Do you speak more than one Language? (Fluently)

[PVTCaboose1337]

If so, which ones?

1337 does not count, neither do computer languages...

[PVTCaboose1337]

English and Spanish here. Spanish is quite fluent.

[Alec§taar]

FLUENTLY

English
Polish
French

FAIRLY WELL

Russian (some, because it's nouns are NEARLY the same as Polish, but verbiage is SLIGHTLY diff., but I can definitely "get the gist" of russian folks conversations easily enough)
Spanish (this one I have gotten WEAK in though - not enough practice)

* Others to SOME extent, but not enough worth mentioning imo...

APK

P.S.=> 10++ computer languages though, easily... apk

[PVTCaboose1337]

Minus computer languages...

[ex_reven]

talented mf arnt ya :p

[PVTCaboose1337]

talented mf arnt ya :p

Are you being sarcastic? WTF? Put *sarcasm* labels if you are...

[ex_reven]

Im not being sarcastic LOL

don't you understand the concept of a rhetorical question?

my meaning was that "alecstar is talented"
mf meaning "motherfucker" if your unaware of that

much love,
ex_reven

[hat]

I suck at any real language except english

[ex_reven]

I suck at any real language except english

ditto

[DRDNA]

:respect: :respect: :respect: :respect: :respect: :respect: :respect: :respect: :respect:
FLUENTLY

English
Polish
French

FAIRLY WELL

Russian (some, because it's nouns are NEARLY the same as Polish, but verbiage is SLIGHTLY diff., but I can definitely "get the gist" of russian folks conversations easily enough)
Spanish (this one I have gotten WEAK in though - not enough practice)

* Others to SOME extent, but not enough worth mentioning imo...

APK

P.S.=> 10++ computer languages though, easily... apk

:respect: :respect: :respect: :respect: :respect: :respect: :respect: :respect: :respect:

[i_am_mustang_man]

english fluent
spanish and french good enough to live there. so i say 1 language fluent plus 2*(1/2 fluency) lol

if money wasn't an issue, i would be a language whore at college and not worry about this engineering stuff

[Chewy]

I know English and Portugese.

I used to get Portugese and French mixed up which brough my French grades up in school... lol.. so I decided to drop/forget it and just continue learning Portugese, since I may have a real career here in Brazil.

I´m currently vacationing here :), but I am studying a book to get a job as a radio operator on an oil rig.

[ex_reven]

english fluent
spanish and french good enough to live there. so i say 1 language fluent plus 2*(1/2 fluency) lol

if money wasn't an issue, i would be a language whore at college and not worry about this engineering stuff

you would also be shot at considerably less by acting like your latino :p
welcome to LA

[Alec§taar]

my meaning was that "alecstar is talented"

Not really: I grew up in an immigrant family to pickup the Polish language! "1st generation U.S. citizen" here, by birth.

(I couldn't speak english until I was like 4 yrs. old & basically learned it, believe it or not, from Mr. Spock & Capt. Kirk MOSTLY on the original series StarTrek (loved it as a young child) when it went into re-runs in the early 1970's - my family spoke NOTHING but this @ home until I was around 10 yrs. old or so, then I remember us "shifting" more to english @ home)...

The French I picked up in highschool, for what that's worth, lol... Canadian french "throws me for a loop" though - almost NOTHING like 'classical french' imo.

Russian comes w/ the territory on Polish though, VERY close, like I said above... unbelievably so imo.

Spanish comes from some nutcases I used to hang around & work with lol, who taught me a good bit of it, but that was DECADES ago. I had no choice sometimes, some of those dudes could barely speak english...

APK

P.S.=> Speaking of Spanish - time for me to get back to the Johnny Depp film "BLOW", & then hit the sack... apk

[Thermopylae_480]

...I couldn't speak english until I was like 4 yrs. old & basically learned it, believe it or not, from Mr. Spock & Capt. Kirk MOSTLY on the original series StarTrek (loved it as a young child) when it went into re-runs in the early 1970's...

:rockout:

[JC316]

I speak 3.

Enligsh.
Bad english.
Texan.

Lemme tell yall, texan is auh hole nuther language. I ain't talkin bout that redneck junk either.

I all seriousness, I speak one language. My sister was taking spanish, but she got sick of it, plus the highschool/college stuff is too perfect. If you try to speak it to the texas mexicans, they can't understand you and you can't understand them.

[stevorob]

I speak 3.

Enligsh.
Bad english.
Texan.



lol

I speak the same, except my Texan is replaced with Carolinian.

[wazzledoozle]

English, and I've take 2 years of Spanish and not gotten much out of it. I can catch some things, bits of conversations if I watch Spanish TV, but at school the mexican kids sound like a whole other language.

[i_am_mustang_man]

you would also be shot at considerably less by acting like your latino :p
welcome to LA

i don't quite understand what you mean in this post... lol. i def wouldn't seem like a latino! i'm blonde after all! it's harder to blend in, but then again, having blond hair in spain is basically like always being the most popular person ever lol

but i'm from san diego, and as far as dialects/accents in spanish (i'm much more proficient in spanish than french (cuz i only understand parisian french) and am able to talk well in (from experience is how i know) mexico, guatemala, honduras, argentina, puerto rico, cuba, and spain. and let me tell you how different spain is from, oidk, puerto rico and cuba! craziness for sure)

[demonbrawn]

I really enjoy speaking Spanish as well OR Me gusta hablar espanol mucho tambien.

[Brutalfate]

I can speak Bogan, does that count?

[ex_reven]

lawl
westies bro

[Brutalfate]

yeh mate im gunna go watch telly in the good room ive 'bin workin on tha commo all f***ing day 'n shit im bloody tired bro

[DanTheBanjoman]

I fluently speak gibberish. I also speak some Dutch. My spoken English is actually worse than my written English.

[giorgos th.]

English and French for me..

[pt]

i can write english, but speaking is very bad
does portuguese and portuguese slang count as 2? :D

[DanTheBanjoman]

English and French for me..

And Greek?

[giorgos th.]

of course....the mother language..

[Schnookums]

I suck at any real language except english

:rockout: Me too :p

[INSTG8R]

Well English is my First language being born and raised in Canada. I of course learned "French" in school and was very fluent, then I hit highschool french and it suddenly just became technical excercises in tearing the language apart so it became boring and I never continued studying, tho I practiced it whenever I could. But I have now lived in Norway for almost 3yrs(recently bought a home so looks like Im staying) and would consider my self capable but not quite fluent yet.

[gamer210]

I speak both English and Spanish fluently. Spanish was actually my first language. I remember my first grade teacher would hit me with a ruler whenever I spoke Spanish, so I picked up English pretty quick.

[melkhior]

I can alternate between spanish and catalan without need to translate. Both are official languages here, so I use both everyday.

I always thought that I couldn't speak a fluently english but when I was in the USA I demonstrated myself that I can speak english fluently.

[LiNKiN]

English Fluent-obviously :laugh:
Spanish-decent :rockout:
Bocci-trying to learn :roll:

[DaMulta]

American English
UK English

:D

[Namslas90]

Grew up speaking English, in a town full of Potugese, so picked up a little of that also. Then moved to Europe and Picked up German, was fluent for 15 years or so but have lost a lot of it since moving back to the U.S. Also, my work required me to learn Serbian, and some Russian. Living in Europe I also picked up a little French, Austrian, Polish, Itilian. A lot of the European languages are German based so I could understand a lot of other languages, and get along in those countries just fine. Never realy picked up on the Spanish based languages though, kinda regret that.

[bonku]

American English and Thai(ไทย)
both native

[Alec§taar]

What "blows me away" is the excellence of folks here & elsewhere online's skills in the English language... especially when English is NOT their native language.

:)

Many of you get taught it in your schools, don't you?

(Must be - it shows, imo, & shows well.)

APK

[Apa]

Swedish and english. I'm from sweden, so I guess that explains it : p

[stevorob]

What "blows me away" is the excellence of folks here & elsewhere online's skills in the English language... especially when English is NOT their native language.

:)

Many of you get taught it in your schools, don't you?

(Must be - it shows, imo, & shows well.)

APK

What blows me away is when people who's native language is English and fail those classes...

Only in America...

[Tatty_One]

Fluently:

English
French

Converstional: (including some decent written):

Arabic (not so good written!), you write in Arabic from right margin to left!
German

[Alec§taar]

What blows me away is when people who's native language is English and fail those classes... Only in America...

From what I have heard & experienced? English is SUPPOSED to be one of the "more difficult" languages there is, & I can attest to that vs. others, as far as rules in it, & writing + moreso, spelling it, especially.

E.G. #1 -> I write 3 of the languages (decently enough) I noted as well as speak them, & they are FAR simpler to handle spelling & diction-wise imo, vs. written english imo @ least. Less 'crap' (rules involved, such as "i before e except after c" type stuff)...

I think a lot of what happens is that SOME folks can't spell worth a lick, & this is just native ability (some folks just can't spell, period) they lack. Albeit, a fairly crucial one.

E.G. #2 -> My father has read more books than ANYBODY I KNOW, & yet can't spell to save his life, which I find VERY odd!

(Mainly, because most of spelling to me is memory-based (like pictures in your head), more than 'sounding out words' & I was a former national "spelling bee" contestant (went pretty far too but didn't win) in my youth if that stands for anything here on this account).

Plus, I think part of it is PRIDE!

(That most terrible demon that doesn't let some folks say "I can't do it, I need help" or "I don't know")...

The sheer fear of being 'less than others' or a failure (and, we ALL fail in some things).

Part of what you describe may be a failure of the U.S. Educational System as well...

E.G. #3 -> If somebody is an educator, perhaps they can clarify this OR correct me on it? Well, if teachers don't pass so many students iirc, they look 'bad'... a 'blackmark' on their career path so-to-speak.

So, they pass them thru, anyhow.

From what I understand, & how it was told to me?

In the european educational system, if you do NOT show skills/merit in things like English, Math, Science, etc. you do NOT move on & instead are put where you DO show strengths (technical fields of various kinds, e.g. - auto mechanics (these are guys I respect, IMMENSELY, in fact)). There are entrance exams & such, AND it is a "PASS OR FAIL" type thing.

There's NO shame in either side, white vs. blue collar, imo...

After all - someone has to be expert enough to provide those services as well as being professors & "white collar" folks (hey, I have done my share of 'blue collar' level work in my day too, & when I 'moved over' after schooling, it wasn't some 'magical transformation to a better world'... it was work, just the same, better paying maybe BUT more responsibility in many cases, & especially for others, but still work).

APK

P.S.=> I figure it this way: When I see folks 'bust' on other folks online (rampant @ slashdot, lol, mostly) for spelling or diction? I just laugh @ them & say "It's YOU with the problem buddy - I understand this person well enough to get their meaning, just via context in which the words are used... now, care to show me your PhD in English, since you can pick on others for spelling/diction??" Not a 1 has to date either... lol! apk

[Alec§taar]

but i'm from san diego

I hear a LOT of "good" about that town, & someday? I would like to live there...

(Just a side-note to this conversation, upon noting your stating that)!

:)

* California, ESPECIALLY Southern area, has always intrigued me... especially Santa Monica area, San Franscisco (no, I am not "gay" before anyone takes a shot @ me on that note), & yes, San Diego!

I've seen photographs of those areas, & spoken to those that live, or have lived, in them (my neighbor/tenant currently in fact is one whom I speak with each day (we play chess in the evenings QUITE a lot, 1000's of games the past couple of years now in fact) & he 'raves' on it, as well as a guy I lived above in Atlanta Georgia for 5 yrs. (BOTH great guys imo))...

Someday? I plan to live there!

APK

[EviLZeD]

i can speak english (obviously) and urdu fluently :D i did know some spanish but i never needed to speak it so i forgot alot of it :S

[v-zero]

English, I always hated languages except my own...

[JC316]

What "blows me away" is the excellence of folks here & elsewhere online's skills in the English language... especially when English is NOT their native language.

:)

Many of you get taught it in your schools, don't you?

(Must be - it shows, imo, & shows well.)

APK

I agree, PT could have fooled me. Most of these guys type english better than I used to, of course, I have always hated languages anyway, even english.

My mom tried to get me to learn spanish, but I have an INSANE difficulty learning out of a book. If I am around someone, I can pick it up, but the standard "Where is the library"? BS they teach, I can't pick that up to save my life.

The people that are able to pick up english and other languages have my respect :respect: .

[Greek]

English, Albanian, Greek.

and know puto in portuguese :)

[Alec§taar]

English, Albanian, Greek.

and know puto in portuguese :)

LOL... puto = "beyotch" doesn't it, iirc?

:)

* Same in Spanish too, & CLOSE in Italian iirc (putana)... but, could be wrong (this is the type of stuff, profanity of course, that the spanish dudes & a former best pal of mine in my youth (Italian guy named Carmen) I used to work w/, used to STRESS teaching me, lol, giving you an indication of their characters (funny guys mostly))

APK

[raven009]

French and English

[Greek]

LOL... puto = "beyotch" doesn't it, iirc?

:)

* Same in Spanish too, & CLOSE in Italian iirc (putana)... but, could be wrong (this is the type of stuff, profanity of course, that the spanish dudes & a former best pal of mine in my youth (Italian guy named Carmen) I used to work w/, used to STRESS teaching me, lol, giving you an indication of their characters (funny guys mostly))

APK

i fink it means "bitch", i only know it cz i have some ppl who been in portugal in my college and i swear at them in class in portuguesse and the lecturers havent gt a clue lol.

[Greek]

English, I always hated languages except my own...

the world is bigger than england though.

[vivanco]

turkish and english ( fluently )

and i want to learn french :)

[v-zero]

the world is bigger than england though.
Obviously. I didn't say it was a good thing, just the truth. I make up for it by being supery-dupery at everything else.

[pt]

i fink it means "bitch", i only know it cz i have some ppl who been in portugal in my college and i swear at them in class in portuguesse and the lecturers havent gt a clue lol.

*laughs*

"puto" doesn't mean "bitch", "puta" means "bitch", puto is usualy associated to children and usually called to ppl that are younger than you ;)

[pt]

Obviously. I didn't say it was a good thing, just the truth. I make up for it by being supery-dupery at everything else.

english is a most easier language than any of the latin based ones, i preffer english to portuguese "language speaking" is so easy :)

[pt]

English, Albanian, Greek.

and know puto in portuguese :)

ah, and in this sentence puto is also associated to nothing in slang

"e percebo puto em Português"
translates to
and know nothing in Portuguese

3 posts in a row
woot :toast:

[Alec§taar]

*laughs*

"puto" doesn't mean "bitch", "puta" means "bitch", puto is usualy associated to children and usually called to ppl that are younger than you ;)

LOL, I was SURE that PUTO meant that in Spanish (I guess its 'puta' as you say, which is closer to the Italian version putana - damn ROMANCE languages!)...

Guess I was "off", it happens, because I am pretty "weak" in it now...

& I am SURE that 'putana' does mean it in Italian though (or something VERY CLOSE to it).

APK

[Migons]

Finnish and English, but perhaps English not so fluently.. better in written than spoken. And then forced-Swedish a little.

[Rhino666]

Two languages. The second is english. :D

[pt]

LOL, I was SURE that PUTO meant that in Spanish (I guess its 'puta' as you say, which is closer to the Italian version putana - damn ROMANCE languages!)...

Guess I was "off", it happens, because I am pretty "weak" in it now...

& I am SURE that 'putana' does mean it in Italian though (or something VERY CLOSE to it).

APK

putana and puta means bitch ;)

[PVTCaboose1337]

putana and puta means bitch ;)

Punta in spanish is whore / slut.

[pt]

Punta in spanish is whore / slut.

i don't think so, it's the same as portuguese, puta
punta is more like the edge of something ;)

[xylomn]

I really wish I could but atm I can only speak english (proper english not that american butchery of the language :p )

I started learning Japanese but it got in the way of time needed for my degree so I had to stop, I plan to start again in the future.

I want to learn at least japanese, arabic, and another european language before I die lol

[Greek]

well i alway see murinho saying it at ref's lol, i would like to learn italian and chinese.

i heard italian is very easy to learn gt a couple of releatives who live there so i try and practice lol.

Pt u can be my teacher in portuguese, so i can chat up some portuguesse girls near me hehehe

[Wile E]

English (of course) also French, but have gotten quite rusty at speaking and writing it. I can still read it and understand it when someone speaks it to me. Small amount of Japanese also, just enough get by if I were to visit there. So, more like 1 3/4 I guess. lol I really would like to become fluent in Japanese tho.

[pt]

well i alway see murinho saying it at ref's lol, i would like to learn italian and chinese.

i heard italian is very easy to learn gt a couple of releatives who live there so i try and practice lol.

Pt u can be my teacher in portuguese, so i can chat up some portuguesse girls near me hehehe

what's a murinho? :confused:

how much do you pay me??? :D

[Greek]

what's a murinho? :confused:

how much do you pay me??? :D

Jose Mourinho Chelsea FC manager, u shud no that lol.

how much do i pay u? well u no like u teach me u wuld have to post on the forums, thats getting u rep up, i think thats a gd payment

[pt]

Jose Mourinho Chelsea FC manager, u shud no that lol.

how much do i pay u? well u no like u teach me u wuld have to post on the forums, thats getting u rep up, i think thats a gd payment

i know who is josé mourinho, not a murinho :p
k, sure
1st lesson
f^ck of = vai-te foder (read as: vái-t fuder) :)
any more phrases you want to know :toast:

[pt]

btw, if she answers "vai tu" - it means you go :p
now honestly, what do you want to know? :)

[Tatty_One]

btw, if she answers "vai tu" - it means you go :p
now honestly, what do you want to know? :)

I think he is after some sensitive "chat up lines" that will just melt the Portugese ladies! :cool:

[Greek]

you have beautiful eyes, very pretty smile etc, i think i will need to know how to say fuk off, when she or i cheat on here by accident lol, or on purpose.
lol

[pt]

you have beautiful eyes, very pretty smile etc, i think i will need to know how to say fuk off, when she or i cheat on here by accident lol, or on purpose.
lol

tu tens ums olhos lindos e um belo sorriso, etc. (etc, is the same, j/k) :p
have to go to school now, cya later

[demonbrawn]

pt, you're right by the way. Punta is point in spanish. I actually likely to say, tu madre es un puta grande. Translate: Your mom is a huge b***h. Isn't Spanish fun hahah.

[pt]

pt, you're right by the way. Punta is point in spanish. I actually likely to say, tu madre es un puta grande. Translate: Your mom is a huge b***h. Isn't Spanish fun hahah.

que tas tu hablando cabron? just kidding, no offense :p

[demonbrawn]

cabron? I don't remember what that is. I know it's some sort of offensive remark to a woman, right? Like witch or whore or something... hahah. Either way, I don't take offense to easily. I'm a pretty passive guy :)

[pt]

cabron? I don't remember what that is. I know it's some sort of offensive remark to a woman, right? Like witch or whore or something... hahah. Either way, I don't take offense to easily. I'm a pretty passive guy :)

cabron = a guy that is cheated by is wife/gf
but often called for fun and not ment has someone that is being cheated ;)

[demonbrawn]

oh hah. I read a spanish book where they kept calling this old woman a cabron. But hey, that's cool.

[pt]

oh hah. I read a spanish book where they kept calling this old woman a cabron. But hey, that's cool.

wasn't "cabra" or "cabrona"?, cabron is only to mens :confused:

[infrared]

When i'm in a bad mood, i speak no languages fluently! :p

[pt]

When i'm in a bad mood, i speak no languages fluently! :p

nor slang? :p

[trodas]

Czech and English only. My German is horrible, tough and I almost completely forget Russian language... :wtf:

[lemonadesoda]

I suggest restating this thread question as, what GRADE of language you can speak (or write). Either using "Basic", "Independent", "Proficient", or A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2. Since 2000, the term "fluent" is no longer used as a GRADE of "fluency". More info @ "Common European Framework of Reference: Learning, Teaching, Assessment". Links:

http://www.coe.int/T/DG4/Portfolio/?L=E&M=/main_pages/levels.html

and

http://www.cilt.org.uk/qualifications/elp/Language_passport.pdf

[Frick]

I speak Swedish and english. English isn't PERFECT, but good enough to be considered as "fluently". IMO, at least. :p

I did read German for 4 years, french for 2 years and classic latin for 1 year. The only thing I got something out of was latin.

EDIT: @lemonsoda: Meeeh, you're boring. I don't think this thread is that serious.

[lemonadesoda]

@-1. Not trying to get serious. Just an opportunity to learn something. I know this is the "nonesense" section, but techpowerup.com is all about contributing some knowledge. So I'm offering something for those that are interested. You don't need to take the medicine. You can stay boring. It's OK with me.

@all, I speak English, German, Czech, some Slovak, some Italian, some French, some Spanish, and a very little bit of Norwegian, and a very little bit of Japanese. I learned all these languages from girlfriends. I took latin a long time ago, for about 2 weeks, forgot it all. I switched to triple-hard math instead. It was easier... LOL

English - Proficient
German - Proficient
Czech - Independent
Slovak - Basic
Italian - Basic
French - Basic
Spanish - Basic
Norwegian - Basic
Japanese - Basic
Latin - ZERO

[mullered07]

only english, i speak a little bit of spanish and french but only what i can remember what i learnt in school, and they way they teach you in school is very basic and not true to how people really speak afaik.