languages spoken

[jc123]

how many languages are spoken here and what are they i speak 6 fluently
1 english
2 spanish(european)
3 german
4 italian
5 farsi (a middle eastern language)
6 french

tell me how many you know and what they are
i am a professional linguist btw it's my masters and soon to be my Ph.D..

[thales100]

Portuguese here.

[dopefish]

1) Swedish
2) English

[johnnyvd]

1) English
2) German
3) Dutch (beat that)

[suiken_2mieu]

1. English
2. German (I'm pretty good, but it keeps falling out of my head)

[phantom]

In order of proficiency:

English
Japanese
French
Korean
Thai

[jc123]

1) English
2) German
3) Dutch (beat that)

Nederlands was niet zo moeilijk te zijn de basis gelijk aan het Duits (al was het maar leren op een aantal manieren)
i picked up a few words here and there how is my spelling

[johnnyvd]

[quote]1) English
2) German
3) Dutch (beat that)

Nederlands was niet zo moeilijk te zijn de basis gelijk aan het Duits (al was het maar leren op een aantal manieren)
i picked up a few words here and there how is my spelling

I think it spells:

Nederlands (leren) was niet zo moeilijk, de basis is gelijk aan het Duits.

But i understood what you meant at first instance!

[johnnyvd]

1. English
2. German (I'm pretty good, but it keeps falling out of my head)

How did you pick up German by the way?

[jc123]

Portuguese here.

awesome!
terrível!

[AussieTimmeh]

Hello!

For me it is English and Swahili, grew up in the heart of Africa.

As they say though, if you don't use it, you lose it. Over the years it's getting harder and harder to remember it all.

[jc123]

Hello!

For me it is English and Swahili, grew up in the heart of Africa.

As they say though, if you don't use it, you lose it. Over the years it's getting harder and harder to remember it all.

awesome hope this is understandable
Natumaini unaweza kuelewa mimi nina siku zote alitaka kujifunza lugha za Afrika

[suiken_2mieu]

[quote]1. English
2. German (I'm pretty good, but it keeps falling out of my head)

How did you pick up German by the way?
Through the good ole' school system. I had a different teacher each year and the last year i had a teacher whom couldn't teach, therefore I learned nothing :(

Ich kenne ein bisschen von deustch.

[jc123]

die piont ist, dass Sie eine Anstrengung machen, um zu versuchen, und das ist, was viele Menschen in diesen Tagen fehlen

(english)
the piont is that you make an effort to try and that is what alot of people these days are lacking

[jc123]

thank you to all who posted i was planing on learning a new language soon anyway and this has given me perspective on which ones are easy and which ones are harder to learn for me thanx for the insight i have actually decided i am going to learn Dutch and Portuguese

[JAMF]

With Dutch you don't have to worry about the Der-Die-Das-Die like in German, so it will be a bit easier to grasp. :) Knowing German does make things easier. Though there are words in German and English that are alike, where there are non in Dutch.

Portuguese covers most of S-America, so if you were to travel, you'd just need a translator around Asia and Eastern Europe. :)

[Paradigm Shifter]

With Dutch you don't have to worry about the Der-Die-Das-Die like in German, so it will be a bit easier to grasp. :) Knowing German does make things easier. Though there are words in German and English that are alike, where there are non in Dutch.

Portuguese covers most of S-America, so if you were to travel, you'd just need a translator around Asia and Eastern Europe. :)

Coffee. Koffie.

There's a morning essential right there! ;) :D

[jc123]

the asian tongues are more difficult to learn the written but are about as complex as farsi i will be in the netherlands for about a year to learn dutch and another year to spend in portugal (damn there goes my next 2 years so i might not post as often as i do now

[Gilly]

English mothertongue, and pretty good with Swedish now. :)