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Post by Uhura on Dec 8, 2007 21:23:41 GMT -5
There are people from many different places here. I speak Portuguese, Spanish and a little English, and you? What are the languages you speak?
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Post by tabbyminerva on Dec 8, 2007 21:33:02 GMT -5
I speak English and a little Spanish.
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Post by esoterica1693 on Dec 8, 2007 23:18:19 GMT -5
I speak and read (American :-)) English as my native tongue, can read, write and understand most forms of British English <vbg>, and can read Spanish fairly well, and speak it somewhat--South/Central American varieties more than Castillan, though. I'm fairly fluent when it comes to discussing library policies in Spanish, however! <vbg> "Necesita una tarjeta de biblioteca?" <g>
I tend to be able to read more languages than I can speak. At one time I could read Biblical Hebrew and some New Testament Greek, and basic travelers' Italian. (Whenever I tried to *speak* Italian, though, it usually came out as Spanish!) If I had infinite spare time and independent wealth <g> I'd try learning Welsh just for fun, since that's my family's heritage.
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Post by pinnacle on Dec 8, 2007 23:25:39 GMT -5
I've got English, Korean, and Spanish covered here!
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Post by Herzele on Dec 9, 2007 8:30:05 GMT -5
Well, as I'm from Germany I speak German (actually most of the time it's not really German but a dialect, but oh well ...  ), but I also speak English, Italian, a little bit of Spanish, I used to speak French (more or less fluently, but I fear that most of it has left me ) and I started to learn Danish ... Oh - and when I was in school I had three years of Latin, but I don't really remember anything there ... |
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Post by RonnieLee on Dec 9, 2007 19:56:37 GMT -5
I speak English.
I took French classes in school, but, since my French teacher was more interested in educating us on the subject of Celine Dion (I've never seen someone so obsessed with any celebrity...ever) than teaching us the French language, I'm not very fluent. When people speak French, I can get the gist of the conversation and I can read it on a basic level, but I'm useless at speaking it.
I once tried to learn Russian from my father. Never try to learn Russian, unless you have a lot of patience and time on your hands.
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Post by Rachel on Dec 11, 2007 13:46:43 GMT -5
I speak(and read and write) English as a first language,then Welsh and French,and an incredibly small amount of German.
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Post by snowcat on Dec 11, 2007 16:16:19 GMT -5
Eh, I speak Icelandic, English, Danish and am learning French.  Love, Elísabet |
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Post by TartanPhoenix on Dec 11, 2007 16:33:01 GMT -5
Well, I speak english, or atleast what passes for it in California, and I'm a German major, but I've completely forgotten all of my spanish.
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Post by StormAngel on Dec 11, 2007 18:02:18 GMT -5
I speak English, Chinese and a little Japanese. I took some classes some time back for Latin but I'm afraid I forgot most of it.
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Post by childminerva on Dec 11, 2007 19:51:56 GMT -5
English, and I'm learning French. (I had two years in HS, but I've learned more in the past few months then I did over those two years) My French professor keeps insisting that I major in French, but I'm fairly certain she's crazy and have refused |
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Post by mmadforever on Dec 11, 2007 20:54:25 GMT -5
i speak english and french (luv that language!!) also i know (and trying to learn) chinese but it is hard for me to read
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Post by admmityourlove on Dec 12, 2007 1:12:21 GMT -5
English is my native language, and I took Spanish for 5 years in high school. Next semester, I'm going to start to learn Arabic because I'm planning a career in international relations. Anyways...
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Post by Aribeth on Dec 12, 2007 20:41:03 GMT -5
English,French,Chinese, and a little Spanish
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Post by mmadlyinlove on Dec 13, 2007 13:47:31 GMT -5
Wow I feel like an underachiever. Hahaha. I can speak English, a little Spanish (that is Mexican Spanish as opposed to the various other forms, i.e. Spanish Spanish, Cuban Spanish, etc), a little bit of American Sign Language, and am fluent in Op-Talk, which isn't exactly a language but something my family speaks. It's great when you don't want anyone to know what you're talking about, and hilarious to see people's faces when you first speak it. Hahaha. And you can speak it no matter what language you speak. ~mmadlyinlove~
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Post by RonnieLee on Dec 13, 2007 14:45:52 GMT -5
Wow I feel like an underachiever. Hahaha. I can speak English, a little Spanish (that is Mexican Spanish as opposed to the various other forms, i.e. Spanish Spanish, Cuban Spanish, etc), a little bit of American Sign Language At least you're kinda tri-lingual! I'm, like, 1 and 1/4 lingual. Although, if being able to sing along to most Rammstein songs counts as "knowing a little German," then I could consider myself 1 and 1/2 lingual...  |
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Post by Leaves of Green on Dec 13, 2007 17:06:38 GMT -5
I'm fluent in english and am learning a little bit of Latin.
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Post by Uhura on Dec 13, 2007 20:37:47 GMT -5
Qué lindo! Hay aquí más personas que hablan español do qué imaginé. Mí lengua madre - portugués - és muy próxima del español, por eso para mí es mucho más fácil y confortable hablar en esta lengua que en inglés ^-^
La mayoria de ustedes habla unas trés o cuatro lenguas.... aquí, en Brasil, um país un poco pobre, sólo quien habla unas trés lenguas son las personas más cultas, no es muy comun acá
Oh! Latin és una lengua muy bela, ¿no? Tengo voluntad de aprender.
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Post by 3urmind on Dec 14, 2007 12:42:37 GMT -5
Polish is my native language, but I can speak English and French(maby not fluenlty but I'm trying my best;)and I know a little German, but really a little!! And I'm planning on taking Spanish next year...
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Post by mmadcrazyfan on Dec 14, 2007 16:16:13 GMT -5
english is my native language. uhm, the teenager version of english lolol. and i speak french. and i am trying to get my grandma to teach me german lolol
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Post by Blue on Dec 14, 2007 18:30:31 GMT -5
English is my native language, and I've been learning german for six years. I can obviously speak English, but I think German is easier to write. English has a lot of strange spellings :S
I learnt french and latin for two years but umm...let's not go there! I think the one latin word I remember is 'circumspectat,' which means to look around or something. So yes, I blates rock at that language. I found French very hard to speak, I never had the patience for the pronunciation. German's a lot easier with the pronunciation, just say everything you see ;P
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Post by Herzele on Dec 15, 2007 6:00:06 GMT -5
I found French very hard to speak, I never had the patience for the pronunciation. German's a lot easier with the pronunciation, just say everything you see ;P *lol* That is soooo true ... And don't ever sound too melodic or soft ... In short, as a very good friend of mine puts it "Sound like an SS officer and you'll be fine" ... And she's right ... ;D |
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Post by Blue on Dec 15, 2007 13:25:13 GMT -5
I agree, German is quite a harsh language and it sounds so scary when it's yelled  But still my favourite language by far  When I first read your comment with the SS I thought you were making an anti-german kinda statement and I was kinda like :S ... and then I saw 'location: Germany' I was like and breathe.... LOL |
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Post by Herzele on Dec 15, 2007 15:30:04 GMT -5
*loooooool* Well, I'm glad that was cleared up ... ;D I have to admit that German is not my favourite language, even if I am German - Italian is, cause it sounds just soooooooooo much nicer and way more beautiful than German ever could - but I would not go so far as to make an anti-German statement ... It is after all my native language ... |
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Post by Blue on Dec 15, 2007 18:24:25 GMT -5
lol no anti-german! because it is b-e-a-tiful. lolz. italian is too, or maybe it's just italian people in general  |
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Post by mmadcrazyfan on Dec 25, 2007 18:38:33 GMT -5
yea, i think it is italian people. they just tend to be welcoming and loud and zelous and happy (hah, you should see my family reunions) and that must traslate into the way they speak
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Post by MinervaMcGonagall on Dec 25, 2007 19:09:25 GMT -5
English and a little Spanish
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Post by EloquentPhoenix on Dec 26, 2007 16:32:35 GMT -5
Just English. Yes, yes, all grumble about the ignorant English. We're not sorry, we're just set in our ways But seriously, I studied German for 3 years and French for 5 in school and just nothing. I recall a little French and I'm liable to slip certain phrases I know from time to time, just because I like them. I can't speak it on account of the tenses were beyond me when I learned it, so I'd struggle now I've forgotten most of it. And I don't really know any german, just odd words. I would lean, but languages are just not my strong suit. |
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Post by Blue on Dec 29, 2007 18:15:40 GMT -5
i'm the same with most languages, other than german and english, I just can't remember them! and french :S it's not good lol.
and there's nothing wrong with us english and our ways!!! we're beautiful!!! lolz
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Post by mcgonagallrocks on Dec 30, 2007 20:03:08 GMT -5
English that lovely *snort* langauage English is my native tounge but my boyfriend his half Cuban so I'm learning Spanish though a combo of going to his house/the TV show Cane/taking Spanish at school I can do simple sentence ect and count to 100 (I'm so proud of myself) I can do TINY bits of Latin, Galic, French, and Hawaiian(sp) as well thanks to my cousin and a couple of tv shows and by tiny bits of I mean a few words to a sentence |
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), but I also speak English, Italian, a little bit of Spanish, I used to speak French (more or less fluently, but I fear that most of it has left me 
But still my favourite language by far 
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