One can understand very short and simple texts, reading sentence by sentence, picking up basic and common names, words and phases. Understand short and simple messages on cards. Understand written directions if they are short and simple. One can ask for and provide information about personal details in writing. Write short and simple postcards. Write numbers and dates, names, nationality, address, age, date of birth or date of arrival in a country. Ask and answer simple questions, make simple statements, and respond to statements made to them in areas of immediate need or on very everyday topics. One can ask how people are doing and express their reactions to the news. One should have good command of numbers, quantities, prices and timetables. Respond in an interview to simple and direct questions about personal data, if spoken very slowly and clearly without idioms or set phrases.