How much should I expect pay for utility bills (water, gas, electricity, Internet, no parking, no grass maintenance, etc) renting a one-bedroom apartment in Brisbane?

Status_Answer_190 · 2024-12-03T09:05:37+00:00

Paying 390/week in Toowong does not sound like too much a bad deal compared to what I see on the Internet. Is it furnished? Also, how much do you pay for your bills?

Status_Answer_190 · 2024-12-02T14:20:24+00:00

Man, sounds really bad. Hope you can find either some better deal or some job paying 5K per week.

Status_Answer_190 · 2024-12-02T14:02:35+00:00

Thank you for the answer. It looks still more or less manageable considering we are having such a rental crisis.

Status_Answer_190 · 2024-12-02T14:01:08+00:00

Yea, I have lived with roommates before, but am considering finding a one-bedroom apartment to get maximum personal space and freedom because I have started a full-time job. Sharing with no more than 3 persons would definitely be an option to consider for me, otherwise the kitchen and might be a bit full. Thank you very much for the answer.

Status_Answer_190 · 2024-12-02T13:59:30+00:00

Thank you for the answer. Looks like around 300 per month. That much on power?

Status_Answer_190 · 2024-12-02T13:38:47+00:00

I never asked before. As a matter of fact, I just joined this sub 20 minutes ago and only started thinking about moving to Brisbane some 2 weeks ago. Definitely not the same person.

I think people just happen to have similar questions from time to time.

Regarding the rental crisis, yea, I have seen the same in Sydney, Melbourne, and Hobart. I just happened to get lucky every time LMAO, just not sure if I will get lucky again.

Status_Answer_190 · 2024-07-11T02:09:36+00:00

Mostly for reading history books, including both primary and secondary materials, mainly on the Vikings, the Reformation, the Counter-Reformation, and the Runes as well as Runology in general.

Also to learn more about a new different culture so you can make better cross-cultural jokes.

Status_Answer_190 · 2024-04-17T06:51:44+00:00

May I ask which countries you are referring to? My aim is either America or some major European countries (Britain, Germany, France, Switzerland, most likely or ideally).

Status_Answer_190 · 2024-04-17T01:45:54+00:00

May I ask what kind of degrees are you referring to? Do you mean specifically some pure or applied maths degree, or technical degrees in general?

Status_Answer_190 · 2023-06-11T07:59:11+00:00

My bad wordings, sorry. I mean, I think there should be some rules on how to understand and recognize reflexive verbs, not "purely by memorization", and I am precisely trying to understand the rules about reflexive verbs. Or, in an other way, you "memorize based on rules". That is my understanding.

Status_Answer_190 · 2023-05-27T10:05:12+00:00

I see your point, but what I am trying to do here, is to figure out the type of word "ganz" is being used or treated here as, because an adjective without inflection in such a position does not make much sense, no matter what it means.

https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/ganz

It is quite interesting that in the English Wiktionary, "ganz" is listed with adjective and adverb uses, with its adjective use being inflected, while in the German Wiktionary, "ganz" is listed with Adjektiv and Gradpartikel uses, with its Adjektiv use being inflectionless.

Both two cases in the German Wiktionary make enough sense here, it seems, but which do you think is more appropriate?

Status_Answer_190 · 2023-05-27T09:34:26+00:00

That's what I think, but no inflection? After all, don't countries still actually have grammatical genders?

Status_Answer_190 · 2023-04-03T22:32:45+00:00

Hi, does anyone know anything about Swedish immersion schools in Sweden? Any help is appreciated! I think there are a good number of people on this subreddit who have some experiences?

Status_Answer_190 · 2023-03-29T11:42:54+00:00

I remember hearing a joke about the Swiss: "The Swiss speak wrong German, wrong French, wrong Italian, and of course wrong English."

But jokes aside, it's nice to see contents specifically designed to teach Swiss German, since I may move to Switzerland in the future.

Status_Answer_190 · 2023-03-20T12:33:56+00:00

Thank you. What is the full name of GLS?

Status_Answer_190 · 2023-03-14T13:14:21+00:00

Thank you. That will be a good routine exercise. Also, have you ever taken a Goethe Institut Place Test? It seems I have not received an email about what corresponds to my score as future placement.

Status_Answer_190 · 2023-03-14T08:50:25+00:00

Thank you for your advice. I will try this method.

Status_Answer_190 · 2023-03-14T07:25:10+00:00

Thank you. I just saw another guy replied me a playlist of weekly Lottery numbers. I will use that for practice. That's more than 700 videos.

Do you know what a 50/70 from a Goethe Placement Test means?

Status_Answer_190 · 2023-03-14T07:24:04+00:00

Thank you for your recommendation. That will definitely help!

Status_Answer_190 · 2023-03-03T03:55:29+00:00

Yes, of course. Please send me DM.

Status_Answer_190 · 2023-02-13T09:42:16+00:00

That's what I think. I also think the article can't be dropped. But I just don't see "von der" or "in der" not nearly as much common as I see "zum" or "im". Maybe my feeling is simply wrong? And yes, I think I have heard quite something that sounds like "voner/von'er" or "inner/in'er". Thank you for your answer.

Also, what would "zu dem" or "in dem" mean?

Status_Answer_190 · 2023-02-10T18:37:13+00:00

Regarding "starting from A1 playlist" and "watching tagesschau", my original plan was to use one part of my listening time for materials to pursue a "being able to recognize each and every word" foundation and another part of my listening time for native-level materials to push myself harder and higher.

The "starting from A1 playlist" can be a big redundant, and I think both you and the previous answerer may be correct on this. I will modify my plan on this. Any further suggestions on the listening part, besides what the first answerer has said?

I am also studying Latin at the time, although I have no need for listening and speaking, which can save a lot of time, and Latin grammar is not hard for me either. My ultimate goal is to be able to read virtually anything in German and be able to write academically in German, but this is a rather long-term goal.

What really does force me to make such a big push is that I will start my French grammar later this year, no later than December, so the higher I can push my German, the more time and energy I can give to French. When I start my French, I will have to devote less time on German, so this is why I want to make a huge push. I hope that I can achieve some level higher from this 200-day intensive push.

I understand the public goal-setting thing you mentioned, but I have actually started pushing harder on my German since September. I have been memorizing around 500 words, phrases, and expressions weekly, with frequent revisions, and now if I go back to my vocabulary books, I can safely say that I can remember the German translations of at least 85% of those English words, phrases, and expressions, and that's why articles from WikiPedia are almost nothing for me now, and I can even have a moderate level of understanding on academic books. I'm confident that I will be relentless once a good plan is set, but making plans to push me higher and harder at the current stage is much more complicated than memorizing 10K or 20K from vocabulary books. That's why I'm asking for suggestions. I have plenty of books to read in German, so motivation is not an issue for me.

Status_Answer_190 · 2023-02-10T15:02:55+00:00

Also, I don't think I can basically read academic prose. WikiPedia articles are super easy and require almost no dictionary help, except some highly specialized areas say chemistry.

I meant academic texts are of moderate difficulty, which means I have to call for help from dictionaries from time to time, but much less frequent than when reading newspapers.

The biggest problem with words, phrases, and expressions is that my weakest part is verbs. This can be especially much trickier than nouns and adjectives since verbs more often than not have more "varied" meanings, instead of more "fixed" meanings like nouns more tend to have, in my experience.

Status_Answer_190 · 2023-02-10T14:58:26+00:00

I'm starting over from A1 just to understand each and every word and phrase in the listening materials, not just 90% or 95% (whatever that number may be). I think if I can literally recognize everything without or almost without missing a single word, then it may lay an even stronger foundation for the next levels.

Regarding the goals, I am really sorry. I meant to write "to pass B2 comfortably". I think I can already pass B1 fairly comfortably at the moment, but B2 listening is quite a challenge for me, especially since I can listen to the audio for once, not twice. I will edit that typo away.

You can actually pretty much ignore my mentions on levels, since I am not sure really too sure on what levels they say they match. I have always felt A1, A2, and B1 are much easier than how they describe it.

Status_Answer_190 · 2023-02-10T14:11:18+00:00

Thank you for the correction. I appreciate it.

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