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  • Опубліковано 20 вер 2023
  • Learning German is Easy
    #German #language #comedy #sketchcomedy
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  • @mar1za69
    @mar1za69 7 місяців тому +2657

    I always believe that Arms has to fight for a German sketch just to remind everyone that he can speak German

    • @Ensign_Roque
      @Ensign_Roque 7 місяців тому +127

      He uses it so rarely though.
      Practice makes the Meister, you know 😅

    • @hoodie_cat
      @hoodie_cat 7 місяців тому +25

      But Foil was teaching Arms though?

    • @josephinecronin1195
      @josephinecronin1195 7 місяців тому +71

      @@hoodie_cat foil was showing off his legendary “remembering complicated lists” skills. But I bet Armstrong wrote it.

    • @venanziadorromatagni1641
      @venanziadorromatagni1641 7 місяців тому +104

      There aren‘t 2 past tenses, there are three.
      And taking 2 words is too easy. The Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz (yes, that word really was used in official documents, it‘s the name of a former law) mashed up 7 words, and ‚umfahren‘ means both ‚drive around‘ and ‚hit while driving‘, depending on how you pronounce it.
      But at least, we do not have 43 ways of pronouncing ‚gh‘ 😛

    • @venanziadorromatagni1641
      @venanziadorromatagni1641 7 місяців тому +42

      Oh, in case anyone *does* wonder: It’s a law stipulating the transfer of supervisory activities when it comes to the labelling of beef products.

  • @LegoMiniMovies
    @LegoMiniMovies 7 місяців тому +1194

    Lol i was not expecting that German teacher ending. Great sketch as always

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 7 місяців тому +20

      Neither! I would've thought I had them sussed out by now but they always surprise me 🙈😂

    • @Ensign_Roque
      @Ensign_Roque 7 місяців тому +7

      That was unexpected 😅

    • @AakeTraak
      @AakeTraak 7 місяців тому +7

      Translator would be better and more belivable.

    • @sarah.bea.
      @sarah.bea. 7 місяців тому +14

      Arms used to teach German, didn’t he?

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 7 місяців тому +31

      @@sarah.bea. He did! I promise I only know cause he told us. I haven't been creepy I swear. Oh Jaysus I'm making it worse by clarifying amn't I.

  • @SandraOnCloud9
    @SandraOnCloud9 7 місяців тому +1747

    As a German speaker I found this hilarious!😂

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +263

      Wunderschön

    • @ericpraline
      @ericpraline 7 місяців тому +38

      Find ich auch!

    • @hilaryjohns4049
      @hilaryjohns4049 7 місяців тому +36

      ​​@@foilarmsandhogThis brought back memories. I studied German in school. I dreaded every class for three years. I forgot I can still sing ..... mein Hut er hat drie ecken, so not all wasted, and who can forget dumpfkop, and a song about wanting to be a kangaroo and opening and closing eyes, ah ooo ah ooo
      ah ooo. Weird.

    • @fantomshepherd
      @fantomshepherd 7 місяців тому +13

      Darauf muss ich erstmal den Backshop umfahren. 🤪

    • @weswheel4834
      @weswheel4834 7 місяців тому +16

      Ich hab ein hamster.

  • @rongoldberg5096
    @rongoldberg5096 7 місяців тому +473

    “And imperfect”🤣🤣 Finally I can use my 6 years of German education to understand something

    • @fgregerfeaxcwfeffece
      @fgregerfeaxcwfeffece 7 місяців тому +5

      But forget about the Plusquamperfekt. In many contexts you simply don't use that, so I assume it's not even taught. But now you know. In fact it's a bit like the bible, you would have been better off if I did not tell you about it. Now you will wonder about the edge cases where it would sound slightly more natural to use it.
      But an average your better off just ignoring it. Like misuse will raise weirdness by 20% while not using it will only raise weirdness by 1%. Also good applications are very easily avoided. It's legacy leftover in the language that probably made more sense 200 years ago.

    • @Taliesin2
      @Taliesin2 7 місяців тому +10

      Actually German doesn't have Imperfekt but Präteritum... Most romance languages have imperfect, but the German Präteritum doesn't have to have the imperfective aspect.

    • @etuanno
      @etuanno 6 місяців тому

      ​@@Taliesin2And then there are the dialects. I seldomly use the Präteritum when I speak standard German simply because it doesn't exist in Swissgerman dialects. It seems like we lost it at some point a while back.

  • @katreeves64
    @katreeves64 7 місяців тому +409

    My partner spent 7 years in Germany, after which he came back to our home country speaking flawless English and nothing beyond a few words in German. That's the first time I heard of that 20-second rule referenced here. Germans want to see you struggle in their language for a bit but after 20 seconds they take pity on you or are frustrated at hearing their own language so badly butchered, and switch to English.

    • @davidmcdonnell8473
      @davidmcdonnell8473 7 місяців тому +65

      A lot of Germans also welcome the chance to practice their English.

    • @Rot24.mu00q
      @Rot24.mu00q 7 місяців тому +73

      There is hardly anything more German than being impatient and finding it exhausting to talk to someone in bad German. I say that as a German. I always feel overwhelmed when someone who doesn't speak German well wants to talk to me. Most of the time these are situations in which this person needs help in some way, asks for directions, etc. And it's much more efficient in terms of time if you have the conversation in another language. Also, I never know whether and how I should correct someone's pronunciation or grammar in German. On the one hand, I don't want to come across as rude, but on the other hand, the person also wants to learn German. That's a fine line.

    • @rhyfelwrDuw
      @rhyfelwrDuw 7 місяців тому +2

      @rotter3.043 sorry to say to a German, I prefer French to German, although if it was a choice between German or Dutch, it would be German every time!

    • @Rot24.mu00q
      @Rot24.mu00q 7 місяців тому +13

      @@rhyfelwrDuw I don't understand why you're apologizing for preferring French to German. I'm not offended by that at all now. It's just two languages ​​and I'm not so fond of my mother tongue that I would want to defend it. Especially since it's just your personal opinion. This is not an attack against the German language. So nothing to apologize for.

    • @brag0001
      @brag0001 7 місяців тому +5

      ​@@Rot24.mu00qespecially since you had this conversation with him in English, which isn't even a proper language, but a pretty useful tool 😂

  • @lennytheleopard
    @lennytheleopard 7 місяців тому +76

    I applied for a job in a german speaking worksite on the back of 4 years of high school german. At the interview they asked me (in German ) if I spoke German. I replied "not really" in German. They said that'll do! At the end of the year's work I was almost fluent.

    • @Ensign_Roque
      @Ensign_Roque 7 місяців тому +3

      Cool 😎

    • @gandalf_thegrey
      @gandalf_thegrey 7 місяців тому +3

      Passt schon.

    • @poppers7317
      @poppers7317 6 місяців тому +3

      Man wächst mit seinen Aufgaben.

    • @Julia-lk8jn
      @Julia-lk8jn 2 місяці тому +1

      Well, if you answered "nicht wirklich" then you demonstrated that you can pronounce "ch" and know when to use "nicht" vs "nein". Also how to shorten a sentence down to the essentials _and still being intelligible. Good start.

  • @korky0104
    @korky0104 7 місяців тому +456

    Hahaha, what a timing for this sketch, as I am currently on a business trip to Germany and just last night I was discussing about German language with colleagues!
    No matter how kind you are, German kids are Kinder 😄
    Viele Grüße aus Deutschland! 🤗😘

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +61

      Love that joke

    • @jayATUK
      @jayATUK 7 місяців тому +6

      🤣 Brilliant joke

    • @xanthias2001
      @xanthias2001 7 місяців тому +12

      Well it’s a German joke.
      [So kinder a low bar…]

    • @philomena_def-not-malcolm
      @philomena_def-not-malcolm 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@xanthias2001 *Wie bitte??* 😂😂

    • @michellebyrom6551
      @michellebyrom6551 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@tummeltottable kinder low bar. That's a pun on kind of a low bar (quality wise).

  • @moonhunter9993
    @moonhunter9993 7 місяців тому +38

    As a German teacher teaching adults beginners this was brilliant...

  • @katria2412
    @katria2412 7 місяців тому +45

    "After that the Germans are just gonna want to practice their english" - fair enough, I noticed that I tend to switch to english fairly quickly in a conversation with non-german speakers. So you got me there 😂

  • @emilys.6787
    @emilys.6787 7 місяців тому +248

    This is brilliant 😂 As a German (and linguist), I absolutely love it. Reminds me of that essay by Mark Twain "The awful German language", really funny too, but your sketch is funnier.
    So looking forward to the show in Hamburg.
    Have a wonderful day!

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +18

      Thanks Emily!

    • @hairyairey
      @hairyairey 7 місяців тому +7

      English is surely worse? Highly inconsistent, even taught badly (i before e except after...).

    • @CiprianDoroftei
      @CiprianDoroftei 7 місяців тому +10

      @@hairyairey still no der, die, das and all their forms. Nothing beats a, an, and the.

    • @hairyairey
      @hairyairey 7 місяців тому +16

      @@CiprianDoroftei Yes, but if you read an English word you have absolutely no idea how to pronounce it. Sword and sweet for example. Tough, plough, hiccough, through and thorough for another.

    • @liam4688
      @liam4688 7 місяців тому +1

      @@hairyairey i before e except after.... 🤣 you got us there

  • @kstepko
    @kstepko 7 місяців тому +155

    I’ve been teaching myself German and this is surprisingly accurate.

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +22

      Haha enjoy the hacks

    • @equolizer
      @equolizer 4 місяці тому

      Some stuff is wrong though, v is not always f, for example. Only in words/word particles of Germanic origin, like der Vogel or the prefix ver- (like in verboten, vergessen, etc.), in words of Latin/Romance origin it's v like in English, e.g. der Ventilator (fan, in medical jargon also a device that pushes air into someones lungs), die Vase (vase like in English).
      Also I can't think of a word where S is pronounced "Sh". Maybe in a loan word. The other part is true, though, it can be pronounced like English S or Z. This one gets a bit more complicated as there are some rules around it which is the reason why we have "s", "ss" and "ß" (the last one is not a B, but an S, its use is to make the vowel before it "long", where "ss" makes it "short. Long and short are not totally accurate here, because it can also change the vowel sound a little bit, but that is how we learn it in elementary school).
      Also Y is called Ypsilon, but is pronounced "ee" or "ü" (can't write that last one in English, sorry). In Ypsilon the Y is pronounced Ü. Some people always pronounce it Ü, but in spoken German you will hear both. It's a rare letter, though, anyways, mostly used in Greek words, like Xylophon or Dystopie (both "ü"), or in nicknames like Willy (where it's "ee", like you would say it in English).
      Sorry for the pedantry, I am German after all.

  • @martina_mc
    @martina_mc 7 місяців тому +104

    i'm gonna show this to my students on monday - and then i'll massively dissappoint them with the harsh reality that it's actually not that easy😂😂

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +19

      Yes!!! Love it

    • @chattphotos
      @chattphotos 7 місяців тому +1

      Sehr Gute!
      German is both easy and hard and very frustrating to learn on Duolingo
      With some context, you can skirt around some formalities of der,die,das'es depending on tense, case, weather, and equinox
      Without context, it's hard
      Martina Hill's sketches are a great starting point for common German and the context

    • @martina_mc
      @martina_mc 7 місяців тому +1

      @@chattphotos yes, i know someone who learns german and loves to watch martina hill videos! bonus point: she's absolutely hilarious!

    • @chattphotos
      @chattphotos 7 місяців тому +2

      @@martina_mc She's HILLarious* ;)
      Very clever work and I can understand most of what's going on

    • @lisaahmari7199
      @lisaahmari7199 7 місяців тому +3

      I study Spanish and French. When I get frustrated, I try learning German. Within two hours I am sobbing and run back into the arms of the much simpler Romance languages. 😅

  • @Gemma.618
    @Gemma.618 7 місяців тому +461

    Lads I know you don't really do tv programs but if you ever get asked for Taskmaster, please say yes

    • @cheerfulcharlie9916
      @cheerfulcharlie9916 7 місяців тому +56

      YES!!!!! I couldn’t agree more!!!
      I think we need to start a petition for FAH to join Greg and Little Alex Horne!

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +197

      Ah the problem is we never get asked!

    • @josephinecronin1195
      @josephinecronin1195 7 місяців тому +24

      That’d be something- Arms, though, with his legendary coordination 😂

    • @niseplank4527
      @niseplank4527 7 місяців тому +17

      I might die of happiness.

    • @shaunieluvsFAH4
      @shaunieluvsFAH4 7 місяців тому +5

      YEESSSSS!!!! I couldn't agree more!!!

  • @azurehanyo
    @azurehanyo 7 місяців тому +13

    “Perfect.”
    “And imperfect. You see, it’s all there, and so simple!”
    I love this sketch so very much.

  • @_Miri_
    @_Miri_ 7 місяців тому +108

    This is a comment for Emily S., the German subtitling superhero! Emily, if you read this by any chance: thanks a million for doing the German subs - if it wasn’t for you I wouldn’t be able to send this sketch on to EVERYONE in my contact list in the next couple of days! 😁🦸‍♀️
    Also, Christine the Ravenclaw, if you happen to be around as well: a huge thanks to you, too, for doing all those German subtitles in the past. 🦸‍♀️❤

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +40

      Vielen Dank Emily!

    • @emilys.6787
      @emilys.6787 7 місяців тому +45

      This absolutely made my day 🤗 It makes me so happy to hear that, thanks. Now, I can't wait to start today's subtitles. Have a great day!

    • @gimmethatplease2224
      @gimmethatplease2224 7 місяців тому +2

      Dies! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 7 місяців тому +16

      @@emilys.6787 Dankeschön Emily ❤️
      And thanks Miri for letting us know who to thank! ❤️

    • @nathalieb1626
      @nathalieb1626 7 місяців тому +5

      It's always a joy to subtitle these wordplay sketches, NOT... 🤣

  • @EmmaLiza
    @EmmaLiza 7 місяців тому +69

    Did this entire sketch arise out of Arms trying to convince the lads to learn German with him? 😂

    • @Ensign_Roque
      @Ensign_Roque 7 місяців тому +3

      That's a good idea maybe they can form a group 😂 (😅 right they already have one 🤯)and make a Arbeitskreis to ,,save time and improve their working habits"😂

  • @shellycb3973
    @shellycb3973 7 місяців тому +68

    As an Irish person who grew up in Germany I just love this! Brilliant writing, well done 👍

  • @katharinaeveliina
    @katharinaeveliina 7 місяців тому +453

    Hoffentlich kommt Foil damit klar, dass er im November dann überall Deutsch sprechen muss, nachdem er so mit seinen Kenntnissen angegeben hat. :D
    Vielen Dank für diesen Sketch!

    • @beatrixwillius
      @beatrixwillius 7 місяців тому +8

      Volle Kanne!

    • @Ensign_Roque
      @Ensign_Roque 7 місяців тому +1

      I'd like to hear more of that ❤😂

    • @RamblinRick_
      @RamblinRick_ 7 місяців тому +15

      There it is...end a German sentence with an English word, "Sketch"

    • @ElsebelseElsbeth
      @ElsebelseElsbeth 7 місяців тому +10

      Macht ja nix. Deutsch is ja so einfach zu lernen, wie wir jetzt gerade gelernt haben 😂

    • @Keyswiz71
      @Keyswiz71 7 місяців тому +2

      @@RamblinRick_ 😂😂😂😂

  • @IntensivePorpoise
    @IntensivePorpoise 7 місяців тому +13

    Top tip for learning German - fall in love with a German speaker. It provides excellent motivation, and you can pick up so much about German by translating backwards their Denglisch! The using the present tense to talk about the future, nobody needed to teach me that in a classroom.
    Caveat - might not work so well if their English is too good. So you've got to pick carefully.
    Downsides - the bilingual wedding invitations look very crowded, and you definitely need to avoid mentioning gifts!

    • @monikaherr3562
      @monikaherr3562 6 місяців тому +1

      My tip would be marry a German whose mother doesn’t speak English. Then you have someone to practice with (provider you like the Schwiegermutter natürlich).

    • @IntensivePorpoise
      @IntensivePorpoise 6 місяців тому

      @@monikaherr3562 yes, the mother-in-law factor definitely helps!

    • @torq42
      @torq42 Місяць тому

      I did that, married a german girl and learnt german quite quick. Now i am learning spanish and my wife wont let me have a spanish girlfriend. She is simply making things more difficult.

    • @IntensivePorpoise
      @IntensivePorpoise Місяць тому +1

      @@torq42 outrageous, I can't believe she's not supporting your learning ambitions.

  • @johndoe5555
    @johndoe5555 7 місяців тому +556

    As a Ukrainian refugee learning German, I'm crying a little...

    • @Nico-od4yv
      @Nico-od4yv 7 місяців тому +106

      Stay strong und Viel Erfolg!

    • @johndoe5555
      @johndoe5555 7 місяців тому +102

      @@Nico-od4yv
      Thank you. I do what I can. I got my mom and aunt out of the destroyed city and now I'm just trying to give them a safe place. I’m learning German and hope to find a job in Germany after that, because we have nowhere to return.

    • @brinkiTOgo
      @brinkiTOgo 7 місяців тому +44

      ​@@johndoe5555Viel Erfolg! I hope that you can create a safe place for your family and that you find a job. And I really hope that it's someday a place you can come home to.
      I'm not really sure how to say what I mean but I hope you understand.

    • @johndoe5555
      @johndoe5555 7 місяців тому +19

      @@brinkiTOgo
      yeah, I understand :)
      Thank you

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +138

      Goodluck with the job hunt and everything else. Love to you all

  • @miriam2526
    @miriam2526 7 місяців тому +29

    This video was eye opening, even for a German! 😂😂
    And, well, my absolute favourite, has to be Bürgermeister as well, never thought about that before. I'm working in a job where I have to talk to Bürgermeisters quite regularly, now I can never look at the again with a straight face 😂😂😂

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +5

      It's a great digestive

    • @AmandaKMason
      @AmandaKMason 7 місяців тому +1

      The old American Christmas cartoon "A Year Without Santa Claus" has a character called Bürgermeister Meisterburger

    • @philomena_def-not-malcolm
      @philomena_def-not-malcolm 7 місяців тому +2

      @@foilarmsandhog Are you talking about Bürgermeister or Jägermeister now? 😉

  • @KingKadem
    @KingKadem 7 місяців тому +29

    If I learned English in school from a woman who has only visited the UK for one month once then I don’t see any reason why language learners should have any problems with Arms.
    Cheers lads, to your brilliantly made video once again!

  • @strochnis33
    @strochnis33 7 місяців тому +7

    Let's salute Hog's tiny yet precious contribution to the bit: nice mugshot.

  • @mareikedregger1513
    @mareikedregger1513 7 місяців тому +8

    Mark Twain said: „Never knew before what eternity was made for. It is to give some of us a chance to learn German.“

  • @NapaValleyVegan
    @NapaValleyVegan 7 місяців тому +24

    Brilliant! If I had only followed your advice, I would be fluent in Deutsch. My biggest problem is that every Berliner under 40 refused to speak German. They would get so irritated by me and immediately switched to English. The gymnasium comment was perfect!
    Now I am in Sicily, destroying the Italian language! 😂

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +11

      Haha, they really do just change gears to English so quickly. Sicily sounds amazing

    • @daniellamcgee4251
      @daniellamcgee4251 7 місяців тому +5

      The Italian Termsinator.

    • @NapaValleyVegan
      @NapaValleyVegan 7 місяців тому

      @@daniellamcgee4251 😂

    • @NapaValleyVegan
      @NapaValleyVegan 7 місяців тому

      @@foilarmsandhog Sicily is beautiful 🤩 When all I have to do is work on my tan and eat gelato, the island is paradise. But when I have to live in the real world and accomplish something, the bureaucracy here is no joke! 😳 😆

    • @kapuzinergruft
      @kapuzinergruft 7 місяців тому +1

      Go to Munich or Dresden - people would speak German. Berliners are meant to be rude anyway.

  • @anniesoernym
    @anniesoernym 7 місяців тому +53

    Foil teaching Arms, and not the other way round, was a wonderful surprise! 😄
    Sooo looking forward to seeing you in Hamburg, lads! (And I can't believe it's not sold out already 😮)

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +14

      Nearly... big room!

    • @Timmahh85
      @Timmahh85 7 місяців тому +1

      I can't wait to bring my wife to your show in Hamburg, it's going to be epic! 😍🥳

    • @cherrypi_b
      @cherrypi_b 7 місяців тому +1

      Wrong city! Get on the train and go a little bit further to Berlin :D

    • @anniesoernym
      @anniesoernym 7 місяців тому

      @@cherrypi_b They were in Berlin last autumn, so I'm sure they'll come back in a while ☺️

  • @ananyachatterjee197
    @ananyachatterjee197 7 місяців тому +49

    Arms, I want to say thank you cuz I had to make a short video for work last week to make science look a bit fun and I used your patreon editing video as a guideline for which aspects I should focus on. Yesterday I presented it and it went well ❤ Thank you for being so inspirational and an absolute legend ❤

  • @glkification
    @glkification 7 місяців тому +8

    Groß(artig)! I very much enjoyed the perfect/imperfect joke you slipped in there. My favourite German word at the moment is einigeln, meaning "to hedgehog oneself", to isolate and curl away. The YT channel Get Germanized taught me that one!

    • @daniellamcgee4251
      @daniellamcgee4251 7 місяців тому +3

      Einigeln - to isolate; curl up (into a ball); to take a position of all-round defence. 🦔 I don't speak German. I just looked it up. Thank you for this wonderful word! 🦔

  • @Lesliekentyoutubeuser
    @Lesliekentyoutubeuser 7 місяців тому +29

    Arms does look like a teacher. As a teacher, I can assure kids would have loved to have such a funny and sweet guy as their teacher 😊

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 7 місяців тому +4

      The CHEEK he'd get upto though 😂

    • @philomena_def-not-malcolm
      @philomena_def-not-malcolm 7 місяців тому +3

      I loved the teacher role he played in the first Influencer Dad sketch!

    • @uroobataher7218
      @uroobataher7218 7 місяців тому +1

      He was a great maths teacher on Zoom during the early lockdown days too.

  • @Heleendje
    @Heleendje 7 місяців тому +21

    Ah the Great Educators ❤ love the Kidney Failure Boy Mug product placement 😅
    I always enjoy the dynamic between these two characters ❤

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +6

      Best/worst competition of all time

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 7 місяців тому +5

      Must hurt for the winners to see it on their table and not in their cupboards 😂

    • @philomena_def-not-malcolm
      @philomena_def-not-malcolm 7 місяців тому +3

      ​@@SamFAHntha I think that every time! 😂 And every time I wonder how many persons see it and wonder "Is this de facto MY mug, only Hog never got it posted..." 🤔 It gets philosophical at one point...

  • @IntensivePorpoise
    @IntensivePorpoise 7 місяців тому +16

    I love that you cast it that way round, you don't make things easy for yourself! I'd guess the hardest part for Foil to learn was the letter pronunciation part?

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +5

      Yes, that part was slightly tricky alright

  • @sarah.bea.
    @sarah.bea. 7 місяців тому +10

    “Descriptive - efficient - German” would be the perfect slogan for a German language school!
    Where did you get the slurring words technique from? That is actually really clever.

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +7

      Patent pending on that technique. We're gonna start our own language school, take the world by storm. Drunk Class

    • @sarah.bea.
      @sarah.bea. 7 місяців тому +1

      @@foilarmsandhog I‘d enrol in a heartbeat as long as the course doesn’t involve drinking Coors light 😅

    • @magmalin
      @magmalin 7 місяців тому +2

      @@foilarmsandhog Perfect for an Irish language school : "Spend seven drunken nights learning German"

    • @dgsquare
      @dgsquare 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@foilarmsandhog12 grands to enroll?

    • @suecole6473
      @suecole6473 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@foilarmsandhogTwelve grand?

  • @bernadinesavarin
    @bernadinesavarin 7 місяців тому +112

    The massive irony of Foil teaching Arms German instead of the other way round 🤣 I bet there are loads of German viewers and fans who were disappointed you didn't speak any German, Arms. Great sketch! 😀👍

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 7 місяців тому +16

      I swear they do it on purpose 😂

    • @Ensign_Roque
      @Ensign_Roque 7 місяців тому +3

      Yeah I think it's save to say they're doing it on purpose
      😂😅

  • @nastiavolynska
    @nastiavolynska 7 місяців тому +5

    😂😂😂 The "German teacher" ending just got me rolling on the floor 👌🏻🤣🤣 you guys are so hilarious! As a native German speaker, I can only imagine how German teacher Arms's students would end up speaking the language - I think they would give up and quickly turn to English or Irish instead 😢😂😂😅 I would love to teach you guys some interesting words like "Waldeinsamkeit" or "verschlimmbessern" or "gebetsmühlenartig", and also watch you go crazy over der, die, das 😆😏 or as we say in Germany: Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache 🇩🇪

  • @adhorapototry3329
    @adhorapototry3329 7 місяців тому +9

    As a foreign student in Germany, it hits so close to home. 😭😭😭 Except after 20 seconds, there's usually awkward silence. After that you try to revive the conversation by attempting something new, followed by more awkward silence. 😥 2:38

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 7 місяців тому +2

      Embrace the awkwardness I say. People love humility.

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +1

      Haha, love it! Also, sorry!

  • @sib113
    @sib113 7 місяців тому +43

    The worst part of learning german is spelling and pronouncing the long words that mean a sentence 😂

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +35

      Just shove all the verbs in a pile at the end

    • @ich8159
      @ich8159 7 місяців тому +5

      So funktioniert das aber nicht! ☝🏻😂

    • @jayATUK
      @jayATUK 7 місяців тому +6

      Rinderkennzeichnungsfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz. To be fair, it's kinda hard figuring out what it's even trying to say XD There are just too many words packed into it. But Finnish isn't bad at that sort of thing either: Lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas (airplane jet turbine engine auxiliary mechanic non-commissioned officer student)

    • @jayATUK
      @jayATUK 7 місяців тому +3

      @@foilarmsandhog Ah but the beauty of those long words is that there are no verbs at all 😁 Piling them up at the end works great for actual sentences though.
      "Ich verhielt mich so ruhig, dass man die Fliegen an der Wand hätte sollen gehen können hören." (I remained so calm that it should have been possible to be able to hear the flies on the wall walk (around).)

    • @daniellamcgee4251
      @daniellamcgee4251 7 місяців тому

      ​@@ich8159But works is how not? - Is that the literal translation of your German sentence into English?

  • @kedaver263
    @kedaver263 7 місяців тому +23

    Love that you lads dont jump onto viral trends and do your own thing! Thanks to that we get to learn new things every Thursday 🤓

  • @the_well-known_stranger2275
    @the_well-known_stranger2275 7 місяців тому +65

    As someone who recently got back from an exchange in Germany this sketch was incredibly accurate. Especially the ‘they’ll want to practice their English’ line

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 7 місяців тому +9

      Yeah I've heard it's hard to learn German in certain parts of Germany 😂

    • @linam764
      @linam764 7 місяців тому +7

      It's the same in Norway, so it's hard for English speakers to find the motivation to learn Norwegian.

    • @FreyjaRKim
      @FreyjaRKim 7 місяців тому +10

      My German friend once told me, "When you visit Germany, once they know you speak English, the Germans will start using English to speak with you." 😂

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +15

      Yeah that was our biggest take home from our last trip there!

    • @Ensign_Roque
      @Ensign_Roque 7 місяців тому +6

      So the trick would be to try to make them believe that you are actually don't know any english. So you can practise your german 😂

  • @Widdekuu91
    @Widdekuu91 7 місяців тому +6

    As a Dutchie that appreciates the language of the neighbours, thankyou.

  • @brinkiTOgo
    @brinkiTOgo 7 місяців тому +18

    As a German and a linguist, I found this brilliant 😂
    And sadly the show in Cologne is already sold out 😢 it would have been close for me to go to

    • @blairfus
      @blairfus 7 місяців тому +4

      The handshoe or the footshoe?

    • @BirgitProfessional
      @BirgitProfessional 7 місяців тому +4

      Still some tickets left for Hamburg, I actually just got some 🤩
      I'm never this spontaneous and it's an 8-hour drive, but I just had to!

    • @brinkiTOgo
      @brinkiTOgo 7 місяців тому

      @@blairfus The handshoe of course :P

  • @barbaraprimon
    @barbaraprimon 7 місяців тому +11

    German teacher…! Always that turning point that gives all the sense to the sketch..! 😆

  • @Anna.Popovic
    @Anna.Popovic 7 місяців тому +19

    One of my favourite ones this year 😅Love me some needlessly complex German compound words, maybe it's time to come up with some FAH specific ones. This sketch definitely lived up to my Donnerstagspaßvorfreude at any rate

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +5

      👌

    • @_Miri_
      @_Miri_ 7 місяців тому +3

      I have a new favourite word! 😍

    • @Ensign_Roque
      @Ensign_Roque 7 місяців тому +2

      😂 Good one

    • @Anna.Popovic
      @Anna.Popovic 7 місяців тому +2

      @@_Miri_ now somebody put it on a T-shirt, stat! 😉

    • @IntensivePorpoise
      @IntensivePorpoise 7 місяців тому +5

      @@Anna.Popovic it will need to be a long sleeve one, to have enough space to write it.

  • @faolan2174
    @faolan2174 7 місяців тому +5

    I studied German for years and even lived in Germany. This sketch nailed it so well. XD especially the part about a conversation never lasting longer than 20 seconds before the Germans want to practice English. That line was so spot on! XD

  • @backpackingprofessor
    @backpackingprofessor 7 місяців тому +32

    I'm super impressed: They know so much about German! I'm actually a German teacher, I'll use this video to teach my students pronunciation 🤣

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 7 місяців тому +4

      Lean back on your chair sipping a margarita 😂

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +22

      Just get them drunk, it's quicker

    • @Ensign_Roque
      @Ensign_Roque 7 місяців тому

      ​@@foilarmsandhog😂 😅

    • @elisatorres7188
      @elisatorres7188 7 місяців тому

      ​@@foilarmsandhog😂😂

  • @donaz2739
    @donaz2739 7 місяців тому +28

    😂😂😂 you have no idea how much I love this sketch 👋🏻 from someone who gave up learning German many years ago

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 7 місяців тому +1

      It's easy until it's too hard 😩😂

  • @dorismidge8762
    @dorismidge8762 7 місяців тому +1

    Your sketches really give me something to look forward to every week! Thank you!

  • @IntensivePorpoise
    @IntensivePorpoise 7 місяців тому +5

    Ausgezeichnet! Where was Foil to give me confidence when I started the long hard slog of learning German. I could have used all these tips.
    "Perfect."
    "And imperfect."
    😂
    Best line. So simple, so daft, such perfekt delivery.

  • @SofieBjorkheim
    @SofieBjorkheim 7 місяців тому +4

    I'm 38 days into learning German. Even better is that some words are equal in Swedish, too, so I knew even more words before I even started. Like gift is poison in Swedish too (and also married lol).

  • @MairiAngwen
    @MairiAngwen 7 місяців тому +8

    I always love the language-related sketches! Also, Foil teaching Arms and not the other way around? The punchline was just brilliant. Great way to put Hog in a sketch btw
    I've been meaning to ask you for a while - is Foil secretly living in Spain? He is sooooo tanned, especially compared to Hog right beside him.

    • @Ensign_Roque
      @Ensign_Roque 7 місяців тому +2

      Maybe he lives secretly in Portugal like a certain someone 😮😂

    • @bernadinesavarin
      @bernadinesavarin 7 місяців тому +2

      It's the exposure to the sun that he gets from cycling everywhere 😀

    • @MairiAngwen
      @MairiAngwen 7 місяців тому

      @@bernadinesavarin does he now? Good for him!

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +5

      I actually think that's right. Love to be secretly running off to Spain every weekedn though!

    • @MairiAngwen
      @MairiAngwen 7 місяців тому

      @@foilarmsandhog Ryanair flights are still cheap, right? Also, by now probably every Ryanair employee knows FAH :)

  • @ananyachatterjee197
    @ananyachatterjee197 7 місяців тому +9

    Foil always gets the memorizing big dialogues job 😂

    • @MairiAngwen
      @MairiAngwen 7 місяців тому +5

      He has proven himself with the Brexit song

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +4

      Gotta love a challenge

    • @ananyachatterjee197
      @ananyachatterjee197 7 місяців тому +2

      @@foilarmsandhog then may be we can have a FAH sketch quiz with you as a contestant, Foil? Are you up for THAT challenge? 🤣

  • @tlamiczka
    @tlamiczka 7 місяців тому +4

    English: Butterfly...
    French: Papillon...
    Italian: Farfalla...
    German: SCHMETTERLING!!!!!!

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому

      I love that word

    • @aliya_punkenglish
      @aliya_punkenglish 7 місяців тому +1

      butter+fly is even worse, come to think of it. My personal choice is 'farfalla', especially when it comes to pasta.

    • @magmalin
      @magmalin 7 місяців тому +1

      And in Spanish it's mariposa. So what? Nothing funny about any of these words

    • @somebodyCHBiH
      @somebodyCHBiH 7 місяців тому +1

      Sommervogu (Sommervogel) in Switzerland

  • @freeindeed7
    @freeindeed7 7 місяців тому +3

    Thank you, love the sketch! Both educational and funny :D

  • @olivercorrigan9169
    @olivercorrigan9169 7 місяців тому +3

    Loved it guys, brilliant as ever!

  • @Kappinr1
    @Kappinr1 7 місяців тому

    Just bought Tickets for your Night in Hamburg. Thx for the reminder! Looking forward for seeing you guys live!🎉

  • @MSte21
    @MSte21 7 місяців тому +2

    My headcanon is that this is Oisin grown up and remembering the hacks he used from his exchange trip to Germany.

  • @JulieIre123
    @JulieIre123 7 місяців тому +10

    These lads content never fail to disappoint

  • @thepiratehobbit
    @thepiratehobbit 7 місяців тому +6

    That Kidney Failure Boy mug is going to forever haunt us isn't it 😂 but that being red, the yellow phone and the black table...was that intentional? 🇩🇪🤔😂

    • @Ensign_Roque
      @Ensign_Roque 7 місяців тому +1

      I wonder if there is ever something not intentional in their sketches 😅

  • @willichnichwissen
    @willichnichwissen 7 місяців тому +1

    This was hilarious! I’m also super happy you finally added Copenhagen to the tour! I lived there last year and had to travel all the way to Berlin even though you had tour dates in all the other Nordic capitals!

  • @cinemagnolia
    @cinemagnolia 7 місяців тому +2

    Brilliant sketch! It actually made me want to learn German again (I studied it for almost ten years but forgot a lot). Thank you for the laughs and for the inspiration guys!

  • @christinashelby6083
    @christinashelby6083 7 місяців тому +4

    Gut gemacht! This skit is a million times better knowing German. Painful but true, lol. Seemed weird to have Foil giving Arms the German "lesson," though!

  • @karenrussell5831
    @karenrussell5831 7 місяців тому +7

    Good to see Foil has lost his bandage 🥹 Love seeing a drunk Foil and the sketch is made funnier knowing Arms will forget more German than Foil will ever know 😆

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 7 місяців тому

      Oh WHAT a BURN hahaha

  • @mohamedakachat3737
    @mohamedakachat3737 7 місяців тому +1

    Such creativity, love it ❤

  • @MrMighty147
    @MrMighty147 7 місяців тому +3

    This incredible. So well written and incredibly accurate 😅

  • @melinda8980
    @melinda8980 7 місяців тому +8

    Das war brilliant, Jungs! 😉 Had I known all these hacks back then, I could have saved myself long years at uni. 😀 Grüße aus Deutschland from an actual German teacher 🙋🏼‍♀️

  • @lagoondiver
    @lagoondiver 7 місяців тому +7

    I'm Dutch so you'd think that learning German should have been a piece of cake for me in high school...until you get to the more advanced grammar...I honestly still don't know how I struggled through the written exams 😂

    • @foreverfourteen
      @foreverfourteen 7 місяців тому +3

      the articles, the conjugations, tons of plural forms, + Nederlands has so much more international words. Studying Dutch did help me with reading in German, but speaking/writing is still difficult.

  • @asmrwithdora8464
    @asmrwithdora8464 7 місяців тому +1

    Excellent script, perfectly delivered. 👏👏

  • @copiouscareerist
    @copiouscareerist 7 місяців тому +1

    Very funny!! Always look forward to Thursday morning funnies!! Missed you, Hog!! xoxoxo

  • @cheerfulcharlie9916
    @cheerfulcharlie9916 7 місяців тому +20

    I know lots of people love the premier posts, getting insight into what FAH chaos will drop at 8am, but as someone who LOVES surprises, I so love not getting spoilers, getting all the joyous wonder in one hit 😀

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 7 місяців тому +1

      The surprise is great for sure.
      I do miss a bit of memeFAH though haha, but that's okay 😊

    • @bernadinesavarin
      @bernadinesavarin 7 місяців тому

      THANK YOU SO MUCH!! At least I'm not the only lone voice in the wilderness about this. Wednesday nights are a nightmare to stay out of social media to avoid spoilers!

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +4

      I'd be with you on this. Hate knowing anything about what I'm gonna watch

    • @bernadinesavarin
      @bernadinesavarin 7 місяців тому +1

      @@SamFAHntha You could probably do it after the sketch is officially released

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 7 місяців тому

      @@bernadinesavarin this is true!

  • @jennywinter7715
    @jennywinter7715 7 місяців тому +6

    Ahhh this takes me right back to learning German at school! Great sketch, as ever! See ya in London!

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +2

      See ay there! Thanks for getting tix

  • @silasmetzger1377
    @silasmetzger1377 7 місяців тому +1

    I love your content and waited years for you to do your brilliant jokes about our funny language :)

  • @user-uo4ll7gq3z
    @user-uo4ll7gq3z 7 місяців тому +1

    Love the wordplay! ❤️

  • @IntensivePorpoise
    @IntensivePorpoise 7 місяців тому +3

    Question: last week Foil said to tell them what we really thought about the sketch by coming to see them at a live show. And in the past has said in Interviews they'd rather be told what doesn't work than what does, the laughter having already made that clear.
    So... hand over a sheet of notes in red pen after the gig yes/no?

    • @nathalieb1626
      @nathalieb1626 7 місяців тому +1

      I would love to see his face then! 😂

    • @IntensivePorpoise
      @IntensivePorpoise 7 місяців тому

      @@nathalieb1626 you might get the chance 😉

  • @Srynan
    @Srynan 7 місяців тому +25

    As a german, this made me realize why it was relatively easy to learn a lot of english words quickly. Although - the pronounciation is def. Not easy 😂

    • @daniellamcgee4251
      @daniellamcgee4251 7 місяців тому +2

      Old English was a Germanic language, hence the commonalities. 😊

    • @nathalieb1626
      @nathalieb1626 7 місяців тому

      @@daniellamcgee4251 Old English was placed in the Anglo Frisian group of Western Germanic languages. English got influenced by Germanic languages (Scandinavian, German and Dutch) and by the French (romanic) language because of the Normandic and the Brittany influences (Brittany = Bretagne, French region) through history. English has influences too from older anglo saxon languages and/or dialects.

  • @elinahans
    @elinahans 7 місяців тому +2

    Thank you guys, that video is just amazing. Usually I learn english, when I watch your videos, because my english teacher told us to listen to native speakers, it would help our pronounciation, but this time it was just fun, to realize how "easy" german is. 😂
    You just forget about that, when you speak it since forever. I'm from Germany by the way.😅
    PS: I had to look up like 5 words, so I would spell them correctly, so sorry for any misstakes. 😊

  • @nicoleunnithan-brauch1354
    @nicoleunnithan-brauch1354 7 місяців тому

    Already got tickets for Hamburg, very much looking forward to it!

  • @jayATUK
    @jayATUK 7 місяців тому +9

    And then, once you've mastered German, go and visit Switzerland 😂😂 But you can start with Southern, then Western Austria to "ease" you into it

  • @girlwithoutpearlearring
    @girlwithoutpearlearring 7 місяців тому +6

    As a German I deeply appreciate this sketch on a level I can't even put in to words ❤😂

  • @kwibuw
    @kwibuw 7 місяців тому +2

    And: Add "zeug" for a noun:
    Drums: Schlag-zeug (Hit-stuff)
    Airplane: Flug-zeug (Fly-stuff)
    Toy: Spiel-zeug (Play-stuff)
    Car: Fahr-zeug (drive-stuff)
    Pens/Pencils: Schreib-zeug (writing-stuff)
    Needle&Yarn: Näh-zeug (sewing-stuff)

  • @allyson1691
    @allyson1691 7 місяців тому +1

    Smart, incisive and funny! What a combo. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💖

  • @rain_of_parsley
    @rain_of_parsley 7 місяців тому +5

    I already have my tickets for a show in Germany, I am looking forward to it so much!
    This skit was brilliant.

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 7 місяців тому +1

      Ahhh have a great time Parsley Rain

    • @rain_of_parsley
      @rain_of_parsley 7 місяців тому +1

      @@SamFAHntha Thank you :-)

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +2

      Thanks! See you soon. Glad ya enjoyed the sketch :)

  • @Alopex1
    @Alopex1 7 місяців тому +3

    As a native German speaker, I must say this is 100% spot on. Laughed my arse off :D

  • @samdurrant9238
    @samdurrant9238 7 місяців тому

    I always love the language sketches!

  • @gagandeepsinghmalhotra6133
    @gagandeepsinghmalhotra6133 7 місяців тому

    This is so Perfectly delivered

  • @user-uo4ll7gq3z
    @user-uo4ll7gq3z 7 місяців тому +5

    This is so clever! 🤭
    Love the wordplay! ❤️
    And the slick hits! *efficient 😅
    I only recently learned that my HS Spanish teacher spoke French and got by with Spanish bc they were so similar! 😂 (He taught both, to be fair.)
    Wonderful script.
    Kudos to all German teachers (and ex-German teachers) everywhere! And to FAH for educating us with comedy! 🫶🏼👏🏽

  • @newshefan
    @newshefan 7 місяців тому +10

    Not sure why UA-cam decided in recent months that I would like to watch two German friends joke about the past and the totally-not-scary German fairy tales, and a Vietnamese student studying in Germany so this video had me questioning if it was that easy learning the language. Ah lads, you got me again! 😂

    • @foilarmsandhog
      @foilarmsandhog  7 місяців тому +7

      Oh god your algorithm ..

    • @newshefan
      @newshefan 7 місяців тому +1

      @@foilarmsandhog the algorithm did become weird around this month. Lots of channels and content I've not indicated interest in but a few were okay. Recalling how I found your channel, it likely was the right guess thinking I like trio comedy groups from Ireland with funny nicknames and who haven't done live shows in my country yet. It helps that it also guessed that I like listening to punny songs 😁

    • @Ensign_Roque
      @Ensign_Roque 7 місяців тому +3

      So you watched the totaly not scary german fairy tales too 😂😅 and the other stuff.

    • @newshefan
      @newshefan 7 місяців тому +1

      @@Ensign_Roque lol yes indeed

    • @sonofagun4125
      @sonofagun4125 7 місяців тому +4

      Uyen ❤

  • @Caphalor951
    @Caphalor951 7 місяців тому

    Hamburg! I'm so excited about it! I'm doing a city trip to Hamburg because of your show (I'm actually from the Netherlands)

  • @josestirtabudi6247
    @josestirtabudi6247 7 місяців тому

    I lost it at the end. Good work lads!

  • @MansiPabari
    @MansiPabari 7 місяців тому +3

    From someone who learned German as a foreign language, this is so relatable and very clever indeed. Gut gemacht! Viel Spaß in Hamburg!

  • @heather5494
    @heather5494 7 місяців тому +4

    Brilliant punchline! And efficient way of getting hog into a sketch - put him on a mug.

  • @nordishbynature268
    @nordishbynature268 7 місяців тому +1

    Hilarious, famous, outstanding fun! Thanks for this sketch!!! 😂😂😂

  • @ACEM1306
    @ACEM1306 7 місяців тому +3

    Foil got the job offer of 'The Arms translator' in the outro 😂

  • @user-dj6rt6kb5r
    @user-dj6rt6kb5r 7 місяців тому +4

    „German words are words mushed together“.
    *Rinderkennzeichnungsfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz* : You don’t say?

    • @SamFAHntha
      @SamFAHntha 7 місяців тому

      Even considering reading that word is giving me a headache 😂

  • @thomasgeddes4817
    @thomasgeddes4817 7 місяців тому +2

    Just reminded me that the only German i remember from school is "Das stoplicht ist kaputt." You never know when it may come in handy though. I always look forward to Thursday mornings. You never fail to raise a laugh. Good luck with the tour.

    • @philomena_def-not-malcolm
      @philomena_def-not-malcolm 7 місяців тому

      You might make money from that. By stopping vehicles, saying that and writing a ticket for 20 €...

  • @dramalexi
    @dramalexi 7 місяців тому +1

    Writing short stories I always enjoy the discussions in the forum about the 16 different articles. German is always so easy.

  • @Nariasan
    @Nariasan 7 місяців тому +4

    Geiler Sketch!! I'm German and think this is absolutely top notch! Even better my mum (German) is the one who sent it to me! (And if you can make my mum laugh, you're the best in the world 😉 )

  • @catcat8890
    @catcat8890 7 місяців тому +3

    My second language is English and after I turned 30 years old, I moved to Germany and have learned it. German is not easy at all but this video is hilarious.😂

  • @slainiae
    @slainiae 7 місяців тому +1

    Feelin' Dank. Always stuck in my mind as the way to say it and to have a inward giggle.

  • @vesela9165
    @vesela9165 7 місяців тому +3

    I am currently learning German and this was actually helpful

  • @katiesmith9482
    @katiesmith9482 7 місяців тому +5

    I know very little German, aside from schwarze Strumpfhosen (for reasons i can't remember) so this was a very useful and informative video.
    FAH, ever the great educators.

  • @blessedone5726
    @blessedone5726 7 місяців тому

    You are so great, as always you make my day❤😂😊