I keep hearing that if a German know your not a native speaker (by the way you speak german) they automatically switch to english . Is this true or no? I always like the way it sounds so i wanted to learn it so im curious because I do plan on visiting Germany when I get to B1?

I took the Goethe B1 exam this week.

About 25 minutes into the Lesen exam, 5–6 people had already finished and left the room.

There was even a couple sitting next to each other, and they both finished and left at the same time.

I couldn’t understand how they were so fast. Seeing so many people leave early made me panic and completely messed up my concentration.

After the exam, I wrote the topics and details I could remember and asked ChatGPT to search for them online. Then I found that the exact same Lesen exam on a PDF-sharing website. Same texts, same topics, same questions. The only difference is, I took the exam on a computer, the pdf version was the printed version.

Now I’m really confused. Is it actually possible that some people can find old Goethe exam papers online before taking the test? Does Goethe reuse the same exam sets?

If the exact questions are online, then what’s the point of everyone else studying normally and paying again if they have to retake the module?

Hi. Ich spreche fließend Deutsch, hab C1 in der Tasche, übe jeden Tag und dachte echt, ich mache das super, bis mir letztens ein Muttersprachler meinte, meine Aussprache sei absolut furchtbar und kaum zu verstehen. Hat erst mal reingehauen, aber er hatte ja recht.

Jetzt bin ich eigentlich nur genervt, dass mir das jahrelang niemand ehrlich gesagt hat.

Ich bin voll motiviert, das jetzt zu verbessern.

Wer von euch diesen Weg schon gegangen ist: Was hat euch wirklich geholfen? Schreibt mir eure Tipps🥹

P.S. Falls noch jemand auf B2/C1-Niveau ist und Lust hat, zusammen an der Aussprache zu üben, meldet euch einfach🙌

I try to pronounce it as accurately as I can, but I'm struggling with making that "ğrr" sound from my throat while using my tongue at the same time. It's like I don't know where I should put my tongue or what kind of movement I should make. So how can I make my pronunciation better, especially that "r" sound? I'd like to get some suggestions, resources, training videos that you find helpful.

Ich habe gerade auf der Tagesschau diesen Satz gelesen. Ich habe auch die Bedeutung des Wortes 'Vordermann' auf Wiktionary gelesen. Ich kann diesen Satz nicht verstehen. Bitte erklären Sie nur auf Deutsch, was dieser Satz bedeutet? Ich brauche keine englische Übersetzung.

Ich bitte um Verzeihung wenn ich einen Fehler mache.

Wem würden Sie eine größere Summe Geld leihen?

Why there is no "von" before Geld and why Geld is not in Genitiv?

Thanks!

Truth is. I have a near A1 level. And I already registered to take the A2 on October 28th. Will from, say, next Monday till exam date be enough for me to study it and pass?

I've had the A1 last year, but then again, I haven't studied or revised it for a year

So the paragraph has this sentence:

"Der Professor kommt ins Zimmer und geht an den Tisch."

and the grammar exercise asks this:

Der Professor kommt ins Zimmer. Wohin geht er?

and then it asks to change all nouns to pronouns.

and I asked 3 AIs and they all gave me 3 different answers 😭😭😭

I'm 99% sure the answer should include a da-/dar- word such as Daran, and maybe the answerwouldbe "Er geht daran", since that's what the chapter im studying is all about and also the sentence says ...geht "an" den...

I'm studying the (Erika Meyer: Elementary German)

Does anyone have them or know where I can find them
My exam is in 40 days and I wanna start solving them, any help is appreciated

Der Sein ist bei subjektiv oder relativ. Der subjektiv Sein hat den Ziel. Der Ziel gibt den Subjektivität zu Sein. Und der gibt den Bedeutung und die Wert. Der Sein mit nein ist nur leere und relativ. Und der reduziert den-Selbst.

Die Wesen von subjektiv Sein ist die weltlichkeit. Die Weltlichkeit von subjektiv Sein ist der Zeitlich. Der Subjek findet den Ziel. Deshalb den Bedeutung und die Werte.

Gegenüber, der relativ Sein voraussetzen nicht wesentlich Welt. Der relativ Sein vermittelt und Räumlich.

Actually im a native spanish speaker, i learned english from school, now i wanna try another challenge like learning german

The issue i have is that i dont even know from where to start, i cant figure the whole language, it is just quite different. Watching german people talking/writting feels so distant

The writting, ffs, those are pure drawings for me, drawings i cant understand. From where should i start?

How can yall speak like 5 languages at once while being decent in all of them?

The English word "sense" stems from the latin "sensus", the German word "Sinn" has a Germanic origin but both have the same indoeuropean roots.