do you speak any languages?

[Chairman Meow]

[pre]#include<iostream>
int main(void)
{
cout << "Native Language: C++" << endl <<
"Also fluent in English and Visual Basic." << endl <<
"Semi-fluent in Python, Latin, Russian, Spanish, and Javascript." << endl;
return(0);
}[/pre]

 

[Mario Feldberg]

Zwanzig grad, steurbord.

Zwanzig Grad Steuerbord.

Diese papieren sind nicht gut! Du bist eine saboteur!

Diese Papiere sind nicht gut! Du bist ein Saboteur!

Should a non-native ever master the German capitalization laws hell will freeze over. (Note: most Germans never master them either!)

 

[stormbind]

I know English and conversational Spanish, can write Spanish and Latin both and speak some Latin. I also speak and write Quenya rather well, but that isn't terribly important. 8 years of Spanish has made me more or less fluent.

I have the utmost admiration for those who can converse in Latin. Despite what my signature may imply, I cannot be counted among them. I am trying, but for now, I’ll just have to continue admiring those who can..

 

[Chairman Meow]

I have the utmost admiration for those who can converse in Latin. Despite what my signature may imply, I cannot be counted among them. I am trying, but for now, I’ll just have to continue admiring those who can..

Latin is like Klingon. Completely useless, but interesting to learn anyway.

 

[Plexus]

I'm fluent in English, and I can read and write Spanish pretty well, but I'm definitely pre-conversational, with that, I can barely understand other Romance Languages. I can ask for directions, count and introduce myself in Japanese.

I wish I knew more languages.

 

[Emp.Napoleon]

I speak english, since I live in America. I studied spanish for three years, but only once a week. I am now learning latin, hopefully for four years.

 

[stormbind]

Latin is like Klingon. Completely useless, but interesting to learn anyway.

I beg to differ, for many old texts are written in Latin, and although I am thankful to the Elizabethan English who translated a good portion of it into barely understandable bodies of text, due to the nature of Olde English, it isn't always easy to read and the translators had a tendency to extend sentences so far as to rule out any hope of being able to split their paragraphs into bite-sized snippets of information, and although I wouldn’t go so far as to say that I might be able to emulate them, you are probably aware that the sentence which I'm currently writing is an attempt to do so, and it seems a rule that they should cause great suffering to anyone who tries to read the works aloud whilst simultaneously respecting the original punctuation, thus I would conclude that in some cases it could perhaps aid comprehension if the former Latin texts from which the English was derived could be cross-referenced with awkward translations currently imposed on this linguistically-challenged reader.

Edit: I won't even try to emulate their spelling and grammar...

 

[Smellincoffee]

I (obviously) speak American English. I took two years of Spanish in high school, although I don't remember anything other than nouns and names. I know a few scattered verbs, but that's in.

I know some French, Spanish, and Italian greetings/farewells, but not much else. Anything I know in Italian is Mafia-related. In German....a few scattered military terms related to WW2. The only complete sentence is one asking where the Luftwaffe is.

Originally Posted by Chairman Meow
Latin is like Klingon. Completely useless, but interesting to learn anyway.

Hey, there was a mental health institution in Oregon needing a Klingon translator. They withdrew the ad a few months later, but....

 

[Chairman Meow]

I beg to differ, for many old texts are written in Latin, and although I am thankful to the Elizabethan English who translated a good portion of it into barely understandable bodies of text, due to the nature of Olde English, it isn't always easy to read and the translators had a tendency to extend sentences so far as to rule out any hope of being able to split their paragraphs into bite-sized snippets of information, and although I wouldn’t go so far as to say that I might be able to emulate them, you are probably aware that the sentence which I'm currently writing is an attempt to do so, and it seems a rule that they should cause great suffering to anyone who tries to read the works aloud whilst simultaneously respecting the original punctuation, thus I would conclude that in some cases it could perhaps aid comprehension if the former Latin texts from which the English was derived could be cross-referenced with awkward translations currently imposed on this linguistically-challenged reader.

Edit: I won't even try to emulate their spelling and grammar...

I was just kidding about it
But if Fr. Paul found out I compared Latin to Klingon, well, there would be a very angry monk after me...

 

[Smellincoffee]

Better than an angry trekkie dressed like a Klingon!

 

[Plexus]

Indeed...

 

[Masquerouge]

I speak French and English really well, German quite ok, bits of Spanish (enough to survive), notions of Arabic (enough to trade )

 

[Drakan]

Spanish, English, French and German. Sorted out from highest to lowest level of proficiency.

 

[Steph]

Fluent : French, English, American, C++, C#
Good : Wallon, Swiss, Quebec
Limited : German
Very limited : Chinese (I know 2 words).

I can also write in the Quenya / sindarin alphabet fluently, doesn't it count?

 

[MaisseArsouye]

Good : Wallon

Vos causoz è walon ? It's great !!!!

 

[test_specimen]

German (native language), English, French, Spanish (all pretty good, though my Spanish could do with a little improvement) and I'm learning Slovenian currently.

edit: and I understand Italian and Portugese, if written or spoken slowly. I also learnt Latin at school, but since no one speaks it anymore it doesn't really count as a language.

 

[Provolution]

Norwegian, Danish, English, Japanese and Russian, all at a professional level. (try me).
Plus, I know a smattering of Somalian, Czech and Italian.

 

[Steph]

I also learnt Latin at school, but since no one speaks it anymore it doesn't really count as a language.

Dan Quayle planned to use it when visiting Latin America

 

[Longasc]

I can speak in the foul language of Mordor...

 

[Chieftess]

English (native language),

Fluent: German, Japanese, C++, Visual Basic
Some knowledge: French (rusty), Javascript, Assembler Programming, C# (teaching myself)
Little knowledge (few words): Spanish, Korean, Polish, Finnish, Italian.