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| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4671 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 121 of 198 29 June 2013 at 4:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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So I yielded to temptation and enrolled at the intensive course at GLS for two weeksL
29 july - 9 august... I figured I would regret not doing it. And off topic: I freaking hate Santader; the fact that "bank" (noun) and "beat up" (verb) are homonyms in my Norwegian dialects express my feelings towards them. Hopefully, I can pay my rent/retainer for July and August with my Norwegian account... Edited by stifa on 29 June 2013 at 4:34pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4671 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 122 of 198 03 July 2013 at 4:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ich bin ein bisschen von der "Tagebuch"-thread angeregt. Deswegen werde ich heute auf
Deutsch schreiben zu versuchen: Dann bin ich offiziell angemeldet... ich fehl nur der Rückfahrkarte und dann glaube ich alles sind in Ordnung. Hoffentlich werde ich der letzte nacht beim einer meine Freunde die in Berlin wohnt; sie werde etwas in Deutschland studieren (dem ich mich nicht erinnern können), deshalb wohnt sie in Berlin. Ich freu mich auf 28. Juli. :D Sonst habe ich auch mein erster Roman auf Deutsch fast durchgelest. Es ist der deutsche Ubersetzung des "Mass Effect: Revelation". Obwohl ich finde die ME-Spiele geil, will ich etwas anders nächstmal lesen: vielleict einer der duetschen Krimis, Hat jemand eine Empfelungen? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4642 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 123 of 198 03 July 2013 at 5:41pm | IP Logged | ||
"Geil" is slang. I would never use it in written language except with my closest friends. Older people might even be offended by "geil", because it used to be a very vulgar word. Edited by Josquin on 03 July 2013 at 5:47pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4671 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 124 of 198 03 July 2013 at 6:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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ah.. das wusste ich nicht. (Ich weiß dass es Slang ist, aber nicht das es so unpassend
in diesem Kontext war...) :( Danke für die Korrektur. :D 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4671 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 125 of 198 26 July 2013 at 2:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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Only two days left before I'm off to Berlin now. I'm a bit nervous... travelling to
another country, all by myself. :S I haven't spoken to anyone in three years, but hopefully I will get to be in a B1- class, although my comprehension level seems to be closer to B2. There's just a wide gap between comprehension and production skills. How do Germans react to learners? Do they insist on using English if you're German isn't quite the yellow from the egg? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4642 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 126 of 198 26 July 2013 at 5:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think it's not possible to generalize this. Some people will want to talk in English, if their English is better than your German, some people will be happy to speak German with you. I think everybody will understand if you say you want to practise your German.
Have a nice trip and enjoy Berlin! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4505 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 127 of 198 26 July 2013 at 6:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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Go in with confidence. This is more valuable.
Act like you own the place. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kraemder Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4982 days ago 1497 posts - 1648 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Japanese | Message 128 of 198 26 July 2013 at 11:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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That's really exciting that you're doing it. I don't think anyone ever regrets a trip abroad to study. Enjoy XD. Regarding geil.. I have most seen it used online. Lots and lots. I don't know that I would consider online to be written, it sort of depends on where you're doing it I guess. I did a lot of my chatting in German on EverQuest which was (is) a role playing game like World of Warcraft. It's pretty informal but nobody knows anyone. I don't think I ever said geil except online. I always waited for someone else to use it first and nobody ever has hehe. The same goes for 'moin'. They say that online constantly for hello but nobody ever said it to me. I get the feeling that online people use really relaxed language that they wouldn't ever use in real life.
That's pretty much how I approach slang - not to use it until I hear someone else use it. Or, obviously, if I'm with friends maybe. But to be honest, I'd be afraid they'd correct me or something if they're not using it. Regarding English.. I think you're Norwegian? If they think you're a native speaker they'll probably try to speak English. I had a lot of Germans want to practice their English on me. But also there's people whose English isn't so good and they don't really want to practice it lol. It depends. I've been to Italy and France and Germany and more people spoke English and wanted to speak English in Germany by far than the other two countries. If that helps answer your question. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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