What languages do you speak fluently?

[Boobinator]

english and german.
i understand and can read a bit of french and italian, but really only parts of it.
i´d love to learn any skandinavian language, but its pretty hard, if u cant use it regularly.

Well the grammar is easy because there are very few short words like articles and stuff, and it's very similar to english and german too. The verb system is nothing fancy either.
But there are (in swedish at least) a lot of unwritten rules that you simply learn from speaking it and the way of speaking is very sloppy compared to how you write - like ignoring sounds and words melting together

At least that's what I find different from swedish and other languages. But it's a pretty straight-forward language and much easier than say french - whose grammar does everything to fuck your head up whenever possible

 

[Patrick_S]

Swedish, english and i understand norwegian but can´t really speak it.

Swedish and English. But Swedes, Danes and Norwegians are all very similar so you understand each other, and if you wanna sound like another just change the intonation

I don´t think swedes that live anywhere else than in the very south of Sweden think danish is easy to understand. To most swedes danish sounds like mumbled norwegian, kind of like they´re talking with their mouth full of mashed potatoes.

 

[BostonBruin]

But there are (in swedish at least) a lot of unwritten rules that you simply learn from speaking it and the way of speaking is very sloppy compared to how you write - like ignoring sounds and words melting together

that sounds pretty much like the southern version of the german language... we ignore the last 1 or 2 letters at pretty much every word and sometimes even I dont understand everything what some backwarded farmers are yelling at me

 

[BellaBellini]

My first language is English but I can speak Afrikaans fluently also. It is one of the official languages of South Africa, where I grew up. It is very similar to dutch so it is useful when I travel but not so useful in Canada where I live now! I wish I knew how to speak French but it is very hard to learn a language fluently once you are an adult.

 

[BostonBruin]

in which part of canada do u live bella? the frenchy part or in the great western part of canada?

 

[smilyball]

English, Russian, German - some Latin and Greek and a tiny bit of Japanese and Spanish.

 

[BellaBellini]

in which part of canada do u live bella? the frenchy part or in the great western part of canada?

I'm in Toronto, so not that many people speak French here. I'd like to speak it because it is a beautiful language and it would be great to understand all the wonderful French films without reading the subtitles!

 

[Civickiller80]

English and Portuguese

 

[BostonBruin]

I'm in Toronto, so not that many people speak French here. I'd like to speak it because it is a beautiful language and it would be great to understand all the wonderful French films without reading the subtitles!

i thought so too, till i learned it at the beginning its really fun, but after some time it just gets annoying... all the stupid grammar and stuff... at to be honest, at some point i felt a little bit gay when i talked french for to long

 

[capricorn]

My native is Croatian, and I speak English fluently. And I also know a little Italian, but not much (though i'm learning it and hope to improve my Italian).

 

[fuckingshocking]

Polish and some
English

 

[Petra]

I wish I knew how to speak French but it is very hard to learn a language fluently once you are an adult.

Isn't that the truth? I started learning dutch at 28 and it's been a struggle. I think a root canal is easier. One thing I've noticed is when we're kids, we just accept that a language is what it is. When we're an adult, we over think it. If you're a perfectionist, you're screwed.

 

[bandanoantri]

My swedish aunt has always said the Danish language is as if one chokes on a potatoe that is stuck in the throat. It really is a funny language.

My native tongue is German and I really didn't find it hard to learn Swedish (I have to add I lived in Sweden during summer vacations), but the intonation and pronounciation of the Swedish language (and scandinavian languages in general) is something completely different to most other languages. And my personal experience shows that some people have the feeling for it from the beginning and some just won't ever get it, neither intonation nor the correct pronounciation of e.g. so called palatalized consonants as in köt, nation or stjärna.

Anyhow, speaking of Danish, I bet some of you know a norwegian TV show called Uti Vår Hage, and there's one particular clip on YouTube: Danish language. That is so freakin funny, it's unbelievable...

 

[TunnelOfLove]

Finnish and english. I can also speak some swedish, estonian and german and read them pretty well.

English . . .

If I'm in another country I shout and point and if that doesnt work I smash the place up. :1orglaugh

You are kinda like my grandpa was.
He's only language was finnish and when he went aboard he just kept speaking finnish with locals. If they didn't understand him (which was so in 99% of cases) he just repeated what he just said but slower and louder.

 

[BlueBalls]

You are kinda like my grandpa was.
He's only language was finnish and when he went aboard he just kept speaking finnish with locals. If they didn't understand him (which was so in 99% of cases) he just repeated what he just said but slower and louder.

Sounds like my kind of guy :1orglaugh

 

[tunsty]

Bollonglish..

A mixture of English and bollocks

 

[BostonBruin]

You are kinda like my grandpa was.
He's only language was finnish and when he went aboard he just kept speaking finnish with locals. If they didn't understand him (which was so in 99% of cases) he just repeated what he just said but slower and louder.

i love your grampa :rofl:

 

[mrtrebus]

English is my first language, so why on earth would I need to speak anything else?!? If its good enough for Shakespeare & Winston Churchill then its good enough for mrtrebus.
The only thing I can say in foreign 'language' is "avez vous un cuppa!" Well, if you can call the squawking cacophonous mumbo jumbo that comes out of foreigners cakeholes a 'language'. :dunno:

 

[Jane Burgess]

Spanish was my first language and then I learned English. Yes I am Hispanic.

 

[georges]

American English
German
Russian
French