Sauerkraut
New member
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2020
- Member Type
- Retired Academic
- Native Language
- German
- Home Country
- Germany
- Current Location
- Germany
Dear UsingEnglish members,
I'm a German engineer, and I'm dealing with the English language for more than 20 years now. Unfortunately I'm not a native speaker. Of course, we do have the subject at school, but the biggest progress was to study in the UK.
I do have a question about applying the English language and maybe about cultural differences.
I have a friend from the UK who is living near, I sent him a picture of an outdoor activity. The answer was:
Friend: That looks so much fun!
Me: So much fun that you will join?
Friend: So much fun
But the fried did not come. Later I asked what had happened, and he said that wasn't a confirmation.
In German, it is a confirmation to repeat the main part of a question. That's why started to think if it is maybe different in the English language culture. Can you please enlighten me?
Kind regards
I'm a German engineer, and I'm dealing with the English language for more than 20 years now. Unfortunately I'm not a native speaker. Of course, we do have the subject at school, but the biggest progress was to study in the UK.
I do have a question about applying the English language and maybe about cultural differences.
I have a friend from the UK who is living near, I sent him a picture of an outdoor activity. The answer was:
Friend: That looks so much fun!
Me: So much fun that you will join?
Friend: So much fun
But the fried did not come. Later I asked what had happened, and he said that wasn't a confirmation.
In German, it is a confirmation to repeat the main part of a question. That's why started to think if it is maybe different in the English language culture. Can you please enlighten me?
Kind regards