Any one speak languages other than English?

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phatrat1982
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Any one speak languages other than English?

Post by phatrat1982 » Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:15 am

I live in the US and like most Americans I speak English pretty well. But I am also learning two foreign languages at the moment which I know is less common in our culture. First I am learning Irish partly because my mom is of Irish ancestry and partly cuz of curiosity and also partly because well the language is dieing and my sisters and I want to contribute to the furthering of a language from our ancestors.

I am also learning German mostly for school but also because my dad is all German blood and I have always wanted to learn German. I am also fairly proficient in Spanish because I lived in a heavy hispanic community for a few years and took a class in HS and had a lot of spanish speaking friends. I am getting away from Spanish now and focusing on German and Irish at the moment but if I can master those two I might give French a try who knows.


So just curious who else here can speak or is learning to speak any languages besides English?

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Post by Trev » Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:03 pm

Very mild French.

I'm amazed you can learn 2 languages at the same time. I have enough struggles just with one.

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Post by phatrat1982 » Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:43 pm

yeah it is hard but I figured I learned so much Spanish without even giving any effort and most Europeans learn 2-3 languages why can't I?

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Post by Trev » Thu Jun 16, 2011 5:49 pm

Best wishes, hope it works out for you.

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Post by yokohama » Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:08 pm

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Post by Erronous » Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:10 pm

phatrat1982 wrote:yeah it is hard but I figured I learned so much Spanish without even giving any effort and most Europeans learn 2-3 languages why can't I?
Lol, at school we had Dutch, English, German and French. Choice options were Latin, Greek or Spanish.

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Post by Interite » Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:42 am

I speak German and Swedish and just a bit of French. Learned them because of family roots etc.

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