Weird Things Germans Do | Easy German 383
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Host of this episode: Carina Schmid (www.carisafari.de)
Camera: Janusz Hamerski
Edit: Janusz Hamerski / Carina Schmid
Translation: Ben Eve
I really enjoyed Janush's comments about shouting. Usually when you learn a language you only receive positive information and once in a while you want to know how to argue or verbally stand your ground. So that was nice.
Totally agreed , the problem is , when you even try to speak your mind , using German , doesn’t sound like , your are standing your Ground , sounds very funny , what I do is just use more high level words , and that embarrass and annoy them the most ... ( I learn that after many years )
@@juanpedro4083 ????????????
Weird Things Germans Do?...Start World Wars? :P
there is very a useful (and my favourite) video with Janusz "How to argue in German" kzhead.info/sun/gKatiNhwjZeIiKM/bejne.html
The saddest thing about me learning german is that, when I learned english or french, or even when I was trying to speak spanish I was never forced to learn how to scream back at people just because they are mean to you. But unfortunately I had to learn this here in Germany and I find it just very sad because it says a lot about the culture.
9:00 Carina teaches how to speak, Janusz teaches how to live! Love you guys!
I caught a bus in Berlin and told the driver where i needed to go. My German is probably as good as most five year olds. He was so angry that i was not a 'Berliner' ( a doughnut) that he interrupted me and shouted in my face " NUR DEUTSCH NUR DEUTSCH !" I then answered " Das war meine Deutsch ! Es ist ein bischen langweilig und einfach ABER ES IST DEUTSCH!" The best thing happened then- the people on the bus applauded me ! I am not usually so brave but he made me so angry! It seems crazy that the bus drivers are so rude when they are picking up people from the Hauptnahnhof from all over the world, who speak no german :( I understand everything must run on time, everything must be efficient ( my mother is swiss so i get it !( but i only said a few words before he shot me down. I still go to germany whenever i can ( I live in australia) but not Berlin.
Wow! That's insane! I heard that Berlin bus drivers actually get special trainings now on how too be kind as there were too many of these incidents. 🙈Please come back in the future! ❤️
@@EasyGerman Five years ago in Berlin a bus driver yelled at us "I have no time" just because we were being too slow getting on the bus (we weren't sure where it was going) and also the thing with bicycle lanes happened to us a lot!In Hamburg some guy almost ran me over with his bike and it was not even a bycicle lane but I love Germany all the same!I think everywhere in the world people do things that could be strange to others!:)
You're right, that he shouldn't be any rude, but in these times, when you have everything on your mobile, it shows you the details about public transport (if the other information-boards wouldn't be useful) you ask the bus driver. The bus driver's job is to drive the bus. Before the pandemic i regularly used one of the bus lines in my city, which is the most used by tourists, and it is unbelievable, how many of them with the best smartphones can't find out the basic informations, that are shown in every bus stations, and on the buses as well.
@@reupload8296 Some tourist don't have internet access on their phones to look up for that information, and if you visit a new city for the first time it takes a few days to get used to the way public transportation works. And sometimes, if you don't know the language, you definitely can't understand the basic information shown on buses.
@@dumpit3583 In Italy, bus drivers are more used to people\tourists asking things, but sometimes they can be pretty rude too :)
Janusz , du hast ja völlig Recht ! 👍🤷🏻♂️
In allem?
Stimmt, das schreien ist etwas wirklich sehr sehr unangenehmes. Ich bin "froh" dass ich nicht die einzige bin die so denkt. Danke Janusz!
Es gibt auch Buchstaben-Salat, der ist auch ohne Mayonnaise.
Wurstsalat ebenso. Keine Ahnung ob man das im Rest-Deutschland kennt.
...und den Bandsalat nicht zu vergessen! Kennen aber nur Ältere, die wissen, was eine Musikkassette ist... 😉
@@petereggers7603 yesterday I pooped at my girlfriend's house. it was embarrassing. my girlfriend heard me farting. 
Kabelsalat giebt es auch.
The one thing that always puts me off is that whenever I go order food somewhere they seem to expect me to know exactly what I want right away and they're so so annoyed that I take more than 5 seconds looking at the menu to choose. Excuse me if you have too many options and I have to look at the ingredients to know if I'll like it or not, I'm not a regular in this establishment, lol.
Of course. You are wasting their time. In most places in Germany you have a menu laying or hanging around somewhere (except actual/fine restaurants). Read it first, decide what you want and than get in line and/or order the food. The same reason is why Germans are annoyed when you take extra time at a checkout of a super market. To a german it’s like you are saying: “my time is more worth than all of those who are waiting behind me together. So it’s totally fine that i waste theirs.” Of course you don’t mean it that way. But Germans just don’t want to waste the time of others, and if you do it, you seem to them as being extremely rude and selfish. (The same reasoning goes btw for why they/we respect traffic lights etc. so much) (And if your are in a restaurant and encounter this problem, normally you get the menu and only order drinks right away (no need to order food). You than should than have plenty of time till he gets back with the drinks (they take extra long for that) to decide what you want to eat)
I had the same experience several times. Even better, if the restaurant is something exotic, so you can't figure out, what the dish is like just by it's name and by a picture in some cases.
@@AnEngineerInEurope I think Germans are just more prone to impatience and tend become irritated very easily
Thats right my brother. They take life as a race. life is like a rat race even if you win u are still a rat. Its important to also give and not only take.
@@AnEngineerInEurope That would possibly be an acceptable explanation in those situations you described when the behavior of one person affects all the others. However, I often do get quite the angry/impatient stares even when I'm alone at a 24-hour döner place at midnight and there's nobody else behind me (and they're not gonna close anytime soon anyways). Also when there are more people in line I definitely grab a menu and decide what I want *out of line* so that other people can make their orders before me and I STILL get the impatient stares or comments because I took too long. Quite the anxious people, I must say. Take it easy, everybody. Breathe.
Great episode. Janusz makes me laugh! My favorite strange thing that happened in Germany was, when I was visiting Heidelberg, I stopped with my German-born wife at a biergarten. There were no empty tables, but a older gentleman invited us to sit at his table with him, and we had a pleasant conversation before he left. This would not happen in America - it would be very strange to share your table with strangers! Thank you for making Easy German!
Yeah that's great! And you can ask people if they would share their table with you if there are empty seats. Most of the time you will get a 'yeah sure'. 😊 But usually not inside of a restaurant I guess. 🤔
This is how it's suppose to work in Biergärten...
We make always thr same. We invides other people to sit with us toghter. I like nice conversation.
Based on my experience, if you ask in english, people would respond in german, if you ask in german, the response would be in english!
Lmao so true
I agree completely. 😂
haha great
@@nennepix1381 yesterday I pooped at my girlfriend's house. it was embarrassing. my girlfriend heard me farting. 
😂So true
Als sogenannte "Bio-Deutsche" finde ich es toll, wie engagiert und witzig ihr die deutsche Sprache und Kultur vermittelt. Ich gucke mir das gerne an, obwohl Deutsch meine Muttersprache ist. Weiter so und DANKE !
I went on a business trip to Germany back in the 80's and I tried to speak German.....The local merchants all spoke English almost as well as me (except it was British English) but they did correct my German pronounciation. But I think they appreciated me trying. You should ALWAYS try to speak the language of the country you are in...I think people appreciate you trying.
Absolutely. I have made really good experiences trying to speak the local language. People in Southern Europe are nice anyway, but the people in Spain and Portugal are super kind when you speak their language. Especially the Portuguese were quite surprised sometimes because they don't expect that foreigners learn their language. I have also started trying to order my food in Chinese at Asian restaurants here in Germany and when they are not under stress they correct and help me, too. But when I tried to order food in Dutch in the Netherlands, people always answered in fluent German. That's a bit frustrating.
I always answer : I dont speak english
Ich bin so beeindruckt, wie gut Janusz auf Deutsch spricht, ich komme auch aus Polen und Janusz du hast mich mit Deutsche Aussprache anstecken, ich lerne so fleißig, danke Janusz und Cari ich liebe ❤️❤️❤️easy German.😄👍
Darf ich dich mal etwas fragen? Sind in Polen die Menschen netter wie in Deutschland, die in Geschäften arbeiten oder als Busfahrer?
I agree with the shouting comment. After being in Germany for an year, I became sure that the only way to respond to a rude person here is to be super loud and rude yourself. If you don't assert yourself, the other person will make a habit out of it.
Being rude by youself, is not good for you. Whenever I’ve to talk with such a person, I try to stay kind and talk quiet. If the rude person wants to hear me, they‘ve to reduce their own loudness by themself.
Normal friendship in Germany: you meet your friend, you get a coffee together, you're having some good time and then, suddently, your german friend says "ok, now I have to go". That's it. I'll never get used to it! It's so unusual for me that one person can simply says "now I go", without any embarassment or, you know, justification! In Italy it's a boring ceremony of "oh, sorry, I must do this and this, maybe I can stay five minutes more, it's better to go, next time I'll stay longer, I'm so sorry". I can't get used to it but... I prefer the german way ;)
Hahaaaa peobably cause they have to really go.lol
This is so funny!! I didn't know you had to justify that you need to go in other countries!
@@margaux2475 if you dont justify they think you are rude or you've got something bad to hide 😂 I really prefer german's way..but probably I will justify myself forever..just used to it 🤷😂
Hahaha in Brazil too. And if somebody is visiting you, when they say they must go, you must say "oh no, stay a little longer", even if you want them to go 😂
@@fraufuchs9555 boyy 😅 and what do you do, when you really want them to go without offending them 😄 can you be honest about that? Here in Germany you can simply say "Don't be mad, but..."
Go Janusz! I'm 26 and doing my second Master's in Germany. I'm staying in a dormitory which is divided into separate WGs. My bed is kind of wobbly and I didn't want to sleep on it, so I put the bed to the WGs corridor (where it was for months and my flatmates never had a problem with it) and I kept only the mattress in my room and I sleep on it. Once I asked the Hausmeister to fix something in my room. He came and he saw the mattress on the floor. And he started yelling at me (in German) for not sleeping on the bed and saying something like "This is not a camp! You must sleep on the bed!" I just stood there and felt like I was 6, I had no idea what the hell am I supposed to respond. I just said that I do not understand why I should sleep on the bed if I don't want to and that I will do what I want. To which he thought for a moment and then hit me with the most German thing ever "It's against the fire regulations". So I wish I knew at the moment to say what Janusz said in this video. Also about the cycle lanes - one thing that I find weird that Germans do - give you stares and yell at you if you happen to stand or even step on it. But then they cycle on sidewalks or the road. NEXT TO the cycle lane. WHY?! And when they zoom past you in full speed on a sidewalk from behind, they don't even use the bell. Ever.
Wow this Hausmeister story is just insane! And SO German! 🙈On behalf of all Germans: I want to apologize for our Hausmeisters!
"It's against the fire regulations" is really the most German line ever =)))))) The ultimate Hausmeister weapon
I think the Hausmeister could have made his point in a nicer way....but I think he was right. It is against the fire regulations to do that. xD In my experience you normally would call the Hausmeister and ask him where you can store old furniture and stuff like that and most of the time there is a room just for storage.
Einmal musste ich an einer Haltestelle auf den Bus warten. Ich war ganz allein auf der Straße. Es kamen ein paar Männer auf Motorräder. Sie hatten Lederjacken an und sahen wie typische Gangsters aus. Ich dachte daß es den Feierabend meines Lebens wäre. Einen von denen stieg von seinem Motorrad und kam zu mir. Er gab mir ein Blum, wünschte mir guten Abend und dann fuhren alle weg. Das war sehr lustig. 😂
Das hört sich unrealistisch, aber, es ist auch ganz normal in Deustchland, dass die Menschen die, die schlechteste Aussehen haben, am netter sind.
Sie haben recht. Ich habe das gleiche Gefühl. Meine Freunde vertratuen es auch nicht. Das ist aber wahr.
Ich wäre wahrscheinlich weggelaufen 😂😂
@@alesscav99 Sie hatten Motorräder. Das hätte nix gebracht... 😂
"Feierabend meines Lebens" - eine der besten Formulierungen, die ich je gehört habe! :D Das sagt in D. keiner so, aber es wäre eigentlich logisch, das so zu sagen! Ich merke mir das! You made my day! ❤ Danke! 😊❤
As a visitor to Germany regularly, I would say that sometimes the cycle lanes are not obvious to see.
That is very much true! Even for Germans :)
At least in my area, the cycle lanes are always paved in red (as an American comedian living in Germany once said, the color comes from the blood of pedestrians who had been run over by angry cyclists ^^ )
That is everywhere...and cyclists are mad at you. Here is spain too. But obviously a visitor is unaware ...i wish people could chill
@@velvetkay oh my god, that is funny!
They should follow Copenhagen in this case. They have very clear and dedicated, on separate level bike lanes. Often in Germany, I have to keep my eyes on the bike lane to check no one is stepping on me, on the pedestrian line :S
I really appreciate how worked up Janusz gets about that kind of rudeness. That's right, even if someone made a mistake it doesn't entitle you to scream at them like an animal, especially when it's very likely an accident. If people yell back then they will know not to overstep.
Auch ein Kind hat das Recht nicht angeschrien und mit Respekt behandelt zu werden - vor allem von den eigenen Eltern!
Stimme dir zu. Kinder haben auch Würde und sollten in dieser Hinsicht nicht anders behandelt werden als Erwachsene
Wohl wahr, der blöde Museumswärter soll auch nicht seine Kinder anschreien. In den 80ern war es ja noch üblich, dass man als Kind angeschrien wurde, auch von Lehrern oder sonst welchen fremden Erwachsenen. Ich bin immer noch sofort auf 180 wenn irgendwer rumschreit.
@@julianalexander2449 Ich habe gerade deinetwegen den Ausspruch "Auf 180 sein" gelernt, also danke ;)
Die beste Reaktion wenn jemand schreit, sagen : "Nicht in diesem Ton!" Das ist eine erwachsene Reaktion und nicht zurück schreien
@@fabiodelfrate Bitteschön. ;-)
Our visit to Germany was great. The thing that surprised me was there were no drinking fountains. When I went to buy water I asked in German and the reply I got was “gas, no gas”....I had no idea so I said gas......never made that mistake again!
Lol, I started drinking bubbly water after my first visit, I love the stuff. I still drink San Pelligrino all the time.
so "sparkling water or still"? its kind of amazing that sparkling water is so uncommon in the US
@@rapzeh4 it is in pretty much every grocery store now, just not a regular menu item outside of Bistro coffee Shops though.
Germans love they sparkling water!😂
Gas in Water it means bubble in Water 😁
I think it’s weird for many when they go to Germany and experience how serious many people are. I know some Germans that live here in the US and here they are completely different. Way more open and you can joke around with them more.
That's because the US environment i'd imagine is more social, open and relaxed relative to German unknown circles.
I have met Americans where that has not been the case. Americans are not per se so friendly or easy going.
@@plerpplerp5599 When Americans compare themselves to central or northern Europeans, then yes, they're friendly. But when compared to genuinely friendlier cultures, they are not friendly at all, they are considered just a little "less serious" than some Europeans.
@@AhmedKZhead1 true, but also way more uncommitted, superficial, and self serving.
I went to Germany in 2020 for the firt time! I am brazilian, and the craziest thing that i saw in Köln it was: people who are walking on the streets, they stop and wait when the light is red 🚥, although they can see the whole street/avenue!
It can be, that they were looking for cops ;)
In Berlin everyone crosses the street when the lights are red 😄
verdade. Ainda tem gente que diz que é mal exemplo para as crianças, como elas vão saber quando atravessar a rua? Kkkk já ouvi essa.
Hier in meiner Gegend (Baden) gilt es sogar als unhöflich nicht zu klingeln, wenn man mit dem Fahrrad an Fussgänger vorbeifährt. Denn man kündigt sich somit an und erschreckt nicht die Leute beim Überholen.
Ich glaube ihr solltet mal fragen "Was ist das schönste das ihr in Deutschland erlebt habt."
Das mit großem "S"? und Komma danach?
@@kristinao2724 Das zweite das müsste mit ss und Komma _davor_ geschrieben werden, falls du das meinst :D
@@not_on Nein mit einem s, da es sich auf ein Substantiv bezieht. Außerdem kann man es mit "welches" ersetzen.
@@lutz5666 Stimmt, da hab ich mich verwirren lassen 🤦♀️
Na, ihr zwei Klugschei...... , fertig mit korrigieren? Auch ein Mensch, der nicht perfekt deutsch schreibt, darf etwas sagen. Solange es kein Hasskommentar ist.
2:55 Joachim Löw. ha hahah ahhaha ;) Janusz ist unglaublich! MfG
Hahahahahah das stimmt
Yeah, that manager needs to keep his finger away from his nose and nethers.
not super german but very berlin: walking down a street and running into some sort of protest or festival
I thought that only happened in the Bourne movies. Now I understand.
We experienced it :D Was so strange.
Yeah a pegida protest in München
I thought that happened only in CDMX
yesterday I pooped at my girlfriend's house. it was embarrassing. my girlfriend heard me farting. 
Hallo! I've only recently started learning German, so about 90% of the meaning goes right past my ears, but your videos are really useful for training my hearing. I get excited about every word I understand and thanks to you, there are more and more of them with every listening. Danke schön!
Einmal hatte ich meine Geldtasche mit 400 Euros an der Kasse im Supermarkt vergessen. Später hatte ich das bemerkt. Bis dann war der Supermarkt schon zu. Am nächsten Tag war ich sehr früh in den Supermarkt gegangen. Die Frau, die am letzten Tag in der Kasse war, hatte mir meine Geldtasche züruckgegeben...ich war positiv überrascht. So sind die deutsche Leute...Das ist Deutschland...😘
Das stimmt.ich war auch schon überrascht als mir im flugplatz jemand sagte ich hab mein geldbeutel liegen gelassen. Aber das selbe ist mir in Bangkok auch passiert als ich ne handtasche im restaurant liess...der kellner rannte mir hinterher.aber im allgemein sind Deutsche die arbeit haben sehr ehrlich.
And I had the opposite experience, except it wasn’t the next day, it was after 10 minutes and when I demanded to see the cameras to see who stole my wallet they refused.
@Alexander Gaal Warum,weil du nur das schlechte von Mensch erwartest,traurig
@Alexander Gaal Was ist das für ein seltsamer Kommentar?
Ansonsten könnte man sie anzeigen.
You two are so entertaining to watch. And (I'm sure people say this all the time) I love that there are subtitles in your videos.
Love how you play off each other’s humor and crack each other up all the time! Bravo :)
In Germany, everyone is like police :D. Police everywhere. They don't have a concept of "mind your own business".
I would say it depend a lot where you are in Germany
It is not so much about being police, this is kind of side effect. Its more like they are used to do things in a certain way and do not want to get them done differently. So its more strict conservatism in certain daily activities. as soon as you are accepted by those people as part of their group , you are "awarded" the right to suggest changes and people get more open.
Plus they STARE!!!! Everyone has starting problems Always asking me if I'm on vacation if they see me out during the day. NONE OF YOUR F.....ING BUSINESS!!!!!!!!!!! 😁 I was fired from my job due to Covid, and I'm not going to tell all my neighbors that so they can blab it around town. OK, I feel better now 😁👍
Very true 😆
I just bought your app for one year ! It looks like a great app. Can't wait to use it every~
Wow - I love Januz even more after watching how he reacted to the museum incident. I learned so many sentences from him, as I myself have experienced people who have nothing to do, give lecture or shout. I typically ignore, but now I can try to shout back. Thank you Januz.
Thankyou For such great content. Learning German is fun whenever I watch your videos. Liebe Grüß Cari und Janusz ❤️.
Janusz, I love you! Thanks for expressing so well my feelings whenever someone strange shout at me! 👏👏👏🙏
You guys are great to watch. I'm looking forward to traveling and experiencing these things myself.
You two are so damn great. What I wouldn’t give to see you do a video with Deana and Phil, my other favorite duo doing videos in Germany, Happy New Year from NYC!
Ihr seid wirklich nett. Ich liebe euch und wünsche euch viel Erfolg für neues Jahr.
Vor ungefähr zwei Jahren nach meiner Vorlesung an der Uni fuhr ich mit dem Bus nach Hause. Ich war soooo müde und im Bus eingeschlafen. Wenn ich wach war, es gab gar kein Mensch (natürlich außer Busfahrer) im Bus! Ich war sofort in Panik geraten, insb. alle Lichte waren aus und der Bus sieht wie ein Ghostbus. Ich laufe zum Busfahrer, und der Busfahrer isst ein Semmel als Abendessen, als er den Bus fuhr. Und plötzlich er sah mich und war erschrocken, weil er es nicht gedacht hatte, es gab noch ein Mensch im Bus.😂 Ich stieg aus in nächster Station.
Hallo, ich bin Italiener, habe Fremdsprachen studiert (Deutsch und Russisch), wohne in Belgien wo ich Französisch spreche und bin gerade dabei Niederländisch zu lernen. Ich schaue mir gerne Eure Videos an und wollte Euch gratulieren. Im ganzen Net seid ihr die besten Deutschlehrer. Man sieht einfach, dass es Euch Spaß macht. Nur weiter so...
Wau, wie lernt man am besten andere Sprachen? Jeden Tag Vokablen lernen? Sätze auswendig lernen? Mir fällt das im Alter sehe schwer, lerne spanisch seit 5 Jahren und es bleibt beim Wortschatz für das reisen.
Kartoffelsalat ist nur im Norden mit Mayonnaise. Im Süden mit Brühe und Vinaigrette...und vor allem noch lauwarm.
Bayern-Schwaben (ehr südlich): Brühe und Vinaigrette aber nicht lauwarm, am besten ein paar Stunden vorher machen, schön durchziehen lassen und nochmal abschmecken vor dem Servieren.
@@Luna7Nox Schwäbischer Kartoffelsalat sollte noch lauwarm sein. Kann nichts über den aus Bayern sagen, außer dass er mir gut schmeckt, weil ich nicht weiß wie ihr den macht. Rezept?
In NRW isst man den auch gerne mit Brühe, klein gehackte Zwiebeln und gebratenen Schinkenwürfeln. :) Ohhh, ich kriege gerade richtig Hunger!!!
Janusz's polish side coming up xD
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@tysonkicks8596 yesterday I pooped at my girlfriend's house. it was embarrassing. my girlfriend heard me farting. 
Ihr beide habt eine so krass sympathische Art am Leib - wünschte, es würde mehr Leute wie euch geben! :)
Sehr interessantes Thema und sehr gutes Video, danke schön!!!
The thing I find really stressful in Germany is the key box that is used a lot when trying to get into your german holiday flat. I remember getting to a flat in Koln trying to find this tiny box amongst a fusebox, in the pitch black, with only the light from an outdoor lamp post fiddling to input the pin number. I am sure this happens in other countries as well but every flat I have been to in germany they have this system. I love germany and cannot wait to get back to Germany after this horrible lockdown. I miss the lovely christmas markets and german food !.My german is improving thanks to your online videos. I love the ones that are situated in Berlin as they bring back many happy memories. Keep it up as they are realistic and interesting. My german is not good as yet to write in German but getting there.
My best moment in München was when we got lost and a native saw us looking at google maps and came up and asked in German if he could help. We actually had the whole conversation in German, even after asking where we were from (he was surprised we were Amerikaner). My husband was surprised that I was able to understand the complicated directions. And Berlin native speaking taxi drivers ALWAYS correct your pronunciation--I found that out my first trip to the city.
Wo hast du deutsch gelernt?
In Neuseeland und Australien laufen soooo viele Barfuß herum. Auch in den Einkaufszentren. Ich lieeeebes es. So gemütlich!
Ich hab das in Deutschland noch nie gesehen, abgesehen wenn man am See ist. Könnte ich für mich nicht vorstellen Barfuß in der Stadt herumzulaufen, wir haben auch viele Schotterwege ( ich bin nur 1 Mal Barfuß herumgelaufen als ich mir die Fersen aufgelaufen hatte und Blasen an den Zehen) Aber Flip Flops sind super
I am starting to learn the German language and I come to your channel to listen to your pronunciations! Can’t wait to start my class tomorrow with Bahnhof. ☺️🙏
Hallo liebe Cari und Janusz, danke euch für ein tolles Canal sowie für ihre witzige podcasts mit Manuel, das ist eigentlich das Beste, was ich jetzt für mich im Netz gefunden habe. Ich schau und höre euch non-stop und jedesmal denk mir - wow, welche interessante, menschliche, und liebe Leute hab ich sozusagen 'kennengelernt' ! Liebe grüsse aus Saint-Petersburg, Russland.
Es hat mir so viel Spaß gemacht, danke schön !
I was always thankful when people corrected my german everywhere I went...I mean everywhere...a store, doctors office, a restaurant...simply everywhere and I was praised with my progress like everybody cared that I don't speak broken german. Very kind ... I realize it comes from the love for german language. In Canada nobody gives a @#@ unless they don't understand, which many times doesn't matter either because important is who you are not what you say. If you are nobody who cares what or how you say. Here knowledge is not dispersed freely, people guard what they know and even university professors keep their secret info from students. Not to mention opening their mouth for free and helping somebody....nah, nothing is free. Janusz, seriously: how lucky you are that you haven't reached your primary destination. I appreciate you very much! Best of Luck!
This Easy German channel that you do is wonderful. My grandparents came to the USA from Germany and so I heard it spoken from the time I was small. I took a gap year before college and worked as an assistant to a kindergarten teacher in Austria. I still have second cousins in Germany and we are good friends. I very much want to maintain what I call my "baby German" ability. Thank you so very much for what you do!!!
Ehrlich gesagt habe ich viel beim Schauen dieses Videos gelacht, weil ich selbst alle im Video aufgelisteten Dinge erlebt habe, als ich in Deutschland war. Das war zwar vor 10 Jahren, aber es hat sich nichts verändert! Ich möchte euch beiden für coole Videos danken! Ihr habt wirklich eine schwere, aber sehr hilfreiche Arbeit gemacht! Ich benutze oft eure Videos in meinem Deutschunterricht! Meine Schüler finden sie echt cool! Danke!
My cousins always switch to English and I have to demand to know what the word in German is,lol. The German efficiency thing is real and even passed down to my son who is 2nd generation American but spent lots of time with his Oma:)
Zuerst möchte ich sagen,dass Sie super gesprochen haben🤩❤️ Die Weise Ihre Erklärung gefällt mir am besten. Als ich in Deutschland war, ist nichts komisches passiert .aber doch eine tolle Erfahrung will ich mitteilen . Ich war in einem Geschäft und wollte etwas typisches kaufen. Z.B Seife oder Zahnepaste. Ich konnte das nicht finden. Aber eine alte Dame hat mir dabei geholfen. Sie hat ihre Tüte auf dem boden gestellt. Eine Brille aus ihre Tasche genommen und mit mir hier und da gekommen. Nur weil ich etwas richtiges bekommen soll. Leider gab es keine Seife dort. Später hat sie mir empfohlen, Duschgel zu kaufen. Und zur Überraschung hat sie die Bestandeile gelesen und eine 'ohne Chemikaliene' duschgel für mich gefunden. Das alles hat 10 minuten gedauert. Eine nette Frau, die ihre Zeit für mich gegeben hat. ( Obwohl die deutsche viel auf eigene Zeit achten) 🙈lange geschichte oder? Liebe aus Indien❤️
Freut mich das du so gute Erfahrung gemacht hast. Du kannst aber sehr gut deutsch. Hast du mal in Deutschland gelebt?
Um das mal zu klären: im Süden von Deutschland gehört keine Mayonaise in den Kartoffelsalat!
Und auch nicht in den Fleischsalat!
Dafür Essig oder?
@@TonyRedgrave1501 Oder ein Sauce aus Brühe, Öl und Essig. Gerne mit ner zermatschten Karoffel drin, damit sie etwas cremig wird. Beim Fleischsaltat sind nur Öl und Essig dran. (Woebei ich glaube das die Variate ganz ohne Maionese "Schweizer Wurstsalat" genannt wird. Aber zumindest in Baden bekommt man nix anderes.
Darum schmeckt der Kartoffelsalat im Süden ja auch nicht so gut😉. Lebe seit 20 Jahren im Süden, aber was solch kulinarische Dinge angeht, ist es immer wieder ein Genuss sich im Norden, oder Westen aufzuhalten😊
@@missscapegrace6675 In den Fleischsalat (mit Essiggurken) schon, aber in den Wurstsalat nicht. Zumindest in Oberbayern.
Danke schön für alles der gantze videos ihr machen! Ich habe jetzt deine Seedlang APP downloaded in mein Handy :)
Sehr interessant diese Bemerkungen außerhalb unseres Landes über uns zu betrachten wie Januz gesagt hat: Eine Selbstreflexion durch anderen, die unsere Erfahrungen erweitert.
Ich z.b. Grüsse die Leute im Fahrstuhl wenn ich ihn verlasse, verabschiede ich mich. Wenn jemand nach dem Weg sucht helfe ich ihn wenn ich Zeit habe begleite ich ihn. Wenn ich im Restaurant sitze und nich Platz am Tisch ist, sag ich dem Kellner das sicj jemand zu und setzen darf ( in Nordhessen mag man das nicht, das sich Fremde an den Tisch setzen)
@@lovepeacehappy8565 Sehr schön. Das hier wäre jetzt eine Selbstreflexion durch mich selbst bzw. durch einem Landsmann meinesgleichen.
Germans love to "social police" one another. While filling-up at the gas station, two women got into it, when one talked on her phone and removed the nozzle. The other woman called her the "c" word in German, that is the "f" word. She was screaming about blowing us all up, because the phone could ignite the gas fumes. Yikes!
Sie sind sehr angenehm und kompetent , um Deutsch zu lernen und verstehen.Einen guten Moment zu genießen. Das ist wie ich in Deutschland wäre , aber das ist nicht der Fall.Ich teile diesen Moment mit Ihnen ,um Deutsch zuzuhören und es gefällt mir sehr, obwohl es ein bisschen noch schwierig für mich ist. Es ist ein normales Gespräch im Alltag in Deutschland. Es macht mich Spaß. Vielen Dank.
Ich liebe es mit Leuten zu reden die deutsch lernen. Da entstehen oft lustige Gespräche
About 35 years ago, I had an experience in Austria that was strange, but typical of DE/A/CH. I was taking the train from German to visit friends in Graz. I was running late that day and wanted to phone ahead to let my friends know when I would finally be arriving. I had to make a transfer in Austria and had about 10 minute between trains to make a call. This was before mobile phones, so I was using a pay phone. Dialing anywhere in Europe was confusing (and still is)... use a country code? use a regional code? what is the regional code? precede the whole meets with a 1? a 0? You get the picture. I tried a couple of the available permutations, before finally seeking outside help. I went to the local information office for help. After establishing that we could communicate in English, I asked if they knew the correct number combination for making the connection to Graz. The info booth guy said that he did, but that telephone service was under the authority of the post office and that I would have to get my information next door at the post office. Needless to say, I never made the phone call. This was classic. On my subsequent 20+ trips to German speaking countries, I have run into the "not my job" situation on occasion and it seems like these people get some strange/sick satisfaction from being able to "officially" deny help to someone.
Das hat auch mit mir in der Schweiz und Deutschland passiert. Ich glaube das man hat dieses Gefühl unangenehm zu sein, und Hilflosigkeit zu sein. Sicherlich das ich habe sie den Personen, die sehr Nette waren. General, wir waren genau so wie Sie beschrieben hast. Viele Spaß in den nächsten Reisen.
satisfaction by denying help is probably not the reason
@@jos6740 Ich glaube man hat dieses Zufriedenheit Gefühl, wie Sie unglücklich sind. Wan sie feiern in anderen Ländern, sie behalten sie sich anders.
No comprende. De verdad
I wouldn't find the nose-blowing thing weird a year ago, but in post-covid times seeing that in public would make my brain's red alerts go *wild* 👀😂
The bicycle thing is super annoying because they ring their bells immediately when you are even 1cm in the bike lane, while oftentimes people cycle on the sidewalk, sometimes even when there is a bike lane on the street, which is definitely not allowed unless you are a small child. So I am usually the one giving death stares as a pedestrian. But I think the real problem is bad city planning in germany. Bike lanes are too often built by stealing from the sidewalk instead of stealing from the car lanes. Bikes are supposed to remove cars from the street, not the people.
So, you've been to Berlin
@@Thytos I’ve been to every major city in Germany and I live in Hamburg
@@furkankurtuluss I'm late, but was wondering how Hamburg fares compared to other cities in terms of how friendly people are? Planning to make a visit and im not German/ European
Obwohl ich Deutscher bin, finde ich Eure Videos immer sehr interessant und unterhaltend. Bitte noch mehrere Teil von dieser Folge!!
Früher im Walkman oder Kassettenrecorder gab es auch manchmal Bandsalat. Da hatte sich das Kassettenband im Recorder verwickelt.
Stimmt. Das Dressing war der Bleistift 👍🏻
In Switzerland I rode a bike on a park foot path. An old man gave me a hard shove and made my fall off my bike. People also freak out if you cross against the light when there's no traffic. One guy even tried to run me over.
The Fahradwege are not always easy to distinguish on the pavement of the sidewalks in Berlin. In North America, the bike paths are always on the asphalt of the street, and sidewalks are for Fussgaenger only. First time in Berlin, I was yelled at by cyclists behind me, as I had no clue we shared the sidewalk.
I was stationed at Hessisch-Oldendorf , near Hameln, when I was 19 with the USAF. One of my best experiences while in the service. I found that as long as you tried to learn the language and to experience the culture, most Germans would really go out of their way to be friendly and helpful. I learned German fairly quickly, to an elementary/middle school level, and then also learned how to read and write it some. I was no scholar, and often got my tenses and verbs incorrect, and obviously my syntax was often wrong LOL, but I had a blast there. As far as the "Hallo", I remember when I first got to Germany, someone did that to me and I told them "Hallo" back, not realizing what they were getting at, and they looked at me confused LOL. One thing I couldn't understand, is why people liked "schmalzbrot".... that was just awful!!
I enjoy watching and learning from your channel! I wish to have something to say about Germans but I never been to Germany nor met a German! So I’m aware for future references. 🙃
"Ich bin ein erwachsener Mensch und möchte mit Respekt angesprochen werden, selbst dann, wenn ich vielleicht einen Fehler mache."... *noted
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Tolles Video! -- "Und jetzt haben wir den Salad!" und "etw. im Urin spüren" sind zwei Redewendungen, die ich einfach nicht verstehen kann.
Vielen vielen vielen Dank Das ist wirklich hilfreich für die die deutsche Sprache lernen wollen Gut gemacht
Loved this video!
Das Umgehen mit der NACKTHEIT. Zum Beispiel: als ich in Berlin gelebt habe, haben mir viele Männer einfach auf der Straße angesprochen, wahrscheinlich wegen meiner blonden Haare. Aber in der Sauna (in der beide Geschlechter nackt sitzen) wurde ich nie angestarrt, und sogar wenn ich danach neben Testosteron-vollen Kerls aus dem Fitnessstudio geduscht habe, ist gar nichts passiert! Das ist krass, aber voll klasse 🙂 in Polen wäre es schon ganz anders... 😅
Ihr seid ein liebes Paar! Es freut mich Euch zusammen zu sehen - sehr angenehm.
What even I as a German find wiered: If you meet Germans on vacation in a foreign country, they allways say: 'Oh, you're Germans too! Let's do something together!' (Works with Austrians too.) But in Germany they are like: 'Ok, you're wiered talking to me, I don't know you, what do you want? And by the way you're from Bavaria, from East-Germany etc. - you're different... " :P
You two are so sweet!!! I love you Yanush because you teach us how to answer when somebody yell at us!!! 😂😂 tchuss
German is such a amazing, rich, wonderful language!
Ich liebe euch! ❤️ 🇩🇪 What blows my mind is how you remember what you’re saying when all the verbs get thrown to the end! How do you remember to add them on?
Ich liebe euch und wünsche euch viel Erfolg für neues Jahr.
I think it helps the material-awareness. In case of lost shoes.
Gerade abonniert, schon eine Benachrichtigung. So mag ich es!
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Zum Thema Salat darf ich hier mal Wikipedia zitieren: "Das Wort „Salat“ stammt von französisch salade, italienisch insalata, von lateinisch sallita und bedeutet ursprünglich „eingesalzen“. Salate sind also gemäß dem Wortsinn mit Salz haltbar gemachte Speisen." Also, Speisen. Nicht nur Gemüse-Mischungen...
Experiences made in Berlin are VERY special. I am from Regensburg in Bavaria and the people in Berlin seemed really rude. Its a very type of people of its own. Also munic and vienna... But most busdriver are rude everywhere in Germany... Btw: especially children DESERVE respect and NOT being yelled at only because they are children !!
Als ich in Deutschland gewohnt habe, ich war total ueberascht das zu meinem Geburtstag ich Getraenke ausgeben sollte und ein Kuchen selber backen und nach meinen Arbeit bringen muesste (statt umgekehrt). …Das fand ich total komisch! (Mein Deutscher Ehemann sagte “Man muss Leuten zeigen, dass es gut ist, dass man geboren war.”). Haha =)
Oh, nicht nur dir! Früher als ich noch zur Grundschule ging, sollte jedes Kind zum Geburtstag ein Kuchen backen, wenn es Geburstag hat. Das fand ich da schon merkwürdig. Aber das ist auf keinen Fall etwas schlechtes. Zumal ich eh nie Kuchen backen brauchte, da ich immer in den Sommerferien Geburtstag hatte :D
My experience in Germany was a positive one. In Heidelberg, the locals were happy, cheerful, and understanding that for an American, german is not easy to learn, even though it is the closest to the English language there is. Learn a few basic phrases about food, directions, transport and lodging. Germans are very helpful when they see you actually have respect for their language and culture.
I learnt the bike lane thing the hard way in Amsterdam. When I was in Berlin it was easy comparatively (now, the thing is I am from Tehran and we can be very hasty drivers so I easily applied the same rule to biking and instantly started communicating with the bells and stares hahah). For the buses, I have never been so on time only for the fear of drivers passing me by lol
Ihr seid einfach super! Danke!
Ich liebe, wie Kari Englisch ausspricht. Mehr bitte
Gebe Janusz aufjedenfall Recht bzg. dem Anschreien... 😆🙏
Definitiv! Allerdings, sollte man umso cooler darauf reagieren, denn wer es nötig hat jemanden anzuschreien hat wohl ansonsten nicht viel zu sagen.
Allerdings sollte man auch Kinder nicht anschreien. Woher sollen Kinder lernen, dass sie andere nicht anschreien sollen, wenn sie selber angeschrien werden.
Hallo, It was very refreshing to hear from you guys!!! One of the most amazing experiences I had on my visit to Germany was the self-discipline or a default mechanism to stop at a red traffic signal, I mean I was surprised they abided by it even when there was no queue or passerby waiting to cross the road. I am from India by the way & this wouldn't even happen to me in my dreams over here😂
In Germany you have to pay a fine of 5 EUR (and more if you are causing an accident), if the police see that you are crossing a street with a red light. Nobody wants to pay, so most people follow the rules.
Ich liebe Janusz so sehr! 🤩
2:53 I just found out about that guy yesterday, you're talking about Joachim Löw (or however you spell it), right?
Ich liebe euch beide so sehr!
Re supermarket section... I would add that it depends on the supermarket. If you go to LIDL then it’s like take your stuff and run away, EDEKA it’s a bit more chill but still kind of tough... finally if you go to Alnatura then everything goes in slow motion and everyone is happy 😂😂😂
Janusz is in rare form. Toll!
Fast alle alte Menschen sind allein und sie haben niemand mit zu sprechen، deshalb wenn sie einen Junge oder Mädchen sehen. Möchten sie mit dir zu sprechen
Stimmt!!!!!
Das habe ich nicht erlebt. Es wäre toll, mein Deutsch ist nicht sehr gut und ich möchte üben. Und Jungen ignorieren mich, weiss ich nicht warum :(
Das stimmt.mein mann kommt aus Bangladesh, wo die alten automatisch beim sohn wohnen und gepflegt werden.wir haben eine Tante,die bekommt jeden sonntag viel besuch von kindern und enkeln und wir Deutschen denken,dass die kinder sich echt toll um siw kümmern....aber mein mann sagt fie sind so gemein,weil sie NUR sonntags kommen🤣
I'm very aware of how important it punctuality here, so I try to be always "pünktlich" I'd come even 10min in advance. Yesterday I had an appointment at my family doctor and I came literally 3min before the appointment (13:00). The Helferin was pissed off because I interrupted her lunch "Pause". 😑
Vielen Dank an Janusz für diese Lektion über Verhalten 😁
Einmal musste ich nach Schule gehen mit meinem Fahrrad. Ich war alleine. Etwas passiert mit dem Fahrrad und ich könnte nicht mehr fahren. Es war ein sehr einfaches Problem, ich sollte nur die Fahrradkette befestigen, aber ich war 16 und könnte es nicht selbst machen (In Kanada fahrte ich niemals mein Fahrrad). Also es gab ein Mann der auf den Weg lauftet und ich habe ihn gefragt, ob er mich hilfen könnte. Er hat mir geholfen, aber er war nicht so freundlich (kein Lächeln, etc.). Danach seine Hände waren sehr schmutzig so habe ich ihm meine Handschuhe geliehen. Er hat seine Hande mit meine Handschuhe abgewischt. Das war es!