Which languages do you know?

hansi47 · Post by **hansi47** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:02 pm

German is my mother-tongue
I thought, that I could understand English fluently until I saw original version of Brokeback Mountain.
I can talk a little Italian and read Dutch newspapers.
I can order a beer in French, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Spanish, Polish.

diogocanilho · Post by **diogocanilho** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:08 pm

hansi47 wrote:I can order a beer in French, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Spanish, Polish.

So, you're prepared to live abroad!

reteiP · Post by **reteiP** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:20 pm

hansi47 wrote:German is my mother-tongue
I thought, that I could understand English fluently until I saw original version of Brokeback Mountain.
I can talk a little Italian and read Dutch newspapers.
I can order a beer in French, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Spanish, Polish.

and from now on in Dutch if you say:
"Een pintje alstublieft" (Belgium)
"Een biertje/pilsje alstublieft" (Holland)

Correct me if I'm wrong Dutchmen.

nickx · Post by **nickx** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:53 am

hansi47 wrote:I thought, that I could understand English fluently until I saw original version of Brokeback Mountain.
I can order a beer in French, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Spanish, Polish.

It seems funny to me that in many countries films are sinhronized. We have subtitles and it seems much more natural to me. Recently I saw a film about Russian space flights, and one of the astronauts cried to a woman on the field, who was scared of him because of his space suit: Ich bin Russisch, Ich bin Russisch . Not to mention Winetou proudly saying "Ich bin Winetou, der Apachenführer ...

About beer in Slovenian: pivo, prosim (beer, please). Or simply beer, bier, birra ... we understand it all.

Dakkus · Post by **Dakkus** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:59 am

reteiP wrote:
hansi47 wrote:German is my mother-tongue
I thought, that I could understand English fluently until I saw original version of Brokeback Mountain.
I can talk a little Italian and read Dutch newspapers.
I can order a beer in French, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Spanish, Polish.
and from now on in Dutch if you say:
"Een pintje alstublieft" (Belgium)
"Een biertje/pilsje alstublieft" (Holland)

Correct me if I'm wrong Dutchmen.

"(Iso) Keppana." for the typical Finnish stuff.
"(Iso) Nelonen." for the bit stronger and a little bit more expensive, but better beer.

That "iso" means "big", in other words 0,5l. Otherwise you might get only 0,33l or 0,4l depending on the place. If you say only "keppana" or "nelonen", you probably get either a question of how big (just do a small motion showing that you don't care and he'll give you something) or just a small one.

androl · Post by **androl** » Mon May 28, 2007 12:46 am

I just learned a new language: Bislama (that name comes from French "biche-la-mer", which means "sea cucumber"

)
I read through the whole Bislamian Wikipedia and understood most of it: http://bi.wikipedia.net

batataxpto69 · Post by **batataxpto69** » Mon May 28, 2007 3:27 pm

portuguese: mother tongue
english: something
french: three years of classes and i only know a few words
spanish: i understand spanish but i can't speak it

ElBarto · Post by **ElBarto** » Mon May 28, 2007 3:54 pm

nickx wrote: Recently I saw a film about Russian space flights, and one of the astronauts cried to a woman on the field, who was scared of him because of his space suit: Ich bin Russisch, Ich bin Russisch . Not to mention Winetou proudly saying "Ich bin Winetou, der Apachenführer ...

Well the Winetou movies are indeed German and not synchronized...

nickx · Post by **nickx** » Tue May 29, 2007 7:28 am

Yes, they are, in majority: http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=Winetou

But it's funny nevertheless.

Jes · Post by **Jes** » Fri Jun 01, 2007 10:07 pm

Hello!

I speak few languages, but I speak it fluently (mor or less)

I speak Spanish since I was born in Spain

I also speak English as you can see!

When I was a child, I learnt French and I still talk with french people on the Internet

At last, about 3 years ago, I learnt Esperanto by myself (with a book) :flag-eo:

I also know other languages, but I am such bad at it...

sarythrar · Post by **sarythrar** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 5:09 pm

i speak germany as my own language born with xD

then i learn englisch, french and italian language

my brothers know latin, greek, italian, french, english and german too
my father teaches french and russia / speaks german, english, a bit spanish/italian and swedish!

philgelico · Post by **philgelico** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:06 pm

French is my mother's tongue , added with some knowledge of northern France's dialect, which sounds like Picard language (spoken from Amiens, France to Tournai & Mons, Belgium)
First language i learned at school is German, and i still can understand common German, but my own vocabulary has been reduced to the essential. Then I studied english at School , so i have a correct level , improved by particular lessons with native teachers some years ago.
Then I started to learn Italian in Italy, because of numerous trips there.
Today I start spanish with the help of my girlfriend from Argentina, and many trips there. Argentine Spanish is a little bit different of Spanish from Madrid, just like USA English is quite different of English from Oxford, or French from Montreal is different of French from Paris.

Luumi · Post by **Luumi** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:55 pm

Finnish: as a mother language until the point you should say something smart to a beautiful girl

English: quite good, but nowadays rusty because I've got a chance to speak it too rarely

Swedish: Like every finnish child, I had to read swedish for six years about 3 years ago. Now it's all gone. Well, I understand quite well but when comes time I should open my mouth, conversation turns to english (or finnish). But because I live in eastern Finland, it's totally useless language for me. Also, I should be able to understand a little both norwegian and danish, as they are very close relatives to swedish.
German: I studied german three years in primary school. Now my german knowledge a bit lower than it's in swedish. Still understand the most of Rammstein lyrics

and some hilarious (and perhaps a bit depreciative) phrases I will never forget.

On a few words -level are atleast russian, chinese, french and spanish.

Dinkietoy · Post by **Dinkietoy** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:02 am

I speak dutch, because I live in Belgium.
My second language at school was english.
My french should be much better than it is now

I had to speak german in Germany, because I was in the Belgian army there (Soest). And my direct chef was a german.
Now and then I try to figure out Spanish, but it's not a very easy language for me

I work as a busdriver in Antwerp and meet many different people.
Sometimes I have to "speak" more than three different languages a day.

Tjariet · Post by **Tjariet** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 1:03 am

Dutch is my native language
Frisian is my second native language
Furthermore, English feels like a second native language (I have a university degree in English and I work with the English language everyday, since I am a translator)
I can read French quite well and can speak it reasonably well.
I read, speak and write German at an intermediate level.
I can read Swedish and Norwegian quite well, but I cannot speak those languages. Also, I find it somewhat difficult to understand these languages when they are spoken.

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