I think the europeans are spread pretty thin here on the forum…but who all is there? It would be nice to see who is at least in the same time zone! :happydance:
waves I am. I live in the Netherlands.
Well, hello over there! :waving: I go to Amsterdam and Groningen fairly regularly…in fact, we almost moved to Amsterdam, but landed in Hamburg instead!
Well, Amsterdam and Groningen are a bit far from where I live (Rosmalen, near 's-Hertogenbosch), but I go to college near the German border (Nijmegen)
[color=green]This post’s Swedish word/phrase: “Jag bor i Sverige” = “I live in Sweden”
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:waving: Another European here! I’m in Malmö, Sweden.
Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch aber I habe jahrelang kein Deutsch gesprochen oder gelesen. Ich finde es schwierig in Deutsch zu denken als mein Kopf erst in Englisch denkt. Ich habe viel von der Grammatik vergessen…
Vielleicht soll ich ein Buch in Deutsch gelesen? :??
Hallo da im Norden! :cheering:
We can almost wave at each other over the Baltic Sea… :waving:
German is really hard to learn. I’ve been living here for almost 2 decades and while I would say I’m fluent, my grammar still isn’t perfect. :doh: I read alot in German, and watching german TV helped me learn alot too.
Well, I can read german, I understand someone who speaks german, but writing it or talking in german is a bit to difficult for me. I used to be able to do that, but it’s been to long since I used it. Although dutch sounds a lot like german, it’s not the same at all.
When I go to Amsterdam, I find it very easy to read signs, menus, simple things like that - dutch words often times are similar to either german or english, so if you can speak those two languages you can usually get the general meaning of something written in dutch.
But I don’t understand a word of spoken dutch - beyond “thanks” and “hello” anyway! :shrug:
well, but I’ve had german-class in high school, so I should know a bit of german. (shame on me I forgot most of it :oops: )
Norway and Stavanger here!
I am able to read and listen to German and Swedish, but I cant talk it.
Hade bra!
(The extent of my norwegian.) :teehee:
that’s more than my norwegian
I am in Belgrade, Serbia
You are clever!
Auf wiedersehen! :??
Hello from H’sum, The Netherlands 
I am an American (born and raised near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) but for the past four and a half years, I’ve been living in Northern Ireland. Sorry, I know a smidgen of German and no Swedish or Dutch. I’m fairly good with French and I can get by in Latin.
Latin…wow. I’m impressed!
Living in Europe, I find that I can say 6 words in languages of countries I’ve been to: hello, goodbye, thanks, beer, and two rude words that I wouldn’t want to repeat here.
well, living in the netherlands means being educated in english, french and german, but it’s amazing how quick you’re able to forget that :oops:
I did my undergraduate degree in History focusing on medieval Church history. Latin was helpful. French was my minor, and I was taught by a wonderful woman who was born in Northern France.
I spent two weeks in Croatia and know how to say only two things: Thank you and a very rude sentence about a dog and someone’s mother. It’s amazing how many situations one can navigate with just those two bits.
Both were taught to me by a fellow student (a native of Zagreb) over a pitcher of beer in a bar in a small town in Western Pennsylvania (where our university was located).
Hej pa dej dar i Sverige! Jag bor i – I live in central Washington state. Lived in Sweden 2 1/2 years and became quite fluent, but that was a while ago. In late March we are headed to Germany. Husband’s daughter and family are in little town of Kashofen. I am hoping I can get by with a few words of German as I think it’s fun to at least TRY! At least now that I am learning to knit, I’ll be able to fill some time on the long flight (Seattle/London/Frankfurt).