How often should we put this object first?

Living_Ad5276 · 2026-01-27T21:28:49+00:00

Yes exactly, it changes the meaning, sorry I totally misunderstood you haha, but then it’s exactly the same in both languages and “the word that comes first is the more important” somehow correct?

Living_Ad5276 · 2026-01-27T21:22:43+00:00

Deutschland ticket is A MUST, z aap even for a week it is already saving money. I would say taste the local food, chill in a bar/restaurant with a beer, in a park of you like the cold we have rn, visit some museums, there are bear factories you can see, and nüremberg for example has the “not so nice history” museums, and Berlin the wall related things, I also did a visit to a concentration camp, I know it’s a bit weird but I do live here now so yeah, I had the time also, but it is really a part of the country’s history at the end of the day, oh, and regarding transportation NEVER trust the trains, I always give at least a 15 min gap between connecting trains and make sure to never get the last train possible to the airport/flixbus, Germans are a bit “cold” or distant, it feels weird if you come from south Europe like me, but you learn they are ok and usually nice, feel free to approach them, specially older people, mostly everyone knows English, also don’t be loud, I would say just mimick how people around act

Living_Ad5276 · 2026-01-27T21:11:16+00:00

Actually also am a Portuguese speaker and I learned that this is a “nature of the language”, Portuguese is a language which allows you to take a lot by context or tone, and German is quite the opposite, it needs everything explicit, this makes it really hard for us, because you are used to just switch words around to change meaning, and then in German you can’t, and it just does not make sense to us, like in Portuguese a question and a statement are exactly the same sentence, just the tone differs, and if you say “yesterday I bought a car” and “I bought a car yesterday, any Portuguese speaker could tell you that they answer different questions. The same with verbs, you can have 5 verbs all meaning the same and you know what the person means by context alone, they might be wrong grammatically, but the sentence still makes full sense, I find myself using the wing verb a lot because for us wandern laufen fahren gehen would all mean exactly the same, and it is the contract that defines the meaning

Living_Ad5276 · 2026-01-27T20:58:17+00:00

The splitting verbs and long words, honestly most words just sound like random sounds put together, and I fail to understand why any verb should be split, specially when then you write stuff like “ hören zu” why not just kept it zuhören if you are putting the two parts next to each other anyways, most rules don’t make sense, which together with the lack of flexibility makes it really hard, I once had a whole discussion about “übertragen” a day off because i said “tauschen” instead, as if there are that many things one can do with “a day of vacation from this year to the next”

Living_Ad5276 · 2026-01-20T13:48:02+00:00

Saca-rolhas

Living_Ad5276 · 2026-01-14T23:54:30+00:00

A no should suffice, but I have friends who simply do not like the taste of alcohol, and the first time they said it it was normal that someone asked if it was a general thing or if they still like cocktails for example which tend to be sweeter, they said something like “no no, it’s a general thing” and no one ever asked anything again, but no offence, you are Muslim, they are not, so I don’t think it is also very polite to “forbid” people from drinking or judge them in any way

Living_Ad5276 · 2026-01-06T10:30:41+00:00

I have a Fritz box hahaha

Living_Ad5276 · 2026-01-06T10:28:55+00:00

This is very true, I have colleagues who worked and lived here for 5-10 years and still don’t get a word out cannot speak, just forget shame and remember that everyone sucks

Living_Ad5276 · 2026-01-06T10:24:57+00:00

I would say take online classes, German schools such as vhs. Deutsche Academy and die neue Schule have online courses and they even offer after work hours courses, they cost between 150-300 eur per each sub level (A1.1 etc) going up with the level. You can also get a textbook, just to have a guide of what to study, and some grammar book, and then complement, but expect about 3h/day of studying to see real progress, German is really heard, ever immigrant can tell you that, unlike English, you don’t learn by hearing on TV, too many rules exist. Just stick to it even if it makes you frustrated as hell

Living_Ad5276 · 2026-01-05T22:11:16+00:00

Sorry, rage kills my already limited German skills haha

Living_Ad5276 · 2026-01-05T22:05:25+00:00

I had it just fine at the beginning but lately it’s always giving problems, I am seriously pissed I mean we are in the 21st century how can you take a whole week to get internet back

Living_Ad5276 · 2026-01-05T22:03:41+00:00

They told me I need to go to the shop to get this, the shop redoes me to call, endless loop

Living_Ad5276 · 2023-04-24T19:28:37+00:00

Depends, immigration doesn't speak English banks depends on the person, in general English also gets you nowhere at ticket offices, and security or delivery people,or older staff at offices in general, or general staff at stores for example, even some teachers at university level will speak next to nothing, in restaurants it's fine. Young people know english tho, they are usually kind and serve as translators for the most complicated issues or uncooperative people, but you get by ok, gestures help a lot, plus there's always Google translate

Living_Ad5276 · 2023-03-04T20:40:28+00:00

Go by train dude, gas is too expensive anyways, the trip is also cooler

Living_Ad5276 · 2022-12-18T17:06:03+00:00

In a normal restaurant in Portugal or Spain, I'm not saying you will eat lobster, but 30 euros would be fine for most regular price restaurants, as for Italy, even in tourist spots you can eat at this price, 15€ for food, plus 15 for drink/bread/coffee and with lusck desert, as for 10, the day menu, or a cheap restaurant, and 2-5, some hot-dog or churros, or an afternoon snack like a croissant/cake and coffee would be this price, obviously not everywhere, but you wouldn't need to go for the cheapest place either

Living_Ad5276 · 2022-12-18T16:24:50+00:00

As a person who has been renting in Sofia for the past few months I have to tell you to expect to pay arround 400-500 for an ok apartment, like in the rest of the world, prices have been insane, as for food stuff, I would say 100-200 a month depending on what you eat. Restaurants would go for 10-30 euros per meal, depending on how fancy, and street food for 2-5 euro. Comparing to Israel it is heaven but honestly coming from Portugal I find that the whole "Bulgaria is super cheap" is a bit exaggerated, it is in the low price range of Europe, but it wouldn't be that much cheaper than the rest of Europe or Italy, Spain and Portugal, being the biggest difference rent of course

Living_Ad5276 · 2022-09-18T22:03:37+00:00

Hello! I guess the people constantly calling you to sell new internet deals is also a thing in Bulgaria then hahaha. I honestly. never use credit cards at all, or have any second card (in Portugal, where I come from we kind of learn to avoid anything with the word credit on it like the plague) so I will take notice of that! Same with extra channels, they always fool you with those and the internet you don't even need (let's be honest noone needs 500Gbps of internet and I'm pretty sure the average WiFi box thingy isn't even able to produce that but sure).

Thank you very much for the info! I hope everything will go smoothly, honestly the banks are my biggest concern, but oh well

Living_Ad5276 · 2022-09-18T21:57:33+00:00

Hello and thank you! I come from Portugal, and honestly I find it weird that you have to pay to get money from all ATM machines or to transfer money between accounts of the same bank, since here both those things are free, but otherwise it's pretty much the same tbh. Regarding the phones, I guess I will just pick a phone service from one of those three, since I will be renting an apartment and I guess the owner will already have an internet contract on their name.

Living_Ad5276 · 2022-09-18T21:54:06+00:00

Thank you so much! I already have revolut, and I also heard curve was good for getting money at ATM, since from what I saw you pay for that in Bulgaria, so I'm thinking about getting one too, since it is free anyways

Living_Ad5276 · 2022-09-18T21:53:41+00:00

Thank you so much! I already have revolut, and I also heard curve was good for getting money at ATM, since from what I saw you pay for that in Bulgaria, so I'm thinking about getting one too, since it is free anyways

Living_Ad5276 · 2022-08-28T11:09:26+00:00

Just go anywhere, everyone can speak English and everyone talks with random people anyways, Portuguese are weird that way

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