Thanks for replies , I’ll have to try some podcasts n see how I get on
In German you’ve got to be careful with some pronunciations so when asked “When do you expect to get here?” you don’t reply “I’ll come at 7pm naked” (Ich komm’ an sieben uhr nakt) instead of “7 tonight”… Don’t attempt to use “tonight” - just use “today evening” (Ich komme an Sieben heute abend) is the moral here I think. 
If you don’t know the word for something, describe it instead. Gets a lot of laughs, and it has often had those in the bar all buying me a drink… 
Once you’ve had a few, it’s even easier to mis-pronounce words like “nacht” and “nakt” of course… Then there’s words like German “■■■■” (fat) and “dich” (you) or dropping English words like “thick” (Zb) into conversations in error…
I always thought the censor parser on this board was some german software where the Zb meant Zum Beispiel (E.g.) as well…
Like foreigners speaking English, it doesn’t matter that much if your grammar is crap - you’ll get by. This is unlike the med languages that seem to have everyone scratching their heads if you’re just the smallest amount off on pronunciation and/or grammar…