OI- Survery- What languages do you speak/understand?

[ComradeMan]

As title- English not included because if you are here and can understand the question I presume English is already a yes! :D

[ComradeMan]

Plus ITALIAN and some HEBREW.

:cool:

[Robert]

Français and Español fluently, and enough Mandarin to order a beer, find a bathroom, and say "very well, comrade" to the security police in Nanjing.

[Havet]

I speak fluently english, portuguese and spanish.

Robert, donde has aprendido a hablar español? En la escuela? :)

[Robert]

La verdad, estimado cuate mío, es que empecé solo, leyendo y estudiando periódicos de España, absorbiendo de noche las transmisiones de "La Voz de America, transmitiendo directamente de Washington, DC!" -- ¿todo se hace claro ahora, verdad? -- de mi radio "onda corta." Despues de que esa emisora me había bien lavado el cerebro, no obstante los esfuerzos en sentido contrario de Radio Havana, trabé amistades con los miles de mejicanos que rondan mi ciudad y me puse a practicar, enfocándome en locuciones de altísimo nivel cultural, como por ejemplo:

"Me cago en la concha de tu puta revolución socialista" y más.

Fíjate, en serio, que lo de "me cago en" no se usa nunca entre mexicanos, y mucho menos "en la concha de." Entre ellos, lo de "Véte mucho a chingar a [tu puta madre, por ejemplo] ..." parece satisfacer más o menos la mismas exigencias sociales.

Sin nada más por el momento, tiene el honor de saludarle, su fiel servidor contra-revolucionario,

Roberto

[Lynx]

Ici on parle francais :lol:

[Havet]

"Me cago en la concha de tu puta revolución socialista" y más.



hahahahahaha xD

Pues te sales muy bien. Alguna vez has ido a Cuba? Realmente se habla español diferente que en Espanã.

Outra frase muy conocida en España (y dudo que sea conocida en latino-america) es:

"Me cago en la leche"

Una de mis favoritas xD

Otra es:

"Estás como una cabra", y contrariamente a lo que puedas entender, no que quiere decir que una persona está irritada y con ganas de golpear a alguien, mucho por el contrario, quiere decir que essa persona está muy feliz y excitada, con ganas de hacer algo y que no se consigue contener.

Debiamos hablar solamente en español, me temo que la falta de practica me mate el vocabulário, y despues ya no podré molestar los camaradas castellanos xD

[Belisarius]

Native language: Dutch
Other languages in my country: French and German
Other languages i speak: English (obviously)
Languages i understand: Latin and ancient Greek
Rest: i know a few things in Russian, but i used to be better at it

[Robert]

Hayenmill: he oído ese "en la leche," pero solo en foros ligüisticos (http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=6293&highlight=cagar). No dejan de asombrarme la fuerza titánica de las maldiciones españolas. Lo de, por ejemplo:

Me cago en la boca del pequeño bebé Jesús
Me cago en la madre que te parió
Me cago en la cara de la puta virgen Maria (!!!)
Me cago en la hostia

no se dirían nunca en Mexico, salvo por ateos (y cuantos hay?), pero esas locuciones al parecer han "rebajado su carga" a tal punto que hasta la abuela de clase aristocrata en Madrid echaría un buen "me cago en ... " de vez en cuando; pues, si no exactamente "en la cara de la puta virgen," (Dios prohibe!) ¿tal vez en la concha de la muy metiche de al lado, así es?

[The Red Next Door]

I speak fluently english, portuguese and spanish.

Robert, donde has aprendido a hablar español? En la escuela? :)
muito bem, eu sei um pouco portugues, i am learning portuguese now.

[Havet]

muito bem, eu sei um pouco portugues, i am learning portuguese now.

E onde é que estás a aprender português de momento? Numa escola?

[The Red Next Door]

I speak German but improving my fluency and I am learning Portuguese and Russian, i might learn some polish while i am at it.

[mastershake16]

I've been taking Spanish classes for 3 years and I'm still not too good.

I just got Rosetta Stone for French and Russian!

[ComradeMan]

Native language: Dutch
Other languages in my country: French and German
Other languages i speak: English (obviously)
Languages i understand: Latin and ancient Greek
Rest: i know a few things in Russian, but i used to be better at it

Doe maar gewoon dan doe je gek genoeg! :D

[Drace]

Just Armenian and English for me. Trying to learn Russian and Latin too.

[ComradeMan]

Just Armenian and English for me. Trying to learn Russian and Latin too.

What is Armenian like? I have never really heard it spoken- is it similar to Greek or to Persian...? Or is this only academic.

[IcarusAngel]

I speak fluently english, portuguese and spanish.

Unidiomatic. I speak English, Portuguese, and Spanish fluently.

[Ovi]

I know enough french to say: Je ne parle pas francais. And I understand it partially...

[Drace]

What is Armenian like? I have never really heard it spoken- is it similar to Greek or to Persian...? Or is this only academic.

I don't know any other language to compare it to.
With a site like youtube, no need to ask that though lol.

Here's a pretty famous Armenian singer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzkZQ7OGc30&feature=related

Here's the Soviet Anthem in Armenian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwVCtwnS1Ok

And...Here's a parrots attempt at it. (very bad)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1m7bKDdi8A

[whore]

mycket mycket lite svenska

not really, but whatever (talar du engelska?) . i also know enough german and french to say "do you understand/speak english", and choto

no nihongo.

english speaking countries are generally shit for learning another language...

[Kuppo Shakur]

I don't speak English, but I do speak American!
(And some German.)

[Havet]

Unidiomatic. I speak English, Portuguese, and Spanish fluently.

Huh? What do you mean?

[apawllo]

I speak French with moderate fluency...currently learning Spanish.

[synthesis]

I don't speak English, but I do speak American!
(And some German.)

Ahem. It's spelled Mmurican.

[Demogorgon]

English and a little bit of French. Scots too, if you count it as a different language.

[ComradeMan]

mycket mycket lite svenska

not really, but whatever (talar du engelska?) . i also know enough german and french to say "do you understand/speak english", and choto

no nihongo.


english speaking countries are generally shit for learning another language...


I don't think that's always true to be honest and I don't know how you base your facts.

Most English speaking countries actually have large "other" languages too. Canadians speak French, Americans speak Spanish and an array of languages from the "old country", South Africans speak a number of different languages etc. In the UK there are significant other languages and the kids at school have to study another European language, French or German usually. In Europe there are lots of British speaking people who have settled and speak the local language too.

Italy is a joke when it comes to speaking other languages. Most Italians do not speak another language very well at all. I can't provide statistics but a visit to Italy would probably demonstrate this.:cool:

In all my travels I must say three "nations" stick out when it comes to language learning- on my own experience that is, the Dutch, the Irish and the Canadians- they seem to be very good linguists.... perhaps it's the beer and the whiskey. :)

[Comrade Anarchist]

LATIN b/c a dead language is so much easier to learn and you dont have to speak it which really excludes me from this thread.

[ComradeMan]

What's interesting here- and perhaps the RevLeft powers that be should note- is that the world's "biggest language", Chinese, is little spoken and there seems to be a European language bias (I include Turkish with Europe).

[Richard Nixon]

As an ethnic Korean I am more or less fluent in Korean.

[The Red Next Door]

E onde é que estás a aprender português de momento? Numa escola?
Nao em internet.