Kultur 6

I am not one who normally follows the news, which is one of my many faults, but I do know that American tabloids are the worst resources if someone wants real news and not made-up garbage. That is why I find the Gild so interesting; it can give readers the best of journalism and gossip. I would never read it myself, but I can understand why it is so popular in Germany. Besides, having pictures of naked women will make anything popular. I am one of those people who becomes very timid when confronted with a closed door. I will sometimes stand there for a few minutes just contemplating on whether to knock or not. When I finally decide to knock, it tends to be a quite knock, as to not disturb the person inside. But I am all for knocking loudly and striding in confidently; it sure as hell saves time just standing there like a nervous schoolboy. Where I come from, recycling is not a big deal. There are recycling services available, but they cost more and most people do not bother. We do have 10¢ deposit for all bottles and cans that are either alcoholic beverages or carbonated soft drinks. I can not say I am surprised by all the recycling in Ann Arbor, but it is something I am getting used to. But Ann Arbor still does not compare to the amount of recycling done in Germany. I find it nuts, but also a good thing that other countries should be striving towards.

Kultur 6, Sriram Sivakumar

The ideas pointed out in the three articles were quite interesting. Manners, such as the way one would knock on a person's door are different to what people normally do in America or Singapore. The way one would dispose his garbage is different as well. The outline of newspapers in terms of the news was also quite intriguing. 

Some points I learnt from the reading.

Be assertive and knock hard when knocking on a door in Germany and at the same time don't forget to smile.

There are many dustbins in Germany.  Each one is for a particular type of garbage(eg: brown glass, white glass, paper, packaging, and left overs). So when in doubt or if one was rebellious dump your waste in the to the left over trash can.

Getting a spot in Germany for university housing can be very difficult since there is only limited housing for students.

Almost no news can remove the cover girl from the front page of the Zeitung. The newspapers are filled with sex scandals or remarks and comments about politicians. The paper normally badly targets in a hostile manner, the European Union, politicians of all stripes and foreign workers. It is also conservatively minded since, it took decades to admit that East Germany was a separate nation.

All in all, an interesting read.

Danke!

Kultur 6 Jessie Huang

Recycle is very different in different countries. In America, it's different among different states. In California, sie charge bottle deposit (10 cents each), aber, du kannst nicht claim all the deposit. Manmuss ein Recycle Center gehen und wo Man bottles verkaufen kann. Although one paid the deposit by per bottle, they recycle the bottles by weight... The money you collect from recycling the bottles may not pay the gas... This is why almost nobody recycle in California.

Hier in Michigan, I think most of people recycle in Ann Arbor. However, not every town has the blue dumpster. So not everyone recycles.

In China, hat Man used Papier, metal, und bottles verkaufen to people who go from door to door to collect the recyclables , wenn ich jung war. Those people then sell to the recycling center. Recent years, the price of recycling dropped a lot. There seems no longer people doing such business. Wie recycle Man in China jedzt? Ich weiß nicht...

Ich denke, dass es wichtig to recycle ist. Is a ketchup soaked Papier cup recyclable? I'm not sure though... Es ist wichtig not to throw used batteries und bulbs und electronics with general garbage.  

Kultur 6, Ian Propper

I didn’t really understand the article about the Bild. Is the Bild just a tabloid, or is it news + entertainment sort of like John stuart.  It just seemed really extreme. I mean, getting angry at a football player for smiling is a bit much. The knocking on the door article was interesting enough, but I’m still not sure how one knocks without pissing off the person on the other side. The last article about trash was cool. I like that germany separates its trash into various bins, but i suppose that could get confusing. The article on housing did not seem too disimilar to american housing, and, finally, Tübingen is partnered with Ann Arbor!

Kultur 6 - Luc Hildebrand

Kultur 6

After reading “Sex, Smut and Shock: Bild Zeitung Rules Germany” I was very surprised to here that a newspaper like Bild is so popular in Germany. From all I’ve read about German culture it seem to be very serious and conservative so to have a newspaper that is totally different from that be the main source of news for most people is quite surprising to hear. The Bild newspaper in Germany seems to be very
similar to something such as the Sun newspaper in England, which I can understand English people liking a newspaper like that, but I would not expect that from the Germans. While reading “German Privacy: Come On In: My Door Is Always Closed” the author points out a large difference between Germans and Americans when it comes to our door policies. For Americans an open door is an invitation to come in,
whereas a closed door usually means that person is busy, and we usually will knock softly because we don’t want to interrupt that person if they are busy. Germans on the other hand always have their doors closed and you are expected to knock only once and then just walk right in. I find that very odd, and if I ever spent time in Germany, I don’t know if I’d ever be able to get used to that. While reading “Division Hell: Worshipping the Garbage Gods” I learned that Germans take their garbage very seriously, and this really doesn’t seem to surprise me at all. From all I’ve read about German culture this semester, they seem to take a lot of things very seriously, and in some cases (such as with the garbage) they take it too seriously and this ends up complicating things (as such with the multiple colored trash bins that are confusingly labeled).

Kultur 6- Michael Miller

As always, I enjoyed the glimpse into German life through these humorous articles.  The Tabloid article was interesting, especially since it is so politically motivated. At least in America, the tabloids are just general trash and smut, and usually have to deal with celebrities.  But there must be something right going on in the Bild Zeitung headquarters, since they have such a large audience.  And of course, sex sells, so if you can scatter in some news to make it seem less like porn, why not?

In terms of the article about doors being closed, it's good to know if I ever go to Germany for work or auditions.  Little things like that that one wouldn't necessarily think of can be very helpful in professional situations.  And really, a knock can be seen as a warning that you are entering, rather than asking permission to come in as we use it for here in America.

I would really like to visit Germany to see all the things these articles spoke of in real life, from the train stations to this insane concept of recycling.  It's great that Germany is so committed to environmentalism.  The world needs taken care of, and some one has to do it.  Really, what is a few minutes to sort out recyclables when it means being a better world citizen? It helps when such great recycling programs are in place.  Germans seem to be doing a lot of things right, just saying.

Kultur6, Michael Nizinski

The article Sex, Smut and Shock, I think that the other news papers are wasting their time. If the german news paper wants to write about crazy things, sex, and "Smut". Then let them, they're a business making money whatever way they know they can. The German Privacy article made it seem like germans are to themselves and don't ever want to be bothered. So when the place is burning down don't bother knocking because they wouldn't want to be disturbed, just kidding. If I am ever in Germany I am going to knock on the door so hard you would think the KGB is trying to break in and when the person yells for me to come in, I am going to keep knocking until they open the door. The Division of Hell: Worshipping the Garbage Gods, didn't make a lot of sense to me. They separate all the items by glass color, paper, and whatever else and then throw them all together in the garbage truck. Maybe I miss read, or the article might have the wrong information. I think its good that they separate everything, and allows for more recycling. It would be good if the USA could adopt this system other than throwing everything together after it had been separated. You can see some of this at Michigan though, they have 3 tins one for paper, one for recyclable and one for garage.

Kultur 6, Kevin Hergenreder

Sex, Smut and Shock: Bild Zeitung Rules in Germany

Bild newspaper files are widely successful with a mix of sex and scandal. The newspaper goes on crusades against the European Union, politicians and foreign workers. An especially famous case is an attack on Jurgen Klinsmann for smiling after a German loss in a friendly soccer match against Italy. Compared to the Brittish tabloids they have values, and are often sickened at what those tabloids do.

German Privacy: Come on In, My Door Is Always Closed

In Germany doors are always closed, which can be quite awkward when trying to chase someone down. In the US an open door is an open invitation and a closed door signals not to disturb. In Germany you must knock loudly to get the person's attention. Your best bet is to knock once very loudly and then open the door.

Division Hell: Worshipping the Garbage Gods

Throwing away your trash can be very confusing in Germany, there are many bins for everything possible. One for white glass, one for paper, one for packaging, one for organic waste, one for metal. There is also typically a bin for leftovers. The country leads the way in environmentalism with commitment to wind and solar energy.

AMD 6 Kevin Hergenreder

Following Borussia Dortmund on twitter (@BVB)

Ich habe Dortmund gefolgen auf Twitter. Es war sehr schwierig, aber sehr interessant. Ich mag Dortmund. 

In an attempt to learn some slang and about how people actually talk. Here are some tweets below:

Translation: If you want to beat Leverkusen you have to be really good. We weren't today.

Translation: It doesn't look good with Nuri. There have been light movement. We are waiting for the diagnoses from the guys.

Kultur 6

I felt more close to German culture now because of the Bild Zeitung. Maybe it is a worldwide cult, to make fun of somebody with a twist of humor and sex. Gossiping in mass media, Bild Zeitung does a very good job. I was very shocked to know that they published paparazzi photos of Chancellor Merkel's naked derriere. If I see President Obama's naked paparazzi picture, I would be so shocked too.  German culture is quite wild!

The article about remained closed door in Germany is pretty normal, too. At least I don't open my door in school or my room, because I like to have my private space from others. Although, I have a story where I go to my piano lessons every week, and my professor is in midst of teaching somebody else inside of the room. I have to knock to let him know that I'm there, but he can't hear me every time even if I knock loudly. I can't knock 10 times and get tired, because I have to play some pieces for him later. So, I decided to go up to the room 5 minutes later, and knock the glass window part instead of the wooden part. Now he easily recognize my existence, hence there is no awkwardness on my waiting time.

Kultur 6 Clark Sanford

I was excited to read that Germany has its on version of The National Enquire because since I was a kid, I have always read those stupid, trashy magazines in the checkout isle. They're always nice for a good laugh. Its nice to know that if I go to Germany, I will be able to get my ridiculous news fix. I just hope that it's not frowned upon in Germany to read the magazines while waiting in line without buying them...

 Since I was a kid, if I saw a closed door, I assume don't go in there because A) Its closed for a reason, or B) You're not wanted in that room. If I do want to go into the room, I do just like the article says. I just give it 3 baby knocks and I wait for someone to open the door. One big knock and just walking in makes me feel like a SWAT team breaching a door to bust a criminal. My foreignness would shine in this situation because I will most likely forget to just walk in or still just feel uncomfortable about it.

Its nice to hear that Germany is big on recycling too. My whole life my family has recycled, so getting used to this in Germany won't be too difficult. Its just hard to imagine that the public follows this with the public recycle bins. Some people are just jerks and through garbage in the wrong bins because they don't care.

Kultur 6 Jake Prosyniuk

It is comforting to know that America does not have a monopoly on trashy news sources. It is nice to know that we are not the only sex and scandal-crazed nation, despite our reputation as such. I find it interesting that Bild is a genre of magazine unparalleled in American "cash register literature," combining hard news with the sort of nonsense found in People and Cosmopolitan magazines, managing to captivate a large portion of the German population.

I do not quite understand the sense of always having one's door closed, if not simply for quiet. It seems to create the opportunity for uncomfortable situations, as mentioned in the article, that could be avoided by simply communicating your availability with your door's status. However, I suppose you could also look at it as an opportunity to display confidence before a superior.

The trash cans don't seem that hard to figure out, but I suppose trash's classification not always clearcut. The US is becoming increasingly environmentally conscious as well and I have seen several of these types of trash cans, though not as specialized. I think we often make things too simple for people in America, there is almost no standard for critical thought or problem skills in everyday situations, all of the hard work is done for people (in reference to the DIY digital telephone hookup in Germany).

Kultur 6, Yuntao Chen

The articles included in this week's Kultur are interesting as usual. One of them talks about the fact that the doors in Germany are always closed. The author states that the proper way of knocking in Germany is to knock once loudly and come straight in. I find this very interesting. In my home country, China, doors are also usually closed. However the rules there are that you knock the door once and then wait for reply. You should never come straight in without the acknowledgement of the person inside. I guess in Germany if someone does not want other people to disturb him/her, he/she will just lock the door and that way nobody can run straight into the room.

Another article talks about sorting trash in different dustbins. The author complained that in Germany there are too many categories of trash to sort through. This is interesting, because here in Ann Arbor, we used to have trash cans for different kinds of garbage, but recently they have decided to merge all of them into two categories -- recyclable and non-recyclable. I personally do not know the rationale behind this move, but I understand that an elaborate sorting system is only sustainable when you have a very well educated population which have a strong sense of environmentalism and can correctly identify the categories of trash. Such level of sophistication is difficult to find. So I am very glad to know that it can be realized in Germany.

The author of the aforementioned article also says that in Germany if you order a telephone service, the company will simply mail the equipment to you and expect you to install it by yourselves. I think this is a very good idea. Let the people who are able to do these basic installations do it by themselves, and in case someone can not install a phone, he/she can always call for professional help.

The Kultur texts in this semester are very helpful. They provided a lot information about the different aspects of actual German society. I am very interested at them, and am looking forward to reading more of them in the next semester.

AMD 6 Clark Sanford

Für AMD 6 ich habe über Deutsche Angeln gelernt. Gleich mir lieben die Deutsche zu angeln! Es gibt 170.000 Angler in Deutschland. Sie sind sehr ernst über angeln. In Deutschland haben sie viele Fisch, das ich weiß. Auch haben sie Fisch, das ich weiß nicht. In das Video habe ich different Angeln methods gesehen. Sie haben sehr lang poles benutzt. Ich weiß nicht was sie heißen. Aber sie haben fly Angeln, also ich glücklich bin.

Sind sie für sharks angeln? 

Wenn ich nach Deutschland fliege, will ich viel angeln! Ich werde mein pole mitbringen, also ich angeln kann. Kann ich mein pole auf dem Flugzeug mitbringen? Ich weiß nicht. Was ich weiß, es werde ich find a way mein pole mitbringen.

This is one of the videos that I watched!

AMD 6 Jessie Huang

Ich habe "Top 10 Disney Songs" in Deutsch gesehen. Es gibt von No.10 zu No.1:

10.  Der König der Löwen "Kann es wirklich Liebe sein " (Aber ich denke dass es ist Kannst du abends Liebe fühlen) 

9. Pocahontas "Farbenspiel des Winds" (Was ist Genitiv und Wind is countable?! Die Winde)

8. Die Schöne und das Biest "Sei hier Gast" 

7. Dornröschen (What combination of words is this? as related to Sleeping Beauty) "Einst einmal im Traum"

6. Arielle die kleine Meerjungfrau (SeaYoungWoman=Mermaid? =D ) "Unter dem Meer"

5. Arielle die kleine Meerjungfrau "Ein Mensch zu sein" (A man like you =?= Part of your world Nicht "Part von deiner Welt")

4. Toy Story (Warum gibt es keine Deutsche Name für ihm? Kein Spielzeug Geschichte? ) "Du hast' nen Freund in mir" (Was is 'nen?)

3. Die Schöne und das Biest, "Die Schöne und das Biest"

2. Aladdin "In meiner Welt"(Nicht Ein neue Welt)

1. Der König der Löwen "Der ewige Kreis"

They don't sound totally different though.

AMD 5 - Victor Wang

For this AMD, I was interested in more German tongue twisters. I found a video on youtube.com by the user Get Germanized. I never knew that there were so many tongue twisters before. I first looked through the description of the video because to see all the tongue twisters. I saw the Fischers Fritze tongue twister that we had done in class. I tried saying two that looked relatively easy: "Denen Dänen, denen Dänen Dänen dehnen, dehnen deren Dänen"and "Weisst du das, dass das "das" das meistgebrauchte Wort in Satz ist?" They were hard. I kept messing up on Dänen and dehnen in the first one.

Next I listened to the person in the video go through the tongue twisters once. Wow. The one that sounded the hardest to me was one that had a lot of z's in it. I was only able to tell that there were several numbers with a lot of twos. My favorite one is chinesisiches Schüsselchen. It sounds very fun and trying to pronounce it was fun as well. But to be honest, all of them sounded almost equally as entertaining.

After hearing the video, I decided to try one more tongue twister: Auf einem russischen Passagierschiff jammte ein tschechischer Swing-jazz-session-cellist. After trying for five minutes, I gave up. There are simply too many "sch" sounds. In this activity, I learned to appreciate people who have good enunciation, especially when saying German tongue twisters.

Here is the link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvzzLKGu49k

AMD 6, Yuntao Chen

For this AMD, I watched the German movie "Das Wunder von Bern".

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326429/

The movie tells the story of the football dream of a young boy, Matthias, intertwined with the process of the coronation of West Germany's football team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Bern.

The movie is very interesting in a lot of ways. First, it depicts the German society in a very subtle period of time. In the early 1950s, the German society was in a big transition. On one hand, it was still over-shadowed by the WWII. One line of plots in the movie is about the return of Matthias' father from Russian war prison and the difficulties he encountered in the process of re-integration into a normal life. The effect of the war can also be  seen in the damaged and littered neighborhood that Matthias was living and his disabled neighbor. On the other hand, you can also see the rejuvenation of the economy and Germany as a country. The mine at Essen was back running at full steam and the new houses in München were just as nice as those in the US.

In this rapid transition, a lot of people were confused and frustrated. There are the old soldiers who can not run away from their nightmares during war, there are the young guys thinking that Communism is the answer to all the problems, and there are the audiences totally losing the confidence over their football team.

However, when West Germany defeated then world champion Hungary, everybody in Germany was inspired. I think that was the moment when the sense of pride started to come back to the German people. And that is definitely essential for the beginning of the Wirtschaftswunder (economy miracle).

From a language point of view, I have to admit that without the help of subtitles it is fairly hard for me to understand anything other than basic words. Unlike the documentary that I watched previously, in the movie people talked in "normal" speed and I suspect there are also slangs. But nonetheless I enjoyed it very much and would like to recommend it. 

AMD 6

For this AMD I am going to right about our class trip to the Museum of Art. The whole trip was used as a good tool for us to practice speaking German with our new vocabulary. The trip started with us going into the gift shop and saying what things we could get people for Christmas. I said: "Ich schenke meiner Mutter diese Schüssel" and "Ich schenke meinem Vater diese Skulptur." This is good practice for using dative words. The next thing we did was go to room full of European art that was mostly from the Renaissance Era. Here we talked what kind of are we liked or disliked. For example, "Albrecht Dürer gefällt mir," or "Dieses gemälde gefällt mir nicht." Then we went up a level and looked at more paintings. One painting had 3 women looking at a sculpture of a woman. I made the comment, "Das Skulptur hat ein großen Hintern." Maybe not the most appropriate comment. We also saw some small dancing figures and practiced the body vocab. After this we went and saw a cool sculpture of female warrior made entirely of gun parts and bullet shells welded together. This was really cool and one example of modern that I can actually appreciate. Next was the main section of modern art, and "es gefällt mir nicht." "Ich verstehe moderne Kunst." Some pieces look cool, but seem so easy to do. One piece was just a bunch of random pieces of paper glued together making a mash of gunk. Another one looked like a giant piece of grey drywall, with a little line of paint on the side. Overall, it was a fun experience that helped me with my vocabulary, using the dative, and saying what I like and don't like.

AMD6, Michael Nizinski

Für diese AMD habe ich Fußball Leid gelernt. Es signt nach ein Spiel und um ein Spiele. Es geht

“gebt mir ein h -- h!

gebt mir ein u -- u!

gebt mir ein m -- m!

gebt mir ein super deutschland, super deutschland,

hey hey! –

super deutschland, super deutschland,

hey hey!

gebt mir ein b -- b!

gebt mir ein a -- a! –

das ist der humba humba humba tätärä, tätärä, tätärä”

Ein Video verbundet zu sehen.   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP0oi2ynuBg

Wir singen ein Leid für eine Parodie. Wir gehen nicht also Wild. 

AMD 6

Für AMD 6 hab ich die Oper Die Tote Stadt von Erich Wolfgang Korngold erforscht. Ich lerne die Arie "Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen", so ich wollte die Arie und die Oper besser verstehen.  Erste, hab ich die Handlung gelesen, und ich hab einige Clips von Youtube gesehen.  Hier ist die Handlung. Die Handlung ist sehr interessant. Die zweiten und dritten Akt sind Träume von Paul. Es gibt viele Clips von Youtube, wie eine volle Leistung von Deutsche Oper Berlin in 1983 mit James King und Karan Armstrong.  Die Musik ist SEHR schön, aber ich mag James King nicht.  Er ist zu starr wann er singt, und er hat wenig Emotion, und ich denke Paul sollte expressiv sein, aber das ist meiner Anseicht.

Die Arie, die ich singen, ist einer der schönsten Lieder ich habe gehört. Hier ist ein Link zu eine interessante Version ich mag. Pierrot singt die Arie in die zweiten Akt. Die text von die Arie ist:

Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen, es träumt sich zurück. 

Im Tanze gewann ich, verlor ich mein Glück. 

Im Tanze am Rhein, bei Mondenschein, 

gestand mir's aus Blauaug ein inniger Blick, 

gestand mir's ihr bittend Wort: 

o bleib, o geh mit nicht fort, 

bewahre der Heimat still blühendes Glück, 

mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen, es träumt sich zurück. 

Zauber der Ferne warf in die Seele den Brand, 

Zauber des Tanzes lockte, ward Komödiant. 

Folgt ihr, der Wundersüssen, 

lernt unter Tränen küssen. 

Rausch und Not, Wahn und Glück, 

ach, das ist des Gauklers Geschick. 

Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen, es träumt sich zurück...

Ich bin sehr gespannt auf lernen dieses Arie.  Ich möchte die ganze Oper sehen.  Es ist nicht sehr gut bekannt, aber die Musik ist so schön! Es gibt so viele gut Opern, die nicht gut bekannt sind.  I wünschte, ich hab Zeit für mehr Opern zu hören.

AMD 6 - Alex Gamso

Für AMD 6, ich habe drei Disney Lieder in Deutsch mit Englisch und Deutsch subtitles. Es war einfach für mich, weil ich Disney Films liebe.
Die erste Lied war "Prinz Alli" oder in Englisch "Prince Alli" aus Disney's Aladdin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyfT50pY3jQ). Es ist schnell, aber spaß. Es ist einfach anfangs mit der Sultan. Er sagt "Was, was ist das?" etwas das wir alle kennen. Die erste line of die Lied ist "Bahn frei für Prinz Ali!" Prinz ist wie es sounds. "Sagt 'hi' für Prinz Ali!" another einfach Satz. Die rest of die Leid ist sehr schnell. Ich picked up ein paar Adjektive und anderen Worten wie wunderbar, jetzet, ein tag, Applaus, du Idiot, etc. Die Dative ist apparent in der Lied auch.
Meine next choice war "Endlich sehe ich das Licht" oder in Englisch "I see the Light" aus Tangled (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG5NjvQ_L_Y). Es ist langsam. Ich understood most of die Lied. Ich highly recommend zuhören, weil es ist schön, even in Deutsch. Viele der Worte sind einfach, weil wir haben gelernt.
Die letzte  Lieder war "Ehre für das Haus" oder in Englisch "Honor to us All" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLNtjR0Iexs&list=UUBdtk7uxFDOXbwwFnLiAY3A). Es ist nicht schnell und nicht langsam. Es ist perfekt für einen Deutsch 101 student. Die main Wort ist Ehre (honor). Wenn Mulan ist in das Bad und sagt "Das ist ja eiskalt!" , sie hört wie Lola aus Lola Rennt. Again, haben wir veile Worte gelernt. Eine Grille (cricket) ist für Glück. Es hat das same model verb several times. Es ist schön auch.
Ich denke dass zuhören Disney Leider ist gut für Deutsch lernen.

AMD 6 - Luc Hildebrand

AMD 6

Für AMD 6, Ich schielt die Spracheinstellung für mein Internet ins Deutsche. Ich
erkannte viele Wörter wir in Deutsch 101 gelernt haben. Zum biespiel auf der
Google Startseite, ich wusste: Google-Suche (Google Search), bilder (pictures),
Kalendar, Kontakte, mehr, und neue. Ander Wörter muss ich verstehen: zurück
(back), hilfe (help), Feedback geben (to give feedback), Optionen (options), Link in
neuem Tab/Fenster öffnen (open link in new tab/window) und Über Google (about
google) . Neue wörter habe ich gelehrt: Einstellungen (settings),
Datenschutzbestimmungen (privacy and term settings), Auf gut Glück (I’m feeling
lucky!), Übersetzen in Deustch (translate to German), Drucken (to print),
Ausschneiden (cut), und Einfügen (paste), und Rückgängig (undo).

AMD 6 Jake Prosyniuk

Für diese AMD, habe ich Kinderreime gelernt. Ich habe gehört, dass Deutsche Kinderreime morbid sind. Ich habe mit ein Wörterbuch gelesen. Ich will wissen, wie morbid die Kinderreime sind.

Der erste Reim ist Hoppe hoppe Reiter heißen:

Hoppe hoppe Reiter
wenn er fällt, dann schreit er,
fällt er in den Teich,
find't ihn keiner gleich.

Hoppe hoppe Reiter
wenn er fällt, dann schreit er,
fällt er in den Graben,
fressen ihn die Raben.

Hoppe hoppe Reiter
wenn er fällt, dann schreit er,
fällt er in den Sumpf,
dann macht der Reiter... Plumps!

Auf Englisch:

(Jump?) (Jump?) Rider
If he falls, then he yells
He falls in the pond
Not found soon

(Jump?) (Jump?) Rider
If he falls, then he yells
He falls in the ditch
Eaten by the Raven

(Jump?) (Jump?) Rider
If he falls, then he yells
He falls in the swamp
Then the rider goes thud/splash

Schön. Der nächste Reim ist weniger morbid. Er heißt Backe Backe Kuchen:

Backe, backe Kuchen,
Der Bäcker hat gerufen!
Wer will gute Kuchen backen,
Der muss haben sieben Sachen:
Eier und Schmalz,
Butter und Salz,
Milch und Mehl,
Safran macht den Kuchen gel'! (gelb)
Schieb in den Ofen 'rein.
(Morgen muss er fertig sein.)

Backe, backe Kuchen,
der Bäcker hat gerufen,
hat gerufen die ganze Nacht,
(Name des Kindes) hat keinen
   Teig gebracht,
kriegt er auch kein' Kuchen.

Auf Englisch:

Bake, bake cake,
the baker has called.
Who will bake a good cake?
He must have seven things:
Eggs and lard,
Butter and salt,
milk and flour,
Saffron makes the cake yellow!
(Push?) it in the oven
(Tomorrow it must be finished).

Bake, bake cake,
the bake has called,
has called all night, 
(Child's name) has brought no dough,
He will get no cake.

Ich habe gleich Reime gehört, wann ich ein Kind war.

Easy German Episodes

Easy German Episode 12 - Flirten
Easy German Episode 20 - What is typical German to you? (part1)
Easy German Episode 21 - What is typical German to you? (part 2)
Easy German Episode 22 - Dreams and Wishes
Easy German Episode 38 - Der schönste Moment Im Leben

For my AMD6, ich habe Easy German Episodes gesehen. Ich begann mit eine Episode zu flirten. It was entertaining to watch, and my favorite pick-up line from the clip was "Halt mal kurz, ich ruf dich an." The guy said this line while giving his iPhone to a girl he was flirting with. Although, this line only works when the girl has an interest in him, and not stealing the phone. I realized that there are not much guy's pick-up line in Deutschland, but there are many active girls who are eager to flirt without the help of alcohol.

Second clips are episode 20 and 21. There were sehr viele Antworten.

"Was ist für Sie typisch deutsch?"

reliableness - Zuverlässigkeit

stubbornness - Sturheit

socks in sandals - Socken in den Sandalen

beer - Bier

laboriousness - Fleiß

tidiness - Sauberkeit

bureaucracy - Bürokratie

everything is regulated - alles ist reglementiert

Currywurst

Pretzel - Brezel

Bratwurst

coziness 

knockle of pork - Schweinshaxe

Exorbitance - Überzogenheit

potatoes - Kartoffeln

Bockwurst

very correct

doesn't exist

punctuality - punktlichkeit

cold - kalt

unapproachable - unnahbar

sausages

Lederhosen

to be on time - dass man punktlich ist

to be ambitious - dass man ehrgeizig ist

to be disciplined - dass man diszipliniert ist

bossiness - Rechthaberei

grouchiness - Meckertum

friendly - friendlich

neatness - Ordnung

stress - Stress

Also, many were not proud to be in Germany, but many were happy and loving to live in Germany and to be German. One of the reasons is that there are more foreigners in the country than before, so the more the diversity, the less the sense of nationalism that people would have. Some would like to live in Italy, Argentina, Greece, Ireland, Canada, Sweden, Spain, France, Yugoslavia, and Australia. So random!!

Third clip was about dreams and wishes (Träume und Wünsche). I thought this clip was so sweet. The interviewer (Manuel) was in north Germany, where the temperature was -6C. So everyone was frozen, but not the salt water! Here are the dreams and wishes from the people in north Germany.

a boy said: von Lego Star Wars gibt's den Todesstern haben

another boy said: der Tempel von Playmobil (der von den Schatzjägern)

young female said: Nach Afrika zu fahren

another female said: nach Irland zu fahren

little cute boy said: Fliegen :)

young woman said: Eine neue Kaffeemaschine

a couple said: ein Auto

At the last clip, Manuel (the interviewer) asked people in Berlin about the happiest moments in their lives. Es war ein sehr herzerwärmend Clip.

"Was war der glücklichste Moment in deinem Leben?"

Antworten:

"Ja, vermutlich die Geburt, ne? Aber, kann man sich schlecht dran erinnern, ne? Ja." 

(Well, probably birth, right? But that's something that is hard to recall, right? Yes.)

"Das erste Mal mit meinem Freund."

(The first time with my boyfriend.)

"Als ich den Hund bekommen habe. "

(When I got the dog.) AWW

"Als meine Tochter zur Welt kam."

(When my daughter was born.)

"Vielleicht mein Jahr in Mexiko…"

(Maybe my year in Mexico…)

"Es ist alles irgendwie schön gerade."

(Somehow everything is great right now.) 

It was hard to catch up with fast German speaking people, but with English sub, I enjoyed very much of German culture and people. I'd like to look into more of these clips!