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How many languages do you speak?

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sampotter
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How many languages does everyone here speak? I'm not necessairily talking about fluency, but competence. I myself speak two languages. Curious to hear from people on here.
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ive been studying German for like 1 year now. but i still cant really say much lol
its really hard to learn when u dont have like other German speakers like there all the time. only practice is really in class
but hopefully ill learn enough to have a convo with some German shredders when i come to Europe in the future!
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I have been taking French for more than 4 years. I want to go to a French speaking area (eventually France, but Canada seems closer), and see if I can communicate with some people.
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Post by sampotter »

I've been taking Spanish for a good three years now, and am trying to get into Greek.
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Post by Air »

I speak Finnish, English and Germany.
And little Sweden but that doesn´t count...
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Post by Juice »

Indonesian was a subject in school which I took for about 5 years. I have stopped now. But i think it would be great if you could speak more than one language fluently.
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Post by shredj »

dropped out of spanish first semester i took it
you dotnt need to learn spanish anyway
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Post by sampotter »

Spanish is a terrific language to learn. Not for you, maybe, living in the midwest... :P It's great in a ton of places -- widely spoken, too. Then again it really just comes down to whether or not it's taught well.
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I love French, but I wish I would have started Spanish now that I notice more and more Hispanics moving into the US. I wasn't aware of them up in Pennsylvania until I moved down here. I am thinking of taking a year or two of Spanish in college, because they are too hard to understand (Spanish especially, but just their hispanic and/ or southern English accent also).
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Post by Shaun »

Took Frenc for grades4,5,6 and after that it is an option and I don't take it cause in my opinion its stupid.
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Post by wolfpac444 »

I think everyone should learn at least one other language. It is good for you in more ways than you think.
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I speak English and Latin(not so fluently)... so i can kinda get by with italian.
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I'm taking spainish in school for the 1st time but I have the worst teacher so I am not learning anything.
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Post by RRW13 »

isnt spanish almost like the second language in america now?
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Post by RhymesWithAlex »

Today I heard the stat on a video in History that 1/4 of California's population speaks Spanish as a first language. I am glad I am taking it.

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Post by C-Fan »

Ive also heard that a fourth of NYC speaks Spanish.

Like I said in the other thread, I`m always skeptical when people say they can `speak` a language. Some people have a very loose definition of fluency.

That said, almost every German footbagger I have ever met has spoken near-perfect English.

French Max`s English is also completely fluent.

I can only claim fluency in English and Spanish.
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