[bmacho]

That's sub A1 level (per European language classification).

Tho levels are often described and measured by what you are capable of, and not by what you do, or what you like to do. This includes: being able to understand others, and being able to create correct and appropriate text.

[fhars]

They were describing the level where you can create perfectly cromulent words in your second language out of thin air, that is well past A1.

[bmacho]

No, they were explicit about the opposite of it.

> With a certain level of language skill, you start to experiment more with it, create new words, change grammar intentionally to accent your point, and simply stop caring about the correctness of what you say or write.

There are several concepts/situations here weaved together, but the two main are:

  - artistic intent, playfulness
  - inability to speak correctly

The second one is low level, and artistic intent is orthogonal to your level, and transfers from your native language.

(edit: BTW these two are closely related, since both are mostly just using patterns in places where they are not commonly used, and breaking them would be preferred)

[shawabawa3]

I think your have the classification backwards

A1 level is "can barely speak the language, can maybe order a baguette"

C2 is ~native level