How many Languages do you know

[Sheimi]

Main Language: Japanese
Secondary Language: English

 

[Deleted_171835]

English and a little bit of French.

 

[Mazor]

These threads are pretty uninteresting due to people generally greatly overestimating their language skills.

Something that would actually make things interesting would be if people provided some kind of proof of their claims.

 

[Ace Overclocked]

Rosetta Stone
isn't that the stone that lets you learn lufenian in ff1

QUOTE(Mazor @ Jul 7 2011, 07:24 PM) These threads are pretty uninteresting due to people generally greatly overestimating their language skills.

Something that would actually make things interesting would be if people provided some kind of proof of their claims.

a suggestion will be appreciated

 

[raulpica]

Italian - Well duh. Native language.
English - Started learning it by myself when I was a kid (too many computer games).
German - Studied it for 5 years. I'm totally out of practice now.
French - Can speak (kinda) and read it. Never had the necessity to write it, though.
Spanish - Can speak (duh, a lil better than with French, I guess?) and read it. Never wrote with it.

I'll hopefully add Japanese to these soon

 

[Burton]

Rosetta Stone
isn't that the stone that lets you learn lufenian in ff1

QUOTE(Mazor @ Jul 7 2011, 07:24 PM) These threads are pretty uninteresting due to people generally greatly overestimating their language skills.

Something that would actually make things interesting would be if people provided some kind of proof of their claims.

a suggestion will be appreciated

Very easy. Each person replying must do it in this way:

I swear to [can be a god or a precious person / item]
that I speak: [List of languages]


LOL

 

[WiiUBricker]

Wow, japanese seems to be a popular language to learn around here oO
I guess everyone wants to play japanese games

 

[Ace Overclocked]

Wow, japanese seems to be a popular language to learn around here oO
I guess everyone wants to play japanese games anime, manga, japanese gaming news, and they felt in love with japan and the language because it's so decent

fixed for you

 

[Slyakin]

I can speak, write, and read English (obviously).
I can read Arabic and kind of write it (it takes a while cause it ends up becoming illegible).
I can speak and write Urdu (technically my mother tongue as my entire family knows it).
I'm still learning French, but I'll be in French 3 next year.

 

[spotanjo3]

Portuguese
English
American Sign Language
Portuguese Sign Language

 

[Miss Panda]

Personally, I know:
Kachi - Mother tongue; fluent and good vocabulary
Gujrati - fluent with good vocabulary
Hindi/Urdu - They are pretty much the same with slightly different ways of speaking and vocabulary; not fluent but understand very well with good vocabulary
Swahili - National Language; quite fluent since i dont talk too much and have an okay vocabulary but still need lots of practice
English - fluent and better vocabulary than any other language

Seriously did no one notice this yet? Own up, you are a

aren't you.

Right, so in that case I speak Kachi better than I speak any other language. Fluent I am, bloody fluent.
I do like a pirate with a sense of humour.

 

[celeron53]

I know Hmong(native) and English. Took Spanish in school.... so I have three

 

[Pyrmon]

I speak French perfectly, being my mother tongue. But I profoundly hate it. Especially when it comes to writing. Grammar rules in French are outdated and make logical sense.
I think I'm pretty fluent in English, but I don't think I'm the best judge, being slightly biased xD. English is by far my favorite language.
I can communicate somewhat in Spanish, being close to French and all. But I lack some crucial vocabulary.
I can make some basic sentences in classical Arabic. I have a pretty good vocabulary, but I lack the crucial grammar to be able to communicate efficiently.

 

[shakirmoledina]

Personally, I know:
Kachi - Mother tongue; fluent and good vocabulary
Gujrati - fluent with good vocabulary
Hindi/Urdu - They are pretty much the same with slightly different ways of speaking and vocabulary; not fluent but understand very well with good vocabulary
Swahili - National Language; quite fluent since i dont talk too much and have an okay vocabulary but still need lots of practice
English - fluent and better vocabulary than any other language

Seriously did no one notice this yet? Own up, you are a

aren't you.

Right, so in that case I speak Kachi better than I speak any other language. Fluent I am, bloody fluent.
I do like a pirate with a sense of humour.

I didnt quite get u there, what are u insinuating Arrr?!
I am a pirate, i speak kachi more fluently than any other language, and i think i have a sense of humor.

"Tu je chen mangeto jaldi bol nakaato toji maut bou baaju me aai" - Kachi
"Tu je bolan mangeche jaldi bol nakaato taari maut bou baaju ma che" - Gujrati
"Aap jo kehne maang te ho jaldo bolo warnaa aapki maut bohot qariib he" - Urdu.Hindi
"Wewe ambayo unataka kusema, sema haraka au nitakuua karibu sana" - Swahili (Google may help here)
"..." - English

This is to keep the overestimation in check

 

[Blaze163]

I can speak Engish, obviously. Aside from that I know the basics for French and I can speak a little Japanese even though I can't read a single word of it. My friends and I also speak Al Bhed as a way of communicating covertly, 'cause what are the chances of someone knowing what language it is, never mind what we're saying?

Oddly enough after a huge Tales of Eternia session, my best friend Amelia has taken to saying 'Baiba!' as a mark of general annoyance, after hearing Meredy say it over and over again. It seems to have rubbed off on the rest of us, so if you want to add a little Melnics to the list then go ahead.

And of course my traditional Dwarven greeting of Lali ho!

 

[Ace Overclocked]

spanish - native language
english - can understand it well, but not so fluent at speaking/writing
italian - same as english but I find it impossible to write/read

then why is your flag italian?
for the lulz?

UFF I don't know if his case it's the same but there are a lot of Tempers, almost the half of registered members that uses fake localizations.

On topic:

I speak Spanish but I don't know to speak in English

as long as you can write in english it will be easy to speak it right?

 

[toguro_max]

Is there anyone here who doesn't (at least) write in English? >-p

Well, as for my case:

Brazilian Portuguese - Native language. Portuguese language from Brazil differs quite a bit from the Portugal one, althou it's possible to understad each other a little bit. Writing, speaking and listening fluently.

English - Kinda of second language, but through study, not like "French is Canada's second language". I consider myself fluent in English, but I do know i make several mistakes...

Japanese - I studied it for 3 years, but because of my job I had to quit. I want to return, but... My leve is kinda basic / intermmediate.

Spanish - I'm learning it now, still on basic.

Libras (stands for Gesture Brazilian Language) - I can kinda of communicate with the hearing impaired.

And I guess that's it

 

[C-Kronos]

I'm completely fluent in English and Russian; however, I do speak a little German and Swedish. I also know the Mexican dialect of Spanish, due to me being in the states, and having Spanish classes when I was younger in grade school.

I also use to have a lot of Mexican co-workers, so that helped with learning and understanding the language. It's not hard to learn another language, it just takes dedication and proper studying. Never use Rosetta stone though, it might be a good learning tool on top of proper education, but it's not going to teach you the grammar of another language, or even how to learn the alphabet the language in question uses.

 

[Thesolcity]

I know what Rosetta Stone decides to teach me.

 

[CarbonX13]

I'm fluent in:
Mandarin Chinese - Taiwanese accent and vocabulary. I write in Traditional Chinese script, but know how to read Simplified as well. Technically my Mother Tongue, but only knew very some vocabulary as a child (since I went to school in Canada, and learned English quicker than Mandarin in the end). Improved a ton in recent years, I can actually read, write, speak, and understand Mandarin with no issue now.
English - Canadian dialect, so basically American accent, and British spelling... Probably my "best" language.
Min Nan Chinese - Taiwanese dialect of the Hokkien language from Fujian Province, China. The accent is quite different from its native origin. I can understand what others say to me, but can't really speak it that well.

Learning:
French - School. I don't really like learning it, but that's the only second language my school offered besides Spanish, and I didn't really want to start another new language when I'm not particularly good at one first. I'm pretty good at reading and writing (at my grade level, of course), though my speaking is rather terrible.
Japanese - Recently started up with a school program. Learned hiragana and katakana, and some basic sentence writing.