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by et2o 3299 days ago
n=1, but I don't think conversational German is so bad for a native English speaker. There are many cognate words, and words sound exactly like they are spelled. The hardest part for me while learning was remembering genders and especially the grammar system after getting past simple example sentences. The hardest part while in Berlin was that young people tend to speak near-native English. If you slip up or sound like an American, they'll switch to English and you won't get to practice your German.