How many languages can you speak ?

Singapore
June 10, 2009 9:59am CST
nowaday , i realise many malay can speak chinese language , i think they are very clever because chinese language is difficult to learn . some phillipino working in my country can speak very well chinese too .
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• United States
15 Jun 09
My native language is English, but I started taking foreign languages when I was eight years old. I started with Spanish, then went on to French, German, Japanese, and Chinese. Japanese is the one I've studied the longest, but I think it helped prepare me for learning Chinese. Asian languages take a lot of dedication, but they're worth knowing. Next, I want to take Latin at my school, although I might not have time to do so before I graduate. I'd also like to learn Finnish, as it is a part of my family's heritage. I only know a few Finnish words.
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• Regina, Saskatchewan
17 Jun 09
Hey bp............sorry just can't call you baldypriest! LOL You can call me Sparks. I LOVE that you want to take Latin. For a language lover, you will find that Latin will give you such an understanding of not just English, but all of the romance languages as well. I took five years of Latin in High School and it has been an invaluable tool in my ability to understand other languages, in my reading comprehension, my vocabulary and in so many other ways. I was so upset when they removed it from the school curriculum. So kudos to you new friend and welcome not only to my friends list, but to the lot. I soooooooo look forward to seeing more of you!
@dodo19 (47034)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
10 Jun 09
I can speak fluently in French and English. But I also currently trying to learn how to speak Italian and Sign Language.
• Singapore
11 Jun 09
sign language , it's more difficult to learn than chinese
@Niah1976 (739)
• Paranaque, Philippines
10 Jun 09
Hi there! I am a Filipino but I don't know how to speak Chinese. I can only speak our language and English. But I wanna learn how to speak some other languages. Happy my lotting!!!
• Singapore
11 Jun 09
many philipino in our country here know a lot of other dialect and chinese language , they work here for two years only , they do learn very fast .
@Tuanshun (138)
• China
10 Jun 09
yeah, i think Chinese is a little hard to learn for a foreigher. as a native Chinese speaker, I can speak some english and the language from my hometown in additonal to Chinese. In mainland of China, we usually call Chinese Pu Tong Hua. As i know, the Chinese language which malay says is another language which is called Cantonese. This language is widely spoken in Guangdong Province of China and Hongkong. I can understand most of it when popele speak it. But i can't say it. I think english is very melodious to speak, but i dont speak much, i got poor english, but i like english very much. Language is very mistious thing, and i admire the talented language speakers. By the way, anyone want to know more Chinese, reach me pls. I'm glad to teach anyone who want learn Chinese and wanna make more friends out there. Happy posting, mylotters.
• Singapore
11 Jun 09
hi tuanshun, i think your english is quite good , in our country , malay can really speak chinese , not cantonese , most of my neighbours here speak chinese to me
@Boffle (123)
10 Jun 09
This tends to depend on where you live and what language you speak to start with. I think it's fair to say that, as much as we might like it, most native speakers of English - like me - never find it necessary to learn another language because everywhere we go we find people who can speak English much better than we can speak another language. Although I can speak some French and German, I almost never get the chance to use them because, as soon as people find out I speak English, they want to speak English to me.
• Singapore
11 Jun 09
you know how to speak french and german , that good , last time , itry to learn japanese because i got a japanese friend here , after she went back to japan , i give up , it's difficult to learn and i have no patient
• India
10 Jun 09
I just know my mother language as well as English language. Apart from that I know a little bit in three other languages. Learning languages will help to go to every places in the world. It's better to know most of the world languages. Not at all you have to know fully,but atleast that much you can be interactive. Global Language for us is English (No.1 ya).
• Singapore
11 Jun 09
i think the most two important languages are chinese and english , it's most popular in the world , it's my own opinions but it good to know more other languages
@lynnchua (3412)
• Singapore
11 Jun 09
I can speak Mandarin as I'm a Chinese, speak English though my English is not that good, speak a little of Japanese, a little of Malay language I think that's all. If dialect is included than I can speak teochew, a little of hokkien and Cantonese.
@abanerji (1026)
• India
10 Jun 09
i know three languages. Bengali is my mother tongue, i can only speak and comprehend this language, i cannot read and write this language. i have command over English and Hindi.
@freerr (666)
• China
17 Jun 09
Indeed, I can say any language for one sentence because of dictionary.
@bloglog (628)
• Singapore
11 Jun 09
I can only speak in Mandarin and English. I may be able to understand a little of Malay language, and Japanese language probably. Learning languages is quite interesting. However, you have to put in use after learning, otherwise you may not remember what you have learnt if you did not use it for some time. I took up a course on Japanese language, but I did not speak Japanese at all after the course. Now, I forget how to speak Japanese, and I may be able to understand just the very minimum of it.
@haiershen (1080)
• China
24 Jun 09
i'm a chinese, i only can speak chinese very well, and only a litter english, except that, i know nothing, however, i wanna to know how to speak other language?