How many languages do you speak and how do you know them?
By Ella
@EllaSpringtime (198)
Israel
October 21, 2015 4:55am CST
Mine are Hebrew and English (thought I sometimes not sure how to spell in English and I don't like grammar, but my reading is very good) and Spanish more or less. Also I know some French and a little bit of Russian. I love learning languages and philology and I always wanted to know at least ten languages until I am 40 but now I am almost 40.5 and I didn't even got close to my goal.
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@utkarshan28 (133)
• India
21 Oct 15
There are 5 language in India (includes English) I can understand but I could speak only 3 of that including my mother tongue.
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@TheHorse (206843)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Nov 15
Todah rabah for asking. I speak only English and a bit of French. Living in California, I can speak a handful of phrases in Spanish. I can say hello and thank you in Mandarin and Thai, and I know a few words of Hebrew. That's about it, unless you count music and math as languages.
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@EllaSpringtime (198)
• Israel
4 Nov 15
Well, the English language is very wide so for someone who knows it very well it's like knowing a few languages.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
4 Nov 15
I am fluent in English (mother tongue), French (learned it starting from ninth grade in school and taught it for many years) and German (learned it starting from tenth grade in school, also taught it for years). I studied Spanish for only a year (long story), but picked up more teaching many hispanic students. I can handle Italian, if the guy speaking it is handsome enough. 
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
24 Oct 15
You are awesome if you have that many languages. I studied french and Spanish but can't speak the languages. I grew up in the states, English is my language.
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@Pattitude (1287)
• Newton, North Carolina
17 Nov 15
Being American, I speak fluent English. I can understand some German, as long as they don't talk too fast!
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@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)
• Canada
24 Oct 15
I read Greek, a little Aramaic, but I don't really speak those it's more study...I read Hebrew of the Tnk and speak Modern Hebrew...but there are somethings lacking in my Modern Hebrew, like phrases happen sometimes before I can learn them-besides that I speak a little bit of German:)
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