'I Don't Care' in German | Super Easy German (165)

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Linked videos:

5 Common Mistakes When Expressing Feelings in German:

BVG "Is mir egal":

Doch, Halt, Mal, Eben & So - German Modal Particles Explained:
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Learn German with our street interviews: In this episode Cari explains the use of the German word "egal" that is usually combined with a dative pronoun.
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Host of this episode: Cari Schmid
Camera & Edit: Chris Thornberry
Translation: Ben Eve

[wguid]

I remember asking a colleague at work if weed was legal in Berlin, he told me:"Legal? Illegal? Scheißegal"

[salomeyul]

I know this is about German, but I have to say it: Cari looks particularly stunning in this episode ❤️

[cisemgecgil]

If you’d be my german teacher, I’d move to germany and be speaking in a month. Your voice is brilliant!

[irinasoboleva]

In russisch kann man sagen "gluboko violetowo", wenn man "egal" sagen will. Es bedeutet wörterlich "Deep Purple" :)

[LuisEduardoGalindo]

4:44 Cari: Wir machen hier jetzt ein Video über...
Radfahrer: "Das ist mir egal"

[narrativedrive]

My favorite way to say this in English is "I don't give a flying fig" which in German would be: "Ich gebe keine fliegende Feige." Fig is standing in for another word that starts with F. 😂

[richelieu]

"Let's talk about the bread - from the bakery or packaged ?"
"Das ist mir egal."
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[hendrasutika]

das ist mir nicht egal, wenn es keine Videos mehr bei diesem Kanal gibt. Wieso? Diesem Kanal hat mir sehr geholfen, um deutsch einfach zu verstehen. Danke euch 😊

[andrisszalai]

Ich glaube, dass "whatever" ein wirklich gute Übersetzung wäre. Ich habe es von amerikanischen Serien gelernt, sie sagen es sehr oft, wenn es ihnen Egal ist.

[nikhildilippawar]

Ich habe Easy German Videos sehr selten gesehen, weil es mir selten aufgefallen ist. Aber ich kenne Euch durch Euren wunderschönen Podcasts SEHR gut! Ich höre es jeden Tag am Spaziergang. Danke für die tolle Arbeit und liebe Grüße aus Stuttgart an Cari, Janusz, Manuel, Isi und das ganze Easy German Team!

[belindabell]

Does it translate literally as I don’t care? In English it would be impolite to use it, for example, if you were asked what you would like to eat. We would usually say ‘I don’t mind.’

[juliapastecka]

In polish slang we usually say: "Mi to rybka" - "Mir egal". Additionally, this phrase has another but similar meaning as well. It's "Das kümmert mich nicht" :)

[olaliberda]

That’s funny, in Polish there is a loanword from German: „ganz egal” or alternatively spelled „gancegal”. :) I’ve only heard it once in an actual conversation though.

[Natasha-wvxu]

I enjoy your videos, in bed with coffee, just perfect. I'm 23 i love German and i hope some day i will be able to speak it without mistakes.

[desanipt]

I suppose the "egal" is a borrowing from French "égal" (same).
In Portuguese we can say "É igual" (it's the same), "é-me igual" (it's the same to me), "tanto faz" (both do), "é indiferente" (it's indiferent).
On informal situations we use expressions associated with shitting a lot, for some reason. "É cagativo" (literally "it's shitable"). If we say "tou-me a cagar" (literally "I'm shiting") it means we don't care at all.

[anandatorquato]

Down here in Brazil we say "Tanto faz" or "Tô nem aí", it depends on the context.

[bhami]

It sounds like "it's all the same to me" would be a more precise translation into English. Presumably "egal" is cognate with "equal"?

[deutschersalat]

In Russland sagen wir: мне всё равно(lang), всё равно(kurz). Und noch zum Beispiel: derselbe Meerrettich; derselbe Hecht, nur mit Meerrettich :) es gibt noch mehrere Synonyme

[bigbadkiks]

I'm from Brazil, and here we have an expression "caguei e andei", which means, literally, "I pooped and walked away" 😂😂😂😂 it's shorter version "caguei" is more common. Another, more polite, way to say egal in Portuguese is "estou nem aí", literally, "I'm not even there". But, the more accurate translation of egal would be "tanto faz" ("either way") or "não importa" ("doesn't matter")

[achmadsyarifkurniawan]

In Indonesian, you can say: "Terserah", "Emang Gua Pikirin" or "Bodo Amat", depend on the context/situation.