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How many languages do you speak?
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Mit deLuxe
Hyper Poster
Welsh (First Language) English tiny amount of German and French.
Intricks
Strata Poster
Speak English quite crudely, took German for 4 years and can only really speak random words and phrases of nonsense and tomfoolery. Learned Spanish quite fluently when I was younger (Day program before kindergarden) and took some Italian as well (can only really read it, **** speaking or comprehending it).
Also learning ASL.
Refernce for my German speaking randomness:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRamkbRmomg[/youtube]
Also learning ASL.
Refernce for my German speaking randomness:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRamkbRmomg[/youtube]
tomahawk
Strata Poster
furie said:tomahawKSU said:
So if somebody says something to you in German, do you have to get them to repeat it using the words in a different order until you've got them all and can make the sentence?
LOL! Love it. Taking 4+ years, I really should be able to speak more, but it's been 5 years now. Occasionally I say a random phrase to be like, I still remember that, but I was never good. I could understand a lot better than I could speak.
Jason Voorhees
Hyper Poster
furie said:
Isn't your wife DEAF?
I know finnish, swedish and english and I studied german for 6 years. I understand most of what I hear (depends on accents of course) however I speak it so rarely that I've forgotten much, which is annoying. I've also done a few spanish courses and studied on my own and know a little bit, I can pretty much get by on holidays and so, but I really can't say I know the language.
Also I understand like 90-100% norwegian when I hear it and read it and like 80-100% when reading danish (not as much when hearing that's a lot harder) however I've never studied any of it. Also I think it's a bit funny that we've had to read a few articles and books in norwegian and danish in a class in uni (which wasn't about languages or history). Dutch is also moderately easy to get, because it's so similar to german (and swedish) (despite how much the dutch and flemish people hate to hear that), however the throat g-sounds do make it unnecessary hard at times.
Also I understand like 90-100% norwegian when I hear it and read it and like 80-100% when reading danish (not as much when hearing that's a lot harder) however I've never studied any of it. Also I think it's a bit funny that we've had to read a few articles and books in norwegian and danish in a class in uni (which wasn't about languages or history). Dutch is also moderately easy to get, because it's so similar to german (and swedish) (despite how much the dutch and flemish people hate to hear that), however the throat g-sounds do make it unnecessary hard at times.
caffeine_demon
Strata Poster
gavin said:
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CookieCoasters
Giga Poster
I speak English and a bit of spanish, though when put on the spot, i can barely say or undertsand more than 'Hola!' Ironically i am getting A's in my GCSE exams, which just shows how badly the GCSE Spanish syllabus and the type of exams that you have to do are at actually preparing you for speaking the language.