Despite my mother being Thai (and she's fluent in Thai, Greek, and English, in that order) I can't speak any other language. Although, because she speaks Thai so much, I can vaguely understand it.
Poll: Do you know more than one language?
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I know enough to get treatment or help in spanish and italian... but that's it.
English is my main.
English is my main.
lol nice, I only know the basics but that was pretty good hahaduktapeman90 said:
between that and using bots for diablo 2 loot runs...*ah the good ole days*
U71L7Y_F0RMUL4 said:
fifth fucking element!
i just watched it a couple months ago for the first time*ashamed*, it's quite a good flick, that was randomly one line that did stick with me
Officially the language of Flanders is Dutch. Almost all the spelling and grammar is the same. The main difference is that in Flemish words tend to have a slightly different meaning. They're still in the Dutch dictionary though.-Torchedini- said:Well I wasKargathia said:
Example would be the Flemish "gij zijt" (you are) which isn't used above the border, but still is a part of the language there - it's just archaic.
On the whole I'd say that it isn't different enough to stop being a dialect and start being an official language. And if it'd be heading that way then in all probability Limburgs would be recognised as a language before Flemish.
Question though: The French spoken in Belgium, is it a dialect distinctive from French French? My French isn't that good, so I don't really see the difference.
English is my native language and i know some basic German from high school.
Trouble with being English is that they don't teach you languages when your most able to learn them: In primary school. Instead they only start teaching you in high school, and by then it's a bit late.
Plus, it's a rarity to come across foreign-language films or media if your English, so that further hinders Englanders picking up a foreign language.
So, there is a big shortage of people in England whom are fluent in a second language, which is problematic for international business' and institutions such as the EU wanting more British employees.
Funnily enough, one of my friends is studying French and Italian at university, and she could well get a first class degree. However, she has decided that she doesn't want a language career and wants to train to be a midwife after graduation.
Trouble with being English is that they don't teach you languages when your most able to learn them: In primary school. Instead they only start teaching you in high school, and by then it's a bit late.
Plus, it's a rarity to come across foreign-language films or media if your English, so that further hinders Englanders picking up a foreign language.
So, there is a big shortage of people in England whom are fluent in a second language, which is problematic for international business' and institutions such as the EU wanting more British employees.
Funnily enough, one of my friends is studying French and Italian at university, and she could well get a first class degree. However, she has decided that she doesn't want a language career and wants to train to be a midwife after graduation.
I've been studying Japanese since I was a freshman in college, so about 6 years now. I'm fluent enough in conversation that I can go drinking with Japanese coworkers who know no English and not really have any problems language-wise.
On the flip side, I've totally forgotten almost all of my Spanish from high school. If I see written Spanish I can puzzle some of it out but I can't speak it at all any more.
On the flip side, I've totally forgotten almost all of my Spanish from high school. If I see written Spanish I can puzzle some of it out but I can't speak it at all any more.
Well this is my list.
English
Sarcasm
Dragon
Elvish
british
American
Canadian Eh.
The language of awesome people
and the cat nyan nyan language.
English
Sarcasm
Dragon
Elvish
british
American
Canadian Eh.
The language of awesome people
and the cat nyan nyan language.
I'm German, but I spend so much time on the (English-speaking part of the) Internet and set all my games and movies to English, that my English is almost better than my German.
I can speak some very broken Turkish, which is actually a shame as my father is a Turk, but never really taught me. Having done some linguistics at university though I understand its (comparatively simple) grammar fairly well.
Sadly, I forgot all the Japanese I learned in the one semester I took, or I might have continued. At least I know how to pronounce stuff, but I can't even read hiragana anymore
I can speak some very broken Turkish, which is actually a shame as my father is a Turk, but never really taught me. Having done some linguistics at university though I understand its (comparatively simple) grammar fairly well.
Sadly, I forgot all the Japanese I learned in the one semester I took, or I might have continued. At least I know how to pronounce stuff, but I can't even read hiragana anymore
Sorry, that's a habit I got into to annoy my friends on Facebook. If you want to try it out yourself, ALT+ 0254 for lowercase, 0222 for uppercase.-Torchedini- said:
