How many Languages do You Speak?
By belmeros
@belmeros (256)
Marrakesh, Morocco
August 26, 2017 4:49pm CST
It all started in the second year of middle school. It was the love of adventure that took me there. I was not heading to a jungle but to the world of languages. I reading some French short stories. I didn't like French. However, it has a special style too. I studied it for more than 10 years; in primary school, middle school, high school and the first two years at the university. despite having a biology and geology high school degree, I left all that science and maths behind and took another adventure, English. English opened many gates in front of me. the English linguistic's degree that I had from the university pushed me towards translation and then discovering other languages. Now I speak fluently at least four languages and have many basics of others. So how many languages do you speak?
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@sabtraversa (13096)
• Italy
26 Aug 17
I speak Italian and English fluently.
I studied French and Spanish at school but didn't practice them when I left, but they're similar to my mother tongue, so I usually understand most of them (written French being easier than spoken one), and I can still write or say some basic sentences. I know a very little of Finnish too. 
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@sabtraversa (13096)
• Italy
26 Aug 17
@belmeros Italian is quite useless, not as spoken as English, French or Spanish. Unless you're into Italian music or literature. 
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@belmeros (256)
• Marrakesh, Morocco
26 Aug 17
@sabtraversa I studied Spanish just for one year. I liked it. But I have never tried Italian.
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@belmeros (256)
• Marrakesh, Morocco
26 Aug 17
@sabtraversa Maybe I will try it. It would help me as a translator.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
27 Aug 17
Me, Spanish and English and can understand French some if I read it and German and Italian if I hear it or read
it.
Spanish is the second language I dominate and English of course being my first.
Well done to have got so far in your studies that is a lot.
it.
Spanish is the second language I dominate and English of course being my first.
Well done to have got so far in your studies that is a lot.1 person likes this
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
27 Aug 17
@belmeros
My Father In Law used to speak Bereber I think its called in Spanish.
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@belmeros (256)
• Marrakesh, Morocco
27 Aug 17
@lovinangelsinstead21 That's great!
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@belmeros (256)
• Marrakesh, Morocco
27 Aug 17
@lovinangelsinstead21 No, it's not Spanish. My native language is Berber also( usually called Amazigh or Tamazight). It is the language of native peoples spoken in north Africa.
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@fearjp (452)
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31 Aug 17
I only speak English and Spanish. I did try to do sign language but it seemed too hard but then nothing is never easy lol. I learned English in school like 95% of the kids did lol and obviously I know Spanish from my parents lol.
@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
27 Aug 17
I tried learning French from a phone app but didn't have the patience. I stopped after awhile. I studied Spanish back in College but only for two semesters and that was it. I learned Korean from my students. English is our official language but Tagalog is our national language, but I speak our own dialect Hiligaynon which is different from our national language.
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
27 Aug 17
@belmeros Yeah, people only know our country and probably call us Filipino but the national language is Tagalog.
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@belmeros (256)
• Marrakesh, Morocco
27 Aug 17
@toniganzon That's really Interesting, I thought Filipino was the language.
@belmeros (256)
• Marrakesh, Morocco
27 Aug 17
@toniganzon You know this the first time I hear Tagalog! I think I should read about it.
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
27 Aug 17
I speak my native language which is Tagalog and I speak English fluently as well. Studying Spanish on and off but I'm not getting any better.
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@mohit459 (12568)
• Haldwani, India
27 Aug 17
I can speak English and Hindi perfectly!!
Punjabi and Bengali basic one!!
@peachpurple (13890)
• Malaysia
27 Aug 17
You speak French and English and what else? I speak 3 different languages and a dialect, ENglish, Malay, Chinese and Hokkien
