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My first language is Italian. I also know Spanish, French, Latin, and English and can understand German but not speak it well. I'm currently learning Russian.
Hey well I haven't said it before but I'm learning some Euskera also and plan to speak fluent french and some Italian
I'm impressed. I didn't realize that so many people here don't even speak English as their native tongue! Good job guys! English is the hardest language to learn (so they say, i wouldn't really know) and I think you've all tackled it well.
I only speak a little Spanish (who doesn't?), but I hope to become fluent in nit some day.
I only speak a little Spanish (who doesn't?), but I hope to become fluent in nit some day.
Spanish (Native), English as second language (I've taken the TOEFL a couple of times) and Italian (used to go to Italian school back home...) 
I'm sure it won't take long to bring her language skills up to scratch.Then you'll be able to converse with the insects living in your hair.
Si, Hablo espanol pera no soy fluido.
(yes, I speak spanish but I am not fluent)
I can also speak geek quite well
(yes, I speak spanish but I am not fluent)
I can also speak geek quite well
How is the Basque coming a long? I don't know much about it, but seems pretty unique. Is it quite difficult or?
Then you'll be able to converse with the insects living in your hair.
What lousy jokes ...
I wish I could speak Italian, as my Nana speaks it still on occasion to my aunts, and my mother understands basic sentences... Anyway, I can understand slow spoken Spanish thanks to my basic high school courses in it.
I wish I could speak French too. Oh well, I guess that can be a goal of mine!
I wish I could speak French too. Oh well, I guess that can be a goal of mine!
My goal is to become fluent in at least one other language. Other than my native English, that is
Well, I've taken two years of Spanish at my middle school, does that count?
Bien, he tomado a dos anos de espanol en mi escuela media, esa cuenta?
El hombre, este es duro de hacer sin un teclado espanol.
Bien, he tomado a dos anos de espanol en mi escuela media, esa cuenta?
El hombre, este es duro de hacer sin un teclado espanol.
Hello hello! or rather, bonjour, guten tag, 你好 and goeie dag.
I speak fluent Chinese and English! English is *important* British accent and I spell British spelling (also metric system... I don't understand ft/in/lb or whatver...)
Here's an example: My favourite computer is the aluminium MacBook Pro, which I travelled to the the city centre and bought it with cheque, and I'm now at MacRumours. I realise that Apple is pretty organised. Sulphur (sulfur), tyres (tires), bonnet (hood), boot (trunk), aeroplane (airplane) and lift (elevator) are just something else.
For Chinese, I prefer traditional Chinese. On a side note simplified Chinese is the simplification/reduction of Chinese character (word) strokes in order to speed up writing. It was "invented" back in the 1950's.
現在大家應該都要會說中文啦!
The others ones are German and French. I have recently passed the French DELF B1... I should've done B2 because B1 was a joke.
I started learning German back in the days because I'm an German Football addict. You see -- sometimes you get more than just entertainment out of sport.
Ich liebe den DFB... omg sie sind sehr cool
French was just sometime I took to escape the harshness of Afrikaans a loooooong time ago. Today I still don't know what's the real reason I started it. It's also ironic that I haven't been to France before.
Ce n'est pas mal, mais, je ne sais jamais pourquoi je l'ai étudié.
Also a bit *just slightly* of Afrikaans (something spoken in South Africa) and a few phrases in Japanese.
Maar ek kan afrikaans praat want dis wat jy in die skool leer. 'n mens MOET dit leer as jy in SA vir 5 jare bly. Hoe dom.
Well lastly calculus, java, html and php. Haha that doesn't count.
I speak fluent Chinese and English! English is *important* British accent and I spell British spelling (also metric system... I don't understand ft/in/lb or whatver...)
Here's an example: My favourite computer is the aluminium MacBook Pro, which I travelled to the the city centre and bought it with cheque, and I'm now at MacRumours. I realise that Apple is pretty organised. Sulphur (sulfur), tyres (tires), bonnet (hood), boot (trunk), aeroplane (airplane) and lift (elevator) are just something else.
For Chinese, I prefer traditional Chinese. On a side note simplified Chinese is the simplification/reduction of Chinese character (word) strokes in order to speed up writing. It was "invented" back in the 1950's.
現在大家應該都要會說中文啦!
The others ones are German and French. I have recently passed the French DELF B1... I should've done B2 because B1 was a joke.
I started learning German back in the days because I'm an German Football addict. You see -- sometimes you get more than just entertainment out of sport.
Ich liebe den DFB... omg sie sind sehr cool
French was just sometime I took to escape the harshness of Afrikaans a loooooong time ago. Today I still don't know what's the real reason I started it. It's also ironic that I haven't been to France before.
Ce n'est pas mal, mais, je ne sais jamais pourquoi je l'ai étudié.
Also a bit *just slightly* of Afrikaans (something spoken in South Africa) and a few phrases in Japanese.
Maar ek kan afrikaans praat want dis wat jy in die skool leer. 'n mens MOET dit leer as jy in SA vir 5 jare bly. Hoe dom.
Well lastly calculus, java, html and php. Haha that doesn't count.
I failed miserably at learning Spanish. I can read a little bit, but native speakers are just way too fast for me to keep up with.
I learned a fair bit of ASL (American Sign Language) when I was scuba diving. I would really like to learn more.
I learned a fair bit of ASL (American Sign Language) when I was scuba diving. I would really like to learn more.
Seems you a little famliar with German. I like the avatar... nice A with the umlaut
I took four years of German in high school. My college doesn't offer it, however, or I'd probably still be taking it.
My last class was about 18 months ago. I find I can still understand a fair bit of it, but I can't construct a coherent sentence to save my life.
My last class was about 18 months ago. I find I can still understand a fair bit of it, but I can't construct a coherent sentence to save my life.
Are you learning Swedish at an institution of learning, or are you just using some sort of software? Also, why did you choose to learn Swedish? Just curious.
I speak English and Spanish and have pretty decent Portuguese (although like most lusofonos who learn Spanish or hispanohablantes who learn Portuguese, it's more of a Portuñol). I started Korean and German but didn't have time to finish either of them so....maybe one day I'll finish learning them.
As does this line in Spanish: ¿Cómo como como? Como como como.
(for non-Spanish speakers: acute accents on words like fuí/dí/ví are considered pretty old-fashioned).
/ km bbryw / 't 'lḥbyb 'b'r bwry lmrdyw." Castilian but I think most Spaniards learn it as something more like «Dime, ¡qué haré? ¡cómo viviré? A este amado espero, por él moriré»), so they might be taught as if they wrote in Castilian to begin with. After about 1850 there is a ton of Catalonian literature that continued until Franco's rule, but even some managed around that such as Feliu Formosa Torres. As well, Valencia's academy for the language has noted that the languages are the same, if called different names; the people of the two provinces as well as the politicians of course still debate this. But, yes indeed, always a delicate question here in Spain.
Evangelion said:
As does this line in Spanish: ¿Cómo como como? Como como como.
The problem in Miami is that they neither speak English nor Spanish well. I remember at the airport there more than a few times I'd ask for information or order food in English and barely be able to understand the response of the worker, but since they had Spanish(-language) accents, I switched to Spanish instead figuring that we might be able to understand each other better, except that their Spanish was even worse.xsedrinam said:
If Juan Moro's profile didn't say he was 23, I'd've thought much olderJuan Moro said:
(for non-Spanish speakers: acute accents on words like fuí/dí/ví are considered pretty old-fashioned). Catalonian has a LONG history of literary use, especially in poetry. For example, Pere Serafí (16th century), Francesc Vicent Garcia i Torres (16-17th century), Víctor Balaguer (19th century). I'm not sure how (or if) they're taught in Spanish schools, since a lot of "Spanish" literature is translated into modern Castilian (for example, I'm not sure I'd call "g'r kfryJuan Moro said:
/ km bbryw / 't 'lḥbyb 'b'r bwry lmrdyw." Castilian but I think most Spaniards learn it as something more like «Dime, ¡qué haré? ¡cómo viviré? A este amado espero, por él moriré»), so they might be taught as if they wrote in Castilian to begin with. After about 1850 there is a ton of Catalonian literature that continued until Franco's rule, but even some managed around that such as Feliu Formosa Torres. As well, Valencia's academy for the language has noted that the languages are the same, if called different names; the people of the two provinces as well as the politicians of course still debate this. But, yes indeed, always a delicate question here in Spain.