Forehead Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 I wonder how many people on here claiming to know Spanish, or any other language, REALLY know how to speak it... It's a good question, I'm sure everyone has a different idea of what "fluent" is. I chose 1+ because I speak English, and I remember enough phrases from my Spanish classes to converse with a 3 year old, but only if they speak slowly, and stick to counting. Here's a good question. Take a country like China. Mandarin is the most common Chinese language, correct? But aren't there a ton of other variations? Do you not count yourself as fluent unless you know a majority of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I speak English, plus the language of Love, and a little Spanish, Hebrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bay Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I took 3 years of German in high school. Remember a little, but not as much as I wish I did. I was pretty decent back then, but lost most of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 English, Spanish, and French. I know a few words in Japanese, Chinese, Russian, German, and what not...but not enough to qualify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer_FFX Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Other than English - I've learned ASL. Although deaf people have to slow down some w/ me - so I can keep up! My signing is ahead of reading others' signing.....I know some phrases here and there in French (from what i remeber from hs) and Japanese (used to live in Okinawa). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrypticVillain Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I know two, proper English, and slang. I can speak a little bit of Espanol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renaissance Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I dated a guy once that claimed he spoke two languages - British and English. Yea, he was lame. It would be cool to learn ASL actually. I'm always mesmerized when I see people signing to each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 English, French and enough Spanish to get by in a conversation, but probably cant read or writ eit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artmonkforHOF Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Two: English and profanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 12th Commandment Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 English and Spanish. The Spanish came from living in Medellin, CO when I was a kid and it was easy to pick up. Went to Mexico for a month of immersive study about 10 years and I'm lucky that I get to use the Spanish all the time here at work and outside of work as well. Thank you immigrants who refuse to learn English!!! NOT that I am making the thread about that but it's an interesting side effect that it's beneficial to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsfan1311 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I lived in Naples for four years and I used to be quite fluent in Italian. (I worked at the pool on the NATO base and fluency in Italian was one of the job requirements.) My Grandma was Italian. We used to converse in it before she passed. The only problem is that hers was a northern dialect, and mine southern. I can probably get by now. If I were plopped down in Italy for a few days, I'm sure that I'd be fluent again in no time. I'd love to go back and spend a month, or two...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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