Foreign languages

Zaqarbal · 03-21-2011, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by GeddyBass2112

I can speak or know:

French (first language until I was 5 or so)
English
Latin
Ancient Greek
Modern Greek (not brilliantly...I'd get by on holiday)
Arabic (learning it, getting there slowly)
Swedish (learning it still, getting better)
Japanese (basic)
Portuguese (basic stuff, want to get better)
British sign language (200 signs or so)
American Sign Language (100 signs)
Koine Greek (pretty much the same as ancient Greek, but has some forms unique. Found in the Bible)
Italian (REALLY rusty now, can't speak it at all without revision)
Serbian

Yeah, I'm good at languages. Anyone who wants help learning languages can PM me.

So it was you!:

GeddyBass2112 · 03-21-2011, 05:35 PM

Epic!

ThePhanastasio · 03-21-2011, 05:58 PM

I speak English fluently
Spanish (passable)
French (slightly less passable than Spanish)
American Sign Language (a bit. Still takes me a minute to translate others)

I am working on learning:
Romanian
Greek (Modern)
German
Russian

dankrsta · 03-21-2011, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by GeddyBass2112

A combo of a Teach Yourself book and a few Croatian/Serbian friends at uni, and I just learnt it.

Really? You must be talented. That's great.

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Originally Posted by GeddyBass2112

те волим!

Haha, um...волим и ја тебе...ваљда

Btw, I have to nitpick a bit. It should be: "Волим те" or "Ја те волим"

Hey, the Cyrillic on my computer is actually working. I thought it had some bug or something.

crukster · 03-21-2011, 06:33 PM

I speak and read English and Turkish fluently.

I used to know French and German at school, forgot em.

Learnt the Arabic alphabet, it's knocking around in my brain somewhere.

Taught my self Spanish so I could watch the cartoons channel on our stolen cable. It got cut off, and I forgot it all. That's the thing, if you're not actively speaking a language you lose it.

Burning Down · 03-21-2011, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ThePhanastasio

American Sign Language (a bit. Still takes me a minute to translate others)

I forgot to list that I know ASL pretty well too. It has come in handy on occasion. I'm a little out of practice though

ThePhanastasio · 03-21-2011, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

I forgot to list that I know ASL pretty well too. It has come in handy on occasion. I'm a little out of practice though

Sweet! I was made to learn it in middle school - a girl in our class was deaf, and although she could read lips really well, our teachers decided that learning sign language would still be nice for us to do.

Burning Down · 03-21-2011, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ThePhanastasio

Sweet! I was made to learn it in middle school - a girl in our class was deaf, and although she could read lips really well, our teachers decided that learning sign language would still be nice for us to do.

I grew up next door to a girl who was deaf, and her parents were nice enough to teach the neighbourhood kids so we could play with her.

s_k · 03-21-2011, 08:19 PM

Good thinking of those parents

Burning Down · 03-21-2011, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by s_k

Good thinking of those parents

No kidding! I think that girl was the most popular kid on the street! I remember thinking as a young kid, "wow people actually talk with their hands?" and now I realize how useful ASL can actually be.

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