What languages do you speak?

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  • LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo
    LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo Posts: 3,634 Member
    English
    Portuguese
    Spanish

    bom dia não, como você?
  • M155AUS
    M155AUS Posts: 52 Member
    1. Australia (mate)
    2. Butcher the Queens English
    3. The two of them are intertwining more and more
  • orleansmith
    orleansmith Posts: 60 Member
    English
    Bad English

    very little Spanish
    even less French
    some German

    I think I should make it a goal to learn more, especially German since I took that at uni not long ago.
  • kapeluza
    kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
    English and Spanish
  • meggers123
    meggers123 Posts: 711 Member
    English and German- fluent.

    Enough Spanish to get around.

    I understand French enough to have a conversation with two teachers I work with, as long as they let me reply in English or German. lol.

    I used to know American Sign Language, although I'm so out of practice that it is redonkulous. I could still ask about your day and make small "talk" I think.

    All of you who are tri- or more -lingual... Jealous! I feel cheated having spent the first 17 years in the US, where the motivation to learn other languages is limited. lol.
  • Dean31
    Dean31 Posts: 38 Member
    I LOVE languages too! I am only fluent in American English, but I've studied German (Hochdeutsch), French, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and Na'vi :)
  • barbara1982
    barbara1982 Posts: 349 Member
    German (mother tongue)
    English (fluent)
    French (good)
    Russian (good)
    Polish (basic knowledge)
    Spanish (very basic knowledge)
  • Temporalia
    Temporalia Posts: 1,151 Member
    Quebec French (first language)
    English
    A bit of german and spanish (can understand spanish, but i'm blocking when I try to speak it)
  • LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo
    LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo Posts: 3,634 Member
    English and German- fluent.

    Enough Spanish to get around.

    I understand French enough to have a conversation with two teachers I work with, as long as they let me reply in English or German. lol.

    I used to know American Sign Language, although I'm so out of practice that it is redonkulous. I could still ask about your day and make small "talk" I think.

    All of you who are tri- or more -lingual... Jealous! I feel cheated having spent the first 17 years in the US, where the motivation to learn other languages is limited. lol.

    Same here, only here are 2 official languages & it happens that Spanish is my first language w/c makes me tri-lingual but for me I'm not & I need to improve my english more.
  • ThePhoenixRose
    ThePhoenixRose Posts: 1,978 Member
    English and various forms of sign language - ASL, SEE, SEE II, CASE

    I went to school to interpret sign, and worked as an interpreter for several years.
  • FitnessElle
    FitnessElle Posts: 109
    I'm completely fluent in both English and Spanish.
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    English

    Midwestern (Missouri). Warsh. Wisconsin I didn't realize I was mis-pronouncing it until a few years ago when a co-worker made fun of me for pronouncing it Wesconsin. July (Ju sounds like you instead of uh) Pop instead of soda to name a few.
  • dgirllamius
    dgirllamius Posts: 171 Member
    1) Good English
    2) Bad English
    3) A bit of German
    4) A tiny tiny TINY bit of Spanish

    Hmm.

    I should know more German, seeing as I live there. Not good really :-/
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    English
    Very little French
    Haitian Creole (poorly)
    Chippy Xhow
  • Whatareherthings711
    Whatareherthings711 Posts: 316
    1. English
    2. Gaelic
    Bits of
    1. French
    2. Italian
    3. Mandarin
    4. Spanish
  • NewVonnie
    NewVonnie Posts: 683 Member
    I speak BOSS-tin....

    I practiced WICKID HAHHHD to get it right.

    HA!!!! Hilarious..so do I..thats wicked cool...I also speak English and Sarcasm and like maybe 10 words in Spanish..lol
  • baisleac
    baisleac Posts: 2,019 Member
    Fluent:
    U.S. English

    Just enough to fumble along with a VERY patient person (and with spoken language, some flailing of hands):
    American Sign Language
    French
    Mexican Spanish (how you could grown up in Southern California without picking up a little is beyond me)

    A few words:
    Irish Gaelic
    German
  • greeneyed84
    greeneyed84 Posts: 427 Member
    German (my mother)
    English (my father)
    Some italian (learned it in school)
    Some spanish (live in Texas so inevidable, lol)

    I speak german & the rheinland-pilate dialect, I have lived on the east coast, north & so I picked up slangs & dialects from all places.
  • paulahhhh
    paulahhhh Posts: 283
    Besides SARCASM, I can speak...
    1) English -- Since I lived in Cali almost my whole life...
    2) Tagalog -- pero konti lang.
    3) Ybanag -- My family dialect from the Philippines.
    4) Ilokano -- Since 1/2 of my family is from the Ilokano provinces.
    5) Gibberish -- HAHA!
    6) Spanish -- Re-learning this for when I go to Costa Rica for my sister's wedding.
  • nosugarcoating
    nosugarcoating Posts: 194 Member
    German (native), English (near native - I've been mistaken for an American by Brits before), and Spanish (though my Spanish used to be better). I also speak some Italian, remember a little French from high school and know a few words of Catalan. :) I can understand Italian & French much better than I speak them.
  • canelly
    canelly Posts: 731 Member
    English..... Spanish

    But I'm better at the Spanglish !!!
  • dmpizza
    dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
    The Queen's English (I grew up in Queens)
  • Jennjenn1974
    Jennjenn1974 Posts: 350 Member
    English and Cat
  • skinnny1day
    skinnny1day Posts: 50
    The only fluent language I speak is English, but I do know a good bit of German.
  • katya73
    katya73 Posts: 464
    Maltese
    Italian
    English
    Learning French and japanese :)
  • LeeKetty1176
    LeeKetty1176 Posts: 881 Member
    English
    Klingon
    wookie
  • timtamslam
    timtamslam Posts: 86 Member
    English.
    I'm also fluent in sarcasm.
  • lilyinlove
    lilyinlove Posts: 441 Member
    Deutsch und English.
  • seyran
    seyran Posts: 43
    1. Turkish (mothertongue)
    2. Italian
    3. English
    4. German (some)
    And I understand some French
  • runlaugheatpie
    runlaugheatpie Posts: 376 Member
    English is my first language (American)
    Enhanced English is sort of what I speak now (British words, phrases, some pronunciation)
    Dutch is my second language (what I speak every day in the country I live in)

    I have studied German in the recent past but because of the Dutch completely taking over my brain I have a really hard time speaking it. I understand a LOT though and even have full conversations with colleagues with me speaking English and the other person speaking German.

    I've studied other languages as well, but never practised really, so I would never claim to speak those languages.
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