find my way with english?

• hey mates, my company is sending me to austria, and i´m rather desperate! i don´t speak a single word of german (except "bier", and when i look at the textbook i bought, i don´t think i will be speaking it anytime soon ( do austrians know enough english for me to survive speaking my own mother tongue?

  29 Aug 2005, 10:18 Anonymous

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• english no problem

  hello. don´t worry to much, most austrians speak decent english and you will be able to survive no problem. of course it is considered impolite to speak english to an austrian without asking "sprechen sie/sprichst du englisch?" (do you speak english?) first, even though it´s usually just a formality. it will be appreciated if you learn a couple of basic phrases like "bitte" (please), "danke" (thank you) and "entschuldigung" (excuse me/i´m sorry). good luck!

  Anonymous 30 Aug 2005, 11:42 - Report

• no prob

  ..with english in austria! you will get anlong very well.

  Anonymous 01 Sep 2005, 10:54 - Report

• Austria

  I think it's great

  Anonymous 15 Oct 2006, 05:24 - Report

• It depends

  It depends where you company will be sending you and how long you will be staying in Austria. The previous comments are correct, but you should make the effort to learn some German.
  
  Eventually, as time goes by, the people around you will be expecting you to speak some German.
  
  

  Anonymous 22 Nov 2007, 12:26 - Report

• hello

  i can tell your answer that if you speak english even not enough you can try to buy some book (austria (german)-english) for learn austria or german speically if you have some friend in england(uk) there is in labrary many book for learn many language , some time you can ask for CD the CD with both language write and sound if you cant i cant help

  aram.chawjwan@yahoo.co.uk 20 Mar 2008, 11:27 - Report

• don't worry

  you can try it unter
  http://deu.tt4you.com/partner.asp?id=call1

  fann 28 Mar 2008, 08:49 - Report