Quick-Start Your German: Essential Vocabulary, Grammar, and Cultural Insights in Just 40 Minutes!
👋 Hallo Studenten!
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👨💻Video Lesson Quiz: free.germanwithlaura.com/40-M...
📙Pronunciation PDF Guide: free.germanwithlaura.com/pron...
📚 What You Will Learn:
1️⃣ My All-Time Favorite German Word: The word that you'll find yourself using every single day.
2️⃣ Vocabulary Essentials: Get a head-start on essential phrases and words that you'll need in daily conversations.
3️⃣ Grammar Guru: Understanding sentence structures has never been so straightforward!
4️⃣ Perfect Pronunciation: Say goodbye to language barriers with our pronunciation guide.
5️⃣ Cultural Insights: Learn the 'Do's and 'Don'ts' to effortlessly fit into German culture.
6️⃣ Express Yourself: Discover easy ways to express your needs without any confusion.
7️⃣ The Magic of Manners: Learn the polite phrases that make all the difference in social interactions.
8️⃣ Count on Numbers: Master German numbers without breaking a sweat.
📝 PLUS: A custom quiz designed exclusively for this video! Pay close attention, and you'll ace it!
🎤 About the Laura Bennett:
Laura has years of experience in teaching German, cutting through the jargon and complexity to give you exactly what you need to know. With a passion for linguistics and a focus on practical learning, you're in the best hands to start your German journey.
🛠️ Resources:
🔗 Take the video quiz: forms.gle/5j1dJCHTncL16axPA
🔗 Free German Grammar course: unlockinggermangrammar.com
📙Pronunciation PDF Guide: free.germanwithlaura.com/pron...
🌟 Why This Video?
If this is your first-time learning German or even if you've tried before, this video is your one-stop-shop. We delve into not just vocabulary, but also grammar, pronunciation, and even cultural norms that are usually glossed over elsewhere. This isn't your standard language course; it's a fast-tracked journey to German mastery.
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So, let's dive right in! Bis bald! 🇩🇪✨
So looking forward to these new videos from German with Laura. Looking forward to see what is coming from our great German instructor. Anyone not subscribed yet make sure you do as you don’t want to miss any new content that comes out.
Thank you so much for your work here. I'm older now and learning another language that has had some influence on Amercian English can be difficult because of bad pronunciations. The way you teach is perfect for my brain. All the little details and WHY they are there is the information I need. Danke
You're very welcome!
17:40 A good movie here on KZhead is Nico's Weg about a man from Spain who comes to Germany to surprise his aunt.
Du bist nett und super lehrerin
So happy I found you Laura!! Love the apps but so much easier learning German from an adult North American English perspective!! Danke! Danke!
This is why I love what I do! I'm very glad to be a part of your learning German journey!
You explain it in a fun and practical way, and you do it for free, it's really great. My German is between A2-B1, but most of the topics were not fully understood in my mind. Thanks to your videos and methods, I am completing the missing points. Thank you very much teacher Laura :))
So great to hear. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, excellent way to explain
Laura’s lessons are the best !
Es ist einfacher für the beginner. Vielen Dank.
Thanks ma'am, so easy with you, deep appreciation to you ma'am
Suppper Teacher of German Language for me
Your learning way makes me wo open my mind to a total new way idea to face German easier than what I expected ....
15:50 my German teacher taught us the z sound by having us say "let's" and then practice dropping the "le" part.
Your teaching is Marvelous!
Super teacher for students
Wunderbar. Danke schön
Glad it was helpful.
👏👏👏I love it
Awesome girl, awesome teacher.
danke frau laura
I have been watching all your old videos and I cannot tell you hope happy I was to see that you have new uploads 😊 i absolutely love tour style of teaching. For someone who has been living in Munich for almost two years now and still struggling to converse in German, your videos gives me confidence in my German language skills. Thank you Laura. Looking forward to more videos
Thank you so much!!
Super pronounciation tips
This really helped with some pronunciations. Thank you.
I'm so glad!
Wow I thank God for you Laura… your classes and style of teaching is really helping me learn German ❤
I'm so glad!
Fantastic resource for anyone diving into German! Thanks for making learning German so accessible!
Happy to help!
Sehr glücklich mit dir Lehrer!
Laura, you are the best Lehrer!!!!
lehrerin
Wow this has really helped as I can see much better after buying a new tablet to see the words alot clearer!! I like how you pronounce the German words and see the spellings too. I will continue studying your videos until I am comfortable with my progress!!!! Danke!!😊❤❤!!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Laura, I love your teaching style. I'm currently taking your German Foundations course and it's terrific!🤗 I am so excited to have found this particular video on sounds and pronunciation.👏 I absolutely love the sound of German and you make it so much easier to understand (and to start in the kiddie pool instead of jumping in the deep in and hoping to swim ).😉 Thank you for the work you do. I look forward to absorbing every single word you say and hopefully sound as lovely as you when I speak the language.🙂
So glad to hear you are enjoying German Foundations! Thanks for studying with me!
Early for the class
Frau Laura du bist interesante und super Leherin
Thank you!
23:10 my German professor in college suggested for umlauts to form the letter with your lips and then try to say a long "e". So make the "o" lips shape while saying "ee" and you can get pretty close to that "ö" sound. 😊
Thanks for the suggestion!
An idea here for a future video. Naturally, we are all very different in many aspects (e.g., the sound of our voices, the placement of our voices (some higher, some lower), physiognomy, accents, speaking habits, native languages, other (non-native) languages, learning abilities, age, and so on and so forth). But why is pronouncing German so difficult? Why is it so difficult going from one consonant to the next? What I am referring to is the *physical exertion* often required of a non-native German speaker to string together some basic, simple words into a sentence. I often find myself tensing my neck muscles (both back and sides) or my throat or my jaw or my tongue or my lips, often all of them at once, in order to produce and project the sounds I want and the exertion leaves me feeling exhausted. Also, I notice that native German speakers seem to produce their sounds at the front of the mouth. But I find myself often producing sounds in the back of my throat and then I am too far back to quickly reach the front for the next vowel or consonant. And it is not just going from consonant to consonant but also often, too, from vowel to vowel or consonant to vowel and vice versa. I am aware that insecurity and fear (over losing control in the moment, at any moment ---- control over using the right words, word order, conjugation, pronouns, declensions, and, of course, pronunciation) play a role in all this but is not all. Often if I focus on grammar then the pronunciation goes south. Or the opposite. Once in a blue moon everything comes together but not before a lot of trial and error, with no guarantee that the next time will go as well. So, to recap, what I am interested in is knowing how other non-native speakers of German have overcome the physical act of speaking German and how was relaxation of all muscles involved (and of mind) achieved and so forth. Thank you for your insights.
That's an interesting idea. I might just put that on the list for the future. Thank you for sharing.
@@GermanwithLauraIt would be great if you could upload something on this topic sometime. It is a complicated subject for the reasons I mentioned, and probably more that I didn’t. Thank you.
Hallo Laura! Ein kleiner Tip: Wenn du deine Zuschauer begrüßt, sage nicht "Hallo Studenten", sondern sage "Hallo liebe Zuschauer" oder "Hallo ihr Lieben". Das Wort "Student" wird im Deutschen nur für Lehrlinge an einer Universität genutzt und ist in diesem Zusammenhang nicht gebräuchlich. Jemand, der eine Sprache in der Schule oder privat lernt und nicht studiert, ist ein "Lerner" oder "Schüler". Ist mir schon öfter aufgefallen, deswegen. Viele Grüße aus Münster in Westfalen!😅
Thank you so much for your comment! I appreciate the reminder!
I learned the soft one is the same sound as when we mimic a cat's hiss
Hi Laura, can you recommend any series to watch as a beginner to practice listening? Hopefully available here at KZhead! Thanks!
Hi there! Laura actually recommends these stages to learning: Grammar Vocabulary Reading Writing Listening Pronunciation While getting some beginner listening in sounds like a good idea, having some of the other aspects of German sorted first is our suggestion for success! Happy learning, Nicole GwL Team
Me again. I had a chance to speak to Laura after a meeting and wanted to correct myself. She said: "Starting right away with beginner pronunciation while listening to German music and singing along is a great option. Once someone is really reading to jump in, they would want grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening paired together, then writing and pronunciation." Sorry I got a little mixed up on the progression! So, I don't really have a series to recommend, but any music you can listen to in German would be a good starting place. Laura also has a video that talks about the learning progression here: kzhead.info/sun/i92vmKmLbIpqnps/bejne.html Best, Nicole GwL Team
Hello do you also provide one on one class? Especially online class? 😢
Thanks for asking! Laura would consider private tutoring, but only after students complete all of her online courses first. :) -Nicole , GwL Team
Wo ist die PDF-Datei?
Oops, thanks for pointing this out! We forgot about the PDF. *facepalm* Check back in a few days and we'll have it up. Sorry for the wait!
germanwithlaura.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Pronunciation-Guide.pdf Here is the link. Thank you for your patience and I hope you find this helpful.
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pdf where
Oops, thanks for pointing this out! We forgot about the PDF. *facepalm* Check back in a few days and we'll have it up. Sorry for the wait!
germanwithlaura.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Pronunciation-Guide.pdf Here is the link. Thank you for your patience and I hope you find this helpful.
Helene Fischers musik
Greetings Lehrer Laura thanks to the Almighty God for your services, can you take my hand so we can walk together
😞 *promosm*
أنت ترثارت وكثيرة الكلام
I wish I had a German girlfriend..lol.