"So, what language can you speak\write?" Topic

I don't know if this question has been asked before, but out of curiosity, what language other than english can you speak and\or write with fluency? So no "I can write russians with the help of a dictionnary" answers please.

I can speak and write french (Je parle et j'écrits le français).

With fluency? For me: English AND Spanish.

CC

Not fluent, but can get by in Korean and German.

For me it's English and Portuguese.

Vidal

Fluent, Dutch, English, local Dutch dialect, German.

Good: French.

Passable: Spanish.

And shouldn't that be: écris?

- And shouldn't that be: écris?-

aaargh…Yes, it should. A typo that makes me look bad…:)

and Gungnir, quite a collection you got there!

Fluent: Danish, English, German

Passable: Spanish

American, with a lot of work. Korean on a converstation level but can not write a lick. German on a 10th grade level. French about the same. But with anything practice is the key. I have not used German in 10 years but after 4 Biers I am on par with most nationals.
VR
James Mattes

Oh, and being fluent in Danish gives me a decent/passable level of Norwegian and Swedish.

Pig Latin.

OH, and I speak "Teenager"…

Fluent Dutch, German, French and English and some Latin.

English and Drill Sergeant :~)

To be honest, I find that we Americans as a group are horrible with languages – largely due to our physical isolation but in part due to our national zenophobia. I admire those of you with more languages. Cheers.

John Adkins (2 MA degrees and no languages) :~(

English and OK with Croatian.

The classroom French, German and Latin has mostly vanished into the mists…

Fluent English, Afrikaans and German; Dutch and Flemish to about 75%; a Dutch dialect and a German dialect to about 50%, enough Spanish and French to get by on, with a smattering of Russian and Italian.
Oh, and PTI, as well as fluent for all other occasions…

le Comte du Flandre
mainly28s.com

John Adkins – Its not just Americans. The British are notoriously bad at learning (or bothering to learn) other languages. Most of us still believe that if you speak English loudly and slowly enough, the foreigners will understand in the end!

Maybe its something to do with native English speakers? Or maybe its because the rest of the world seems to learn English?

English, schoolboy French. Smattering of Welsh.

Fluent : Dutch, French, English
Working knowledge : German
Notions : Spanish Italian

Also some knowledge of Latin, Japanese and Soviet tank slogans.

Fluent: English, Spanish
Passable: Portuguese (Brazilian)
Know most of the curse words: French, Dutch

As Italian I know, obviously, Italian and the local dialect.
As for the foreign languages my English and French aern't bad.
I forgot almost all of my Latin and the little bit of Japanese I learned.

ciao
Luciano

In addition to my Native tongue of English, My Spanish (Standard, not Castillian) is pretty good, My Norwegian is passable, my Japanese is adequate enough to get me around Kyoto AND my Klingonaase is excellent!

My native language is the American version of English. I also have a smattering of French and was quite surprised that my limited vocabulary actually worked. I'm still amazed that I was able to request and purchase a box of Atlantic Greek Chariots in Neice in a shop with no English signs and a clerk who said his English was worse than my French (or something like that… I think).

All in all I felt very UN-ugly American on our trip to Provence. What the French thought is probably another thing.

English only. I've tried French and German, even Welsh and I can do the pronunciation and manage a reasonable vocabulary but just can't keep the grammar in my head so what I say is gibberish (which I speak fluently but is not a written language).

American English.

I had schooling in Latin, French and German, but no practice, so any skills have long atrophied.

French.

And the many little languages of those little plastic men only they and I understand….

I speak English and am fluent in Bull Droppings.

English (native).

At one time I was pretty good with Spanish (after four semesters of college level Spanish and a couple of trips to Mexico).

I used to be able to make some sense of Latin, but that is long gone.

My native language is Catalan; I speak a fluent Spanish, passable English, I've some practical notions of Italian and French and I'd love to have some knowledge of Greek, Russian or German (and others else!).

Proper English; Devonian English, and less so in American English. 50/50 in SQL and corporate .

english spanish arabic

I scrape by with a bit of American English…

I can speak any Spanish word that has to do with American Soccer (including a variety of ways to insult my opponnents)

OK, I also have l33t internet skills 4 u

oddly enough, Arabic.

I used to be fairly fluent in German and Russian but that's all gotten rather rusty. "Reactivation" is one of those promises I keep making to myself that I don't seem to keep. I know it's still there, because German invades my dreams at regular intervals, Alsace-Lorraine being unassailable for now apparantly.

My Scottish Gaelic has stayed sharper because I listen to the music or read the poetry on a regular basis.

In college days I had another dozen (mostly dead) that I could read and write without breaking a sweat, but not neccessarily speak. Strange days those.

I am English but have worked in Switzerland for six years. I can speak high German and Swiss German quite well. I can also manage quite a bit of French.

Writing is a different matter. I nearly always write in English. German grammar is terribly difficult so if I write in German it looks worse than if my eight year old writes.

Fluent in Dutch, English and German, passable in French and full of good intentions in something resembling Spanish ;o)

Oxford English, some French.

English, conversational Afrikaans and Hindi, and a little Zulu.

Of course, most are now getting very rusty. It's amazing how quickly you lose a languge (or knowledge of it) when you don't use it. At the moment I'm also having to do Latin for Uni, so it can get a little confusing, hence I have made no attempt to improve the others until I'm done.

CdlT

English.

Read: Spanish, French, some German, some Italian.

Speak: less than fluent Spanish, cabdriver French.

English, intermediate German, a little French

AX

English, both American & British varieties (depends who I'm speaking to)
French (with an anglo Montrealer's accent)
Mandarin Chinese (poor literacy in simplified characters, much better literacy in traditional script)

Steve

Texan and as a second language, Amerikan English.

Fluent: English(native)

Passable(In order of skill): Latin, French, Ancient Attic Greek.

I can also read the Russian Alphabet, mainly to recognize cognates.

-Joe

Speak: English, passable Japanese.

Read: English, some Japanese, and Engrish!

English, German (good), Homeric Greek(fair)
my Portugese American wife is fluent in English, Russian and French, but not Portugese!

Some French, which I use regularly and poorly at work with West Africans.

Native: Spanish
Fluent: English
Notions: Italian

Not really fluent but passable, American Sign Language.

English

Australian

Can get by in Tangle-log (Tagalog)

Cheers,

Pro…

PS:

Q. What do you call someone who speaks two languages?
A. Bi-lingual.

Q. What do you call someone who speaks more than two languages?
A. Multi-lingual.

Q. What do you call someone who speaks one language?
A. An American!

Having just typed that, I do not include the bi- or multi-lingual Americans on this Board. :)

Mandarin (speak only); a smattering of Korean;
Lost the Vietnamese due to no use; some German,
some French, some Italian, some Spanish.