How many languages do you speak or would you like to speak?
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Boasorte
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I'm teaching myself! And it's killing me that I can't speak nor understand it when someone is speaking really fast. Right now I'm watching Mulheres Apaixonadas on Youtube, and the Portuguese is crazy fast!!!
I can speak enough to ask for/give simple directions, questions, and hold a simple conversation. My reading is much better
Originally Posted by bellaxo812
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I'm teaching myself! And it's killing me that I can't speak nor understand it when someone is speaking really fast. Right now I'm watching Mulheres Apaixonadas on Youtube, and the Portuguese is crazy fast!!!
I can speak enough to ask for/give simple directions, questions, and hold a simple conversation. My reading is much better
bellaxo812
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That takes some dedication to teach yourself a new language...and that's so cute that you're keeping up with the novella's on youtube lol...if you ever need any help, just ask
| Originally Posted by MsWestchesterNY
I'm teaching myself! And it's killing me that I can't speak nor understand it when someone is speaking really fast. Right now I'm watching Mulheres Apaixonadas on Youtube, and the Portuguese is crazy fast!!! I can speak enough to ask for/give simple directions, questions, and hold a simple conversation. My reading is much better |
That takes some dedication to teach yourself a new language...and that's so cute that you're keeping up with the novella's on youtube lol...if you ever need any help, just ask
Shoegal-fr
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Curse words are the essential, once you know them, you're pretty much set to survive LOL.
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| Originally Posted by MsWestchesterNY
Why is it when people always seem to know curse words, body parts, and the numbers up to 10 when it comes to another language? 
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Boasorte
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Aww obrigada. I have no idea what's going on in these novellas, but I'm suckered into them. I think once I get used to the flow of the words, it'll help me more.
| Originally Posted by Shoegal-fr
Curse words are the essential, once you know them, you're pretty much set to survive LOL. |
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| Originally Posted by bellaxo812
That takes some dedication to teach yourself a new language...and that's so cute that you're keeping up with the novella's on youtube lol...if you ever need any help, just ask
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Aww obrigada. I have no idea what's going on in these novellas, but I'm suckered into them. I think once I get used to the flow of the words, it'll help me more.
Luiza_T
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I speak Portuguese (my first language) and English (self-taught). I'm not sure if I can say I'm fluent in English though. I can understand perfectly, but my writing is not that good. Still have to improve...
When I was younger I took French classes at Alliance Française, but I don't speak the language at all. And a friend tried to teach me Danish, but since she went back to Denmark I haven't been studying and forgot most of it.
So, there are a few languages that I would love to learn:
- Persian: because of my husband's family - he taught me some words already, but I cannot write it, only speak (with a funny accent, I guess - I can't pronounce "gh", for example).
- French: because it is such a beautiful language, and one of the official languages in Canada.
- Danish.
- German.
- Hebrew.
When I was younger I took French classes at Alliance Française, but I don't speak the language at all. And a friend tried to teach me Danish, but since she went back to Denmark I haven't been studying and forgot most of it.
So, there are a few languages that I would love to learn:
- Persian: because of my husband's family - he taught me some words already, but I cannot write it, only speak (with a funny accent, I guess - I can't pronounce "gh", for example).
- French: because it is such a beautiful language, and one of the official languages in Canada.
- Danish.
- German.
- Hebrew.
Shanti
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English is the only language I'm fluent in, but I know a bit of Spanish and French (from high school & before), and I can speak very basic Laotian (understand more than I speak).
I would like to improve on my French especially and Spanish, and I'm always up to improve my embarrassingly simple knowledge of Japanese. I want to learn Mandarin for business purposes, and sometimes pick up Korean from those dramas =P. If I could learn every language, I would...
I would like to improve on my French especially and Spanish, and I'm always up to improve my embarrassingly simple knowledge of Japanese. I want to learn Mandarin for business purposes, and sometimes pick up Korean from those dramas =P. If I could learn every language, I would...
Kragey
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I am aware of what Urdu is, but I accidentally mis-represented it in this post. I meant that I wanted to learn Urdu because it's commonly used by Indian authors and poets, and South Asian literature is my area of study. Sorry about the confusion!
I'm also a huge Asian cinema fan, especially with regards to Bollywood, so I know by ear that most films do not contain Urdu.
I'm more well-versed in Indian culture than that slip-up makes me seem.
| Originally Posted by Sojourner
Urdu isn't Indian though it's predominantly Persian and Arabic based (that's why it's big on poetry) the script is completely different to Hindi and Gujarati (which are Indian). Hindi is regarded as an Indo-European language because of it's links to European 'romance' languages and it's grammatical structure. The Hindi/Gujarati script is like the Bengali script, I've forgotten how to describe it but I'm sure you've seen them written before. The Urdu script is the same as Persian and similar to Arabic and it's the national language of Pakistan...don't confuse India with Pakistan lol if you have any Indian/Pakistani friends - the two countries have a very acrimonious history with wars and do not generally appreciate being mistaken for one another! Indians generally cannot read the Urdu script, Hindi is written differently to it and also Bollywood movies are in Hindi not Urdu. Many Indians & Bangladeshis will say that they speak 'Urdu' because they watch Bollywood but they cannot read or write it or speak it classically. You will notice that Hindi does not have the glottal 'kh' letter which is fundamental in Urdu (and derived from Arabic). Most Pakistanis do not regard Bollywood movie speak as Urdu because obviously they recognise the differences. Sorry to sound arsey, really not my intention, just wanted to clear that really common misconception up because I always hear it repeated and it really irks me - I studied a unit on South Asian politics which is why I'm saying, can't let that learning go to waste 
And now I sound like I'm showing off, so I should just shut up 
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I am aware of what Urdu is, but I accidentally mis-represented it in this post. I meant that I wanted to learn Urdu because it's commonly used by Indian authors and poets, and South Asian literature is my area of study. Sorry about the confusion!
I'm also a huge Asian cinema fan, especially with regards to Bollywood, so I know by ear that most films do not contain Urdu.
I'm more well-versed in Indian culture than that slip-up makes me seem.
Singmeanything
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I only speak english but I wish i learned spanish when I was younger. Im half Mexican and that would be soooo useful.
My parents did put me in class when I was younger and what I learned then is what I remember. Not from high school
My parents did put me in class when I was younger and what I learned then is what I remember. Not from high school
mamadiaspora
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I speak/write French, Norwegian and English....
would love to learn Italian, Russian and Arabic!
would love to learn Italian, Russian and Arabic!
Candy Christ
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English and quite a bit of Latin. I read it for the most part and speak it if I have to. I hate writing it though, it's irritating. Sometimes I understand Italian, but only Northern dialects. I know the BF speaks a bunch of languages, it makes me jealous
