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That's not the point. The point is that in order to communicate simple things correctly in German, you need to learn a lot more than to communicate simple thin
by decode 17y ago
That's not the point. The point is that in order to communicate simple things correctly in German, you need to learn a lot more than to communicate simple things correctly in English. But to have correct mastery of German, it's not a large jump from there.
- memetichazard 17y agoIt seems like you're saying, once you've gone through 90% of the effort to learn a language, you've only got 10% left (as opposed to 10% for basics then 90% to master).
- decode 17y agoYes, that's right, except for the important part. I'm sure the percentages are off, but here's the basic idea: To correctly form simple German sentences you need to learn 90% of the non-vocabulary elements of the language. To get to mastery, you have to learn the other 10%. To correctly form simple English sentences you need to learn 10% of the non-vocabulary elements of the language. To get to mastery, you have to learn the other 90%.