Timeline for Speaking German abroad and feeling condescended to when people speak English back to me
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| Jun 26, 2021 at 18:25 | comment | added | gnasher729 | I’m reasonably capable of reading Dutch. Understanding spoken Dutch - maybe if you try to speak very slowly and with clear pronunciation. Speaking Dutch - Absolutely no way. | |
| Nov 8, 2019 at 15:56 | comment | added | toolforger | Dutch and German are similar enough that a pure native speaker can make a few guesses about what topic the other is talking, but the content is not getting across. And very few Germans have learned enough Dutch to make themselves understood; your best bet in that situation is to switch to English (which I understand most Dutch learn at school, just as German kids learn it). | |
| Nov 8, 2019 at 14:25 | review | First posts | |||
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| Nov 8, 2019 at 14:24 | history | answered | Hans_in_Zeeland | CC BY-SA 4.0 |