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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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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.
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.
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.