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Agent Sandwich
Joined: Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:51 pm Posts: 255 Images: 2 Location: Northern City 北京
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What language(s) do you speak?
English, Chinese and French for me.
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Ebly
Joined: Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:01 am Posts: 4246 Location: Imagination!
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English is my first language, 少し日本語を話す, and I understand a minuscule amount of Français and Español (some key words - I do not have the ability to fully understand either language).
Edit - でも、漢字はひどいなぁ
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Aquablast
Joined: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:08 am Posts: 1998 Images: 4 Location: Somewhere in this universe
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Chinese, English, and Indonesian.
Chinese is my first language, English my second, and Indonesian is my third.
Too bad I can't type Chinese on my laptop. I will have to switch to my desktop (which is really old), if I ever want to type Chinese.
I can also read a little Japanese: 少 is "little", 日本語 is "Japanese", and 話 is "say". So 少し日本語を話す means "I can say a little bit of Japanese"!!! ......
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...... Yeah, I know that doesn't count. People who can read Chinese can usually read Kanji anyway.
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valerio
Joined: Mon May 25, 2009 6:53 am Posts: 11043 Location: Italy
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Italian, English. I can read a very few words of Spanish and German, but that doesn't count as ìspeaking' them languages
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Agent Sandwich
Joined: Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:51 pm Posts: 255 Images: 2 Location: Northern City 北京
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啊???我从来都不知道你会说中文!最不可思议的是中文是你的母语!(What?!? I didn't know you could speak Chinese! I also didn't know you are a native speaker!)
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Ebly
Joined: Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:01 am Posts: 4246 Location: Imagination!
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it's easy to deduce it logically for you since the only characters besides the Kanji were し, を and す, with two of them being grammatically relevant rather than having any bearing on the word itself. 
Yes of course people who can read Chinese can read Kanji - Kanji is the Chinese characters! But to be fair it's not always used in exactly the same way.
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Dylan
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Joined: Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:31 am Posts: 2243 Location: Austin, Texas
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English and Spanish.
However, I would like to add that my grammar in is Spanish is horrible, (i'm only in spanish 2 >.>) but I got vocab down pretty fine and can read and speak it (after a lot of thinking that is).
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Aquablast
Joined: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:08 am Posts: 1998 Images: 4 Location: Somewhere in this universe
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當然,因為我幾乎沒有在這裡用中文。XD 不過我已經很久沒用中文了,現在我應該退步了很多。 (Of course, because I almost never used Chinese here. XD But I haven't used Chinese for a very long time, my Chinese is probably a lot worse now.) True. I am just glad they are almost the same most of the time, it helps me to navigate Japanese sites. :3
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Agent Sandwich
Joined: Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:51 pm Posts: 255 Images: 2 Location: Northern City 北京
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你是不是台湾人? (Are you Taiwanese?)
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Andrea
Joined: Fri Sep 17, 2010 1:12 am Posts: 385 Location: Italy
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Italian (for the joy of Valerio  ), English and I can almost fully understand Spanish
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Aquablast
Joined: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:08 am Posts: 1998 Images: 4 Location: Somewhere in this universe
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啊,真厲害。雖然香港人也是用繁體中文,而且也會用英文,但是你還是看的出來我是台灣人。不過台灣的中文可能真的和香港的中文不同。我很少和香港人說話,所以我不太清楚。 (Ah, you are good. Even though the people of Hong Kong also use traditional Chinese and can also use English, but you could still tell that I am a Taiwanese. However, Taiwan's Chinese may be really different from Hong Kong's Chinese. I rarely speak to people from Hong Kong, so I am not too sure.)
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mariomarc
Joined: Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:18 pm Posts: 1707 Location: Ponyville
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i speak English, and a little Japanese
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Tiggy
Joined: Fri May 14, 2010 2:38 am Posts: 3868 Location: Sweeeden :3
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Swedish and English
VEEEEEEEEERY little french.
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Medli
Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:37 am Posts: 487 Location: Under your bed, hunting your feet.
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I speak german and english, and I am about to learn the russian language. Also I understand a few words in spanish, french and latin. In addition, I sometimes manage to understand dutch and swedish words, since there are some similarities.
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Sleet
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Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:32 am Posts: 13767 Location: Nephelokokkygia
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I speak English fluently, Spanish to some degree (though I'm slow and awkward), and a few disconnected words in French, German and Japanese.
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Adzo
Joined: Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:40 am Posts: 146 Location: The twised parallel reality of my own mind, my mind is in Scotland at the moment
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I speak English and basic French, English being my native language, french being taught in school. (my french is very rusty, some practice may be necessary). I can get as far as ordering a coffee in Spanish and Italian, but could never hope to hold a conversation. I can order a beer and swear in German. I am trying to learn some japanese, but beyond translating menus I can't speak enough to do much.
I can also understand the Scots dialect fluently, although I never speak much of it myself. An interesting fact I've noticed regarding the Scots dialect, is that my speech becomes more Scottish when talking to people who use a lot of Scots dialect and have stronger accents than I do. The rest of my family does this to varying degrees, it's probably true of most regional accents and dialects.
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thrasherblades
Joined: Sat May 22, 2010 10:12 pm Posts: 1309 Location: Singapore
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I speak English, Chinese, and very basic Japanese.
And hey Aquablast, didn't know you were Taiwanese! Ni Hao! ^^
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Agent Sandwich
Joined: Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:51 pm Posts: 255 Images: 2 Location: Northern City 北京
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我也是台湾人,不过我后来移民到澳洲去寻找"爱不利"! 我现在住在北京念国际学校。因为我小时候不会写中文,我来到了北京之后学会简体字。 I'm also Taiwanese but I immigrated to Australia to search for Ebly! I am currently studying at an International School in Beijing and because I didn't know how to write Chinese till I got to Beijing, I was taught how to write simplified Chinese instead of the Traditional method.
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Teh Brawler
Joined: Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:26 pm Posts: 5133 Images: 2 Location: Someplace with Internet access
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English, some spanish, Italian, learning Japanese, a few sentences in French and DARN IT EBLY YOU KNOW I CAN'T READ KANJI YET
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Sleet
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I know two kanji. If you ever need to talk about big mountains, just give me a call. I'll do it for you. Like a pro.
Also, I'm surprised; we're a lot more multicultural than I thought we were. Gotta love the wide demographic here.
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EvilTwin
Joined: Tue May 18, 2010 5:34 pm Posts: 153
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I'm only fluent in English and a I speak little bad French. I know a few words of Spanish and German but nowhere near enough to hold any actual knowledge of the language.
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FlintTheSquirrel
Joined: Sat Mar 27, 2010 6:30 pm Posts: 2374 Location: Sweden/North Carolina
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I can speak Swedish and English.
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Haru Totetsu
Joined: Mon Jul 12, 2010 2:36 pm Posts: 60 Location: Universe A-1.7, Section C, Solar System: Delta, Earth, Great Britain, England, Cheshire, Stalybridge
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To my own regret I am only fluent in English, and though I've attempted to learn several languages, I have made no progress what so ever. Though I take great pride in everything I write, to make up for my lack of diversity in languages.
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Senator_Sunburst
Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2010 9:19 am Posts: 806
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I'm only fluent in English. I used to be conversational in Spanish, but you lose that if you never speak it. Now I don't know very much Spanish at all.
I've taken classes in German and Japanese. I was way more talented at German, and got up to a conversational level (to my current dismay/joy, I didn't learn Hochdeutch but learned Berlinerisch because my teacher kept slipping into Berlinerisch when he spoke), whereas my Japanese was always pretty terrible. It's been so long since I've spoken German though, I now have a hard time with it.
I have a moderate understanding of Latin and Greek grammar but basically no vocabulary for the latter, and very little for the former. With a dictionary I could form sentences if I was given hours of time.
Same thing for Old and Middle English, although Middle English is much easier anyway.
I know some Dutch, and can understand basic conversation, but can not speak it at all.
I have low amounts of knowledge pertaining to Finnish, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål, I don't know anything about Nynorsk), and I used to be able to read Czech.
Yeah, a hobby of mine has been languages for a long time. >.>
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The Game
Joined: Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:28 pm Posts: 3919 Location: Equestria
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English. And bits of Yoruba.
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Beagle
Joined: Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:09 pm Posts: 1537 Location: North Carolina
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English, Taking French 1 at school and doing pretty well in it, And a few words in Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Latin.
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NightFox
Joined: Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:40 pm Posts: 106
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English is my native language, but soon I'll be taking Spanish and French in High School, and later taking professional German classes.
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Beagle
Joined: Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:09 pm Posts: 1537 Location: North Carolina
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They offer Spanish and French (obviously) at my high school as well. If my French teacher is correct on this (and please correct me if I'm wrong) : Spanish is more practical for living in America and Mexico. But go over to Europe, and French is a much better common ground. Dunno why I typed that, has no relevence, but this is the language thread.
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Sleet
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Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:32 am Posts: 13767 Location: Nephelokokkygia
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Spanish is probably the second most useful language to know, after English. Worldwide, at least.
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Psykeout
Joined: Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:15 pm Posts: 4578 Images: 1 Location: look behind you. you'll figure it out.
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try latin. its useless, but very interesting. it also doesn't seem to have as many rules as some of the other languages. (though i admit i wouldn't take it if it weren't for a class)
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Psykeout
Joined: Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:15 pm Posts: 4578 Images: 1 Location: look behind you. you'll figure it out.
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learning latin, and im not horrible at it. also i fluently speak pig latin (i know that sounds funny, but i realy am fluent in in. don't even have to think about it to do it any more. i have some working knowledge of spanish, but i don't even want to bother learning it.
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Dissension
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Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:42 pm Posts: 6993 Location: On Your Mind
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English is my native language. I took a couple of semesters of German in college.
Also, I've been teaching myself Latin. You know, for kicks.
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Psykeout
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its not a horrible fail. i guess.
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Dissension
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I lost my "textbook," so I'm a few months out of practice. x3
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Psykeout
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this is what i use http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/ but i don't think you can use it without being part of a school program. you can still browse it, though.
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Teh Brawler
Joined: Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:26 pm Posts: 5133 Images: 2 Location: Someplace with Internet access
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I coulda sworn that was Mandarin Chinese.
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Sleet
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I said useful, not spoken by the most people. Mandarin Chinese actually has more speakers than even English. But most of the people who speak it aren't worth speaking to unless you live in or are visiting China (and I don't mean that in an insulting way). Whereas English and Spanish are important if you're going to travel to one of many countries in the world, English being the main language in several of the most culturally influential countries.
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Teh Brawler
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I posted that with the impression of most useful. Most if not all business schools encourage (and a lot require) students to learn mandarin Chinese, as China is becoming a powerhouse in the global market.
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Sleet
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In business, perhaps, but in general I don't think it's as useful as Spanish. At the very least not as useful as English.
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Dissension
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Many Europeans have some knowledge of German. Of course, this concentration is greatest in Germany, Austria, and Central Switzerland. Tails++ showed me a map, once.
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