How many language can you speak?
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Four and learning the fourth... Spanish, English, Portuguese (which actually is really similar to spanish), Nahuatl and I'm learning German. I learned Nahuatl some time ago; the problem with a death language is mainly... that it's dead. So, new words from 1520's to now are simply in spanish. For example, tv, radio, autobus, etc. which makes it simpler. But the pronuntiation is quite difficult. In here[^], I blogged a Nahuatl poem, and it has both a spanish and english translation. German is really a hard language, but although I can only say things in simple present, I'm going a little fast.
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Some people found Japanese easy to learn while some don't. The issue is the Japanese grammar. When we say "I am screwed"; in Japanese, it is like "I screwed am".
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When we say "I am screwed"; in Japanese, it is like "I screwed am"
That is not the hard part. :~ Not that different from many other western languages. The really hard part about Japanese are the different languages within the language. Depending on who you talk to, you use different sets of words (varying degrees of politeness). And then there's the problem of lack of association. Western languages have borrowed so much from each other, it's often possible to find likenesses in the languages, which may help. No such thing with Japanese.
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English, Swedish, Spanish, Finnish and some German. Trying to learn Portuguese. jhaga
It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work. I cannot easily buy a blank-book to write thoughts in; they are commonly ruled for dollars and cents. A[man], seeing me making a minute in the fields, took it for granted that I was calculating my wages. — business! - I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself, than this incessant business. Henry David Thoreau
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Portuguese (native speaker), English, some Spanish and Italian (I can see a movie without subtitles in both languages and understand almost everything), and notions of German.
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Two besides english fluently: French & Spanish. I speak a couple terribly: Korean, Japanese, Tagalog &, Ilokano.
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When we say "I am screwed"; in Japanese, it is like "I screwed am"
That is not the hard part. :~ Not that different from many other western languages. The really hard part about Japanese are the different languages within the language. Depending on who you talk to, you use different sets of words (varying degrees of politeness). And then there's the problem of lack of association. Western languages have borrowed so much from each other, it's often possible to find likenesses in the languages, which may help. No such thing with Japanese.
-- Made From Meat By-Products
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I used to be fluent in Dutch, French, and Afrikaans - but so out of practise with them now that I wouldn't quite say that I "speak" them. I think I'd like to learn Spanish some day.
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So which ones do you speak? I speak English and German (though I screw it up a good bit).
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Katakana and Hiragana are easy. Kanji is a nightmare.. :sigh:
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3 - English, pig latin, and double talk
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read
Gary Kirkham wrote:
3 - English, pig latin, and double talk
ohm, what is "pig latin"? In highschool, I learned the basics of Latin in my Ethimology class. Of course, I already forgot all the declination stuff. :laugh:
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I only speak English (with a spattering of some other but not enough to count really), but I can speak several dialects and can understand even more. British English (or is that redundantly repetitive) - Fairly good, but still trips me up on occasion Standard American English - Fluent Southern American English - Became fluent while selling insurance door to door in West Virginia Maryland American English (Including Baltimore Variant) - Same words, but you need to attempt to make each word one syllable and one occasion combine several words into one syllable. New England American English New York American English - Learned this from the wife
Happiness is knowing that somewhere out there, there is a bullet with your name on it.
I speak Australian English mate! (do you think we could understand each other?) (And French too)
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Katakana and Hiragana are easy. Kanji is a nightmare.. :sigh:
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Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:
Katakana and Hiragana are easy. Kanji is a nightmare..
Agreed. Might as well learn Chinese along with it :-D
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I speak Australian English mate! (do you think we could understand each other?) (And French too)
Super Lloyd wrote:
I speak Australian English
You mean "Strine", don't you?
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I am currently leaning Chinese.
When you're done with that, post an article tutorial;P. I've always wanted to learn Chinese, but never could make myself, plus couldnt find enough resurceresources anywhere..maybe wasnt looking hard enough.
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Anton Afanasyev wrote:
I've always wanted to learn Chinese, but ... couldnt find enough resurceresources anywhere..
So, where did you go looking for a Chinese girlfriend? :laugh:
Anton Afanasyev wrote:
maybe wasnt looking hard enough
Probably!
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Gary Kirkham wrote:
3 - English, pig latin, and double talk
ohm, what is "pig latin"? In highschool, I learned the basics of Latin in my Ethimology class. Of course, I already forgot all the declination stuff. :laugh:
A polar bear is a bear whose coordinates has been changed in terms of sine and cosine. Blog Personal Site
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read
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Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot Me blog, You read
Oh, I see. :laugh::laugh::laugh: In spanish we have something like the Pig Latin game, and consist in adding an "f" syllable. For example, "I'm doing my homework" is translated to "Estoy haciendo mi tarea", and with this game, it would be something like "Efestofoy hafacifiefendofo mifi tafarefeafa". I think we can do this in english as well: "Ifi'm dofoifing mafy hofomefewofork". Would it be possible in german? Uhm... Ifich hafabefe keifenefe Zafeit... Ifich hafabefe zufu Afarbafeit... Hehehe. ;P
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Super Lloyd wrote:
I speak Australian English
You mean "Strine", don't you?
Yeah mate! Well not being of bloody Australian background myself I strive toward that, but I'm not there yet! :laugh:
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Je parle Francais (French - native) mwen ka palé kwéyol (Guadeloupe Creol - native) I speak english (English - quite well now) hablo español (Spanish - quite bad actually, but i can read it well enough) I understand some German words also, but don't even ask me to write any :rolleyes:
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Telugu Tamil Hindi English Sanskrit (not very fluent) Malayalam (not very fluent) Want to learn french and spanish.
Tarakeshwar MCP, CCIE Q(R&S) Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. !sgub evah t'nseod margorp sihT ?sgub naem ayaddahW
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-- Touch eyeballs to screen for cheap laser surgery
Yes, Swedish is my native language. But I have a Brazilian wife now and we mainly speak Portuñol(Spanish/Portuguese mix).
It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work. I cannot easily buy a blank-book to write thoughts in; they are commonly ruled for dollars and cents. A[man], seeing me making a minute in the fields, took it for granted that I was calculating my wages. — business! - I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself, than this incessant business. Henry David Thoreau