Languages, how many do you speak?

Discussion in 'Europe' started by Spacer, Mar 20, 2006.

  1. soaringeagle

    soaringeagle Senior Member

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    thats so cool cause those are the 3 words i know in the most languages
    :)
    but whole languages, only english

    some phrases russian italian german french spannish swedish

    then some of these i can either say..or spell..but not both
    cherokee dineh lakota seneca and a couple others i cant think of right now
     
  2. lietchi

    lietchi Member

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    Well, mother tongue Dutch.
    A close second is English, through living in the US for a year when I was a small child. French (studied it for 16 years: through primary school, high school and university; and a partly francophone family).
    Spanish at university level, although I have lost a lot due to not using it.
    German I can pretty much understand (studied it one year in high school, and due to ressemblance to Dutch), speaking is more difficult.
    Italian I can understand a lot due to ressemblance to Spanish and Latin.
    I studied Latin for 11 years, though high school and university.
    Due to ressemblance to Spanish/Latin, I can understand some portuguese (only written) and even some romanian (which resembles Italian somewhat).
    Due to ressemblance to Dutch/German/English, I can understand parts of written Danish/Swedish/Norwegian.
    I can count to twenty and say good morning in Hebrew.
    Some basic words in Greek (efcharisto, kalimero, sagapo etc)
    I used to know a few words in Japanese from working in a tourist shop in Brugge/Bruges, which is swamped with japanese....

    Hm, I think that just about covers it... I'd love to learn gaelic, welsh, chinese, ... Too many languages to learn :D
     
  3. myself

    myself just me

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    I speak Romanian (my native language), English, French, some Yiddish and some German. I have been studying Yiddish for one year now and German for almost one month. I'm not planning to stop here of course.
     
  4. mad_scientist

    mad_scientist Member

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    Hungarian, Danish, English, Italian. Also learnt Latin for five years. And the more I study Danish, the less I remember Italian. :))
     
  5. wolf_at_door

    wolf_at_door Senior Member

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    I've had some problems that I really wanna solve. I know I have got some ressources, but I can't manage to find them right at the moment... I'm too weak...

    I have been thinking about to experience a journey on peyote to become more aware of myself and to become satisfied & to clean my body & mind... I can imagine that a person like Soaring Eagle would be a splendid sitter! (don't know why - just a thought that suddenly crossed my mind!).

    I speak/understand danish, ofcourse, and english, a bit german, norwegian, and swedish...

    love,

    -wolf- :)
     
  6. mad_scientist

    mad_scientist Member

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    hmm.. i know it is non of my business so You don't have to answer... but.. are U sure that peyote is the thing that is able to clean Your mind & body? I can understand it can help you feel more satisfied or at least give that illusion (temporarily)... but becoming more aware of yourself and cleaning Your mind by peyote? I have serious doubts...

    To be honest, - as far as I personally experienced at least - the only way out from difficult situations is to change Your environment, leave the place where You lived before, spend a year abroad in new company or something like that.. Please don't ask me, however, what to do when You have to come back. :)) I don't know either...
     
  7. wolf_at_door

    wolf_at_door Senior Member

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    I'm not sure if that will do no good. I'm also in doubt, because I'm a psychological fragile nature - by other words: I'm not a strong man. So I need to be very careful taking psychedelic drugs. I'm even careful when smoking a joint, because I know that it can turn into a nightmare for persons like me, if I smoke too much. And that's why I need to make some serious thinking & planning about what I wanna do with a trip on peyote and how to carry it out. Some day I'll maybe go to Mexico and talk with some wise person who really know something about it. I definately don't want to take a trip just for fun - I want to do it, because I wanna change my situation and my way of living.

    love and understanding,
    -wolf- :)
     
  8. Laura-the-flowergirl

    Laura-the-flowergirl Long haired child

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    I speak Dutch, English, French, German, some words of Italian. Oh, and Latin, if that counts as well. I'd like to learn Norwegian or Russian now!
     
  9. namvet69

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    Glavenoyst doy flaglin ib doymil. Esmin gim slogikle holg. Gletar ib haqteg? Noy!

    Rif midcloy bas edib sik mafliw! Cerung deb nefmin? Yag!:)
     
  10. fountains of nay

    fountains of nay Planet Nayhem!

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    English (native)
    German
    Japanese (read at a basic level, Hiragana/Katakana and some Kanji) and having lived there, I speak enough to get by.

    very small amount of Czech, French, Portugese (Brazillian), Greek, Mandarin
     
  11. JoJoVenus

    JoJoVenus Member

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    Only two:Chinese and English,and I want to learn native English.
     
  12. fountains of nay

    fountains of nay Planet Nayhem!

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    Which kind? British, American, Canadian, Australian etc?
     
  13. iloveu

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    my native language is slovenian but i also speak english not perfect tough,and a little
    spanish but im only good at talking in spanish.
     
  14. mad_scientist

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    where are U from within Slovenia? I know two girls from Maribor. Although, the relationship is not the best with one of them. :) However, the other one is really nice!
     
  15. iloveu

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    im from Novo mesto.so you've been in slovenia before?
    i havent been in hungary yet,sad really cuz its so close...
     
  16. mad_scientist

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    Yes, I've already been to Slovenia, but it was in Denmark where I met the two Slovenian girls whom I mentioned. (I lived in Copenhagen for a year as an exchange student.)

    I've already been to Slovenia many times, but just when I travelled across the country. :( So it would be worth discovering it one day, especially the mountains, the Bled lake etc. (I love the Alps.) I remember once we had a walk in Ljubljana when we crossed the country. And some other time I also saw the downtown of Maribor. Oh yes, and once I also saw Bovec when we were on a skiing holiday in Villach, Austria. And I have also been to Dreilandereck, where the Austrian, Italian and Slovenian borders meet. So I could have wawed to Slovenia from the other side of the border on the top of that mountain :)

    And I've almost forgotten that I've also seen Koper, Piran and Portoroz. They are really very beautiful places as I remember.. But I have not been to the place that is said to be very interesting with some monuments from the Roman ages. (I don't remember it's name (maybe Ptuj?) but as far as I know it is close to Croatian-Slovenian border. It was my "ex-Slovenian-almost-girlfriend" who always suggested me to visit it :))) She was into Latin language so much :)

    And - when I lived in Denmark - I also saw a really very good Slovenian film that was called the "Gravehoopers". Have You seen it? It is really a great film!
     
  17. mad_scientist

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    or "Gravehoppers"? I don't know how to write it in English...
     
  18. Jhnez

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    I can speak Dutch, English and German without a problem
    I can speak a LITLE bit of French,
     
  19. TheDro

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    Just English... but I was able to understand some German and somewhat speak a lower gradeschool level of German. Too bad I had to move back to the US when I was finally learning Deutsch.
     
  20. Acid_Trash

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    native Albanian, Serbian, English, Begginer at French, and German
     

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