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This was the funniest video I found about the German language. My favorite joke about Germany is the idea that the language is much harsher than its neighboring languages like Spanish, English, French, or Italian. Of course, this stereotype hinges upon the average perception of a German as a stern, commanding person, not helped by the fact that German is less similar to the Romance languages common in Western Europe. My girlfriend tells me that she thinks it's impossible for German to sound elegant, and she's surprised whenever she hears it spoken normally. Personally, I think German sounds a lot like English in terms of tone. It's spoken at roughly the same pace, has a few loanwords, and can express varying levels of emotion/formality. I don't ascribe a certain character to German like the video does because I've been studying it for years. I've heard the language used in a variety of different contexts, from spoken word to song, and from formal to silly....
I was actually pretty invested in the Fairy Tale movie. I didn't really realize that it was a full movie until about 20 minutes in, haha. I started playing it thinking it was a trailer to a movie! I found it fairly easy to follow along because I could pick up a few phrases and words like "Mutter, Schwester, Frau" and I knew the general storyline to Cinderella. I liked it!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt9184994/ "How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)" ist eine deutsche TV show auf Netflix. Es ist ein Comedy, Drama, Crime show. There is a English subtitle option that I put on when I watch it and I think it is a good show and helpful in learning the casual German language.
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