What languages do you speak?

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  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    English (well, Australian English!) - fluently.
    Auslan (Australian sign language) - I can get by, but not an expert
    Spanish - just a bit, I need to practice much more so I can speak to my in-laws.
    And hello/thank you and a few other useful phrases in Italian, German, Arabic, Mandarin.
    And I can say "beware of the dog" and several other less-than-useful phrases in Shona (Zimbabwe).
  • LovelySophiya
    LovelySophiya Posts: 104
    english
    russian
    french
    some german
  • xSophia19
    xSophia19 Posts: 1,536 Member
    English (first language)
    Welsh (second language)
    A bit of french :)
  • peachNpunkin
    peachNpunkin Posts: 1,010 Member
    American English
    Cat
    Some Spanish (enough to get me by)
    and good ol Texas Sarcasm.
  • Visser1971
    Visser1971 Posts: 131
    American and British English (living in Europe long enough to know the differences and how to spell in both too! ha!)
    Dutch (almost fluently)
    German (conversational)
    French (able to order food and drinks and stay out of danger!)
    American Sign Language (from long long ago, but still remember a lot)

    And like everyone else - totally fluent in sarcasm!

    Neat question :-)

    Cheers, Christy
  • sarahsfaith
    sarahsfaith Posts: 65 Member
    1. Spanish
    2. English
    3. French
    4. The basics of ASL
    5. Portuguese (Brazilian sort) -a little bit
  • fiabka
    fiabka Posts: 294 Member
    English, English
    London, English (native tongue) Although a bit rusty on me cockney
    Irish, English
    Scottish, English
    Welsh, English
    Oz, & NZ, English
    USA, English
    & I will attempt all other forms of English including gibberish - which I am an expert of
    :happy:
  • scarletleavy
    scarletleavy Posts: 841 Member
    English (Mother tongue )
    German (2nd language)
    Italian
    Russian
    Spanish

    And now that I'm doing a lot of work out of China, I'm working on learning Mandarin. I think it will be my greatest language challenge thus far
  • Papillon22
    Papillon22 Posts: 1,160 Member
    spanish (mother tongue), english and half-french (which is embarrasing since I've been living in France for 4 years... :embarassed: )
  • kyle4jem
    kyle4jem Posts: 1,400 Member
    :bigsmile: The languages I speak fluently are:

    Lallans - mother tongue
    English - mother tongue
    Nederlands (Dutch) - bilingual
    Deutsch (German) - business German better than social chit-chat
    Svenska (Swedish) - wish I spoke to mother-tongue standard

    I also speak and understand French and can read and understand Spanish and Italian, Danish and Norwegian.

    I did Russian at high School but that was way too many years ago now.

    I'm trying to learn some Turkish as I've fallen in love with the country.

    I have a gift for language and it comes naturally to me. I also have a degrees in Dutch Language & Culture and Modern Linguistics. :blushing:
  • gingermelv
    gingermelv Posts: 37
    English, French, German, Danish, Swedish & Norwegian!
  • pandabear_
    pandabear_ Posts: 487 Member
    English and a little bit of French
  • LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo
    LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo Posts: 3,634 Member
    spanish (mother tongue), english and half-french (which is embarrasing since I've been living in France for 4 years... :embarassed: )

    no te avergüences, lo q mas importa es q estas aprendiendo y en pronto tu sera capaz d hablarlo. yo tambien he estudiado el ingles por mas q 10 años pero todavia no lo hablo muy bien :embarassed:
  • kungfurockchick
    kungfurockchick Posts: 30
    English, tiny bit of Spanish ( I can order beer and tell you that I'm not Julio Iglesias!). Currently attempting to learn Mandarin :)
  • LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo
    LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo Posts: 3,634 Member
    I like to learn Mandarin too... My brother studied it in school but he didn't learned anything :ohwell:
  • sweetsapphire85
    sweetsapphire85 Posts: 386
    1. English
    2. Only alphabet and numbers in German
    3. Basic Spanish
    4. American Sign Language (enough for a decent conversation)
  • RachelT14
    RachelT14 Posts: 266 Member
    English (Mother tongue)
    French
    Russian
    Some German and Italian (enough to get by)
    And i understand quite lot of spanish
  • angelicdisgrace
    angelicdisgrace Posts: 2,071 Member
    Klingon

    lol
  • angelicdisgrace
    angelicdisgrace Posts: 2,071 Member
    english
    spanish
    i can read some german and speak a few phrases lol
  • alexa_image
    alexa_image Posts: 387 Member
    Spanish (first language)
    English
  • alantin
    alantin Posts: 621 Member
    Finnish
    English
    Japanese
    Swedish

    Some words in about a dozen other languages.
  • CrazyDaisysMommy
    CrazyDaisysMommy Posts: 472
    Speak or butcher?

    1) English (native)
    2) German (high intermediate)
    3) Spanish (conversational if the person I'm speaking with doesn't mind being confused)
    4) Arabic (used to be intermediate conversational in Palestinian dialect; can read fussha very, very, very slowly)
    5) multiple languages-- (I know enough to start an awkward conversation and then stare blankly at the speaker as they respond)
  • wijac10
    wijac10 Posts: 47
    Dutch and English, some German
  • k2quiere
    k2quiere Posts: 4,151 Member
    English, Spanish, Spanglish, and Sarcasm in ALL 3!!!

    That is speaking...understanding brings in even more.
  • k2quiere
    k2quiere Posts: 4,151 Member
    Speak or butcher?

    5) multiple languages-- (I know enough to start an awkward conversation and then stare blankly at the speaker as they respond)

    THIS^^^
  • BRISAjustAltered
    BRISAjustAltered Posts: 260 Member
    English
    Spanish
    Spanglish
    Texan (yes, it's a language)
    Getto (but strictly on as needed bases, cause every once in a while it's needed)
    American sign language (beginner level)
    I understand Redneck, Hillbilly and Coonass but don't speak them
  • Lunachic77
    Lunachic77 Posts: 434 Member
    1. German
    2. English
  • JeninBelgium
    JeninBelgium Posts: 804 Member
    English and Polish

    How did you put the spriockets dance thing on?

    LOVE THAT!
  • _Ben
    _Ben Posts: 1,608 Member
    English, and some very basic spanish. Enough to survive on my own for a week or so
  • Jessamin
    Jessamin Posts: 338 Member
    English, decent French and basic Maori.
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