English If I paid attention in class I'd know more French but as of know I can read it and understand it spoken most of the time. I used to know a good amount of Dutch but lack of use is causing that to fade so it's mostly reading and some spoken. I can get the gist of things and not much else.
English is my only fluent language. Other languages: Latin (it's not like you take this language with a view of trying to converse in it, although I guess there are places in the world where you might meet someone and be able to talk to them in Latin even if they don't speak English. I'm mostly competent in Latin, at least as far as my classes go) Ancient Greek (not as good as my Latin) French (I took some in grade school, so I know my colorss and stuff. If I read something in French, say in a newspaper, and I have a general idea of the context I can figure out what's going on). Spanish (I know my basic soccer phrases) Italian (okay, virtually nothing here unless it's taken straight from Latin) If I can find the time on my schedule I'll probably take Spanish, German, and maybe Biblical Hebrew. I've got a ton of languages I want to learn, but not the time to do so.
English (native language) French ( I lived in Switzerland and France for 22 months. When I talk I have more of a Swiss French accent and say things like septante and huitante instead of quatre-vinge and soixante-dix)
Nobody has spoken Latin for hundreds, if not thousands, of years-- but that doesn't mean it doesn't have its practical applications in the modern world. I studied it for a year myself, and I'll admit that the experience was one of my best and most useful in my entire educational years. Learning Latin has served me well in learning, knowing and maintaining terms of the roots, declensions and conjugations of words. And moreover, it's useful just for cultivating the thinking process of being able to put words together. Just merely knowing Latin broadens your vocabulary and your word power greatly. Essential for someone in my line of work... And not to mention, knowing Latin makes learning any of the Latin-based/romance (as opposed to the Germanic ones) languages pretty adaptable. Not bad for a so-called "dead" language, huh? Great range of languages. And some people have enough trouble with one. Here's my range... English (my native tongue, fluent) Spanish (can speak somewhat, can read and understand) German (learned it in Uni, forgotten how to speak it, but can read, translate and understand it) Latin (can read and comprehend it) That's pretty much it. Unless you count Australian and New Zealander English as well.
French English I've studied german but can't remember much of it A bit of Italian and spanish I can even understand people from quebec speaking in french
I can speak, read & write: English Malay Indonesian I can only speak: a little Hakka and even less Cantonese But would love to learn: Dutch Spanish Portugese French, in that order
you guys all missed the best lanugage in the world language of football. a beautiful cross tells a lot. and of course, language of love too.
You've got a rather impressive range of languages there, folks. I've been on a language kick as of late Fluent: English Near-fluent: Spanish Can read, and maybe say a little: Catalan, French, some Portuguese Want to learn (not necessarily in this order): German, Dutch, Italian, Hebrew, Arabic, Russian (I've got a lot of work to do) Anybody know of some good sites to learn a new language or two? I know the BBC has a good one for Spanish, French, German and Italian after the recent European Day of Languages, but am interested in others.
Fluent English (native) Nearly fluent Italian Getting there Spanish Polish Understand pretty well German Dutch/Afrikaans
English - Learned it from Mom. Thanks, Mom. Hungarian (Labdarugo vagyok.) - Speak it daily with Mrs. Labdarugo. Picked it (and her) up in Budapest. German (Ich heiße Labdarugo.) - Rusty, but somehow it all comes back after three glasses of red wine... Anglo-Saxon (Min nama is Labdarugo.) - AKA Old English. Read Beowulf in the original. Hwæt fun! French (Je suis Labdarugo.) - Rudimentary. Tried to learn French in night school while living in Budapest while working as an English translator. Nearly made my head explode. Eow.
English - fluent Spanish - fluent (classes) German - marginal (classes) Chinese - I can order Chicken w/ Broccoli in Mandarin Japanese - ditto for teriyaki, sushi Ebonics - Like Mrs. Cleaver in "Airport", "I speak Jive" Limey - "At the end of the day, I'm a fan of a massive, brilliant club. My row with the other club's fans? It was all handbags." French - Merde. I do not like Zee American. Greek - Malakas Portuguese - bicha, obrigado
English. Greek...decent amount from family and greek school. Spanish......a "respectable" amount, though school. German......Picked some up from listening to Rammstein
Austrian (no, not german) Californese (broken) Hungarian Swedish Pantomime Zabrak Shriiwook Bothanese Twi'ilik
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