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| BAnna Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4614 days ago 409 posts - 616 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Turkish | Message 129 of 198 27 July 2013 at 9:31am | IP Logged |
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I've been visiting Germany for the last couple of days. So far my experience has been whenever I speak German to someone, they reply back in German. I have even been helping out by translating for fellow vacationers from Spain whose German and English were not strong. This is in Münster and Hamburg. Berlin has a lot of American and British visitors, so if you are at the touristy parts, you may get more English.
Have fun! Germany is great. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4865 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 130 of 198 27 July 2013 at 10:36am | IP Logged |
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Yeah, I've seen it a lot online too, hence I thought it had lost its "taboo effect".
However, I should have taken into consideration that HTLAL attracts a wider range of age groups than most other websites I use to regularly browse. I'm really looking forward to it. Perhaps I should start packing soon. :p Edited by stifa on 27 July 2013 at 10:38am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4865 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 131 of 198 30 July 2013 at 11:19pm | IP Logged |
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So yeah, I've been here for a couple of days..
I have been busy with classes, events and so on. It surprises me that there are loads of people who don't speak English at all; even the waitress at the Italian restaurant on the other side of the street from the school. :P No German has ever insisted on speaking English yet, which is a good thing. :) I have a mix between B1 and B2 classes; the lady who interviewed me on the placement test said I was suited for the B2 classes, but I thought my level were closer to B1; thus I have 2x 90 min B2 classes and one 90 min B1 class -- I think I can trust the Germans getting the paperwork right, so it must be intentional. :P The B1 classes are a bit boring because I can understad German much better than I can speak it, but luckily there is virtually no English spoken in the classes, which is fantasistc in my opinion. :) Yesterday we has a "stammtisch" (German for "regular's table") where we met other students and spoke for hours to each other in broken German (B1,B2,C1), which was very fun. :) I'm sorry if this post is a bit incoherent; it's late in the night and I have a few Berliner Pilsner in the system... and some anki reviews that I've been postponing :) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4865 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 132 of 198 03 August 2013 at 11:35pm | IP Logged |
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Yesterday, someone broke into the place I live at and took my.computer and my suitcase.... so I can't really
write much here before I get back to Norway again.. The "good" part about it was that the Policeman who came over didn't really speak English that well so I had to use my rusty German. But hey, I won't let that ruin my trip :) Today I went to a school trip with GLS to Dresden. Apart from the heat and the Klimaanlage that refused to work on the bus trip back to Berlin, the trip was great; Dresden is a quite beautiful city, especially die Altstadt. The guide had to speak in (d)English, sadly, because there werd only 3 of us who could understand German well enough. I'm typing this on my "handy" so please excuse my typos ;) Edited by stifa on 03 August 2013 at 11:37pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5176 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 133 of 198 04 August 2013 at 12:16am | IP Logged |
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I update all the time on my handy. But omg that sucks that you were robbed. Now I
feel bad that I encouraged you to go. I guess they just filed a report and that was the end of the investigation. Glad you seem to still be enjoying the trip. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4865 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 134 of 198 04 August 2013 at 12:09pm | IP Logged |
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They were going to hand over the case to a team that focuses on burglaries. I dont expect to get my laptop back
really... At least it looked like he was doing a lot of paperwork... 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| kujichagulia Senior Member Japan Joined 4839 days ago 1031 posts - 1571 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Portuguese | Message 135 of 198 04 August 2013 at 2:42pm | IP Logged |
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That really sucks. I guess it happens to the best of us.
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| Sunja Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6077 days ago 2020 posts - 2295 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 136 of 198 05 August 2013 at 4:32pm | IP Logged |
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You were robbed? That's awful. Was the place (your residency) organized by GLS? Maybe they can help.
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