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How Many Languages Do You Know and Use?

nick_m100 said:
If you are fluent in the tongue of elves than you should know that it be elvish not elfish.
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Both are correct. Actually Elvish is a variant of Elfish. I know Tolkien preferred to use Elvish. But Elfish is the correct word. And actually that is just the English word for the language. I can't spell the real and correct word because my computer and the fonts offered here don't include the Elfish alphabet letters. ;)
 
Other than English:

Scottish (A language in istelf. I'd say v_v)
German
Japanese(A little, still learning)

And I know some Spanish. Although it's difficicult to get "Donde es mi tequila" into conversation....
 
Other than english?, none. I would like to learn how to sign, as well as spanish. Both would be a great asset for me at work, not to mention as a volunteer EMT.
 
I was dreadful at languages at school (I don't think my father's negative attitude sent the right messages to a young daughter – he went ballistic when he heard that we were to learn German: 'we didn't win the war so that you could learn German' etc). Anyway, I spent six years suffering French and two German. It was a form of torment, nearly on a par with the torture of maths.

About eight years ago, though, I decided that I considered that it was a real loss not to be able to speak another language (this was, incidentally, before I'd ever been anywhere on the Continent apart from Amsterdam, where everyone speaks English fluently). I also dislike the English attitude toward other languages/countries and wanted to lift myself above that. The other half suggested German, pointing out that, since it's related to English, it would end up being easier.

I've done two evening courses and a fair bit of casual studying on my own: I have managed to speak a bit when in Germany, to the point of managing something resembling a conversation, which really chuffed me. I can read rather more – it's a great excuse to read Asterix books in German :).

In the last couple of years, I've visited France and Spain for the first time and have used as much of the languages as I can. Remarkably, after a quarter of a century, French vocabulary and the odd basic phrase has been coming back to me – the human mind is a remarkable thing.
 
My first language is Finnish. Besides that I know fluent English, Swedish (I can read and write but I could be a lot better concidering I've learned it for 6 years...). Then I know some German, some words and sentences in Italian and Spanish and few words in French. I hope I can learn more Spanish and French someday.
 
Sybarite said:
I was dreadful at languages at school (I don't think my father's negative attitude sent the right messages to a young daughter – he went ballistic when he heard that we were to learn German: 'we didn't win the war so that you could learn German' etc). Anyway, I spent six years suffering French and two German. It was a form of torment, nearly on a par with the torture of maths.

About eight years ago, though, I decided that I considered that it was a real loss not to be able to speak another language (this was, incidentally, before I'd ever been anywhere on the Continent apart from Amsterdam, where everyone speaks English fluently). I also dislike the English attitude toward other languages/countries and wanted to lift myself above that. The other half suggested German, pointing out that, since it's related to English, it would end up being easier.

I've done two evening courses and a fair bit of casual studying on my own: I have managed to speak a bit when in Germany, to the point of managing something resembling a conversation, which really chuffed me. I can read rather more – it's a great excuse to read Asterix books in German :).

In the last couple of years, I've visited France and Spain for the first time and have used as much of the languages as I can. Remarkably, after a quarter of a century, French vocabulary and the odd basic phrase has been coming back to me – the human mind is a remarkable thing.
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I read an Asteri* book in spanish. El Adivino. I'm in Spanish IV right now. My 'pen clicking' thread refers to that class
 
AquaBlue said:
Besides English I speak Spanish and I can communicate (basics) in ASL- American Sign Langage. That's the language of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing.

What language(s) other than English do you speak?
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Portuguese and I'll start my French classes next month. Oh, I can't wait to be able to read Balzac, Victor Hugo, etc. in the original versions :)
 
I speak French and English but can't write in ether languages-a good bit of Spanish but mix it with the Italian -I also learned basic Hindi ,enough to understand bollywood songs-currently piking some Arabic,enough to curse the suicidal drivers in Marrakech.
I am quiet good at facial expressions-:) :confused: :eek: :mad: :rolleyes: :cool: :p ;) :D :eek: :(
 
I speak English and German, neither of which are that great. My German may even be better than my English...hm.
 
I live in Montreal so english and french are essential plus I was born in Spain therefore I am fluent in english,french and spanish
 
For years I was fluent in French and Spanish, but, alas, I fear that these talents have been unused and are, therefore, slowly escaping my abilities. I brushed up on my French a few years ago when travelling to St. Martin, but found that everyone there knew I was an American and spoke English to me. The same for Spanish in Cancun, but I insisted on trying (which got me great service from the staff) even though it was not a necessity. My niece is learning Spanish right now (she's only 3-years-old!), so whenever I talk to her we work in some vocabulary words. Sadly, this probably helps me more than it does her.
 
Greek, English fluently and speak and write some French. I wish i could speak more languages.:(
 
I can speak English, Persian, Italiano good.
I can speak Azerbaijani, Turkish excellent.
I can speak Spanish, French poor because of my bad accent. But I can understand and write and read excellently.
 
Me too! English, español, and sign language.

I can speak enough German to find the bathroom and enough French to find the door. I wish multilingualism were more mandatory (at least encouraged) at a young age in amerikkka.
 
English of course, my native tongue. I used to be fluent in French, but I'd need to brush up. Greek and Latin from my college studies - Homer and the NT are so much cooler in the original Greek! I've sung all my life, so I picked up a little German and Italian along the way. I can't speak it in conversation, but I can pick out some words here and there. Living in California, I desperately need to learn Spanish soon.
Did anyone else speak Jibberish in junior high?
 
DogEar said:
I really only know and use english, I would like to learn more languages though.
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Learning a new language requires time and as people say all over the world, time is money. Yet, for me there are two things that don't make me feel bad for learning foreign languages: firstly, it will (actually it already does) help me in my professional life; secondly, I have fun by reading English or French books in the original versions. It's OK to read thing translated to Portuguese, but it's a lot better to read a book just like the author wrote it.

I'd say you should think about those two reasons for learning another language and then decide by yourself if you really should go for it.
 
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