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  1. interval_illusion

    interval_illusion Deceased

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    what do you speak and read fluently? what about something you might have have limited experiences in (living some where for a year or classes in high school) that you can read it fairly well and not speak well?

    what do you want to learn?

    im only fluent in english and thats kinda sad considering i have friends in other countries that typically know their native language, english and one other (or more!)

    i can read basic german because i took german for three years and i can speak a few things but my teacher was horrible and its been a while so im not good at that really.

    i wanna learn to be fairly fluent in german, spanish, and japanese (im currently working on japenese but its very difficult)
     
  2. bird_migration

    bird_migration ~

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    I speak 3 languages fluently and a few more I can understand, read and/or follow a bit.
     
  3. Zoomie

    Zoomie My mom is dead, ok?

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    I speak, read and write English, Korean, Mandarin and have a working knowledge of Japanese, Russian and Vietnamese.

    And no, I cannot tell you why.
     
  4. HippyLandscaper

    HippyLandscaper learning a new way

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    I am very fluent in jibberish
     
  5. squawkers

    squawkers Member

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    took a French class in Jr high & 1 class of Spanish & Japanese each in college...but only speak & write & read in English
     
  6. KozmicBlue

    KozmicBlue Senior Member

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    I'm fluent in Finnish and English, pretty fluent in Swedish and German and I can speak, read and write basic French and Spanish.. Someday I want to be fluent in Spanish. Then it'd be easy to learn Portuguese and Italian as well..
     
  7. jerry420

    jerry420 Doctor of everything Lifetime Supporter

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    im fluent in english...not the kings english though...i can read french sort of and i know some french phrases...
     
  8. dilligaf

    dilligaf Banned

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    fluent in english and spanish,,, can read most portuguese and italian n understand spoken for the most part ,,, am currently working on becoming fluent in portuguese... know bits n pieces of japanese n german,,, but not enough to read kids books even...:)
    used to be quite fluent in sign as well but have forgotten the majority n would like to pick it back up at some point
     
  9. squawkers

    squawkers Member

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    My younger brother is in the USAF & his family travels the globe with him...when my neice was learning to talk they lived in Turkey, so she picked up that language really good...thru their travels she has learned Turkish, German, Japanese, French, Swedish (or whatever its called)...English isn't her first language or at least not the one she knows most (I don't think)...she can now speak more languages then her dad/my brother
    My neice is only 11 yrs old.
     
  10. OhCalifornia61

    OhCalifornia61 Member

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    Fluent in: English, French, and Norwegian.
    General knowledge of: Korean, Russian, and Spanish.
     
  11. ihmurria

    ihmurria fini

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    I'm fluent in English

    I'm ok at French, and semi-decent in German. I can read them, I can sound out the words but I don't always have a true grasp of the meaning. reading it is easier than hearing it, particularly for German, because then I can go at my own pace instead of that of the speaker. I have a nice French accent, a decent German one (it's normally good but every now and then I get a french accent while speaking German) but my vocabulary and grammar skills are shot to hel
     
  12. HippyLandscaper

    HippyLandscaper learning a new way

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    I know driving sign language.
     
  13. all_rhodesian_reject

    all_rhodesian_reject Sonskyn Elvis

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    English is my mother tongue...I have an ok grasp of Afrikaans, which i'm working on improving.


    I want to die bi maybe tri lingual...
     
  14. lynsey

    lynsey Banned

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    I can read spanish fluently speak it on an intermediate level and listen well enough to have a normal conversation with a native spanish speaker.
    I really don't have a desire to learn different languages. I would if I were immeressed in a different country and needed to aasmimulate.
     
  15. fitzy21

    fitzy21 Worst RT Mod EVAH!!!!

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    english is the only language i'm fluent in. but i can pick up on some spanish and french/creole because in high school thats what all my friends spoke, but its getting harder and harder to do that because no one at my university speaks those, so i'm losing the ability to pick up on it :(
     
  16. FreakerSoup

    FreakerSoup Stranger

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    I know a decent bit of french. I would like to know german, italian, and then maybe russian and spanish. Maybe some eastern ones too.
     
  17. Mr MiGu

    Mr MiGu King of the Zombies

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    do computer languages count?
     
  18. indescribability

    indescribability Not To Be Continued

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    I must say I'm slightly impressed. I'm quite interested in learning Mandarin and Russian. I once knew a russian immigrant that spoke Spanish and Mandarin. It cracked me up because of his heavy russian accent.
     
  19. hippiehillbilly

    hippiehillbilly the old asshole

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    now adays they should..

    so yes...

    luv n lite
     
  20. lynsey

    lynsey Banned

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    oh ASL too I forgot . I can communicate with people with hearing impairments quite well.
     

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