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jeudi 21 juillet 2011

Re: [sap-career] Required Details for Masters in SAP in Germany

Posted by Roy B (SAP Financials Expert)
on Jul 21 at 3:13 AM

Hi Carlos,

Interesting. Most Germans these days have some English - well-educated Germans speak English fluently and it is "chic" to do so. Most new words in the German language are of English or US origin. So I can see why the German dude asked WHY? English is very widely used in business. I was doing some work for a client this week in Hamburg which involved 4 of us working together as a team. One guy was from South Africa, I am an Englishman and the other two were Germans. First question was "what language shall we work in?" and we decided on German, but still used the occasional English expression because in business these days you just do.

For you, Carlos, Italian or Portuguese should be relatively easy because they are Latin-based, like Spanish (the so-called "Romance" languages which include Romanian). Portuguese has a lot of Arabic influences in it but a Spanish-speaker can still get along in it pretty well. I worked with a Portuguese logistics consultant some years ago who spoke fluent Spanish and beautiful English in addition to Portuguese. I understand spoken and written Italian and Spanish because I studied Latin at school and speak fluent French, and they are all related. I struggle a bit with Portuguese because of the foreign (Arabic) words, but with a little time and effort I could learn it. German on the other hand is hard to learn as I already said, and so are the related languages like Dutch, Flemish and the Friesian dialects from which English came. And don't get me started on the German dialects - Bavarian or Hessisch or Schwabian are impossible to get your head or your tongue around.

Best Regards, Roy

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---------------Original Message---------------
From: Carlos Monzon
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 2:59 PM
Subject: Required Details for Masters in SAP in Germany

Hi Guys.. Yes, German its a difficult one to learn. I have been trying to
learn it here in the States by going to a German group over a year now..And
what I have learn just some basic stuff like hi, bye, how are you , etc.. .
About 6 months ago I met dude from Germany that had been here working here
in the States... In our chat I told him that was learning his language.. His
reply was 'WHY" and why would I want to do that - he actually told me to go
learn another one.. LOL

Maybe I should give Italian or Portuguese a try since I know Spanish already
.. LOL

Carlos

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