Anyone knows how to speak another language?

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I have a grasp on Spanish but only at GCSE level (which isn't exactly very advanced) and I can understand Greek, but get me to try and speak it and I freeze up. I know bits and bobs of Gujarati as well....mostly swear words, though, so it doesn't really count.
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I'm learning Russian right now. ^_^




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I can speak english! I bet no one else here can :wink:

I can speak some french
At tu de fres et sours? It's spelt wrong but it means, Do you have any brothers or sisters?


I'm welsh so i can speak welsh fluently :D

Fe es i i'r ty bach ddoe ac fe bwytais i hufen ia!
I went to the toilet yesterday and ate an ice cream! :D

Ffrind gorau i yw Michael Jackson!
Michael Jackson is my best friend!

Mae fy ngath i gyda cynddaredd!
My cat has rabies!

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ich kann etwas Deutsch sprechen.
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I can speak any language that I hear. Of course, I'll have no idea what I'm saying unless it's English, but I can say aloud any word that [s]ain't cussing[/s] is okay.

Iay peaksay igpay atinlay ellway. [Comprende?]

My Spanish is "Hola", "Adios", "Fajita", "Burrito", "Frito", and "Taco".

My french is limited to "Bonjour", "Merci" and whatever's on Psycho Killer by the Talking Heads.

I can sing "Oh Fir Tree" in German. Okay, only one stanza.

I'm supposed to be learning Japanese... *runs and blabbers the days of the week into DS* Although I know hardly any.

Once, I spoke the language of the flowers. [Kidding. One of my favorite poems by what's-his-name.]

Languages I've Memorized at least Three Words Of (knowledge of meaning optional):

English (Life)
Spanish (If you don't know at least "Hi" in Spanish in Texas you're lost; Muzzy)
French (Talking Heads; life)
German (Part German here!)
Japanese (J-Pop; My Japanese Coach)
Pig Latin (When I got sick of my parents speaking this strange language behind my back I learned)
Parseltongue (From the HP movie "Hah... Sah... Siah...")


For a while I could write Fulkron... No, wait, that was Vulcron or something... Fatso... I mean... Futhark! That's the word! Viking, I could write with viking runes. Had to make up a few letters for English, but runes. Now forgotten.

I know HOW to decode binary code. Not that I try very often.













So all that adds up to "No, I only speak my base language for now."

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Swedish, and an itty bit of Latin.

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Well I speak English... the kind that's from a completely different dialect to that of everyone around me...

I speak Germanese quite well (Ich kann ziemlich gut Deutch sprechen)

I can say a little in Italian

I learned French for 7 years but all I can say now is Je suis un poisson

I can say a few things in Spanish which is my little sister's fault for watching Dora the Explorer endlessly until two or three years ago

And in Latin I can say Memento Mori and Semper Fi
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Bahasa Indonesia, though not very well. Saya bisa paham, tetapi tidak bisa berbicara teralu bagus. (I can understand it, but I can't speak it well) *wince* Oh man, I am so sure that it's wrong. I can't grasp grammar and syntax in Bahasa.

A little Japanese, though most of what I know comes from anime.
Some snatches of French and Spanish.
I can speak Mandarin passably well. I'd survive in China, at the very least.

And English.

Iay peaksay igpay atinlay ellway.


Iay alsoay peaksay igpay atinlay. Itay isay eryvay unfay.
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And really, that was that.

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Speak Tamil quite fluently...
I've been learning French for three years now.
And of course, English! (=
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I can speak Mandarin, a little bit. BUt I can speak a dialect of Chinese quite fluently.

And (obviously) I know English.

And a teeeny tiny bit of Filipino. Just barely, though. My grammar is atrocious.
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I'm fluent in French and English. In fact, I'm going to a French university despite the fact grammar hates me. I can also read Spanish sometimes, since it's actually a lot like french. I can speak a little too, but only what I remember from Spanish 1.
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English is my first language. Actually, it should be second to Chinese, but my parents had other plans when bringing me up.
My Chinese is fluent, but sometimes when I speak without thinking the words get reversed. I speak a lot of Mandarin Chinese at school but much less at home.
I also speak and write Bahasa Malaysia (Melayu) because that's where I'm from and all.. I don't like it, though. Written and spoken BM are soooo different.
Ex: To say "I got 77% for my BM in my exams."
Saya memperolehi 77% untuk peperiksaan Bahasa Malaysia saya. (Written)
BM saya dapat 77%. (Spoken)

I can say a couple of Japanese words.. and I understand a bit of some Chinese dialects (Teochew and Hokkien). That's kind of it.
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I can speak fluent Urdu and i can read Arabic but don't know what it means. And English of course!

Afeefah :twisted:



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