@@TypeAshton Watchin yr videos on yt is a pleasure and nice break time change. You are great! All 3 of you! Good Luck now with 2 courses a day and the test. But after arranging a wedding in iceland (greenland ?] you are pretty cool and tough at the same time … alles Gute!👍🍀
living in Germany for years an they don't know the German words for death penalty torture forced labour beatings well that's quite a compliment for my country btw I tried the Einbürgerungstest but almost died of boredom after question 4, so langweilig might be an important word
The words you mentioned are not everyday words & if one does not listen to German news each day then perhaps that is why they do not know torture etc. The test is not "Langweilig" it is fun & necessary.
@@kleinweichkleinweich Now humour being a big thing in the German part of the world would be news to everyone, would it not? After all, sadism plays a much bigger role in our culture.
Ihr seid eine wirklich sympathische Familie und ich liebe eure Videos! Wir können stolz darauf sein, dass ihr euch in unsrem Land einbürgern wollt! Herzlich willkommen! Und ich denke, wir können auch eine ganze Menge von euch lernen! 💖💖💖
Though I am not completely fluent in German I got most of the questions right because from 1977 when I was in Germany in the US Army I bought and read many German newspapers and magazines mainly to feed my interest in German politics. If you read newspapers such as Die Zeit or Das Frankfurter Allgemeine or a magazine such as Der Spiegel or Focus you would have had the information to answer more of these questions correctly. Viewing TV news such as Das Tagesschau might also have helped you achieve a better result. Best of luck if you decide to take this test for real in the future.
@@TypeAshton what is important: most of our channesla ar "öffentlich-rechtlich" which means public leegal, and their information is not politically affected lik efor example fox news in the US, and ehr private channels ar under legal supervision so they for example cannot practise rabble rousing, and they submit to a so called. press council that tracks complaints.
When you said "Only once!" about the translatior-help my fist thought was: "Girl you done messed up!". official German from the State is so complex, many germans fail to understand it. the formulations are like a special language in itself
Yes, the Millionaire format was very clever. I love your spontaneity and sharp wits. I hope you get up to Bernau, the town I love, and its close, more urban neighbor St. Blasien. I like the idea of Meinungsfreiheit actually more than Freedom of Speech. Of course, right now in the US we seem to have excess of opinions. You guys will be welcome wherever you land, and I can assure you from the experience of my own two sons who had much of the Black Forest as children that Jack's future will be the richer for the bilingualism of his upbringing.
Hi , I just found you channel today and I find it so interesting. I am from the UK and have been living in Germany for 37yrs. I live in Villingen-Schwenningen on the edge of the Black forest, just like you. I also lived and worked in Dallas, USA for a short time. I have a German wife that I met here when I first came here on Holiday. I have Dual Nationality and two Passports, I got my Germann Nationality when the UK decided to leave the EU.I did not have to take any tests at all because I had been living here so long and it took only about a couple of months. Before I applied I did all the probable questions online with my wife,( About 300) and I scored better than she did, and she is born and bred German, Then I did not need to take the test, "what a Bummer" Oh and one big difference here to the US is the size of the parking bays in the US to Germany. Keep up the great videos.
Eure Probleme liegen oft daran die komplizierten Sätze zu verstehen, oder das ihr ein spezielles Wort nicht kennt. Sonst würdet ihr die Antworten schneller auf der Zunge haben. Im täglichem Leben habt ihr aber immer die Möglichkeit noch einmal nachzufragen. Ich drücke euch alle Daumen das ihr den Deutschkurs in 60 Tagen schafft und auch später den Einbürgerungstest. Prima Leistung, weiter so !
My fiancé is giggling and took the test online this morning while Ashton was reading the questions lol he’s German so it was easy peezy for him and I’m thinking to myself it feels as if I’m going back to college to study for finals 😊 you guys are inspiring couple
@@rogerheuckeroth7456 Just a little hint for better german: "Er (der Test) ist sehr einfach, aber nur, wenn du Deutsch lesen kannst." Nice try and a german can understand you, but it's not entirely correct.
That’s the closest thing to an “Ehestreit” that I’ve seen between you two in a video. High drama! I don’t want to blow my own horn, but I got 100% on my Einbürgerungstest. Seeing how much you had to struggle with the language gave me a new appreciation about how challenging this test can be if you don’t have the linguistic background. It was basically rote learning. I went through the whole catalog of questions until I basically memorized all the answers to the questions that I didn’t already know. The Einbürgerungstest had just recently been implemented by the time I applied for citizenship. There’s also a cute story about how I was able to document my level of German proficiency.
Wow great job on 100%. I think we could also do quite well with a bit more studying. I knew the answers to the questions, my biggest hurdle was seeing vocabulary that we don't use on a day-to-day basis.
A very nice quiz with sympathic "competitors". You will easily manage it. As sweet as Ashton was initially "annoyed" that Jonathan knew everything. 😁 You have an amazing energy. That is your strength! 🎖
@@TypeAshton If I may say so, Ashton, your pronounciation is better than Jonathan's. If I'd have to guess which one of you has been in Germany longer, I would have guessed you for sure!
@@Michael_Bonn 😆 ja! Danke! Ich denke, von meinen Füßen ist es der britische, der kaputt ging 😂 Aber gehen kann ich wieder. Leider bloß außerhalb der EU.
I think both your German is better than you think, but if I can give you some advice from personal experience, I think you would both benefit from studying German phonetics and its rules in a bit more detail. I had phonetics as a course in my short stint at a language studies/interpreters school, and it's crazy what difference correct pronunciation makes in being more confident in speaking a language and seeming more fluent to native speakers. And luckily the rules for German pronunciation are very consistent with rare exceptions, unlike English where it's the other way around 😂 edit: Ok I should have waited for the German classes at the end, nevermind 😁
(In English below) Très drôle ! Et très instructif aussi ! Félicitation pour vos mises en scène, votre bonne humeur et votre humour ! Votre niveau d’Allemand correspond à mon niveau d’Anglais, donc, merci Google Translate ! Oui, je suis français, et je regarde les vidéos de mes voisins de Freiburg avec plaisir, je ne suis qu’à 50 km, à l’ouest, c’est … au fond de votre jardin ou presque ! Very funny ! And very informative too! Congratulations on your staging, your good humor and your humor ! Your German level matches my English level, so thank you Google Translate! Yes, I am French, and I watch the videos of my neighbors in Freiburg with pleasure, I am only 50 km to the west, it is… at the bottom of your garden or almost ! I wish you good continuation !
Yes, they both have a lot of humor and enthusiasm and it can be fun to watch / listen to them. As a German, I feel the same way with my rusty French skills as you do with English. Reading I can get the sense of what is written together, but speaking I get a knot in my tongue (the vocabulary has been dusty for 40+ years)
We also didn't find the questions to be terribly difficult... Mostly we messed up because we are still B1 and we don't see/use some words every day. But it was fun giving this a try!
As a native German I sometimes didn't read the whole answers I only took the one with the most words in it or that seems the longest. Got more then 50% right with that strategy. 30years ago I even passed a Test in Psychology with a 87% rate by using this method.😂
@@winterschmied4583 ahaha, thank you so much for that, I will definitely use this strategy when I’m at a loss during my Buchhaltung Prüfung in February)))
When I did this test a few years ago, I found the most important thing was to make sure I read each question through properly. There seem to be quite a lot in the catalogue that just deal with the same subject, but the question is framed with a 'not' or 'forbidden' instead of asking you for what 'is' the case or 'is allowed'.
I have taken both the test questions of the US citizenship test and the German Einbürgerungstest. What I found interesting is how many of the questions were literally the same. Makes sense though, because while the political systems are quite different in detail, they are also very similar when it comes to the basics. Things like separation of powers are a thing in both countries, even if it is interpreted slightly differnt. Freedom of expression is a thing both in the US and Germany but doesn't mean exactly the same. There are differences between the 1. amendment and Art. 5 of the Grundgesetz.
When the Grundgesetz (german constitution) was created in 1948/49 the western allies of WWII had a lot of influence because they wanted to make sure something like a nazi-state would never exist again. That's why there are so many similarities between the german and the american constitution but of course there are also differences.
Also i think, when they designed the german Einbürgerungstest, they might have taken the american one (and probably those of other countries) as a model. If i remember correctly, it has been implemented not more than 20 years ago when other countries, like the us or canada already had similar methods to naturalize immigrants.
When doing the test on line regarding freedom of expression even though I did not understand every word but got the gist of them I was thinking the questions are harking back to the 1930's & dictatorship. So whenever I saw a freedom question freedom was the word I went for.
@@maudeboggins9834 the german constitution is based on the one of the "Weimarer Republik" before Hitler came to power - which in turn was based on the .... US constitution (as well as the paulskirchen-Verfassung, but thats a different part of history). They DID change aspects of those "parents" of the current german constitution where they learned that they are exploitable by dictators - thats for example why there is a 5% hurdle - the very reason Hitler came to power was not because he got the majority of votes, but because the majority of votes was distributed among many many many very small parties sometimes with a single seat in the parliament. As far as I know Hitler never got much more than 30% of the votes. Thats why todays constitution not only ensures that you have to have at least 5% of the votes to get a seat in parliament (and that means that the parliament is not as fragmented as it was before Hitler) but also that the Government has to have at least 50% of the votes.
Its really great how hard you work for learning the language. You did both sooo well at the Einbürgerungstest, i think its more easy for people who lived also in democratic countrys. I wish you both much power for finishing your lessons. But also think about rewarding yourself once in a while ;)
Ihr schafft das ! Nur Mut. Und wenn ihr eurer neues, umfassendes Wissen abrufbar bereit habt, seid ihr schon gebildeter als viele Andere, die es auch einmal gelernt haben - aber teilweise vergessen, weil sie es im täglichen Leben nicht brauchten . . . 😊😊 Last but not least - your channel helps us as Germans keeping our English/American alive and get it improved ! Thank you for your great elaborate work of recording, cutting and presentation of your videos. . . !!
Hi, everyone, I find ist great how enthusiastic you are about learning the German language and also taking the naturalization test. Don't put too much pressure on yourself and take it easy. With regard to the naturalization test, I can only say that your wrong answers are difficult to solve due to the ambiguous nature of the question, especially for people who are not yet well versed in the German language and culture. I work on the preparation of examination tasks for vocational training for all of Germany. So I can confidently tell you that if we asked our questions like this, many german examinees would not be able to answer them correctly. In particular, the one question with the answer "Rosenmontag" already shows that no thought was given here. As German citizens, we would dismiss such a question as wrong. Because we know that the carnival season in Germany begins on November 11th at 11:11 a.m. of the year and lasts until „Aschermittwoch“ (which is usually in February) of the following year. As such, „Rosenmontag“ is just one of the days when people wear costumes, masks, etc. So the question should have been better: Which of the listed days falls within the period when people wear masks and costumes? or On which day of the carnival season do the parades mainly take place in Germany? This question would have been a little clearer that way. Let's see if the parades will take place this year, then you can get an impression of it for yourself. The biggest parades take place on „Rosenmontag“ in the „Ruhrgebiet“ (Cologne, Mainz, etc.). With that in mind, wish you all the best.
You are right. And even worse: Rosenmontag (Monday of roses) is the most important day of Carnival in regions like Köln or Mainz. In the region in the south, close to lake Constance (for those who are not that familiar with our Georgraphy: This is big lake in the south surrounded by Switzerland, Austria and Germany), they would not even say "Karnval" (which is the German word for carnival), they would say "Fasnet", and from what I experienced during my childhood there, thursday before Rosenmontag is even more important ("Schmotziger Donnerstag" in local accent, the meaning is "greasy thursday", and its importance reaches down to Italy where they use the same term just in Italian language ("Giovedi grasso").
I just discovered you guys, and I'm loving your videos, although I must admit, I was yelling answers at you both throughout this video. 🙂 I'm from Chicago and have been living in BW since 2008 and work in Freiburg. It's a lot of fun watching you explore and experience this wonderful neck of the woods and Germanness in general. Thank you for sharing and keep it up!
I really like your videos. Both of you are so authentic and your videos are entertaining, informative and funny. Good to have you in Germany, you are really doing well. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much, this was an incredibly kind compliment. ❤️ We are just thrilled that so many others enjoy our videos. We have a lot of fun making them.
Hello, I like your style of the videos you make. I actually tried the tests myself today. I am born in Germany, Niedersachsen, but left at age 23 and now live in the Netherlands for more that 30 years already. I found it interesting to see what the questions would be like. I got 95% correct with the 33 question tests, had about 2 questions wrong while not paying attention to the question and 2 that I did not know. The 310 question test was harder. I got about 12-15 wrong answers. I think that foreign people may have it much harder. I think even Dutch people who live close to Germany will fail a lot of the questions. That is because if you had not spend time in Germany you would not know especially many regulatory institutions. I think best chance for correct answers non German language persons would be given from Dutch, Belgian or Danish persons. Non Europeans - especially non western culture countries will find the 310 questionair hard - in my oppinion. Well, I am glad you like it in my 'alter Heimat' - stay strong. Greetings.
@@TypeAshton Well, some questions appear multiple times. I'd say it's only about 200 unique questions. Also a lot are either history or geography questions, school stuff. Took the test only to see what the government would deem 'essential' for people to know about their new country. And by the way, I don't like the direction the country is going - it seems democracy was tolerated long enough. Not that it is any better in the Netherlands thought. I'm also shocked about Canada, Australia and to some extend the US...
You are so great. Both of you. I started to whatch your channel just to refresh my english language. But now I enjoy your channel so much. It's better than the TV program.
I truly wish you all the best in your endeavours including obtaining citizenship. But honestly I was amazed how much you resisted integration. Not only linguistically but also culturally. I dare say I speak your language a lot better than you speak mine and I know a lot more about your country than you do about Germany. And I never lived in the US for more than 2 months. My Italian was a lot better than your German, after about three weeks living there and no prior classes. I hope you make your citizen test. It is nevertheless ironic that as an Austrian I could never become German without giving up my Austrian passport.. I would have been able to answer all the questions, and I would have been before I actually went there 25 years ago. And without studying. Enjoy your time, learn the language and culture and you will have even more fun than you already do.
Once you jump over the language hurdle and familiarize yourselves with the uncommon german terms, you‘ll find the test to be very easy itself! I studied this in a span of two weeks (like 30 minutes each day) and got 33/33. On day of the test itself, a lot were even finishing up within 20 minutes of getting the questions. :)
This was fun. While I only got 6 right, it helped affirm for me that I know German better than I think I do. After all, these were NOT easy questions because they mostly dealt with German law rather than day to day activities. WELL DONE. Can you do more like this?
As an "ex"-German I just went through 100 questions of the 310 sized catalogue. I got like 10 wrong, mostly the 'negative' questions I did not pay enough attention to to read. Easy otherwise if you have spent any time in Germany and understand history and moral values. That said the US naturalization questions are MUCH easier, even after the recent attempts to make it harder.
Ah really? When we were researching for this video, we read something like only 36% of Americans would pass the Naturalization Exam. Granted, I have not read the questions for the American test but the German test seemed pretty straight forward (minus me not knowing all of the vocabulary).
@@TypeAshton i know some people who took the US naturalization test without studying at all, they just went, took the test, and passed. I never did take it but did do some test runs online and easily passed every time. I think americans struggle with their own test because of words with multiple syllables... not a problem for germans :) have fun with our loooong compound words. Little pronunciation tip: "V" is pronounced "F" (eff) nearly 100% of the time. Especially in the South. Exceptions can be proper names, and french words like "vase". In Bavaria even names like Valentin, or Viktor are Falentin and Fiktor. Or Feronika for example :) Vocabulary word for your trip to munich: Viktualienmarkt is pronounced Fiktualienmarkt. keep at'er
@@UnExcited42 i think you pretty much repeated what i said. except less clearly... V in words is always pronounced F. exceptions are names, people can pronounce their names any which way they want, they are their names..... the only actual words where V is not pronounced F are foreign words. Like vase in my example which is borrowed from french. video is also not a german word. in short: V is not confusing at all. in doubt pronounce it like an F.
I did my Naturalization some 15 years ago and frankly, I thought most was common knowledge. But I try to understand the costume question. I would have failed. ABSOLUTELY no native Frisien wears colorful costumes on Rosenmontag. Typical German Government misinformation.
@@TypeAshton Not sure what's being asked, but I remember learning a lot about the US political system in school some 35 years ago in Germany. MLK, Brown vs. Board of Education, Miranda vs. Arizona, and the Earl Warren Supreme Court in general... I guess given the multitude of other countries, it's impossible to have the same level of detail on sundry other nations within US education.
The hardest part is the language. Like you got that the Bürgermeister is the mayor but lack the vocabulary to identify the correct answer. But you know the vocabulary to identify the wrong answers. Things like "Oberhaupt einer Gemeinde" include words that are not often used when learning German. I guess people learn words like Stadt or Dorf before learning words like Gemeinde.
Yes, I think for us we totally struggle with the vocabulary more than the content. After we ended filming we did the rest of the questions in English and got them all correct. A bit more studying will improve a lot for word recognition.
Yeah I only knew Gemeinde from pulling out random words from Netflix shows. It's funny because up until this point I thought it was a totally pointless word I'd never have cause to use
UK here with basic grasp of German, I really enjoyed this and although I only understood maybe 20% of the words was able to get some of the Q's right...this was a good way to learn a few more words.
A few years back my mother had to do this to get her citizenship (she was the only one without), therefore I studied with her sometimes. It was shocking to see how many I would have gotten wrong even though I grew up and went to school here
We read a study that was conducted in the US... only 36% of Americans would pass the Naturalization exam. 😬 I think these tests can really be quite difficult.
My colleague officially became German a few years ago, since she grew up here and did her Abitur, she didn't need a test, just the school certificates. However, my neighbor took the test to be officially naturalized. Meanwhile, I took the big test for fun and only gave 5 or 6 wrong answers (without practicing). I suspect that many are more likely to stumble upon the political questions, as you often have to read the questions / answers very carefully.
Der Test ist für einen Deutschen mit guten Schulabschluss, der aufmerksam den Schulunterricht in Geschichte und Sozialkunde verfolgt hat, machbar. Für mich als studierten Juristen und mit Leistungskurs Geschichte auf dem Gymnasium war das sowieso ein Spaziergang. Allerdings ist das Sprachniveau nicht ohne, hier wird schon vertieftes Sprachverständnis auf Niveau B3 und höher erwartet. Für Testkandidaten heißt das, Sprache üben und sich die Grundzüge deutscher Geschichte ab 1803 und des Staats- und Rechtssystem anzueignen. Das Video hat Spaß gemacht und ihr seid auf einen guten Weg zum deutschen Pass.
Bitte noch mal so eine Folge :). Ich finde das Klasse, das ihr das so durchzieht (doppelDaumenhoch). Ashton kannst du dir nicht über die Uni Lernbücher holen? Ich hab das mal für meine Tochter gemacht, für Englisch. Die haben gute Lehrbücher. Lg Torsten
Ja! Toller Punkt. Ich habe den größten Teil meines Studiums bisher an Sprachschulen (sowohl persönlich als auch online) absolviert. Das Material gefällt mir wirklich gut, aber ich sollte mehr in der Bibliothek nachsehen.
@@TypeAshton Deutsch ist vergleichbar Französisch eine schwierige Sprache. Um in eine jeden dieser Sprachen heimisch zu werden und auch die Nuancen zu kennen, ist es am sinnvollsten, viel gute (!) Literatur zu lesen. Seit der hier in den neunziger Jahren des letzten Jahrhunderts per Gesetz durchgeführten Sprachreform ist das Niveau deutlich gesunken. In Frankreich achtet die «Académie Française» darauf, hierzulande gibt es leider Entsprechendes nicht.
Like Jonathan, I was to qualify as a descendent of German ancestry as I also knew my great grandfather personally for about 12 years of my life. I had collected all the various documents, official translations of English docs, etc, the one missing doc was which ship the family traveled on. Unfortunately, Europe was invaded by a mass of refugees, the German Embassy in Wien suspended accepting applications, then Covid came later. I got my Austrian citizenship last year, passing a 3 part language test, and similar regional, country history and customs knowledge test. I had a similar packet from the government to study, also found an online site with over 800 questions. Quizzed myself thoroughly. When I took the official test, which was computerized, I finished it in 10 minutes, passed, and the rest was history. Good luck to you both! LG aus Villach-Warmbad
I see myself as a European and German patriot in the sense that I subscribe to certain democratic, cultural and moral values. It is a great joy and honor for me and my country that such great civilized people like you want to be my fellow citizens!
I just tested my knowledge by doing the entire catalogue of questions (310 questions) for my home state of Schleswig-Holstein and I did pretty well - I got less than 16 answers wrong.
At 17:20 you read a diffrent question then which is shown on the screen x'D You showed the same question of 15:47 again *hihi* Besids that, I like your videos and how you edit them!
Ah shoot sorry about that. This video had a TON of graphics and my computer was really struggling to render while I was editing. It could be that an edit didn't save and I didn't catch it because my program was really slow. Off. Thanks for watching though!
Why does the video have so many views but the channel so few subscribers? You two are so authentic and it really shows how much fun it is for you to learn all this. Macht mir richtig Spaß euch dabei zuzuschauen und ich finde es sehr interessant Deutschland mal aus einer anderen Perspektive zu sehen. So all 46000 viewers subscribe to the channel, it's worth it. Macht weiter so!
Thank you that is really nice of you to say. We are a new channel and have only been posting since May but are really thrilled with all of the kind words of support we receive. Thank you for subscribing!
As a state official I have to evaluate the tests occasionally. I always find it interesting when people spontaneously try it. The questions also vary from test to test and some are always added and others are omitted. Memorizing is not a good option. :P Question 10 is a tough one. You are allowed to make false statements (answer A), but not in every case. This is why A is wrong and B is right. For Question 14: "Bundes" is Federal Republic and "Landes" is State. It is the Federal Republic of Germany but it is the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg. After that there are regions (for Freiburg this is also Freiburg since it does not have a region but it is surounded by the region called Landkreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald) and after those is local like city or community. Voting age is 18 at federal repulic and for federal state but 16 for regional and local. 16 is also a tough one since forced labour is nor allowed as a sanction itself but inmates have to work in prison and are kind of forced to do so. But they get paid to do so.
First off, Ashton: huge kudos and congratulations for your dissertation. When's the party? Just a pro tip: learn to dissect German compound words. Not a critique, only a tip for possibly making your future lessons in German a bit easier, and take away the anxiety of such multiple choice questions. Try to see if you recognize part of a compound word. For example in the question, "Was ist mit dem deutschen Grundgesetz vereinbar?", the Grundgesetz should have popped up quite a few times, I believe. It also seemed that you knew quite well that this meant the German basic law, the German constitution. So the question seemed to be fairly clear to you as well. What is possible/legal/acceptable within the German constitution? Jonathan gave you two choices, with one being the 'mean' answer because you didn't know it. But dissect it: "Prügel" and "Strafe". The word "Strafe" might have been known to you as punishment. That might have already given you an indication of what the first word might indicate: "Prügel" was not something you knew. So just go ahead to the second available answer: Or, take the second compound word "Geldstrafe". Again "Strafe" = punishment, and "Geld" should have come up quite a few times in your German lessons by now. Geld = money. So it would be a 'money-punishment'. Or in English, a monetary fine. Now which one of these two sounds more probable for German law? An unknown punishment, or a monetary fine? You wouldn't even necessarily need to know the exact phrase of the first question, just assign probabilities for what seems more likely: a monetary fine, or something that also sounds like punishment, but probably is NOT a monetary fine? As there can't be multiple correct answers, which one would be more likely? So a corrporeal, physical beating, or a monetary fine? In the same way, you can most often dissect most other German compound words. Check out what seems familiar, what you are pretty certain you know. Then go back or forth from those words, and try to discern the meanings of all the remaining parts of the compound word. That's the beauty of German. While there are a few loan-words from other languages, they are still fairly few and far in-between. You don't need to know tens of thousands of actual German words in your vocabulary to get by, you need only roughly five to eight thousand total. Then you can dissect and discern most compound words' meanings by analyzing the meanings of those easier to understand base words. Only when you enter speciality fields in crafts, jobs, science, or such does the vocabulary suddenly balloon into tens of thousands. For every day life you can easily get by with five to eight thousand words pretty comfortably to hold a fluent conversation. OK, the declinations are not totally easy, I get it, but you will get the jist of it, I am certain. /edit: I just noticed that you listed the same question for 14 and 16. For 14 the question and the multiple choice answers were correct, for 16 we saw the same questions and answers as for 14. Interestingly enough, answer B was correct for both 14 and 16, despite them having completely different contents. BTW: I took that little test on the Michigan site, so I recognized that something was off a bit. No problem there, just noticed it. Wow, and 5.00 AM is definitely an ungodly hour to get up and learn a foreign language as difficult as German. Damn, kudos that you succeeded at doing it since then. All that possibly before your first coffee. And who are these unfortunates who are already up at that time and teach those classes? That is almost cruel and unusual punishment :D
Hi there! Thank you so much for such a great and helpful comment. We totally agree that one o the German language is a lot like legos - if you understand the building blocks you can really kind of deduce your way to the right answer. My problem was I didn't know either end of the legos for Prügelstrafe 😂 . But I think a bit more time practicing and we will be there. Also - sorry about the issues with the graphics in the video on the final question. By the time I got to the end of editing this video, we had so many graphics loaded into the software that even my new iMac was struggling to render in real time. I thought my edits saved... but they did not. 😬 Ugh. And thanks again for the warm wishes on my dissertation. I hope to submit in the next week or so and I really appreciate all of the support. ❤️❤️
@@TypeAshton Nice analogy, comparing German to legos. Funny, never thought of it like that. I am certain to use that in the future, if I may. Thanks for the idea.
I think I mentioned it before but anyways. If you like a fun video on the naturalization test watch this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OZRh4dbosv8.html
That was really fun! Please make a Part 2😁 And I think you actually did really well. The only problem you have is translating the questions. As you get better in speaking German (and you already made a really good progress) I think you will pass the test easily.
Yes I think so. When I went back after filming and read the questions in English I knew the correct answers. It was more that there were some words I cam across that I don't use in everyday day language.
@@TypeAshton by the way what just came up in my mind😅 I don‘t know if that gets told or if you already know it, but if you got a double letter after a vocal that nearly always means, that the vocal is pronounced „short“ (no idea if that’s the correct term). So for example in „Schiff“ and „Stuttgart“ the i and u are pronounced short and not like the i in „tief“ or the u in „Schuh“😅 Just a random fact that maybe could help if you didn’t know yet😅
The short i in german is nearly identical to your i in "stiff" where as the long i (or ie) in "tief" would be similar to your ie in "thieves. For the short u in german you could take as an example your word "could" or "should". Your ou in these words are nearly identical to the short u in "Bus" or "Stuttgart". The long form of u in for example "Schuh" or "Tuch" is similar to your double o in "noodle" or "Boots"😅 No idea if that explanaition helps you but maybe it's easier to remember or so...😅
The hardest question in this test is how often elections for state parliaments take place, which is either every 4 or every 5 years. It's every 4 years in the three city states and every five years in the other 13 states. And it's every four years for the Bundestag as well.
okay that was probably your best video so far when it comes to entertainment. and that with such a boring topic, great job! and dont worry about the test, the issue was clearly a lack of german vocabulary, words that have no place in every day language (i mean imagine a typical smalltalk that includes "prügelstrafe"). maybe try watching tagesschau every day, they tend to report on a wide spectrum of news including politics/laws and over time you will add those rare words to your knowledge.
Hi you guys 😊 I just found your channel by accident on my explore page and immediately subscribed! I myself am a teacher for German as a foreign language so this video was highly entertaining for me! I loved the part where you guessed all the answers 😉 I actually thought a preparatory course for the Einbürgerungstest a while ago. Keep up the cool videos. It's so interesting to see your point of view! 👍 PS: If you're interested in private Zoom lessons hit me up 😂
Wow how cool! I'm so glad that you enjoyed the video and thank you for the subscription. We had a ton of fun filming this video. It was great for our reading comprehension and to see where we are on our language learning. At the moment we are still keep in our 60 day challenge, but after it is all said and done we will definitely keep you in mind. Again, thank you so much for watching. ❤️
Tolles, unterhaltsames Video! Ich glaube, Jonathan hat einfach den sechsten Sinn für die richtige Antwort. ;) Ansonsten stimme ich zu: Die eigentlichen Antworten wüsstet Ihr vermutlich, aber die verwendeten Wörter sind in der Tat schon deutlich über B1-Level. Trotzdem, weiter so! :)
Hahah ein sechster Sinn dafür, einen Blick auf die Antworten zu werfen. 😂😂😂 Ich mache natürlich Witze. Aber es war urkomisch, wie er sie nur "erraten" konnte! 😜
You guys are cute with all that effort trying to learn our hard af language as fast as possible 😁 Keep it up. You're already halfway there regarding that marathon. It's really fun to see your videos. You're my new favourite reality show 😅
@@TypeAshton by the way: I don't know if you already figured that thing out by your own, but Bratwurst just means "baked sausage". So people can actually sell you any sausage using that name. If you want the real typical german Bratwurst, you have to keep an eye on "Nürnberger Rostbratwurst" or (my favorite, but probably hard to find outside of supermarkets in the blackforst) "Thüringer Rostbratwurst". The "Rost-" just means it's usually grilled.
probs to you for doing this on camera! It looks like you are a good track to German citizenship. some of the more complicated words will come as you learn more German
What I have heard about this "Einbürgerungstest" is, that the most important is to have sufficient knowledge of German language. If you do, there are enough questions where the answer is obvious. I, being a German citzen my whole live, am wondering why they don't split into a test about Germany ("know your rights, your duties, what's forbidden, how life in Germany is organized etc.) and another one related to the level on knowledge on German language. Because: Even if you language skills are not that good, in most situations you may use a dictionary to translate German language to your language, or even find a German speaking your language, at least for English. So once you can understand the sentences it is much easier to understand their meaning.
That was a really funny and entertaining video. You'll quickly get the grasp of these questions, as they are actually pretty simple to answer if you get the gist of the question. I would love if you would do a follow-up video. Another idea would be you guys trying to answer the questions to the theoretical driving test in Germany. There are several options to find the questions online. I think that would be fun as well.
"Bundestagswahlen" are actually federal elections (Bundestag = federal parliament), "Landtagswahlen" are state elections (Landtag = state parliament) and "Kommunalwahlen" are local elections (Kommune = local authority district)
I really love that you do that in German 5:35, you should to special German vids every now and then anyway ;). But why are you not doing it in English? There are many languages available.
Hi! I don´t know if it is better to comment in german or english... Anyway, this was really funny. I´m amazed about your production qualitiy of your videos!
I can totally understand the reasons why you fell behind on your courses. And i am really impressed about doing a course at 5 AM. That's dedication. It will definitely help your german skills. I think the real challenge of the naturalization test is that your german skills need to be good enough to understand the questions and possible answers correctly. That's why Germans will probably never fail in this test even if they get some answers wrong it will never be more than 50% wrong answers for them. I have tried it before and got everything correct but i am someone who is interested in politics. I found the questions pretty easy but yeah i failed to realize that the real challenge is to understand questions and answers correctly, which requires understand pretty complicated german words that aren't part of everyday conversations.
5AM is not our ideal time, however it's when we know Jack will still be sleeping so we can focus. As for the test, yes we will need to improve our vocabulary to be able to take this.
The video was a pleasure. 👍😁 Don't fret Ashton. Jonathan has a head start. He's been in Germany longer. You both did a great job. I had a mistake of my own. 😅 Please report back 🙏 How did your families like the Christmas presents from Germany? How did Jack like the little dragon. Is he now one of his favorite cuddly animals?
We will for sure be reporting back as we start making some progress here. The families loved the presents, thank you for asking! Jack is still a little bit unsure of all the gifts. He prefers to carry milk cartons around.
When my wife took this test and was learning for it i also checked all the possible questions. it was about 300 in the question pool. I cant´t tell you if iam proud when i tell you that i could have answered every single one of the 300 or 300+ questions. the ones i didnt know i could just answer by logic. but iam also very interest in history stuff and politics. thats maybe a reason.
For your theoretical drivers licence, you have to answer 30 out of 1.600 possible questions. So the naturalization test is way more easier than the theoretical drivers licence test.
bei Minute 17:50 habt ihr die falsche Frage/Antwort eingeblendet. ;-) However, you are a great family and I love to see your Videos about comparing USA and Germany with their differences on your neutral and objective sightwise. And btw. nice to see some actual video snips from my birthtown Freiburg.
Euer Deutsch wird immer besser! Ich musste viel Lachen, ihr seid sehr locker und lustig :-) Respect that you have managed all of this with your job and child.
Wow, danke! Es war nicht immer einfach, jeden Tag einen Kurs zu besuchen, aber wir fühlen uns wirklich viel sicherer in unseren Konversationsfähigkeiten. Langsam werden wir besser. ❤️😊
Bei Minute 18:00 wurde die falsche Frage eingeblendet. Ich hab den Test parallel mit euch mitgemacht und hab bis auf die eine Frage, die ich nicht lesen konnte, alles richtig beantwortet. Ich finde es trotzdem sehr erstaunend wie gut ihr unser Land schon kennt und wie gut ihr schon deutsch sprecht.
ja, tut mir leid. Während der Bearbeitung hatte ich am Ende des Videos so viele verschiedene Grafiken geladen, dass mein Computer Schwierigkeiten hatte, in Echtzeit zu rendern. Ich denke, meine Änderungen wurden nicht gespeichert und ich habe den Fehler nicht erkannt.
@@TypeAshton Just a hint: You might put the correct question in a comment and fix this comment on top. So everybody can easily find the written question. by the way: Very well done! Thank you for sharing this online.
Ashton, Jonathan was definitely lucky and what you should be truly proud of: you’re really good at picking up the right pronunciation. Jonathan’s version of „Nationalität“ for example is veeery English.
Hahaha yes I agree he got lucky. 😉 But mostly Jonathan and I are typically a pretty good team when we are out and about. He's usually better at verbs, and coming up with the vocabulary on the fly.... But I have better reading comprehension and listening. I can usually understand about 90 percent when other speak to me.
Ich heiße Euch ganz herzlich willkommen als Neubürger in Deutschland, denn so eine kluge, aufgeschlossene, interessierte und liebenswerte Familie können wir in Deutschland gut gebrauchen, zumal viele wohlstandsverwöhnte Deutsch immer undankbarer werden und die vielen Vorteile unseres so liebenswerten Vaterlandes gar nicht zu schätzen wissen!
It was quite funny, sorry, but the Quiz-style was really fun to see. And the struggles you have with some questions, especially with the german words, was interesting, because the test is quite challanging, because of the "official" words, I think. But you will do it. Just talk german as much, as you can, then it will be much easier!
Thanks! We're glad you enjoyed the video. And I totally agree, I think our struggles were rooted in the fact that many fo the words are just not part of our daily language, rather than not knowing the answers. 😉
You guys are soooo smart. such a test is almost ridiculous for people like you, i mean, im german and 95 % i know about germany is from your channel :D.
well done. Given the statutory and factual residency duration requirements and the legal paperwork someone has to file for naturalization, many of the complicated vocabulary becomes much more familiar. Further, I think you already achieved the main goal of the test. It was not intended to be a step knowledge based hurdle for new citizens but rather force them to get familiar with German laws, culture and social norms.
It’s so sweet and funny :) The questions are actually pretty easy. Just write down all the words that you don’t know the translation and try to learn their meaning by heart. Believe me, then you gonna get 33/33.
Hallo Super Familie ! Das habt ihr richtig gut gemacht 👍ich wusste nicht einmal das es so einen blöden Test hier gibt ,ich denke wenn ihr Mal eine Umfrage in Deutschland macht wissen viele die Antworten auch nicht alle ! Euer Deutsch ist erstaunlich gut 🤗🤗 Deutschland und seine Bürokratie ist einmalig 🤣🤣🤣wenn du einen Antrag stellen willst musst du erst einen Antrag stellen ,das du einen Antrag stellen darfst🤣🤣🤣Ich habe mich auf jeden Fall richtig amüsiert! Alles gute für euch 🤩🤩
I’m not conversant with everything, I can thank my late beloved mother for it, I was a native German speaker as a child but I still managed to get most of the test questions right because I still know enough German to guess the context. Its just way too easy for a multiple choice but to tell the truth, if I don’t know any German or I knew nothing about German history and culture, I would have been lost at sea! I’m not what foreigners call the ugly American abroad.
I am pretty sure you two would pass the test with flying colors. And respect for your efforts and hard work to learn German. Jonathan is almost perfect and Ashton is also very good.
Hi guys, first of all my highest respect for both you diving much deeper into german language and taking so many classes in such a short time frame. Seems to me its like learning german intravenously. The naturalization test wasnt that hard for me as a german native, but might be tough for those whose vocabulary is not sufficient. I am sure you have add the words you didnt know before to your list and will remeber once. Hope you fully understood the wrong answers as well. Its the first time to hear you both speaking german in longer sequences. It sounds good already and ausbaufähig/expandable. Waiting for your first video totally in german. Just joking now. If you pronounce the following toungue twistling sentence, I will vote for your german naturalization: In Bacharach am Achenbach da machten mich die Wachteln wach(as fast as you can). I wish you a nice week and stay healthy.
Now THAT is a good tongue twister! Thank you! Very similar to the common English on.... Shelly sells seashells by the sea shore. 😉 Always fun, thank you so much and we are really glad you enjoyed the video.
@@TypeAshton Well that one is good to train the german pronounciation of "ach" and like yours in english is much more Fischers Fritz fischt frische Fische, frische Fische fischt Fischers Fritz. I am sure in let say 4-5 years you will way back of Jack's german languages skills. So good to start by now when you want to catch up. I can really imagine your faces when he comes back from Kindergarten and school with new words you may be cant find in a dictionary :-D
@@howierfs5471 As a German teacher I always try to get in a lesson of "bad words" so the parents know what their kids are bringing home from school. ;o)
@@howierfs5471 I teach German as a second language to adults. And it is very funny how shocked they sometimes are by the words they heard from their children. ;o))
Glückwunsch an euch! Herzlich Willkommen🥳 Bleibt bitte weiterhin so aufgeschlossen. Genau solche Menschen brauchen wir alle! Meine Frau hatte 33/33 Punkten erreicht. Fakt ist, dass nicht viele Menschen, die in Deutschland geboren und aufgewachsen sind, diesen Test bestehen würden. Da könnte man ja drüber nachdenken, die deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft auch abzuerkennen 😀
