So..
How many languages do you speak?
and what languages are they?
extra questions:
why did you learn them?
and where?
for how long?
English (native), and learning German.
english native
french 2native
german 3native
latin school
japanese school
chinese friend
russian friend
polish 4native
spanish school
portugese school
^im fluent in
*i want to learn arabic and more middle eastern countries
**i took many languages in college
"i want to learn arabic and more middle eastern countries"?
English(fluent)
Hmong(mother tongue and fluent) ;)
Mandarin Chinese (learning in school)
English: Fluent
Spanish: 4 years and I'm planning to minor in it
Japanese: Enough to read a little bit and converse a little bit
German: Very little
And I've dabbled in
Gaelic Irish
Finnish
Native: American English speaker.
Third year of honors French, I consider myself to be competent in the language. Hope to travel there soon.
Currently in my first year of Mandarin as well, enjoying it thoroughly and can't wait to learn more each day.
Japanese: Mother Toungue, EXTREMELY fluent, also could read up to Japanese Middle-School Levels (hey, it's not easy, considering the fact I've been raised in the U.S.)
English: Also highly fluent, third language
Mandrin: Not too good compared to the other two, second language by the way
English: First language
Japanese: Basic conversational skills, and I understand the meaning of a lot of kanji, but not the readings. Heisig's fault.
French: Speak enough to get by, I studied it for six years but I've forgotten most of it now.
Korean: Tried learning Korean before, but have forgotten most of it now.
Ghaidlig: I know a few words from having family and stuff in the highlands.
English - First language, fluent. I'm currently trying to expand the vocabulary I commonly use.
Japanese - Currently in second year, second quarter. I can understand almost all of what my teacher says in class; even though I can't always recognize a word, I'll be able to guess at it through the context. I can recognize probably 90 - 100 (perhaps more) kanji, so my reading is getting a lot better.
French - Two years in high school. I thought I'd forgotten most of it, but when I picked up a book I'd read back then, I still could understand most of it. I don't think I could formulate a sentence though; I'd probably end up with French grammar but Japanese vocab. I was one of the best students in the class, because I would have these incredibly silly conversations with my teacher. (I loved to use the word "lecher" - "to lick" at every possible opportunity. Oh, and I just tried to to make a sentence in French about licking a cat - came up with "neko ga leche desu ka?" Haha.)
I expect I'll take up French again at some point, as I'm hoping to go into a field of work that involves language.
English and Russian. Used to speak Spanish, but the force of Russian being so awesome killed it off. It is now working on making me write у, и, д, and т in the middle of English sentences, and will probably destroy my ability to write latin script in about a year.
>"neko ga leche desu ka?"
I think confusing everything is normal... my Spanish sucks ass.
You might want to look up chatte before associating any licking with it though haha.
English (fluent)
Japanese (fluent in reading everything but some kanji)
Spanish (like a five year old :( )
French (just started learning)
I've been really interested in language since I was in high school...but more particularly because I want to travel. I want to learn more Japanese so i can read all the RAW manga and watch original movies without subtitles, and French to speak to my current penpals. I HAVE to speak Spanish, however, because my girlfriend is Mexican and most of her family speaks Spanish. What's sad about my life...I don't speak my mother tongue: Tagalog.
Fujianese - fisrt language, native fluency
Mandarin - second language, near-native fluency
Filipino - third language, near-native fluency
English - fourth language, native fluency
Ilokano - fifth language, moderate fluency
Esperanto - sixth language, moderate fluency
Japanese - seventh language, advanced fluency
Korean - eighth language, beginner level
>>"neko ga leche desu ka?"
that is not an english word why did you say it
English: Fluent
Lao: Fluent*
Thai: Fluent*
Japanese: Learning
>>83
No, not at all! One's L2 deeply affects L3 in language acquisition. It isn't uncommon at all to mix up vocabulary and even syntax.
here's a brief paper on a study on the subject: http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~clo/Tremblay.pdf
English (native),
Spanish (not bad),
Japanese (learning).
English, native
Spanish, beginner
Japanese, intermediate
I learned Japanese because I love Japanese women and I learned spanish because my family is mexican
English - Native
Cantonese - Intermediate
Japanese - Beginner
wow, a lot of people are learning japanese
cantonese- first
english- second language
french- third
>>89 This board is the capital of Weeabooland after all.
>>10
Thought I would check in again and mention that I've started learning Cantonese. A lot of fun, albeit challenging. So far my chief skill is to make shopkeepers in Chinatown laugh.
English - Native
Finnish - Learning
Japanese - Learning
Latin - Learning
English - Native
French - Native
Japanese - Learning
Spanish - Nearly Fluent
Want to learn italian and german someday.
Swedish,Danish,Norwegian,English and Old Norse
English - Native language.
French - Used to be vaguely fluent, studied it in school for 6 years but didn't speak to natives enough.
German - Speak a bit of it, school again.
Latin - Studied it at school for a year, but dropped it and can't remember any of it.
Hungarian - Beginner. Favourite foreign language.
I'm now interested in learning languages that are slightly different from what I'm used to (so, not indo-european).
>Hungarian
>I'm now interested in learning languages that are slightly different from what I'm used to (so, not indo-european).
But... Hungarian isn't an Indo-European language!
English- Native
French- Professionally proficient (i was approaching fluency, but a few years of not using it gave me a few steps back)
Korean- On my 7th week, baby!
Latvian- Ultra beginner
>But... Hungarian isn't an Indo-European language!
That's one of the reasons it interests me - I wouldn't consider myself used to it yet. (Yeah, it was badly worded)
English - nearly fluently
French - can speak decently if practiced for some time with mother-languages (i studied it at school for 9 years)
Portuguese - my favourite iberic/lusophone language (learning)
Spanish - my second favourite iberic/lusophone language (learning)
German - basic level
want to learn hungarian, whose grammar i find very interesting, and dutch...that's somewhat similar to German, but quite easier and more english-like than german
100GET
and obviously.....:
Italian: my mother language
a bit of Romanian...easily understendable reading....way more difficult in listening and/or pronounciating
(i'm scared of finnish, i tried to understand some rule but....shivers)
Schwyzerteutsch, nativ oesteralps dialekt
Hochdeutsch, fluent.
English, proficient.
Francais, decent.
Danski, decent.
Italiano, basic.
Russ, cursing... :D
That's it.
You guys are incredible.
Proficient: English and Singlish (heh)
Okay: Chinese (Mandarin)
Beginner: Chinese (Hokkien)
Drama-watcher/fan standard: Japanese and Korean (thrilled to occasionally understand a few words. Can rote-memorise song lyrics and phrases without understanding of grammar etc.)
Pidgin standard: Few words here and there of Bahasa Melayu
Yeah. I suck. I only added the last two in to make my list seem longer. Did you guys have to work hard at learning the new languages or are you'all naturals? Just memorising a few words is very difficult for me; am struggling with picking up new languages.
>>99
What's your mother tongue?
English: Mother language
German: Second langauge, 90% fluent
Spanish: 2 years in school, I can say basic phrases
Japanese: I can recognise some kanji and speak a few words
Aiming for speaking at least 10+ languages which include:
Romanian, (better) Japanese, Manarin Chinese, Italian, Norweign, Icelandic, Greek, Sign Language, French, Russian and a few others.
Mandarin Chinese: First language
English: Second language, fluent
Spanish: Learning it in school, I can read more than I can write, and I can understand more than I can say.
To-Learn List
French and Japanese
extra questions:
why did you learn them?
and where?
for how long?
Finnish: Mother language
English: Second language
I also know little bit of Swedish and German.
School system made sure that I get a hint of these three foreign languages, though I would've learned English anyway.
Had 3 years of Swedish, ~1 year of German and the best result I had in a Swedish pizzeria was:
Haben sie milch?
English:Mother Tounge
Italian:Learning
I just graduated middle school heh... But do all you guys want to learn languages for career? I just want to to communicate with natives and for fun... Oh yeah, and I want to learn Icelandic and Romanian, and maybe Finnish, but definitly Russian!
Lithuanian - Native.
French - 1st foreign language in school, fluent, 10 years of learning.
German - 2nd foreign language in school, fluent or at least very close to it, 8 years of learning.
Swedish - 3rd foreign language in school, somewhere in between intermediate to advanced level.
Russian - Fluent, I come from the Soviet Union, M'kay?
English - Self-studied, fluent.
Japanese - Self-study, pre-Intermediate level.
Chinese - Self-study, intermediate level.
Latin - Self-study, pre-intermediate level.
Greek - Self-study, Basic level.
Yeah, I have a lot of free time.
Just English, sadly.
Let's see...
English - Mother tongue
Japanese - Second language: advanced (I'm not confident enough to say fluent, heh >_<)
Mandarin - Beginner/intermediate
Samoan - Beginner
Maori - can understand basic sentences & words
Cantonese - I know a few words and basic sentences
Korean - very basic sentences & a few words
French - again, basic sentences & words
Italian - same as French
Spanish - same as above
May seem like quite a few languages, but I'm pretty much a beginner or even lower than that in most of them :S
What can I say, I like languages lol.
English - Native
French - Native
Spanish - fluent through schooling
Japanese - self-study, JLPT 4 level
I think I'm done for languages.
Danish/Dansk - (Mother tongue)Can't write Danish very well, but understand it perfect.
Norwegian/Norsk - (Fluent) I can write perfect Norwegian.
Swedish/Svenska - (Advanced) Swedish is a lot like Norwegian, They can understand eachother with almost no problems.
English (Advanced) I can write perfect English.
Serbian/Srpski (Little more than basic) Can write as much as I can say, because you write it exactly how you pronounce it.
French/Francais (Basic) Had it for about a year. Understand more than I can write.
I can cuss in:
Norwegian 1
Danish 2
Swedish 3
English 4
Spanish 5
French 6
Portuguese 7
Sami 8
Faroese 9
Serbian 10
Albanian 11
Kurdish 12
Arabic 13
Russian 14
Polish 15
Japanese 16
Persian 17
Finnish 18
Somalian 19
German 20
Danish/Dansk - (Mother tongue)Can't write Danish very well, but understand it perfect.
Norwegian/Norsk - (Fluent) I can write perfect Norwegian.
Swedish/Svenska - (Advanced) Swedish is a lot like Norwegian, They can understand eachother with almost no problems.
English (Advanced) I can write perfect English.
Serbian/Srpski (Little more than basic) Can write as much as I can say, because you write it exactly how you pronounce it.
French/Francais (Basic) Had it for about a year. Understand more than I can write.
I can cuss in:
Norwegian 1
Danish 2
Swedish 3
English 4
Spanish 5
French 6
Portuguese 7
Sami 8
Faroese 9
Serbian 10
Albanian 11
Kurdish 12
Arabic 13
Russian 14
Polish 15
Japanese 16
Persian 17
Finnish 18
Somalian 19
German 20