What languages do you speak?

[gmarik]

I have to know Russian, Enlish, Latvian, German, Old Slavic, Latin and last but not least - Sanskrit, which I'm learning at the moment. It makes a couple of them, doen't you think? Not to say I'm proud of them, because I have to carry all of them and dedicate some time not to forget how they sound ) :knockedout:

[Dan]

I only speak english... I tried to learn some japanese but gave up because of no time to continue learning it.

[Xenon]

bavarian:), german, english, a bit french, nearly nothing of latin, and i wanted to learn japanese, but didn't find the time... :(

maybe later, and also planned to learn klingon just for fun ^^

[filburt1]

English, some Spanish. Never going to use Spanish in my professional life, ever, and yet it's required to graduate both high school and college.

[Boofo]

I'm still working on learning English "real good".

[sonic3d]

english and arabic. thats about it.

l8er
sonic

[grog6]

French of course, English, and a bit German ;) for me

[Rose]

Today at 03:17 PM Boofo said this in Post #5 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=404858#post404858)
I'm still working on learning English "real good".


Ditto that. ;)


I know a bit of Spanish ... er Spanglish. I would like to know more, though. I also know American Sign Language (english/pidgeon), though it's not a "spoken" language. ;)

[Gary King]

Let's see here. I speak...

English French German Dutch

Although not as fluent with the last 2 languages.

[WEForums]

Only...English. :o

[N!ck]

English and Spanish. I'd like to learn German (me being German and all), but classes for it aren't taught anywhere locally.

[gmarik]

Quite a lot from Spain, I see. Never used that, never even needed. Maybe some Italian or I doen't know, Greek?

[EvilLS1]

The only two that I can speak fluently are English and Spanish.

[goyo]

Fluent in Hungarian
Russian
English Understand German but when it comes to speak...:speechless:

[Chris M]

English, and quite a large lot of German and French (apparently:p):)

Satan

[gmarik]

Íó, ðåáÿòà, êòî ó íàñ òîò ìÿìëèòü óìåë? À?

[Dean C]

Yesterday at 08:55 PM Xenon said this in Post #3 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=404849#post404849)
bavarian:), german, english, a bit french, nearly nothing of latin, and i wanted to learn japanese, but didn't find the time... :(

maybe later, and also planned to learn klingon just for fun ^^

Lol you don't speak any french Stefan! ;) Qu'est ce-que faisait-tu aujourd'hui ;)?

- miSt

[Xenon]

Well at least i learnt it in school, and i understand some phrases.

At least i can tell you i'll go out today :P

[Dean C]

Haha you can tell me that but you still haven't answered my question... :p

It translates as what have you done today not what are you going to do.. the question you answered would be:

Qu'est ce-que ferais-tu aujourd'hui :p

Still i think its a gift to speak many languages :)

- miSt

[Xenon]

times are so irrelevant :)

I still think like Nietzsche: it's a waste of time to learn many languages.
You can invest the time much better...

[Dean C]

You really think that? To be able to communicate with people is a gift that we were given genetically (or by God, if you believe in that)...

To be able to communicate to people from other countries/cultures is a wonderful thing and i personally consider that one of the greatest and most enjoyable things one can do. :)

- miSt

[Tony G]

I speak English, Some Macedonian, Some Greek and Most Italian.

[Xenon]

Dean one language is enough to comunicate.
You don't need more, or if you want then two. one for your own and one global language (in these days called english)
No more languages are needed, and it's a waste of time to learn them.

[grog6]

It should be "Qu'est ce que tu as fais aujourd'hui" Mist :D

Aieeeeee, not on my head ..... :p

[shovel]

I'm fluent in three major languages; German, Catalan, English. Lol. That's good enough to have been born in Spain, live in America, and being a soon_to_be German citizen.

[Xenon]

Today at 15:07 grog6 said this in Post #24 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=405139#post405139)
It should be "Qu'est ce que tu as fais aujourd'hui" Mist :D


now it's obvious why i misinterpreted it :)

@shovel: where in germany you plan to live?

[Dean C]

Grog - When i say that to my french friend (renaud) who you may know? :) He answers me and doesn't correct me so i assumed it was right :)

[Chris M]

Because technically it is correct;)

Just Bastien uses what most french people tend to use, which is the Perfect (Passe Compose) tense, not the Imperfect (L'imparfait);)

Besides - That was an obvious reason why;):p

Satan

[shovel]

@Xenon: Probably around Munich or maybe farther north around Nuremberg. Still looking. ;)

[grog6]

I don't think using the imperfect in this sentence is really correct in French :-/

And if it may be used, the "tu" should be placed before the "faisais" (with a t and not a s) but if you speak so to a french people, he should understand you ;)

@Mist : Yup, I know Renaud (especially for his translation of vbulletin .... ;) ), I have perhaps spoken once or twice with him but no more ...

I can't comment more about it, I'm sure my english is really bad at some times :D

[Xenon]

@Dean: understandable and correct are different terms :P

@shovel: ahh, well maybe when i am at my aunt we will see us then ;)

[Link14716]

English and a little bit of Spanish.

[gmarik]

Yesterday at 04:18 PM Xenon said this in Post #20 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=405117#post405117)
times are so irrelevant :)

I still think like Nietzsche: it's a waste of time to learn many languages.

Great. Could you tell me where to find the quote in his books? I've got all of them in German and as I love N., I would love to find that ... :alien:

[Xenon]

hmm, i don't remember exactly where exactly it was.
It was one of the first books i read by him, so either "Also sprach Zarathustra", "Die fröhliches Wissenschaft" or "Menschliches, Allzumenschliches"

i think it was "Die fröhliches Wissesnschaft" but as said, not 100% sure where exactly.

[Xenon]

Hah i found it again.

It's in "Menschliches, Allzumenschliches"
First Book Aphorism 267
"Viele Sprachen lernen"

[gmarik]

Xenon, you'r the guy!
I'll find it later... know when I know it. I remembered, that I've read that too.

[mofeu]

I speak Greek,english and some dutch :)

[Spank]

Je parle en peu francais, ein bisschen deutsch, and a litle bit of English.

[Wayne Luke]

English and enough street Spanish to get by in Southern California.

[Reeve of shinra]

I can only speak english. I would love to learn a few other languages but I think I would need to live in a place where that language was spoken for me to really absorb it.

[Michael Biddle]

English and enough street Spanish to get by in Southern California.

+1 to that. What part of socal? im OC

[Wayne Luke]

+1 to that. What part of socal? im OC
Northern L.A. County. Antelope Valley region. My Mother-in-Law lives in OC though. We're down in the Mission Viejo / Rancho Santa Margarita area a lot.

[Princeton]

English and Spanish

[edgecutioner]

English
and
Filipino(<-- w/ a lil Spanish I think)

[Paul M]

English and .......

..... well that's it really.

[King Kovifor]

Je parle un peu fraçais très bien et anglais très très bien! ( I speak a little French really well and English very very well.)

[lasto]

i speak English - its the only lanuage thats worth knowing.

[iogames]

i speak English - its the only lanuage thats worth knowing.
According to 'Lasto Psychology'??? :rolleyes:

I speak English & Spanish...

[Kirk Y]

i speak English - its the only lanuage thats worth knowing.
And the ignorant post of the day award goes to... :)

Puedo hablar espanol, mas o menos, pero el idioma que hablo el mejor del tiempo es ingles.

[nexialys]

Kirk, don't be so gerbish with hablo.. lol

actually, my self is aware of French, English and PHP... that's good.. lol

oh, and i learned my wife's language lately... gosh this is the worst thing to learn... complicated, changing depending on humours...

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Tried to learn Wife's language for a long time, but i gave up, just no way i am going to learn that. :D

[Brad]

Tried to learn Wife's language for a long time, but i gave up, just no way i am going to learn that. :D
The trick isn't learning the language, it's learning how to respond to the language;

"No you're not fat"
"You look great!" (don't say "fine" here, sometimes "Fine" is worse than "ugly" ;)).
"Of course you're right"
"I'm sorry" (make sure you know what you're sorry for, if you don't a best guess is alright if you guess right but worse than not knowing if you guess wrong. :().
"I like burned x" (x = whatever she cooked).

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Used the last (last 2 actually) frequently, but it didn't help much. :D

[Freesteyelz]

Or (for the male suicidals) you can say...

"Well, you married me so it's clear that you're incapable of making rash decisions."
"Remember? I'm from Mars?"
"It's ok dear, I still love the rest of you."
"Nah, I've seen bigger."

:D

[Dean C]

I don't speak French, but I do kiss that way ;)

[Freesteyelz]

Then you do speak a different tongue after all. LOL. :D

[lasto]

And the ignorant post of the day award goes to... :)

Puedo hablar espanol, mas o menos, pero el idioma que hablo el mejor del tiempo es ingles.

why ignorant ?

i speak english so i have no need to speak a foreign lanuage or have any desire to.
When i go abroad on holiday i dont really care if they understand me or if i understand them.So long as im the one waving the euro`s then i usually get what i want.

Has speaking another lanuage got u anywhere in life ? - has it made your life more fullfilled..........

[Chris M]

Yes :) lol

Chris

[Kirk Y]

why ignorant ?

i speak english so i have no need to speak a foreign lanuage or have any desire to.
When i go abroad on holiday i dont really care if they understand me or if i understand them.So long as im the one waving the euro`s then i usually get what i want.

Has speaking another lanuage got u anywhere in life ? - has it made your life more fullfilled..........
Yes actually... it has. :)

[Michael Biddle]

Lasto, this is one of the most ignorant post i have read in a long time. Being bilingual can make you a ton more money. Careers today are looking for people that know more then one language. The world needs less people with attitudes like you.

[Shazz]

Has speaking another lanuage got u anywhere in life ? - has it made your life more fullfilled..........

Here comes the debate! :)

[Freesteyelz]

I'm fairly competent in body language and tone of written language (such as reading between the lines). :) I wish I could say that for Japanese (I'm better at the spoken than written)...


Edited: I reversed written with spoken. Sigh... :rolleyes:

[Dean C]

Speaking a foreign languages opens doors for you in all walks of life. I don't see where the debate is. It can means you make new friends, have new career opportunities and also it's an attractive trait for someone to have. Cultured, is the word.

[Ziki]

Czech
English
German
Russian
Spanish

[albibak]

French (I'm a french guy ^^)
English
Spanish