What languages do you speak?

[Fat Hippo]

I'm literate and a fluent speaker in German and English, though my written English isn't fantastic, due to a lack of practice. Hell, this forum is probably the only place I write English!

I also understand Swiss-German, though it sounds like ass when I actually try to speak it. It's kind of sad, considering I'm half swiss and have been living here almost 9 years.

I'm also fluent in Danish, though my vocabulary isn't very large and I can't write at all. I only speak Danish with my family, and I've never had it in school, so my training is purely verbal.

I've had 7 years of French, which I think has actually gotten pretty good at this point, and 4 years of Italian, which still needs some work, though I give partial blame to my teacher for this. I also had 3 years of Latin in the past, but I've already forgotten most of it.

I'm probably going to learn Spanish in the future, since learning new languages gets easier with every related language you already speak, so with that in my mind, learning Spanish shouldn't actually be that tough, I hope.

TLDR: German, English, Danish, Swiss-German, French and Italian. In that order.

 

[Shinclone]

English, Colombian Spanish (Yes there's a big difference lol) Brazillian Portuguese, French, German, and Serbian.

 

[cennsor]

my mother tongue is italian, but in spite of that i can also speak english and dutch.

i've had some german and norwegian in the past, but they're close to nothing. i have no big trouble reading german though. written french and spanish are also relatively easy.

 

[Appleshy]

I come from Denmark and speaks English and German too.

And I understand some words in Armenian, Spanish, Moldovan and Russian too.

 

[DanielBrown]

Speak Swedish(mother tongue) and English fluently. Studied Spanish for four years, but not much stuck with me since I never really got a chance to practise it.
Also, by being Swedish, I can understand Norweigan fairly well. Often understand Dutch and Danish as well, but it's a bit harder to decipher.

 

[SckizoBoy]

Cantonese? Ugh, from ABC friends I've heard that it sounds very backwoods and harsh on the ears, any truth to that?

' dunno whether to be offended by 'backwoods' (particularly if you meant 'backwards')...

Anyway, different stripes for different types is all I can say. Cantonese is one of the most tonal languages, even among the Sino-languages, so I consider it rather musical.

Random question but perhaps you can help. I spoke to two German exchange students before, and the guy was from Berlin, while the girl was from southeast Germany(maybe Bavaria) and the guy told me that he couldn't understand the girl when she spoke German to him even though they were both native speakers. Have you ever had that problem before when speaking to people from the Bavarian area?

Oooch... the German dialects can be sooooooooo different. I understand a fair bit of Hochdeutsch and I worked with a couple of Swiss Germans last year, and I couldn't understand a damned word they said. Bayerisch (the Bavarian dialect) is... 'lazy sounding' (?) I guess to northern ears...

Oh, and to answer the question about NRW - Nord-Rhein-Westfalen, a western state bordering Belgium and the Netherlands.

 

[darksuccubus]

Living in Lithuania Russian currently studying Japanese in UK

 

[Zyrocz]

Norwegian and English.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I can only speak English. I tried learning Japanese and still plan to try learning it but, I'm nowhere near fluent. I may end up learning Korean because of my GF learning it but I know next to nothing about it.

 

[dark-mortality]

Norwegian guy, is at least acceptable when it comes to English, and a bit German.

Gee, I feel so smart X_X

 

[3quency]

Currently English. I'm going to pick up a French course this september though, so hopefully that too at some point. Also I have some Dutch relatives, so if I ever want to learn I can just slum with them for a while

 

[Zyxx]

English and conversational Japanese. Really want to get back to Japan and get my fluency up.

Captcha: hello, world. Um... I took a couple programming classes, but I wouldn't say I'm fluent in any computer languages, sorry.

 

[Lectori Salutem]

Dutch, English, French, a bit of German and C#

 

[Sandernista]

English and a fair bit of Mandarin Chinese, though it's getting pretty rusty.

 

[redisforever]

English, Russian (decently), and French (meh, not too well). I can also vaguely understand written Polish, and bits of other European languages.

 

[BakaSmurf]

English and a few curse words in Slavey.

 

[Vanilla_Druid]

English and Australian. And yes, they are different languages.

I'm starting to learn Gaelic too.

Which type of Gaelic? I am assuming Scottish, but I can never be too sure. I am studying that and Welsh myself.

 

[Hollyday]

I know a guy whose life's goal is to learn to recognise every single spoken language and then learn how to say 'Sorry, I don't speak ......' perfectly in them all. It would be awesome...

As a fan of language cul-de-sacs, the languages I know (apart from English) are Welsh, Finnish and Italian (and by know I mean: can buy something in a shop, order a round of drinks, swear like a trooper and understand enough to know when I'm being insulted during conversation). As a Brit it does make me seriously mortified when I meet so many Europeans who are fluent in 3, 4, 5 languages. I'd love to do it, but the effort involved...

 

[Whitewillow]

English.... Very boring, I know. I know a few words in French, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, and German, and I'm hoping to learn Japanese fluently sometime in the next year or so.

 

[Fatboy_41]

English and Australian. And yes, they are different languages.

I'm starting to learn Gaelic too.

Which type of Gaelic? I am assuming Scottish, but I can never be too sure. I am studying that and Welsh myself.

Irish Gaelic. Not sure exactly how different they are. Maybe I'll dabble in Scottish afterwards as well.