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Foreign languages.
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Фёдор
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Foreign languages.
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What foreign languages do you know? So I know English, Russian (it is my mother tongue), French, German and Italian. |
17 Apr 2021
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kwsp
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Over thirty years ago a friend from Mexico taught me Spanish and I still remember some of it. I learned a lot of Chinese while living in China for about eight years. I learned some Georgian while living in the Republic of Georgia for a semester. I found it to be one of the easiest languages to learn. There are 33 letters in their alphabet, and each letter has only one sound. Also, there aren�t lower and uppercase letters to contend with. I was surprised by how much I learned in such a short time.
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17 Apr 2021
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yanogator
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In school, I had three years of Latin, then two years of Spanish. In college and grad school, I took as many German courses as I could fit into my schedule. Later, I took Russian for three years, but haven�t had any opportunity to practice it since then. I also studied Koine Greek. I can hold a minimal conversation in Spanish, and converse a bit in German, but without opportunities to practice a language, it goes stale pretty quickly. Bruce |
17 Apr 2021
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cunliffe
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Wow! Well done Bruce and kwsp. That�s pretty good, especially for Americans. I can get by in French and Italian. I studied Spanish and Urdu, but I am very rusty, I guess it would come back if I could practise. I studied Latin till I was eighteen and I like to read Caesar�s Gallic Wars in the bath, in Latin, of course. And that�s not bad, for a Brit.  Lynne
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18 Apr 2021
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sazamama
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Hello there. I feel quite humble next to these replies. Wow Cunliffe that is exceptionally impressive for a Brit as you say, we Brits don�t exactly have a great rep at languages! Other than (British) English I am totally fluent in French. Practice is of course key and having French children, married partner, local friends, living in France etc, nothing could be better. Otherwise I speak reasonable Spanish, a little Italian, with notions of Chinese mostly from travels and a keen interest in communicating! I was obliged to do Latin too at school but recall only the basics! |
18 Apr 2021
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s.lefevre
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I�m fluent in German, French ,Portuguese and English. I can have a conversation in Spanish (not perfect, but understandable) and I can have a very poor conversation in Italian. ( A studied Latin , but I have no clue any more.). I love languages. I think learning them is my only gift. |
18 Apr 2021
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Фёдор
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s.lefevre, hallo! I am also crazy about foreign languages, it is my passion. |
18 Apr 2021
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karagozian
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I am fluent in French, English and Dutch. Forgot my school German but do understand it. Started learning Spanish some years ago but am far from fluent. And I forgot Armenian of course with its 38 letters. I can speak the very basic kitchen language as I call it. I love that language. It�s more challenging to learn a completely different language than just English or Spanish. I do not think I�m gifted. It�s passion or motivation. I can�t stand not to understand. I can�t imagine living somewhere without learning the language. |
18 Apr 2021
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nubiled
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Hello. I`m a native spanish speaker |
28 Apr 2021
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MarionG
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Fluent in English, Hebrew, and Dutch. Manage nicely in German (especially half an hour into a conversation), Studied French in school, I can understand a fair amount but don�t dare to speak. Took several courses in Arabic� but again, to embarrassed to speak. Karagozian , what a surprise to hear you are fluent in Dutch! |
28 Apr 2021
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karinachi
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I�m in love for the song : Love your Voive half English, half Indian...I think i need to learn Indian urgent! lol |
6 May 2021
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