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edyzmedieval
08-06-2005, 20:27
Hey guyz....
What languages(apart from your mother tongue) do you speak?!
I know very well English, a bit of French and German, and Japanese.
Silver Rusher
08-06-2005, 20:31
I know very well English,
If that statement was infact true it would be "I know English very well." Sorry about the pedantic comment.
I speak english and some german. Might get forced to learn french later on. ~:handball:
PanzerJaeger
08-06-2005, 20:45
German, English, and Spanish. I could probably learn the other romance languages fairly easily if I took the time..
IrishMike
08-06-2005, 20:50
I only know german, and ebonics, which some might call a foreign language. ~D
Kagemusha
08-06-2005, 20:50
English and very little German and Swedish.
Strike For The South
08-06-2005, 21:32
English and Spanish
TheSilverKnight
08-06-2005, 21:43
English; French, Spanish, Catalan (enough to have small convos), German
English and some German. I can count from 1 to 10 in about ten languages to, but don´t know if that counts. ~;)
Uesugi Kenshin
08-06-2005, 22:17
English, a good deal of Spanish (More than enough to get by IMHO), and some random words in other languages.
Big King Sanctaphrax
08-06-2005, 22:19
English and passable French. It's starting to go though, I need to practice it soon.
Hmm, since the question is what foregin languages do you speak I have to say none. I speak english (first langauge) and french (passably) they are the offical languages of my nation.
Reverend Joe
08-06-2005, 22:34
I speak english, I could speak French if I got of my lazy American ass and tried, and I can curse fluently in Spanish and Spanglish.
I speak English and am proficient in German.
Dutch_guy
08-06-2005, 23:37
Well I can speak Dutch and English very well.
And since we have to learn German and Frenche in school , I do speak those on an exeptable level - don't expect me to actually argue or answer particulary hard questions though ~;)
And I do know how to translate Latin / Ancient greek , so I suppose I could make some small sentances ~;)
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Marcellus
08-07-2005, 00:04
Well apart from English I am passable in German. I can also 'speak' a bit of latin (well actually, I can't, but I can translate it), as well as a tiny amount of ancient Greek.
German and English, I abandoned Latin in school and successfully prevented my dad from teaching me Dutch whenever he tried to. ~D
I never really learned any grammar in both languages I know, I usually got to have a feeling for a language to learn it(which was probably one of my problems with Latin, that feeling wasn´t really developing).
English and Danish. And I understand some Arabic. ~:)
Laridus Konivaich
08-07-2005, 04:12
Only Spanish (overachievers, you all!). :furious3:
Azi Tohak
08-07-2005, 06:22
I speak American thank you! Ain't it great?
Ahem... sorry about that.
I also speak Spanish. Well... as much as one can since I've not spoken it for a few months anyway...
Azi
swirly_the_toilet_fish
08-07-2005, 07:17
I know none. :shame:
I was educated in America's Public School system. :bigcry:
King Henry V
08-07-2005, 10:00
I speak English as my mother tongue, excellent French as a foreigner, average French as a native speaker, German and a sprinkling of Hungarian (I went there on holiday a few weeks ago).
I speak Dutch, English and German (though admittedly not really good), I speak a little bit of French (or at least I try to...reading is far more easy) and can read a bit of Latin. I've tried to learn Arab but so far no good... will have to try again later (although it's better then ancient Greek, at which I am a total failure).
The Stranger
08-07-2005, 12:51
English
German
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Dutch
Mexican
American
Italian
Turkish
Arab
Creolo
Can count till ten but not speak in
Chinese and Japanese
thas about it
oh forgot
can wright in
Latin and ol' Greek
Dutch, decent French, a little tiny bit of German, reasonable English (speak, not write :p) and understand/translate some Latin.
Ich kall Ouch Limbuuurgs :p
Sjakihata
08-07-2005, 13:53
Norwegian, Swedish, German, English and moderate French
Evil_Maniac From Mars
08-07-2005, 16:45
I learned German (native) and English (the buisness language) from my parents at the same time. So I really have 2 mother languages.
Spetulhu
08-07-2005, 18:42
I speak Finnish, English and German besides my mother tongue, Swedish.
A little bit of Spanish and a tiny bit of Japanese.
ichi :bow:
KukriKhan
08-07-2005, 20:06
Enough Spanish for work, enough German to eat and drink there, and give/get directions.
rasoforos
08-07-2005, 20:19
Greek as primary
English as secondary
I can understand lots of Italian and French but I havent used em for more than 7 yrs for Italian and 9 yrs for French so I cant really speak anymore. Planning to take some fast business courses for those two to remember them again...
english, german, french (well, enough to survive and get around), spanish (the mexican variation, again enough to survive and travel), I can recite a few Fintroll songs.. but I guess that doesn't count as speaking swedish, does it?
master of the puppets
08-09-2005, 01:47
not exactly foreign but i can speak fractured latin...
C, C++, a little bit of Java and Html. :computer:
I'm American, so of course I only speak English (silly multi-cultural Europeans ~D )! I can count to 10, order beer, and curse in French, Spanish, and German. My high school French and German allow me to sometimes decipher written words, but I'd be lost if I had to speak or listen to anything beyond hello, goodbye, yes, or no.
Riedquat
08-09-2005, 16:26
Spanish is my first language followed by Italian, and to tell the truth, English I do not speak but read perfectly, but writing is a real mental challenge. :dizzy2:
Ianofsmeg16
08-09-2005, 16:29
I'm Doing French for GCSE, i suck and my French teacher says i'm gonna fail :)
i'm learning french for junior so hopefully....other than that only english (first language) and about 1 phrase of japanese - hello (some script too, but not enough to get by with)
Mouzafphaerre
08-11-2005, 03:21
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Save the awful accent I can read, write, speak and understand English very well. Studied German for three years but never perfected it. Although all isn't lost, I can't speak or write it fluently.
I've had affairs with Arabic, Kurdish and Greek. Can read/write the Greek alphabet and read most of Cyrillic.
Only under one certain condition, which shall remain untold, may I get interested in studying some French.
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Mouzafphaerre
08-11-2005, 03:28
C, C++, a little bit of Java and Html. :computer:
I'm American, so of course I only speak English (silly multi-cultural Europeans ~D )! I can count to 10, order beer, and curse in French, Spanish, and German. My high school French and German allow me to sometimes decipher written words, but I'd be lost if I had to speak or listen to anything beyond hello, goodbye, yes, or no.
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Q: What do you call a person who can speak more than two languages?
A: Polyglote.
Q: What do you call a person who speaks two languages?
A: Bilingual.
Q: What do you call a person who can't speak but one language?
A: American!
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Evil_Maniac From Mars
08-11-2005, 03:43
Besides English, I speak Canadian, Texan, and Londoner. ~D German is the mother language.
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Q: What do you call a person who can speak more than two languages?
A: Polyglote.
Q: What do you call a person who speaks two languages?
A: Bilingual.
Q: What do you call a person who can't speak but one language?
A: American!
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Sad, but true. The main problem is that we have no one to practice with. And unless you are exposed regularly to a different language, you will forget it (or revert to a horrible accent). If I had taken Spanish, I could watch soccer, game shows, and novellas on Telemundo to stay sharp. I still watch, but I just can't understand a word that's being said. Adds to the fun, really. ~D
ShadesPanther
08-11-2005, 17:54
I can speak and understand French and Spanish
I know a bit of German and Russian and can speak it sort of ~;)
Gemenii XIII
08-14-2005, 08:15
Well apart from English I am passable in German. I can also 'speak' a bit of latin (well actually, I can't, but I can translate it), as well as a tiny amount of ancient Greek.
You can understand Latin without knowing a Romance Language. Fascinating.
I presume you can only understand Latin in the neuter gender not masculine and/or feminine??? right??
I used to be able to speak fluent french when I was at school but I has all gone out of my head now. So therefore I can now only speak English.
I speak English, obviously, though I am told my accent is terrible. I also know a few words of German and French, but not much. On one occasion, I almost managed to convince a Francaise that I was French. If only I hadn't forgotten the word for stairs. :wall:
Craterus
08-18-2005, 23:06
I attempt to speak German...
And I can guess a bit of French.
I am quite fluent in english and speak fairly good swedish, even though I forget words every now and then. I speak passable french, but it's deteriorating due to lack of practice. I took two years of japanese at the university, so I'm down with grammar and all, but my vocabulary is woefully inadequate.
I know some words and sentences in german, italian and spanish, and could conceivably communicate in those languages in certain situations.
(My native tongue, finnnish, isn't a foreign language, so it doesn't count)
Samurai Waki
08-19-2005, 09:10
English and Latin (4 years of Latin in HS) I guess Catholic school did teach me something useful(ish) hehe.
Saigo_Takimori
08-21-2005, 05:18
I speak French and Scottish Gaelic.
It seem that I am the only one who can speak chinese in here ~D
Craterus
08-21-2005, 18:26
I would doubt that. Perhaps some of our Chinese members haven't piped up yet? ~:cool:
Kaiser of Arabia
08-21-2005, 18:47
Inglish, a little Italian, a little German, a little spanish, and two words of Russian, and 2 words of Bulgarian.
Craterus
08-21-2005, 20:37
Are the two words "****" and "off"?
Geoffrey S
08-22-2005, 00:02
Can speak English, Dutch, German and French well. Enough Italian, (modern) Greek, Japanese, and Spanish to make myself clear. Can read Latin and old Greek.
English, and pretty good Spanish. And I can say the basics (Hello, I don't speak *insert language*, what?, You speak english?, and **** I said English) in Russian, French, Italian, Japanese, Arabic, and Farsi. That's all you really need to get by.
Muska Burnt
08-22-2005, 06:56
i can only speak american not english dude
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