What languages do you speak?

[Zaverexus]

Speak English as a native language + Grammar Nazi skills.
I can sign decently in sign language, mainly any food.
I can read Latin very well but have a bit more trouble formulating my own phrases.
Bits and pieces of lots of things, I love language.

 

[C95J]

English.

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[CobraX]

English is my language. However I am fluent in Coast Salish (Native American Language) and can speak a little bit of French.

 

[zombiejoe]

English is my main language. Learning Spanish, but not well

 

[DarthFennec]

English obviously. I took a Spanish class in High School, although that was years ago. Java, C++, PHP, Python, yeah I'm fluent in a lot of languages :3

 

[Thaa'ir]

English is my language. However I am fluent in Coast Salish (Native American Language) and can speak a little bit of French.

Out of curiosity, how did you learn Coast Salish? Family? Native American languages are really cool.

 

[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 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.

I tend to be the same. I can speak rudimentary Dutch (weird, awesome German!), Latin (love), and Esperanto (ew), but I don't claim to speak them since I'm not too proficient.

It is the goal of every language learner I know at my school to learn your native language, by the way, myself included.

Modesty is a virtue.

Wow. Really? That made me feel even better about Finnish already. I've always loved Finnish and liked the qualities of it, compared to English, for example. Why is it that you want to learn it?

It sounds absolutely beautiful. It looks beautiful. It has 15 noun cases and tends, at least from what little I've seen, to form long words. I dunno, I just have preferences for types of languages I like, and Finnish and Hungarian fit the bill perfectly.

I still love English though, although I likely wouldn't if it weren't my native language. I particularly love our "th" sounds.

It was like discovering a complete wine-filled cellar filled with bottles of an amazing wine of a kind and flavor never tasted before. It quite intoxicated me...

You know your stuff! Not nitpicking here, but there are 14 or 15 noun cases, depending on how you look at the wacky accusative. For some reason they haven't settled that to an absolute value. And we do have a knack for long words. I suppose it makes German slightly more easier to learn.

English is great as well; it's simple in a good way and quite practical to use in many ways.

Feel free to PM me, if you have anything to ask about Finnish language or anything somehow related to it.

 

[P.Tsunami]

Fluently, I speak Norwegian and English.

I also fully understand Danish and Swedish, although I wouldn't convincingly speak it.

Speak a smattering of French, German and Spanish, but I can't really carry a conversation. I'd like to brush up on it.

 

[Marik Bentusi]

German as my primary language, English secondary. It's fluent/high enough to confuse my English teacher, so I think it's on a high level.
I learned Latin and could pronounce it, but I'm not fluent enough to speak it. I could translate stuff tho given I know the vocabulary. Of course in modern times the old vocabulary has become useless.

To summarize:
1. German
2. English
(3. Latin)

 

[SuperToaster]

My native language is Dutch

And i speak pretty good english

 

[Fetzenfisch]

First language German
Second language English
Third languages modern Irish , Anglo-Saxon(Old English), Medieval German and English
i finished my latin to a university qualification but i cant speak it.
and i had a few years of french at school

 

[Bobbovski]

Native language:
Swedish (Fluent and better then the average Swede I would think)

Other languages:
English (I'm Pretty good but you can usually notice that I'm a foreigner)
Spanish (On a pretty basic level)
German (just a tiny tiny bit)

 

[brumley53]

I know englishm, I'm learning Japanese at school but I would like to learn Russian, German and latin, and if I ever learn all of them I'll learn some more.

 

[Adam Galli]

English, but I can speak a little german.

 

[Thaa'ir]

My native language is Dutch

And i speak pretty good english

Mijn vriend en ik willen Nederlands leren maar we hebben geen tijd. =(

(My friend and I want to learn Dutch but we have no time, for the benefit of people who don't speak Dutch...then again, I don't speak it either beyond the basics.)

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 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.

I tend to be the same. I can speak rudimentary Dutch (weird, awesome German!), Latin (love), and Esperanto (ew), but I don't claim to speak them since I'm not too proficient.

It is the goal of every language learner I know at my school to learn your native language, by the way, myself included.

Modesty is a virtue.

Wow. Really? That made me feel even better about Finnish already. I've always loved Finnish and liked the qualities of it, compared to English, for example. Why is it that you want to learn it?

It sounds absolutely beautiful. It looks beautiful. It has 15 noun cases and tends, at least from what little I've seen, to form long words. I dunno, I just have preferences for types of languages I like, and Finnish and Hungarian fit the bill perfectly.

I still love English though, although I likely wouldn't if it weren't my native language. I particularly love our "th" sounds.

It was like discovering a complete wine-filled cellar filled with bottles of an amazing wine of a kind and flavor never tasted before. It quite intoxicated me...

You know your stuff! Not nitpicking here, but there are 14 or 15 noun cases, depending on how you look at the wacky accusative. For some reason they haven't settled that to an absolute value. And we do have a knack for long words. I suppose it makes German slightly more easier to learn.

English is great as well; it's simple in a good way and quite practical to use in many ways.

Feel free to PM me, if you have anything to ask about Finnish language or anything somehow related to it.

Thanks man! For sure!

The accusative? Really? That's usually not one of the whacky ones.

I've always loved how Finnish is related to Hungarian. Although it makes sense from a historical perspective, I still love how random it seems.

EDIT: Yes, I agree with the Tolkien quote completely.

 

[karyuu91]

i speak norwegian and english

and i wanna learn japanese :/

 

[natluck]

Try speaking American, it's the only language I understand. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiyH4QS8nCk#t=0m33s]

that was actually pretty funny!

I fluently speak English and Hebrew ( native language )
and that is my living, i am a translator ( not to be confused with interpreter.)I get a lot of practice and its really fun and enriching.

Ive actually got a phone number oncefrom a really nice girl who liked my excellent accent. if only i had more achievements like those...

 

[farscythe]

i speak english n dutch.. n some broken german understand it fairly well tho

 

[x EvilErmine x]

English, very poor French, oh and Scouse (honestly it's like another language completely...for example "Alright lid me schweed's fookin blitzed la, the five oh's been on me case for taxin that scooby last week, giz a a flim to get some scran kid, sound" translates to "Hello friend I'm very upset that the police have caught me for steeling a Subaru Impretza last week, can you lend me five pounds to get something to eat? Thank you")

 

[ConvincingJohn]

Native Danish.

"Fluent" in English

Able to undetstand German, but I wouldn't be able to speak it, on more than a tourist-level.(When you don't speak or hear a language regualy, sentence construction can be a bith)

Also had Spanish for two years but thats all gone, more or less....

Bailar con leche porque no tengo amigos...