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What languages do you speak?

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Bassil Warbone, Aug 12, 2006.

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    Well, English is something I have to learn more but I can understand almost everything when watching a movie; Portugues, Guarany (Paraguay), Catalan (Catalunya, Spain) and of course Spanish.
     
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    Perfect French and English. Very rusty Latin.
     
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    I never expected to see so many multi-lingual folks, Maybe bi-lingual, but I guess I should have expected it as only the best and brightest are found at the BoM! :D
     
    Bassil Warbone, Aug 14, 2006
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    I forgot a those niblets of Italian.
     
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    Filipino, English, some Mandarin, and a little Spanish.
     
    nior, Aug 14, 2006
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    Meath Gaelic, English, Shelta (or Cant), some Ulster Scots, French and Spanish.

    I am thinking of taking Turkish or Arabic in September part-time.
     
    Cúchulainn, Aug 14, 2006
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    Danish(my first language)
    English(seacond)
    i speak a bit of german, understand most of it.
    a bit of spanish, understand a bit
    understands almost fully, Swedish and Norweigan

    the two languages lies very close to danish, so most ppl that speaks danish, understands the two others as well
     
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    Turkish as my first language and English, of course. You can understand I'm not a native speaker of English, my English is not perfect. But my English and composition teacher said me I can study even philosophy (I'm an engineering student) at universities in England and I will be successful
     
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    no kidding? when were you in the Philippines Aik?

    on a similar note, I know how to ask for one more beer and where the bathroom is in Spanish. I must get the accent and pronunciation right because after I ask, rapid directions in Spanish follow and I have to follow up with "no hablo Espanol" :D
     
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    Dutch/Flemish, English, German and French I can speak fluently. Spanish I can understand and I can make myself be understood in it. I had 6 years of Latin and 1.5 years of ancient Greek at school and thanks to a mix of all the above, I suppose I should be able to understand some Italian and Portuguese.
     
    Uytuun, Aug 14, 2006
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    Well, considering we´re also counting 'a few phrases', five:
    I'm fluent in Dutch (native) and English (duh!), and I know some German, French and Latin.
    I intend to learn at least one more language, or polish my French or German to semi-fluent, over the course the next 3 years in uni
    :borg:
     
    Hugo, Aug 14, 2006
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    I can only swear in multiple languages.

    That reminds me of something I heard a long time ago:

    Q: What do call someone who knows three languages?
    A: Trilingual.

    Q: What do call someone who knows two languages?
    A: Bilingual.

    Q: What do call someone who only knows one language?
    A: American.
     
    T2Bruno, Aug 14, 2006
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    Danish (duh!)
    English
    German (rusty; could probably still have a simple conversation with a German)
    French (very rusty - one of my first lines in any conversation would probably be, "Parlez-vous anglais ou danois?" :) )
    Swedish and Norwegian (understand but do not really speak).

    I also picked up a few (very few) Irish phrases back in '94 when I was living in Dublin for a few months.
     
    Montresor, Aug 14, 2006
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    Hey! I can only speak fluently in one language and I'm not American.
     
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    I only speak Dutch, but the fact that I can answer this question already reveals that I'm not an American. I can understand some Italian, as you can see. :p

    Bullocks.
    I Speak Dutch and some English. (Here comes some other blabla: ) I understand some other languages partially and I can utter some phrases. German and French have the best chances. Italian and Spanish are slow, but I can make myself understood if I have to or want to. That's a lie, I bet, I can ask where the postoffice is and that some should turn left at the first traffic-lights. But that won't help me in court.
     
    Master of Nuhn, Aug 15, 2006
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    Hmm...I can speak English, Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Kannada and very little German...

    I guess you guys wouldn't be familiar with most of the languages I just mentioned..but hey, if you were Indian, you'd know what I was talking about! :D
     
    Faraaz, Aug 15, 2006
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    Splatterings of German and French (About good enough for a tourist). French is close enough to be able to get an understanding of written and verbal Italian, Spanish and Belgiun, but I wouldn't be able to converse.
     
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  18. Master of Nuhn

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    Belgian is an actual language? It's not even an actual country! :p It's a warning-zone shouting "Watch out! You're approaching France!"
    I thank Belgium for that.
     
    Master of Nuhn, Aug 15, 2006
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  19. Daie d'Malkin

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    English
    French
    Igpay AtinLay
    And I can swear in about 14 languages, the product of a public school education.
     
    Daie d'Malkin, Aug 15, 2006
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  20. Barmy Army

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    I think you made the 3rd one up, Daie.
     
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