How many languages can you speak?

[prisonermonkeys]

I speak English, a little French and German and I know some very colourful expressions in Mandarin (I'd like to thank Joss Whedon for expanding my swearing vocabulary with Firefly).

I can also understand a lot of French and German (more than I can speak) and a little bit of Spanish and Italian.

 

[james4544]

me too: English, German, French

 

[High-Test]

I speak English and French.

Or, Northeastern Kansas English and College French.

 

[Rykon Zero]

uh! 6!!!!! in your face! i speak english, american, british, australian, canadian, and a small portion of vietnamese.

 

[Sakiale]

Mandarin, English, some Latin, and Pig Latin if that counts. I'm taking Spanish in high school.

 

[ExigeEvan]

uh! 6!!!!! in your face! i speak english, american, british, australian, canadian, and a small portion of vietnamese.

Why did you count English as a language and then break it down into regional dialects?

 

[Mt. Lynx]

I only speak two, my native Swedish and english, but I understand an array of other languages. I understand Norweigan, Danish, some German, some French, some Icelandic, some Dutch.
All those are from the german tree, and thus in some way similar to swedish (and english), except french, who comes from the latin tree. I only understand that because I studied it in school. Can´t speak it though.

 

[Joey D]

Why did you count English as a language and then break it down into regional dialects?

I would say American English and the Queen's English are pretty different...here in America we tend to slaughter words.

 

[livemusic]

Portuguese and English, but I understand Spanish if the person doesn't talk too fast. I can read some French and Italian too.

 

[Alfaholic]

English and very rough Russian. I took it upon myself to learn it, been busy so I haven't been able to come back to it...

По-русски:

Вы говорите русский язык?

(In Russian

(Do You speak Russian?)

Other phrases, like "Kak dela?" Means "how are you?", etc.

In Afrikaans, "kak" means something rather different

 

[SpawnCH]

I voted for 2: German and English, even though I would count my swiss-german (native) as a third language

I had to learn French for 7 years in school and I choosed to learn Italian for 2 years. It's just enough to understand some phrases and speak the basics. (Well after seven years French class it's a lot more, but I barely use it...)
And I'm trying to learn some Swedish and Japanese in my freetime just for fun

 

[Driving Park]

I know English. English is good enough for me. I don't know anything else and don't really want to learn any.

But now I'm contradicting myself because I'm taking German 1 this year in high school. But wait, am I really contradicting myself? I only chose this because it's required to have at least 3 foreign language credits to graduate. Why this is is beyond me. Sure if you're a world traveler or in the military, then knowing a foreign language is essential. But what about us normal people who are content with the USA? (or the UK or whatever) Taking foreign language should be optional and should not be required to graduate.

:-)

 

[ExigeEvan]

I would say American English and the Queen's English are pretty different...here in America we tend to slaughter words.

I don't dispute that. But he said he spoke 6 languages. 1 of which was English. 4 of which were sub dialects of English. 1 of which was vietnamese.

I just don't get how you can say you speak pure English, and then say British English and American English

 

[Serge.D]

In Afrikaans, "kak" means something rather different

Not only in Afrikaans,same in Flemish or Dutch.

 

[TopHat]

I can speak Spanish and English, but I wish I could take German at my school.

 

[OZZYGT]

I can speak Spanish and English, but I wish I could take German at my school.

What grade are you in?

 

[Michael88]

Deutsch und Englisch sind die zwei Sprachen die ich beherrsche.
German and English are the two languages I can speak.

No need for a third language, everyone knows how to speak either german or english, both are widley used. 💡

My father speaks six languages, but he has a lot of travel to do in his job as engineer.

 

[HKS T51R]

uh! 6!!!!! in your face! i speak english, american, british, australian, canadian, and a small portion of vietnamese.

^____^ me too...imagine that and 3 years of spanish....no vietnamese

 

[Joey D]

I don't dispute that. But he said he spoke 6 languages. 1 of which was English. 4 of which were sub dialects of English. 1 of which was vietnamese.

I just don't get how you can say you speak pure English, and then say British English and American English

I always have considered the Queen's English and American English were two separate languages since they are all so different. You could almost classify Scottish as another language as well. I guess it all comes down to how you view different languages, I personally can not see how any self respecting Brit would want their language to be associated with the crap us Americans speak. I'm really making an effort to learn the "proper" Queen's English.

 

[Jimmy Enslashay]

But then there's different dialects of Spanish (Spain, Mexico, etc). I understand what you mean, but I don't think it should count at all. They're different dialects, not different languages. If you come from England, you can still easily get around in America and, apart from a few minor differences, you will have barely any trouble having any sort of conversation at all.

Besides, with English, television has a lot of influence over knowledge of American and British English differences.

 

[DustDriver]

If you see us and british english as 2 seperate languages, you can also see flemish and dutch as to separate languages.
We use different words and expressions, but we can understand each other(most of the time)
When i had to explain something that was going to happen later, i said 'seffes', but she didn't understand it, until someone else pointed out 'seffes' meant the same as 'straks'
Hell, we can't even understand people from Antwerp, and they can't understand a lot of words we use
(Or anyone else west of Antwerp)

 

[Joey D]

I don't know what Dutch or Flemish sounds like so I can't really say if I'd consider them two different languages.

 

[Alfaholic]

Not only in Afrikaans,same in Flemish or Dutch.

Makes sense, since Afrikaans is derived from 18th or 19th century Dutch. I find that Dutch people can understand me quite well when I speak Afrikaans to them, though I can't follow them very well when they speak Dutch.

 

[koneko]

i i speak,write,understand 3 languages ! LATVIAN,RUSSIAN,ENGLISH
too bad latvia isnt in the PSn selection!@!@!!!!!!!!!!
i have to chose us and every time i arrive 1st every one thinks im american
acctualy im quite pissed about that, and after a race they send me a rasistical mesagges
ok a litte lesson for the GTplanets users
latvia-es runaju 3 valodas,(in english that means(i speak in 3 languages)
russian-я знаю 3 язика(i know 3 languages)

 

[AceGT]

Spanish, English and French

 

[Northstar]

English(duh!)

I also know some German that I haven't lost from high school.

 

[NLxAROSA]

I speak fluent Dutch and English. I speak German (but not quite fluent) and I know a little French.

I also know COBOL, Java, Basic, Pascal, C, Objective-C and C++ and small bits of various assembly languages, but I guess those don't count for this topic.

 

[orimarc]

Fluent:
1. Spanish
2. English
3. Catalan

Not fluent:
4. Basic French

Not bad, I think.

 

[Steele_obsidion]

i had to say one.

I took 3 years in High School, but my German still sucks ass.

Kein Löffel für Oma!

 

[Stavingo]

I speak 2, fluent english and my mandarin which is still in progress after learning it for 2 years.