If one day I am speaking with a French, German, English or whatever European, will they understand words like "modus operandi", "deus ex machina", or "casus belli"? In Italy they are widespread (and so does others), and they are used daily.
@Sebastian: Have you been to see King Charles? He's a good egg, unlike some at the top of our society. He speaks German almost as well ae you do (almost).
@tony I haven't, my chance would be tomorrow when he visits my hometown and there will supposedly be an opportunity for the public to see the royal couple when they visit the town hall, but I'm afraid I will not be able to go there.
I did watch his majesty's address to the Bundestag, and not only is his command of the German language as such indeed impressive, even if his intonation at times betrays a greater familiarity with the written than the spoken word - but his German as well as his English was of a quality that I wish more politicians could attain.
@Adam If it is any consolation, my son is also currently learning German (through a highly immsersive method), and after two and a half years he's also still mostly fixated on expressing what he wants to eat and drink (and what he doesn't), and stating facts about family members ;-)
@SebastianKoppehel I assume, perhaps correctly, perhaps not, that being one of the major languages of the world that Duolingo does a better job with that.
@Adam, some German for you, Google Photos just suggested a smartphone snapshot of a dead bird I found under my car's engine hood with the title: "Den Moment noch einmal erleben"
If one day I am speaking with a French, German, English or whatever European, will they understand words like "modus operandi", "deus ex machina", or "casus belli"? In Italy they are widespread (and so does others), and they are used daily.
