Are you bilingual? What language?

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   TrinityCatposted 12 years ago

   I'm curious to find out how many people here dominate another language other than English. What drove you to learn it?

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      vox vocisposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I fluently speak four other languages. In Europe, children are obliged to pick at least one foreign language as an obligatory school subject (starting with primary school).

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         Melissa A Smithposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Took french for 7 years in school and still speak nothing of it.

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      dinkan53posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I speak English, Hindi, Russian and Ukrainian Language, as I completed my studies in Ukraine.

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      Bmm209posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I'm learning japanese. does that count?

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         TrinityCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Close, but no. But you are on your way to be fully bilingual with the language!

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   Ms Deeposted 12 years ago

   Indonesian. Lived there for many years, so had to learn in order to carry out daily living.

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      HubTubposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      No, wish I was.  Spanish would be my choice for a second language, however.

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         TrinityCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Then what are you waiting for?!

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   Kangaroo_Jaseposted 12 years ago

   English and Klingon,
   
   Ok now its out that Im actually a nerd

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      TrinityCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      It's ok, you are not alone. Nerds are awesome.

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      MummyDearestposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      You are not Dr Sheldon Cooper are you??? haha

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         TrinityCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Lol

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   INFJayposted 12 years ago

   English is my native tongue, while Spanish is my second language I grew up with as a child. French is my third language that I learned and have been speaking for 20 years while interacting with the Francophone community in the San Francisco Bay Area. Visiting Spanish and French speaking countries has enriched my life so much. Learning a second or third language is well worth the hard work!

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      TrinityCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Agreed. It's incredible when you can speak someone else's native language, socialize and not depend too much on their dictionary.

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   j024zposted 12 years ago

   I used to speak French pretty fluently, but since 2004 I've been learning Chinese.  So I suppose I can speak 3 languages.  English (duh), French (when I'm drunk), and Mandarin Chinese (though I speak it with a Northeastern Chinese accent).

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      TrinityCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That's amazing!

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   elayne001posted 12 years ago

   My husband is from Tonga, and we lived there for several years, so I can speak basic Tongan. It is similar to Samoan and Hawaiian. Some words are actually the same. We now live in Hawaii, and I have picked up quite a bit of Hawaiian also.

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      TrinityCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Wicked.

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   Silwenposted 12 years ago

   My mother tongue is Lithuanian. I speak English and Russian quite well.

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      TrinityCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I actually had to read what was Lithuanian before replying back to you. ^_^' It's very interesting.

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   Cardozo7posted 12 years ago

   I'm from Portugal, so Portuguese is my native language. Also speak english and french.

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      TrinityCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Three languages, that's a milestone. Amazing.

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         HubTubposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I don't know what I'm waiting for. I've got a Learn-How-To-Speak-Spanish CD set...lol.  Guess i should get cracking.

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   Sonia Perozziposted 12 years ago

   I am fluent in Italian. The driving reason behind learning it is that I am of Italian heritage. My father immigrated to the states, I wanted to learn more about my roots, and where he came from. I also have aunts, uncles and cousins in Italy that I wanted to be able to talk to and have a relationship with. I love it, now we visit each other when we can. Sometimes I go to Italy other times they come here. I would actually like to become fluent in Spanish and French as well. My Spanish is so-so at this point.

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      TrinityCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      That's great. Italian is the language I'm trying to learn while I'm on my free time. Phonetics between Italian and Spanish are quite similar, making it a little awesome.

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         Sonia Perozziposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I am happy to hear you are learning Italian:) If you ever have any questions or just someone to bounce off of someone I would be more than happy to help! Yes there is similarities between Italian and Spanish sometimes I end up using an Italian word when trying to speak Spanish lol! Buona Fortuna!!

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            Sonia Perozziposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Oops *If you ever need someone to just bounce off of* sorry for the horrible typo!!

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    Deborah Sextonposted 12 years ago

    Hebrew, Greek , and a tiny amount of Spanish
    
    Around my husband and son, I speak half English and half Hebrew. I started that when my son was born so he'd know both languages and I never got out of the habit.

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       tosocialsuccessposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       I heard you're not supposed to teach a child more than one languages at a time because they'll just get confused. Is it true?

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    RNMSNposted 12 years ago

    Yo no se asi yo hablo bueno in espanol pero asi un enfermira es importante a dice espanol un pocito. Comprendo?

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       Deborah Sextonposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       ***********
       
       I speak only a little Spanish too
       
       I'm fluent in Greek and Hebrew
       
       Greek
       Kaló apóyevma, Hárika ya tin gnorimía.
       
       Parakaló miláte pyo argá
       
       Hebrew
       
       Erev tov!   Ma shelomkha

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    dmopposted 12 years ago

    I am not, but have been working on learning some Japanese. I have found it to be challenging yet stimulating, such a beautiful language.

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       TrinityCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       It is a beautiful yet complex language. That's what makes it interesting.

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    MummyDearestposted 12 years ago

    English and Malaysian/Indonesian - taught in school
    Cantonese - Hong Kong TV series aired on TV
    Mandarin & Hokkien - Favorite Food Vendors (have to learn to speak their language if I want to get little 'extras'..haha)
    Hainanese - Mum and Maternal Grandma who looked after me growing up..(It's funny though, I can understand them in Hainanese but usually reply in Cantonese!)
    Teochew - From Dad (But only when I am encountered with bad motorist while driving) $%^&*$"!!!

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    SoManyPathsposted 12 years ago

    I am pretty fluent in Brazilian Portuguese although I wish I learned French. Yes, it is nice to know another language. It is a benefit.

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    Pearldiverposted 12 years ago

    A bit of French, Thai, Spanish, English...
    
    And my primary language - Fluent Sarcasm!

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       sofsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       That is an honest answer
       
       I speak at least seven Indian languages fluently, while French was a language that I studied at school but I have  forgotten much of it due to lack of use...

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          Pearldiverposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Ahh.. perhaps not having French at the moment is good for you Sofs...
          
          I'm sure it would get lost in those Double 00s

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       TrinityCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Cool

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    stanzi11posted 12 years ago

    I speak fluent Slovak, English, Czech and Hungarian.

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       TrinityCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Interesting languages, especially Hungarian. I need to research more about it...

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          stanzi11posted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Maybe I can write a hub about the Hungarian language?

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             TrinityCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

             That would be good. If you do so, let me know!

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                stanzi11posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                Ok, I will

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    Aya Katzposted 12 years ago

    Hebrew is my native language, but I speak English like a native speaker, since I learned it in first grade. I wrote about my language leanring experiences in a children's book called Ping & the Snirkelly People.

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       TrinityCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       That's sweet!

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          Aya Katzposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Thanks, TrinityCat.

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    kayhaposted 12 years ago

    Dutch, English and Urdu makes me trilingual.

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       TrinityCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       LOL!

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    Beth100posted 12 years ago

    Taishanese, hoisan, Cantonese, French and English.   
    
    A bit of Spanish (though I've lost most of it due to lack of use) and am learning Mandarin. 

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       Pearldiverposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Wow... online dating does work in some respects then
       
       Last year I had to learn Bonito Banana.. now that's a tough language Beth!

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          Beth100posted 12 years agoin reply to this

           
          
          you kill me PD!!   
          
          

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    anonimuzzposted 12 years ago

    Portuguese is my native language, English is my second language, I'm moderate in French and at a basic level in Spanish.

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    StellaSeeposted 12 years ago

    I speak English and Japanese and high school Spanish ;D

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       TrinityCatposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Awesome

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       understandyurselfposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       GREAT...

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    understandyurselfposted 12 years ago

    I said I'm posting this with google translation, because it has been 6 years learning English and can speak up a little now but it's hard to grammatical deviations ...

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    Ms Deeposted 12 years ago

    TrinityCat, When I first responded to your question, I only said another language I can speak is Indonesian. I did not mention a third, since no one will have heard of it, but I see now some are mentioning some I've not heard so will tell you I speak a minority language in Indonesia, Galela. I speak it even better than Indonesian. I learned it so that I could translate the New Testament into it. Knowing it sometimes catches me up on my English, because it uses quite a different word order. The verbal clause comes last in the sentence, even before and object or direct object clause.

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    CHRIS57posted 12 years ago

    I am German by birth, was raised in the US, so i pass as native speaker in both languages. Then there is Russian, the language of my wife, which i speak with sort of a baltic accent, at least that is what people tell me in Russia. And i don´t get lost in France, having learned French in school. With my grandmother i always spoke "Plattdüütsch" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_German

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    lone77starposted 12 years ago

    I'm multilingual, sort of. English, of course, but also Visual Basic (dialects 3, 6, .Net 2003, 2005), C and the C++ dialect, Pascal, BAL, COBOL, a smattering of Fortran, some Java, HTML, PHP, plus good old fashioned Assembly Language.
    
    With humans, I speak some Spanish. I took 3 years of it in high school, but the first two teachers were awful -- atrocious! Some people should not be teachers unless they can learn to teach. Parroting rote material is not teaching. My third high school Spanish teacher was breathtakingly wonderful. Too bad we only had her for half a year; I might actually have been fluent in the language all this time.
    
    I also know a smattering of Basque, plus a few simple words in a wide variety of languages (some of them long dead). I currently live in the Philippines and I'm learning the language of the Central Visayas, Cebuano.
    
    I would dearly love to learn more languages and fluently, but I would also like to get my PhD in astronomy, geology, mathematics, chemistry, computer science, literature and philosophy. Still working on it.

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    free-seotoolsposted 12 years ago

    I am learning to speak Portuguese but it will probably take me until the end of time to understand all the nuances of this language. At least I can talk to my elderly neighbours.

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    mbyLposted 12 years ago

    I speak German and Serbian perfectly fluently and Swiss German too if that counts. And yes English too as I am learning it since 2007 and French of course and also I learn Russian and can speak it more or less fluently

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