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Languages. Wha yu speek nao?
I'm on a phone Internet search function difficult
Anyway. What languages are you capable of reciting?
I can perform English/Cantonese/google everything else
Oui??
Arabic, French and English fluently. Very, very rusty Spanish, I can understand it better if I'm reading it. I can also understand a tiny bit of Italian. (Both Spanish and Italian are a bit similar to French, which helps)
English, Australian, and I'm quite fluent in Bogan (also known as "Ocka").
I used to be pretty fluent in the main Indonesian language (Bahasa Indonesia - they have tons of dialects though) but that has long since left my brain, except for a few swear words and basic things.
Dada besar.
English, French, Italian, passable Korean. I can get by in Spanish countries but would not consider this language mastered. Because of my French and Italian I can understand a lot more than I can speak. I'm shooting in being able to speak and read (minimum 5000 characters) Mandarin within the next 2 years. It will be hard, although my Pinyin has surprised me as Chinese will understand me when needed...I can't return the favour yet.
I'm messing around with German, but I'm not too serious about it at this point. It is just to take a break from learning a fucked up language like Chinaise.
English, Japanese, can get by in French...
To be honest, I'm not comfortable saying I speak any language other than Portuguese.
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| Originally posted by Lira To be honest, I'm not comfortable saying I speak any language other than Portuguese. |
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| Originally posted by Lira To be honest, I'm not comfortable saying I speak any language other than Portuguese. |
does ebonics count as a language? just aksing fo sho.
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| Originally posted by Dykes_on_Jay I'm pretty sure you qualify in English man, come on. |
Non native speakers tend to speak more eloquently because the focus was on learning proper English without the material being tainted by slang/regional dialects. They also don't take sloppy shortcuts like we tend to do (native speakers), the reason most likely being that we are a bit overconfident and don't put much thought into how we talk at times.
Think of how you speak at home. Chances are slang is used as well as other things you would not dream of using in a formal setting. Non native speakers tend to focus on not making those mistakes...unless they are from France or Italy and don't give a shit because they think that they are sexier than you.
It's actually one of things that is really good when teaching spoken English. I'm forced to speak in a way I might not always speak, and it carries over into my personal life making me more come off as more educated and charming than the ignorant cunt I like to be.
Romanian, Swedish, English fluently. Understand German, Italian, Norwegian and Danish.
American English...learning Latin American Spanish
English, Ukrainian, Russian. Understand Polish pretty well, but speaking is a problem.
Currently trying to learn French, and will try to learn German later on. We'll see how that goes.
French and Spanish, both badly. Hopefully both well, some day.
Other languages I'm interested in learning are German, Norwegian, and Japanese. But I'm a lazy person so I'll probably never man up to taking on Japanese, lol.
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| Originally posted by Igaryok Currently trying to learn French, and will try to learn German later on. We'll see how that goes. |
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| Originally posted by Sushipunk I hoped that you would at least look up "dada besar", from my post |
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| Originally posted by Dykes_on_Jay I'm pretty sure you qualify in English man, come on. |
Fluently I speak English and Danish (though sometimes my Danish is a bit iffy, especially when you consider I speak the Vestsj�lland dialekt which is essentially hick Danish). I can read and understand Norwegian very well, and carry on a conversation for the most part, but not fluently. On the flip side I can barely understand Swedish, and I am okay at reading it; I usually have to sound out the words to figure out what is being said when reading.
Living in Finland and having Finnish friends I know enough Finnish to get around and when drunk I will babble in 'baby-Finnish'. Having had four years of Latin I can read French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian (in order of strongest understanding to least) but speaking and understanding is very low, unless it is clear, slow and well enunciated. I am going into my second year of German, but I still can't understand German porn, so I am not very good at that language.
I know very simple Japanese, mostly due to anime and boredom where I would learn basic phrases. I taught myself the Russian alphabet last year while working in a haunted house with Russian scrawled on the walls and could only understand maybe a few words if they had Latin-based root.
Oh, and a couple of words in Swahili, only because my 3rd grade teacher was from Uganda and wanted to share her language.
Danish has an interesting sound to it.
I doubt I could tell Swedish and Norwegian apart, but Danish definitely sounds different to me.
You should record some of your "hick Danish." I'd like to hear what it sounds like.
English and a very small bit of Gaelic.
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| Originally posted by Vector A You should record some of your "hick Danish." I'd like to hear what it sounds like. |
Fluent in English, and I know enough German and Japanese to get around in either country, but not enough to engage in lengthy conversation.
Studied Japanese for a good deal longer than I did German, but German is a lot easier to pick up, as a native English speaker. I only know basic Spanish. Studied it for longer than any other language, but barely retained any of it.
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| Originally posted by srussell0018 English and a very small bit of Gaelic. |
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| Originally posted by Banora Here you go. Watch this video first for proper Danish, then listen to my hick Danish. Record and upload voice >> |
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| Originally posted by Chimney Do you live in Denmark? |
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| Originally posted by Banora Record and upload voice >> |
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