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What languages can you speak? What is your native tongue? WHat languages do you desire to learn?
I am considered a language prodigy, I ahve an astounding ability to learn and use words with amazing ease.
I speak English, my native tongue, very well, and I speak French pretty well for learning for only one year.
I want to learn Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, German, and Swahili at some point, however.
I speak English, conversational Chinese, a tiny bit of Spanish, and I want to learn everything. :3
Times like this I wish I were a Twilight vampire who didn't have to sleep and could attend college over and over again, because I always think of more exciting things that I would have liked to do, majors I want to pursue, and classes I would have taken!
But it's not too late to learn now, just have less time and resources readily available. ^_^ I would like to brush up on my Spanish, and sign language to start with. Also brushing up on my Chinese so that I'm very proficient in it.
I can speak English and count to three in Spanish.
I speak English of course. I use to be able to converse kinda in German but that all went out the window when I left highschool. I need to refresh and brush up on it :/
I want to learn maybe Italian and one of the Nordic languages, also one of the Asian languages too. If I ever can that is.
English, basic Spanish, some Japanese.
I speak English fluently. I used to be fairly proficient in German, but I'm afraid I'm out of practice. I can understand a fair chunk of Spanish, I suppose. I have a decent grasp on the grammatical mechanics of Old English, but to really read and translate anything, I require a fairly heavy gloss as my vocabulary itself is rather lacking.
English is the only thing i'm fluent in. I have a basic understanding of a few more languages.
I speak Swedish (native tongue) and I'm fairly fluent in English and Elvish.
English, Urdu (SPOILER)(note its supposedly my native language but I'm horrid when I speak it!)
and Japanese
I speak just enough Russian to say, Hello. You're beatuiful. What's your name? How are you?
It's all I ever needed to learn :p
I know just enough German to order food at McDonalds. Okay, more than that after living there for years.
English, obviously. But I can speak some Spanish, French and German. Spanish is my next "strongest" language, I suppose you could say. I'm not fluent in any way, but I'm able to understand it fairly well.
I speak Danish (native tongue) and English fluently, and I speak German pretty fluently. Other than that I know basic Spanish. I also know some words and phrases in a whole lot of other languages, but it doesn't really count.
I'd love to learn how to speak French, but on the whole I want to know everything really.
English is my native language and I can speak it alright I guess. I can speak Spanish alright too. And I know a little German.
I'm not entirely sure knowing two languages could be considered the mark of a prodigy. The ease in which you learned French is great and all but it really isn't a difficult language to pick up on. Granted, I'm not the best at languages but when I think "prodigy" I think of something a bit more.
I speak English, mainly, because that is all I really need to get by in the world. I can converse in Spanish, German, and French while understanding basic Japanese and Russian phrases. I also know a bit of Hawaiian dialect beyond the standard tourist lingo.
There are more bilingual people in the world than there are monolingual people so BUNNY IS RIGHT (omg)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunny
Anyway, I'm starting to forgot all the Spanish I studied in high-school, and I could probably still "survive" in German if given the chance. I'm studying Japanese as my major in college right now.
I'm not saying it's the result on being a prodigy, it's all I've applied myself too and as a result all I learned. If I wanted to learn more, I would, but I only have access to learning French now and right now it's all I care to learn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunny
English is my mother tongue. My parents are anglophones.
Le français est ma deuxième langue. Depuis j'étais dans l'école primaire, j'appris comment parler en français. La côté de ma grandmama paternelle est québécois/acadien. Officiellement, je suis bilingue.
I rarely in French, so my grammar is a bit off. I have really good comprehension though.
日本語は第三の言語を勉強した。でも、ちょっと下手と思う。
I hope that sentence made sense. I need to practice my Japanese more and speak more French.
My native tongue is English, which is the only language I can speak fluently. I can speak some Japanese and a little bit of Spanish, and I can say hello in quite a few languages.
I'd like to learn every language, but there's not enough time in my life for that. If I had to pick only a few, I would like to learn Japanese (which I already know some), Korean because I think it's a very pretty language, maybe Mandarin or Cantonese.
Also Latin would be cool! :D
English and conversational Spanish. I kinda wish I was more fluent in Spanish, but oh well.
so how do you know that you're a prodigy then ;|Quote:
Originally Posted by LaddyI'm not saying it's the result on being a prodigy, it's all I've applied myself too and as a result all I learned. If I wanted to learn more, I would, but I only have access to learning French now and right now it's all I care to learn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunny
C'est pas difficile d'apprendre le français. Si on étude le vocabulaire un peu, les examens sont très simples. Parler français, d'autre part...
I'm thinking about taking another french class in college if I find time for it. Could be fun!
Fluent in English and Spanish. Currently learning Italian.
After that, I want to go for Japanese, German, and Arabic. I'd study French, but I'd never be able to pronounce it. -_^
I speak English, Spanglish, and a moderate amount of American Sign Language, which I'd like to get better at. Being fluent is Spanish would be convenient, seeing as it's about as common as English where I live, but I'm too lazy to learn it and can't roll an 'r' to save my life anyway.
Dutch, English, German and a little french. I'm doing a three year course in Japanese too.
I'm pretty much avarage for a dutch guy. I know people who speak 6 languages.
English, conversational German and enough Welsh to confuse tourists.
I keep a tenuous grasp on the English language and very little else! I think it a shame so few Americans are bilingual; both my parents speak two languages and the one I know I learned at a school!
I was literate at age two, and crafted my first poem at age four. I presented a written six paragraph speech at seven to my class, much to the chargin of myself. I'm better at learning and using words than the actual tense and conjugation aspect(s).Quote:
Originally Posted by scrumpleberryso how do you know that you're a prodigy then ;|Quote:
Originally Posted by LaddyI'm not saying it's the result on being a prodigy, it's all I've applied myself too and as a result all I learned. If I wanted to learn more, I would, but I only have access to learning French now and right now it's all I care to learn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bunny
For example, I could write a killer speech in English off the top of my head and and learn French words practically instantly, but how to use those words correctly in the sentence is nothing special.
this is totally nit-picky but i just couldn't resistQuote:
Originally Posted by Laddy
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I'm exemplary with English and can get by in Estonian. Otherwise all I know how to do is shout loudly in some sort of pig-German.
DAS IST NEIN UNT CHEESBURGEREN, DAS IST UNT REGULARENBURGEREN!
I would like nine cheeseburgers. And a side of regular burgers.Quote:
DAS IST NEIN UNT CHEESBURGEREN, DAS IST UNT REGULARENBURGEREN!
Does anyone else see the humor in that statement?Quote:
Originally Posted by Laddy
Anywayz, English, Engrish, Spanish, and Ebonics are languages I speak. Klingon is my native tongue.
I thought that said controversial Chinese when I first read it xDQuote:
Originally Posted by Jojee
English, for starters. Though I'm surprised I can speak that half the time. I'm only barely able to include Japanese in these lists, I need to brush up immensely on that. But yes, only two for me. I used to study both Italian and Spanish at school but I didn't really enjoy them at that point. We didn't learn much really.
I want to be fluent in English and Japanese one day, as well as maybe two other interesting languages. I love languages but don't have the opportunity to use them yet. One day maybe!!! :)
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Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF
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Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF
bull’s eye!
except not really.
Norwegian and English.
Aw, damn.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShinyDoes anyone else see the humor in that statement?Quote:
Originally Posted by Laddy
Anywayz, English, Engrish, Spanish, and Ebonics are languages I speak. Klingon is my native tongue.
I also forget to proofread.
A lot.
They say (I swear, University of Saskatchewan, if you ask me to cite my source here, your faculty will be throttled alphabetically :eep:) that one's ability to absorb and retain various languages is at its peak in late childhood. Having recently hit what our culture defines as adulthood, I am polluted with the conventions of English far too thoroughly to reap such benefits. I can imagine it . . . my current self struggling bitterly to grasp Latin syntax, while my inner child abusively rags on me from within. :screwy:
Just the one language, but I have endeavored to know it well. Consider it a form of compensation, if you wish. <_< But you would probably be wrong. I like the language well enough; what can I say?
I speak English, French, German, Ebonics, Ancient Norsk, Neptunian, Klingon, Zalzagok, Moonspeak, Morse Code and Braille.