World Languages

So I'm currently in the process of learning Spanish. I took French during elementary and middle school and retained a good amount of it. English of course is my first language.

Just wondering how many people know multiple languages or are learning second languages since here in the United States not much emphasis is placed on learning a second language. Mostly because we spend so much time cramming English down everybody's throats. Whereas most people I know from other countries know three or four languages.

Know three.....woop-deee....

i'm american and i know 4. that's pretty weird, huh?

I know

English (first language)
Spanish (Second language)
German (very little, forgot most of it from my old army days)

i would like to learn,
Italian, Korean, and Austrailian (cause god knows they speak something weird.) :evillol:

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i would like to learn Austrailian (cause god knows they speak something weird.) :evillol:

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throw anutta shrimp on da barbiee...

I took 2 years of french and retained almost nothing.

I also learned german and became pretty good, I used to be able to hold a conversation in it, now you'd probably have to talk real slow for me to understand.

and english is my first language.

English and Afrikaans. Been speaking both my whole life so I can't really class anyone as first or second, although going by amount spoken, English would be first, since I speak Afrikaans to my mom these days.

I know 2.. and thankfully I speak both of em fluently and without any accent..

Spanish (First language)
English (Second, ofcourse)

1 - English.

i do speak a variety of colloquial forms though...

English is my only fluent one but I learn Spanish, German and Maori in high school and I'm starting studying Spanish later on in the year at University.

english, ghettoish, and i know just enough spanish to get in a fight (sadly enough)

I can speak English and Italian fluently, but also can speak French and German to a degree.

My first lanquage(s) is Thai/Laos. My mom is Thai and my father is Laos and they were both spoken in my household from as long as I can remember. They are close enough that it's easy to understand one language if you know the other :) English is my second, French being my third since I'm living in Canada, hehe... and I'm currently learning Japan, whoo!

1st is English

I don't have a second but do know one phrase in spanish.
Uno mas cervesa porfavor... Can't spell in spanish either... Well can't really spell in english...haha

My first lanquage(s) is Thai/Laos. My mom is Thai and my father is Laos and they were both spoken in my household from as long as I can remember. They are close enough that it's easy to understand one language if you know the other :) English is my second, French being my third since I'm living in Canada, hehe... and I'm currently learning Japan, whoo!

japenese. :wink:

Four.



Edit: ok, ok, 3

whoa, jay's back. we thought Jimster had taken you hostage and was locking you in a cupboard. Avid Merrion style.

I was briefly away on holiday (not with Jimster), then very busy with work (midget porn productions, with Jimster).

japenese. :wink:

Japanese :flipa: :p

English, Spanish, and Italian.....

I'm currently learning arabic/turkish and american sign language

Japanese :flipa: :p

i was closer than your first attempt...

I personally don't know anyone here who don't know 2+ languages. Except for like.. 90 year olds.

Myself, I know Swedish, English, Spanish, and some German. And I learn some French and Somali off some friends, mostly curses, but still. Oh and ofcourse I can handle Norweigan and Danish too.

I personally don't know anyone here who don't know 2+ languages. Except for like.. 90 year olds.

Myself, I know Swedish, English, Spanish, and some German. And I learn some French and Somali off some friends, mostly curses, but still. Oh and ofcourse I can handle Norweigan and Danish too.

Where is here?

he's from Sweden.

sadly only english....in the process of learning spanish and my family speaks yoruba so i understand a little bit of it but still can't speak it

sadly only english....in the process of learning spanish and my family speaks yoruba so i understand a little bit of it but still can't speak it

Please excuse my ignorance but I've never heard of Yoruba, what country of origin is it?

And I see you're in T-Town, you goin to school there/ born there/ both? I'm graduating from FAMU next year.

^Really? Dude...i'll be back there this winter. Fla Afer's BBQ!!! w00t

yoruba is a language of Nigeria. I've heard of it before. Not sur eif it's common or not, but it's only the second African language I've heard of and actually heard in America.

Dizamn! Another tally AFer? Well that make 4 of us that I know of now.

And thanks for the info on yoruba:sunglasse

no...orlando, UCF. although i was up there a lot.

^Really? Dude...i'll be back there this winter. Fla Afer's BBQ!!! w00t

yoruba is a language of Nigeria. I've heard of it before. Not sur eif it's common or not, but it's only the second African language I've heard of and actually heard in America.its also spoken by alot of the followers of Santeria Religion here in the USA and Cuba.

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For me it goes English fluently, German fairly well, Spanish...eh a bit here and there, French a few words. I have taken all of the classes I just mentioned but I am continuing German all through college.

thats it...

i knew i heard it from somewhere and why it was popular. but still, only heard it a couple of times.

Please excuse my ignorance but I've never heard of Yoruba, what country of origin is it?

And I see you're in T-Town, you goin to school there/ born there/ both? I'm graduating from FAMU next year.

Go to school there....interesting town if you're new but it gets depressing after you've been there for a long time + my parents are nigerian

1) Gujurati
2) English
3) Spanish
4) Pig Latin
5) Drrunkenslurrr



ok, so 3

1) GujuratiOkay forgive my ignorance, but where is that spoken?

TS

^Glad you asked before me. I already proved my ignorance once this thread.

Geez, c'mon it's spoken in Gujurati-land of course. :rolleyes:

Is that anywhere near Banlandia?

Is that anywhere near Banlandia?

:rofl::lol:

:dunno:, I've never been there...but I heard it's just over the horizon from there. :cwm27:

(Funny, I did a Google search for Banlandia and AF was the first several.)

:rofl::lol:

:dunno:, I've never been there...but I heard it's just over the horizon from there. :cwm27:

(Funny, I did a Google search for Banlandia and AF was the first several.):rofl: OMG that is too funny. Its the first thing that pops up in Google, my post about Banlandia. Oh man, at this rate it just might become a household name :iceslolan
I swear I should have copyrighted it.:rofl:

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...Banlandia. Oh man, at this rate it just might become a household name :iceslolan
I swear I should have copyrighted it.:rofl:

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It's never too late...there's a copyright post around here somewhere...

:rofl:

At least add it to Urban Dictionary where it can join the ranks of the mippie, moppie, and mopperizer! They should just give us our own section... which gives me an idea:sunglasse

I speak english and french (speak and write)

i took 2 years of spanish in grade 7 and 8, remember some.

i'm taking russian next year in university and would like to eventually finish my spanish and maybe learn german.

by the way, spanish is really really easy to learn if you already know french. i went to french school until grade 8 and spanish was a breeze.

by the way, spanish is really really easy to learn if you already know french. i went to french school until grade 8 and spanish was a breeze.

:iagree:

English
French
Chinese (Mandarin)

1) GujuratiOkay forgive my ignorance, but where is that spoken?

TS

India, state of Gujurat. upper west coast. India has A LOT of languages/dialects

India, state of Gujurat. upper west coast. India has A LOT of languages/dialects

You ever lived there or did you simply learn off your parents?

I've got spanglish down.

If spanglish counts, then I'm countin ebonics.

I'm countin' hick.

You ever lived there or did you simply learn off your parents?

I learned it off my parents and grandma, who lives with us. I myself was born in Queens, NYC

edit: i should say, it was also my primary language. i didn't really learn english til I was about 6. my speech in kindergarten was a mix of gujurati, english, and gibberish....

i speak english. some french and german, a little spanish.

every form of colloquial english including cockey (not totally fluent)

and i speak redneck, almost fluently.

then you would make a great floridian depending on what part you move to
im already know ebonics and im relearning spanglish

I don't know. Floridian redneck is like a whole nother level of redneckedness. It takes a lot of skill to master that art.

no not alot of skill...........just a lack of education and a love for all things on 4 legs.

and sometimes 3 legs

Agree that America doesn't put much emphasis on learning foreign languages. Hey, we're the biggest world power, it's our way or nothin'!

Anyways, I know English (native language) and Spanish (second language), and I'm currently learning Japanese.

i speak english, patois(caribean, jamaican), and some spanish(7th year)