If an American speaking only English moved to a non-english speaking country...could they survive comfortably?

Answer 1

Well, I'm French and living in the countryside of France. If you come there, you would have to take French lessons, but if you go to Paris, or a big city maybe you could survive. As for other countries, you should try to learn the language. It can only be better. Good luck!

Answer 2

English is a universal spoken language worldwide so i would say most people would survive, but in my opinion and that's all it is if a person is going to live in another country that is predominantly a non English speaking country then you should make the effort to learn the language spoken so communication is easy

Answer 3

Well, they could survive, especially if a lot of people there know english. But it doesn't matter if the whole country is bilingual or if the whole country can't speak a word of English, you should still learn the local language.

Answer 4

Could they survive?? yes... comfortably?? depends... when you move to a country that has another language you tend to pick up the important things rather quickly (How much?, where's the bathroom?, police??) etc... the rest can be done using sign language and drawing on paper, however, I in particular got very frustrated not being able to undertand the language of the place I was and not being able to communicate clearly and accurately my thoughts which made me seek a way to learn the language (German), so for me it was not comfortable... if you're only seeking to isolate yourself from the place you're in then yes... you can survive, otherwise it's frustrating.

Answer 5

specific i think definitely everyone ought to make a stable attempt to income English. It makes it plenty extra handy to talk if definitely everyone ought to talk the biggest language of the rustic. yet I additionally think of it fairly is substantial have some empathy and comprehend that it may take human beings a whilst to income in the event that they're working a number of of hours - -and that i additionally comprehend that elderly human beings would have a problematical time gaining awareness of. I additionally strongly have self assurance that each and one and all human beings ought to talk a minimum of another language besides English. they must start up early in grade college to income yet another language, only as infants in many different countries do. EDIT: the reason for the product labels in English, Spanish and French is from the North American loose commerce contract - -that's the three languages of North usa.

Answer 6

Sure. Plenty of Americans go to other countries. If english is not spoken at all (rare,as English is the most widespread) then all it takes is to learn the local language.

Answer 7

dude

this depends on which country u r planning to go.
There are some countries where english is not the major language but still it is given quiet high preference and a lot of people speak it. it might help u to learn their native language, as if you are planning to stay you have to learn their native language to survive.

Answer 8

Why would an American do that? If I wanted to live in another country, I would try to learn the language.

Answer 9

Depending on where you moved, you'd probably want to learn a bit of the language where you were moving.

With only English, you might do all right, but you'd certainly have difficulty.

Answer 10

After a few months, they will have picked up a goodly amount of the language, and after a year (and probably sooner) they will be completely fluent, so long as they are *only* exposed to non-English speakers and don't have anyone else to communicate with.