Languages

[girljen]

I am fluent in English, and can bumble my way through a conversation in Spanish.  I also know a few words in ASL, and if I were to pick up a new language, that would be the one.

[I am Eve]

Swedish (native), English (fluent), German (used to be fluent).

A little French, even less Spanish.

As someone already write; since I'm Swedish I understand Norwegian and Danish.

I love languages and dream of learning more; Latin, more French and Spanish, Arabic.....

I am pretty talented in picking up a language and starting to use simple phrases while travelling.

[chaosgundam]

 

I speak English, French, Afrikaans and Dutch and can fake German under pressure.  I can pull off a vacation-level fluency of Spanish after a couple of days of immersion.

 

 

Its good to see that I'm not the only one who speaks Afrikaans here 

[Malenfant]

I'm fluent in Spanish, English, German and French, have a piece of paper that says I speak basic Japanese, plus some notions of Dutch and am currently learning Portuguese.

 

As a Spanish expat in France in a long distance relationship with a Brit, every day of my life requires switching languages constantly. But that's ok because I like languages so much I basically think in grammar. There's a little voice in my head pointing out "yes, that's a past participle, now add your direct object so we can move on to the subordinate clause" for every sentence I speak. I'm very science-minded and love patterns and structures, so my brain instantly latched on when we first started doing morphology and syntax at school. For me, understanding the hidden logic behind languages has made picking them up really easy. I think I was lucky to learn Spanish and German so early, because Spanish makes you really think about tenses and you need to be an expert in declension for German: other languages contain these elements in less obvious ways, but if you've learned to spot them your life is a lot easier!

[torpedotor]

English (Native)
French (Proficient, but hoping to become fluent at some point)

Mandarin (Beginner, but hoping to become fluent)

Profanity/Sarcasm (Conversational)

 

Also, I've noticed my French becomes better when I've had something to drink. Maybe I just feel more confident, so it flows a little better. (I know it's not just me imagining I'm getting better, because the people I speak to respond and we communicate well.)

 

Or maybe it's a superpower. Anyone else experience this?

[Guest asdf]

Native English speaker growing up. I also speak German quite fluently. 

[marionette]

English, Profanity and Sarcasm here too. I used to be better with french, but at this point I'm a much better reader of french than speaker. I can ask "Where is the (hospital, airport, police station), in English if you please" I can fake my way through a menu in spanish and in italian with a high degree of accuracy, but then they are all romance languages and I am a bit obsessed with food.

[adimne]

Native English speaker, fluent in German and Turkish. My French is alright, but I'm definitely better at reading/listening than speaking. There's something about French that makes me feel like I'm making fun of people when I speak it...

[Lampito]

English: native

 

German: I took 4 years of it in high school. I can still read quite well, but my conversation skills are kinda rusty.

 

Latin: Studied it from middle school through college (Classics major) and I still read some for fun. I can get through most written works (usually with a dictionary, unless it's a familiar text). I've never had the opportunity to practice conversation, though I hope I can someday!

 

Ancient Greek: Three years in college (other half of the Classics major...). This one was more of a struggle; I never quite developed an ear for it.

 

Anglo-Saxon is the next one I plan to tackle. 

[Honeybee]

I'm a native English speaker and I speak Persian (Farsi) decently. I dabble in Somali and Arabic for work.  

[Red1263]

English Level: Native

Spanish Level: Advanced

 

That's about it.

[Maria]

Swedish: native

English: advanced in everything but speaking

German: atm basic reading only, but I had all A:s in four years of German in high school, so could probably pick it up very fast again. I still know most of the grammar, just not any words to use it with...

I'd love to learn more, but never take the time. And I'm not sure which language to start with, because I can't decide where I want to go and what should be most useful. Updating my German is first priority. Then I'm thinking maybe Spanish?

[MissyMo87]

English-Native

 

Spanish (mainly conversational)-I took Spanish in middle and high school, and didn't really learn anything. I live on the border though so I've had no choice but to learn it. I can read and write decently well but it takes me longer.

 

Cherokee-Very very basic I can read and speak. Still learning.

 

German-Out of practice I can still read well but speaking and using the right word not so much. 

[Linada]

Native German, as good as native English.

A few remnants of greek and latin leftover from school.

 

Increasingly proficient in recognising profanities written in weird ways, curtesy of my job. Also incredibly jealous of my polyglot coworkers. One day...

[abs]

English and passable Afrikaans, little bit of Norwegian, used to speak Finnish fluently, some French & German.

[interceptsignal]

English natively. I could stumble my way through Spanish, but it wouldn't be pretty.

 

I also took a year of Japanese in college. I really don't remember much at all, but I'd love to relearn it and travel there sometime. Such a fun language to speak, even at a novice level. I really can't understand it spoken at all anymore and anytime I see it written I try to parse through it, but can only get through the hirigana and katakana, I've all but forgotten kanji, minus maybe the most basic of symbols.

[cracked_belle]

Don't be embarrassed, I'm also really impatient when it comes to EVERYTHING. I usually get really excited for several weeks/months and then lose interest.

^me

adult ADHD sucks.

[Rexxar Txan]

Native English and fluent in Spanish (lived in SA most of my life) So if you need help with spanish let me know!

[WriterGuy]

Bulgarian - native.

English - between C1 & C2 (almost like a mother tongue and all thanks to writing fiction)

German - C1 (though I need to brush it up real bad)

French - some basic, basic, basic French. Took like a year in university, quite the mistake.

[Komnenos]

English - Fluent
Welsh - Meh, a bit

German - Beginner but currently learning by immersion

[jfreaksho]

English - native

Chinese - limited to full working proficiency- pretty fluent, but lacking precise vocabulary in some topics

 

I think that next on the list is Russian (some good friends only speak Russian with their kids) or Indonesian (pretty straightforward from what I understand, good food, and beautiful beaches).

[Posy]

English is the only language I know fluently. I took about seven years worth of Spanish and have absolutely nothing to show for it. I finally started to pursue my dream of learning Danish about 15 weeks ago (I study for at least one hour every single day), and I hope to be fluent in it some day. It's going to take me a long time, and I will be beyond happy if I achieve that goal at all in this lifetime. People like you who decide and are able to learn multiple languages are completely beyond my comprehension haha.

[Tinessael]

yay, my kind of thread! 

I speak Estonian, Russian, English and German fluently. (Not so fluently to be really satisfied with... - Russian is my mother tongue but I've never been schooled in it, so my grammar level is that of a 7 year old I think. Or 12 year-old. Estonian was my original schooling language, but I find the grammar difficult and now since I'm not using it, I am afraid I'm slowly forgetting it. English... yeah, I don't have anyone to talk to in English, and don't really use it. So my grammar can also be erm... a bit faulty. German was my 4th language, and was the language of my high school and now university... but I have a strong accent and my grammar is not  so that I can write anything without letting somebody proof read it.) 

I've studied Latin for a year, but there's not so much left of it, just some basic understanding of linguistics. I enjoyed learning it, but I think I will focus on learning real languages for now

And now I've started learning French - it's been 1,5 years now, but I've had to drop the last course because of impossible timetable. :/ But I will definitely start in autumn again!

I also really want to study chinese or japanese, arabic and spanish. But it may have to wait until I am pensioned or something. 

[Red1263]

If there's anyone who wants to learn/practice Spanish, I'd be more than happy to chat with them. 

[torpedotor]

And I would love to chat/message with any French-speakers.