12 Languages We Should Know How to Speak

I went to a private school and learned three languages by graduation. English, French and Latin. Later on I picked up some Spanish and German. English was of course the language I grew up with, but school taught me how to use it (speaking, reading, writing) properly. I live in a bilingual (Eng/Fr.) country, so French was important. Latin is rooted in many languages and has come in handy in many ways over the years. During the course of my life I have traveled extensively and armed with my excellent education in the subjects named, picking up enough Spanish and German along the way was not all that difficult. I can travel anywhere in the free world and understand and be understood. That's more than enough for me!

It's really pretty to travel around the world and to be able to talk to may people in different countries and languages. I grew up as bilingual (Czech/German). Then, in school, I had English and French. With fifteen, my parents and me emigrated to Spain, so I speak Spanish too and had even Latin and old Greek in the Spanish school. I also started to study Russian and Italian. To be a polyglot is like a way of life based on communication and understanding.