07-30-2007, 09:52 AM
Greetings Joel, and thank you.
I see that Jasper (thanks again) allready explained the Belgian situation. hock:
Officialy Belgium is trilingual: Flemish, French an German (and you also have the bilingual part, which is Brussels). That are the three communities, which act like your states in the USA. In Flanders the second language is French, and in the Walloon provinces it is Dutch. The third language that we are tought is English; and we learn very little German (which I find is a pitty).
So far so good, but there's that last sentence of Jasper:
I hope this has cleared things out a bit, if you have any questions: ask!
I see that Jasper (thanks again) allready explained the Belgian situation. hock:
Officialy Belgium is trilingual: Flemish, French an German (and you also have the bilingual part, which is Brussels). That are the three communities, which act like your states in the USA. In Flanders the second language is French, and in the Walloon provinces it is Dutch. The third language that we are tought is English; and we learn very little German (which I find is a pitty).
So far so good, but there's that last sentence of Jasper:
Quote:"The two parts of the country generally don't mix very well."In fact, that is pure politics. In my experience, the people themselves do not have a problem with it, if you are friendly and they are friendly, and there's a dialogue, there's no problem.
I hope this has cleared things out a bit, if you have any questions: ask!
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