Languages?

[Motoracer]

How many languages do you guys speak fluently and maybe not so fluently but are able to hold a conversation in that language? Also what languages are they?

My Bro is thinking about learning a new language and I thought it was a great idea so I want to learn a new language as well. I am thinking of either French, German or Italian for now. People from thoes countries say that my accent is good and I should be able to pick them up OK, so it seems pretty exciting at the moment.

I am at the moment fluent in English, Nepali and Hindi and I can hit on girls, swear, ask for basic nessecities in German.

[bugjuice]

i spiik ingrish.
used to know a lot of French, now I just kiss that way (including Australian).
Used to know a little German, but he moved a few months ago

[Eurygnomes]

Je parle un peu de francais (but can't spell it very well) et pocito Espagnol. But I kinda need to be in the vision of the person communicating as I gesture eloquently in all languages.

[idb]

Je parle un peu de francais (but can't spell it very well) et pocito Espagnol. But I kinda need to be in the vision of the person communicating as I gesture eloquently in all languages.
Being of Anglo-Saxon descent I know that if I speak s l o w l y and LOUDLY enough I can make myself understood in any language.

Seriously though I would like to learn a couple of languages - Italian cos I intend to visit there, Maori cos I know they're talking about me on telly (and it would be cool to speak the indigenous language), Japanese cos I think it could be really useful.

[Mr Skid]

I can pick a fight in Mandarin.

[dhunt]

Sort of know english, and know a couple filipino languages, learnt a little spanish at school and can't spell in any language :whocares:

[stify]

I can pick a fight in Mandarin.

i can pick the skin off a mandarin and an orange

[Joni]

Fluent in English and Afrikaans.
Can stumble through Spanish, Dutch and German

[sAsLEX]

ummm C,Java,Python and a few others..............


oh and a spattering of Latin, real useful I know but it kept me out of having to do english in 7th form

[Biff]

English, Welsh, French, German & Spanish, oh and bollox, especially when pissed.

[crashe]

I speaka da english and I can use sign language a little bit.
But as I havent used any sign language for ages...
I have forgotton a few signs. Plus Im not that quick at it now.

I was taught "Makaton" and also "Australasian"... but now they have changed it to "NZ sign language" so its different signs to what it used to be.

[placidfemme]

*speaks English and is fluent in absoltue bullshit :)*

[White trash]

Listen pal, I only speak two languages. English, and bad fucken English.

[Motoracer]

Listen pal, I only speak two languages. English, and bad fucken English.

I am sure "trash talk" is a language on it's own as well.

[Brian d marge]

English and Japanese , and I hate studying languages !!!
But I have to read maisy goes to the countryside .... in japanese to the boy

Stephen

[MikeL]

Can hold a conversation in half a dozen languages, but not sure I can say anything really intelligent in any of them...

[idb]

Listen pal, I only speak two languages. English, and bad fucken English.
Clever bastard.
I can only speak one of those.

[Firefight]

Ich verstehe nicht Deutsch

Herr Feuer-Kampf

[Joni]

Ich verstehe nicht Deutsch

Herr Feuer-Kampf

Hehe - so between you and Sudeep who taught who how to say the things the two of you do in German :whistle:

[thehollowmen]

I speak english
My wife speaks Norwegian and English, and a smattering of other european languages.

My sisters speak Thai and English
My dad speaks English and Chinese
My mum speaks English, Spanish and French
My lil brother speaks english and redneck

I feel left out.

[enigma51]

I speak english very deliciously!!

[ManDownUnder]

I can speak english and my wife cn spk txt!

I hate that bloody mangle of letters texting turns into...

[crashe]

I can speak english and my wife cn spk txt!

I hate that bloody mangle of letters texting turns into...

Awwwww ya poor wee thing... hehehe.
Actually we can all speak txt if we own a cell ph... hehehehe

[erik]

My mum's from croatia, so she speaks croatian and english. Dad's parents are from holland, even though dad was born here, he can speak some dutch.

My sister learned german pretty well in school.

I was supposed to learn japanese, but the classes in school kinda turned into a bit of a joke and most people didn't take it seriously.

I've kinda tried to learn a bit of croatian, but haven't stuck with it long enough.

So I just speak english.

If you're wanting to learn a foreign language, check to see if your local library has the any Pimsleur (http://www.pimsleur.com/) tapes/cds for it. Or you might have luck searching for pimsleur mp3's on DC++ or other peer to peer networks. They seem like a good way to learn how to speak a new language.

[Gremlin]

I speak English. In South Africa I was forced to learn Afrikaans and Xhosa as well, but I have neatly forgotten them. Also learnt a couple of different sign languages as well.

Came to NZ, learnt Japanese and Chinese, and have obviously picked up a few Maori words. Done some programming courses, so know a bit of Java, .Net etc.

Always seem to pick up a bit of a language, know it for a while, then forget. I have found that if you don't use a language, you tend to forget it, so now I am back to English and a bit of programming. Not too fussed...

[Biff]

I speak English. In South Africa I was forced to learn Afrikaans and Xhosa ...

Xhosa? That's a new one for me. (Dumb question alert) I take it that it's an African language?

[Artifice]

I would like to learn Maori cos I know they're talking about me on telly (and it would be cool to speak the indigenous language).(abreviated quote)

sure its not so you can speak it in front of the natives and piss em off cos most of em dont understand it themselves. :devil2:

[enigma51]

Xhosa? That's a new one for me. (Dumb question alert) I take it that it's an African language?
Hmmm yes one of the 11 offical languages in SA

[Gremlin]

Hmmm yes one of the 11 offical languages in SA
:rofl:

yep, when I left at the end of 96, 11 languages on the box. Couldn't even schedule one day of english TV. Now that's PC.

The other one that people had to learn - usually instead of Xhosa - was Zulu, I think.

[Big Dave]

Rudimentary english and even ruder German.

means I can sing 'two world wars and one world cup - doo dah - doo dah'
to recalcitrant BMW riders in their native tounge.

[Ixion]

Rudimentary english and even ruder German.

means I can sing 'two world wars and one world cup - doo dah - doo dah'
to recalcitrant BMW riders in their native tounge.

Ah but they got their revenge didn't they. They foisted the klunkenkrunchenklonkenbox on the world.

[Al]

Speak fluent English, Afrikaans and Zulu. Learnt (and lost) a bit of the German language in school.

Al

[TwoSeven]

I speak fluent british.. None of this international muck.

Also, tend to learn languages when I need them and forget them after. The old intensive Berlitz course is really good for that (not sure if NZ has that technology yet).

French, German, Russian and Hebrew are all languages i've had to learn over the years and I can quite happily say, forgotten. :)

I have a slight problem with hebrew because my english accent stops me pronouncing some of the sounds. Also Arabic is a problem too. Havnt mastered the art of spitting on my foot for some syllables.

[Hitcher]

Je parle français comme une vache espagnole...

[SkOrM]

Ive done 2 and a half years of German at school.
im going there in september for 3 weeks :Punk:

[Hitcher]

Ive done 2 and a half years of German at school.
im going there in september for 3 weeks
What, school?

[Velox]

Latin and English. Although Latin's more writing based rather than speaking based.
And I can understand basic Maori.

[Waylander]

American south english, So-Cal english and a smathering of pirate.:weird:

[Ixion]

American south , So-Cal and a smathering of pirate.:weird:

We're TEACHING you English :devil2: :rofl: :motu:

[XP@]

French - fluent (lived there for 3 years)
Swedish - can drink beer and vodka (lived there for 2 years)
German - understand but cannot not speak (never been there)

[spudchucka]

I speak English and am fluent in Drunkenese.

[Waylander]

We're TEACHING you English :devil2: :rofl: :motu:

Yea but I still talk in the above mentioned, as opposed to what I type in.

Also I thought that you only apitalise the word english or germen and such if you were talking about the people not the languages?

[Fart]

My girlfriend speaks seven different languages fluently, I only speak two fluently. :Punk: Enrichment of ones live is fullfilling.