poll: to anybody whose mother tongue is not german

1. how did you find "verbotene liebe"?
2. when did you start watching it?
3. do you speak any german?
4. do you understand any german?
5. if you speak / understand only little german, do you never have problems with understanding the context?
6. does VL help you to improve you german language skills?

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1. how did you find "verbotene liebe"?
2. when did you start watching it?
3. do you speak any german?
4. do you understand any german?
5. if you speak / understand only little german, do you never have problems with understanding the context?
6. does VL help you to improve you german language skills?

thanks for participating

1. In Between Days website
2. December 2007
3. a little
4. not really
5. I read the translations
6. YES

1. how did you find "verbotene liebe"? (a thousand google/yahoo searches)
2. when did you start watching it? (Sept/Oct 2006)
3. do you speak any german? (Where is the toilet? Please. Thank you, etc)
4. do you understand any german? (Ein bischen)
5. if you speak / understand only little german, do you never have problems with understanding the context? (Gott, nein! I understand 30%-70% any given episode. The soap is easier than an interview with rambling Deutsch)
6. does VL help you to improve you german language skills? (Absolut! If only they had offered this in School. SIGN ME UP! I would have tossed aside the French for Deutsch anyday.)

Oops. I misunderstood the English. Or as they say in Atlanta, "My Bad."

5. if you speak / understand only little german, do you never have problems with understanding the context? (Gott, nein! I understand 30%-70% any given episode. The soap is easier than an interview with rambling Deutsch)

I thought the question was... do I "ever" rather than do I "never..."

I do have problems with comprehension, but renville68, CarlaFreak and others (via YT) help out along with my own efforts.

1. how did you find "verbotene liebe"?
2. when did you start watching it?
3. do you speak any german?
4. do you understand any german?
5. if you speak / understand only little german, do you never have problems with understanding the context?
6. does VL help you to improve you german language skills?

thanks for participating

1) on youtube
2) october 2008
3) badly, but yes
4) most of it, yes
5) sometimes, yes
6) absolutely!

lady milford hat folgendes geschrieben:
1. how did you find "verbotene liebe"?
I saw clips on the Xenababe website, then I found In Between Days
2. when did you start watching it?
SometimeBefore the Carla Susanne episodes
3. do you speak any german?
My grandmother did and I had a few years in high school and college, but I know very little
4. do you understand any german?
A tiny tiny bit
5. if you speak / understand only little german, do you never have problems with understanding the context?
I have trouble with all the episodes
6. does VL help you to improve you german language skills?
Yes

1. how did you find "verbotene liebe"? Youtube, one show led to an other then another and then VL, and I haven't left.

2. when did you start watching it? About a year ago, winter '08.

3. do you speak any german? I understand it better than I speak it.

4. do you understand any german? Ja.

5. if you speak / understand only little german, do you never have problems with understanding the context? JA !

6. does VL help you to improve you german language skills? Yes, when someone translates on Youtube.

1. how did you find "verbotene liebe"?
2. when did you start watching it?
3. do you speak any german?
4. do you understand any german?
5. if you speak / understand only little german, do you never have problems with understanding the context?
6. does VL help you to improve you german language skills?

1) Die Ard seite und Google
2) 2001
3) Yes a bit
4) Yes
5) sometimes, yes
6) absolutely!

sphinxen73

1: on youtube

2: ca 1 year

3:understand a few word but i do love the translations.

4: i hope i can learn some german.

1. how did you find "verbotene liebe"?
2. when did you start watching it?
3. do you speak any german?
4. do you understand any german?
5. if you speak / understand only little german, do you never have problems with understanding the context?
6. does VL help you to improve you german language skills?

thanks for participating

1. on youtube
2. First time around 2006 I think...then I took a break, and now I'm back again :P
3. little bit
4. a lot more than I speak :P
5. sometimes, when they talk fast...
6. for sure

1. how did you find "verbotene liebe"?
2. when did you start watching it?
3. do you speak any german?
4. do you understand any german?
5. if you speak / understand only little german, do you never have problems with understanding the context?
6. does VL help you to improve you german language skills?

1. In my redundant Youtube searches for trailers for Shamim Sarif's two new films "I Can't Think Straight" and "The World Unseen," I stumbled across a veritable goldmine of paired women's names such as Nikki & Helen, Nikki & Nora, Pepa & Silvia, Carla & Hanna, etc. Upon opening these precious baubles I found myself in lesbian wonderland. Hence Claudia Hiersche in all of her draw-dropping "ich bin straight" lesbian portraying glory!

BTW, am I supposed to be brief? Oops!

2. 2009. It could have been late 2008 and would have made a nice Christmas present, but as you shall see, I have a poor memory.

3. I studied German in College over 25 years ago. [pause] I have linguistic amnesia.

4. I understand that I'm listening to German.

5. I understand the extreme context, ie., "I'm shot, stabbed, punched, slapped! Ouch! Kuss-kuss. Come back here! Stop!" Otherwise, ich bin loooost.

6. Honey, I'm catching-up on my German so fast, I'm thinking of writing a German primer! However, it will only have words in it like, "Carla, ich liebe dich. Hanna, was ist los? Susanne, nicht Lars?"

BTW, am I supposed to be brief?
Are you going to make me do it over, sparely?

1. Someone blogged about it on this site: http://www.velvetparkmedia.com/
2. End 2008.
3. I did german 'O' level (GCSE), but it's all pretty rusty now.
4. Still pick up bits, as long as it's not too fast.
5. There's a lot on the videos that I don't understand, thank heaven for the videos with english subtitles.
6. Definitely helping improve my german. Yay.

1. how did you find "verbotene liebe"? Youtube - a dream come true for someone tethered to the computer 48/7
2. when did you start watching it? Late 2007, I think
3. do you speak any german? Afraid not
4. do you understand any german? Picked up a smattering of words when struggling thru Carla/Hanna and Carla/Susanne episodes with no subtitles - this was before I discovered CarlaFreak
5. if you speak / understand only little german, do you never have problems with understanding the context? Not really, its a soap after all - have to give lot of room for crazy plots!
6. does VL help you to improve you german language skills? Yes, in small ways it has.

thanks for participating

1. how did you find "verbotene liebe"?
2. when did you start watching it?
3. do you speak any german?
4. do you understand any german?
5. if you speak / understand only little german, do you never have problems with understanding the context?
6. does VL help you to improve you german language skills?

thanks for participating

1. Don't remember really, but I think it was on In Between Days
2. Susanne was already on the scene, I think
3. Very little
4. Very little
5. I can understand what they are talking about ... most of the times
6. YES, thanks CarlaFreak!