What's "to know"? I speak English and Spanish. I went to Paris once and I was able to buy food, ask for directions and more, but I can't follow the dialogue in a movie. So I voted "3".
Incidentally, in six days I only found two rude people. Of course I was speaking their language, I'm sure that helped me. An old man offered me help when he saw me with my map. À bientôt.
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(Score: 3, Troll) by VLM on Saturday May 06 2017, @04:33PM
In that case, I should count my pathetic Spantalian mess as two languages, because that stuff works sufficiently to get food and directions in both Italy and in Spain!
I put the bar at "would you be willing to sign a lease in this language?" - in the expectation that room/apartment rental contracts are (I) fairly standard and (II) low on legalese. If those criteria do not apply to leases in your country, you could consider (*) electricity contract, water contract or internet contract.
So you want to understand each and every clause to know what you're getting yourself into, but normally, there shouldn't be anything particularly scary.
(*) if none of those meet those two criteria at the same time, consider moving to another country.
(Score: 2) by mrpg on Friday May 05 2017, @09:11PM (2 children)
What's "to know"? I speak English and Spanish. I went to Paris once and I was able to buy food, ask for directions and more, but I can't follow the dialogue in a movie. So I voted "3".
Incidentally, in six days I only found two rude people. Of course I was speaking their language, I'm sure that helped me. An old man offered me help when he saw me with my map.
À bientôt.
(Score: 3, Troll) by VLM on Saturday May 06 2017, @04:33PM
... I went to Paris once ... Of course I was speaking their language ...
Arabic is hard to learn, grats
(Score: 2) by FakeBeldin on Saturday May 06 2017, @06:18PM
In that case, I should count my pathetic Spantalian mess as two languages, because that stuff works sufficiently to get food and directions in both Italy and in Spain!
I put the bar at "would you be willing to sign a lease in this language?" - in the expectation that room/apartment rental contracts are (I) fairly standard and (II) low on legalese. If those criteria do not apply to leases in your country, you could consider (*) electricity contract, water contract or internet contract.
So you want to understand each and every clause to know what you're getting yourself into, but normally, there shouldn't be anything particularly scary.
(*) if none of those meet those two criteria at the same time, consider moving to another country.