ClaretMahoney Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Just wondering how many of us are multilingual...fluently of course. Not just a few words here or there or how to order a beer. I speak 2 languages, English and Spanish. I learned Spanish when I was 10 years old, lived in Venezuela for 3 years right before Chavez got into office. I do speak a little French and Portuguese but not anywhere near the skill level as my Spanish. I'd love to learn a third language but I feel I would have to live in the country that it is spoken on a daily basis. What about you all? EDIT to mods...can you add the word languages into the poll question? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I speak English, Swahili and Cunnilingi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Just the one, I can speak a little Spanish and French, a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villadude Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 English and Drunkenese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villadude Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Oh, and I talk bollocks from time to time too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Oh and I talk bollocks from time to time too. We already knew that ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villadude Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Oh and I talk bollocks from time to time too. We already knew that ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted August 19, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2009 As well as some basic French, I can speak quite a bit of German - more than your typical 'ordering a beer' stuff - and got an A at A-level. Wouldn't say I was 'fluent' at all, though. I'm constantly telling myself I'll try and take it further, but for now I guess it's just the one for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 English. I know the tiniest bits of Arabic and Gujarati, though other than being able to exchange pleasantries with people I would hardly describe myself as a speaker of them. I can count to ten in French, German and Spanish though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoppy1987 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 English, Scouse, moderate Italian and a worthless bit of French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazdavies79 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 English and Welsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 You can understand Scouse? I'm impressed :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Obviously I speak Norwegian, and I'd like to think my English is pretty fluent. Then I speak some very basic French, which was a lot better just a few years ago when I did it in school and travelled quite often to France. Edit; I could cheat and count Swedish and Danish too, but I won't as they are too similar to Norwegian. I also know a few prases and sentences in Spanish and German too, but I'd in no way be able to have a sensible conversation in either of those languages. Then again, some would argue I'm inable to have a sensible conversation in an language anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I speak Icelandic, English, Danish and Swedish fluently. My Danish and Swedish are pretty good and I understand them completely. One thing that bothers me when I go to Denmark is that if my accent isn't a 100% correct on some word they pretend not to understand me. I guess I can probably understand Norwegian and speak a bit but I haven't really tried that out to much. I also speak a bit of Spanish but it's very, very basic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 To be fair Bose, the Danish are hardly able to understand eachother most of the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted August 20, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted August 20, 2009 English, French and German. I also learnt Finnish for a while so I can speak a few bits and bobs, but I have the vocabulary of a 3 year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 To be fair Bose, the Danish are hardly able to understand eachother most of the time Yeah that's true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 I'm just your average ignorant Brit. One language for me. I learnt a little in French in school but would struggle to recall much. I'm trying to teach myself Spanish but I'm finding it difficult. I'm using the Michel Thomas method as well as highly recommended books from Amazon. I'm not all to familiar with the structure of language learning , so I'm learning alot about English as I study. My GF speaks 3 fluently (including English), I feel it is very enriching both personally and professionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 20, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted August 20, 2009 One. English. I was taught French and a bit of German in school but that was typical school standard of 'learn enough to pass the tests'. Remember some of it. I was gonna pick up some Welsh at Aber but there's no point. Picked up some words in passing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoppy1987 Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 You can understand Scouse? I'm impressed :-) I can understand it but controversially I also speak it. This doesn't mean to say I'm a thief though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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