What Languages Do You Know/speak?

eedioteediot Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13903Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Other than your own...</div> Well, i just speak english. That's all <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> I do latin at school, but that's year 9 stuff, I'm not very good with the grammar, and lately our teacher has only been doing philosophy with us [He is leaving the school at end of term, as are many other teachers. GG stupid headmistress, DIE DIE DIE]. And i can't speak it, only write <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> And not very well

Anyway, I'd LIKE to learn to speak and write dutch, some french and some german. It seems useful <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

What langauges do you know, and how'd you learn them?
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    I'd like to learn German or Japanese... Oh... wait... my school doesn't offer anything but boring Spanish. Can you guess what I'm learning?
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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    I know a bit of French. (I suck at it, though. I've had to take it since grade 1. I'm in grade 10. I hate French.)
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  • elchinesetouristelchinesetourist Join Date: 2003-06-29 Member: 17775Members
    Poorly chosen topic wording.

    they are all, my "own" - as is the case for anybody else
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    C++
    Java
    PHP

    oh wait...
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  • eedioteediot Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13903Members
    Look, i really don't care, grammar-police

    i meant other than your 'primary' which for me is english

    so go away

    im serious

    thats the stupidest waste of a post ever

    EVER.

    no, dont reply, i dont care

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    does anybody know HOW to learn another language? i.e dutch, could i just look around and... buy some tapes or something? a book? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    Some french (forgot most of it though), a wee bit of german, and an even smaller bit of hebrew.

    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I know a bit of French. (I suck at it, though. I've had to take it since grade 1. I'm in grade 10. I hate French.)<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    What is so hateable about french? Its the easiest langueage I ever had to learn...
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  • uberbrokeuberbroke Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2438Members
    Japanese!! Wo0t w0ot, I'm glad I knew this language thats for sure <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    Other than english, since im american, I know spanish quite well. I'd like to learn....what do irish people speak? .....maybe they speak english....yeah whatever... <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    Learned Hebrew all through primary school and some of high school. I'm a bit shakey with future tense, my vocabulary isn't very extensive, but it's sufficient.

    Kinda picking up Japanese from watching anime, and from learning\examining the words to various anime themes. After comparing translations of lines with the same words in, you start to learn which ones are which. It's kinda useful for subtitles which aren't completely accurate - you can understand what they mean better even without understanding every word.

    Kinda started to pick up German pretty much the same way (Rammstein lyrics). My exposure to Japanese is much greater than to German, though.
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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--SkulkBait+Oct 27 2003, 02:44 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SkulkBait @ Oct 27 2003, 02:44 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I know a bit of French. (I suck at it, though. I've had to take it since grade 1. I'm in grade 10. I hate French.)<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    What is so hateable about french? Its the easiest langueage I ever had to learn... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I don't like the pronounciation, or the grammar, AND I HATE VERBS ARG!
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  • BurrBurr Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9358Members
    me habla espanol (some at least)
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  • MulletMullet Join Date: 2003-04-28 Member: 15910Members, Constellation
    Actually, the more I think about it, I'm not that good at spanish.... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->


    Donde esta el gato de me casa?
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  • spidermonkeyspidermonkey @ Join Date: 2003-09-13 Member: 20810Members
    when i was five i lived in austria, and spoke german. After moving to australia ive can't remember a word <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--> (well, except the swear words <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> ).

    Other than that i can speak i little of french, but am fleunt in czech/slovak (nearly the same language) and of course english <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Smoke_NovaSmoke_Nova Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8697Members
    American English

    Canadian French (I took it for 3 years, end of 2nd year I was good with it, then my HS teacher (3rd year) taught pure French)

    Latin but you'd have to give me something to ponder, I can't speak it unless spoken to first.

    a wee bit of German, mainly Ich bin ein berliner (I am a jelly donut), and whatever I gleam from Rammstein.

    a wee bit of Japanese, mainly gleamed from the book Shogun and my Japanese for Busy people tapes/book

    a wee bit of Spanish, mainly gleamed from a visit to Vieques and my girlfriend teaching me.
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  • BOOBOO Join Date: 2003-07-28 Member: 18504Members
    edited October 2003
    Well im learning, but not super fluent but im still learning <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    sign language
    spanish
    german
    serbo-croation

    reasons why learn these? spanish well there are alot of spanish speaking people, my new aunt is spanish could come in handy <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    german, well i am german, i d*mn well should know the language

    and serbo-croation well we have alot of them in our area, and a good friend of mine speaks the language. they are such nice people <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
    he himself, knows alot of languages <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> he lived all over the place i guess <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->


    i would like to learn french but i need to get these ones first <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • sheena_yanaisheena_yanai Join Date: 2002-12-23 Member: 11426Members
    a bit english..and a little bit german
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  • PegenatorPegenator Join Date: 2002-12-21 Member: 11269Members
    edited October 2003
    My main language is Finnish, and I also know how to speak English (duh), Russian and Swedish.
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  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    hmm English, German, and very little microscopic amounts of Spanish
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  • uranium_235uranium_235 Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9478Banned
    edited October 2003
    Speaking Japanese is so cool! So then you can... um... talk to... the Japanese people who all already know English...


    Sorry, aside from being a total geek, for what concievable reason would you have for wanting, no even NEEDING to know Japanese?
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  • VenmochVenmoch Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1093Members
    Ich spreche Deutsch, aber bin ich nicht gut.

    Yeah, haven't done German in like 2 years so urm yeah.
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    French (obviously) English (obviously too) and Chinese.

    I learned Russian in school just because I didn't want to continue studying spanish and German looked hellish to learn. God was I dumb <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • BirdyBirdy Join Date: 2003-05-29 Member: 16825Members, Constellation
    Im Dutch and i know English, German, French and a tiny bit of Norwegian. ( fugl <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> )
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  • eedioteediot Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13903Members
    birdy, teach me dutch <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • uranium_235uranium_235 Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9478Banned
    edited October 2003
    I wanna learn Yiddish, just so I can... say funny things no one knows what they mean <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Quick- what do you call a homemade Israeli incendiary bomb?





    A mozeltov cocktail!


    Badum TISS!
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  • ScinetScinet Join Date: 2003-01-19 Member: 12489Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Pegenator+Oct 27 2003, 03:41 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Pegenator @ Oct 27 2003, 03:41 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> My main language is Finnish, and I also know how to speak English (duh), Russian and Swedish. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    No on se kumma... enemmänkin suomalaisia.

    I speak fluent English, not so fluent Swedish and broken German. My native language is Finnish.
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  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    Nordic countries and languages rock I wish I lived there. I'm stuck with french here <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

    note to everyone: this isn't disrespect for the French. I personally am French, and I have to admit the truth: most people here are idiots. You get yelled at for being bald, you get yelled at for asking the time to someone older than you, you get yelled at because you're freaking exhausted and just collapse in a chair.
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  • eedioteediot Join Date: 2003-02-24 Member: 13903Members
    darnit CEREAL, STOP WITH THE SLANDER, HAVE SOME PATRIOTISM

    <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

    haha, i kid, i kid... quite obviously, though. a french patriot? hahhaa

    i kid, i kid!
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  • MalevolentMalevolent Join Date: 2003-08-03 Member: 18842Members
    I know a little French, but that's it.
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  • Kung_FoolKung_Fool Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4092Members
    I can speak English and Italian pretty well, and now I am studying french a bit.

    Other than that I know about 3 words in japanese but... yeah that pretty much covers it.
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  • BanjiBanji Join Date: 2003-06-17 Member: 17427Members
    Beside Icelandic I speak Danish and English(who would have thought?) and I Japanese! Hai baka neko-sama... or not... I'll be studying German in a few weeks too.
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