If I send you ( Englishman) along with another person (German) by Boat?

actualy it is simple you can do it well I know I can I am a native english speaker I also know german I am going on my 5th year. german is simular to english infact it is not that hard to understand german if you speak good english I remember my first day in german class we learned a lot and I had never even heard any german befor that so yes it is possible I have been there and done that.

Thats really interesting..If am in such a situation I will try my best to teach him at least some common words which is piratically needed for the basic communications instead of all the way by those funny body languages and sure will happy to learn their language as well:)

Every group of people has its geniuses and its idiots. In one-on-one situations where personal needs must be satisfied, it is not a question of who is smarter or which language is easier or learn. Each will be understood. A baby can be understood. Within a 24 hour period neither will know more than a few words of the other's language, but they will be lifetime friends or enemies, depending on how they pulled together and helped each other on that trip.

If you send me ( Englishman) along with another person (German) by Boat. i able to teach him english for day to day transaction purpose .

any language whether it is english , german , hindi what ever it is not easy to learn . every languages need time and ur willing power . i don't think so i can teach that people in one day .

defintely i learn and teach my mothertounge to them.

I'm sure we could get enough words and sign language going to survive and say hello if we ever met again.

It may not be possible to learn the intricacies of the language, but one can learn in 24 hours, most of the things, like day to day requirements. Read and write may not be possible.

When I was a child I went to a Catholic School where teachers were mostly Spanish and German brothers (not priests). I remember a German brother telling us pupils that knowing how to speak Latin and German (as he did) it was very easy to learn English, as English words are either of french (latin) or anglo-saxon (german) origin.

It could be possible to survive and learn the other language and teach my language to him...that would be all that would be needed.

I have heard that english is one of the most difficult languages to learn.

You can learn any language from any person as long as you are both smart enough to know how to communicate properly and bring about mutual understandings.