Any Bilingual Escapists here?

[GTXanatos13]

I am fluent in over six million forms of communication, and can readily- ok, I'm joking, I'm only trilingual in english, french, and german, with a mild intuitive aptitude with any other indo-european language given enough time.

 

[Hollock]

Alas, I only speak English :-( . I'd kind of like to speak Vietnamese because I'm sick of people talking about me behind my back, in front of my back.

 

[tappajasieni]

Well, Finlad is technically a bilingual country but I don't really speak Swedish very well, I actually speak English and Spanish better.

 

[Jedamethis]

I'm learning German and Spanish...
Want to learn Japanese an Russian as well.

 

[Deadlock Radium]

Norwegian
English
French
and I understand Swedish and Danish wuite a bit too since I'm Scandinavian.

 

[Yopaz]

Norwegian is my primary language, other than that I speak German, Swedish, broken English and English.

 

[Tadd]

I'm willing to bet half of my soul to the devil himself, that the majority of people on here who say they can speak a second language, are in fact speaking a dialect of the "Bovinae" known in Latin as "bovis" also known as "Bull".

I speak that language pretty well.

Being able to say "Konichiwa" or "Shinda" in Japanese, means you watch a lot of anime. Being able to say "There is a cat under the table" in French, means you watch too much Eddie Izzard. It doesn't make you bilingual. Native English speakers are stereotypically arrogant when it comes to language; we don't need to learn another language. And 2 years of German/Spanish/French in high school doesnt make you bilingual.

I translate Mandarin and I still don't consider myself truly a bilinguist. Modesty, people... modesty. Here's a conundrum: can a modest man refer to himself as being modest?

 

[mubobi7593]

Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch. But really, I couldn't out-speak a mentally-challenged German chimpanzee, with the whole 1 year of High School German class.

 

[Proteus214]

English is obviously my first language, but my French is also pretty good.

 

[Michael Logan]

Like everyone else from Sweden I can speak and understand Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and English.

I have also taken 4 years of Spanish, so I understand it and can speak it, but Im not fluent in it.

 

[Uncreative]

My primary language is English (Obviously), but I've been working on learning Japanese.
Very, very slowly, but working on it!

 

[Tonimata]

Well, I can speak Spanish and English perfectly and with quite some formality too, as well as being fluent in Catalan, a Spanish dialect of the northern region, and I know a bit of French, though since it's been ages since I last employed my French and even back then it wasn't too good...

 

[Lambi]

My first language is Icelandic and my second is English. I know very, very little in Danish, Germany and Japanese.

 

[The_ModeRazor]

I be hungarian, so it's obviously my first language.
I'm pretty fluent in... well, English. (the non-capital h was on purpose mwwahahahahah)
And I am (just to avoid another I'm) also learning Russian. It's one fucking difficult language.
But it just sounds so cool!

 

[Zealous]

Yup, I speak English and French fluently, I know a bit of Spanish, and I'm going to try out Italian.

 

[Zacharine]

Japanese (I can spot the sign for a hotel, ask directions, or order beer and sushi for example, but that's pretty much it.)

This made me laugh pretty hard. No offense mate but unless you're into whores, I don't think you know what you're getting into. Normal hotels basically always have signage in English (those that don't are in resort locations and tend to be the sort where you'd have booked ahead). The ones with the big neon ホテル and the castle on the roof? Those my friend are not for singles nor for families.

Not on the more rural areas (that is, signs in english). The english translation (to the sign I recognize) would prolly be closer to hostel or B&B.

But yes, with English you can get by surprisingly well.

- and yes, I happen to know what you mean with that particular sign (If I remember it correctly). The first time I was going to Japan, a friend of mine gave me a hint about the real meaning of that.

 

[Eggsnham]

oui? Parlez anglais ou va t'empaler encule. Just kidding about the last part. My french class is learning to swear.

Then read these letters individually in French (from a Marcel Duchamps painting) and tell me what it means.

Spoiler

LHOOQ

Spoiler: ANSWER

LHOOQ = Elle a chaud au cul. = She has a hot ass.

Funny cul means ass in french. Ass in spanish is culo.

To add to the multilingual ass discussion; I'm pretty sure that "Po" is ass in German.

 

[zHellas]

Sorta.

Hablo un poco Español, pero parezco como tonto cuando hablo, porque no tengo muchas oportunidades para practicar.

Apologies to Spanish-speaking people everywhere for butchering your language. Corrections are more than welcome.

So what I think you just said was, "I have an intermidiary understanding of Spanish, but I have no opportunities to practice.". I'm guessing.

I can regurgitate plenty of Rammstein lyrics for you. I also speak kindergarten-level German. In other words, no, I don't qualify.

...Are you me from the future?!

 

[Exocet]

Fluent in French and English,and I can read Spanish decently.Writing and speaking is a different matter.
If I could,I would learn Russian and German,but there are no Russian classes where I am,and the German class is a running joke in my school.

 

[minarri]

Native: American English

Reasonably fluent: Japanese (certified at level 2 of the JLPT)

Minimal: Spanish (studied in high school), Korean (began 2 weeks ago)