DutchBlackNsx said:
Ja, verstehen ist nicht so schwierig, aber schreiben und reden ist etwas anderes
Genau, watch out for all the Dutch guys, their German is very good. Their English too. Almost perfect. They are multi lingual. It’s crazy.
Almost the same with the Flemish guys, generally their French is better than the Dutch guys. For obvious reasons.
OK, more English for Neo, poor sod.
Adding to what Ronny and BlueEyes said, in Belgium there are 3 official languages. Flemish being the biggest, then French, and there are about 60,000 German speakers with their own German region. With German signs and German official documents and forms in the post offices and town halls etc.
The Belgian money (before the Euro) had Flemish, French and German on it too.
This place is really interesting…
For all us single language dullards out there, one thing about all these multi lingual guys, they are very modest. They will say their English or German is not very good. It’s not true, they are being very modest. Their English especially is very good.
The older guys are not as good in English, the younger guys are very good. Comes from TV and the internet I guess. And school.
I love living here and all the different languages and cultures are a big part of it.:smile:
Peter