What languages do you speak?

[MassiveGeek]

Swedish and English mainly. I know a teensy bit of spanish and japanese from school and watching too much Lucky Star.

It would be cool to know a language, like, Swahili or Latin. But it wouldn't be very useful and I'm too lazy to learn it if I don't have to.

 

[darth.pixie]

Romanian, Italian, I'm pretty competent in Spanish and can understand French and Portuguese.

And I know drow....

 

[Astoria]

I speak English, profanity, and sarcasm fluently.

Yeah same here. I also know a little bit of Japanese.

 

[xFullmetalx]

English, 3rd Year Japanese (LOL still not that great). Thinking of learning Korean and possibly Mandarin, but thats getting a little ahead of myself lol....also maybe French.

 

[Veldaroth]

English obviously as it is my native language, and some Japanese. I should be fluent since I've taken over 3 years of it, but I'm rusty...

 

[xFullmetalx]

Absolutely nothing but English. I'm a committed monoglot, despite trying to learn other languages in the past. Just don't have the cerebral capacity for it, I suppose.

You'd think that but learning Languages is only about repetition and regularity.

 

[PixelKing]

I speak normal english, posh english and chav english.
So...yeah.

 

[Fappy]

English. I took Spanish classes in high school, but my teachers were awful and I managed to bypass foreign language in college. I would love to learn another language but I have a really hard time learning methodical/logical subjects (language, math, grammar, etc.). I feel I wouldn't focus well enough to achieve success in a language without suffering through incredible frustration or a personal tutor. However, if I had the opportunity to I would love to learn Japanese or Spanish.

 

[vxicepickxv]

"I only speak two languages: English, and bad English!"

Why, good sir, I do believe I have been ninja'd.

I can speak a few random words here and there from Japanese, Spanish, French, and Italian. I really try to learn words, phrases and grammar, but I'm not the fastest on the uptake or retention when it comes to languages. I'm terrible at coding because I can't remember proper coding structure. I embarrass myself when it comes time to pronounce things, and generally will end up butchering almost any language I use, English included.

 

[warprincenataku]

I speak English natively. I speak Spanish and Thai conversationally. I speak a little Japanese, but not too well.

 

[LandoCristo]

English, a few broken words in Latin, Italian, French, Japanese, and German, and a intermediate level in Spanish.

 

[roaringlion510]

English is the only language I'm properly fluent in, but I have a decent enough handle on Italian to get around, and I've also studied German, ancient Greek, and Swahili. Such is what comes of a linguistics major.

 

[Creator002]

So...weird topic, I know, but I'm a language fanatic, so I like this kind of stuff.

So who's polylingual? What languages do you speak?

Me? English is my native language...I speak German (pretty damn well) and Arabic (intermediate level). Makes sense though...those are my majors.

Your whole post, minus the Arabic and the majoring in a language, is me. Yes, the whole post, including the fanaticism.

 

[Black-Volkan]

Fluent Chinese ( as I've been told from almost every Taiwanese person I've met )
Some phrases of Taiwanese, but they are anything, but perfect
My Japanese kinda sucks, but put me in a room full of Japanese people talking and I'll come away with some idea of what they were talking about
And English of course

 

[BENZOOKA]

Finnish as a native language and some English, adequately, although I barely ever actually speak it.

This is one of those things where cultural differences come into play. If you ask a Finn what languages what languages he/she knows, you won't hear a language unless the person can use it very fluently. Few phrases and a couple dozen words count for absolutely nothing.

 

[Morkel]

Norwegian, hell yeah!
And English, obviously.

I understand alot of other languages, but I can't speak them. That includes Swedish and Danish. Basic, often partial, understanding of a language is something completely different than actually being a proficient user. As a rule of thumb, you need at least two years of active use and study of a language to be able to communicate at a sufficient level. Most people think their language skills are better than they are because they understand themselves. However, how we understand ourself is, more often than not, far from how other understand us.

 

[captaincabbage]

I only speak English. Me no speakee retardee.

 

[Artina89]

English is my first language and I can speak French proficiently. My roommates all speak multiple languages proficiently though. Between three of them they can speak: Japanese, Chinese, German, Russian, French and German. It makes for very interesting conversations