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Old 12-13-2008, 02:11 PM
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Just curious who all speaks a language besides English or is learning to. I know there are a few of you..

I'm learning Arabic, just starting to get the hang of it (it makes my head hurt most days) but I'm at about a 1 level so far.
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I can speak and understand enough german to get around. I also have dual-citizenship.
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I spent 3 years installing alarms and stereos in eastern new orleans, so I speak fluent ghetto, cajun, and hillbilly
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I'm can speak enough Spanish to get around, want to finish learning German, but I'm in the process of learning Japanese.
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I speak Polish fluently.
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I speak spanish pretty fluently. Lived in Argentina for a while.
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Speak enough Mandarin to get around. Probably around 2nd grade level.
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I speak English and Japanese. Ive been learning Japanese for some time, somewhat advanced, but i speak better than i can read and write. Typing is a different story.
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Originally Posted by johndoe
I can speak and understand enough german to get around. I also have dual-citizenship.
I can understand most thinks spoken to me in German, I just don't have the cognitive capacity anymore to put it down in words myself. I'm ace at Latin though
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Old 12-13-2008, 08:48 PM
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That's actually more the case with me as well. I understand much more than I can speak.
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Old 12-13-2008, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by johndoe
That's actually more the case with me as well. I understand much more than I can speak.
Yep! I understand... as long as it's written on a forum! Wish I could speak english better
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I grew up speaking 3 languages, but English is my first language.
I used to also speak Japanese as I'd worked in Japan for a year. Funny how when you learn a language when you're an adult, you lose it if you don't use it. However, languages you were only exposed to until you were 10, you never forget...
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I spent 4 years of highschool learning Italian and then a study abroad in Italian Switzerland and I can barely ask where the bathroom is. It's not that I never tried, but language and I just don't get along.

Must have put all my eggs in the English basket.
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i know a bit of Spanish.
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fluent russian, ukrainian, some german, and engrish
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