Enough for me to move around Italy, Austria, Germany and Switzerland easily and without a hitch. I'm going to tour these countries in January. Need help!
2006-12-14 05:32:31 · 7 answers · asked by Aleckii 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Tough one. Learn the basics and hope for the best.
It probably helps if you watch German movies (Blockbuster has some german movies .. ), German radio programs (real player has international ronline radio stations) and such .. just to get a feel for the language.
Most of Germans speak English to some extend since everybody is required to learn it in school. As long as you approach them in German and ask politely (in German) if they speak English, most of them don't mind.
As for Austria .. i think even if you manged to learn German until January, you probably still won't be able to understand the dialect. German is my native language and I have problems with the Austrian accent. Same goes for Switzerland. And again, most people understand and speak English.
As long as you try it first in the local language, most people won't mind.
Italian .. i don't know ..
good luck and have fun in Europe
2006-12-14 06:05:35 · answer #1 · answered by stella maris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, French and Italian are just about the equal-romance language- correct now i'm finding out German. for those who wish a task from the opposite 2 German if now not Go With French after which it might be effortless to be taught Italian.
2016-09-03 17:07:30 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sleep with a German, Italian, French quickly.
2006-12-14 05:40:50 · answer #3 · answered by r_e_a_l_miles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in that short of a period, I doubt you will learn enough to be able to function in all three languages without resorting to English. You won't have a real vocabulary, pronunciation will probably be off and if you memorize phrases, as soon as anyone says anything back to you that's not in the book you won't understand. So I'd recommend you learn the very basics as best as you can before you go because it's polite and it's fun.
2006-12-14 07:32:32 · answer #4 · answered by u_wish1984 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several companies offering language programs you run on your computer.
The thing is, you probably can't learn all three languages sufficiently to use them better than the Europeans speak English. Thus, what you really want to do is learn enough of the languages to show you've made an effort.
Make sure you learn the basics -- hello, goodbye, foods, simple directions. And learn the phrase, "My
2006-12-14 05:44:21 · answer #5 · answered by jplrvflyer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just learn French from this cheap and easy course http://bambiberg.rfrench.hop.clickbank.net They speak French and English everywhere, and you will be well set if you have both of them.
2006-12-14 08:05:10 · answer #6 · answered by insureman613 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pfffft dude that's easy.
you can Master all 6 in less than 5 minutes.
don't you know how?!!
2006-12-14 05:35:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋