Cunning Linguists, time to show off!
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1) French, obviously
2) English, if we can consider that putting English words together and hoping it makes sense is speaking English
3) German (5 years), I haven't speak German in the last 12 years so I forgot a lot.
4) I only know "te quiero" and "hijo de puta" in spanish. I'm promised to an interesting social life in Spain
I'd like to learn a very different language like Japanese.
2) English, if we can consider that putting English words together and hoping it makes sense is speaking English
3) German (5 years), I haven't speak German in the last 12 years so I forgot a lot.
4) I only know "te quiero" and "hijo de puta" in spanish. I'm promised to an interesting social life in Spain
I'd like to learn a very different language like Japanese.
Actual knowledge:
1. Italian (well, duh);
2. English (using it almost daily);
Way behind:
3. Latin (5 years in high school). Actually, I only ever did written translations from and to Latin, so I don't think I could hold my own in an actual conversation.
Waaaay behind:
4. Spanish (self-taught). I can hold a basic conversation, but nothing more.
I understand some Italian dialects (actually almost different languages): Piedmontese, Sicilian, Emilian. But I don't really speak them.
Like others have said, I know some tourist's phrases in many European languages (German, French, Greek, Portuguese), but nothing like actually speaking the language.
Wish list: improve my Spanish, and Japanese (improbable, but still there).
1. Italian (well, duh);
2. English (using it almost daily);
Way behind:
3. Latin (5 years in high school). Actually, I only ever did written translations from and to Latin, so I don't think I could hold my own in an actual conversation.
Waaaay behind:
4. Spanish (self-taught). I can hold a basic conversation, but nothing more.
I understand some Italian dialects (actually almost different languages): Piedmontese, Sicilian, Emilian. But I don't really speak them.
Like others have said, I know some tourist's phrases in many European languages (German, French, Greek, Portuguese), but nothing like actually speaking the language.
Wish list: improve my Spanish, and Japanese (improbable, but still there).
20 years of English, and 3 of Icelandic.
English. That's it.
I took French in high school for 2 years. Couldn't learn it but got As.
I took Spanish when I went back to school to finish my Bachelor's--2 semesters. I got the highest grades in the class and most of them spoke Spanish. I can't speak it, I can't understand it. To learn "ventana" I had to forget 10 other words in Spanish! Hubby speaks Spanish (he was born in Mexico but you wouldn't know to look at him--everyone thinks he's Japanese ancestry)--but he asked me not to speak it because I hurt his ears when I try! He says I like English words so much, I can't get my brain wired for any others.
I took French in high school for 2 years. Couldn't learn it but got As.
I took Spanish when I went back to school to finish my Bachelor's--2 semesters. I got the highest grades in the class and most of them spoke Spanish. I can't speak it, I can't understand it. To learn "ventana" I had to forget 10 other words in Spanish! Hubby speaks Spanish (he was born in Mexico but you wouldn't know to look at him--everyone thinks he's Japanese ancestry)--but he asked me not to speak it because I hurt his ears when I try! He says I like English words so much, I can't get my brain wired for any others.
1) English (primary language)
2) French (for the past 6 years)
I know a few phrases in German and Spanish...and the basic greetings in those languages. Given some Italian or Spanish text...I could probably understand the gist of it. Since I plan on majoring in French in College, so that I can become a L.O.T.E. teacher, that is my main focus right now. However...I've always wanted to learn German. My high school dropped the courses 3 years before I entered my freshmen year.
2) French (for the past 6 years)
I know a few phrases in German and Spanish...and the basic greetings in those languages. Given some Italian or Spanish text...I could probably understand the gist of it. Since I plan on majoring in French in College, so that I can become a L.O.T.E. teacher, that is my main focus right now. However...I've always wanted to learn German. My high school dropped the courses 3 years before I entered my freshmen year.
Wishlist: Good English
I understand it, too, but I'm not sure who he is referring to. "He/She/It doesn't speak Spanish."
I speak English, and I took 5 years of Spanish (4 in high school, 1 in college). I was actually very good at Spanish; I wish I hadn't quit.
Donde esta el bano?
Donde esta su desnudo hermana?
That last sentence has gotten me in plenty of trouble in my days...If I said it right. It's been a while since I used my Spanish.
Then there's the ever horrible
Tengo un dolor de cabasa, luckily my exgf didn't use that one a whole lot.
Donde esta su desnudo hermana?
That last sentence has gotten me in plenty of trouble in my days...If I said it right. It's been a while since I used my Spanish.
Then there's the ever horrible
Tengo un dolor de cabasa, luckily my exgf didn't use that one a whole lot.
Dutch & English; never learned other languages; I was always sick when I had French or German classes at school. 
1. English
2. Flemish (dutch) - very rusty, though
3. Spanish - 3 years in high school, and can read/comprehend much better than listen/speak
2. Flemish (dutch) - very rusty, though
3. Spanish - 3 years in high school, and can read/comprehend much better than listen/speak