Poll: Do you know more than one language?

[NLS]

Can read Cyrillic.

Errr, which of Cyrillic languages?

Mine are: Russian (native), Ukrainian, English (weak), French (very weak).

Only the cyrillic alphabet though, mainly from Russia and Belarus. So I can read the characters and distinguish a supermarket from a restaurant (+any words influenced from the west), but I can't understand the languages themselves, only the alphabet.

 

[revolutionaification]

Supposedly I should be able to speak French as I've just sat an exam in it. In reality, I can manage some basic stuff but understand and communicate far better when it's written.

 

[Rienimportant]

I'm from the United States. English, French, and I'll be starting Arabic classes next year

 

[owen4evr]

French,Irish and English.

 

[AnAngryMoose]

I can speak English and (kinda) speak French. I'm also fairly fluent in Irish.

 

[Jovlo]

I'm Belgian.
Belgium has three national languages, and I know all three, plus English.

I was raised in Dutch, started learning French late in primary school, English at the beginning of high school, and German at the end of high school. English grammar is very similar to Dutch grammar, so naturally English is the language I'm best at. My French is good enough for most everyday conversations, but my German is quite disastrous. German has terrible grammar, and although I can understand it very well, speaking it either goes very slowly, or just downright wrong.

Speaking lots of languages really comes in handy when you live in such a tiny country.

 

[-Torchedini-]

It's a rather funny question to ask on an international forum. Per definition anyone who doesn't come from one of the English-speaking countries is bilingual.

And to be nice and answer your question:

Fluently: Dutch, English. Dutch being my first.

I can sort of understand: Latin, Old Greek, French, German.

Talk to some Germans and they'll say Dutch is just a version of German .

Talk to some linguists and they'll tell you the same =) Would've been helpful though for the Dutch if High German didn't become standard in Germany itself.

You should have quoted the guy who said he speaks Flemish.
Why ? Coz if Dutch is a version of German. Flemish isn't a language at all.

Flemish is just butchered dutch

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Yeah, I know C#, ASP.NET, JavaScript, and a bit of C++.

 

[Sun Flash]

Apart from English, I know enough German to survive living there. Not gonna be writing any dissertations in it though.

Would be pretty awesome to live in Germany...


... I think I've just decided what I'm going to do with my retirement.

 

[runnernda]

I'm from the United States. I speak English and French fluently, and I know a tiny bit of Spanish and German. Although I can apparently read German really well, even though I've never learned it. *shrug*

 

[ho Huios tes Moiras]

English, French, some German (alþough I read it much better), and I'm currently trying to learn Korean, albeit wiþout a teacher, which makes it harder.

I can also read Classical and Koine Greek, Imperial Aramaic (AKA Biblical Aramaic, not to be confused wiþ modern forms of Aramaic, such as Syriac, of which I know practically noþing), and Latin (in þat order) none of which are spoken languages anymore. I can also sorta kinda read some Coptic. A bit.

Hebrew, Arabic, and Russian I know þe alphabets (or, raþer, two abjads and an alphabet) and a few words, but not enough even to read a whole sentence in many cases.

My abilities in þese languages are also easily ranked, pretty much in þe order I listed þem in each section.

I actually know Japanese better þan Hebrew, Arabic, or Russian (but probably not as well as I know Coptic, let alone Aramaic), but I still generally can't understand whole sentences unless þey're really short and basic, and I can't read it at all because my hiragana sucks, I never learned katakana at all, and god help me if kanji ever comes up.

EDIT: Oh, and if anyone cares (I'm seeing it come up in some oþer posts), I'm from þe United States and about a monþ away from my 26þ birþday.

 

[CarlMin]

Jag talar svenska

 

[thejackyl]

English, and snippets of Spanish. If someone who spoke Spanish spoke slowly, I could probably have a conversation with them, but that's hardly ever the case. Most of them speak without spaces, so to speak.

I also know a little bit of German, French, and Italian, but nothing that could carry a conversation. Either a few phrases, or just a greeting/goodbye

 

[Marter]

Je peux parler en français.

So yeah, I guess French and English. But my French is definitely not perfect.

 

[Ducktard]

Norwegian and English
Was supposed to know French and Spanish too, but..

Bad teachers and sitting next to the wrong friend...

 

[Jonluw]

Norwegian and English. And I know a bit French.

 

[SckizoBoy]

I speak English, some Spanish, Military, Sarcasm and Pig Latin.

Oh yeah, I forgot... I also speak fluent bullshit (don't think it counts, though, since everyone speaks it, just in different accents).

 

[Goofguy]

I speak English and French. I would definitely like to learn an other one but right now, it's just good intentions.

 

[Ace of Spades]

English is my natural language, and after many years of classes, I'm now proficient in Spanish, although I usually just use it as a secret code to annoy my friends who take Latin