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What Languages Do you Know? ^-^

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 12:08 pm
by RoyalWing
Hi! I just was curious, what languages you all know?

My first language is French! Then of course I know english, and I'm getting into conversational Japanese class. ^v^

What about you?

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 12:10 pm
by termyt
THat's great Winger! Learning different languages is hard for me, but I took Japanese classes in college, although I can't really speak it.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 12:14 pm
by Mangafanatic
I took a year for French.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 12:14 pm
by RoyalWing
termyt wrote:THat's great Winger!


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:lol: :lol: :lol: I'm sorry, I don't know why I find it so funny...

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 12:20 pm
by Htom Sirveaux
I took four years of German in highschool, though I only retained about one year's worth. It's pretty much slightly above generic-tourist-level understanding of the language. I would also like to learn Japanese. I wanna buy a book or two on it sometime.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 12:23 pm
by Spencer
I'm taking French next year. I even already know some! I don't know where any of the apostrophes go though.

Spencer: Bonjour. Je mapelle Spencer.
Ringo: Bonjour, Spencer. Je mapelle Ringo.
Spencer: Comment allez vous?
Ringo: Tres bien, merci.

lol, I dunno if I did that right, but I think it means:

Spencer: Hello. My name is Spencer.
Ringo: Hello Spencer. My name is Ringo.
Spencer: How are you?
Ringo: Very well, thank you.

^^;;

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 12:31 pm
by RoyalWing
[quote="Spencer"]I'm taking French next year. I even already know some! I don't know where any of the apostrophes go though.

Spencer: Bonjour. Je mapelle Spencer.
Ringo: Bonjour, Spencer. Je mapelle Ringo.
Spencer: Comment allez vous?
Ringo: Tres bien, merci.

lol, I dunno if I did that right, but I think it means:

Spencer: Hello. My name is Spencer.
Ringo: Hello Spencer. My name is Ringo.
Spencer: How are you?
Ringo: Very well, thank you.

^^]

Wow! You're good! You did everything right exept the punctuation? (like you said) But that's ok. French grammar is hard, I'm really not good at it! >.<;;

"Je m'apelle Spencer" Also instead of "Bonjour" you could say "Salut!" (pronounce: Sah-lu)

Any one else? What language do you know?

*is extremely happy that people are replying* *^-^*

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 12:41 pm
by Htom Sirveaux
The only French I know I learned on the old cartoon, "Freakazoid".
"Qui a coupe le fromage?" - "Who cut the cheese?"


"For those of you who don't habla Espanol, 'El Nino' is Spanish for... 'The Nino'!"
-Chris Farley

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 1:23 pm
by Lunis
But doesn't nino mean boy?

As you can probably see, yo hablo un poco espanol (I speak a little spanish). I took one and a half years of it. I still occasionally use it, talking to Spanish people on an internet game, or when I speak to the Nicaraguans at my church.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 2:12 pm
by Yojimbo
Took three years of Spanish and I barely learned anything that I can remember. :eyeroll:

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 2:12 pm
by true_noir_chloe
I grew up with grandparents who only spoke Spanish, so I understand it when it's spoken, but I can't speak it worth a flip.

My main language is English and 20 years ago when I was in college I had progressed very far in sign language and really understand that a bit more than Spanish.

French I took for three years and am at a tourist level like Spoonybard.

Right now, I want to learn Welsh Gaelic. Does anyone know Gaelic - Welsh or otherwise?

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 2:12 pm
by Jasdero
English : ), Farsi, and I'm learning French. After that, I have to learn Italian, Korean, Japanese, and Latin. It's not optional, either.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 3:11 pm
by Aka-chan
My first language is English, I'm taking Japanese, studying Chinese on my own, took a little Latin in middle school, and hope to learn Arabic, Swahili, and maybe Korean later. That way I can communicate with most of the world! ^__^ I'd also like to learn ancient Egyptian (heiroglyphics and all) later just for fun.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 3:17 pm
by Debitt
Eego to Nihongo sukoshi o hanashimasu. ^.^;

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 3:17 pm
by Spirit_Wolf8356
English is the only one I speak fluently, unless you count gibberish. ^_^

I also speak a little French, but not too much. Two years of it and I still can't say you're welcome. That is the biggest pet peeve I have about that. :lol:

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 3:31 pm
by Spazztik
The language I speak fluently is English, and I have taken 2 years of Spanish and know how to speak a bit of it (tiny bit) and can read it pretty well.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 3:31 pm
by Lehn
I'm lucky, I can pick up languages really, really quickly when I hear them spoken. Took two years of Spanish during high school, helps that my best friend is Hispanic. And then your basic hodge-podge Latin, French, and Japanese.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 4:45 pm
by shooraijin
Spanish and English primarily, with some Japanese and German mixed in.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 5:02 pm
by Jaltus-bot
I took French for two years in highschool, but I don't remember a whole lot. I know a few words here and there. A couple of years ago I know how to greet a person in forty languages. (I should brush up on my Madyar [Hungarian, but I think that their name for it is prettier] and Kazak sometime.) Mostly I just know English. I would love to learn Russian though.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 5:13 pm
by Jaltus-bot
Oh, a relative lost my main disc for a Japanese language program. :( Hopefully it will turn up soon. At least I do have the Japanese disc that came in this really cool set of discs for 33 languages that my brother and I both got from Costco. :) My brother also took French and practically taught himself Latin at least as much as he could from library books, then he took college Spanish and Greek. He's been more of a linguist, so I do more of an ADD attention span interest in writing systems. For example, I would like to lern cunieform, even if it will never hold any relavence in my life outside of entertainment.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 5:30 pm
by Azier the Swordsman
English. (Duh)

Currently studying Japanese.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 5:39 pm
by Lunis
I have a book on how to read hyroglyphics, but I have only read part of it.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 5:40 pm
by AngelSakura
English, studying Japanese. I can write in those Dwarf runes in the Hobbit, but not the LOTR.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 6:12 pm
by Lynx
i speak english (obviously) et je parle un peu francais.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 6:17 pm
by Jaltus-bot
Lunis wrote:I have a book on how to read hyroglyphics, but I have only read part of it.


Me too! but I forgot most of the little that I started to learn. It was like two years ago.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 6:21 pm
by Jman
I know a little Japenesse
some french and I did know spanish but I learned it in kindgergarden so I forget, lol
Though i'm not fluent in any.....although i'll be taking Wado Ryu (type of Japenesse karate) which they requirw you know how to count to ten in Japenesse!
*Franticaly Leanrs!*

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 6:35 pm
by Locke
English( this is a standard class in other countrys 0_o)
Spanish ( half latino)
Porteguise ( other half latino)
random spatterings of cantanese, manderin and viet ( were i live, spanish and asian languages reaign no gotta keep up ^_^)

almost forgot about French !! bon journe !

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 6:48 pm
by MasterDias
I can only speak English fluently.

I've studied Biblical Greek some and I was studying Spanish for a while...but I stopped...so I can't speak either currently although I know some words and grammer rules.

Given the US State in which I live however, I will probably have to continue learning Spanish eventually.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 6:55 pm
by Kesshin
I speak fluent English (obviously) ;) and a bit of Spanish. I also know some Japanese, but not enough to string a full sentence together.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 6:55 pm
by termyt
We have a lot of linguistic talent here in the CAA. I'll keep that in mind, you never know when that'll come in handy.

One of the few things I remember from my Japanese classes:
nihongo o hanasemasen. - I don't speak Japanese.