Meet the Germans: German Sentences You Really Need!

When Shabnam moved to Germany from India in 2017, the German language was not really her best friend. It was only with a lot of practice, patience and a fair share of embarrassing encounters that Shabnam got more confident.
In this episode of Meet the Germans, Shabnam presents a selection of German words and phrases that will help you in Germany. Don’t worry, we have an extra emergency sentence too!
Do you have any funny German language "mishaps"? What aspect of learning a new language scares you? Share them in the comments!

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:56 At the train station
02:32 German offices
03:22 Weird mistakes
03:50 Shabnam’s emergency sentence

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[fredbehn]

Another enjoyable video. As an American trying to improve my German language skills, the biggest problem I have when visiting Germany, and Berlin in particular, is convincing most people to speak German with me. I can speak and understand most of what I need for general communication, but the instant most people realize that I'm an American, they switch to English. Someone in a hotel said to me simply at one one point, , "Can we speak in English. It would be much faster." Oh, well. I tried.

[ricomcsuave]

Also we *should* look into making potato a universally accepted form of payment... 🤔 All those in favor say "Ja!!" 🥔🙋‍♂ xD

[cd_mnky]

Having to learn how to say my train got cancelled as your first German sentence is my type of humor 😂 (... as a German expat)

[S_Paoli]

Germany and the Netherlands are the two worst places to learn new languages. Almost 99.9% of the people that I encountered spoke excellent English. :)

[IIIOOOUS]

The annoyed "Ja, ja" at the end was very realistic. Good job.

[jonnytheshark]

I try to learn German and find similarities to my native language Swedish. Many German tourists visit Sweden at holidays so i really want to communicate better. This is a valuable resource for me, these clips on YouTube!

[TiffJoy]

1:12 Hahahaaa 140 Min Verspätung (delay) 😂

[skagainstracism]

Shabnam is a great reporter and all her videos so far have been informative, entertaining and helpful. I hope more of her videos will upload soon.

[AdrianaLemus]

Nice video again! Maybe you can talk about how much attention you have to give to letters you receive, that you need to leave someone in charge of checking your letters when you're away from home for a longer time, and those scary inkasso letters (whether you paid your invoices or someone is trying to scam you). This happened to a friend recently, and now she is dealing with a lot of paperwork (in German!!).

[suchanhachan]

When I was in high school (centuries ago) we took a study trip to Germany. We were in a restaurant and our server was an older, not overly friendly woman. I meant to ask for a Speisekarte (menu) but instead asked for a Sparkasse (savings bank). I think my blood is still a little frozen from the look she gave me...

[cjqccyc]

Tolles Video, informativ, locker, peppig

[rifelaw]

I remember my first day in Germany. I'd expected language issues in Luxembourg, but I roll into Koblenz, and I'm running around trying to change trains, and I'm trying to read the schedules, and conversations are flying right by me, and I think, "Yeah, I've studied German for more than six minutes. Right."

[jdmagicmusic]

ooh handsome guy w/you on the bench at end of vid 🙂 although i've been here in Hamburg 4 1/2 yrs, my Deutsche skills are barely that of a 3 yr old kinder! i can handle basic conversation at the supermarket checkout, kiosk, restaurant, but still understand more (by context mainly) than i can speak

[ninadsamant]

Iam from India....I can't wait to go to Germany for sightseeing . Iam learning german B1

[Earthsbodye]

I love this! Duolingo taught me this... please don't fail me now! I also have a memory fart too especially at the german embassy

[roshanantony]

I know Rachel has already done this before, but Shabnam, if there's anything bit more you could do to make the use of articles like die der das easier for us poor English speakers learning german I'd be so happy, helpp!!! It's just not working for me😢

[ricomcsuave]

Nice!! =D Is there an official site for the courses?? =D

[rupertschwarz]

Wichtige Sätze in Deutsch:
Mein Zug ist verspäter.
Mein Zug ist ausgefallen.
😂😂😂

[solidsteel]

This is so cute :-) and the Indian accent is really great 😁

[ldbarthel]

I tend to be better at grammar and structure than vocabulary. Recently, I've noticed having more trouble remembering words in English that were there a moment ago. Somehow, I became my grandparents...