Erasmus in austria: but i know nothing about german!!?

Question

hi! i'm about to choose austria for my "erasmus year", but the problem is that i don't know a thing about german. i'm thinking about learning for the next 4 and a half months, is it enought? for people who experienced living in "german countries", will I have the time to learn the basic?

Answer 1

try to learn the basics and make as much effort as possible. but if ur in vienna u can survive with English.

Answer 2

Pay attention : German of Germany is not the same as German of Austria ... it's not that different but there are huge differences, though !

Answer 3

You are making a huge mistake, sorry its got to be said. If you know no German you are best off in Germany itself as you won't understand the dialect. Some of the German words in Austria are different to German words in Germany. Some fluent German speakers have difficulty understanding the German in Austria.

Answer 4

if your motivated you can do it.

just go on rosetta stone and learn off there

if you do 30mins-1hr everyday you should be alright

and you'll learn the language much easier and faster while your there

just as long as you have the basics