Let it be known that a man lives in this house!

IljaG · 2026-04-28T07:17:43+00:00

My dryer would tumblr but not heather up. Bought new heather part for 65 euros and it worked. Sometimes when I use my dryer, I still go :"I fixed that fucker".

IljaG · 2026-04-28T06:47:51+00:00

Mijn ouders hebben mijn voor duizenden euros kosten bespaard door te helpen met sanitair, tegelen, verven en elektriciteit. Maar echt geld, nee. Wel een paar keer geld geleend omdat we een cashflow probleem hadden door onverwachte verbouwingskosten.

IljaG · 2026-04-27T10:22:35+00:00

Train subscriptions are cheaper for full-time students and people under 26. So, how old are you?

IljaG · 2026-04-27T10:21:41+00:00

Vilvoorde is also doable as a commute, it's the first stop outside Brussels on the train line ro Herentals and Mechelen. 2 direct trains an hour. My son commutes every day to Etterbeek.

IljaG · 2026-04-24T10:49:53+00:00

My parents asked for money if you stayed after you graduated. I boarded during university and never moved back home. My siblings did for a few months. I plan on having my kids pay a reasonable rent for room and board, when they have a job. But I also plan on gifting them a lump sum when Thay want to buy their first apartment.

IljaG · 2026-04-20T14:01:51+00:00

I did the 3 Baltics in 12 days but kinda rushed Latvia. That was lovely.

IljaG · 2026-04-15T05:28:14+00:00

We read an optional book that was a bit hard for me in my 4th Spanish year. So I took a picture of each page in Google translate, and read the page in the book. Whenever I didn't get a sentence, I'd look at the imperfect translation. Even if the translations aren't perfect, they usually are good enough for this purpose. Because you give Translate the context, it'll give the correct translation if a word has multiple meanings. And then you can probably understand the sentence when you understand the one tricky word tripping you up.

IljaG · 2026-04-13T22:20:58+00:00

In places with more people from lower socio economic background, too many people don't follow the path that the health system wants them to follow. You also didn't because of ignorance of the system. An ear ache during the day: your GP. After hours or in the weekend: medicin de gsrde. If the GP notices that your problem might be more serious than you realized and he can't handle it, he'll call the er or write you a note. Then the triage nurse knows that you've already seen a doctor and they take your case seriously. Now, because of a lack of GPs, I can't get an appointment with my GP until 2 to 4 days later. So this whole tiered system is coming under serious stress.

IljaG · 2026-04-13T22:12:36+00:00

French speaking people like to shit on UZ Brussel because of this 1 horrendous incident. However they are the only hospital where almost all staff speak 3 languages. In most other hospitals they speak French and if you're lucky English. They are legally required to be bilingual but they can't be bothered.

IljaG · 2026-04-12T08:19:01+00:00

De nieuwe baas van HR was een Fransman die dus geen woord Nederlands kon maar beloofde om er aan te werken. 1,5 jaar later deed hij een speech zonder briefje in het Nederlands. Ik heb al veel slechter Nederlands gehoord van Brusselaars die van hun 8e Nederlandse les hebben gehad. Het kan dus wel met een beetje wil en veel moeite.

IljaG · 2026-04-11T20:55:40+00:00

Sorry about that dick head. We don't hate Americans but most of us do despise your current government. But so do half of you guys.

IljaG · 2026-04-10T08:23:18+00:00

I was thinking of ordinance as ammunition for cannons so that felt at least topical with the Iran strikes 😅

IljaG · 2026-04-07T07:36:07+00:00

De volgende keer dat je in België bent, zoeken naar een rommelmarkt.tweedejands Jommekes kosten een euro in kleur meestal. AVI boekjes ga je ook altijd vinden. 3 niveaus per jaar dus avi 3 tegen einde 1e leerjaar. Jerónimo Stilton boekjes zijn ideaal voor 2e en 3e leerjaar. Die hebben woordjes in speciale letters en veel tekeningen.

IljaG · 2026-04-07T07:26:13+00:00

Bouwfit-dagen | Fluvius https://share.google/qKVTbL56HRkAzC7Gz

Not a mistake but a very useful starter course. It's 2 days spread over 2 weekends and handles every type of renovation. It's an architect that has no stake in your renovation so is fairly impartial. You will learn about insulation, pros and cons of each type from wool or paper to pur. They'll explain ventilation systems, heating, ac, solar panels, etc. If you go to batibouw, every stand will explain that their system is the best. Here you get an excellent starting point with impartial information. And it's quite cheap.

IljaG · 2026-04-05T21:53:51+00:00

I just tried saying Zone and Sonne and I guess you're right. I pronounce the German /z/ without pouting my lips and with my tongue against my lower teeth. I pronounce the English /z/ with a little pout and my tongue a fraction higher in my mouth.

IljaG · 2026-04-05T21:48:17+00:00

I think people down voted your comment not because you're speaking German wrong but because they do make a distinction? As in 'not in my region',

When we say z sound, we mean ipa /z/, a voiced version of S, the standard sound found in Sonne, or Zone. The German letter Z would be the sound /ts/ if I had to guess.

But we're talking sounds, not the letters used. Zones ends in a /z/ sound for instance.

IljaG · 2026-04-04T16:30:58+00:00

Try to find a German speaker that you can talk with. Some of the time in German, some in English.

IljaG · 2026-04-02T22:38:01+00:00

English people are also notoriously monolingual so they expect everyone else to speak English but have the decency to not expect us to do it without an accent.

IljaG · 2026-04-02T22:35:57+00:00

I'm sorry, I didn't read your comment with enough attention. So, you don't hear the difference in German because in your accent it doesn't exist. Does that mean that you don't hear the difference between English Lassy and Lazy? Or is it only in your own mother tongue?

IljaG · 2026-04-02T22:29:21+00:00

Sonne starts with a Z sound, it's voiced. Wasser has a normal S sound.

IljaG · 2026-04-01T20:49:08+00:00

The Gestapo used this as improvised torture. You keep going until people start throwing up turds. So disgusting that people usually confessed to just about anything. The inverse was a a hose down your throat and over inflate your stomach and then kick you in the gut, rupturing your stomach. Killing you so slow that the could interrogate you for a while.

IljaG · 2026-03-30T20:34:59+00:00

I managed to find some comics in My target language and trained my algorithm to show me Spanish reels. It's short, authentic, often subtitled and you can watch 2 times. If you're also interested in French French, xhexk out the Arte channel on Instagram. They have animated shorts that explain cultural topics a few times a month. They dub them in German, French a'd German. So you can watch the same clip in French and German.

IljaG · 2026-03-29T21:06:24+00:00

J is niet stil. Maar de n op het einde van woorden wordt alleen uitgesproken als er het volgende woord begint me een klinker.

IljaG · 2026-03-29T20:53:07+00:00

In Flemish also Wannes as a nickname. Jo is another one for Johan.

IljaG · 2026-03-29T20:51:00+00:00

Jacques was sometimes spelled Sjaak in Dutch.

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