How many languages can you speak?

by jt Posted 2011/05/24 16:14:37

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It's an important thing to have bilingual capability to live nowadays. The more languages U can speak gives more benefits for U and others U interact...

jt

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msbeydler 2011/05/24 16:57:50

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What do you call a person who speaks two languages? Bi-lingual.
What do you call a person who speaks three languages? Tri-lingual
What do you call a person who speaks one language? American.
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tony 2011/06/23 18:16:49

2

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Karin 2011/05/27 07:22:28

5 if dialects count :P
not everyone in China can speak Cantonese

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OpenSanctum 2011/05/27 07:16:57 (edited)

According to the joke, I guess I am American-and-a-half.

I speak English fluently as it's my native tongue, and have been struggling to become fluent in German for way too many years. I get very anxious and hyperfocused on mistake-making and let this get in my way of practicing. ::sigh...::

(Wenn Jemand möchtet, mir zu helfen, bitte senden Sie mir eine SodaHead-Nachricht. Vielleicht mit genug Weißbier können wir machen es möglich.)

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truth seeker 2011/05/26 15:06:37 (edited)

english
german
texanese

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LaMutique 2011/05/26 13:25:25

English and of course, my native language.

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aisha 2011/05/26 13:00:14

i can speak english,hindi,urdu and japanese!!!

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atomikmom 2011/05/26 04:12:38

6 languages beside my native Language.

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GayButNowFree 2011/05/26 01:22:33

English, Spanish & Russian - fluently. French & German (almost fluent). A few others (Italian, Portuguese, Czech) - understand & read. And yes, I am an American.

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sasori of the red sand 2011/05/25 22:42:04

I'm Haitian, but i have no idea how to speak creole. :D

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Sarah TH Marshall Switcher 2011/05/25 17:57:21

I speak English fluently, and German conversationally. I used to be quite proficient in Spanish, but in the course of learning German I forgot it all. I can also say "Grapefruit" and "Stapler" in French.

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kelly 2011/05/25 17:55:31

I speak 3 languages (actually, 2 languages and 1 dialect): English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

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Karin to kelly 2011/05/27 07:24:09

Cantonese nice

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karim 2011/05/25 17:20:30

just 3 .. Arabic .. English and alittel french

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mindfreakloyal1 2011/05/25 16:56:24

English, obviously. Then French, I'm learning sign language, and music (yes, I consider music a language)

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sfxd 2011/05/25 15:21:28

I only speak one... and not so well all the time.
I've studied French and can identify many of the nouns but trying to figure out the conjugation of the verbs is beyond me right now. So, I know when someone gives me directions in Paris, that they may be telling me to "______ Church______ river____ to the corner and _______ " So in this case a limited amount of knowledge can be dangerous.

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life.of.insanity 2011/05/25 14:39:08

One, english. But Im working on spanish and plan on learning a lot more languages!

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sahar 2011/05/25 14:04:05

2

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JanHopkins 2011/05/25 13:46:32

There is not much point in learning a language that no one else arounds you speaks.It may give you a chance to pat yourself on the back. It may look impressive on your resume. I took french in highschool but have never met anyone from France or who speaks french. They did not offer German or Swedish which at least would have been useful when my relatives were speaking over the kids heads.

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JenSemPa 2011/05/25 13:18:20

"All hockey players are bilingual -- they speak English and profanity." -- Gordie Howe
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JenSemPa 2011/05/25 13:17:14

Fluent in English and Korean. Quite capable in Japanese.

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naarcissus 2011/05/25 12:57:17

American English and slowly learning Japanese.

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Stacie 2011/05/25 12:25:03

Two. English and Spanish.

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Caitlyn 2011/05/25 12:03:53

Three language i speak English Asl and Spanish i learned some word for spanish

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tea for you 2011/05/25 11:31:36

English and some Italian

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Yankee Traveler 2011/05/25 10:51:45

I speak two fluently......the American language, which is based on slang, abbreviations, and a series of grunts and groans.........and then I can also speak English......which is a much more polished language than American

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tea for... to Yankee ... 2011/05/25 11:30:55

+1
bloody hell you say

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Rana Mahmoud 2011/05/25 10:11:01

1- Arabic
2- English
3- French

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Cimz 2011/05/25 10:07:47

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3 and a half...

1. Russian (fluent)
2. English (fluent)
3. Swahili (fluent)
4. French (need more practice, no one to speak it with here)

and I wanna start learning 5. Arabic

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ELLIE 2011/05/25 09:08:20

I speak two with a third in the pipeline

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Pustic 2011/05/25 08:01:05

+2
37 :-)

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Rana Ma... to Pustic 2011/05/25 10:11:59

+1
u talking for real ? wow :D

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Pustic to Rana Ma... 2011/05/25 20:54:32

Yeah, I teach myself and I'm currently learning 6 more. :-)

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karim to Pustic 2011/05/25 17:18:31 (edited)

+1
are you kidding 37 language what are they

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Pustic to karim 2011/05/25 20:56:45

+1
They're spoken languages, some native American, and the rest are world languages. I teach myself and I'm currently learning 6 more. :-)

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karim to Pustic 2011/05/25 21:00:16

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could you tell me what are they

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Pustic to karim 2011/05/25 21:34:46

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Yeah, I could.

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karim to Pustic 2011/05/25 21:44:43

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so tell me lol

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Pustic to karim 2011/05/25 22:14:24

Mandarin
Spanish
English
Hindi-Urdu
Arabic
Bengali
Portuguese
Russian
Japanese
Punjabi
German
Javanese
French
Vietnamese
Korean
Yue
Turkish
Italian
Zulu
Min Nan
Gujarati
Polish
Persian
Bhojpuri
Ukrainian
Sundanese
Burmese
Thai
Tagalog(Filipino)
Romanian
Dutch
Azerbaijani
Kurdish
Nepali
Somali
Greek
Hungarian
Arapaho
Blackfoot
Kickapoo
Cheyenne
Shawnee
Navajo
Cherokee
Dakota Sioux :-)

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Karin to Pustic 2011/05/27 07:25:53

+1
genius

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Pustic to Karin 2011/05/27 09:47:47

Yeah.

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