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languages spoken

Posted: 31 Aug 2010, 06:27
by 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..

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 31 Aug 2010, 11:54
by thales100
Portuguese here.

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 31 Aug 2010, 19:08
by dopefish
1) Swedish
2) English

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 31 Aug 2010, 19:53
by johnnyvd
1) English
2) German
3) Dutch (beat that)

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 02 Sep 2010, 03:32
by suiken_2mieu
1. English
2. German (I'm pretty good, but it keeps falling out of my head)

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 03 Sep 2010, 01:33
by phantom
In order of proficiency:

English
Japanese
French
Korean
Thai

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 09 Sep 2010, 04:45
by 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

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 09 Sep 2010, 08:02
by 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!

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 09 Sep 2010, 08:05
by 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?

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 09 Sep 2010, 22:59
by jc123
Portuguese here.

awesome!
terrĂ­vel!

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 13 Sep 2010, 08:58
by 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.

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 18 Sep 2010, 08:22
by 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

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 18 Sep 2010, 14:49
by 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.

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 21 Sep 2010, 07:13
by 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

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 04 Oct 2010, 06:41
by 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

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 04 Oct 2010, 22:15
by 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. :)

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 05 Oct 2010, 11:02
by 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

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 06 Oct 2010, 10:56
by 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

Re: languages spoken

Posted: 06 Oct 2010, 18:21
by Gilly
English mothertongue, and pretty good with Swedish now. :)