Your opinion please!!
I want to learn Russian and German starting in September; should I learn only Russian or German or both. Is it a good thing in Europe to know 4 languages here in Canada it has no bearing on the lousy jobs you get.
Also, should I sue my ex-landlady, she deducted money from my damage deposit to clean the place which was cleaned but not spotless; and she charged for batteries that were dead and I did not replace; she made my life a living hell; I managed the place paying the bills, collecting the rent, paying for ads to find a new roomate, made sure the place was not falling apart.
Also, should I sue my ex-landlady, she deducted money from my damage deposit to clean the place which was cleaned but not spotless; and she charged for batteries that were dead and I did not replace; she made my life a living hell; I managed the place paying the bills, collecting the rent, paying for ads to find a new roomate, made sure the place was not falling apart.
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My russia is awfull, and i will never said to a russian that i learn his language : my russian is so poor, that i am shame of it.
My advice : difficult to learn both of this language together. You should try one language first, than after one year of two when things are becoming easy learn the other language simultaneously.
Don´t try to learn both languages at the same time. I think it would be hard since they are very different (german belonging to the same tree as most west european languages while russian is not). which one to learn should depend on what you are going to use it for. I´m going to Berlin next year for a semester at the Freie Universität and have to learn both to speak it much more naturally than now but also the grammar (german grammar is a pain in the behind especially coming from a country with very simple grammar) and the german socio-lingo of Sociology. In other words: I have a very specific need. Please tell what your plans are and its easier to help you.
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Don´t try to learn both languages at the same time. I think it would be hard since they are very different (german belonging to the same tree as most west european languages while russian is not). which one to learn should depend on what you are going to use it for. I´m going to Berlin next year for a semester at the Freie Universität and have to learn both to speak it much more naturally than now but also the grammar (german grammar is a pain in the behind especially coming from a country with very simple grammar) and the german socio-lingo of Sociology. In other words: I have a very specific need. Please tell what your plans are and its easier to help you.
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The russian grammar is very near than the german grammar or the latin grammar : very difficult ...
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Well, guess this depends on where in Europe you want to get a job and what job you want to get. I don't think that russian is a must (at least in western Europe), German would make more sense.
BTW, I agree with Anders: Don't try to learn both languages at once. German is quite difficult (at least I think so - I am from germany so I'm not the one to tell how difficult it is
If not, you may have little or no say in what she expects of you in way of upkeep of the place and in what she deems an acceptable charge in lieu of any cleaning she may have had to do.
Replacing things such as batteries, say in smoke alarms etc. these are consumables that if were fitted should be upkept.
If you did sign an agreement then READ THE SMALL PRINT.
Most of these agreements are worded in a way that gives the lease holder little say in what is an acceptable amount of "wear and tear" on a leaseing, things like general maintenance -eg. fixtures and fittings, drains and safe supply of electricity, water etc. should be the landladys responsibility.
Check with someone in the legal profession, preferably with experience of tenancies and if you feel you have been over charged or wrongly accused of damage then they should be able to put things right very quickly.
Spanish would be easier to learn as well since it's very close to French in many ways.
I have seen that most Germans refuse to leave Germany and at farthest will leave to go to a bordering country. How boring. Anyway, thats why my friend just got an Executive Training program at BMW. The guy that hired him explained that its the hardest thing in the world to find a German who is willing to leave the 'fatherland'. Ah well, more jobs for us I guess
Eastern European countries say they prefer German to english as their second language (at least the places I have been too (Czech Rep, Russia, Slovenia, Slovakia, etc) but they seem to be fine with english as well.
I actually like Russian a lot and wouldnt mind learning it.
Maybe starting from german is easier ...
but on my strange opinion russian can be more useful. it i s changing a lot, and in a few years it will 'enter' to 'europe'.
if you can... try to get german and russian housemates!!!!
i lived a year with four germans in uk ... and i didn't learn even the bad words. (.. so i know only spanish, italian, english and portuguese)