How many languages do you speak?

[neji-erstaunlich]

knowing other languages is great because if we know other languages we can talk with people of other countries with no effort...
when we go to another place that we don't know, we have to talk with other persons so we have to know other languages...

*put here the languages you talk and if you have already spoken that languages with other persons...*



well, i will begin...
i speak English, French, Portuguese(my real language), Spanish, some phrases and expressions in German and some words in Japanese...
i have already spoken French, English, Portuguese of corse and Spanish...
My country have a lot of foreigners so we have to speak a lot of languages...

[Ultima]

Aside from my native language (German) I can only speak English. I've learned French in school for several years, but I've forgotten most of it by now. I know the meanings of some japanese words from reading fanfiction and watching anime, but that's it.

I think it is cool, that you can speak so many different languages neji.

[kumaguro88]

Same here. It's great to know many languages.
I'm Spanish fluent, my English is good IMO, and I try to memorize Japanese characters when I read, but that's about it ^^

[Luminous Sun]

Let's see...English, Mandarin, French, a bit of Japanese (well duh), and a tidbit of Latin. Personally, I'd like to learn the entirety of Japanese and Latin. Why? I don't know. But it just seems fun!

[neji-erstaunlich]

well i think i speak all that languages because I am always traveling so i start to like of those languages and i start speaking or trying to speak...
Also it is because i like of languages and I always try to learn more...bu i think is important to know other languages because we don't know with who we will go to speak later...
well i am happy to know other languages...^^

[Sasami86]

I speak English and German fluently; both were my first language since I grew up in Germany as an Army Brat. At this moment I'm learning Japanese, but I also speak some Slovenian and Spanish.

[Sophia]

I speak Korean and English fluently; I can somewhat carry on a Japanese conversation~ I've taken Spanish for 4 years, but haven't used it much so I'm REALLY rusty in that area.. Let see.. ah, I'm learning Cantonese and Mandrin (for business) and continue to study Japanese~ I really like Japanese language and culture; so vibrant to me ^^;; ..learning different languages are so much fun!!

[lain-ivy]

Let me see, I can speak English and I learned spanish in high school so that just is a limit in vocab. right there. Oh yeah, I'm native american so I speak Creek and Cherokee as well, but only with family members.

[Dragon Blood]

THIS IS WHAT I CAN DO! (isn't much!) Spanish( a little), german (very little) and ASL! and English tee bit of french! also currently learning Mandrin

[cat_chan]

Let's see: German (native language), English (since primary school), French and Spanish in Highschool, and Japanese since 2001 (University). ^^ The only languages I speak fluently next to German, are English and Japanese, but I didn't use French and Spanish since graduation very often.

[Dragon Blood]

Is it true...that Japanese is very hard to learn?

[SSJbattousai]

Well..I speak. English, and Greek. Fluently. Yup, yup.

HELLAS!

[dasha]

I speak English, French, Spanish, Romanian, Portuguese (a little, I studied only one year), I know some Latin, some Japanese, little Italian, currently learning Finnish
Hope to learn more

[Dragon Blood]

aww cool....Finnish language...Isn't that hard to learn?

[dasha]

Not as hard as Mandrin I suppose :)

[neji-erstaunlich]

I speak English, French, Spanish, Romanian, Portuguese (a little, I studied only one year), I know some Latin, some Japanese, little Italian, currently learning Finnish
Hope to learn more

so you speak portuguese...nice i am portuguese...well the most part of the Europe think that the portuguese is very difficult but i don't think so...well what do you think??

[gaidin]

Well fluently I can only speak finnish (my native language), swedish, english, french and german. I've forgotten tons of vocabulary over the years but I also speak spanish, italian and russian. And I know little bits of vocabulary in dutch, turkish, estonian, japanese and latin. I'm expanding my list though, I'm going to start at least sign language and chinese this fall ^^

[dasha]

It's not difficult at all...maybe because I'm also latin and I also speak Spanish and this makes it easier.

[Dragon Blood]

Well fluently I can only speak finnish (my native language), swedish, english, french and german. I've forgotten tons of vocabulary over the years but I also speak spanish, italian and russian. And I know little bits of vocabulary in dutch, turkish, estonian, japanese and latin. I'm expanding my list though, I'm going to start at least sign language and chinese this fall ^^


What type of Sign Language? I mean I know the ASL version...but I hear that there alot of other types of Sign Language Chinese is really hard to pronounce GOOD LUCK!

[neji-erstaunlich]

Well fluently I can only speak finnish (my native language), swedish, english, french and german. I've forgotten tons of vocabulary over the years but I also speak spanish, italian and russian. And I know little bits of vocabulary in dutch, turkish, estonian, japanese and latin. I'm expanding my list though, I'm going to start at least sign language and chinese this fall ^^

god!! you speak a lot of languages...it's very hard to learn so many and it's necessary to have a good memory...
you only can be a genius (just kidding)...

[Ultima]

The main problem I would have with that many languages is that I most likely would start to confuse the words. I remember when I learned french in school, more often than not I knew the german and the english word, but the french one I could not remember. Does anyone else have this problem, too? Especially you gaidin, since you have quite a few languages that you speak.

[gaidin]

Haha yeah Ultima, sometimes I get confused and blurt out words in the wrong language. It gets really weird when I confuse languages that IMO don't resemble each other at all (for example Italian and Russian). For some reason I’m always struggling with German and Swedish…If I have to use both on the same day, at some point I confuse the vocabulary for sure.
Oh and Dragon Blood I tried to look up the type of sign language I’ll be studying but it wasn’t mentioned. Just that it’ll be Finnish. And about the Chinese yeah I’ve heard it’s hard to pronounce, so thanks, I’ll need luck lol!
I really love foreign languages and whenever I have the opportunity to start to learn a new one, I go for it. I'm aiming to eventually speak at least 28 languages fluently (I made a bet on it haha). I'm studying to become an interpreter ^^
Neji I'm no genius (thank you though!!!), all my talent is just overly specific. I'm rubbish at math lol.

[Dragon Blood]

Way to go! I am also trying to become an interpreter....for the Deaf:idea: :pile:

Haha yeah Ultima, sometimes I get confused and blurt out words in the wrong language. It gets really weird when I confuse languages that IMO don't resemble each other at all (for example Italian and Russian). For some reason I’m always struggling with German and Swedish…If I have to use both on the same day, at some point I confuse the vocabulary for sure.
Oh and Dragon Blood I tried to look up the type of sign language I’ll be studying but it wasn’t mentioned. Just that it’ll be Finnish. And about the Chinese yeah I’ve heard it’s hard to pronounce, so thanks, I’ll need luck lol!
I really love foreign languages and whenever I have the opportunity to start to learn a new one, I go for it. I'm aiming to eventually speak at least 28 languages fluently (I made a bet on it haha). I'm studying to become an interpreter ^^
Neji I'm no genius (thank you though!!!), all my talent is just overly specific. I'm rubbish at math lol.

[neji-erstaunlich]

Haha yeah Ultima, sometimes I get confused and blurt out words in the wrong language. It gets really weird when I confuse languages that IMO don't resemble each other at all (for example Italian and Russian). For some reason I’m always struggling with German and Swedish…If I have to use both on the same day, at some point I confuse the vocabulary for sure.
Oh and Dragon Blood I tried to look up the type of sign language I’ll be studying but it wasn’t mentioned. Just that it’ll be Finnish. And about the Chinese yeah I’ve heard it’s hard to pronounce, so thanks, I’ll need luck lol!
I really love foreign languages and whenever I have the opportunity to start to learn a new one, I go for it. I'm aiming to eventually speak at least 28 languages fluently (I made a bet on it haha). I'm studying to become an interpreter ^^
Neji I'm no genius (thank you though!!!), all my talent is just overly specific. I'm rubbish at math lol.

28 languages?? that's a lot...well i love languages but i don't think i would try to learn 28...that's too much...well but i think that if that's your dream you have to try do make it real...
i wish you good luck^_^
well my ideal of languages is 14...i think that's enough...but that's my opinion...lol

[gaidin]

28 languages?? that's a lot...well i love languages but i don't think i would try to learn 28...that's too much...well but i think that if that's your dream you have to try do make it real...
i wish you good luck^_^
well my ideal of languages is 14...i think that's enough...but that's my opinion...lol

thanks, i really do need to work hard or it'll stay a very unrealistic ideal. but a friend of my family speaks 21 languages fluently (she's an interpreter too) so at least i know it's achievable lol. besides becoming an interpretor has been my dream for years :)
and even 14 is a huge amount of languages and a very respectable goal (and in so many ways a more realistic ideal than mine lol)
i wish you good luck too, it's nice to find someone else who aims to learn lots of languages ^^

[Dragon Blood]

thanks, i really do need to work hard or it'll stay a very unrealistic ideal. but a friend of my family speaks 21 languages fluently (she's an interpreter too) so at least i know it's achievable lol. besides becoming an interpretor has been my dream for years :)
and even 14 is a huge amount of languages and a very respectable goal (and in so many ways a more realistic ideal than mine lol)
i wish you good luck too, it's nice to find someone else who aims to learn lots of languages ^^

Well I wish you the best of luck as well!

[neji-erstaunlich]

thanks, i really do need to work hard or it'll stay a very unrealistic ideal. but a friend of my family speaks 21 languages fluently (she's an interpreter too) so at least i know it's achievable lol. besides becoming an interpretor has been my dream for years :)
and even 14 is a huge amount of languages and a very respectable goal (and in so many ways a more realistic ideal than mine lol)
i wish you good luck too, it's nice to find someone else who aims to learn lots of languages ^^

thanks a lot... i wish you can learn so many languages as you want...and to me it's a pleasure too...well i think it's good to learn more, specially new languages because we can talk with new people if we know more languages...^^

[[L-toxicated]]

Three. English, Cantonese, and another language that I don't know how to spell. :why:

[Dragon Blood]

yea but.....we also have to remember..which language is what...I mean we could speak portugal in Germany....so we do have to becareful

[cat_chan]

Is it true...that Japanese is very hard to learn?

Yes and no. The first 2 or 3 weeks were easy with learning Hiragana, Katakana and the first Kanji, but after a while there was a certain limit understanding the grammar. I mean it hits you out of nowhere, like an earthquake... here it is, but I was my experience and maybe other people haven't had it so hard. I don't like grammar very much, and I suck at logical understanding, so for me it's harder to understand certain phrases. I never had to learn for a language this hard, but it wasn't Kanji, they are easy, but the grammar is really bad.
You have different grammar with the same meaning, but when you have to use it, is so difficult. There are such tiny nuances and if you make a mistake, maybe it is offending.

My teachers said, that we would learn the whole basics within a year, but I had to learn about 2,5 ys. only to understand the "basics". I'm not the hardcore learning type, so for me was difficult :why:
But once you manage to learn it, you are soooo proud of the fact, that you did it. It's a good feeling and a good experience. :pile:

[Firebird]

I speak english, german (native language), italian, french (learning at school)and latin (learning at school). I also know a few words in japanese and russian (watching TV or reading)

mfg Firebird

[Dragon Blood]

Yes and no. The first 2 or 3 weeks were easy with learning Hiragana, Katakana and the first Kanji, but after a while there was a certain limit understanding the grammar. I mean it hits you out of nowhere, like an earthquake... here it is, but I was my experience and maybe other people haven't had it so hard. I don't like grammar very much, and I suck at logical understanding, so for me it's harder to understand certain phrases. I never had to learn for a language this hard, but it wasn't Kanji, they are easy, but the grammar is really bad.
You have different grammar with the same meaning, but when you have to use it, is so difficult. There are such tiny nuances and if you make a mistake, maybe it is offending.

My teachers said, that we would learn the whole basics within a year, but I had to learn about 2,5 ys. only to understand the "basics". I'm not the hardcore learning type, so for me was difficult :why:
But once you manage to learn it, you are soooo proud of the fact, that you did it. It's a good feeling and a good experience. :pile:

ok.....this is going to be fun!

[neji-erstaunlich]

I speak english, german (native language), italian, french (learning at school)and latin (learning at school). I also know a few words in japanese and russian (watching TV or reading)

mfg Firebird

so you are german ?? well i would like to learn this language...i just know some words and expressions...well i know some words and expressions in japanese and in russian watching TV or reading too...he he...:p well now i am trying to learn japanese but it's hard...
but german is the language i would like to learn the most...

[Dragon Blood]

The German Language.....is a bit easier than alot of the other languages

[StefiKittie]

I speak English natively, Spanish (took 6 years in school, and still not fluently) , and I'm in the process of trying to learn Japanese...not going so well on my own though so I am thinking about taking it as a college course.

[PatAce]

Fluently, I can speak English and Spanish, I learned Latin (yes Latin ~_~) in high school, and I can translate something to English or Spanish, but I can't really speak it.....I don't really know how to explain that ~_~ ..... and I also know a few phrases in Japanese, and I plan to study Japanese in my Junior year of college if all goes well ^_^. Also I can understand some Italian, since it's kinda like Spanish and Latin ^_^.

[Dragon Blood]

I also wish you the best of luck! I need to try learningmore than 28....that's gonna be fun! Anyways, good luck and remember to have fun!

[kamp]

i can claim to know 3, but the english language is the only one that i know backwards and forwards.

[neji-erstaunlich]

I also wish you the best of luck! I need to try learningmore than 28....that's gonna be fun! Anyways, good luck and remember to have fun!

ok...learn more than 28??i think that it's too much(my opinion) but if you want i think that you can go ahead...^^good luck...

[sohvi]

I speak finnish (native) swedish (secondary native = meaning that its second official language here, so everyone must learn it atleast a bit, plus I need it at job) english, bit of german and i once started to learn spanish. I´m planning on starting to learn japanese :)

[YamiKiba]

I speak English and a little bit of Tagalog. .and am trying to learn Japanese lol.

[neji-erstaunlich]

I speak English and a little bit of Tagalog. .and am trying to learn Japanese lol.

well i am trying to learn japanese but i think it's difficult...don't you think??
i mean, hiragana and katakana aren't difficult to learn but i can't understand canji...lol

[plarie]

I speak English and a little bit of Tagalog. .and am trying to learn Japanese lol.

Yay for Tagalog speaker! :3


Hmm...well, I speak Tagalog, which is my native tongue, English, Japanese, a bit of Korean (still practicing though), and (not really speaking but) Sign language. XD

I speak them, but I can't write them (besides Tagalog and English anyway). XD I'm almost fluent in my Japanese, but I can't read past Hiragana and some Katakana. I'm still learning Korean. o_o

I learned them through TV and other such stuff. Because I'm weird and can't learn the proper way. 8D

[Masumi]

Hi ...so I speack Italian and german very good ..only a little bit englisch...i like fansubs because i can listen to japan lenguage ( sweet is it!!) and read englisch to refresch it!!

[Dante]

I speak English and Spanish fluently, and I can carry simple conversations in Japanese, but I'm improving since it's what I'm studying at the moment^^

Now I have a question for you multy-language speakers. In my case, I can carry conversations in Japanese, nothing too deep or about topics which my vocabulary is not too profound, but I find it that I can understand A LOT more than I actually speak. It happened when I was learning English as well (Spanish is my native tongue) Has this happened to you guys as well, or am I just weird?

[Nuriko]

Hm x__x
German & Korean fluently, English kinda... good and Japanese & French in an understandable way X_X'

I should be able to speak Japanese better, since I have relatives there, but we all speak english (my cousins) and I refuse to speak japanese with them, ever since one of my cousins laughed at my "gajin" way of speaking/spelling words~

[MouF]

... but I find it that I can understand A LOT more than I actually speak. It happened when I was learning English as well (Spanish is my native tongue) Has this happened to you guys as well, or am I just weird?

You're normal or we are both weird! :D

My native tongue is French and I know English. I can read/listen to English without problems but I don't practise my speaking English enough. Like I always say: My signing English is better than my speaking it! :p But give my something to read/listen for a couple of minutes and I will be able to converse in English (though my verbs would needs a refresh, it's been more than 10 years since I finished school.)

And Japanese through the anime like most of every one here! :p InuYasha has some Japanese words that comes handy like kuso, teme... :evil: When I find someone who knows their meaning, we can then talk about anime! ;)

[neji-erstaunlich]

Hm x__x
German & Korean fluently, English kinda... good and Japanese & French in an understandable way X_X'

I should be able to speak Japanese better, since I have relatives there, but we all speak english (my cousins) and I refuse to speak japanese with them, ever since one of my cousins laughed at my "gajin" way of speaking/spelling words~

well i think you shouldn't worry about your way of speaking/spelling because if you know how to talk, that's what matters...if your cousins like you, they shouldn't worry about the way you speak...well but i understand you because i speak french now but five years ago, i wasn't really an expert and my cousins, well they looked at me and they laughed...just because i couldn't speak very well...

[Nuriko]

well i think you shouldn't worry about your way of speaking/spelling because if you know how to talk, that's what matters...if your cousins like you, they shouldn't worry about the way you speak...well but i understand you because i speak french now but five years ago, i wasn't really an expert and my cousins, well they looked at me and they laughed...just because i couldn't speak very well...

XD well, my cousins use me as guinea pig for practising german + english ^^; and since it takes ages (okay, minutes @.@) to form up a proper phrase I'm too annoyed + use english instead PLUS in a phone call you have to do it fast XP

[darkparagon]

English, Afrikaans and I'm still learning Japanese (very bad at it, as I'm lasy XD...... LOL) and starting a class in Mandarin chinese but as I'm deaf I don't really speak much when I can help it, but would rather I use sign language which I know both British English and American sign language, but as not meny people know sign, it means I have to talk in social situations. *sob*.......LOL

[Sasami86]

Hm x__x
German & Korean fluently, English kinda... good and Japanese & French in an understandable way X_X'

I should be able to speak Japanese better, since I have relatives there, but we all speak english (my cousins) and I refuse to speak japanese with them, ever since one of my cousins laughed at my "gajin" way of speaking/spelling words~

I know how that feels. Whenever I visit my family in Germany, it takes me a while to get the hang of the slang so for the first few weeks I stumble over my words and phrases, but my family understands that I'm flipping a switch in my brain from English to German. ^^

[marukawa]

i was born speaking English. :3 i used to be semi-fluent in Latin but not anymore!- since i moved to a different school and all. i'm not fluent in Spanish or Japanese but I know enough to get around town or to help tourists, etc.

[Evil]

Learning foreign languages are awesome, and it also comes in handy when you're out in public somewhere and people are talking about you and you understand! :)

Anyway, I speak Cantonese at home (not too well though :s), I learned Mandarin for 14 years at chinese school, but I've stopped for 3 and I've basically lost it :(. I can also speak English since I'm Australian-born... I learned Indonesian for a few years in primary school, and used to speak another dialect of Chinese (that I can't spell) when I was younger but am restricted to a few phrases. And I can kind of speak Khmer but I struggle with that ^^".

I can also say a few phrases in Vietnamese, Japanese and Korean but not enough to hold a conversation with anyone. I'd love to learn Japanese though, it'd be so great to not have to rely on subs.

Oh! Haha, I can sing a song in Latin and a few phrases in Latin... the song being my high school song *grins*

[fayt]

Yap, learning foreign language is awesome. I'm intending to learn japanese seriously when I'm not busy with schoolwork (Argh! Exams is a month away!).

Well, I'm Singapore-born. (Anyone knows Singapore? We're a small dot country on Earth! But developed.) Anyway, I can speak fluent Chinese and English....and a bit of Cantonese and Teochew (Chinese Dialects). My standard of Japanese is errmmm.......Beginner level? (thanks to all those anime that I have watch)

[shdowknives]

hm... i can speak english (cant spell to save my life haha)... a tad bit of spanish and esperanto from my middle school years... i can have a simple conversation in japanese... and i know random phrases in german, chinese, and french....and no ... not jsut the bad phrases...haha

i would love to be multi-lingual... of course i dont think i coudl ever spell anything in all those languages... much less learn all of them and not mix them up...XD... but its worth a shot... my life time project haha

[Dante]

It helps to be in a multicultural enviorement. I was born in a Spanish speaking country, then at 15 I moved to the States, where I of course, had to learn English. Thankfully I lived in Chile long enough not to lose my Spanish even though I hardly speak it. Now I just began taking Japanese in school, and I can pretty much hold a meaningful conversation and understand most of the anime I watch (since I studied intensively 2 years on my own), but I'm light years away from being truly fluent, I don't think I'll ever will be, but as long as I can understand about 90% and I can read somewhat, I'll be happy. Of course if I can find a Japanese related job after I graduate (to make my tuition worth while) I'll be triple happy^^

[jeyu]

So far I can only speak 2 languages fluently. English and Malay.

[U4ric]

English (native) and I used to be fluent in Danish, but haven't used it in over a decade so I find myself questioning how well I remember any of it and as a by-product, I found I could read Norwegian but spoke it with a Danish accent (go figure :D). In theory I should be able to understand Swedish, but when I lived in Denmark it just eluded me.

I know smatterings (some big some small) of Japanese, Spanish (thank you Sesame Street), German, French, Italian, Greek, Dutch, Aleut, Yupik and Flemish but I'd have to have some BIG TIME refreshers before I could be conversational. Maybe a phrase or two in Russian, but it's been a VERY long time and I was learning it through another language (Danish) which I was a beginner in at the time.

With some Asian languages rather than learning words I learned how they sound so that even though I didn't understand what was being said I had a good idea what language it was - I know... that sounds weird probably.

[arinna]

i'm fluent in 5 languages and can understand basic conversation in 2 other. i won't be listing japanese here, but i'm more than proud :sweat: to say i'm somewhat getting to the point where i scream when watching anime: "ooo, i know that word and that, and that!!!":dancing:


ohmygawd! sesshoumaru smilies!!! :woot:


hello cutie! :Sesshomaru2:

[yi2712]

I can speak well in Chinese, English and Malay. Don't really like Malay.... but since it's the national language, it's compulsary to learn.... All my subjects in jr. and high school are taught in it, sigh..... Since I am chinese, I went to a chinese primary school when young. Knowing Chinese is good and all, but all the words are a pain to remember, not to mention the exams. I still suck at it. >.< Especially the caligraphy, never had much patience for it. I can speak in Cantonese as well, although it sounds weird. I also have a minor understanding of Japanese after watching so many animes.... Although, I don't really understand their grammar....

[Ryan_83]

three languages...
learning a new language is always a pain in the a$$ for me

[skdo]

Aw.. there's people able to fluently manage more then three languages I feel kinda ashamed now XD. I'm relatively good with english (learned by myself), and well I do know japanese too and spanish cuz well, spanish is my native language.

I'm planning on studying chinese next year, and trying to learn korean by myself. I like learning languages but sometimes my school weird schedule (horary?) doesn't let me take the language's courses I want :(.

[Dante]

Don't feel bad, I don't think I can handle more than three either, I'm hardly managing the three I somewhat know ^^

[Daitenshi]

My native language is German, but I've learned English, Latin, French (but I've forgotten most of it) and a little bit Japanese. I do speak german (of course) and english.

[summertime]

I speak 3 language

[firesong]

English, Afrikaans fluently. Then a little Japanese, French, Dutch (and I don`t know if Latin counts) ;3

[Manoda]

I can speak 3 languages Hungarian my native language, German and English :D and I know some words and phrases in Japanese, just what I hear mostly in animes:D this year I'm going to try to learn Japanese and see if I can manage it^^

[asteh15]

English, Chinese, Japanese and Italian. :) My fav is Japanese and English.

[sueroxmysox]

Erm...does Pig Latin count? I speak about... 0000.07% Japanese (gotta LOVE those subtitles--go, YouTube!) **chortle** I speak very, VERY little Spanish. Otherwise, good old fashioned English.

[Dragoninu]

Hungarian, German and English ( a little bit Romanian) :)

[Manoda]

Dragoninu are you hungarian too?:D or I am just dreaming? :)

[neji-erstaunlich]

Hungarian, German and English ( a little bit Romanian) :)

ohh man...you are so lucky...Hungarian and German, my dream languages...I would like to go to germany (Viena) and I would like to know how to speak with people from there without the use of english...hmm i really think you are verry lucky...lol

[Behan]

I can speak two languages...Hmong (native language) and English...unfortunately I can't write in Hmong...I can read a little if I squint my eyes hards enough...*wink*

I took one Chinese class in College...and let me tell you...I suck...so now...I am taking Spanish...and guess what???...I am also bad at that too...

I guess I can say...I'm not good at learning no more than two languages...

[valanterry]

Wow, people here are so cool. I've always wanted to learn different languages. The only languages I know are English, Filipino, minor Spanish and Arabic.

I've always wanted to learn French and German...Japanese too so I'd be able to read manga haha.

[ingenuo]

I can speak Cantonese, Mandarin, English and Malay. My Japanese is at beginner level, learn a bit of Korean and Spanish from TV;know a few words in Hindi.

[lily_kitty15]

i can only speak english also its my second language i sooo wannan learn japanese but since i did home schooling i didn't get to learn japanese *Cry*

[vythanh]

I only speak two languages though...English and my native tongue Vietnamese. I did learn French for two years in high school but i'm not that good at all. Actually I sucked at it. it so hard to pronounce. I'm thinking of taking Japanese for my college elective but havetn' decided yet. I heard that the kanji is very hard

[jun0]

wow, to all people who speak so many languages, mad props...i mean 21 languages !!!!! wow! i got Korean, Japanese, and English here...

[darksky_devil]

amazing people! i can only speak 2 fluent language (my native language and english) . other languages i can only speak a little like nihongo, spanish and such

[japanextreme]

wow! i dont know how you people can speek other langueges but thats awsome. i can only speek some japanese and latin(which realy dosnt count)^^;

[anushkajan]

Currently I speak:

Armenian (native language), Russian, English, a little spanish and a little japanese but by the end of 2009 I hope to be able to fully speak, read, and understand Japanese (going to japan in 2010) :thwap:

[crazylady]

for me it
english
viet (not very fluence)
spanish (only a little)
japanese (learn from anine)

[Totinona]

My own language(Norwegian) + English. :sly:

Forgot to mention that I understand most Danish and Swedish.
:)

[kaktus]

Well i think that speaking different languages is quite important.... i'm spaeking:
English (yeah i've never been to england so i suppose my accent kind of strange)
Polish (my original language although i don't live in poland XD)
German (live in germany for 6 years and my german kind of veryyy good)

and of course i'd like to learn more languages, japanese realy hard but i would like to learn this language think it's kind of cool XD
make sure to learn a good language :-)

[vraieesprit]

English. American English. Believe me, they are different ^_^. French. Japanese. Disclaimer is I'm still studying the last one of those, but I'm cohesive enough to read novels and manga and watch anime without subs, so not too bad :) It's not as difficult a language to speak or even to read as people seem to think, so yay :)

I studied Spanish to A Level and German to GCSE also. So some vague knowledge of both of those remains. And a smattering of Welsh :)

That's me :)

Vraie

[yleighne]

My native language and English. I'm learning Japanese as of now. I kinda suck at writing Kanji. I studied French too, but I only remember the basics.

[Miffychan]

I'm fluently in Dutch, French, German, English and Vietnamese and in 1 or 2 years I'm planning to go study in Asia :-) Got the permission from my parents to go study some extra languages (Korean and/or Japanese) abroad. Can't hardly wait.. but first I got to obtain my degree first. Else the motherload is going to close its doors :'(

[Jyezrah]

Wow, so many amazing people. I've known a linguist from afar in my life. She spoke English, Spanish, Arabic, French... the list just went on and on.

I sturggle with languages, but my native tongue is English (American). I might be able to make it in Mexico for all of five minutes, and I'm trying to teach myself Japanese. Ha. My dream is to be fluent in Japanese, and then move on to Korean.

I haven't put too much work into it though... -ashamed-

Anyone know a good online resource for Japanese?

[hpangel]

I can only speak two languages fluently. My first language was Spanish and then I learned English later on. Although I do know some Japanese words and phrases from reading manga and watching the animes of course!!

[AethelwynePixie]

For speaking, I speak only Indonesian [my native] and English most of the time. I can speak Chinese a bit, but I rarely speak in Chinese. I can speak a bit of Japanese too... :]

[sakurawar]

..oh..
..i speak 4 languange...
..ehehe..

[kajikun16]

i can speak english,tagalog,a few chinese and japanese

[Spiffy]

I speak 2. English and Spanish. I can't speak Spanish half as well as I should. I could understand it perfectly though. lolz. xD

[NonameXP]

I speak english and spanish fluently though, i took french for 3 years im no good.

[Gups]

My native language is Scots English (och aye!) but my mum's Asian, and I grew up in a multicultural environment, so I'm naturally tri-lingual. I can speak English, French, German, Italian, Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, Punjabi, and Gibberish. I understand enough Japanese to not need subs for my anime (unless there's excessive use of jargon) but I'm far from fluent. I've also picked up smatterings of Latin, Greek, Spanish and Russian from school, with my proficiency mostly limited to reading and writing only. I also know the odd bits of Malay and Chinese but not enough to matter.

[2sonic]

I speak Swedish (native language), Norwegian, American/English, fluently. I studied German for 4 years, but I'm already starting to forget it since I never speak it, though I understand it very well. I also understand danish, a little spanish, french and also a little lao.

[Karol_lp]

Spanish and English

[ashgray2]

I speak two language one is English as my second language.
Tagalog is my country's original language.
In our country we also speak in different dialects.

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[olla86]

I speak English well and French a bit...

[VhaeVhae]

Pretty crazy how so many people aren't native english speakers - I can't even tell. Me, the only language I'm confident enough to say I can speak is, well, English. Insofar as reading goes though, I stumble my way through manga raws with the help of online dictionaries/translators. Kanji is so much easier to understand than chinese characters, mostly because of lovely, lovely furigana. It's always been a gripe of mine that if you don't know a chinese character, then you don't know it. Guessing won't take you anywhere at all, unless it's guessing from context and if you know enough chinese to do that it doesn't really matter anyways.

[Clayshell]

i can speak tagalog

english

a little of japanese

same goes with spanish

[drexydefighter]

english and malayan :D