How Many Languages Do You Speak?

[Imparcticle]

How many languages do you speak?

I speak 2 and 1/4

1.) English (g, what a surpise! )
2.) Amharic
3.) ~1/4 of spanish (you're lookin' at a first year spanish student)

 

[cookiemonster]

1) English
2) English
3) Hm... English?

What happened to the mall? Thought you were going to the mall!

cookiemonster

 

[einsteinian77]

English and slurred english that's about it

 

[The_Professional]

English and my native language. And I understand Womanese though I don't speak it

EDIT - yay

 

[Evo]

English and I can understand enough Spanish, French, German & Italian to get by in those countries. Not conversational though, I find it's harder to answer than to understand.

 

[Imparcticle]

1) English
2) English
3) Hm... English?

What happened to the mall? Thought you were going to the mall!

cookiemonster

ah, I said I'd go to the mall at 6:55 pm but I posted this thread at 6:51 pm.

the time speaks for itself.

 

[p_branes]

Well 1) english
2) hindi
3)german
4)french
5)american

By the way where is Amharic spoken??

 

[Monique]

Ik spreek nederlands, I speak english, ich spreche deutch et je parle français

εγώ να μην μιλήσουν τα ελληνικά, io non parlare italiano, 私日本語を話さないため, 나 한국어를 말하지 않는 위하여, mim para não falar portugese, я не поговорить русского, yo no hablar español, 我不讲简单的汉语, 並且我不講繁體中文

 

[Evo]

My mother can speak seven languages fluently - French, English, German, Arabic, what used to be Czechoslovakian, Spanish, Italian. I obviously did not inherit her linguistic skills. I can't even keep track of how many languages my brother speaks, but the company he owns has offices in France, Norway (he just married a girl he met there), Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, and a few other countries I can't remember, and he can speak all the languages.

Monique, you are a riot!

 

[jimmy p]

English and 3 variaties of Gibberish

 

[Kalimaa23]

Five fluently

1) Dutch
2) French
3) English
4) Math
5) Physics

Working on German. I understand Italian and some Spanish.

My father speaks six languages (all of the above, barring math & physics), and so did my mother. So I can't do less now can I? I'd like to learn Russian as well one day, with the influx of Eastern-European scientists and engineers it could come in handy.

 

[Grizzlycomet]

I speak english, norwegian (swedish is essentially the same, so i can easily speak that as well), and a good bit german.

 

[holly]

Iay eakspay igpay atin-lay uentlyflay.

 

[Rut Roh]

I speak:

English
English - Southern y'all
English - Southern Bell y'all darlins
English - Ozark Mtn. y'all feriners
English - Texas style, BIG AND BOLD
English - Western slouchy & free, howdy

And of course Scooby. Rav Ra Rice Ray

 

[Hurkyl]

I was pretty good at French, but then again I only spent 5 years learning it and 7 years not using it, so it's not so good now.

 

[KLscilevothma]

Ik spreek nederlands, I speak english, ich spreche deutch et je parle français

εγώ να μην μιλήσουν τα ελληνικά, io non parlare italiano, 私日本語を話さないため, 나 한국어를 말하지 않는 위하여, mim para não falar portugese, я не поговорить русского, yo no hablar español, 我不讲简单的汉语, 並且我不講繁體中文

Don't tell me you typed the above the message.
Heehee, I think you copied it from somewhere on the internet, right ?

I speak
- English
- Cantonese
- Some Manderin

My grandmather speaks a dialect that none of my friends can understand fully. My friends have to guess what she means when they come to my home. My friends sometimes ask me if I can really understand every word she says and my answer is yes. It is because I've been living with her for 18 years and 8 months.

I want to learn French, Latin and Japanese in the future.

 

[kuengb]

French and a little bit of English as foreign languages, and then "doitsh" as my mother language. Uh, oh, I forgot Arabic:

? ?? ? ? ?? ? ? ??.

Hmm - that was "I'd like to order a camel steak", but the Arabian signs are not displayed correctly as it seems. Sorry.

 

[Andy]

English and bad English fluently.

Enough french and spanish to survive in either country.

 

[jimmy p]

why you would want to is beyond me...

 

[Andy]

Just long enough to blow them all up!

Just a joke, just incase anyone from the CIA OR NSA is reading this, Trust me i am not a terrorist!

 

[Imparcticle]

Well 1) english
2) hindi
3)german
4)french
5)american

By the way where is Amharic spoken??

Ethiopia.

I want to learn hindi. Is it difficult? Is it similar to punjabi?

 

[Polly]

我不讲简单的汉语, 並且我不講繁體中文

Monique you are amazing!

 

[Monique]

Thanks little trivia: how many tongues does a fish from Babel have?

 

[Tsu]

Ik spreek nederlands, I speak english, ich spreche deutch et je parle français

εγώ να μην μιλήσουν τα ελληνικά, io non parlare italiano, 私日本語を話さないため, 나 한국어를 말하지 않는 위하여, mim para não falar portugese, я не поговорить русского, yo no hablar español, 我不讲简单的汉语, 並且我不講繁體中文

Hey! Watch your mouth, young lady! Am I going to have to come over there and wash your mouth out with SOAP??

I speak English and Spanish.

 

[Tsu]

I speak:

English
English - Southern y'all
English - Southern Bell y'all darlins
English - Ozark Mtn. y'all feriners
English - Texas style, BIG AND BOLD
English - Western slouchy & free, howdy

And of course Scooby. Rav Ra Rice Ray

And when you go to move next time, are you going to rent and load your furniture in one of those Y'all Hauls??

 

[Rut Roh]

Quote from Tsunami : And when you go to move next time, are you going to rent and load your furniture in one of those Y'all Hauls??

ROFL. Yeppers. Reckon so, especially if the truck's full of fishin' gear.

minor edit: removed jibberish UBB code I typed in that didn't work.

 

[Njorl]

I speak English and Murrican. I used to be able to speak Jive, but I haven't used it in a while. It is also a very fluid language, changing over time. Why, I bet kids today would not even recognize the Jive from "Airplane".

Njorl

 

[recon]

I speak English, Mandarin and Malay. I learned Japanese and Latin for a while, but didn't have enough time to continue my linguistic studies. My father speaks Cantonese and my mother can speak Hainanese. Coming from a country near Singapore, I don't normally speak but can imitate the Singlish (singapore english) accent which is similar to the Hong Kong accent, although I prefer not to.

I speak in a weird (to foreigners) mixture of English, Malay, Mandarin and Cantonese while with my friends, because we all do where I'm from. An example of a common line in Malay and English: I kena marah oleh teacher.

 

[jimmy p]

I speak English and Murrican. I used to be able to speak Jive, but I haven't used it in a while. It is also a very fluid language, changing over time. Why, I bet kids today would not even recognize the Jive from "Airplane".

Njorl

That is such a quality film!

 

[Njorl]

So Jimmy... Do you like to watch gladiator movies?

Njorl

 

[jimmy p]

I like watching gladiator movies. In fact i have a t-shirt which says "I am Spartacus" its a classic.

I also like pickles.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Five fluently

1) Dutch
2) French
3) English
4) Math
5) Physics

I always thought math was the language you learned in order to read the literature, which is physics


I speak English and kitty-cat.

 

[Monique]

oh, and I speak whale

 

[Math Is Hard]

Does anyone here know sign language? I was pretty surprised when I found out that people sign in different languages.

 

[recon]

oh, and I speak whale

I speak 'upset stomach', a variant of whale.

 

[KLscilevothma]

I speak English, Mandarin and Malay. I learned Japanese and Latin for a while, but didn't have enough time to continue my linguistic studies. My father speaks Cantonese and my mother can speak Hainanese. Coming from a country near Singapore, I don't normally speak but can imitate the Singlish (singapore english) accent which is similar to the Hong Kong accent, although I prefer not to.

I speak in a weird (to foreigners) mixture of English, Malay, Mandarin and Cantonese while with my friends, because we all do where I'm from. An example of a common line in Malay and English: I kena marah oleh teacher.

It's a common practice for many Hong Kong people to include some English words in a sentence, though I think it's not a healthy use of language. I do it often too, probably because I'm studying in a school which uses English as a medium of instruction. In a Cantonese oral exam, I spilled out an English word accidentally which was really embarrassing.

By the way, what is the official language in Brunei? Sometimes I'm really confused about the languages used in some South-East Asian countries. I met a few Chinese-Malasians before and I was amazed how well their Cantonese and Manderin were (probably better than mine )!

I think I don't have strong Hong Kong accent when speaking English as I had a very good English teacher when I was about 9 years old. She corrected our so called Hong Kong accent and taught us to pronounce English words correctly.

Oh by the way, I can speak Chinlish too

 

[olde drunk]

NONE -

none of the idiots i talk to understand a word i say.

sigh,
olde drunk

 

[Atrius]

english, french, hebrew, spanish, computer(not binary, just complicated stuff some other don't understand), binary(some), and idiot(don't ask) so 7

 

[Monique]

oh, and I know some C++ and HTML too (little)

 

[Imparcticle]

NONE -

none of the idiots i talk to understand a word i say.

sigh,
olde drunk

Yes, I know what you mean. I spend a lot of time simplifying my vocabulary so people can understand what it is I am saying.

 

[jimmy p]

Yes, I know what you mean. I spend a lot of time simplifying my vocabulary so people can understand what it is I am saying.

Can you dumb it down a little...two syll-a-bles (struggle! ) or less!

 

[Imparcticle]

ha, funny.
here I go:
Ya, me see what u mean. Me try to not speak hard fancy words that r long. 'cause this way they won't get no confusion from peoples.

You gettin' that jimmyp?

 

[jimmy p]

all but con-fus-ion. But yeah, i catch your drift!

 

[recon]

It's a common practice for many Hong Kong people to include some English words in a sentence, though I think it's not a healthy use of language. I do it often too, probably because I'm studying in a school which uses English as a medium of instruction. In a Cantonese oral exam, I spilled out an English word accidentally which was really embarrassing.

By the way, what is the official language in Brunei? Sometimes I'm really confused about the languages used in some South-East Asian countries. I met a few Chinese-Malasians before and I was amazed how well their Cantonese and Manderin were (probably better than mine )!

I think I don't have strong Hong Kong accent when speaking English as I had a very good English teacher when I was about 9 years old. She corrected our so called Hong Kong accent and taught us to pronounce English words correctly.

Oh by the way, I can speak Chinlish too

The official language here is Malay, which in my opinion is a rather primitive language. I don't think there are many linguists specializing in Malay because new words in the Malay dictionary are strikingly similar to English words. Just look at the Malay word for e-mail: e-mel. And the Malay word for television: televisyen. The Malay word for radio is radio, and for film it is filem.

Because of this similarity, students here have trouble differentiating between the two. One of my classmates is now in hot water with our English teacher after misspelling television in an essay.

 

[Pattielli]

Anyone here can fluently speak Japanese ?

こちらで、日本語をできる方がいらっしゃいますか。

 

[Pattielli]

Oh, forgot to say, except Dr Michio kaku and Doctor's children

 

[honestrosewater]

Has anyone *mastered* a language?

 

[Monique]

Anyone here can fluently speak Japanese ?

こちらで、日本語をできる方がいらっしゃいますか。

だれでも日本語を理解できる :)
Are you from Japan, Pattielli?

 

[Pattielli]

I came to live here since I was abc years old..Mastering a language is a real pain.
Japanese language's Keigo (respectful(?) style) is an example ? It is difficult and easy to misuse words for older people and words for younger people...<smile>, KenSon Go, Teinei Go is much easier.. and below written style (Futtsu Go) for Monique is much more easier ...
すごい、どうして日本語をかけたの +confused+,　日本語をどのぐらい勉強したか。使っている キーボードは日本語の。

 

[Monique]

Thank you Pattielli, but I didn't study Japanese and I don't have the keyboard.. but I do have my sources :)

I just know to pick up a phone with mushi mushi :)