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Languages You Know...?

mirandafrostmirandafrost
edited April 2014 in General Discussion Posts: 368
Hey,
I'd like to ask which languages you know...
I know German (mother tongue), English, Latin, Ancient Greek and I'm just about to learn Hebrew (yeah, I like old languages ^^). I also know a few sentences in Italian and French, but I can't really speak it... :)

There are so many languages I'd love to learn (like French, Russian, Italian, sign language, Polish, Turkish, ...), but you can't have everything... Which do you know?
Regards, Miranda
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  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    edited April 2014 Posts: 7,978
    Well i'm very bad at languages, so Dutch (native) English and a little German is all I can muster. I tried French, Croatian and failed, but i'll try Bahasa Indonesia as well, which shouldn't be difficult.
  • barryt007barryt007
    Posts: 19,339
    English only....i dont need any more ;)
  • DiscoVolanteDiscoVolante Stockholm, Sweden
    Posts: 1,347
    Quite a cunning linguist, Miranda!

    For me, only Swedish, English and some German.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,459
    English and a few Japanese phrases. Sentences? No.
    Tiny bit of Spanish words. Sentences? No.
    Always wanted to learn French; I think it's beautiful.
  • SandySandy Somewhere in Europe
    edited April 2014 Posts: 4,012
    Portuguese (native), English (near-native), Spanish (near-native speaker but I make a bit of a mess when I need to write); French (a bit rusty for lack of use but I can manage), German (constantly trying to improve it but it's fine for everyday life). I understand Italian reasonably and I guess I can speak enough to survive :D I understand a couple things in a few other languages and can say things in others but can't say I speak them.
  • mirandafrostmirandafrost
    Posts: 368
    Wow, cunning linguist, Sandy! And your languages are more useful than mine (since nobody speaks Latin, Ancient Greek or Ancient Hebrew... ^^)
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    I can speak relatively good French and some small phrases in German. That's about how far it goes!
  • SandySandy Somewhere in Europe
    edited April 2014 Posts: 4,012
    mirandafrost wrote:
    Wow, cunning linguist, Sandy! And your languages are more useful than mine (since nobody speaks Latin, Ancient Greek or Ancient Hebrew... ^^)

    Thanks @mirandafrost. Depends on what you do for a living, I guess! Those 3 languages must be very useful if you are a historian or a theologist, for example. For someone like me I admit they would be useless.
  • mirandafrostmirandafrost
    edited April 2014 Posts: 368
    Sandy wrote:
    Thanks @mirandafrost. Depends on what you do for a living, I guess! Those 3 languages must be very useful if you are a historian or a theologist, for example. For someone like me I admit they would be useless.
    Yes that's right. For me it is useful (theologist-to-be). But I can speak to nobody with these languages. ;)
  • SandySandy Somewhere in Europe
    Posts: 4,012
    mirandafrost wrote:
    Sandy wrote:
    Thanks @mirandafrost. Depends on what you do for a living, I guess! Those 3 languages must be very useful if you are a historian or a theologist, for example. For someone like me I admit they would be useless.
    Yes that's right. For me it is useful (theologist-to-be). But I can speak to nobody with these languages. ;)

    This might sound completely unrelated but it isn't: do you like Sherlock Holmes?
  • mirandafrostmirandafrost
    Posts: 368
    Yes I do... Why?
  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
    Posts: 7,978
    mirandafrost wrote:
    Sandy wrote:
    Thanks @mirandafrost. Depends on what you do for a living, I guess! Those 3 languages must be very useful if you are a historian or a theologist, for example. For someone like me I admit they would be useless.
    Yes that's right. For me it is useful (theologist-to-be). But I can speak to nobody with these languages. ;)

    Well you might not be able to speak them to anyone, but especially Latin is a fantastic base when learning French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian or Portugese. Many other European languages have a lot of Latin words as well, so it's very good you can read it. I wish I could, as a historian indeed it would've been very usefull.

  • SandySandy Somewhere in Europe
    Posts: 4,012
    mirandafrost wrote:
    Yes I do... Why?

    Because you must check Laurie R. King's Mary Russel series. Trust me on this one ;)
  • linglingqilinglingqi
    Posts: 51
    English (native), Chinese (Mandarin, fluent), Spanish (intermediate), Chinese (Cantonese, very basic)... that's about it, unfortunately!
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 23,561
    Dutch
    English
    French
    a few words of Japanese

    and of course the universal language known as math. ;-)
  • UniversalExportUniversalExport
    Posts: 40

    english, german, swiss-german, a-bit french


  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,506
    English! ;) A little French, then really it is just good manners in Spanish, Italian, and German!
  • Pajan005Pajan005 Stockholm, Sweden
    Posts: 432
    I'm fluent in Swedish, Spanish, Finnish and English. I do know some French aswell.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Norwegian of course. Swedish and Danish are closely related (Like Spanish and Italian), so naturally those. Some German and a little French. And the language of love.
  • Pajan005Pajan005 Stockholm, Sweden
    Posts: 432
    Thunderfinger wrote:
    And the language of love.

    As do I, always have.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited April 2014 Posts: 23,561
    Thunderfinger wrote:
    And the language of love.

    @Thunderfinger:

    This or this? ;-)
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    DarthDimi wrote:
    Thunderfinger wrote:
    And the language of love.

    @Thunderfinger:

    This or [url="http://ak.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/2401424/preview/stock-footage-wallet-full-of-cash.jpg
    "]this[/url]? ;-)

    ">this does not show, so not sure. Guess the answer is This.
  • LudovicoLudovico
    Posts: 14,839
    I speak French as a mother tongue and English of course. I also know a bit of Italian which I'm trying to learn.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited April 2014 Posts: 17,813
    Quite a few:

    English
    Norn Irish
    Ulster Scots
    Austalian
    American
    Canadian
    New Zealandian
    Gibaltarian
    Jerseyan
    Sarkian
    Guernseyian
    Isle of Manian
    Isle of Wightian
    Hebridesian
    Dragonpolian (naturally).
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    But not Dragonpolish?
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 17,813
    Thunderfinger wrote:
    But not Dragonpolish?

    Do you know, I missed that one but I didn't want to appear big-headed.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    I also speak thunder finger language.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
    Posts: 5,080
    Dragonpol wrote:
    Thunderfinger wrote:
    But not Dragonpolish?

    Do you know, I missed that one but I didn't want to appear big-headed.

    No Dragonpolese, either?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    Probably not, but Dragonpolynesian fluently.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 17,813
    Well, I am Dragonpolitan...
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