Do any of you speak a second language?

[Johnnybabe]

I don't personally, but I was just curious if any of you speak a language other than English.

 

[SirKenny85]

A little German, but definitely not fluent. Always had a ton of respect for those that can speak two, three, or even four different languages perfectly.

 

[Kaitlin08]

I took Spanish courses several years ago, but I haven't kept up with speaking it...

 

[Arbo126]

I've picked up enough German to be able to get the general gist of a conversation, though it's easier for me to read it than to listen. Thinking about the Rosetta Stone program. Any experience with this?

 

[GarrickBrewer]

I know some phrases in spanish, a word or two of french, a word or two of german, and I am learning latin.

 

[romans81]

Well...my parents speak Fujianese, Cantonese and Mandarin perfectly...

so of course, I speak all three of them badly

And English, of course. Can't forget English.

 

[johnjohn2010]

Cantonese is my first language, so I speak it fluently.

I am quite good in speaking English as a second language learner. But I always want to improve.

 

[JCFantasy23]

No but I need to learn Spanish for getting more jobs in my field.

 

[Ariadne_GR]

I speak Greek fluently, because my parents are Greek and sent me off to Greek school from a young age (yes, just like in My Big Fat Greek Wedding). I've also spent time in Greece as a child and have visited.

I'd like to try to get some of that native accent in but it just isn't the same unless you spend time there and speak it every day.

 

[Dylan Michael]

Eh, I'm about half-fluent in Spanish. I can form sentences, and read it pretty well, but turn on the spanish station on the Television, and I'm totally lost.

 

[Dairy]

I took Spanish and German in high school, but never become proficient at either. For awhile I used what I learned in German class as I worked with some workers from that country. But at this point, if asked, I'd have trouble speaking or reading another language.

 

[Arbo126]

I took Spanish and German in high school, but never become proficient at either. For awhile I used what I learned in German class as I worked with some workers from that country. But at this point, if asked, I'd have trouble speaking or reading another language.

I took one year of Spanish in high school, and I'm amazed how many words I can recognize twenty-something years later. Now if I could only remember what they meant.

 

[daveth]

Russian (first, but not mother tongue), German, Czech, near-native English.
I wish I knew Italian, then I could apply for a certain job position.
I should get skype and speak with smb on this forum.

 

[Benevolous]

Spanish
A little Yiddish
A couple of Japanese phrases

 

[Azureknight 773]

Well, I on the other hand speaks English as my second language due to the fact that I am a Filipino. I spoke my native language first here in the Philippines which is Filipino in the form of the Visayan dialect. Yes indeed, example "Unsay ngan nimo?" which is "what is your name?", but in actaul Filipino (as standardized) "Anong pangalan mo?".

Other than English, I do speak a few Chinese (Yep! I am a half Filipino and Chinese), Japanese (thanks be to anime, tokusatsu, games, music and doujin circles) , Hebrew, Greek (because of the Bible that taught me some of those) and Latin (because of being a Roman Catholic).

 

[upamountain]

Studied French for 5 years in school and can barely ask for a loaf of bread.
3 semesters of Arabic study living in an Arabic speaking country got me able to survive, converse and follow the gist of most conversations. Got pretty fluent, but with many gaps in my vocab.
I can read anything if it has the vowel markings, but that's because it's phonetic - don't ask me what it means and don't take the vowel markings away!
Have moved to a different Arabic speaking country with a different dialect and now function mainly in English, so sadly my Arabic has suffered, but I did understand almost everything in the last sermon I heard, so that gave me some encouragement.

 

[Benevolous]

Studied French for 5 years in school and can barely ask for a loaf of bread.

I'm the same way. I took three semesters of Spanish and I couldn't speak a word of it. It wasn't until I moved to Texas that I learned to speak Spanish because I was surrounded by it every day.

 

[girly64_99]

yep I do!

 

[Allieso]

my mother tongue is chinese so i speak it frequently i learn english for almost 7 years but only speak a little because there are not too much foreigners here

 

[gottfried_stutz]

German
and a little spanish