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Heath
12-30-2005, 03:19 PM
Something that I've noticed, in Britain at least, from statistics and from generally speaking to people my age is that there's a real lack of interest in learning foreign langauges (Japanese seems to be an exception), so I thought I'd see if this was reflected here.

What languages do you speak? What languages do/have you studied?

I speak English as my first language, and I'm doing German as my second language for my International Baccalaureate course and would love to be fluent. I've also studied Welsh for a number of years, though my knowledge of that is dire, at best.

Rye
12-30-2005, 03:21 PM
I can only speak English. I know a very small amount of French from taking French a few years, but that's getting even smaller, as I forget a lot of it.

Chris
12-30-2005, 03:23 PM
I grew up with quite a few languages: English, Danish and Tagalog. Today, I only know a very little Tagalog, but I do speak English, Danish and some Irish. ^^

Heath
12-30-2005, 03:24 PM
I can only speak English. I know a very small amount of French from taking French a few years, but that's getting even smaller, as I forget a lot of it.

The same thing has happened with my Welsh. I went from having two lessons a week with a good teacher to having one joke of a lesson my Welsh got rapidly worse. A real pity, I think, even if Welsh isn't all that useful.

ScottNUMBERS
12-30-2005, 03:30 PM
Someone told me feces is a language, and also that I speak it. It made me proud. :cool:

Rusty
12-30-2005, 03:36 PM
I used to study Indonesian and used to be able to speak it a little. But I've forgotten it all now.

Faris
12-30-2005, 03:53 PM
What is English?

Resha
12-30-2005, 04:01 PM
You're doing IB!??!! Ah! :eek: Best of luck. I've heard it's hell.

I have studied Malay, and I study French. It hurts me in a very personal way.

I speak two Indian languages besides English, but I'm illiterate in both. (Such a nasty word, illiterate. It makes me feel bad!) And...uh yeah, I'm English literate, fortunately.

Shauna
12-30-2005, 04:02 PM
English, Spanish and French. And a tiny little bit of German. :D

Venom
12-30-2005, 04:10 PM
I speak English, and American:D

Kirobaito
12-30-2005, 05:08 PM
English and Spanish.

Craig
12-30-2005, 05:11 PM
I speak English. And I did 3 years of French at school, until I got to year 10 and dropped it, I only remember little bits.

SammieBabe
12-30-2005, 05:55 PM
I took French in HS, but unfortunately all I remember is how to say my name...:(
I do know some Latin, basically enough to insult people. :D

Rainecloud
12-30-2005, 06:17 PM
In our Religion, we have several classes devoted to teaching new languages so that our message can be spread to all different races of people. Britain is so diverse these days that it's impossible to preach to everyone because there are so many different languages out there, and that's why we've taken the initiative to learn their tongue.

kikimm
12-30-2005, 06:18 PM
I just speak English fluently, but I'm learning Swedish and German. Swedish out of choice, and German at school. I'm tired of it.

Chris
12-30-2005, 06:20 PM
Why Swedish?

Shoeberto
12-30-2005, 06:23 PM
I'm learning Spanish through school. I have no interest in it, which I think is due to every Spanish class I've been in being filled with idiots.

I started to learn Japanese on my own and was able to learn just below tourist level, most of which I now forget.

kikimm
12-30-2005, 06:26 PM
Why Swedish? Because it's an awesome language.

And because I'm Swedish. ;P So I want to understand my relatives.

Chris
12-30-2005, 06:32 PM
I speak Danish, fluently. It's very similar to Swedish.

Zeldy
12-30-2005, 06:34 PM
English is my first. I know a few years of French but I hate the language frankly and so I can't be bothered to even try to remember it. I know a bit of Spanish cause' my family likes to go there for holidays and my class was able to learn Spanish as a second language for one year, then we changed teachers and our current teacher dosn't do Spanish so thats that gone.

I'd like to learn Finnish but I highly doubt I'll be able to. Its one of the hardest languages to learn.
But Chris Mandinka believed I was Finnish for a while :p

Yamaneko
12-30-2005, 07:08 PM
Spanish was my first language. I picked up English quickly to the point where I haven't had an accent since I was eight. I did three years of French in high school and hopefully, if time permits, I will take some more classes before I graduate uni. ;) I really want to learn Russian, though.

escobert
12-30-2005, 07:17 PM
I speak english but, I know a little spanish and a fair amount of french.

The Summoner of Leviathan
12-30-2005, 07:19 PM
My mother tongue is English, but since my paternal grandmother's side of the family is French-Canadian and i went to school in an area where the language was half and half I was put into the Early French Immmersion program since I started school. So I got about 12 years of that (13 if you count kindergarten). Now in university, I was considering majoring in Classics, so I took an intro course for Ancient Greek, but I think next year I will drop it considering I am thinking of not majoring in Classics anymore.

rubah
12-30-2005, 07:25 PM
I'm in a french class, and I'd love to be able to speak it fluently someday:O

and I'm fairly sure that it's obvious english is my first language:(

Zeromus_X
12-30-2005, 08:00 PM
im taking japanese right now...:choc2:

Kamiko
12-31-2005, 12:48 AM
German, some Swedish (like, 3 words xD), some French and a bit of Japanese. Enough to get by on anyway.
Oh wait, and english. But that's my worst one. xD

KuRt
12-31-2005, 01:24 AM
finnish, english, swedish. I guess that's it.

ff7+ff10 gurl 100
12-31-2005, 01:28 AM
Spanish and English :)
Spanish was my first language :D

Relena
12-31-2005, 01:30 AM
I speak English, and i'm learning Al `Bhed.

Sweet Beloved
12-31-2005, 01:35 AM
English and I'm learning Dutch! ^__^

Dreddz
12-31-2005, 01:35 AM
I dont even know English that well, Foreign languages is the last thing I'd consider, shame we have to do them in school.

Reine
12-31-2005, 02:50 AM
I only speak English...I want to learn Japanese and Norwegian...Japanese because I want to go there, and Norwegian, as I myself, am half Norwegian, and the other half of our family lives there...its a beautiful place, from all the photos ive seen

Nyttarsaften

lol

nik0tine
12-31-2005, 02:51 AM
English and 1337, but mostly 1337.

Lord Xehanort
12-31-2005, 02:54 AM
I am a Spanish tutor... that does NOT, however, mean that I am fluent in Spanish.

Yuffie514
12-31-2005, 02:56 AM
i speak English and this other language at home that is similar to Taiwanese. i think it's called like, Chiu Chau.

Odaisé Gaelach
12-31-2005, 03:58 AM
English, Irish (cén sort cíochbheart atá ag na cailíní aimsire ar TG4?), French (kinda), and I'm currently learning Russian. Руссия и водка Хорошо! :D

War Angel
12-31-2005, 11:11 AM
I am fluent in my native language, which is Hebrew, and my second language, which is English. I used to be able to understand French and Arabic quite well, though I cannot speak them (I can immitate, though! :D) and now I've lost that talent almost completely, as I haven't practiced any of them lately. I can make sense of just about any Latin-based or Latin-inspired modern language, which makes up for most European languages except Nordic ones. Those are freaking hard.

Also, as a proud member of my country, I can swear very fluently in Hebrew, Arabic, English, Russian, German, Yiddish, Ladino, Spanish, and probably a few others I've forgotten. It makes for long, nasty chains of curse-words. :D

Kossage
01-01-2006, 01:57 AM
I speak Finnish as my first language, and I can also speak Swedish and English. :)

Rengori
01-01-2006, 02:12 AM
I speak English, Crash, and a little bit of |337.

Charismatic Enigma
01-01-2006, 06:14 PM
My home language is Portuguese. As for foreign languages, English, Spanish and French.

Lone Gunman
01-01-2006, 09:01 PM
Let's see... English, Swedish (and with a little effort, Norwegian and Danish, too, hence their similarities with Swedish), French and Finnish.

Then again, I'm a Finn, so...

T-MaN
01-01-2006, 11:36 PM
I speak English, French, Bengali, and a bit of Spanish (because I lived in Mexico for a year).

Chibi Youkai
01-01-2006, 11:59 PM
I'm taking classes in French and Spanish right now, but I want to learn Arabic someday.

Jebus
01-02-2006, 12:46 AM
English, some Latin, and a little Classical Greek.

I'm gonna take Russian in the Fall. :D

KoShiatar
01-02-2006, 08:42 PM
I speak Italian which is my first language, current English and I know Japanese, though I seriously need to improve that.

Edit: I also studied ancient Latin and Greek, but I don't think I know them anymore.

Omnislash07
01-02-2006, 09:01 PM
I speak English and i flunked the second semester of my Spanish class in HS so i know a bit of that but im forgetting it rapidly because i have no interest in that language. I would like to learn Japanese though.

fantasyjunkie
01-03-2006, 12:51 AM
English is my first language, and Tagalog is my 2nd. Took me 5 years to get really good at it, I must not be very smart :mad:

Raven Nox
01-03-2006, 12:55 AM
I know English, I'm learning German at school, and I's like to learn Japanese. I'd like to become fluent in both, but I doubt I will. xD I also like Korean, but I know I'll never get around to learning it. Probably the only langauge I'll have to learn is Spainish, because my dad might marry a Spainish woman and she doesn't like speaking english. >.> I don't want to learn it though, I'm happy with German.

Orestes
01-03-2006, 01:04 AM
I took four years of Spanish in high school, but it's getting rusty now, seeing as I haven't used it and didn't really learn it very well in the first place. I've taken three semesters of German now, but I don't speak it very well.

Reles
01-03-2006, 02:38 AM
English and some French.

Qurange
01-03-2006, 02:39 AM
I'm fluent in English, and I've taken classes in French and Spanish. I've also (casually) studied Russian and Japanese.

With a bit more effort or some real necessity, I might become fluent, but for now I'm just content to study as I feel the urge. I'll be taking German soon, though.

Psychotic
01-03-2006, 02:59 AM
Fluent in English, and I can speak basic French and German, although I'm more proficient in German than I am French.

dragoonknight_kain
01-03-2006, 03:10 AM
Portuguese and English. And I can understand a bit of Spanish, as it is very similar to Portuguese.

About the lack of interest in learning foreign languages I suppose it's only in English speaking countries, maybe cause everyone seems to know English nowadays, so people from these countries don't really need to learn other languages to communicate with others.

And I want to learn German too.

Aphelion
01-03-2006, 12:03 PM
Portuguese and English fluently, and, as dragoonknight_kain said, a bit of Spanish due to the similarities. I'd like to learn Spanish more adequately, as well as Italian, but these are future plans.

Bowser
02-22-2006, 11:43 PM
Does one month classify as an old thread?

I speak English, Portugese, Japanese, and Spanish. :D

-Kadaj-
02-23-2006, 02:01 AM
My native language is Portuguese. and besides that i know english (hope to be fluent soo enough), French, Spanish and now i'm learning Japanese, also know a little of italian. XD

Jaffar
02-23-2006, 02:12 AM
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Jaffar Carries Many Languages My Friends, Jaffar Can Speak The 2 Languages Of His Tribes Of Kyble And Amzighn, He Can Also Speak Hausa,English,Yoruba, Can We Then Not Say Jaffar Is The Mightier Then All In Languages :D

SilverWind
02-23-2006, 02:32 AM
English
French
German...next year!

Luc
02-23-2006, 02:55 AM
I speak English as my first language, but I can speak Spanish fairly well too.

yuffiesblaze
02-23-2006, 09:51 PM
I speak English, am working on Spanish, and want to learn German and Japonese.

starseeker
02-23-2006, 10:01 PM
My native language is (British) English and I'm learning French and Japanese. I used to be able to speak some Polish but I can only remember odd words although I can get the gist of a conversation (if I'm lucky)

Heero Yuy NWZC
02-23-2006, 10:59 PM
I am from america and I am learning Spanish, but it is the same deal here. Japanese is one that lots of teens(or at least in the major cities) want to learn it. I would like to learn it also.

nik0tine
02-23-2006, 11:01 PM
I know a little German, actually. "Jesu Bleibet Meine Freude"

..That's all I know.

Shlup
02-23-2006, 11:47 PM
I've studied American Sign Language, though that's not really foriegn.. I would like to learn other languages, but it's a lot of effort for little use. I have other things I need to focus my study time on.

Rye
02-23-2006, 11:55 PM
I only really know English, but I did know a bit of French when I did take it as a class. :)

Dixie
02-24-2006, 12:00 AM
English, Spanish. Actually, I'm working on Spanish, I can tell how old I am and stuff.

Mo-Nercy
02-24-2006, 12:23 PM
English (Australian), Cantonese are the only two I know fluently ( but saying that I speak fluent cantonese may be a bit of a stretch)

In school, I took a semester of French, two years of Classical Latin, one semester of Classical Greek and four years of German. I can't remember any of it. :(

Jess
02-24-2006, 01:48 PM
I speak English. I know a few basics in French and German though, and only a few - even though I studied them for 3 years. ;(

Zeldy
02-24-2006, 01:53 PM
I speak English(British), 3 years worth of French. (J'habite a la maison!) and a tiny amount of Spanish. We did it as a Second language for a year but it was hardly anything as usually our Spanish lesson was taken over by French

Id like to say I could speak Finnish, but that would be a lie :(
'Hattu' = Hat
'Lintu' = Bird

..Yes they are The Rasmus's nicknames

I can say Thankyou 'Kittos' as I heard Lauri say it.
"Kee-oss"

Lost Number
02-24-2006, 04:25 PM
Just Irish and English.