How many languages do you speak? :)

I speak and read Espan~ol , English and Deutsch (german).

English speaker but Spanish was my first language. My dad moved to the US when he was young and only spoke Spanish and had some trouble adjusting and did not want me to go through the same so eventually he said no Spanish at home till I learn English first. So now I’ve lost most of it, I can understand what people are saying when they try to talk to me in Espanol but I have a hard time formulating responses.

I also used to speak passable Apache (Native American) from spending so much time on the Rez with my parents. Since I’ve moved from home there are no Apaches to talk to and I’m starting to forget

My girlfriend is Navajo (a different Native Tribe) and doesnt know any of her native tongue and other children her age were beaten in boarding school for speaking it. We hope to try to learn Navajo together to help her rediscover her culture.

English is my only “real” language and I suck at it I can also stumble my way through French, and used to know some sign language when I was younger — most of that’s gone now, though!
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I’m kind of curious where everyone is from now because I’m in the U.S. (Florida, actually) and most of the people I know are only fluent in English and maybe know a tiny bit of Spanish they remember from high school, if that. I’ve known quite a few people with immigrant parents, even, and their language skills don’t see all that better on average.

English: Fluent (written & spoken)
Cantonese: Fluent (spoken)
Mandarin: Fluent (written & spoken)
Vietnamese: Intermediate (written & spoken)
Spanish: Intermediate (written & spoken)
French: Advance (more written than spoken)
Korean: Beginner (written & spoken) . . . taking classes!

* My parents are each fluent in 5 languages, my goal is to be fluent in 10+ languages

Fluent: Polish and French. Good: English. Not bad: German. Just learning: Spanish and Arabic.
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- French : fluent (my native tongue)
- English : somewhere between intermediate and advanced
- Dutch : intermediate but loosing it … I was born in Belgium and had to learn it at school (wasn’t my favorite at all) but as I’ve been living in Canada for over 7 years, I realize that I forget a lot of the vocabulary
- Italian : took some courses, totally loved it but didn’t have much time to go further with that (hopefully, I’ll be back to Italian someday). However, when see a text written in Italian, I can understand most of the subject, unless it is something very specific with an advanced vocabulary.
- German : beginner … I can ask some basics but no more than that.
- Latin : studied during 3 years at school … as it is a “death” language I wouldn’t count it as a language I know (why in the hell would I speak in Latin to someone ? ). However, it is very helpful for the spelling of some tricky words in french. Plus it was more than helpful when I took Italian classes.

English and beginner’s French
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3 – German as my native language, english as a fluent language and japanese in a beginners state.

I speak English fluently enough to blog in it, Hebrew well enough to speak with a four year old and not sound stupid, and Spanish well enough to get around and order food.

My definition of being able to speak a language: can you argue with a taxi driver and negotiate a reasonable fair?
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English. I used to be fluent in Spanish, but I am rusty. I was great when I lived in Costa Rica for 2 months.

I can also order beer in German. Extreme beginner?
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English is my first language and I can speak French, but it is very very broken. I cannot conjugate the verbs properly. I can understand it, just not speak it.

I can also understand Italian and Spanish (I had them as neighbours for nearly my 27 years) and can speak some of both.
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I too speak 2 languages….

English and French…Although at school I’m in the advanced classes I would say that I speak on the intermediate level because I’m not continually taking classes. Its my first time back in about 1-1.5 years and I’m still trying to pick up the pieces.
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I speak Spanish – native, English – fluent (I’ve taken classes since I was like 3 years old) and a tiny wee bit of French.
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I speak English.
Hablo espanol.
Loquor linguam latinam.

I only consider myself fluent in English. However, I can also get the gist of some written Italian and French, and even some Catalan and Portuguese. But that’s only because they’re similar enough to Latin and Spanish.

Same as you: I speak English natively and French at an intermediate level. I have spent time learning German but it was mostly just basic vocab and communication phrases (where is the toilet? how much does it cost? and so on).
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English: fluent
Cantonese: fluent
Mandarin: intermediate
French: beginner

and if you count Pig Latin…fluent!

Korean, English fluent
Spanish- intermediate
German- elementary

and really “fluent” in Latin- no one speaks it though…

English, Japanese (beginner – I took it for 3 years, but I didn’t keep up with it), and German (beginner – I can understand it pretty well, but I can only speak a few phrases).

I’d love to learn French, Chinese, and Spanish!
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I speak English nativly and have spent time studying Spanish, Japanese, German and French.

I can understand what people say to me in Spanish and Japanese and speak back at an intermediate level.

French and German I understand about half of what people say to me
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