I was just wondering about all the Europeans (excluding UK)… like do y’all understand… say, an American movie or TV as well as those in your national language?

  • Strider@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Pretty much equivalent, since I was in an English speaking country early enough.

    Yes, I watch and read in original language. However you also need some cultural knowledge to get everything. While that seems obvious, the devil is in the details indeed.

    I always have a lot of fun with words that split up into multiple in the other language. Recently I stumbled over kind(ness) which you’d split up in German: to act kind (freundlich) and to be kind (gütig) would be different words.