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Do you speak a foreign language?

Posted by humanrubberband • 1/25/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: foreign, language

What do you speak?

Why do you speak it?

Where did you learn to speak it at?

I speak Hungarian.
I lived in Hungary for 2 years, and that is where I learned how to speak it.

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1/25/09

harveyavatar

nein.

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1. 1/25/09
  
  humanrubberband
  
  Talan egy kicsit akkor? You must speak a little.
1/25/09

pillownaut

I've heard Magyar is quite difficult! I took French classes for 4 years and also self-studied Italian and Russian. Always been interested in languages and etymology. It's easy to get out of practice, however... these days I can only order food or get arrested, LOL. When I am in countries where I can use the languages, though, it all comes back after a few days of reading signs and being forced to remember words so you can make yourself understood.

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1/25/09

humanrubberband

Magyarul is pretty hard. Over 20 grammar cases. I read articles online to try and keep up my Hungarian. I also like to watch Hungarian movies.

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1/25/09

braincatcher

I speak a little arabic. And I can also write my name and some words. at work. 3-1/2 years in KSA, + 8 months and still going in UAE. شلبـرن (my real name)

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1/25/09

radu

English (for me is a foreign language) Italian French + few words in German (can understand if someone is talking slow ) and Swedish

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2/02/09

salomey5

Je parle français!

I was born in Montreal, but grew up in France, so French is my first language.
I learnt English when I moved to England.

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2/02/09

footiam

Yes. English is foreign to me. Malay too.

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2/02/09

Ajah

i speak french (2nd official language of my birth country)
Wolof( 1rst official language)
Spanish (learned it in school)and English (learned it when i moved to the US)

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2/03/09

thainewsportal

I speak Dutch, English, German and Thai

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1. 2/03/09
  
  harveyavatar
  
  you must be Dutch!
2/03/09

Svelmoe

Well, English is a foreign language for me
A bit of German, and once upon a time I knew some Russian and Italian, but that's years ago so not any more - English is my only foreign language I'm good at.

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2/03/09

ranist22

After juggling with 3 languages in my daily life I want to know what 'foreign language' means? What I mean to say is that all languages are foreign to me

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1. 2/03/09
  
  harveyavatar
  
  Yo hear toi Ranist...
2/03/09

dluxedesigns

I live in Europe for a short bit,so I speak a bit of French.

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2/03/09

MylissaAriana

I speak French and Russian.
French because I learnt at school and have spent a lot of holidays in the French Pyrenees.
Russian because my family lived in Ukraine for 8 years.
I'm trying to study a bit of Italian, just for pleasure!

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2/03/09

LaMirabelle

French & German: native lang.
English : movies, books etc...and a little in school
Italian: school

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2/03/09

martydrury

I speak quite a lot of languages thanks to my year long (coming to an end this March) challenge to learn as many languages as possible in just 1 year. Check it out at www.joinmartin.wordpress.com and let me know what you think.

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2/03/09

harveyavatar

I knew someome who spoke at leat 10 languages. He had a method whereby he would learn a language in 6 months. There is speaking a language and speaking a language of course... Nice blog btw

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2/03/09

thainewsportal

@harveyavatar how do you know? ;-)

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1. 2/03/09
  
  harveyavatar
  
  I'm psychic ;D
2/03/09

martydrury

Learning many languages at once can be hard. My challenge is going really well but I do sometimes get confused between Spanish and Italian and my Welsh isn't great. I'm not seeking fluency in any language because the whole idea of the blog (www.joinmartin.wordpress.com) and challenge is to encourage people to learn 1 language and go at their own pace. I'm not in this to show off. I just have to get to a basic, conversational level in as many languages as possible by March 2009.

I've met many new people during my challenge and made some great new friends. Tony Buzan was interviewed for the blog and wished me good luck on my challenge, Actress and Strictly Come Dancing star Georgina Bouzova (www.barefootblondie.com) wished me luck too and the blog is popular with journalists at home and abroad.

I'm launching The Maths Blog in March which will chronicle my attempts to improve my skill with numbers and all things maths related. One thing learning many languages does do is inspire you to learn other things. It's also great fun.

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1. 2/04/09
  
  Svelmoe
  
  Well, Spanish and Italian is also very close in so many things that differenting between them in a learning situation would be hard
2/03/09

harveyavatar

That's not a bad idea to dust up ones math skills.

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2/03/09

Dem1an

Spanish and French!

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2/03/09

martydrury

Italian, English (that wasn't exactly hard but I can speak it), German, French, Spanish, Irish, Welsh (very badly- to great amusement of a certain blonde marine biologist), Swahili, Swedish, Polish, Greek, Russian, a little Arabic, Japanese, some Mandarin, Scottish Gaelic (a bit), Danish (a bit), Dutch and a few others.

Wondering who motivates you to try/learn something new. Join the debate here: joinmartin.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/time-for-the-role-model-taskforce/

Stay tuned to www.joinmartin.wordpress.com. Interviews and surprises to come very soong.

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1. 2/03/09
  
  humanrubberband
  
  Magyarul?
2/04/09

arjunu

I speak English, which's foreign ta me.

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2/04/09

riverstyxxx

I know how to ask a vietnamese hooker for a good time. I uh, learned it in school..Yeah..

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2/10/09

martydrury

Have some linguistic fun and raise money for Comic Relief. Take part in The Battle of The Funny Phrases: www.justgiving.com/thelaughinglinguist

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2/10/09

Shy

I can speak a few languages, rather strange for an Aussie (so I am told)

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1. 2/10/09
  
  humanrubberband
  
  Do you speak any Hungarian?