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What language do you speak? ¿Cuales son los idiomas que hablas? I speak English and learn spanish, and you are probably the same; but do you speak any other languages?

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updated Mar 10, 2011
edited by EJClaire
posted by EJClaire
Great avatar, EJClaire! - mountaingirl123, Nov 15, 2009
muchas gracias, me gusta los gatitos muy mucho :) - EJClaire, Apr 20, 2010

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I speak Texan, New Jersey, Brooklyn, Louisianan, Valley (Northern L.A. County) and a couple others. I almost speak Spanish too but I don't understand it all that well.

updated Mar 1, 2011
posted by ocbizlaw
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I have studied German, Arabic, Dari, Spanish and Scottish Gaelic. I haven't talked German in years, but I imagine with a little practice I could pick it back up. Spanish is the easiest and Gàidhlig is the funnest. I only took Aranbic and Dari because I had to. I had no interest in learning them. I did hold a conversation in Spanish the other night at work. I was suprised at how much I actually knew.

updated Apr 21, 2010
edited by Seitheach
posted by Seitheach
Cool that you were able to use Spanish. - webdunce, Nov 15, 2009
I have never heard the word "funnest" - "funest" is in the dictionary but I have never heard that either. - ian-hill, Apr 19, 2010
I hear it a lot these days Ian. I would say 'funniest'! - galsally, Apr 20, 2010
Oh, but funnest actually mean 'most enjoyable' eh, not most funny! - galsally, Apr 21, 2010
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My native language is Slovak (or Slovakian?) but I also speak English (few years of learning). Ich kann auch Deutsch sprechen, aber nur ein bisschen! Y un poquito español. A domluvím se taky ?esky. smile

updated Mar 10, 2011
posted by rado
hala - EJClaire, Apr 21, 2010
Hee hee! Me too! We could be language twins if you swapped Slovak for Irish - rabbitwho, Mar 10, 2011
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Hablo Inglés nativamente, español bastante bien, Vietnamita bastante para pedir comida, instruir taxistas, y coquetear con chicas smile

Tambien hablo un poco Francés (je n'aime pas parle francais, a mi es una idioma no muy versátil) y unas palabras de chino y coreano. O, tambien hablo unas palabaras de Catalan y voy a empezar estudiar ruso en una semana.

I speak English natively, Spanish well enough, Vietnamese well enough to order food, instruct taxi drivers, and flirt with girls smile

I also speak a little French (I don't like to speak French, IMO it is not a very versatile language) and a few words of Chinese and Korean. Oh, I also know a few words of Catalan and am going to start studying Russian in a week.

updated Apr 23, 2010
edited by Morethan3words
posted by Morethan3words
Corregid mi espanol por favor! - Morethan3words, Apr 20, 2010
Wonderful! - Fidalgo, Apr 23, 2010
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I can read Spanish, French and Italian. I can teach my martial arts class in Korean, and have a smattering of German, Russian, Chinese and Japanese.

updated Apr 21, 2010
posted by mctague
Wow, that must involve a lot of hard work!!! - EJClaire, Nov 16, 2009
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Dutch is my native language, I speak advanced to fluent English, my French, German and Spanish are reasonable, I can understand some Greek and know how to read and pronounce it but have very little practise speaking it and can roughly understand Norwegian and can speak some Norwegian at beginners' level. I have bought self-study books for Mandarin but haven't had time to sit down and try it yet.

updated Apr 20, 2010
posted by chicasabrosa
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Inglés, japonés, and a little bit of español.

updated Apr 20, 2010
posted by JoelMatthew
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Mi idioma nativa es ingles y hablo un poco esapnol tambien!!!

updated Apr 20, 2010
posted by mike123587
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I know mainly English and Spanish, but i also know a little Italian, French, and German. smile

updated Apr 20, 2010
posted by mamasita_s
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I'm English by birth and upbringing and I'm slowly learning to speak American although it hurts my brain. I lived in Argentina and in Chile for some years and was then fluent in Spanish; it comes back after a day or two in Spain. Apart from that I am rusty in French but given encouragement I can just about hold a conversation. Portuguese is perfectly readable although a tad more difficult to speak and understand. My German is a (bad) joke.

For the record may I recommend that you rephrase your original question, perhaps to "cuales son los idiomas que hablas?". My experience with Spanish speakers always showed a much more common use of "idioma" than "lengua". It's also very common in Spanish to leave out the pronoun and rely on the case of the verb to indicate who it is you're addressing.

updated Apr 20, 2010
posted by geofc
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I speak English, some French, "music" and "medicine". wink LOL But all of my focus is on Spanish for now.

updated Nov 15, 2009
posted by Nicole-B
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I speak fluent English and Pig latin wink

updated Aug 14, 2010
posted by Snowleopard
haha me too!!! - spanish-at-heart, Aug 14, 2010
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I speak Khmer (native), Thai (enough to understand films or news on TV but I never speak it), English and French (mon français est à peu près le même niveau que l'anglais, je dirais le niveau avancé tongue wink ) Spanish I just start learning about 2 months, so I'm a complete beginner. I also used to learned Japanese about a year but It's too hard for me especially the Kanji caracters, It's a shame because I really love Japanese. Spanish is a lot easier compare to Japanese.

updated Apr 21, 2010
edited by Krama
posted by Krama
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Hablo tagalog (filipino), ingles, y empezando a estudiar y hablar español.

I also studied Japanese when I was an employee of a Japanese company but I'm sure I forgot it already because I do not practice it anymore.

updated Apr 20, 2010
posted by aurelioque2005
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I speak Lithuanian and English fluently, also am able to communicate in French and in Spanish. And I understand a little bit Russian, as there are some Russians living in my country.

updated Apr 20, 2010
posted by swing