Which languages do you know?

emmem · Post by **emmem** » Sun Aug 17, 2003 10:37 pm

Dutch is my birth language. My spoken French is quite good apart from the accent, but spelling is something else. English is quite good both written and spoken. And I can understand basic German.

Sneakster wrote: If you are looking for earlier topics you can use the search function on top of the screen

The search function goes only back 6 months. In most cases 6 months will do, but there are some topics that get reactivated after a very long times.

micro · Post by **micro** » Sun Aug 17, 2003 11:46 pm

German: Mothertongue.

English: 9 years in school. The only foreign language I can really handle (more or less). Reading and writing works better for me than speaking and listening. I have about 500 English books at home.

Latin: 5 years in school. It still helps me to understand a bit Italian, Spanish, Portuguese etc.

French: 1 year in school.

Dutch: Can partly understand written Dutch due to its similarity with German.

Learned in vacations: Few words Spanish, Italian, Indonesian, Danish etc.

Foreign characters: I can handle Greek characters, but Russian, Japanese katakana, and Thai I once learned but forgot for the most part.

beezzzt · Post by **beezzzt** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 2:22 am

Dakkus wrote:First of all: a great topic!

Woman: Well.. Can speak to people speaking that language but can't understand what they're talking about.
"Hi, bitch"

Nice touch there Dakkus; simply great in fact. Never understood what they were mambling about, never will do !!!

Thomas B · Post by **Thomas B** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 12:42 pm

Fun!

My languages:

Dutch: Mothertongue
English: Good.
German: Better speaking than writing, but enough to make myself clear.
French: I can read it quite good, but to write is more difficult. Speaking and listening are bad.
Spanish: Few vacation words.

querty · Post by **querty** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 12:52 pm

micro wrote:English: 9 years in school. The only foreign language I can really handle (more or less). Reading and writing works better for me than speaking and listening. I have about 500 English books at home.

I think you can start an English library with these books.

francky · Post by **francky** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 1:22 pm

Dakkus wrote: Woman: Well.. Can speak to people speaking that language but can't understand what they're talking about.

I'm not alone!!!

BogPoet · Post by **BogPoet** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 4:14 pm

I study English and French at the university, but, even though I'll begin 3rd level in mid-October, my French is still quite bad nonetheless...

Portuguese is mother tongue and I can mumble half a dozen of phrases in German (had one level on a private language school, but that was five years ago).

And no, I don't understand Woman at all...

querty · Post by **querty** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 5:19 pm

Dakkus wrote:Woman: Well.. Can speak to people speaking that language but can't understand what they're talking about.

Until now nobody has criticised this. Maybe there aren't many woman on this forum. Or maybe they all agree.

BossaNova · Post by **BossaNova** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 12:35 am

Portuguese (mother tongue), English (it's ok), French (terrible.. studied 3 years.. but can't write it.. although I understand it quite well), Spanish (never studied, but it's easy to understand, and make myself understood..), Italian (only the basics, understand better the written italian), German (just some expressions, wouldn't die of hunger in Gemany

), Romanian (understand more then I would guess, findout that recently when i cheked a Romanian site..)

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codi · Post by **codi** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 1:47 am

Portuguese: Mother language
English: Good
French: 3 years at school... can't write, but I do understand it reasonably.
Spanish: it's easy to understand, speaking isn't bad...
Czech: just some words... vacations words

BogPoet · Post by **BogPoet** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 4:43 am

Oh, yes, Spanish... I forgot that one. Almost all Portuguese can understand a bit of Spanish (or "portuñol"

)

Asiamaniac · Post by **Asiamaniac** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 9:12 pm

And I will include the Asian circle (mark my nickname). My languages in order of mastering:
German: Native Tongue --
English: At school, during apprenticeship and at university. Now it it my working language at work as export assistant. --
Indonesian: University and frequent trips and stays to that country
Malaysian: Quite the equivalent to Indonesian. --
French: Mainly book knowledge; never really been to our neighbour. --
Italian: Taught it myself and improved during many trips. --
Thai: Some semesters at university and five trips. And I go much more for Asian than German ladies...

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 12:00 am

Asiamaniac wrote:Indonesian: University and frequent trips and stays to that country
Malaysian: Quite the equivalent to Indonesian. --

But there are several languages in those countries.

Akajoe · Post by **Akajoe** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 10:50 am

I'm translator Dutch, French and German, so normally I have to speak and to write those languages almost perfectly.
My knowledge of the English language is rather limited. I can help myself with the stuff I learnt at high school.
I know a few words Italian too.

Asiamaniac · Post by **Asiamaniac** » Sun Aug 24, 2003 7:16 pm

Aaron wrote:
Asiamaniac wrote:Indonesian: University and frequent trips and stays to that country
Malaysian: Quite the equivalent to Indonesian. --
But there are several languages in those countries.

Yes, let alone hundreds in Indonesia. Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) respectively Malaysian (Bahasa Malaysia) are the official languages. I only talk about those.