Thank you very much, your English is fantastic! The closest I've been to Germany was when I was dating someone in Netherlands and had to travel there a lot. Lockdowns ended that and I haven't been to Europe since.
I used to go to Spain a lot. Most of my family is still there, I actually teach in Spanish/English due to my position and the demographics in my area, so I've had to keep my Spanish and Portuguese sharp, but I never got to really learn Dutch like I wanted :P
Dutch reminds me of German and French, as a German would you say you could get by in Netherlands for the most part with your language?
Dutch and German are similiar, but for me it is difficult to understand the Dutch language. But in different work settings I had customers from the Netherlands who loved to talk German and it always seemed to be very easy for them. In rural areas we have Platt-Deutsch which is similiar to Frisian which is very similiar to the Dutch language.
So I wish you that you will soon see your family in Spain again and will enjoy a nice recreation there. It is good that now travel will get a lot easier again. I always loved to travel learning about different countries their traditions, culture and people.
One day I will once again visit the US, which I did in the late 1990s. You all have such a wonderful homeland, beautiful nature and the feeling of freedom and the American dream was very perceptible.
Thank you very much, your English is fantastic! The closest I've been to Germany was when I was dating someone in Netherlands and had to travel there a lot. Lockdowns ended that and I haven't been to Europe since.
I used to go to Spain a lot. Most of my family is still there, I actually teach in Spanish/English due to my position and the demographics in my area, so I've had to keep my Spanish and Portuguese sharp, but I never got to really learn Dutch like I wanted :P
Dutch reminds me of German and French, as a German would you say you could get by in Netherlands for the most part with your language?
Thank you. So you are a language multi talent :-)
Dutch and German are similiar, but for me it is difficult to understand the Dutch language. But in different work settings I had customers from the Netherlands who loved to talk German and it always seemed to be very easy for them. In rural areas we have Platt-Deutsch which is similiar to Frisian which is very similiar to the Dutch language.
So I wish you that you will soon see your family in Spain again and will enjoy a nice recreation there. It is good that now travel will get a lot easier again. I always loved to travel learning about different countries their traditions, culture and people.
One day I will once again visit the US, which I did in the late 1990s. You all have such a wonderful homeland, beautiful nature and the feeling of freedom and the American dream was very perceptible.