Do you love to learn new languages?how many languages you know to speak, no matter how much you know but have you tried for atleast few words?What all you do to learn diffrent languages?
[question posted by Archie0]
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hi archie0. i started a discussion similar to your topic. here again with you. i have complete fluency in four languages.. hindi, english. assamese and bengali. but i can understand bhojpuri, nepali, oria, punjabi. bodo,and urdu. yes, i wanna to leran some Foreign Languages like fillipino, chinese, spanish, french and so on. through my discussion i have learnt few words of fillipino. thanks. [shibham]
Chinese, English, Japanese. It is said that Chinese is the harest language to learn around the world, but I learn it well for I am from China and Chinese is my mother tongue. I am learning English for we have to learn it and we have many lessons about English language. English is popular all over the world and most people will konw how to speak it well. If not, using one of those fancy electronic language translators will definitely help. Japanese, why I konw of Japanese? one reason is that I want to work there some day. It is necessary for me to communicate with Japanese fluently. That's all. [getbrowser]
well my mother tongue is hindi ! apart from it i know 4 different languages these are all indian languages i'll list them up here : 1. Kannada 2. English 3. Telgu 4. Tamil [rahulrocks123]
Well, i'm fluent in speaking Filipino and English. We're studying Chinese in school too so I know a few Chinese words in pinyin. Actually, I was studying Japanese for a month now but I've been busy with school I never had time for it anymore. [shizuka15]
India is a many language country, and as indians, most of them know a minimum of two to three languages. And south Indians know more than 3 languanges, basically those who reside in bangalore and main cities of south India. as for myself, I know to write, kannada-hindi-english-marati and speak kannada, hindi, marati, english, tamil, telugu and a little bit of konkani, malayalam and marwari. And as people from other parts of India settle in bangalore, i am getting to know more languanges like bengali, punjabi urdu etc. and i am eager to learn more languanges. [mssthirdeye]
i am from india so we have alot of languages here from diff cultures i can speak abt 4 indian languages and english of course and french (learnt it a few yrs ago need to brush it up) [vdhaval]
hi!!Chinese is my first language,but I'm learning English now,and I also prefer to learn Korean,Japanese and Spanish....:) [xiahps]
I know few international languages like English, Spanish, French, Chinese and Italian. Then, in our country their are many languages per regions and I know to speak Tagalog, Ilonggo, Bisaya, and Chavacano. Mostly the international languages which I could speak and write fluently are English and the rest are basic languages. While in the local dialects I am very fluent in Tagalog and also with the rest of the other dialects. It is good to know other languages as it serves as a bridges toward a better understanding to create camaraderie despite diversity of cultures. [neelianoscet]
Hi there Archie0. I only speak one language, that is English. I have tried to learn a little here and there in other languages. I can say a few phrases in Spanish, and answer the basic questions. I can also count to 10. I used to be able to count a little further, but I guess I forgot through the years. You know the old saying, if you don't use it, you lose it. Well, that's kind of the way it is not only with foreign languages, but also with computer languages. I've been into the Perl programming language for awhile. If I didn't keep it up, I'd totally forget it. I did learn two phrases in Tagalog, when I was in the Philippines. And I can say one phrase in French that is part of a song that I have known since I was in high school. So, basically, if I go to a foreign country, I'm going to need a translator. LOL [kykidd]
Hi dear! I know mainly three languages. These are Hindi (my mother tongue), then English and Punjabi. Besides, I can understand a bit of Bengali and Kannada. I get fascinated by different languages and always wish to learn them, but due to paucity of time, my wish does not get fulfilled. [dpk262006]
hey! watsup? aight, let me answer the question.. uhm.. as a matter of fact, since I've been in the business development field, and most of the time I travel from here to there to different parts of the globe meeting different nationalities contracting business. I somehow managed to learn how to "Hablar Espanyol", "parlez le francais", "Sprechen sie Deutsch", "Bicara Bahasa Indonesia dan Malayu", "Parla Italiano", and yes, "I speak English", at "Nakakapagsalita ng Tagalog". I'm can understand simple arabic, studying some japanese niponggo and trying to understand the Chinese Mandarin language... WELL.. "Como estas", "Comment allez-vouz", "apa-kabar", "kamusta ka", "come stai"?, "Wie geht es Ihnen"?, HOW ARE YOU?... so much for them muchos lingos, i got this principle in life, "LEARN while you EARN"... Getting paid while Learning..... Keep livin the GOod Life! Hoppy Lottin...... word... [Radicsphere003]
I don't speak very many languages fluently (I speak only English and Swedish), but I'm currently learning Dutch, Spanish and German. [thehellbean]
Hello archie0. Well i always have wanted to learn many languages. I currently know just spanish and english, but also wanted to learn many languages such as french, italian,latin,japanese. and i could go on and on (portugese,german,etc). Of the first languages i sayed i know just the basic of them. Hope someday i could be able to learn them all i want to (at least the first four i comment about) [edxcast]
Hello my friend happy I would love to learn spanish mainly because where I live this is the language people speak, I can count say hi things of that nature nothing more its really stinks I should have learned this a long time ago, I admire anyone that can speak more than one language I consider that a gift. I'd also like to learn sign language interpreting, too. Thank you. [kitty42]
I speak or at least can converse in about 5 languages (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German) apart from my mother tongue which is Pilipino. I speak about 3 other Philippine dialects. Does saying hello in Mandarin or Japanese count? That's all I can do in these languages. Travelling and talking to the local folks is a great way to learn foreign languages. Otherwise, listening to Cassettes or CDs, reading Books and magazines, watching TV are also good ways to brush up on your languages. [involved62]
I know German as it is my native language, and English which I learned at school for about 9 years. I also learned Latin for 7 years and a bit of French which I have forgotten completely, for 2 years. Right now I dont have the time to learn more languages but I would like to learn either the Polish language or Arabic as they both are interesting languages. [book1962]
Hi Archie, I did exactly the same topic a few years ago. I speak English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Flemish (almost the same as Dutch), some Spanish, some Portuguese, some Tshiluba, some Turkish, some Pigeon English, some Lingala, some Ewe, some Mina, a few words Arab, a few words Polish, a few word Russian, a few word Japanese and Chinese, I know a Philippino song by heart, ... And I would love to learn more and more! A lot of speakers for motivation employ language and words to their messages powerfully! Every time I meet people who speak different languages, I try to learn a few word. Every time I travel I'd like to learn the language... [MamaAfrika]
Hi Archie, I love to learn languages,hope I am not too late to learn it. My spoken language : english,bahasa indonesia,mandarin and hokkien(dialect) My written language : english,bahasa indonesia I did learn Japanese during my high school,but now i totally forget how to speak and write,has returned the knowledge back to my teacher. I can speak simple Mandarin,but not the difficult one.I can't write Mandarin words and I also encounter difficulty to sing mandarin songs as I do not recognize the Mandarin words. I get nervous now as my son is going for school next year,how am I going to teach him Mandarin words as I myself is not good in Mandarin at all. It is time for me to learn Mandarin in the sake of my son and also myself. Last when I look at G1 phone prices, I saw that they had a great language translation app available for free! [shia88]
I know many languages. Portuguese, which is my native language, spanish, english, french, german and little bits of finnish and swedish. I've also tried to learn dutch sometime ago. Languages are among the most interesting things to learn in your lifetime. [Eisenherz]
I only knew 2 languages- english and hindi. Hindi is my local language. No I never ever tried to learn more languages than that.Thanks [directsaurabh]
hi archieO, i know Telugu,Hindi and English,i have tried several times to learn several languages,but all my efforts will not materialized,i have tried online learning also,but learn t Tamil alphabets for some time,there is no body to teach me Tamil so stop learning Tamil,now have not time to learn the new language [yugasini]
I know Cebuano, Tagalog, English, Spanish, French, and Sign Language for the debt and mute. I wanted to learn more language like: Mandarin and Cantonese, Italian and more languages. [feodda]
I love to learn different languages and upto now i can speak and understand about 7 different languages. They are English, Spanish, Italian, Urdu, Punjabi, Pushtoo (Patahn nation)and some local languages. Now i am studying about Chinese language because peoples says that Chinese is most difficult language to learn. I find it so interesting. You have not shared your own capability here, what about you? How many can you speak or understand. [rockydam83]
Not as many as I would like. I know a few phrases in a few languages and a bit more in others but am not fluent enough to hold a real conversation in anything other than English at the moment. [Canellita]
Hi Archie.Well I can speak a lot of languages.Hindi is my mother tongue.I learnt english from school and college subsequently.Then I can speak telugu which I learnt from my neighbourhood as my father is posted in South India.Then I also learnt Sanskrit for five years in school.Since I lost touch I cant speak it anymore but I can understand it well.Also I know bengali as my mom is Bengali.And then I can also understand sadri and bhojpuri,local languages in Bihar and Jharkhand where my hometown Ranchi is based.Also I know very few words in marathi as my brother works in Mumbai..My favorite is .."chamaila"...w00t [Shames]
Being a resident of Bengaluru ensures that you learn at least 3 languages., namely English, Hindi and the local language Kannada. This is because of the large floating population in Bengaluru. Besides, being my mother tounge, I know Marathi. (Swakula sali to be precise). I also can speak fluently Telugu and Urdu and understand a fair bit of Tamil, Gujarathi, Marwari and Punjabi. This is because of my job which ensures that I keep meeting different people throughout the day. Now that makes it 6 languages which I am fluent in speaking. [goodfundadvisor]
Hi this is shiva. Well about the languages i know is my mother tongue "telugu" comes first,later on comes my country's language "hindi" and the comes the laguage in which we all keep in touch in our daily lives "english". I am planning on learning "german" soon and also "japanese" . [bunty85696]