How many languages do you speak?

@jess368 (3368)
United States
March 10, 2008 1:42pm CST
What is your first language? What other languages do you speak fluently? Do you know a language that you can understand, but may not speak fluently? I only speak English, and am slowly learning Spanish.
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@sminut13 (1783)
• Singapore
11 Mar 08
well, mine would be nepalese as the first language. then it would be english. i'm quite fluent in that. i also know a little chinese, just conversing only though. i do not know how to read or write chinese. it's just too much for my little brain. i can also understand hindi and a native language from my country though i can't talk much in both of them. that's about all i guess. i do know some japanese though not enough to understand when people are speaking. i just know one, two words like that as i love watching japanese animations also.
@jess368 (3368)
• United States
11 Mar 08
WOW! thats amazing, it must be nice to understand so much!
@sminut13 (1783)
• Singapore
11 Mar 08
haha it is i guess. but just understanding is not enough too. sometimes, there will come a time when you might actually need to know the writing too. but i'm taking it slow for now. or rather, you could say i'm just not interested. grins
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@sminut13 (1783)
• Singapore
9 Apr 08
thanks for the best response. i really appreciate it. have a great day.
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
10 Mar 08
I only speak English also. I know a few Spanish words. Not enough to make conversation though.
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@jess368 (3368)
• United States
10 Mar 08
I can ask what your name, how old are you, hello, goodbye, silverware, and a few others. I can make very short conversations until they start talking with words I have never heard.
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
10 Mar 08
That is great. All I know is a few numbers and a few words I have learned on Dora and Diego while my neice and nephew was watching them lol.
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@beyonce03 (2331)
• Canada
10 Mar 08
I'm a french canadian, so my first language is french. My second language is of course english. I have some difficutly sometimes writing and speaing english, but I have no problem to understand. I red in english and listen to the tv. I would like to learn spanish. It's a great language to know when you want to go in vacancy to place like mexico, cuba, etc :)
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@jess368 (3368)
• United States
10 Mar 08
that would be wonderful to know three languages! You seem to know English very well!
@aretha (2538)
• United States
10 Mar 08
english is about it for me. i do know some norwegian but not much at all. a few words and can understand a little more than i can say. only because my best friends is from norway and she has thought me some and then her dad and her talk in norwegian a lot so i can understand some but not much.
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@whywiki (6066)
• Canada
10 Mar 08
I can only speak English. I took years of French in high school but have almost completely blocked that from my mind. I do understand a bit of french and can read a bit of it but am no way close to being fluent in it. I do however know a little bit of Punjabi and Dutch and they aren't very nice words!
@jess368 (3368)
• United States
10 Mar 08
I have never heard of Punjabi. Who speaks that language?
@BUSSY1979 (1283)
• United States
10 Mar 08
my first language is English of course,and than my second is Thai.I can speak Thai language fluently though.
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@jess368 (3368)
• United States
10 Mar 08
Wow, why did you learn Thai?
@BUSSY1979 (1283)
• United States
10 Mar 08
hey there,i learned Thai b/c i have some family members that are from Thailand.So,i learned it so that i can speak to them whenever i need to. The language is pretty easy,but the only thing about it is that you have to say everything backwards.I can't get that right in my head yet,lol. thanks for the friend request and i accept y;ou as my friend. :)
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@SViswan (12051)
• India
12 Mar 08
My first language is Malayalam. But I can fluently speak English, Hindi, Tamil and Kannada. I can understand Telugu but can't speak it fluently. I can also speak Arabic (which I've lost touch with but not forgotten) which I had to learn at school in the Middle East. I can also understand a little Punjabi(since it's got similarities with Hindi)
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
12 Mar 08
My first language was Polish, second Russian, third German, forth English... I can understand some Spanish and some Italian, because I know basic Latin from my medical school. I can also understand some Dutch.
@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
12 Mar 08
English is just my second/third language, Filipino or Tagalog is the language we use here in the Philippines. There are also other influences that we use daily, from Chinese to Spanish and even American-English languages. We also have indigenous dialects, as I believe there are about 170 of them used on different parts of my country. I know only a few of them, but I'm also willing to learn some from it if ever I get the chance to go on that specific place or whenever I come to meet someone who originally came from those places..
@lpetges (3036)
• United States
12 Mar 08
i am american, and speak only english,, im figuring that sooner or later i should be learning spanish, since most of the directions, automated phone conversations all start out with spanish first!
@dierdre (2207)
• Philippines
10 Mar 08
being filipino, my first language of course is tagalog, my second language would be english. i am fluent in both languages. i understand a few spanish words such as mi amor, (my love) por favor, (please) biblioteca (library)hola (hello), como estas (how are you) etc.and some spanish cuss words.
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• Malaysia
11 Mar 08
i only speak and write two languages- english language and malay language. i can understand some basic mandarin and can speak some words but i really do wish that i could speak the language fluently!
@theprogamer (10534)
• United States
11 Mar 08
Jess said: ["I only speak English, and am slowly learning Spanish"] Pro said: "~Hé, attendez! Je ne sais pas espagnol!" ^_~ Or how about... "~Onee-chan, chotto... Espanol wakarimasen. Gomennasai." I studied some French, and am currently studying Japanese (along with a bit of Chinese and Korean on the side) "Jah-ne" Jess! "Oyasumi Nasai!" ????
@Browisn (782)
• United States
10 Mar 08
I only speak English fluently although my parents were both born in Italy and my wife is from the Philippines. I can understand some Italian and most of what my wife says in Tagalog (Filipino) but I can't not speak any other language. I also took two years of French in High School but I'm sure I'd be lost in France.