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Languages

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:16 am
by Pel
So I know that there are a lot of people on here that are from different countries, so i was wondering what languages everyone spoke.

My main language is English, but I also know Spanish and bits of French. Anyone else?

Re: Languages

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:08 am
by jenni_elyse
I'm from the US. English is my primary language. However, I was in a Spanish immersion program for four years when I was in elementary school. I understand it better than I speak it now because I don't practice very often. I also took two years of Russian and four years of French in high school. And, I took two years of Japanese in college and was planning on getting my Bachelor's in Japanese until I decided to pursue other interests.

Re: Languages

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:18 am
by nicalyrenard
English is my mother tongue but I've taken six years of french plus lived in Quebec for a summer and Le Mans, France last school year. I'm actually a french (and european studies) major at uni. I've taken a couple semesters (one while in France) of Russian but probably sound silly when trying to speak it.

Re: Languages

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:36 am
by little-freak
my mother tongue is german

i've got english-lessons since 5 years...
i've got latin since 3 years (but you can't talk in latin...except nomen est omen (your name says what you're like) or veni, vidi,vici ( i came, i saw, i won))
i've been learning french for one year
and i'm visiting a spanish-group since two years

i feel like a freak...5 languages? i think there's a problem with my brain...a big problem!

Re: Languages

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:55 am
by tinuviel2006
Well I'm from Croatia, so my mother language is Croatian. I'm fluent in English and Italian....although I would love to learn new languages like German or Spanish! I can understand Spanish, but I can't speak it!

Re: Languages

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:28 am
by Eri
Spanish is my mother tongue but apart from it i speak english (and i think i do it fairly well). Other than that i can speak some of the dialects from Spain, like basque, galician and i understand catalan and italian (i guess it's because they're really similar to spanish)

Re: Languages

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:14 pm
by *Vampyr*
My mother tongue is Italian but I can also speak English, a little French and a little Swedish. I have been studying Latin for 4 years, but it's not really a language, I think it's useless unless you wanna be a priest! :D

Re: Languages

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:41 pm
by bite-me
I'm Welsh
But I speak English. I only know school girl Welsh

I know some French, German, Spanish, Italian (I pick it up from a friend of mine) and a decent amount of Japanese.

Re: Languages

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:25 pm
by ~xStRaWbErRyx~
I'm English so obviously I speak english :D
I'm rubbish at languages, although I got a B in my french GCSE today!!!!!!!
I was shocked, but in a good way :D

Re: Languages

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:41 pm
by little-freak
tinuviel2006 wrote:Well I'm from Croatia, so my mother language is Croatian. I'm fluent in English and Italian....although I would love to learn new languages like German or Spanish! I can understand Spanish, but I can't speak it!
wow fluent in three languages...i want that too...
the boyfriend of my german teacher is from croatia...she came to school dressed up with a shirt a cap and a flag of croatia after they won against germany in the europians cup (soccer) :D

hey, know what i could teach you a bit german :D don't worry i'm just joking...