How many languages do you speak?

[Marilyn. 340]

well, I know how to speak English fluently and I know a few words in German, not enough to have a conversation though, I did take German in school from Grade 2 to Grade 9.... and my parents and grandparents know how to speak German, but it just never rubbed off on me... I can kind of understand it though, a few words here and there, enough so that I can sometimes get the gist of what they are talking about...

I know a couple words in Spanish too....

[Anna C. 4]

German, English, French and Italian. I also studied Russian for two years, but I forgot everything.

[Jamie76 0]

Only English unfortunately. I don't think learning other languages is a high priority here in the States as it is in other countries...which is sad.

[Oath 0]

None, I barely have a grasp on English even though I've spoken it since birth (well when i started talking) most of the time its just loud rantings that have no real language behind them unless you count agression as one

If you do I speak fluent pain cursing and intimidation.

[CarlaM 0]

3 very fluent and i have a medium level in 2 more

Edited May 12, 2007 by carla-justin

[Jenn! 918]

Hapa? If that means Japanese, then yes! LOL

fart, lol. That might be the most important word in any language!

One of my students taught me to count to 10 in Danish - I find it so hard! Any non-romance language seems soooo difficult to me. Arabic is gonna be one helluva struggle.

hapa half japanese half white or something else. mixed!.

Ah ok, so then I guess I'm hapa. I thought it meant pacific islander or somethin...

[sereia 0]

Ah ok, so then I guess I'm hapa. I thought it meant pacific islander or somethin...

ok i guess it just means half. i had a japanese hawaiian bf back in the day and i always heard that word thrown around. i just thought it meant half japanese half something! wikipedia is so cool. lol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hapa

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[homesick_american 1]

When I say I am fluent in English, I mean that I read perfectly, write perfectly (well, everyone is entitled to mistakes, even native English speakers), understand perfectly (unless in some very weird accent) and speak decently (as in I'm not native in the language and my accent will sound funny and some will say I pronounce some words wrong, still, I know the words and can convey what I want to speak). That to me is being fluent in a language.

Fluent isn't the same thing as perfect. I think your standards for 'fluency' are too high.

[monnik 0]

I speak only 2 fluently- English and Spanish. I am learning Egyptian Arabic, can read and speak a lot of the basics. And, because of my fluency in Spanish, I can usually read or understand a good percentage of Italian or French. Anyone who speaks more than 2 languages fluently, I admire you!

[yogib37 3]

I only speak 3.

There is no "only" in front of 3 I only speak one and have trouble with it.

:lol:

Me too

Edited May 13, 2007 by yogib37

[cartaverde 12]

3 fluently enough to use them in ALL the situations.

2 more that I understand what I read and hear in 98 % situations and that I'm getting rusty speaking.

2 more that I understand 70-90 % depending on context and speak very little.

+ when it comes to my work interests, a few more languages I can understand some ...

If fluency is that I can do anything without needing to think how to say something or have trouble spelling, speaking, understanding etc, then 3.

[MHandMB 0]

2- English and French. I used to be semi-fluent in Spanish, but I'm a bit rusty. I took some German in college, but I don't remember very much of it at all.

[Ladylethal 12]

When I say I am fluent in English, I mean that I read perfectly, write perfectly (well, everyone is entitled to mistakes, even native English speakers), understand perfectly (unless in some very weird accent) and speak decently (as in I'm not native in the language and my accent will sound funny and some will say I pronounce some words wrong, still, I know the words and can convey what I want to speak). That to me is being fluent in a language.

Fluent isn't the same thing as perfect. I think your standards for 'fluency' are too high.

Then this is confusing me. If fluently is too much for your native language, for example, what would be the definition of speaking it? To me it has always been fluently as well.

And by perfect I mean perfect for a non-English speaker.

[bora bora 1]

I can read/write and speak English, Portuguese, and Spanish.

I used to know ASL very well but I'm so rusty that I can communicate almost only with signing out the abc's. I know if I studied again and/or used it more I could pick it up quickly.