Comments by "ZEPHYROS" (@zephyros3039) on "TED-Ed" channel.

  1. German is a big brother of English! I can speak them both. (I’m from Russia 🇷🇺) Examples: I can help you - Ich kann dir helfen. She is my friend - Sie ist mein freund. You must be here - Du musst hier sein. Good morning - Guten morgen. Hello - Hallo. This is blue - Das ist blau. Go and wash your hands - Geh und wasch deine hande. Water flows under the bridge - Wasser fliess unter der brucke. I have made it - Ich habe es gemacht. Bring me the book - Bring mir das buch. We drink tea in the morning - Wir trinken tee am morgen. My finger is broken - Mein finger ist gebrochen. I hate the wind. - Ich hasse der wind. Can you fly? - Kannst du fliegen? The grass is green - Das gras ist grun.
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  2. Yaaaay!!! Proto-Indo European as the ancient founder of all modern European languages was spoken in Russia indeed. Absolutely right! Props to you guys! The ancestors of all European tribes come from Ukraine and Western Russia. Turns out that Russia is the original birthplace of all European peoples and European languages. Like it or not. Just do some research. Would you like to know how the Proto-Indo European word for 'APPLE' sounded like? Something like 'YABLOKO' ... It's a modern Russian word. Time passed by and... Yabloko-Abloko-Abbloko-Apploko-Appleko-Applek-Apple. Yes English seems so far from Russian nowadays, yet there are still so many similar words present in both languages. Russian words like nyet - no (more similar to not), nos equals English nose, kot - cat, gruby - rude (crude, gruff), mrak - murk, mallenki - small, boloto - swamp (similar to blot), plamya - flame, brov - eyebrow, sontse - sun, syn - son, doch - daughter, brat - brother, mat - mother, den - day, noch - night, sneg - snow, woina - war, gus - goose, stopa - foot (similar to step), list - leaf, volk - wolf, mertvy - dead (similar to murder), mol - moth, grabit - rob or steal (similar to grab), bit - beat, pisat - piss or pee, perdet - fart, sertse - heart, dver -door, tropa - trail or track, krushit - crush, dremat - dream or take a nap, skruchivat - screw, sidet - sit, stoyat - stand, tolkovat - talk, glotat - swallow meaning glottal, kreachat - scream, skripet - screech, delat - do or deal, moy - my, dva - two, tri - three, vada - water and so on.
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  3. I'm Russian and in Russian dialects Thank you is Spasibo, Blagodaru and Dzakuyu. Danke is really close to Thank. Isn't it obvious? English and German are not even close??? SO WRONG! German is a big brother of English! I can speak them both. Examples: I can help you - Ich kann dir helfen. She is my friend - Sie ist mein freund. You must be here - Du musst hier sein. Good morning - Guten morgen. Hello - Hallo. This is blue - Das ist blau. Go and wash your hands - Geh und wasch deine hande. Water flows under the bridge - Wasser fliess unter der brucke. I have made it - Ich habe es gemacht. Bring me the book - Bring mir das buch. We drink tea in the morning - Wir trinken tee am morgen. My finger is broken - Mein finger ist gebrochen. I hate the wind. - Ich hasse der wind. Can you fly? - Kannst du fliegen? The grass is green - Das gras ist grun.
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  4. Beowulf = Beewolf in modern English. It used to mean "bear"
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