His father, who knows schoolboy German, translated the letter...

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He knew the language at a beginners' level.

You could say basic German.

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He knew the language at a beginners' level.

You could say basic German.

Rover

:up: ... but maybe not even that much. 'Schoolboy <language>' is both basic, perhaps partially understood, learnt by rote, and long-forgotten.

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