому +189

    I like how Francesca isn't the stereotype of Germany 🇩🇪 , the way she speaks isn't agressive and loud , she doesn't like beer that much , even her name isn't german neither from any germanic language

    • @JosephOccenoBFH
      @JosephOccenoBFH Рік тому +18

      And Francesca sounds more like an Italian name ..

    • @Noah_ol11
      @Noah_ol11 Рік тому +13

      @@JosephOccenoBFH yes , that's right , it's an italian name , pretty popular in countries where the languages are from Latin , France , Portugal , Brazil , Argentina , Spain...

    • @atticustay1
      @atticustay1 Рік тому +19

      Agreed. It’s a very annoying stereotype

    • @linaaaa492
      @linaaaa492 Рік тому +17

      @@JosephOccenoBFH shes also half italian

    • @AtomicMushroomz
      @AtomicMushroomz Рік тому +11

      I have literally never heard that as being a stereotype for German people. I always heard it was the exact opposite. That's really strange 🤔

  • @optimist_KMA
    @optimist_KMA Рік тому +3

    oh, Francesca opened a new (for me) perspective to look at languages! I didn't think that way!

  • @joebarrera334
    @joebarrera334 Рік тому +10

    Francesca knows exactly what she's talking about. English and German are cousin languages with very different developments (1066, never forget) whose vocabularies diverge dramatically in higher registers of the languages. As a German learner it's frustrating trying to read some things in German when I don't recognize most of the nouns. I wonder if she studied linguistics or English or German in college.

  • @xxx_phantom_xxxw_t_a9479
    @xxx_phantom_xxxw_t_a9479 Рік тому +5

    "Volkswagen" is actually what was thought at the time, a car for the folk. History: The Führer commissioned Ferdinand Porsche to construct a car that anyone can afford to work on. This is how the "VW Beetle" (Ger. Käfer) came about. However, Porsche did not have a factory that could even come close to producing what was expected, so it was decided (probably mostly with funds from the Reich) to create an independent factory (and brand). This explains at the same time why on the one hand there was a certain similarity between the "old" 911 and the Beetle and the basic concept, engine at the rear, was identical in both, as was the air cooling back then.
    We here in Switzerland have 4 official national languages, a 2nd national language has always been compulsory (in the meantime I think it has simply changed to a 2nd language).
    But I know that today many learn English as well as a second national language.

  • @nathanspeed9683
    @nathanspeed9683 Рік тому +50

    Francesca has grown on me, she’s so sweet and love her German accent! Always great to see a new participant, 👋🏻 Megan! There must be a lot of Americans living in Seoul! As an Australian, we pronounce Nivea and Adidas similarly to Germany. We get Nivea and Schwarzkopf here.

  • @drstrangeman
    @drstrangeman Рік тому +43

    Francesca is so small and adorable like she must be protected at all costs.

  • @esthermariasaezmayoral4566
    @esthermariasaezmayoral4566 Рік тому +41

    I loved this Germán Girl since the first time she appeared in these videos.shes so sweet and well mannered😃.
    I lke also some words in German can be learned because its a very beautiful lange very undervalued.
    I know its really difficult we must recognize It but surprises me that Many people think It sounds so hard like dutch or russian,for me they are beautiful languages. Lets celebrate diverstity.
    Its cool i like this Channel for this reason and much more.greatings.

  • @angyliv8040
    @angyliv8040 Рік тому +109

    I’m not a English native speaker but I get volks is folks in English. I think when you know more than one language you start to make connections between words. It’s more easy and faster to understand things. And even more when you know a language of the same family. When I learned Japanese was easy for me to understand Korean…. Nivea it’s very famous but I think more in Europe.

    • @Peter-ik4cd
      @Peter-ik4cd Рік тому +2

      So now you speak japanese and korean that's amazing well done

    • @klugscheier1644
      @klugscheier1644 Рік тому

      It‘s not exactly the same tho. I don‘t thing there is an English synonym to Volk.

    • @lissandrafreljord7913
      @lissandrafreljord7913 Рік тому +17

      @@klugscheier1644 Folk is the English synonym to Volk in German. Both derive from dialects of West Germanic. Same with wagon/Wagen. The word people came from Norman French, and is more commonly used in English, but you can totally say folks to refer to people in English, especially in more casual conversation.

    • @klugscheier1644
      @klugscheier1644 Рік тому +2

      @@lissandrafreljord7913 yeah i know the expression „folks“ but as you said it is used for people which would be like „Leute“ in German i guess. Didn‘t know that a folk are the people of a nation tho. Never heard it used that way..

    • @christophermichaelclarence6003
      @christophermichaelclarence6003 Рік тому +2

      @@lissandrafreljord7913 France and Germany used to be Nation called the Frankish Empire or Kingdom of Franks. Frank people 🇪🇺🇨🇵🇩🇪

  • @philstilcke3855
    @philstilcke3855 6 місяців тому +4

    Volkswagen doesn't mean, it is only for the German people, it means, that it should be a car which can be purchased by all the people because of the price.

  • @marcanthony8873
    @marcanthony8873 Рік тому +14

    Nivea is definitely in the USA. Fairly big, too. I’m really surprised Megan’s never seen it. I had to look up what birkenstock were but yes, those are very popular as well.

    • @Jpeg13759
      @Jpeg13759 Рік тому

      Bullshit !
      "Nivea" is as german as the "Oktoberfest"
      They might produce that stuff over there in USA, but,
      "Who invented it ?" "WE did"!!!

    • @marcanthony8873
      @marcanthony8873 Рік тому +7

      @@Jpeg13759 I think you misread what I wrote

    • @rinmartell2678
      @rinmartell2678 Рік тому +4

      @@Jpeg13759 Bro, WTF?😂😂

    • @helenatube
      @helenatube Рік тому +3

      Yeah as an American I'm shocked she's never heard of it.

  • @ledkicker2392
    @ledkicker2392 Рік тому +25

    Nivea has been always known in Belarus and Poland, but mostly as deodorants
    But I've never heard of Birkenstock, we mostly use cheaper brands for sandal shoes

    • @nikamuszynska6315
      @nikamuszynska6315 Рік тому +1

      I am from Poland and almost everyone has birkenstok

    • @Jpeg13759
      @Jpeg13759 Рік тому

      Nivea is a fatty creme in a blue Tin Can, which i know all my Life....
      Just smear it on your little bruises, always works...
      "Penaten Creme" is even better, in a yellowish Tin Can,
      think there is more Sheep Fat in it....
      If you think, German Chemistry is done by now, don´t forget "Aspirin" !!!
      Or the german "Panzer-Schokolade", which hat lots of Meth in it.
      Yes, our fucking Führer kept us high on drugs...
      Did you know, he was a drug-addict himself,

    • @computerjantje
      @computerjantje Рік тому +1

      same here in The Netherlands. Nivea is huge but I never heard of Birkenstock. Then again There are thousands of American brands known all over the USA which we never heard of here.

  • @Arachnid-Man
    @Arachnid-Man Рік тому +14

    Me a Dutch guy: I can pronounce it all!

  • @uliuchu4318
    @uliuchu4318 Рік тому +12

    Megan's pronounciation of Birkenstock became really northern, almost swedish really fast

  • @greendro6410
    @greendro6410 Рік тому +7

    What Megan don't know what is Nivea when it something that's even popular in the U.S . I can't believe this 😯

    • @ronnythetrooper
      @ronnythetrooper Рік тому

      You can learn Spanish or French in school as an elective but it's usually in high school and you only take a year...maybe 2 if you want to keep going but most don't do more than a year as it's an optional class for the most part.

  • @iys6890
    @iys6890 Рік тому +5

    Nivea is popular in Canada!

  • @hannanehstm9514
    @hannanehstm9514 Рік тому +2

    We used to pronounce BMW as Germans ( which is a correct form) but some people start to pronounce it as English pronunciation and say this way is correct and you are outdated . Happy to see this video🤣

  • @kirksway1
    @kirksway1 Рік тому

    Francesca is such a doll! 😍

  • @LIA-52
    @LIA-52 Рік тому +1

    3:20 sometimes I flip it around to "Benz-Mercedes" or contract that to "Benzedes"

  • @jodamin
    @jodamin Рік тому +2

    If you translate VW /Volkswagen it's more Like "Car of the common people" rather than "Germany's car"

  • @wraspita
    @wraspita Рік тому +1

    Nivea is the brand while the company behind is Beiersdorf. The same way as Gillette (brand) and Procter & Gamble (company).

  • @derwolf9670
    @derwolf9670 Рік тому +5

    Sehr sympathisch, Francesca.
    Grüße aus der Heimat

  • @JumpyWanderer
    @JumpyWanderer Рік тому +8

    Dainty german🤣

  • @christianhansen3292
    @christianhansen3292 Рік тому +4

    i have used Nivea skin product before. And i am an American.

  • @faithtroupe8998
    @faithtroupe8998 Рік тому +25

    I’m surprised she didn’t know Nivea. Though I didn’t know they made body wash and shampoo. Only knew about the body lotion, cold cream, and face wash.

    • @jwb52z9
      @jwb52z9 Рік тому +1

      I was surprised also. I mean, you can get Nivea lotion at the Dollar Store.

    • @w00tz4ibanez
      @w00tz4ibanez Рік тому +3

      You can get Nivea in the US but vast majority doesnt use it so no one really knows what it is. There are other moisturizers that are very popular here, like Aveeno and Neutrogena. Nivea is amazing though and well known to much of the rest of the world! Part of it I think is that it’s so accessible and almost exclusively *the* moisturizer elsewhere.

    • @natedang5025
      @natedang5025 Рік тому

      @@w00tz4ibanez Agree. I did see Nivea in some drug stores but mostly people buy Neutrogena or Cerave. I always thought they made cheap products until I went to Germany and saw some 20 something euro creams from Nivea.

  • @edeschneeden9223
    @edeschneeden9223 9 місяців тому +2

    Endlich mal eine Deutsche die sanft und normal spricht und nicht absichtlich rumbrüllt damit die Welt denkt wir sind Uruk-Hai hier.

  • @sergueiignacinskybenitovic3025

    "dramatic languages" 😂😂😂

  • @Spt41007
    @Spt41007 Рік тому +1

    Francesca is just so god damn beautiful I don't think I ever see anyone so beautiful like her in Germany for my years of living in southern Germany

  • @sandraperlstein79
    @sandraperlstein79 Рік тому

    Nivea is in Canada. I've seen so many commercials for it. Also I'm used to some of these words because I've been to Germany too many times to count.

  • @Startwenty0ne
    @Startwenty0ne Рік тому +1

    Nivea is very popular in Indonesia, I'm shocked when she didn't know this. I have a lot NIVEA products on my home

  • @cloosat
    @cloosat Рік тому

    Great video as always, but we need a dimmer background cuz my eye is getting blasted.

  • @_888_
    @_888_ 10 місяців тому +1

    Sehr sympatische Damen. 😊

  • @khanhb2630
    @khanhb2630 8 місяців тому +1

    My god , i just watch the video becuz of the so cute German lady !

  • @nickyg7557
    @nickyg7557 10 місяців тому

    6:50 every federal state here has got at least one brewery/beer brand, so beer is so german haha and also many famous brands who maybe even foreigners would know like Warsteiner, Pils, Krombacher, etc... I think these are really well known

  • @brunokubin
    @brunokubin Рік тому +23

    A video with Francesca and Christina would be an overdose of sweetness and wholesomeness lol
    Make it happen tho!!!!!

  • @ChristianCharry
    @ChristianCharry Рік тому

    they are both so cool

  • @nikaswords17
    @nikaswords17 Рік тому +8

    To the subtitle person - germanic languages, not dramatic 😅🙈

  • @jeffedrade
    @jeffedrade Рік тому +2

    in Brazil we used NIVEA a lot, and pronounce the same way.

  • @maevehartstein995
    @maevehartstein995 Рік тому +3

    Nivea is in the States

  • @maikigr9560
    @maikigr9560 Рік тому +2

    In Baden-Württemberg where Mercedes-benz is located we even dont say neither of them we call it daimler xD

    • @francescatv6377
      @francescatv6377 Рік тому +1

      Omggg really??? That’s so interesting!!

    • @maikigr9560
      @maikigr9560 Рік тому

      @@francescatv6377 u think so? The reason is Gottlieb Daimler (sidenote the name Gottlieb is similar to Amadeus) who invented the engine with mr. Maybach (cant remember his first name tho)
      And volkswagen is a car for General public considering the time i started it was just 1 car not a brand (i was probably "for the germans" but more likely becouse the World wasnt connected as today u had to go for your own Market to be succesful at the start not like it is today so its not against other countrys like it may seem for some ppl if told too easy we are speaking about germany tho xD

    • @irgendeinname9256
      @irgendeinname9256 3 місяці тому

      Lol as a German who grew up in BaWü I always thought Daimler is a specific kind of mercedes

  • @muriellefin807
    @muriellefin807 Рік тому +5

    Nivea is well known here in Argentina lol…

  • @toomasargel8503
    @toomasargel8503 Рік тому +1

    I was learn elementary school german language but that was 1983 until 1990 .

  • @karllogan8809
    @karllogan8809 Рік тому +2

    Welcome Megan 🙂

  • @hollish196
    @hollish196 Рік тому +5

    Francesca is great in every video.

  • @Vrumfondel
    @Vrumfondel Рік тому +7

    In Germany, in Baden they say "I have a Benz", in Swabia they say "I have a Daimler", and in the rest of Germany they say "I have a Mercedes".

  • @pahis1248
    @pahis1248 Рік тому

    was fun :)

  • @florecitadelcampo13
    @florecitadelcampo13 Рік тому

    I don’t know in the States, but definitely in Mexico we have all those brands

  • @user-ws2me9xm8t
    @user-ws2me9xm8t Рік тому

    So easy attitude, funny atmosphere

  • @bubbles001gray7
    @bubbles001gray7 Рік тому +7

    Good lord Francesca you are the cutest. I like when she said with a little attitude "It's a V in german".

  • @luschulz2370
    @luschulz2370 Рік тому +1

    "even tho it's a double U" 💀

  • @toomasargel8503
    @toomasargel8503 Рік тому

    05:19 Wagen is also interpreter.

  • @Samcaracha
    @Samcaracha Рік тому

    Adolf and Horst ADIDAS Rudolph and Armin PUMA, all called lastname "Dassler" (hence the name AdiDAS. It was first called "GeDa", as for "Gebrüder Dassler", which meins Dassler's brothers" in English.).
    They were brothers in the same industry, but into some kind of conflict. It is not fully known or reconstucted what this was really about. A dark periode after the war, but why this kept on: No answer.
    But yes, they were born in Germany and their sons as well, but other than that I could say nothing out of my head.

  • @vuuugle1402
    @vuuugle1402 Рік тому +13

    Nivea is the third most famous cosmetic brand in India after Lotus and lákme.

    • @nitishsaxena1372
      @nitishsaxena1372 Рік тому +1

      I'm from India and I've never heard of Lotus

    • @christophermichaelclarence6003
      @christophermichaelclarence6003 Рік тому +2

      We French have Nivea. A really common cosmetic brand here as well 🇨🇵

    • @lanzsibelius
      @lanzsibelius Рік тому

      It is also very popular here in Mexico, I think most people know it. But I always thought that it was french, it just doesn't sound german.

    • @vuuugle1402
      @vuuugle1402 Рік тому

      @@nitishsaxena1372 you don't!
      Thats surprising.

  • @madhatterdo5458
    @madhatterdo5458 Рік тому

    Well i think the first attempt on "Hefeweizen" also wasn't bad, because it sounded like the German "Wiesn" (which is a nickname for Oktoberfest) and that is pretty close to Hefeweizen ^^

  • @oulboyy6538
    @oulboyy6538 Рік тому

    Francesca is very cute, probably the sweetest german girl ever 😍

  • @koonaikoo
    @koonaikoo Рік тому +5

    I am from India and Nivea is super popular here! Glad to know we pronounce it correct!

  • @mello662
    @mello662 Рік тому +4

    watching these video's im confused how the subtitles are wrong

  • @mydanny6523
    @mydanny6523 Рік тому +1

    I like both of these girls Francesca and Megan who have a sense of humor but softly 😂👍

  • @deutschmitpurple2918
    @deutschmitpurple2918 Рік тому

    This is really interesting video

  • @gotmilk91
    @gotmilk91 Рік тому +1

    I wanna hear the girls say TELEFUNKEN ... and Blaupunkt

  • @kim99jung
    @kim99jung Рік тому

    BMW - Bavarian Motor Worke Its unfortunate that she didnt say it out.

  • @user-qn7cq9nq9e
    @user-qn7cq9nq9e Рік тому +3

    Немецкий язык очень красивый)

  • @heros2110
    @heros2110 11 місяців тому

    Volkswagen literally means Car of the public or the people.
    It's not like Porsche or Mercedes-Benz, which descend from given or family names.

  • @lemontea221
    @lemontea221 Рік тому +7

    I was surprised and shocked twice. First, I never imagined that Nivea was German brand. Second, American girl didn't even know that brand lol. I thought Nivea was quite famous as like Adidas.
    But anyway thanks for funny and interesting video!

    • @somersault4762
      @somersault4762 Рік тому +1

      the Company is Beiersdorf. It produces Eucerin (moisturizer), Labello (lip balm), 8x4 (deo) as well

  • @almogozi7460
    @almogozi7460 Рік тому

    She could know the name Schwartzkopf from the American general from the first gulf war Norman Schwartzkopf

  • @MrMackievelli
    @MrMackievelli Рік тому

    Nivea is definitely a thing here, especially lotions.

  • @EduardoReyes-bx6ly
    @EduardoReyes-bx6ly Рік тому

    Ty

  • @florianlasser2779
    @florianlasser2779 Рік тому

    Volkswagen basically means „peoples car“ or car of the people and was founded during the NS Regime (funny beard guy)

  • @MandMs05
    @MandMs05 Рік тому +1

    Me: "Yes it's a BM Doppelvau"
    "It's BMV Veh"

  • @kirdot2011
    @kirdot2011 Рік тому +16

    Probably the cutest German I've ever seen

    • @SuperJuvexxx
      @SuperJuvexxx Рік тому +3

      She's half italian

    • @kirdot2011
      @kirdot2011 Рік тому

      @@SuperJuvexxx I guess that kind of explains it

    • @herrbonk3635
      @herrbonk3635 Рік тому +5

      Then you haven't seen many german girls... (She's cute though!)

    • @francescatv6377
      @francescatv6377 Рік тому +5

      Yess my dad is italian 🥰 thank you!!!

    • @kirdot2011
      @kirdot2011 Рік тому

      @@herrbonk3635 I haven't

  • @ArturoVilchez92
    @ArturoVilchez92 Рік тому +23

    "Even though it's a double-u" - most American thing I've ever heard

    • @christianstainazfischer
      @christianstainazfischer Рік тому +3

      Originally W and U didn’t exist. Only V did and it was called oo and it either made the U or W sound depending on context in a word. Later the W sound started to shift to a V sound, so they kept V for the V sound and rounded out the letter to an U to make the oo sound. When German adopted the Latin Alphabet, there no longer was a letter to represent the W sound so they took two V V’s (oo’s) and put them together. W=W, V=V, U=U. German then went through a sound shift where just like Latin into Italian, the German W shifted into a V sound, thus the letter's name changed. When English adopted the Latin Script, there was a different letter, winn, to represent the W sound, but we eventually got red of that and replaced it with the German W letter.

    • @anndeecosita3586
      @anndeecosita3586 Рік тому

      A lot of Spanish speakers say doble u en vez de doble v

    • @RagingGoblin
      @RagingGoblin Рік тому

      @@christianstainazfischer Er, really?
      I think V and F were used pretty arbitrarily in historic German, tbh. V isn't a phoneme in German (since it's always /f/). I'm pretty sure it wasn't a phoneme in Middle-High-German either. Can't talk with certainty for Old-High-German but yeah, I'm 90% certain it wasn't.
      In Middle-High-German you had stuff like vruowe und vuoz but it was still actualised as /f/.
      And I could swear that Old-High-German used predominantly 'f' for the phoneme. I remember /fihu/ for /Vieh/ (cattle), but that's about all the vocabulary I can remember starting with /f/. And that devolved into /vich/, /vihe/, and /vehe/ in MHG.
      The /w/ phoneme on the other hand I'm definite is ancient in Germanic languages and hasn't changed forever. Since stuff like OHG -wer (Man) and Germanic *wera (Man) are basically unchanged for more than a thousand years ... Or look at Germanic *wintru OHG wintar MHG/NHG Winter.
      So I really think you must be mistaken.

    • @christianstainazfischer
      @christianstainazfischer Рік тому

      @@RagingGoblin check out Luke Ranieri's video about the v sound in latin

    • @christianstainazfischer
      @christianstainazfischer Рік тому

      scratch that, check out the video by nativlang about modding the latin alphabet

  • @mimamo
    @mimamo Рік тому +10

    German and English of the group of "dramatic" languages, lol.

  • @giyutomioka2562
    @giyutomioka2562 Рік тому +5

    The German girl is awesome

  • @vickmulishafelix3377
    @vickmulishafelix3377 Рік тому

    Francesca what a lovely girl !!!

  • @SnowmanTF2
    @SnowmanTF2 11 місяців тому

    Given how many of the brands have run massive ad campaigns with the names localized, it seems hard to consider it pronounced wrong.

  • @holabombon8380
    @holabombon8380 Рік тому

    Mercedes, an hispanic name 🥰

  • @ambermarie211
    @ambermarie211 Рік тому +5

    I wonder what the behind the scenes is like for this channel. Where do they get the people that they have on here? If I understand correctly they are all foreigners living in Korean but how do they get them on the channel? Why do they all seem to be similar ages ( early to mid 20's?)
    I am an American in my mid 30's and Nivea was definitely a popular skincare brand in my teens and early 20's. There were commercials all over TV for them. I am somewhat shocked that the American doesn't recognize the name at all. I do wonder if the fact that we have so many choices nowadays in how we consume media and information adds to this weird feeling that Americans just 10 years younger than me grew up in a different culture. Like when I was younger we watched what was on the few available channels and we all saw the same commercials. We didn't have streaming and targeted ads and all that.

    • @SteelMoments
      @SteelMoments Рік тому

      Korea still does not have a large foreign population, and a large portion of the foreigners living there are English teachers or other language teachers. It's financially a pretty good deal so it's a popular gig for people fresh out of college to help pay down their college loans, especially if they're having trouble finding a job in their field at home. I taught ESL in Korea myself, and while this did not apply to me personally, nearly all of the other foreigners I met in Korea were ESL teachers, in their early to mid 20s, mostly from the US and Canada.

  • @feliad6401
    @feliad6401 Рік тому +4

    I'm surprised that she didnt know about Nivea ! Thats quite a popular brand in France.

  • @demon6937
    @demon6937 Рік тому

    the German lady is elegant and beautiful 😍 I'm in love

  • @liveforever141
    @liveforever141 Рік тому +9

    Francesca is so pretty! More videos with her!!!

  • @sejferrer8798
    @sejferrer8798 Рік тому

    Question:-
    How do you call vehicle in German???
    Answer:-
    Volkswagen!
    😛🤣😀😆🤩😅😜

  • @Mike8827
    @Mike8827 Рік тому +2

    A Hefeweizen isn’t a brand but a type of beer , a German style wheat beer

  • @ariltonpires7336
    @ariltonpires7336 Рік тому +1

    this german girl is so lovely

  • @serdadumataram3793
    @serdadumataram3793 Рік тому +2

    I love Jerman

  • @greendro6410
    @greendro6410 Рік тому +11

    Francesca what a cute half German half Italian girl 😊

  • @learntofly5024
    @learntofly5024 Рік тому +3

    I like megan, she's so cute

  • @ThunderPants13
    @ThunderPants13 Рік тому

    When I hear Schwarzkopf, the first thing I think of is a U.S. General during the Persian Gulf War (Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf). But then I'm probably older than most the people watching this video.

    • @jrgptr935
      @jrgptr935 Рік тому

      Wenn ich Schwarzkopf lese oder höre, denke ich an Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, die Sopranistin (aus der Gegend von Poznan in Polen).

  • @karenthomas4575
    @karenthomas4575 Рік тому +1

    Can't believe American girl doesn't know Nivea

  • @eladbenm
    @eladbenm Рік тому +3

    In my country we say folksvagen😭😭😭

    • @Mike8827
      @Mike8827 Рік тому

      Which is exactly right . V = F and W = English V in German

  • @klugscheier1644
    @klugscheier1644 Рік тому +31

    I love how people think regular German sounds rough, they should get to know our South Tyrolean dialect :)

    • @andreacorvaglia5373
      @andreacorvaglia5373 Рік тому +1

      Ma voi altesini/sud tirolesi (come preferisci) non vi sentite per nulla italiani?

    • @edwardken775
      @edwardken775 Рік тому

      @@andreacorvaglia5373 Che differenza farebbe? Che si sentano o non si sentano italiani non fa alcuna differenza, perché sono italiani, punto, è un po' come se qualcuno che viene dal Ticino ti dice, "io mi sento italiano" "eh no caro, tu ti puoi sentire quello che vuoi, ma il fatto che parli italiano non fa alcuna differenza, sei svizzero, punto." Capisci la mia logica? Anche se un domani qualcuno che viene dall'Alto Adige che parla tedesco ti dice, "io mi sento tedesco" tu comunque la verità la sai, che gli piaccia o no, questa persona è tanto italiana quanto qualcuno che viene da Roma

    • @andreacorvaglia5373
      @andreacorvaglia5373 Рік тому +1

      @@edwardken775 Sono d’accordo su quel che hai scritto. Il mio ragionamento era: io sono nato in Italia e ho una cultura italiana avendo vissuto qui ed essendo l’unica che conosco per via dei miei genitori. Mi “sento italiano” di conseguenza e se dovessi migrare in Francia continuerei a sentirmi italiano senza ripudiare/detestare la loro cultura . Volevo capire quanto fosse condiviso questo ragionamento giacché sembra che gli altesini (sottolineo nati e cresciuti qui) abbiano una cultura diversa (e ci sta) che gli inculchi un ripudio per tutta l’Italia (che non ci sta perché anche loro sono italiani).

    • @klugscheier1644
      @klugscheier1644 Рік тому +2

      @@andreacorvaglia5373 it depends on each person. In cities like Bolzano more than half of the populations first language is Italian. People whose first language is German often don‘t have a problem with identifying as Italians, however there are quite a few who refuse to accept that we aren‘t Austrian anymore.

    • @klugscheier1644
      @klugscheier1644 Рік тому +1

      @@edwardken775 Well unfortunately it‘s not nearly as simple as you depict it to be. It‘s not just the language but hundreds of years of Austrian culture who still have and most likely always will make South Tyrol different from the rest of Italy. It‘s as if Italy was taken over by let‘s say Russia, that wouldn‘t suddenly make you feel Russian now would it?

  • @florianlasser2779
    @florianlasser2779 Рік тому

    I can insult people in 4 different languages 😂

  • @Zwoelfeline
    @Zwoelfeline Рік тому +2

    Birkenstock is an old german company, I started wearing them in the 80s.

  • @genchwanlim2970
    @genchwanlim2970 Рік тому +2

    They are both Germanic languages. Not "dramatic languages".

  • @joeblack5393
    @joeblack5393 Рік тому

    Oooof why did nobody tell them about the history of Volkswagen :D

  • @elisabellaaaa
    @elisabellaaaa 3 місяці тому +1

    I actually find German to be a way softer language than English