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minus-squarenightlily@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoAh the innocent naivety of a beginner speaker. You start off in A1 thinking „oh this isn’t so bad“ and then reality hits. Diplomats rate German as harder to learn for native English speakers than any of the Romance languages.
minus-squareClay_pidgin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoIf you just give up on gendered nouns it’s not so bad.
minus-squareKacarott@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoYeah, getting to a decent, conversational level of German isn’t that bad, but I think getting properly fluent is really hard
Ah the innocent naivety of a beginner speaker. You start off in A1 thinking „oh this isn’t so bad“ and then reality hits. Diplomats rate German as harder to learn for native English speakers than any of the Romance languages.
If you just give up on gendered nouns it’s not so bad.
Yeah, getting to a decent, conversational level of German isn’t that bad, but I think getting properly fluent is really hard