At A1 or A2, the world applauds you. "Oh, you said 'Guten Tag'? How wonderful!" You are a toddler, and everyone loves a toddler.
Or the opposite: One day, you order your coffee— einen großen Cappuccino, bitte, mit Hafermilch —and the barista understands you. No pause. No confusion. You walk away and realize: I just did that. b1.1 menschen
For 30 seconds, you are not a B1.1 Mensch. You are just a Mensch. And it feels like flying. We glorify fluency. We worship the polyglot on YouTube who learned Hungarian in a week. But we forget the vast middle—the millions of people living in the soggy valley between beginner and advanced. At A1 or A2, the world applauds you