I Learned to Speak German from Google Translate

This week I attempt to learn to speak German solely from Google Translate. By using a combination of Google Translate’s built-in speech pronunciation and the flashcard app Anki, I memorize a bunch of sentences in German in an efficient way with spaced repetition and then try and have a conversation in German with Anja from @LearnGermanwithAnja. This was a super crazy language challenge that honestly changes my opinion on how to learn languages – totally nuts!

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[LearnGermanwithAnja]

*Hahaha wow!!! Such a funny video! 😂😀😆 Ich liebe es! ❤❤❤*

[madrooky]

"Essen Amerikaner Brot?" And in her mind "Ihr habt doch gar kein gescheites Brot"

[nsyKirul]

Er ist einfach ein Naturtalent, was sprachen lernen angeht . Nach einer Woche schon so gut Deutsch zu sprechen ist echt beeindruckend👍🏽👍🏽

[DanielAvocardo]

The absolutely insane part is that his pronunciation at the start of the conversation was pretty bad, but after hearing a native speak for two minutes his pronunciation improved by like 2000 percent! There were some sentences he said that genuinely sounded native. This guy is nuts

[PrototypeSourri]

My thoughts in German: "Digga, ist das sein Ernst? Nach einer Woche mit Google Translate kann er so gut reden? :D" Mad props, you seem to be very gifted with a talent for languages!

[thenrgtobi]

This channel: Yeah let's learn some German, shall we?
Ich, ein Deutscher: Umfahren ist das Gegenteil von umfahren.

[OAlemaoAxel]

Wow, i am german and i can tell you that you did great. Your pronounciation was very good already. I was able to understand everything. Go on like that. Congrats. Viele Grüße aus Deutschland 🇩🇪😁

[kittycat-jzcg]

I am actually a german teacher for adults and - wow - you are really good in learning languages so fast! You just get the sense of a language. Even if my heart is a little bit breaking by noticing you practicing with google, because the translation is normally pretty bad 😅

[nailsarebeautiful]

You are good with any language seeing how everybody praises you!
Your German after one week is impressive, I wish I could learn any language as fast as you. You must have a huge talent for that or else the biggest willpower I have seen.
You‘re very sympathetic, keep it up! Your videos are great and entertaining and exploring and hearing new languages through and from you is just very very cool!

[corlinabeerenz]

As we germans say: "Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache" - "German language, hard language"! And you did very well! You're very talented for sure, keep it up!

[lilnoir]

Egal wie lang man Deutsch gelernt hat, Deutsche werden immer irgendwann sagen: "Wow, aber deine Aussprache ist echt gut."

[Kulitik]

Unbelievable how you learned to speak German at this extreme level in just one week. Incredible!

[moonaymc]

So stunning, Xiaoma! Congratulations on this achievement 🎉😊 I am German, and I really like and am surprised how well and soon you learned some basics just with Google Translate! Hearing you speak German made me feel even more connected to you, but either way I am a big fan of your channel, whatever language or experience you offer atm;) 🙏🏼 Much love from Germany

[jenschristianj]

When you realize that you've been learning German for 6 years and only speak the language mildly better than this guy. It hurts so bad

[michaellange]

"I know a little I know him too, it's Peter, he is only 5 feet tall."

[MawoDuffer]

I did 4 years of German in high school and I was able to catch most of this but there’s stuff I’ve forgotten or haven’t practiced. I really wish we did more speaking in school. I enjoyed learning the grammar but I think if I learned it more organically by absorbing it, that would help. I took Spanish in college and it has a comparable difficulty. I may continue with one of the languages

[leonlagrey]

Your German is amazing! Still learning German today, 3 years on it I can't wait to travel back to Germany sometime in the future. Amazing video Xiaoma!

[wampfinzlord]

It's funny when you can understand both languages almost fluently and don't even notice anymore when they switch from german to english or vice versa

[felixgebers]

As German I have to say that if he really learned German just with Google translate….. that’s crazy! Now imagine what he can do with a tutor and more time! He will learn to speak fluent German within less than a year! That’s amazing!

[anshulmishra]

I am a fan of Anja and I began learning German from her videos! Dankeschön Anja!