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phelan 11-12-2009 02:45 PM

What other languages do you speak?
 
Out of curiosity :) What's your primary language, and do you know how to speak anything else?

For me, my primary language is obviously English. But I also speak Japanese, Indonesian, and rudimentary Spanish (which absolutely kills me in Los Angeles, lol)

CervanteZ 11-12-2009 03:02 PM

Spanish, English and a bit of Italian.

TX_370 11-12-2009 03:24 PM

Good English, Bad English, and some Spanish

:ninja3: I also speak interwebz :p

dad 11-12-2009 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by phelan (Post 277119)
Out of curiosity :) What's your primary language, and do you know how to speak anything else?

For me, my primary language is obviously English. But I also speak Japanese, Indonesian, and rudimentary Spanish (which absolutely kills me in Los Angeles, lol)

I have to ask, what nationality are you?(just courious)

Jordan777er 11-12-2009 03:36 PM

English is obviously my first language, and I'm minoring in French. I can speak it well enough to hold conversations, but I can't write a book or anything like that...

phelan 11-12-2009 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by dad (Post 277170)
I have to ask, what nationality are you?(just courious)

Chinese-blooded, born in Indonesia, moved to USA before I was two months old.

XwChriswX 11-12-2009 03:54 PM

English
Bad English (Not everyone is literate...)
Slang (Modern Generation)
Ebonics (In certain parts of the country, you understand...)
British (Which is not the same as English lol)
German (I know basic conversation, letters, numbers, sporradic words, and
how to tell if I am/going somewhere I don't wanna be, and how to get out)

That should be the First thing you learn if your ever going to a foreign country...

Mike 11-12-2009 03:54 PM

English is first language.
I can read and write spanish, but I find it hard to keep up in conversation (unless I'm mildly drunk, then I seem to do fine, I guess its just feeling self conscious about it when not drinking).
I can also make out about 70% of Portuguese when I read it.

XwChriswX 11-12-2009 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by phelan (Post 277191)
Chinese-blooded, born in Indonesia, moved to USA before I was two months old.

So we know your ancestry, your birthplace, and where you reside... Noooo Nationality in there =) j/k :tup:

I could almost steal your identity, I just need the first 3 digits of your phone number =) :bowrofl::bowrofl:

theDreamer 11-12-2009 04:05 PM

American Sign Language

My list of languages to start & complete before 30:
~Russian
~Spanish
~Chinese

phelan 11-12-2009 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by XwChriswX (Post 277199)
So we know your ancestry, your birthplace, and where you reside... Noooo Nationality in there =) j/k :tup:

I could almost steal your identity, I just need the first 3 digits of your phone number =) :bowrofl::bowrofl:

well try to place my nationality based on that! i dunno what to call myself.

indonesian, i guess?!

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Originally Posted by theDreamer (Post 277208)
American Sign Language

My list of languages to start & complete before 30:
~Russian
~Spanish
~Chinese

good luck with Chinese, i couldn't handle all the intonations...lol

XwChriswX 11-12-2009 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phelan (Post 277210)
well try to place my nationality based on that! i dunno what to call myself.

indonesian, i guess?!

Don't take this as an insult...


Indo-chi-merican???

:tup:

dad 11-12-2009 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phelan (Post 277191)
Chinese-blooded, born in Indonesia, moved to USA before I was two months old.

That's what I thought. Most/majority Americans are to lazy, or can't pick up on another language (my self). I took a Spanish class, but I got frustrated and gave up.
What I find surprising is watching TV, and the number of people over seas that can speak English.

phelan 11-12-2009 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XwChriswX (Post 277213)
Don't take this as an insult...


Indo-chi-merican???

:tup:

:roflpuke2: These days I just say I'm american and be done with it. :usa:

Quote:

Originally Posted by dad (Post 277214)
That's what I thought. Most/majority Americans are to lazy, or can't pick up on another language (my self). I took a Spanish class, but I got frustrated and gave up.
What I find surprising is watching TV, and the number of people over seas that can speak English.

well it certainly helps that English is the most widespread and still considered the "business language of the world". So most countries will still have English courses in some way shape or form, i.e. Japan has mandatory courses from elementary school all the way until graduate level coursework.

G37Sam 11-12-2009 04:56 PM

Weird, no Arabic speakers on board?

I speak, read and write English, Arabic (around 3 dialects) and French

bigaudiofanat 11-12-2009 05:03 PM

Computer and binary code

ishthemienguy 11-12-2009 06:20 PM

Main language is English, I also speak Mien and currently trying to learn japanese.

phelan 11-12-2009 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ishthemienguy (Post 277344)
Main language is English, I also speak Mien and currently trying to learn japanese.

good luck with japanese! it's really hard to get going, but once you do it'll all come together.

j.arnaldo 11-12-2009 08:46 PM

Oigan, chicos, pues vamos a darle un poco al español, ah?! Pa' encima, brothers!!!
(Native speaker of Spanish, but I love English--American English--so I decided to take grammar, phonetics, orthography, semantics, the whole nine yards, to improve my skills in it). So, woof in either, 'cause I can woof in both! Saludos/Greetings, amigos!

Sunsational04 11-12-2009 08:52 PM

PORTUGUESAAAAAA!!

and i can read/write spanish (its been awhile but i should still be able to) and i can speak it

DinoJ 11-12-2009 09:00 PM

I speak fluent Afrikaans, some French and then English.
Any other South Africans on here?

j.arnaldo 11-13-2009 10:05 AM

...Portuguesa...hmmm...Jobim y la chica de Ipanema (la garota de Ipanema, ah?!). Brazilian music is my favorite music (I'm aware of the fact that being Portuguese isn't synonym of being Brazilian, but you DO share the same language!) Chega de Saudade, Por causa de voçe, Estrada do sol, Imagina, Aguas de Março, Desafinado, Corcovado, A Felicidade...ah, the memories! Tu idioma es bello, y la musica en portugues es bellisima! Si tienes dudas en español, solo dejamelo saber, y te ayudo; tu me ayudas a mi con el Portugues, O.K.?, O.K.!
J. Arnaldo Nuñez (Nunhes/Nunes, in Portuguese, I guess!) Hasta pronto!

370Zsteve 11-13-2009 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigaudiofanat (Post 277271)
computer and binary code

01000011 01100001 01101110 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01110010 01100101 01100001 01100100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01101001 01110011 00111111 ?

phelan 11-13-2009 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by j.arnaldo (Post 277818)
...Portuguesa...hmmm...Jobim y la chica de Ipanema (la garota de Ipanema, ah?!). Brazilian music is my favorite music (I'm aware of the fact that being Portuguese isn't synonym of being Brazilian, but you DO share the same language!) Chega de Saudade, Por causa de voçe, Estrada do sol, Imagina, Aguas de Março, Desafinado, Corcovado, A Felicidade...ah, the memories! Tu idioma es bello, y la musica en portugues es bellisima! Si tienes dudas en español, solo dejamelo saber, y te ayudo; tu me ayudas a mi con el Portugues, O.K.?, O.K.!
J. Arnaldo Nuñez (Nunhes/Nunes, in Portuguese, I guess!) Hasta pronto!

sun, translate, please! O_o;;

j.arnaldo 11-13-2009 11:02 AM

Whataya want me to translate, phelan? Greetings, Esse, guey, vato!

Chupacabra 11-13-2009 12:08 PM

native language: Spanish

also speak, write, and read: English and Portuguese.

I understand Italian, can read it and all, but cannot hold an intense conversation in it. to similar to Spanish and Portuguese.

I tried German for about 3 months... but after the two exchange students left Florida, that was it.


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