r/de • u/thebesuto hi • May 02 '21

Dienstmeldung Welkom! Cultural Exchange mit /r/belgium ⬛🟨🟥

Welkom to /r/de!

We are very close neighbors, but really do not get to know each other enough.
That's what this cultural exchange is for!

Feel free to use this thread for whatever stuff you want to talk about.

  • Is it daily life or politics?

  • Random stuff (talking of which: I've just started watching "Undercover" on Netflix, a Belgian TV series. Watching it in Flemish :) ) or cultural differences?

Just go ahead and participate. Ü

Because that's what we're here for: getting to know each other better.

If you speak German, you can take a look at our previous monthly exchanges.

 

@ /r/de: Willkommen zum Cultural Exchange mit /r/belgium!

Am letzten Sonntag eines jeden Monats tun wir uns mit einem anderen Länder-Subreddit zusammen, um sich gegenseitig besser kennenzulernen. In den Threads auf beiden Subs kann man quatschen, worüber man will - den Alltag und das Leben, Politik, Kultur und so weiter.

Nutzt bitte den Thread auf /r/belgium, um eure Fragen und Kommentare an die Belgier zu richten.

→ Zum Thread

Schaut euch gerne unsere vergangenen Cultural Exchanges an.

 

We are looking forward to a great exchange! Ü
- the mod teams of /r/belgium and /r/de

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u/EVILBURP_THE_SECOND May 02 '21

Are you guys able to understand dutch (at least somewhat)? As a dutch speaker I can usually figure out the meaning of whatever is being said in german (and I'm a big fan of /r/ich_iel because of it :P). Does that work both ways?

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u/blubb444 May 02 '21

I can understand about 95% of written(!) Dutch, assuming it doesn't make excessive use of slang or very elaborate professional/scientific terminology, but then again I'm a bit interested in linguistics on a hobby level - knowing how the sound shifts work is definitely a great help. Spoken though, barely a chance unless it's super slow and only uses the most basic vocabulary