languages

[Jenn! 918]

there are 6 responses of people saying they do NOT speak the same language.

I was confused by the poll. I thought it meant if you speak the same language as a first/native language.

[jrmach1 0]

there are 6 responses of people saying they do NOT speak the same language.

I was confused by the poll. I thought it meant if you speak the same language as a first/native language.

That's what I meant

[~*Maria*~ 1]

We both speak english lol....

[sarah and hicham 3]

Well I am a Brit he is American so we understand each other to a degree He also speaks German, I lost my Welsh when my family moved to England as there was no one to converse with anymore...hubby has expressed an interest in learning Welsh but I don't want him spitting all over me

Good times. When I lived in France there was a Welsh student in my class and I couldn't understand a word he said. He spit all over the place!

[bora bora 1]

I was a bit confused with the poll too.

I voted YES that we both speak the same language because we speak Portuguese to each other (my hubby's native language). I'm the USC and English is my native tongue.

I can also speak Spanish.

Hubby can understand Spanish and is slowly learning English. I think it's also necessary that we speak each other's languages - it's just much easier for me than it is for him - but he's trying (studying).

[saratara 0]

Hi,

I speak Serbian and English, and my husband speak Hebrew, Russain and English, so we speak between each other English....

I am from Serbia, and my husband is from Israel.

Edited November 28, 2007 by saratara

[ThaiStyleUSA 1]

We both speak Thai, Issan, Lao, & English. Of course she speaks way better than me the first 3 languages I had mentioned. Obviously, you'd guessed it...I speak English better than her. I was born in Thailand as well but I had forgotten most of it while I was growing up in USA. Thailand considered to be broken down into 4 sections...the north, south, north east, and central; and each section speaks differently. The central (Bangkok area) speaks real Thai. The northeast (Issan) speaks combination of Thai Laos. The north & south speak a mixture of Thai and something else... still haven't figured that one out yet.

[Scorpiankh 0]

Me and hubby both speak english, I confuse him sometimes tho when I use Kiwi slang and phrases He loves it tho, he's picked up some of the ones I use all the time and uses them too now, and I've got him and some of my American friends saying mate

My aunty (New Zealander) married my uncle (samoan). She told me once that when she first went to meet his parents she wanted to greet them in their native tongue, so she got my uncle to teach her how to greet them in samoan. She practiced and practiced so that when she met them she could win them over by speaking to them in samoan ... well my uncle was a bit of a practical joker, and what he taught her wasn't a greeting, but something really rude and offensive (I've forgotten what it was exactly). My aunty was mortified, but my uncles parents thought it was hilarious (they knew what my uncle was like )

[shannon65 2]

for e-mail we use only his language (Korean), which I can't speak or understand very well but I've gotten good at writing and reading. For conversation it's kind of half and half. He studied English in high school (more than 20 years ago), while I learned the Korean I know more recently. When he comes to the US he will have to learn better English. Yesterday I invited Korean friends to my cousin's for dinner... I did English to English translation..my cousin would say something and they would not understand a word, and then I'd repeat what she said, but say it differently, taking out the idiom and nonessential words and using incorrect grammar. Then they understood. That is kind of how I speak with my fiance.

[sparkofcreation 0]

We both speak English as a native language, we're both picking up each other's slang but he sometimes doesn't understand me when I say British words and I think he uses a lot of American words wrong ... like he thought "restroom" was just our word for bathroom and so we'd be at someone's house and he'd ask where the restroom was.

I also speak Spanish fluently. He's starting to understand it, I make him watch Spanish game shows.