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Levike wrote:A lady from the company where I got my internship called me this week and asked me if I wanted free German courses. Of course I didn't refuse.
This Wednesday I'm going to have a chat with the teacher so she can find out where exactly my level is.
vijayjohn wrote:That sounds great, Levike. Good luck!
Levike wrote:[flag=]de[/flag]
Today this week I had my 2nd German class and it made me remember the joys of learning languages at school.
Language courses are the only places where you get to have the most non-sense (nonsensical is the adjectival form and sounds better here), but funny, conversations.
The teacher had a set of questions that she had to ask each of us and since she was asking everyone we didn't have much time to think about our responses. The outcomes were hilarious.
Teacher: You're going to go away from home and your friend is moving in, what do you advise him to do?
Me: Feed the cat.
Teacher: But Levi, I'm expecting a whole sentence.
Me: My dear friend, would you be so kind to feed my cat?!
Teacher: That's more like it. And why should he feed your cat?
Me: Pffff, 'cause I don't want a dead cat.
Teacher: Is your friend a zuverlassige person?
Me: What's zuverlassig?
Teacher: Responsable. (Responsible. Responsable est la forme française!)
Me: He's going to burn the house down.
dEhiN wrote:Hey Levike, hope you don't mind if I correct 2 minor things;
Teacher: Responsable. (Responsible. Responsable est la forme française!)
Me: He's going to burn the house down.
Levike wrote:[flag=]en[/flag]
The university's requested me to take an English exam in order to find out wherewhat my current level is,; it took somea few hours, but I've got my results back and they are:
Key Communication Phases - C1
Vocabulary - C2
Grammar - C1
Listening Comprehension - C1
Reading Comprehension - B2
So overall it's a C1, which is good I guess...
I was sure that I was going to get a B2 or B1, because literally every part of the test was filled with idioms, expressions and such, but seemingly my not-so-educated guesses got good results. I'm happy for the vocabulary.
dEhiN wrote:Me: My dear friend, would you be so kind to feed my cat?!
IpseDixit wrote:dEhiN wrote:Me: My dear friend, would you be so kind to feed my cat?!
Shouldn't it be "so kind as to feed my cat"?
dEhiN wrote:Congratulations!
What did they test you on for the Key Communication Phrases?
Oh and did you mean to say the test took a few hours, or it took a few hours/some time to get the results back? Because based on what you wrote, I thought you meant the results came back in a few hours.
Levike wrote:dEhiN wrote:Oh and did you mean to say the test took a few hours, or it took a few hours/some time to get the results back? Because based on what you wrote, I thought you meant the results came back in a few hours.
Both actually.
Levike wrote:[flag=]de[/flag] Yeah, I'm in Germany.
It is really cool to speak the language, until now nobody tried to switch with me to English which is a good sign.
I have two roommates, they are both German, so maybe that will give me a boost.
They are both very nice and friendly.
They are both more talkative than me though, which I wouldn't have expected. 'Cause you know, German stereotypes.
I was sure that I was going to get a B2 or B1, because literally every part of the test was filled with idioms, expressions and such, but it seems my not-so-educated guesses got (me) good results. I'm happy for the vocabulary.
Koko wrote:Just a small correction to sound more natural.
Levike wrote:At 12 o'clock I was told that I havehad to make a review of my activity at the company and a presentation of the applications that I was working on. My first reaction was "Oh n-n-n-nein, auf keinen Fall", more because I was petrified that I havehad to make a 30 minutes long presentation in German.
But it went well,; luckily they understood everything I said, they even putasked questions at the end. I was still talkedtalking more slowly than my other colleagues (they're German, duh), 'cause I had to overthink my sentences, but I'm glad I got my message through.
When we were going back to the office my supervisor and the other intern (both) said bravo, which felt very good.
2. A week ago I had to move (the contract was until the end of July),; there I was living with 2 German guys, roughly my age, a bit older, but they were very fun and now I'm living with a French woman who's French accent is even more audible than my Hungarian one.
It's all fun and games until we have to talk about serious businessthings.
Today I was attempting to use the washing machine for the first time and she offered to help me. It took 15 minutes until she explainedfor her to explain (or simply: to explain) everything, 'cause every third sentence coming from either one of us was either "Was?" or "Quoi?".
It's fun living with her though, for this exact same reason.
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