How many different languages can you speak?

[77Rumours77]

I can speak english of course :rolleyes: ! But i can also if i were to be dropped in france i could get around. Although im not fluent in it! Same with spanish!
So about 3~!

[darklinensuit]

A bit of French, a bit of Hebrew, but nothing really fluent.
I're werkin on thuh Engglish.

- Jake

[tommer]

my use of the hebrew language is brilliant, but my english could surely be improved, and i can only understand a simple converstation in arabic (i cannot speak it, not to mention writing).

[Johnny Stew]

I'm ashamed to say that I only speak English, though I know a handful of words in a few other languages (Italian, German, French & Spanish).

[estranged4life]

English...

Very bad English

Redneck/Hillybilly/Bumpkin-ese...y'all

[DeeGeMe]

English...

Very bad English

Redneck/Hillybilly/Bumpkin-ese...y'all

I'm fluent in redneck too!

[Violet]

English, but I know a few words in Chinese and grew up in PA Dutch Country, so also know some of those colloquialisms! I tried to learn more Chinese, but it's a HARD language to learn, with all its different tones...

Carol

[DeadliestPoison]

Puedo hablar un poquito español, pero no soy flúido. Sé bastantes para conseguir alrededor y también hablar con los gentes locales cuando somos (mi y mi famila) en vacación.

:D

[Johnny Stew]

Puedo hablar un poquito español, pero no soy flúido. Sé bastantes para conseguir alrededor.

:D

Greg, you're such a show-off. :p

;) :xoxo:

[DeadliestPoison]

Greg, you're such a show-off. :p

;) :xoxo:

I thought I'd spice the thread up a bit. ;) :wavey:

[wondergirl9847]

LOL

I only know English and a few words/phrases in Spanish.

How about an anecdote?

My parents and I went to Juarez, Mexico one year, and we couldn't find this market, so we walked into the bank and my dad says to the teller (I was like 14 at the time), "My daughter can speak Spanish. Come here, Christy!" I was MORTIFIED. LOL Sure, I was taking Spanish in high school, but COME ON, they don't teach you jack squat in school! :laugh: I was like "No, dad, I don't know what to say...uhhh...donde esta el mercado?" BWAH!! They found a manager who spoke English, thank God!!

[DeadliestPoison]

My parents and I went to Juarez, Mexico one year, and we couldn't find this market, so we walked into the bank and my dad says to the teller (I was like 14 at the time), "My daughter can speak Spanish. Come here, Christy!" I was MORTIFIED. LOL Sure, I was taking Spanish in high school, but COME ON, they don't teach you jack squat in school! :laugh: I was like "No, dad, I don't know what to say...uhhh...donde esta el mercado?" BWAH!! They found a manager who spoke English, thank God!!

:laugh: My parents hate going down to Cancun without me, because I'm the only one in the family who can speak Spanish. Whenever I'm with them, they always make it a point to say "My son speaks Spanish!" and the waiter or whoever always tries to start up a conversation with me and naturally, I don't know what the heck he's talking about.

This year, my sister & my mom are going down there without me. I can't wait to find out how they managed without me ;)

[Hawkeye]

1 and a half. English of course although even that some around me may say is questionable and German. But I can't say I'm that great at German. If you dropped me in Germany. I would "maybe" be able to get around, but I'd have to tell those Germans, Speak VERY SLOWLY :laugh:

[darklinensuit]

English, but I know a few words in Chinese and grew up in PA Dutch Country, so also know some of those colloquialisms! I tried to learn more Chinese, but it's a HARD language to learn, with all its different tones...

Carol

Where in PA Dutch Country?

- Jake

[skcin]

English & a bit of Canadian, aye? It's like a requirement if you live near the border (no, not the Mexican border Jake)

Also know several words in Bulgarian (garbage, give me the paper {gee, Dad, thanks for those!}, i love you, good night, good morning, good afternoon, numers 1-10, etc.) Also a bunch of swear words, but I can only guess what the English translation is. Ooh, I can also say "go to hell" in Greek.

Paula

[ThePenguin]

English and some Hebrew. It's a hard language to learn for a non-native speaker tommer!

- Marty

[sara1998]

I took 10 years of spanish in school, and can't hardly speak a lick of it. But I can tell you to kiss my ass real well........ :laugh:

Oh ya, I can as if you have any butter in French (don't ask how??!!)

Maria

[GypsySorcerer]

I can speak a little Spanish of the "Yo soy" variety. I wish I were fluent in Spanish and all the Romance languages.

[DownOnRodeo]

Nihongo o sukoshi hanaseru.

:p

[Jessica Leigh]

My parents and I went to Juarez, Mexico one year, and we couldn't find this market, so we walked into the bank and my dad says to the teller (I was like 14 at the time), "My daughter can speak Spanish. Come here, Christy!" I was MORTIFIED. LOL Sure, I was taking Spanish in high school, but COME ON, they don't teach you jack squat in school! :laugh: I was like "No, dad, I don't know what to say...uhhh...donde esta el mercado?" BWAH!! They found a manager who spoke English, thank God!!

AHHHH el mercado!!?? don't ask for that!! i did that with my friends when we went to mazatlan for our graduation trip... the cab driver ended up taking us to an open meat market in the outskirts of town... we were soooo freaked out! bloody animals hanging from hooks! we didn't know how to ask for a grocery store....


I took three years of Latin in high school... i can translate mottos and stuff like, from university seals and emblems... and some cigarette packs have latin on them... unfortunately there really isn't a whole lot to say in latin for our current times... i mean, we spent two years translating Cicero's speeches and reading ancient stories about the trojan horse and some princess named dido and these three witches and some kings... all our vocab words were like, war words... and wagons... and lots and lots of horses and horsemen and footmen

working in the restaurant industry for 8 years has given me a fairly good handle on kitchen spanish... i can understand the back of the house in their half english half spanish but i don't really speak it... i talk to them in english and they understand and reply in spanish... it's sort of weird... but it works.

i also understand some french from working in a french restaurant for three years... the owner and his wife conversed in french all the time... and with some bussers and kitchen people... i never really learned pronunciation or anything... but if you speak slowly i can get a good idea what you are talking about.... also.. my latin training helps

oh yeah... and i speak english.

[tommer]

English and some Hebrew. It's a hard language to learn for a non-native speaker tommer!

- Marty
you are definetly right. in fact, even the majority of its native speakers tends to make countless grammatical mistakes, you'll hear this happening even in the media and from public officials, where it's truely embarrassing, not to mention the fact that it's now been totally "flattened" up in terms of pronunciation.

[Violet]

Where in PA Dutch Country?

- Jake

I grew up in the suburbs to the east of Harrisburg. Lancaster obviously has more of the PA Dutch influence, but we had quite a bit where we lived, too, esp. some of the foods and phrases. Things like chicken potpie, which is actually a stew with homemade noodles as opposed to a pie. Or if you want a pie, there's always shoo-fly pie, which I always thought was disgusting. And as a kid I was always told to "outen the lights" or "red up my room." Then of course there's the interesting town names in that area: Intercourse, Paradise, and my personal favorite, Bird in Hand. It was funny, when I moved to Florida years ago, someone actually told me I had an "accent" that sounded like I was from PA Dutch country. Never even realized I had an "accent"!

Carol

[Claudia]

I can speak two languages fluently - English and Portuguese (wich is similar to Spanish). And I'm learning French.

[CarneVaca]

Puedo hablar un poquito español, pero no soy flúido. Sé bastantes para conseguir alrededor y también hablar con los gentes locales cuando somos (mi y mi famila) en vacación.

:D

A-hem. The grammar gods are cringing.

[CarneVaca]

I can speak two languages fluently - English and Portuguese (wich is similar to Spanish). And I'm learning French.

Portugues? Eu tambem. Falei portugues antes de Ingles.

Tambien hablo un poquito de espanol, pero mi castellano es diferente del espanol que los Americo-Latinos hablan.

Took some Latin too.

Deus lo volt!

[Villavic]

Hola Amigos
I speak inglés, je je. Though in Miami I like to speak SPANGLISH with american latin fellows.

I can read a bit of portuguese, also. It's very easy.

And I still remember to malaysian words: DILARANG MEROKOK (no smoking, or smoking is forbidden).

[xdreamsunwindx]

English, Spanish and Jibberish :).

-Kate

[77Rumours77]

I wish I knew some languages fluently! I could care less to know french! What was i thinknig, :shrug: I could of had better luck learnig all of spanish!

[darklinensuit]

English and some Hebrew. It's a hard language to learn for a non-native speaker tommer!

- Marty

English or Hebrew?! :) :shrug:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

I wish I knew some languages fluently! I could care less to know french! What was i thinknig, :shrug: I could of had better luck learnig all of spanish!

I can't imagine what you mean. French has come in so handy now that I'm living in Texas. :rolleyes:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

English, Spanish and Jibberish :).

-Kate

You reminded me. I've become fluent in elementary and middleschool-ish. I deserve college credit for that (and a Purple Heart). :)

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

I grew up in the suburbs to the east of Harrisburg. Lancaster obviously has more of the PA Dutch influence, but we had quite a bit where we lived, too, esp. some of the foods and phrases. Things like chicken potpie, which is actually a stew with homemade noodles as opposed to a pie. Or if you want a pie, there's always shoo-fly pie, which I always thought was disgusting. And as a kid I was always told to "outen the lights" or "red up my room." Then of course there's the interesting town names in that area: Intercourse, Paradise, and my personal favorite, Bird in Hand. It was funny, when I moved to Florida years ago, someone actually told me I had an "accent" that sounded like I was from PA Dutch country. Never even realized I had an "accent"!

Carol

Yeah, I know the Lancaster, Reading, and Kutztown areas somewhat. My favorite names are Virginville, Blue Balls, and Intercourse. :cool:

- Jake

[Violet]

Yeah, I know the Lancaster, Reading, and Kutztown areas somewhat. My favorite names are Virginville, Blue Balls, and Intercourse. :cool:

- Jake

Blue Ball! That's the other one I was trying to think of! That's right, I forgot you were from this area. I'm in Reading a lot. I have to say I've never heard of Virginville!

Carol

[darklinensuit]

Blue Ball! That's the other one I was trying to think of! That's right, I forgot you were from this area. I'm in Reading a lot. I have to say I've never heard of Virginville!

Carol

I'm not in Reading much. I visited the outlets two years ago and wasn't impressed. But if I remember, it scored well in the new edition of Best Places To Live, so what do I know.

And sorry for adding an S to Blue Ball. :lol: :sorry:

- Jake

[77Rumours77]

Also seeinig is how i used to live in Maine I can speak like Mainer!

Hay! get the gabage out to the trash can, And put the caa in the garage! Gad Damn kids! And come in ya lobstas ready! :D (talking like it is so mush easier!)

[Violet]

I'm not in Reading much. I visited the outlets two years ago and wasn't impressed. But if I remember, it scored well in the new edition of Best Places To Live, so what do I know.

And sorry for adding an S to Blue Ball. :lol: :sorry:

- Jake

Wow, that surprises me about Reading. My brother-in-law is a homicide detective there, and crime is REALLY bad. Big-time heroin problem. An officer was just killed there last Friday. I haven't been to the outlets in years. I just go to visit family. Going to Lancaster, in fact, on Saturday for a wedding. I haven't been there for a while, so I'm not sure if there are still horse and buggies around as much. Then I'll be off to Hershey in the evening...gee, wonder what for?!?! :blob1:

hehe...Everybody adds that S to Blue Ball! It's inevitable if you're prone to that kind of humor! :nod:

Carol

[darklinensuit]

Going to Lancaster, in fact, on Saturday for a wedding. I haven't been there for a while, so I'm not sure if there are still horse and buggies around as much. Then I'll be off to Hershey in the evening...gee, wonder what for?!?! :blob1:

Keep Stevie away from anybody selling black dresses out of the buggies, please. :)

- Jake

[Claudia]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Claudia
I can speak two languages fluently - English and Portuguese (wich is similar to Spanish). And I'm learning French.


Portugues? Eu tambem. Falei portugues antes de Ingles.

Tambien hablo un poquito de espanol, pero mi castellano es diferente del espanol que los Americo-Latinos hablan.

Took some Latin too.

Deus lo volt!

Wow! Tu falas português?! Tens familia portuguesa?

[Violet]

Keep Stevie away from anybody selling black dresses out of the buggies, please. :)

- Jake

LOL!! :laugh:

[GardenStateGirlie]

English, French (not completely fluent), and a bit of Spanish. I can understand a lot of Italian but i've never been able to speak it.

Jake, a friend of mine has a keychain...I LOVE INTERCOURSE :laugh:

[DeadliestPoison]

A-hem. The grammar gods are cringing.

Well, I never said I was perfect. :rolleyes:

[darklinensuit]

English, French (not completely fluent), and a bit of Spanish. I can understand a lot of Italian but i've never been able to speak it.

Jake, a friend of mine has a keychain...I LOVE INTERCOURSE :laugh:

Somebody once sent me a postcard showing a photo of an Amish woman in front of a sign reading "I LOVE INTERCOURSE, P.A.!"

- Jake

[littlelies7]

My speciality is English :rolleyes:

I also speak some Spanish and French. I can greet in both languages.

[Cristian]

Tambien hablo un poquito de espanol, pero mi castellano es diferente del espanol que los Americo-Latinos hablan. Los Dioses de la Gramática deben tener un gran dolor de cabeza en este momento. ;)

Español is my native language, I can speak a very bad English, too. :)


Song of the moment - Battle Of The Dragon

[Josh2003]

Anglais et français :-)