How many languages do you speak?

[riggerrob 643]

How many languages do you speak?

Please detail whether you speak fluently, tourist-level or profane.

[AggieDave 6]

I can translate drunk skydiver.



Does that count?

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[millertimeunc 0]

German isn't listed.

The best things in life are dangerous.

[airtwardo 7]

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I can translate drunk skydiver.



Does that count?

My English is okay ~ and I'm fairly fluent in Romulan...but it's usually better not to talk back to those people!

My wife on the other hand has a Masters in linguistics and is fluent in 4 languages not counting English...amazes me how she can speak, read & write them without a 2nd thought.

She even has separate iPods full of music dedicated to each different language!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[AggieDave 6]

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My wife on the other hand has a Masters in linguistics

You can get a degree in that? What is it sponsored by a sorority or a softball team?

OHHH, LINguistics. Right.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[oldwomanc6 52]

I speak tourist-level English. Once in awhile, I am inspired enough to speak profane-level English.

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[Southern_Man 0]

I really only speak one, and fluency in that one might be debatable.

I have some reading knowledge of four others--Spanish, Italian, Greek, and Hebrew and suspect if I spent some time in an immersion situation I could quickly gain basic communication skills.

I know a few words and phrases in Arabic and Haitian Creole.

"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"

[JerryBaumchen 1,362]

Hi Rob,

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How many languages do you speak?

So now, I am not so sure about your English.

You should have said: What languages do you speak?

I was expecting a list of numbers to choose from.



JerryBaumchen

[wmw999 2,444]

Spanish, Portuguese and English I do quite well in; French is pretty basic. In the 1970's it was OK, but the 1970's was a long time ago.

Far and away my best profanity is in English.

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[Squeak 17]

tourist level Spanish, Italian, French and Greek. English, is my native language

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
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[theplummeter 15]

I speak four:

American English,
UK English,
Australian,
and Spanish.

[Squeak 17]

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I can translate drunk skydiver.



Does that count?

Why the hell dont you speak fluent Spanish, you're a Texas Cop after all

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[AggieDave 6]

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I can translate drunk skydiver.



Does that count?

Why the hell dont you speak fluent Spanish, you're a Texas Cop after all

I speak enough Spanish to get the job done and I can understand a LOT more Spanish than most people realize. A nonchalant comment of "hey, you're standing in fire ants" will get a reaction most of the time and then their front of not understanding English is destroyed.

It isn't that I haven't tried to learn. Took classes in college, did Rosettastone, took LE classes on Spanish. It's just that every time I try too hard my brain goes "oh, foreign language, I can do this *click* GERMAN!" You want to confuse a border-Spanish speaker who understands some English is to toss in a German verb. Which sucks, since I use Spanish every single day.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[PLFKING 4]

One fluently, one tourist-level, four profane.

I learned all the profane in college, drinking with foreign soccer players.

Don

"When in doubt I whip it out,
I got me a rock-and-roll band.
It's a free-for-all."

[Arvoitus 1]

Finnish - natively.
Swedish - the bare minimum I'm required by the law.
French - super weak, I haven't really had any need to use it and it is showing.
English - okay.

Your rights end where my feelings begin.

[BillyVance 34]

English and ASL fluently... and yes, American Sign Language is a separate language in itself that took me years to master.

Plus I've learned to say "fuck you" in about 4 or 5 spoken languages, and about the same number in different countries' sign languages...

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[Fearjoburg 0]

Afrikaans. 1st language
English. 2nd language

[Nataly 38]

Mother tongues:
-French
-English

Fluent:
-Swedish

Get by:
-Italian

Basic sentences:
-Arabic (written: modern standard; spoken: Darija)

"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse."
- Chris Hadfield
« Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. »
- my boss

[guineapiggie101 0]

I speak English and Cantonese fluently.

Sometimes when I go visit the old country, people think I am native to there, since I speak Cantonese so fluently.

[piisfish 140]

fluently :
french, english, castellano

pretty good :
german, italian

some very limited portuguese

can read a bit of cyrillic (but not necessarily understand what ot means... just got the letters)

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[missbrz 0]

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English and ASL fluently... and yes, American Sign Language is a separate language in itself that took me years to master.

Plus I've learned to say "fuck you" in about 4 or 5 spoken languages, and about the same number in different countries' sign languages...

You don't really "speak" ASL

For me, I'm fluent in English; kinda almost fluent in ASL, if we're counting that; working knowledge of Spanish; and a smattering of curse words in Italian.

[shah269 0]

Farsi Thank you!

Life through good thoughts, good words, and good deeds is necessary to ensure happiness and to keep chaos at bay.

The only thing that falls from the sky is birdshit and fools!

[Darius11 12]

Farsi-fluently
English-fluently

Turkish-Barely i can understand what is being said in a conversation and say a few words thats it.
Arabic- Same as trukish but i can read and write it at a low levell too.

I can say badwords in many languages

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain

[PLFKING 4]

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Plus I've learned to say "fuck you" in about 4 or 5 spoken languages, and about the same number in different countries' sign languages...

Seriously....if you don't mind....could you describe one or two of those ? I'd love to be able to flip someone off with a sign other than 'the bird', and then have the opportunity to explain what it meant. Just another addition to my 'assholish behaviour' repertoire.
The only foreign sign language I know is the Italian for 'up yours'.


Don

"When in doubt I whip it out,
I got me a rock-and-roll band.
It's a free-for-all."

[riggerrob 643]

I read, speak and write English.

I read and speak some dialects of French.

My German used to be good enough to do tandems.

I understand tourist-level Spanish.

I understand enough Brazilian Portugese to struggle through a capoera class.

I speak enough Japanese to get a giggle out of tourists.

I can insult you three different ways in Polish.