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What kind of languages can you speak?

de ceigered, 22 de enero de 2010

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Idioma: English

walkingonthesun (Mostrar perfil) 6 de febrero de 2010 00:51:29

Fluent speaker of English, and I can speak Spanish sort of.

eikored85 (Mostrar perfil) 6 de febrero de 2010 05:04:25

I'm guessing by "some" you mean enough to communicate all basic functions, i.e. able to express wants and needs, handle basic conversations, talk about oneself, find one's way, help strangers in that language, etc.? I'd say that's probably the equivalent of 1-2 years of college study.

In that case, I suppose I'm fluent in English, and can speak "some" Taiwanese, French, Mandarin, and Spanish.

I've taken German and Japanese classes, and independently studied Turkish, but I wouldn't dare say I speak any of those...

ceigered (Mostrar perfil) 8 de febrero de 2010 06:46:16

Uvi:As for the proto-languages, I suppose that as we go back in time, we approach the fabled indo-european model more and more?
Yeah, pretty much rido.gif

eikored85:I'm guessing by "some" you mean enough to communicate all basic functions, i.e. able to express wants and needs, handle basic conversations, talk about oneself, find one's way, help strangers in that language, etc.? I'd say that's probably the equivalent of 1-2 years of college study.
That's pretty much what I mean by some, but I left it ambiguous because of the nature of languages. But yes, enough to respond to basic topics in the language lango.gif

Peacewind (Mostrar perfil) 4 de marzo de 2010 01:10:00

Ironchef:I am curious what the 2 votes were for for "fluent in other language". I wonder if we have any "fluent" Celtic/Gaelic speakers in our midst.
My good high school friend (who is still in high school, I am not) is fluent is Gaelic. She started studying the language in grade 8. She can speak very well. Her reading and writing is still shaky...but not bad for 5 years. I'm trying to convince her to learn Esperantos with me (as I am just starting).

Burgandyrose (Mostrar perfil) 10 de marzo de 2010 07:19:39

Has anyone considered sign language? I realize it is not spoken in the traditional sense but it does have its own syntax and semantics. I know there are different sign languages for different cultures, which can complicate matters further. I head somewhere the middle finger which is an insult here in the U.S. means brother in Chinese sign language. okulumo.gif

Pharoah (Mostrar perfil) 27 de marzo de 2010 03:58:18

The strangest language of all:

Perl.

sjheiss (Mostrar perfil) 27 de marzo de 2010 04:42:49

I speak Norwegian and German both at an intermediate level, and will in the near future be fluent in them. okulumo.gif
Actually, while I can read a lot of German, I hadn't used it in over a year, so I could barely write it, but I recently picked it up again, and won't stop until I'm fluent. ridego.gif
I also am definitely going to learn Esperanto to fluency, and expect to be the end of summer.

As for sign languages mentioned, I am really fascinated by them, but don't really like ASL (personal reasons), but when I move to Norway, I might learn some Norsk tegnspråk. rido.gif

horsto (Mostrar perfil) 27 de marzo de 2010 11:20:10

Pharoah:The strangest language of all:
Perl.
I also like it. The funny thing is that Perl was created by a linguist, something that nearly never happens, that a linguist creates a language.
One of the slogans of Perl is: "There's more than one way to do it," commonly known as TMTOWTDI.

chilufya (Mostrar perfil) 3 de abril de 2010 04:33:32

Oh this is a fun one!

Let's see:

Fluent in English and French
Not 'fluent' but can still get around quite handily in Russian, German, & Thai.
Jamaican Patois is also in the mix as my wife's Jamaican, but some debate whether that's a language or not.
And of course nia esperanto.

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