Although Rammstein's German isn't really helpful unless you happen to be around a dominatrix. But I did manage to learn some non-sick and twisted things by listening to them as well. As for me, I speak -Portuguese (native Brazilian speaker) -English (started taking lessons when I was 8 and then moved here when I was 16) -Spanish I kinda already knew from Portuguese, but now I can actually have entire conversations in Spanish without resorting to that hybrid Portuñol so often. -I can read French and Italian and pick up the general content of the material by understanding some key words. -I'm working on SPEAKING Italian and I wanna learn some off the wall language like Icelandic or Finnish or Polish, something like that. Even though my dad's from Poland, he never really cared to teach me and my brothers how to speak his language. And as far as for the people who claim they speak Indian (from India) languages: what's the difference between that and dialects? I mean, I don't know, but I always assumed they were dialects, not actual languages. So what's the difference?
English- native language Latin- going on my fifth year and my first year of AP so I get most of it Spanish- can get by decently in a conversation after two years and Latin Italian- very basic, am studying for a trip to Rome, being from Boston I can also swear quite proficiently Irish- picked up a few phrases while I was there and hope to learn German so I can pick up the rest more easily can read most Romance languages and at least get the gist of what they are trying to say, Latin has definitly paid off! hope to learn- Welsh, Polish, Old English, possibly Aramaic
I know English. I can speak a little bit of Spanish because I had to take it in school but High School Spanish is a joke and you don't learn a thing by taking it.
Kevin: You're the closest to my speaking abilities. Spanish (birth language in Mexico) English (second language in the U.S..) Classic Latin and Greek (Catholic University of Washington) French, Italian and Portuguese Trying to learn Chinese... (next superpower...) To all of you interested in other languages: Congratulations! Few experiences in life equal the intellectual satisfaction of jumping above the barrier of other people's languagues, cultures and way of living. Too sad we Americans tend to think the world revolves around us...
Kevin: You're the closest to my speaking abilities. Spanish (birth language in Mexico) English (second language in the U.S..) Classic Latin and Greek (Jesuit trained. Montezuma College affiliated to Catholic University of Washington) French, Italian and Portuguese Trying to learn Chinese... (next superpower...) To all of you interested in other languages: Congratulations! Few experiences in life equal the intellectual satisfaction of jumping above the barrier of other people's languagues, cultures and way of living. Too sad we Americans tend to think the world revolves around us...
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English- first language Spanish- not fluent but i can read everything and talk fairly well Portugese- i only know bad words and easy phrases and i can read alot of it just because its similar to spanish. German- Only phrases and bad words. Jibberish- Im pretty fluent
Spanish is my first language. When I came to the US as a young kid, I learned English but I always had Spanish speaking friends. As a result I sometimes miss what is obvious to somebody who speaks fluent English. As an example I had a funny situation when I was taking a computer class. The instructor asked if somebody knew any other language so I raised my hand. Good thing he didn't asked me what language I knew. It turned out he was talking about a computer language!
Scouse - Born and raised in Liverpool English - by osmosis. Kiwi & Oz - G'day mate. Lived there (Both places) for a while And pretty near fluent (US) American, My Oregon wife helps me here.
Hmm, that BBC site looks pretty good. This isn't exactly a way to learn Latin or Greek, but if you go to http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cache/perscoll_Greco-Roman.html you can find tons of Greek and Latin writings both in the original text and in English. When you look at the Greek or Latin, you can click on a word to get its meaning and an explanation of the word's form. With that and with a grammar book and dictionary (I recommend Oxford's Pokcet series, 10 bucks a book for some very good and useful books), you can probably teach yourself Latin or Greek.
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Whats a person that only speaks one language? American!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHA My languages English German (just starting) French (bad)
Hey, if you're going to tell a joke, tell it right ... Q: What do you call someone who speaks three languages? A: Trilingual. Q: What do you call someone who speaks two languages? A: Bilingual. Q: What do you call someone who only speaks one language? A: American.
Persian - Birth English wowwww, so many people are multi-lingual here, that's great. And for those who claim they speak 4,5,6,... languages, I hope you mean more than mispronouncing one sentence!
The ones I listed as fluent or extremely proficient are exactly that. People were generally pretty good about stating which languages they know well and which ones they don't.
I play for love united juego para love united el jogo para love united ich schpelar por love united se ana a bewana love united jag spelar por love united je jou por love united
english (first language) french (understand and read very well, but have to think when speaking) spanish (decent) german (learning, my accent is crap) swiss german (a handful of phrases and words, mostly dealing with food) italian- i can ask where the bathroom is and say hello to pretty girls dutch- i can ask where the weed is
yeah... the important stuff today i started russian lessons - i figure if my girl speaks engllsh, it's only fair i should learn her language