Anyone here speak any other languages?

[Hanshotfirst113]

Besides English, obviously. Nothing particularly important, just curious.

[Juu-kuchi]

I've taken Spanish for four years in high school; one and half year of Japanese in University; 6 months of French; and currently six months of Mandarin.

But in fluency... None really. But I know bits and pieces of the above.

[Lightning Tiger]

i speak spanish as my first language

[Czar Gato]

Is it me, or does this question come up every six months?

Anyways, I took three years of French and am currently trying to learn Mandarin Chinese. My French used to be really good, but I haven't used it in God knows how long.

[En Sabah Nur]

English, Russian and Lithuanian. Took a lot of Hebrew lessons.

[Punisher]

I speak very poor German. I chose it over others because I have German roots, it's the most similar language to English, and it's also the most widespoken language in Europe. And I also figured it would be much more useful in the long run, especially over stuff like Japanese and Mandarin.

[Hanshotfirst113]

Is it me, or does this question come up every six months?

Really? I don't recall ever seeing it before.

English, Russian and Lithuanian. Took a lot of Hebrew lessons.

Wow. Any of that come from speaking it at home/roots or did you study it all? Why'd you study Hebrew, if I may ask?

I speak very poor German. I chose it over French and Spanish because I have German roots, it's the most similar language to English, and it's also the most widespoken language in Europe.

That's always struck me as odd; I speak broken (conversational at best) Spanish, and I can usually get the general gist of Italian and French (and even some Portugese), but I don't hear anywhere near as many cognitive words in German.

And I also figured it would be much more useful in the long run, especially over stuff like Japanese.

I'd say German and Japanese (and lately Mandarin Chinese) are probably the biggest business languages. Spanish is great as a more social one, and lots of the Indian languages are bound to become more useful in coming years.

[En Sabah Nur]

Wow. Any of that come from speaking it at home/roots or did you study it all? Why'd you study Hebrew, if I may ask?
Come from a Russian/Jewish background, Russian was my native language. Born in Lithuania, lived there for 11 years, learned that one as my second language, can speak it fluently, just not many to speak it with lol. Came to the US at 11, picked my English in about 5 months, speak it fluently now as well. Always wanted to learn Hebrew as part of my Jewish heritage, also came in handy when I went to Israel. :p

[sdp]

English/Spanish fluently, I'd consider both my "first" language, I did learn spanish first but I feel my vocabulary is "bigger" in English..

I took four years of French and one of Japanese but of course like most school courses I didn't really learn how to speak them.

[purplehairedwonder]

I took five years of German in middle/high school but have been out of practice due to my college not having any German classes. I really like the language, though, and would like to become fluent one day.

[Kuroba]

I've been learning Spanish a little over 4 years. I've been learning Japanese for about 2 years. I know a little French too, but I don't think I could really converse in it. :sweat:

[Punisher]

That's always struck me as odd; I speak broken (conversational at best) Spanish, and I can usually get the general gist of Italian and French (and even some Portugese), but I don't hear anywhere near as many cognitive words in German.That's what I thought before I took German class, but you use a lot of German words without even thinking about it because they're part of our everyday language now. Kindergarten, blitz, volkswagon, the list goes on. It's just I haven't taken German class since January so my memory is starting to delete some files. I told you I only spoke it poorly. The major differences that people can't get over is that they don't really have a w. Instead it's pronounced as a v. So water is pronounced vater, but it's spelled the same. No big deal.I'd say German and Japanese (and lately Mandarin Chinese) are probably the biggest business languages. Spanish is great as a more social one, and lots of the Indian languages are bound to become more useful in coming years.Nope. Just German and English are. German because so many business are owned by Germans, and it's pretty obvious as to why English is. That's why English is required to take in pretty much every non English-speaking country, you can see this in India. We aren't learning one of their 23 languages to conduct business with them, they're learning English so they can deal with us.

[purplehairedwonder]

That's what I thought before I took German class, but you use a lot of German words without even thinking about it because they're part of our everyday language now. Kindergarten, blitz, volkswagon, the list goes on.QFT. In studying German, it's definitely apparent that English is a Germanic language. Interestingly, I think my English grammar is better for having studied German, too.

[En Sabah Nur]

Nope. German and English are. German because so many business are owned by Germans, and it's pretty obvious as to why English is. That's why English is required to take in pretty much every non English-speaking country.Japanese is definitely is an important language in the business world. Because of so much technology based products are sold around the world come from Japan.

Japanese Yen, US Dollar, UK Pound Sterling, Euro, Hong Kong Dollar, and Swiss Franc are 6 of the most important currencies in the world.

[Hanshotfirst113]

Nope. Just German and English are. German because so many business are owned by Germans, and it's pretty obvious as to why English is.

There're huge industries owned by the Japanese: countless car companies and video games and electronics, for starters.

That's why English is required to take in pretty much every non English-speaking country, you can see this in India. We aren't learning one of their 23 languages to conduct business with them, they're learning English so they can deal with us.

Yeah, well, it makes me feel arrogant. Seriously, I live in America by luck. And there are WAY more than 23 Indian languages. Well over a hundred. To say nothing of dialects.

[Punisher]

There're huge industries owned by the Japanese: countless car companies and video games and electronics, for starters.And do they coduct their business operations across the world in Japanese? The answer is pretty obvious.Yeah, well, it makes me feel arrogant. Seriously, I live in America by luck. And there are WAY more than 23 Indian languages. Well over a hundred. To say nothing of dialects.Well, it's how things are. If India has aspirations of achieveing that world superpower status that they are certainly capable of, they've got to deal with the western world the way everyone else does, in English. They're not going to rise up speaking one of their native languages that not even everybody in their own country understands.

[En Sabah Nur]

And do they coduct their business operations across the world in Japanese? The answer is pretty obvious.There are companies in US that teach you as a businessman on how to conduct yourself in Japan according to their customs with Japanese businessmen, including learning Japanese.

[Captain Highwind]

Hm. Well, my interest in anime is slowly beating the japanese language into my head...

As for French, I have four years of high school study under my belt. Probably not enough to get me anywhere, but enough to know if a native speaker is making fun of me...

Then there's this weird subconcious talent of being able to understand French subtitles in movies.

[Michael24]

QFT. In studying German, it's definitely apparent that English is a Germanic language. Interestingly, I think my English grammar is better for having studied German, too.

QFT as well. :D

When all my friends signed up for Spanish or French in high school, I signed up for German. They thought I was crazy! "German!? Are you kidding? That's gonna be impossible to pass!" But with English and German being so closely related, I was virtually breezing through while they were struggling for good grades in Spanish and French. I had a lot of fun taking German and wish I had done it for all four years instead of the just my Junior and Senior year. Sadly, I've since forgotten a lot, but I still know some of the basics.

I've also always been interested in learning some Cherokee, since it's part of my heritage, but just never really looked into it.

[Czar Gato]

English, Russian and Lithuanian. Took a lot of Hebrew lessons.
My mom's family is Lithuanian, so I used to know odd words here and there. THe only thing I can remember in the language as an adult is how to cuss. :p

[Dr.Pepper]

I took German in high school, but don't ask me to speak it.

[GWOtaku]

I'm not fluent in any foreign language at all, though I haven't ruled out learning French and/or Japanese at some point.

[SilentBat18]

arabic fluently, it's almost my first language. spanish more of less, understand french and a weee bit of chinese (i know how to say left right and straight ahead among other words)

[Lazerboy5000]

I took French I and II during my Freshman and Sophmore years, but I've forgoten everything by now. :sweat:

[En Sabah Nur]

My mom's family is Lithuanian, so I used to know odd words here and there. THe only thing I can remember in the language as an adult is how to cuss. :pHey, thats cool. I have not met many who are or came from Lithuania. Nice to know I'm not alone. :anime:

[The Irishman]

As it's technically my first language, I can speak Irish (Gaelige) almost fluently (I have a fainne airgead and six weeks combined in the Gaeltacht, not that all of this will mean much to a lot of you out there). I can also speak English as well (obviously, although its technically my second language).

I took Geman in secondary school and can still speak it (barely). I'm glad I took it, although I never did have the best teachers and that perhaps stifled my interest while studying it.

Learning Japanese is on my list of life goals (no particular reason, but it would be nice for when I visit).

[Hanshotfirst113]

As it's technically my first language, I can speak Irish (Gaelige) almost fluently (I have a fainne airgead and six weeks combined in the Gaeltacht, not that all of this will mean much to a lot of you out there). I can also speak English as well (obviously, although its technically my second language).

That's great! Isn't that a dying language, tragically enough?

[XOMiss_Samantha]

I've been taking Spanish for 5 years (next year will be my 6th), so I'd like to think I have some understanding of the language XD I'm not the best at speaking, but I can translate pretty well and generally figure out what somebody is trying to say.

When I was younger I used to be able to say a few sentences and such in Polish (my grandparents taught me bits and pieces) but it's been so long I can't remember very much anymore.

[The Irishman]

That's great! Isn't that a dying language, tragically enough?

It depends on who you ask. Its use as a daily language for the most part is almost gone. Although it is a mandatory subject in school, with written, aural and oral tests. In recent years there has been an TV station launched and last year it was recognized as an offical working language of the EU.

There are also schools that teach solely through Irish (Gaelscoileanna), and many of them have waiting lists, even in areas where Irish doesn't predominate.

And of course, Irish is the main difference between us and the English, and has been used as such for polictial reasons for over a century.

[JRP82190]

i speak spanish as my first language
Same here

[Obi]

Currently learning Japanese.

[Lavenderpaw]

I took two years of French.Je parle un peu Francais.

[DBZNarutoWarrior]

I took Spanish for 3 years. The first year was based on learning vocabulary amd basic conversations such as, "what time is it","how are you", etc. The second year was forming/speaking sentences, and the third year was based on broad conversations and stories. I'm a pretty good speaker of Spanish but I understand it when it's being spoken better.:p

[GuardianKid13]

I speak english and spanish and I took some afterschool french classes in elementary school but I stopped going after about a month so I remember some phrases, I still hope to learn the language and japanese too for when I visit both countries when I'm older.

[Deadman]

i take spanish in school.

[J'onn J'onzz]

I speak Spanish and Japanese, but not very fluently.

[The Avatar]

I speak some French, but don't ask me to have a conversation with you in it. I know mostly rudimentary stuff.

[stargirl]

I speak some French; been learning it almost my whole life! Right now I'm taking a French class.

[PeppeRaskell1]

Je parle tres fluent francais, but mein Deustch ist rustig.