How many languages do you speak?

rjcrjc
in Society & Culture

I was just wondering as my friends were surprised English wasn't the only language I can speak lol

Personally, I can read,write and speak fluently in English, French, Spanish, German, Danish, Polish and Serbian (although I can only write and read in the Latin alphabet. Cyrillic is beyond my comprehension atm) I also kinda know Norwegian and Swedish as their similar to Danish as well as Czech and Slovakian because their quite similar to Polish :-))

Update:

Well I learnt French, Spanish and German in school and got top marks in my exams. My Mum is Danish and my stepdad is Polish so they gradually taught me their languages as i grew up. And I've lived in Northern Ireland my whole life so English is the language that you kinda have to know over here. As for Serbian, my actual dad is a Serb so I picked up a lot of it from him and from spending two months a year in Serbia with him and his family but i did have to get a tutor to help me with the writing part of Serbian. And like I said, the others are quite similar to languages I already know so I understand them but woudn't say I was fluent in them.

Update 3:

I have no idea what Irish even sounds like lol

Comments

  • andiandi

    I can speak and write in English, Tagalog, Irish, (I'm Filipino-Irish born in Ireland so all three I consider my mother tongue), Japanese (studied there for a year and I watch a lot of Japanese shows and have many Japanese friends), Spanish (learned in school), Italian (benefits of having an Italian boyfriend lol), and also German and Swedish (studied in Germany at a young age only to learn Swedish from a classmate). It's very handy to know a lot of languages I must say! I am 20.

  • madsmads

    I only speak 3. Spanish, English, and Russian :PP My friend speaks, German, French, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, English, Portuguese and Dutch, so he speaks 8 languages :PP

  • jennybunnyjennybunny

    I only speak English fluently and I know some Spanish and Japanese (and I tiny bit of Chinese and German :P) May I ask how you learned all of these languages to fluency?

  • amandaamanda

    Wow!

    I speak English, French and a little spanish.

  • anonymousanonymous

    I'm fluent in english and french and I know a little spanish

  • lagomlagom

    wow, that's a lot of languages!

    I can speak 3: Swedish (it's my first language), English (very fluently) and Spanish (I have studied it for four years but I'm not yet fluent).

    Jag kan också förstå danska och norska eftresom dom är så lika svenska, men det danska uttalet är inte att leka med alltså :P

  • louie-the-linguistlouie-the-linguist

    Just curious.... you don't list Irish. You didn't live in a Gaeltacht, I guess.

    Jeg kan norsk, forstår de andre nordiske språkene, og har studert fransk og tysk. Jeg kan lese mange eldre germanske språk (norrønt, for eks). Mine foreldre hadde Jiddisk som morsmål, så jeg forstår en god del.

  • style-policestyle-police

    Holy moly...

    well, i speak English and Spanish :)

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