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SilentLoner · 11-07-2009, 09:11 AM

I'm fluent in English and Spanish. I can speak a little Japanese, Irish Gaelic and Farsi but not very well.

I would like to be fluent in Japanese.

its_a_rick · 11-07-2009, 09:33 AM

Two, Dutch and English. Although I will probably butcher the pronunciation when speaking English as I only type it =p

Lithium4 · 11-07-2009, 09:45 AM

The few Dutch people I've met spoke excellent English even though they thought they didn't.

nothing to fear · 11-07-2009, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Madison_Rose

Aw maaaan! I'm so jealous!

yea i think it's great for kids to learn and be immersed in another language at such a young age. it opens up more doors in the future for occupations and countries to live or visit. it's just a shame i never finished that final grade 12 course as i would have gotten my bilingual certificate, but oh well. i'm thinking of going back and taking it again but i'm nervous to do that since it's been so long.

Lithium4 · 11-07-2009, 09:57 AM

Canada does a great job of teaching a second language to kids from a young age, but unfortunatly, French is so invisible in most of Canada that most people lose most of their french skills as soon as they graduate.

JFmtl · 11-07-2009, 10:02 AM

I speak French and I think I can read/write well in English, even though my speaking of it is still so so.

IHeartSteveMcQueen · 11-07-2009, 10:08 AM

I'm so-so in french but its probably a confidence issue. I can't really speak english either.

huh · 11-07-2009, 10:09 AM

Just English, for the most part. I took 3 years of German in highschool, but I can't remember enough for it to be worth much to me. I'd like to take the time to learn Spanish or German. I've taught myself several programming languages though :P

Iced Soul · 11-07-2009, 10:21 AM

English. I can speak a tiny bit of French and can write and read a bit, but not enough to count it as being fluent.

I've always wanted to learn French, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish, though.

Sunshine009 · 11-07-2009, 02:56 PM

some English, some spanish, some cat, some dog

bezoomny · 11-07-2009, 05:21 PM

I'm conversational at French but much better at writing it. I also know Ancient Greek and Latin very well, but since both are dead, I really don't speak them. So two.

Homersxchild · 11-07-2009, 07:03 PM

Fluent in English of course. I studied French in high school for 3 years and I've been reading/self-teaching since then. I hope to continue it in college so I can become a French linguist. So... I'm far from being fluent in French, but I'll pick two because I'd say I'm pretty good at reading it. I have trouble speaking it though... but, I can't even speak English in real life soo.. no hope there.

I'm also planning on studying Arabic in college, too. I think Japanese would be awesome to learn as well but as of now, there is no plans to study that one.

carambola · 11-07-2009, 07:07 PM

I'll answer "Two", I guess.

I read French and could get by speaking it if I had to. I've studied Spanish, Japanese, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Russian, Mandarin, Swahili, and Ancient Greek in school, as well as a little German on my own, but I've forgotten lots and don't really have much speaking ability in those. I don't have strong interests in particular languages, just language in general.

Sheri · 11-07-2009, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by moxosis

I would have to say two that I can speak, Icelandic , English.

Nice! I've been to Iceland before, very awesome country. One difficult-looking language though.

As for me, I speak just English. I've taken Italian courses in high school and college, but they didn't do much. Perhaps some day.

ecotec83 · 11-07-2009, 07:21 PM

English and French here, would like to learn German someday.

proximo20 · 11-08-2009, 04:29 AM

English, Spanish fluently. I could speak German and Russian also but now I am out of practice.

Micronian · 11-08-2009, 04:40 AM

I'm fluent in English and Spanish, and I know enough Japanese to get by. I cannot read or write Japanese though...at least not enough to make good use of it.

TorLin · 11-08-2009, 05:05 AM

I voted "Two"

papaSmurf · 11-09-2009, 01:16 AM

English and Spanish here, although if I could only speak one language it would most definitely have to be Portuguese. Other languages I want to learn include Arabic, Japanese, Hindi, French, Swedish, and everything.

odd_one_out · 11-09-2009, 04:15 AM

I'm only fluent in English (if not verbally), and have studied French, Spanish, Latin, and Japanese.

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11-07-2009, 09:11 AM	#21 (permalink)
SilentLoner Status: Otaku Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Lost in thought, though occasionally I may be located at an anime convention. Gender: Female Age: 22 Posts: 2,452	I'm fluent in English and Spanish. I can speak a little Japanese, Irish Gaelic and Farsi but not very well. I would like to be fluent in Japanese. __________________ "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.” -Plato "When a cold wind blows it chills you - chills you to the bone. But there's nothing in nature that freezes your heart like years of being alone." OTAKU UNITE! “We honor Dr. Tiller’s legacy of service to women.” Dr. George Tiller 1941 -2009 Memorial Web Page http://www.iamdrtiller.com/ http://www.remembertiller.com/

11-07-2009, 09:33 AM	#22 (permalink)
its_a_rick Status: So tired... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Netherlands Gender: Male Age: 20 Posts: 212	Two, Dutch and English. Although I will probably butcher the pronunciation when speaking English as I only type it =p __________________ Yummy... boredom.

11-07-2009, 09:45 AM	#23 (permalink)
Lithium4 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Montreal Gender: Male Posts: 639	The few Dutch people I've met spoke excellent English even though they thought they didn't. __________________ Demented and sad but social

11-07-2009, 09:57 AM	#25 (permalink)
Lithium4 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Montreal Gender: Male Posts: 639	Canada does a great job of teaching a second language to kids from a young age, but unfortunatly, French is so invisible in most of Canada that most people lose most of their french skills as soon as they graduate. __________________ Demented and sad but social

11-07-2009, 10:02 AM	#26 (permalink)
JFmtl Status: schtroumpf grognon Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Montréal Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 1,096	I speak French and I think I can read/write well in English, even though my speaking of it is still so so. __________________ Reverend Lovejoy: Marge, just about everything’s a sin. [holds up a Bible] Y’ever sat down and read this thing? Technically we’re not supposed to go to the bathroom.

11-07-2009, 10:08 AM	#27 (permalink)
IHeartSteveMcQueen Status: lost in the supermarket Join Date: May 2009 Location: Canada Gender: Female Posts: 1,405	I'm so-so in french but its probably a confidence issue. I can't really speak english either. __________________ If Adolf Hitler flew in today , they'd send a limousine anyway

11-07-2009, 10:09 AM	#28 (permalink)
huh Status: Statistical Anomaly Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: WI Gender: Male Age: 24 Posts: 1,037	Just English, for the most part. I took 3 years of German in highschool, but I can't remember enough for it to be worth much to me. I'd like to take the time to learn Spanish or German. I've taught myself several programming languages though :P __________________ "It takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen."

11-07-2009, 10:21 AM	#29 (permalink)
Iced Soul Status: Dancing on Rainbows Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Calilalaland Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 1,775	English. I can speak a tiny bit of French and can write and read a bit, but not enough to count it as being fluent. I've always wanted to learn French, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish, though. __________________ I scraped my knees while I was praying And found a demon in my safest haven. Seems like, it's getting harder to believe in anything Than just to get lost in all my selfish thoughts. I wanna know what it'd be like To find perfection in my pride To see nothing in the light Just turn it off In all my spite, in all my spite, I'll turn it off. - Turn It Off - Paramore http://twitter.com/MissEerie

11-07-2009, 02:56 PM	#30 (permalink)
Sunshine009 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Gender: Female Posts: 1,643	some English, some spanish, some cat, some dog __________________ "God grant me the serentity to accept the things I cannot change, to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference" - serenity prayer

11-07-2009, 05:21 PM	#31 (permalink)
bezoomny Status: the new disease Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mississippi Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 2,814	I'm conversational at French but much better at writing it. I also know Ancient Greek and Latin very well, but since both are dead, I really don't speak them. So two. __________________ bravo - echo - zulu - oscar - oscar - mike - november - yankee

11-07-2009, 07:03 PM	#32 (permalink)
Homersxchild Status: Garr. Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: USA. Gender: Female Age: 18 Posts: 110	Fluent in English of course. I studied French in high school for 3 years and I've been reading/self-teaching since then. I hope to continue it in college so I can become a French linguist. So... I'm far from being fluent in French, but I'll pick two because I'd say I'm pretty good at reading it. I have trouble speaking it though... but, I can't even speak English in real life soo.. no hope there. I'm also planning on studying Arabic in college, too. I think Japanese would be awesome to learn as well but as of now, there is no plans to study that one.

11-07-2009, 07:07 PM	#33 (permalink)
carambola Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Age: 24 Posts: 735	I'll answer "Two", I guess. I read French and could get by speaking it if I had to. I've studied Spanish, Japanese, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Russian, Mandarin, Swahili, and Ancient Greek in school, as well as a little German on my own, but I've forgotten lots and don't really have much speaking ability in those. I don't have strong interests in particular languages, just language in general.

11-07-2009, 07:21 PM	#35 (permalink)
ecotec83 Status: Ascending from the dark Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Belleville, Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Age: 26 Posts: 367	English and French here, would like to learn German someday. __________________ ~Our greatest battles are those with our own mind.~

11-08-2009, 04:29 AM	#36 (permalink)
proximo20 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Miami Age: 28 Posts: 744	English, Spanish fluently. I could speak German and Russian also but now I am out of practice. __________________ "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." "When I look back on all these worries , I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life most of which had never happened." W.Churchill

11-08-2009, 05:05 AM	#38 (permalink)
TorLin Status: MayTheForceBeWithYou Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Gender: Male Posts: 17,058	I voted "Two" __________________ MTFBWU (May The Force Be With You) - TORLIN AIM, MSN, YIM: T0RL1N Skype: Tor_Lin Visit me at; ToryLing.com \| LivingAnxious \| Facebook \| Myspace \| Last.fm

11-08-2009, 04:40 AM	#37 (permalink)
Micronian Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Osaka, Japan Gender: Male Posts: 1,940	I'm fluent in English and Spanish, and I know enough Japanese to get by. I cannot read or write Japanese though...at least not enough to make good use of it. __________________ "I might be great tomorrow, but hopeless yesterday"

11-09-2009, 01:16 AM	#39 (permalink)
papaSmurf Status: Adrift Join Date: Jun 2008 Gender: Male Age: 20 Posts: 139	English and Spanish here, although if I could only speak one language it would most definitely have to be Portuguese. Other languages I want to learn include Arabic, Japanese, Hindi, French, Swedish, and everything. __________________ SuperBetter! A multi-player way to beat SA My second post on this page does the best job describing SuperBetter

11-09-2009, 04:15 AM	#40 (permalink)
odd_one_out Status: Active-but-odd Join Date: Aug 2006 Age: 32 Posts: 1,214	I'm only fluent in English (if not verbally), and have studied French, Spanish, Latin, and Japanese.