Spin Off: What languages do you speak?

My first language is Spanish, I was taught English during my adolescence and also studied some basic French which I lest I am starting to forget.

I would like to study Italian and German, and increase my studies in French as well.

My first Language is Portuguese, and I understand Spanish, Italian and a little of French and can speak well back and write in Spanish, but only a little in Italian and French. English is my close second Language.

Just English and French. I'm an enormous linguistic dunce compared to most people here.

English (sort of), and enough Spanish to order beer, ask where the bathrooms are and hail a taxi.

I speak both Modern and Biblical Hebrew, Yiddish, broken German, English, and some ASL.

I speak the language of love.

*smooch*

Spanish (native) and English.

Oh, and I'm fluent in medicalese.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that one.

Does speaking Glasgow count?

English (of the East Texas variety), Spanish (with a Cuban accent due to the person who taught me), and what passes for French in Louisiana. I also know a few phrases in Irish.

I've always wanted to learn German though. Just haven't had time.

English plus a certain amount of French, German and Russian.

Fran said:

Just English and French. I'm an enormous linguistic dunce compared to most people here.

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LOL

same for me.

English native, best at Spanish, then French, then German. They are all pretty rusty now, but I worked a bilingual tech job (Spanish) fairly recently and took non-language classes taught in German once upon a time.

I'm not fluent in any of them, not even English anymore

Fran said:

Does speaking Glasgow count?

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My first short story was written in Glaswegian. It was completely incomprehensible to Americans.

I used to be decent in French and German, mediocre in modern Greek. I studied Ancient Greek and Latin. My first words, apparently, were in Jerriais, a Norman patois of the Channel Islands.

I think, though lack of use, that I've forgotten almost every language I've ever learned. That makes me sad.

I speak a mixture of LOLcat and something like English.

Fran said:

Does speaking Glasgow count?

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Can you speak Scots leid?

Anyways,

Speak: English, a few sentences in German
Write: English, broken German
Read: English, German, French, West Frysian, Scots leid
Interest: Welsh, Greek, Latin

Xelebes said:

Can you speak Scots leid?

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I had honestly never heard of it referred to as that, but I found some online and I do understand it. That's not what I speak, I just speak strongly accented English. We jis' ca' i' talkin' the Glesga.

For those who are curious: http://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_leid

English and enough German to get around, but certainly not fluent. I can order at McDonald's, though.

English, enough Spanish to get myself into trouble or out of it (depending on my mood) thanks to 4 years of study, some French through about the sophmore level at the university, and can read a little bit o' Latin.

Having to pick up some German because my son is studying it in school daily along with Spanish. He's doing a stellar job with the German, though. The kid has more talent for languages than ol' mom.

My mom is fluent in Russian and English and reads/writes in Latin. My uncle is fluent in Chinese and English (with some Arabic).

And as both drive me up the walls...it really busts my chi that they know more difficult languages than I do....and know them well

I'm pretty much English only and not proud of it. Used to speak some Spanish, but have forgotten most of it. Can chant a few verses in Pali. That's about it.

I've always admired those who have mastered several languages. That to me is an impressive accomplishment.

I don't know if I can say I speak any language fluently; I am a halting speaker. But I write fluent English, and can manage Spanish fairly well. I can navigate websites in several other languages.

I also speak enough Kittish, the native tongue of non-LOL-cats, to insult a cat well enough to incite an attack.

English, French (fluently, including comprehension of Joual), German (fading, but still functional) and a smattering of Italian. I understand all the airport signs in Spanish, does that count for anything?

I did take classes in Arabic and Greek way back when, but they're pretty well gone, although I can still decipher the Greek alphabet.

Oh, and a smattering of Albanian. A very small smattering, mind you. It's a very unique language, so none of my other languages help with it.