How many languages can you speak?

brainstorm

I disagree. I think you develop different proficiencies on the basis of what forms of culture you are exposed to in the given language. If you read a lot of poetry in one language, you will tend to be poetic. If you read science in it, you'll be scientific. I think many people don't realize that something that doesn't interest them at all, like poetry or fiction, in a language they are familiar with will become interesting to them in another language because of the style of whatever texts they become interested in. It is not as if poetry is poetry in any language. It's not even as if poetry or fiction has a specific quality in a given language distinct from other languages. It's just that certain texts/writer sound a certain way in a certain language that can click with a certain reader reading in that language. It might not even be the original language of the text. You could become intrigued with a translation of something written in a third language just because the translator had a style that worked for you. Many people don't realize, imo, what a world can open up for them by practicing a new language.

mishrashubham

Fluent in 4- English, Hindi, Odia, Sanskrit, and also little bit of german (Like how are you, what is your name and such basic sentences)

Winzer

FORTRAN &
Fortran

trautlein

English, French, and Spanish.

And,
For the record,
...
Spanish is so much easier than French! Anybody disagree?

OmCheeto

I know I've answered this question before....

Ah ha!

And I've started studying Sumerian as of late.

ni nu zu u la!

melskaya

Two... English and Anglo-Romani

SW VandeCarr

bahkat'u!

Radrook

I speak and write both Spanish and English fluently but am far more adept at English.

rustynail

French is my first language. I also do speak english but I would not dare calling myself "fluent".

SW VandeCarr

I understand. The mistake you made is "....I would not dare calling myself fluent" It should be:"...would not dare be calling myself fluent". French does not have the progressive aspect, and I know learning how to use it can be frustrating. This is actually a progressive aspect in the subjunctive mood requiring 'be'. You could also avoid the progressive by simply saying "...I would not dare to call myself fluent."

Je comprends. La faute que vous avez faite est : "I would not dare calling myself fluent"; au lieu de "...would not dare be calling..."
Le français n'a pas d'aspect progressif. C'est l'aspect progressif dans le subjonctif. Je sais que l'apprentissage à l'utiliser peut être frustrant.

Vous pourriez aussi éviter l'aspect progressif en disant "....I would not dare to call myself..."

OmCheeto

gesundheit.

SW VandeCarr

Thank you, but my reply was not a sneeze. It was perfect proto-pseudo-Sumerian!

caffenta

I wonder if this works on PF:

俺は日本語ができるけど、あまり得意でない。

エディット：うまくいった！すげええ！

rustynail

Merci, vos conseils me sont utiles!

Broken Steel

I can speak 2 languages fluently, Serbian (native lang) and English.. I am also learning German and Latin (what for i don't know but i just do).. And i'm just 18 so i hope i'll be able to expand that list with a few more languages :)

OmCheeto

Ok then.

Scratch Korean, and add Cherokee.

Gi Ah Ni Wa!

Woo Hoo! (<-- that's american...)



hmmm....

looks kind of Sumerian to me.

I hope it doesn't mean; "I eat worms."

lisab

Could you learn Apache, in honor of my great-grandmother ?