Cantonese? Ugh, from ABC friends I've heard that it sounds very backwoods and harsh on the ears, any truth to that?SckizoBoy said:
What languages do you speak?
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Random question but perhaps you can help. I spoke to two German exchange students before, and the guy was from Berlin, while the girl was from southeast Germany(maybe Bavaria) and the guy told me that he couldn't understand the girl when she spoke German to him even though they were both native speakers. Have you ever had that problem before when speaking to people from the Bavarian area?SmashLovesTitanQuest said:
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I speak Standard-American English, very little German and some Japanese.
I'm a native English speaker, and I can have a conversation in German, albeit with a very heavy American accent.
English and Korean. Its 3rd grade level so I can't read political news and stuff. But I can get by ok with reading, writing and speaking.
I also don't seem to have trouble learning Japanese. Seems pretty easy for most part.
I also don't seem to have trouble learning Japanese. Seems pretty easy for most part.
Nouw said:
Awww yeah. Although it is a little sad that someone that is learning it is just as good as someone that is actually Korean >.>. Go on my man, do what many koreans can't be arsed doing!mysecondlife said:English and Korean. Its 3rd grade level so I can't read political news and stuff. But I can get by ok with reading, writing and speaking.
I also don't seem to have trouble learning Japanese. Seems pretty easy for most part.
Nouw said:
English is my mother tongue (not surprising when you're born in England). I learnt German at GCSE level but that's gotten quite rusty after three years of not using it. I can still understand some of Rammstein's lyrics though, so all is not lost! I also know a few Finnish and Italian swearwords, but I don't think that counts.
Korean living in New Zealand? Do a lot of Koreans live there?Nouw said:Awww yeah. Although it is a little sad that someone that is learning it is just as good as someone that is actually Korean >.>. Go on my man, do what many koreans can't be arsed doing!mysecondlife said:English and Korean. Its 3rd grade level so I can't read political news and stuff. But I can get by ok with reading, writing and speaking.
I also don't seem to have trouble learning Japanese. Seems pretty easy for most part.
Nouw said:
I live in Southern California so meeting Koreans and eating awesome Korean food is no issue for me. Hopefully you don't have problem with finding Korean things to indulge.
Yup. There's a massive Korean community in NZ, likewise with other cultures too. Problem? The opposite actually, enjoy itmysecondlife said:Korean living in New Zealand? Do a lot of Koreans live there?Nouw said:Awww yeah. Although it is a little sad that someone that is learning it is just as good as someone that is actually Korean >.>. Go on my man, do what many koreans can't be arsed doing!mysecondlife said:English and Korean. Its 3rd grade level so I can't read political news and stuff. But I can get by ok with reading, writing and speaking.
I also don't seem to have trouble learning Japanese. Seems pretty easy for most part.
Nouw said:
I live in Southern California so meeting Koreans and eating awesome Korean food is no issue for me. Hopefully you don't have problem with finding Korean things to indulge.
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I'm literate and a fluent speaker in German and English, though my written English isn't fantastic, due to a lack of practice. Hell, this forum is probably the only place I write English!
I also understand Swiss-German, though it sounds like ass when I actually try to speak it. It's kind of sad, considering I'm half swiss and have been living here almost 9 years.
I'm also fluent in Danish, though my vocabulary isn't very large and I can't write at all. I only speak Danish with my family, and I've never had it in school, so my training is purely verbal.
I've had 7 years of French, which I think has actually gotten pretty good at this point, and 4 years of Italian, which still needs some work, though I give partial blame to my teacher for this. I also had 3 years of Latin in the past, but I've already forgotten most of it.
I'm probably going to learn Spanish in the future, since learning new languages gets easier with every related language you already speak, so with that in my mind, learning Spanish shouldn't actually be that tough, I hope.
TLDR: German, English, Danish, Swiss-German, French and Italian. In that order.
I also understand Swiss-German, though it sounds like ass when I actually try to speak it. It's kind of sad, considering I'm half swiss and have been living here almost 9 years.
I'm also fluent in Danish, though my vocabulary isn't very large and I can't write at all. I only speak Danish with my family, and I've never had it in school, so my training is purely verbal.
I've had 7 years of French, which I think has actually gotten pretty good at this point, and 4 years of Italian, which still needs some work, though I give partial blame to my teacher for this. I also had 3 years of Latin in the past, but I've already forgotten most of it.
I'm probably going to learn Spanish in the future, since learning new languages gets easier with every related language you already speak, so with that in my mind, learning Spanish shouldn't actually be that tough, I hope.
TLDR: German, English, Danish, Swiss-German, French and Italian. In that order.
my mother tongue is italian, but in spite of that i can also speak english and dutch.
i've had some german and norwegian in the past, but they're close to nothing. i have no big trouble reading german though. written french and spanish are also relatively easy.
i've had some german and norwegian in the past, but they're close to nothing. i have no big trouble reading german though. written french and spanish are also relatively easy.
Speak Swedish(mother tongue) and English fluently. Studied Spanish for four years, but not much stuck with me since I never really got a chance to practise it.
Also, by being Swedish, I can understand Norweigan fairly well. Often understand Dutch and Danish as well, but it's a bit harder to decipher.
Also, by being Swedish, I can understand Norweigan fairly well. Often understand Dutch and Danish as well, but it's a bit harder to decipher.
Helmholtz Watson said:
' dunno whether to be offended by 'backwoods' (particularly if you meant 'backwards')...Anyway, different stripes for different types is all I can say. Cantonese is one of the most tonal languages, even among the Sino-languages, so I consider it rather musical.
Oooch... the German dialects can be sooooooooo different. I understand a fair bit of Hochdeutsch and I worked with a couple of Swiss Germans last year, and I couldn't understand a damned word they said. Bayerisch (the Bavarian dialect) is... 'lazy sounding' (?) I guess to northern ears...Helmholtz Watson said:
Oh, and to answer the question about NRW - Nord-Rhein-Westfalen, a western state bordering Belgium and the Netherlands.
