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How many and what languages do you speak?

Postby Asasia » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:26 pm

The question says it all. How many languages do you speak? I only speak two. English and Deutsch. My mother comes from Germany, so she taught me a lot of it. But I still have a little trouble, in person, I can only speak enough to hold a short conversation. But I plan on learning as much as I can, and then I will be able to hold full conversations, which will prove very handy. So what and how many languages do you guys speak?
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Postby Ainin » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:29 pm

English, French and Mandarin Chinese.

I'm learning Spanish.
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Postby Risottia » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:29 pm

Too many.
Nowadays some 10, iirc, to various degrees. You know, sort of lose the grip after the first century after the last time you spoke it.
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Postby Zweite Alaje » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:29 pm

Asasia wrote:The question says it all. How many languages do you speak? I only speak two. English and Deutsch. My mother comes from Germany, so she taught me a lot of it. But I still have a little trouble, in person, I can only speak enough to hold a short conversation. But I plan on learning as much as I can, and then I will be able to hold full conversations, which will prove very handy. So what and how many languages do you guys speak?

I only speak one fluently, English. I can read German, Spanish, Italian, and French decently though.
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Postby The Whispers » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:30 pm

English. I learned some French and German through school and into university, and did year-long courses in Spanish and Italian, but I'm nothing like fluent in the first two of those, and can barely remember any of the last two.

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Postby Napkiraly » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:31 pm

One fluently and I know a bit of French and bits of various others. Hoping to redo French and learn Russian, Mandarian, and Spanish. Maybe others for fun or something.

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Postby Divair » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:33 pm

English and Hebrew, both fluently, although the latter I don't plan on using after August.

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Postby The Blaatschapen » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:33 pm

Five to varying degrees. Dutch, English, German, French and body language.

I can also understand Afrikaans and can read a fair amount of other languages.
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Postby Ifreann » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:34 pm

All of them. Granted, I speak most of them very, very badly...

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Postby Zweite Alaje » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:34 pm

Divair wrote:English and Hebrew, both fluently, although the latter I don't plan on using after August.

Why would you learn a language and then let it go?
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Postby Divair » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:35 pm

Zweite Alaje wrote:
Divair wrote:English and Hebrew, both fluently, although the latter I don't plan on using after August.

Why would you learn a language and then let it go?

I have no need for it any more.

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Postby Zweite Alaje » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:35 pm

The Blaatschapen wrote:Five to varying degrees. Dutch, English, German, French and body language.

I can also understand Afrikaans and can read a fair amount of other languages.

Lol, Dutch to Afrikaans is cheating!!! :lol:
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Postby Cheri » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:36 pm

English and French.
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Postby Of the Free Socialist Territories » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:37 pm

I speak English as a native language, German pretty decently, snippets of French and I can read Latin.

I'm going to try and learn Spanish over the 11 weeks' holiday I've got coming up, because I started it last year but never really got going with it, and I maybe possibly will perhaps try and teach myself Hebrew.
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Postby Zweite Alaje » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:37 pm

Divair wrote:
Zweite Alaje wrote:Why would you learn a language and then let it go?

I have no need for it any more.

That is a good reason I guess, I guess it just sounds weird to me. Me being a linguist by hobby.
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Postby Divair » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:38 pm

Zweite Alaje wrote:
Divair wrote:I have no need for it any more.

That is a good reason I guess, I guess it just sounds weird to me. Me being a linguist by hobby.

And I'm not. 'Tis all.

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Postby Johto and Kanto » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:39 pm

English and Spanish.
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Postby Neo-Assyrian Empire » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:40 pm

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Postby The Orson Empire » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:40 pm

I speak English mainly, though I was forced to take Spanish in 8th grade and Spanish II last year. I managed to get a B in both courses, but nevertheless, I didn't really learn much.

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Postby Lunaka » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:41 pm

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Postby Vecherd » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:41 pm

Norwegian and English, not exactly fluent in German and Iceland. I speak two languages fluently and two languages to such an extent that I could survive in those countries without any other languages.

I understand Swedish(easily) and Danish to some extent, but it does not really count.
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Postby Valkalan » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:41 pm

I speak English and Spanish fluently. I can read Portuguese and Italian. I have some proficiency with German.
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