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What Foreign Languages Can You Speak?


  • Rin-
    Oct 11 9:50 AM 2008
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    I was just wondering what other languages people around here know.

    I am fluent with Spanish and English.

    And I have studied some French and currently take German.

    Also I've tried to study Korean online before.

  • Cryptic-Haze
    October 11, 2008

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    English, French, Spanish, and a wee bit of Hindi and Mandarin (basically enough to get me into trouble)

  • angellove
    October 11, 2008

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    I can speak more than a little German and French, but am not quite fluent. I lived in Germany for five years, so I am much more proficient in German than I am in French. I also studied Biblical Hebrew, which is slightly different than Modern Hebrew. It's mostly sung instead of spoken, though. I can read from the Hebraic Bible. I can also understand Yiddish because of the combination of study of both German and Biblical Hebrew.

  • scriptor
    October 11, 2008

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    learning foreign languages suck... im in spanish1 cuz i failed in 9th

  • Done
    October 12, 2008

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    Speak, read and write Spanish fluently, and of course, English.

  • Barbara
    October 12, 2008

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    English, French, and I've been told that I do a farily good job with Spanish when I'm drunk.

  • Surreal Rhapsody
    October 15, 2008

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    I'm trying to learn Japanese and I've taken a bit of spainish, expecting to take more next year.

  • RxxSpiritWolfxxJ
    October 17, 2008

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    English, schoolboy French, and I know one word of German .. "ACHTUNG!!!"

  • Finis
    October 17, 2008

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    I`m not a native english speaker so English is a foreign language for me. Besides english I speak romanian( my native tongue), french, latin, italian and a little spanish

  • yoshi97
    October 17, 2008

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    I can say Taco Bell, french fries, and Octoberfest ... that's about the length of my multilingual skills, though I think the northern americans will know this one.

    Eh?

    • RxxSpiritWolfxxJ
      October 17, 2008

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      In Aussie it's more like,

      Ey?

    • angellove
      October 18, 2008

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      "Eh?" is also definitely a Canadian thing. Gotta love 'em. My pastor is from Alberta, near Calgary, and his family has been in the U.S. for at least eight years now. I still catch him saying it sometimes.

  • yoshi97
    October 17, 2008

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    I wanna be an Aussie

  • Abstract Muse
    October 18, 2008

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    I can nod sagely in many languages. Does that count?

    • SimplyTaylor
      December 29, 2008

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      Haha, nod sagely. If sign language could be considered the ninja of foreign languages, and I think it could, then I'm fluent and dangerous. I don't remember much more than the amazing sound of purring 'R's from Spanish class.

  • annemarie
    December 27, 2008

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    I speak English, French and Japanese. I can read English, French, Italian and Spanish. I can make out a few things here and there in Japanese but I am not fluent in reading it at all.

  • Claudia Norman
    December 27, 2008

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    I can swear in Arabic.
    I can ask for the bathroom in Spanish.
    I can order beer in German.
    And I have witnessed from too many seasons of The Amazing Race that "rapido" is the universal word for "I am an annoying American that needs the taxi driver to go faster."

  • Electric Sunrise
    December 28, 2008

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    English, Irish, Spanish (all reasonably fluent) Polish, and a tiiiinnnnyyy bit of German

  • Zerstort
    December 31, 2008

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    I can speak German pretty well. I can tell you my name, what I do in my free time...oh just go to my page. There's a small section. I can say all of that and know what I'm talking about.

    --Aden

  • sgeulachd
    December 31, 2008

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    I speak Gaelic fluently and German , Greek, Spanish i've learn by ear so it's not the best but yea

  • angelaononchan
    December 31, 2008

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    I can speak English, Mandarin Cantonese fluently and a few words in Japanese.

  • wolfcub
    January 2

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    Love learning foreign languages! Especially since I studied Latin - it's so cool to see how most European languages are all pretty similar.
    German, Spanish, bit of French. I studied Polish for a few weeks.
  • English, Welsh, a bit of French and Spanish in there too...

  • Jons girl 1
    October 22

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    i can speak some spanish but i am very fluent with english

  • Marta
    October 24

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    English. Spanish. Italian. Klingon.

    Can understand enough: Arabic. Chinese. Swahili when used conversationally.

  • FaIIen One
    October 24

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    Yo hablo español un poco.
    I mainly speak English.

  • Lady Pixie
    October 24

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    English, of course.

    A bit of Spanish- but I'm better with reading and writing it, than conversation. I think it's because my southern accent gets in the way when I try to speak it

    Some French.

    Some Russian.

    And currently I'm learning Gaelic.

  • Reigning Fire
    October 24

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    Spanish and French, if you dropped me in France or Spain i'd be able to survive there, by survive i mean get the hell out.
  • *thinks*

    Well, in school I'm learning French (it's good now since the old teacher is on vacation ) Learning Arabic (I have to so I can read the Quran) and can understand some words in Malaysian.

    how dare they! They don't have the word "Quran" I the dictionary!

  • Marta
    November 3

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    Isn't it Koran?

    • the back row
      November 3

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      The correct spelling is Qur'an. "Koran" is spelling it phonetically.

      • Marta
        November 3

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        potatoes, patatoes.....same difference? Means the same thing? Can use either or? Is it user friendly? Does it matter?

        • the back row
          November 3

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          Eh, I guess it doesn't matter. I just like the first because it gives me an excuse to use the often-ignored letter "Q".

          • Marta
            November 3

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            True that. F/M/S and even A are very popular. Q is like the middle child of the alphabet family. Not used often, and ignored a lot of the times.

            • the back row
              November 3

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              I love Q. It's the chubby nerd of the alphabet.

              • Farhan
                November 5

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                lol. You love Q.

                • the back row
                  November 5

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                  I like V, too.

                  V seems to be the most promiscuous of the letters. It's quite sexy.

                  • Farhan
                    November 5

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                    The letter I like the most is F. My name starts with it.

                    • the back row
                      November 6

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                      F, I see as an average type of cool dude. He's relatively popular, but he's not a jerk and takes interest in unconventional things, like horror movies and Psychology. He might play lacrosse and owns a beanie.

  • the back row
    November 3

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    I take Latin, but seeing as it's a "dead language", I don't know if that counts.

    I know some French.

  • Farhan
    November 5

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    Konnichiwa!

    I can speak english, urdu, arabic, a bit of persian and a tiny bit of japenese.

  • sculter45
    November 5

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    fluent in arabic and on my 5th year taking french

  • Madhatter013
    November 13

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    I can write in Elven, does that count?
  • Fluent in English

    I know some French and Japanese

  • Emo-Moon-Nyx
    November 20

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    I know some Spanish and Japanese...
  • Music is the international language

    I also speak English, Spanish, smidgeon of French, smidgeon of Latin(noone speaks it back ), and a little German, and a little more of Italian. I also love the fortune cookies that teach you chinese...I am up to about 20 words....

  • Stars Dont Cry
    November 25

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    I speak quite a few. I'm not fluent, but am good in Japanes, Spanish, German, Polish, French, Apache (it's not actually called Apache, but I can't remember the correct term,), Cherokee, Russian, and, of course, English.


  • Stars Dont Cry
    November 25

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    Japanese*, or Nihon-go. Espanol. Francais.


  • Stars Dont Cry
    November 25

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    Oh, and Latin. I'm learning Italian, too.

  • Daegal
    1 day ago

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    English, obviously, I'm studying French (and am living in France for the moment), German (and will be living in Germany from April) and Russian at University. I can also speak Norwegian quite well, and a tiny bit of Japanese and Icelandic.
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