Language What Languages do you know?

[Navid.]

It's nice to see so many people knowing with such diverse languages...

As for me it's English, Norwegian (Danish, Swedish because of that, some words vary) and Persian (this is not the same as Arabic, many people I know thought so when I first told them), and a fair bit of German (speaking much more than writing).

I sometimes find myself switching small similar words from differnet languages in and out of sentences, or other times I can remember a word in all the languages except the one language I want to use (this all applies much more to speaking rather then writing)...

 

[Luckas]

Italian (mother tongue)
English (I read without big problems, not much else)
French (studied for 8 years, not sure to remember anything)

 

[rich_schism]

- i speak tagalog (coz pinoy me)
- fluent in english
- je parle francais. un peu.
- yo hablo espanol. un poquito, estoy tratando de aprender.

 

[Kratos]

i speak Spanish and English
and i wana learn Japanese so i wont have to wait for the translation of some of the mangas that i like

 

[sakura_uchiha]

1. Cebuano- Native
2. Tagalog/Filipino- Native
3. Spanish- a lil' bit, some filipino words usually originated in spanish
4. English- other official language in the Philippines
5. Japanese- little, only when speaking (learned from anime, and my cousin)

 

[bakashijinsan]

very proficient in English and Filipino

can understand a bit of japanese and can read only Hiragana and Katakana. No Kanji except for the numbers.

 

[infyquest]

I am an Indian.
I know English, Hindi and Telugu(R/W), can read French
I am picking japanese words by hearing and looking at youtube subbed animes

 

[kiddo7]

English, German, Hungarian, all fluent in reading writing and conversation.
then I can also pick out a few words in a small number of other languages, depending on how recently I heard it spoken, and how clearly/consistently it is pronounced.

 

[DemonDays]

English thats all.
I did French and German at school so know a very little bit. But not enough to have a conversation.

 

[Ichimaru Gin n Tonic]

English thats all.
I did French and German at school so know a very little bit. But not enough to have a conversation.

Me too. I learn German for two years in the Goethe Institute, but i can hardly make a sentence now.

 

[Lohnt]

I have been speaking and writing English for the past 14 years.
I have been speaking and writing less and less Greek since I was born.
I studied 4 years of French in H.S. and a month in Nice.
I studied 1 year of Spanish in College and a month in Madrid.
I can read and comprehend common Italian, but I can't speak or write it.

 

[ILUVATAR]

I have been speaking and writing English for the past 14 years.
I have been speaking and writing less and less Greek since I was born.
I studied 4 years of French in H.S. and a month in Nice.
I studied 1 year of Spanish in College and a month in Madrid.
I can read and comprehend common Italian, but I can't speak or write it.

O.O wow

i speak and write English very well. I have even started to choose english words when i forget the greek ones XD it's easier to me to say the englsih verion of a word i cannot rememeber in greek (mangas and this forum mostly made me like that XD)
i was good at French but i haven't done anything to renew my knowledge of them and so i have forgotten most of it to all >_< (once i was able to sing christmass carols in French, my speciality was the "oh christmass tree" O.o)

 

[Lohnt]

It's not that uncommon dude, especially if you're living in Europe.. just to work at a bar near the beach in the mediterranean you have to know at least 3 other languages due to the tourism.

I've unfortunately been stuck working at restaurants/bars in NYC, so I've had to know at least Spanish and French due to the tourists, and reading Italian for the menu. It's just one of those things that come with the territory you know? But it also depends on your social situation, I'm not working 2 jobs anymore, so I'm not even using those other languages now.

 

[Luckas]

It's not that uncommon dude, especially if you're living in Europe.. just to work at a bar near the beach in the mediterranean you have to know at least 3 other languages due to the tourism.

I've unfortunately been stuck working at restaurants/bars in NYC, so I've had to know at least Spanish and French due to the tourists, and reading Italian for the menu. It's just one of those things that come with the territory you know? But it also depends on your social situation, I'm not working 2 jobs anymore, so I'm not even using those other languages now.

Why italian for the menu?

 

[The Fourth]

I know
Hungarian (first language :P )
some English and German

 

[kiddo7]

Nice!!!
I never thought i would find another person with the same combination of languages.
Let me guess, you are hungarian and still live in hungary, and you learned german in school and picked up english by yourself from somewhere, (probably the internet and other popular media)

 

[gian]

I know English, Filipino and a bit of Chinese -- so I can understand like 50% of the kanji that appears on mangas.

 

[mangadictus]

Me? Native Filipino and pretty much Advanced English. Been speaking it since like... 10, I think. If you consider Philippine Languages, there are over 170 languages in the Philippines; almost all of them belong to the Austronesian language family. Ain't that a lot? If you're interested to know what those are, check The Philippine Languages from Wikipedia.

 

[kiddo7]

so when you say you know filipino are you just refering to one of the indigenous languages in general or is on of the languages spoken on the islands really called filipino?

 

[Ayah]

so when you say you know filipino are you just refering to one of the indigenous languages in general or is on of the languages spoken on the islands really called filipino?

Filipino is a combination of a few of those 170 indigenous languages, mostly based on Tagalog. Plus, it also borrows words from foreign languages such as Spanish. Filipino is so deeply rooted to Tagalog compared to the other Philippine languages such that the two are often interchanged. This should be discussed in the Filipino/Tagalog Language thread