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german-potatou (OP) at 2024-03-25 11:35:12+00:00 ID:
kwgzr1n9 years should be plenty of time, I think lol
iamambience at 2024-03-25 19:06:02+00:00 ID:
kwj1tsrthe thing is that Danes will fight your attempts by learning Danish by switches to English the second they detect the tiniest accent
IN-DI-SKU-TA-BELT at 2024-03-25 21:09:37+00:00 ID:
kwjo7xrBecause the idea of a conversation is to understand each other, not to be training someones language.
Rafcdk at 2024-03-26 01:37:48+00:00 ID:
kwkwjgbSo fuck people that try to integrate? I got my citizenship 13 years ago, the Danish exam wasn't hard at all, and I always put the effort to learn the language. But people with this mindset make sure to make us feel terrible about ourselves for trying.
BobsLakehouse at 2024-03-26 05:19:43+00:00 ID:
kwlpc0jNot always. It is also just a rude attittude
OppositeFlow546 at 2024-03-26 07:00:54+00:00 ID:
kwly0paI lived for a while in a Easter European country, where even attempting to speak their language made people excited that you are interested in their culture, and they helped you improve it. They never switched to English if you spoke their language, even if they spoke English themselves.
I had babushkas stop and have a conversation with me in my barely comprehensive spoken language, and the fact that they were joyful and patient (you could see it in their eyes) encouraged me to speak more often, therefore learning faster.
So, I managed to learn that language faster in a few months of living there, while it took me years to reach the same level with Danish. And eastern European language are a million times harder grammatically and phonetically.
Integration takes two, and Danes hate to even think about it: it takes an immigrant willing to kntegrate and put in considerable amount of effort, naturally.
But it also take a patient local population that is willing to integrate the newcomers, and that understands that it is naturally going to be a bit awkward at first. Eventually, the effort will benefit the entire society.
The way humans learn is by making mistakes. Switching to English when a foreigner tries to speak Danish actively hurts integration, because they never get the chance to make these mistakes to begin with.
german-potatou (OP) at 2024-03-26 04:59:25+00:00 ID:
kwlnd6nGood thing I don't necessarily look like I speak English, so I could just say I don't know English lolll
BobsLakehouse at 2024-03-26 05:21:02+00:00 ID:
kwlpgg4Good idea!
BobsLakehouse at 2024-03-26 05:19:26+00:00 ID:
kwlpazwSome Danes will, the most annoying ones.
invisi1407 at 2024-03-25 16:25:57+00:00 ID:
kwi85otIf you actually make an effort to do so, yeah, but I've unfortunately seen first hand how a foreigner said exactly the same and now 7 years later, she still can't hold a meaningful conversation in Danish. :/
If you WANT it, you'll definitely be able to in like 3-5 years, no sweat. Depending on how much time you have available to dedicate to it.
DJGloegg at 2024-03-26 05:17:44+00:00 ID:
kwlp56lI went to school with a chinese guy. He had learned danish in 1 year. BUT he spent a LOT of time practising and socialising.
He also made it clear he wanted to be corrected when he made mistakes
Poet_Silly at 2024-03-26 10:56:48+00:00 ID:
kwmh662I had a Japanese exchange student living with us at age 16. In one year he was speaking Danish like close to perfect. But he also learned skiing just from reading about it so...
Koichi, you made me put visiting Japan on my bucket list.
P.S.: He also aced in math. (13 on the old scale). Back in Tokyo he just barely passed the year he returned. Hope to meet you again one day, Koichi!
BobsLakehouse at 2024-03-26 05:18:56+00:00 ID:
kwlp9axYou can do it in a year if you are good.
Grievuuz at 2024-03-25 21:10:44+00:00 ID:
kwlrud3I'm just gonna leave this here.
I don't know if there was some specific reason it took her that long, but sheesh.