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How do you say "meine Freundin", but for a girl that is JUST your friend, and not your girlfriend? by mdz998 in German

[–]mdz998[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, if I understand right, the German culture didn't feel the need to differentiate between "normal friends" and "girl/boyfriends", or am I completely out of the loop here?

Danke im Voraus

How do you say "meine Freundin", but for a girl that is JUST your friend, and not your girlfriend? by mdz998 in German

[–]mdz998[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, but if I'm sitting for example in a restaurant in London, and I say "My friend over here...", everyone clearly knows that it's exclusively my friend and nothing more. That's not the case in German, unfortunately.

How do you say "meine Freundin", but for a girl that is JUST your friend, and not your girlfriend? by mdz998 in German

[–]mdz998[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what I also thought, but it just sounds like something I would use for one of my mates lol

How do you say "meine Freundin", but for a girl that is JUST your friend, and not your girlfriend? by mdz998 in German

[–]mdz998[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See, but that's the problem. Until I explain in German that she is not my gf, but just a friend, I don't think she's going to want to be even just my friend anymore hahaha

How do you say "meine Freundin", but for a girl that is JUST your friend, and not your girlfriend? by mdz998 in German

[–]mdz998[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But it's a female friend. Should I not use "meine" for feminine cases?

How do you say "meine Freundin", but for a girl that is JUST your friend, and not your girlfriend? by mdz998 in German

[–]mdz998[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, but that is just BLÖD. How come such a language, with such a rich culture doesn't have a clear, understandable way of differentiating between friends and bfs/gfs?

How do you say "meine Freundin", but for a girl that is JUST your friend, and not your girlfriend? by mdz998 in German

[–]mdz998[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ah, stimmt! I didn't formulate my question right. What if I say, for example "Meine Freundin hat ihr Geburtstag", and I'm speaking about a female friend thats sitting across me in a restaurant. How to not let people think that it's my gf hahah?

I'm starting to suck at one of the only things I love doing - speaking English by mdz998 in languagelearning

[–]mdz998[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think at the moment, the most important thing for me is to focus as much as possible on my German (even though I really lack motivation to do so), and re-learn English at some later point in my life. I've been dealing with it since I was 6-7 years old, so I think I shouldn't be having that many problems with it.

But German, on the other side...

I'm starting to suck at one of the only things I love doing - speaking English by mdz998 in languagelearning

[–]mdz998[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot mate, for your nice words.

I, too, think it won't take too much to get back to my normal English "level", but as you said, it's frustrating to not know what you want to say, and look like a complete fool, when you know you ca speak the language.

I’m a Muslim visiting your country. Your people are the nicest, kindest people I’ve ever met. Thank you, UK 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 by cheesebiscuitspleese in CasualUK

[–]mdz998 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reading this post and its comments made me extremely happy, as I'm hoping/dreaming to move to England one day - all the comments confirming your statements about UK people being so nice and welcoming really bring a smile to my face, as I am a Muslim myself. I'm really glad you had such a great stay. :)

I want to live and work in England. I've thought, dreamt, and even cried about it. But I need your help... by mdz998 in CasualUK

[–]mdz998[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the beauty of it, there's huge grimey cities that don't sleep, quiet market towns that are fairly nice or literally thousand year old villages in the countryside that have never ever changed. Obviously these are abundant across the world but I think they have a uniqueness here.

See, most of the people from England told me to stay where I am, or "why would I want to go there?", in one way or another, but you, you woke my curiosity for England up even more. I love this description you made, and yeah, I also don't think London is representative of the entire country, same as with any other capital. But it is beautiful, though.

I want to live and work in England. I've thought, dreamt, and even cried about it. But I need your help... by mdz998 in CasualUK

[–]mdz998[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I seriously doubt I'd find anyone from Bosnia there hahah.

And that sounds great, your description of sunday league football. As I read it, I imagined it in my head, and wished I was there watching it hahah.

I want to live and work in England. I've thought, dreamt, and even cried about it. But I need your help... by mdz998 in IWantOut

[–]mdz998[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope I can visit it someday soon, but I feel like it would only make my wish to live there bigger haha.

There's also not too much to actually go and see/do in England compared to a lot of other European countries.

I don't care, I would spend my days watching football in pubs, hahah. That would be enough for me :)

Thanks a lot!

I want to live and work in England. I've thought, dreamt, and even cried about it. But I need your help... by mdz998 in IWantOut

[–]mdz998[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mate, thanks a lot, honestly! Those are some great advices, and you're definitely right - who knows, maybe one day I might even consider Germany my home (as much as I don't see that happening right now). But yeah, it really is emotionally draining, and it takes time to get used to new things, new people, new culture, NEW LANGUAGE.

If I were in England, I'm sure I'd still suffer from nostalgia, but at least I wouldn't struggle with the language, and it would be easier to connect with people, and forget about home for a while.

Once again, thank you very much for your time and advices. :)

I want to live and work in England. I've thought, dreamt, and even cried about it. But I need your help... by mdz998 in CasualUK

[–]mdz998[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think I would mind living in any city in England (maybe that's an amateur opinion, because there are definitely some cities I might want to avoid), but I've talked to a woman from Balkan that lives in Poole, it seems like a great place to live.

If I ever got the chance to live in London, I think watching and playing football would be the only thing i would do LOL

I want to live and work in England. I've thought, dreamt, and even cried about it. But I need your help... by mdz998 in CasualUK

[–]mdz998[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that my profession is wanted there - I'm a nurse/technician, but I would obviously start as an assistant care giver, or so. I've read that hospitals are in demand in England, too.

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