how many languages do you know?
By superramki
@superramki (159)
India
June 17, 2007 12:06pm CST
i know 5 languages..they are english,tamil,hindi,telugu,sanskrit..wat about you?
7 responses
@munhozmib (3836)
• Sao Paulo, Brazil
17 Jun 07
I speak only two languages. They are Portuguese and English. I'd certainly like to learn how to speak more languages, but you know... It's not that simple. You must also pay a specialized school to learn it well.
It's rare to find someone that speak both languages. I think in my school, there must be around 4 people at total who speaks both. And I've met none of those four, lol.
People just know the basics.
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@tigertang (1749)
• Singapore
18 Jun 07
You are doing much better than me. I think as the world gets closser together you will get used to the idea that educated people should speak at least 2 languages and some would argue that speaking English does not count as a new language ;-)
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@munhozmib (3836)
• Sao Paulo, Brazil
2 Jul 07
I don't know if I'm doing much better than you... It seems like speaking two languages is nothing compared to some people here!
@nonew3 (1941)
• United States
17 Jun 07
I speak English and a little Spanish. I am also learning French, Mandarin Chinese, American Sign Language, a little bit of Japanese, and some Twi (language in Ghana, West Africa).
Based on the languages you know, I am guessing that you live in India, without even looking at your profile first? :-)
@peppinazzo (86)
• Italy
25 Jun 07
I know: Italian my original language, a bit of english and french, spanish and some words of deutsch and japanese :D
@saierchok (1294)
• United States
17 Jun 07
I speak, English, Arabic, French, Armenian, Russian, Urdu and some Hindi :)
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@tigertang (1749)
• Singapore
17 Jun 07
Bai Sahib, how well do you know these languages? Do you read and write in them as well as speak them? I think you're much better than me. I only read, write and speak English and German and have a working understanding of Mandarin and Cantonese and can socialise in Spanish. Also manage to sprinkle a bit of Arabic into conversation but that's about it.