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How to get Germans to speak German to you
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Bao
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Message 49 of 51

30 March 2014 at 3:23pm | IP Logged

So, you'd start a conversation in German, they switch to English, and you switch to French instead? That's ... plausible. If you do the entire "I am a Parisian you don't dare to talk to me in English!" act and have almost no trace of an American accent in German but can pull off a French accent in French and in German pretty well. Apparently there are people to whom this comes naturally. But, why go to that extent?
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beano
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Message 50 of 51

30 March 2014 at 11:26pm | IP Logged

Darklight1216 wrote:

People who claim to have visited Germany report that the Germans tend to speak
German.

Yes, of course they do. If you can speak German you will have no problem finding someone to talk to. There
are over 80 million people in Germany.
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theyweed
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Message 51 of 51

11 August 2014 at 11:14pm | IP Logged

Darklight1216 wrote:

People who claim to have visited Germany report that the Germans tend to speak German.

Stimmt! I'm just about to finish my little trip to Germany. The goal of the trip was to determine how good my German is and how do I deal with daily situations after having completed 70 lessons of Assimil German with Ease and 80% of Michel Thomas. During the trip I tried to speak to as many Germans as possible. Within 3 days I managed to chat up with 38 Germans and ONLY one person replied to me in English. I found out the Germans are polite and patient - they always let me finish my struggle and after responding they tried to make sure whether I understood correctly.

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