What are the languages that you speak?
By sr0415
@sr0415 (1140)
Philippines
August 1, 2007 4:26am CST
Hello everyone! :)
I went to a certain client this afternoon. The owner is a Chinese businessman. By next week, I have to furnish the financial statements of their company and it would have been best if I am fluent in the Chinese language. I could get his interest, and of course, he'll be impressed. :)
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I speak 4 languages:
1. my local dialect
2. our country's national language
3. English; and
4. Chinese - I have studied in a Chinese school for 10 years, but I am not that fluent because I was never able to practice it at home because my parents are not Chinese.
I also know a little of Spanish. Just the general ones: like Good morning, See You tomorrow and thank you. *hehe*
I want to learn French, German, Japanese and also be fluent in Chinese and Spanish.
Learning new skills - such as another language - can add to one's personality growth. It would even boost a person's self-esteem.
Hmmm... :) God bless everyone! \(",)_
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21 responses
@luohuan1987 (85)
• China
3 Aug 07
i am very excited when i see "hehe" in your words,in mylot.If i haven't judge wrong, it means one's smile in Chinese.i am a native Chinese,so Chinese is my first language.And English is my foreign language.I am really study on my English hard,well,"hehe"……
Good luck!Best wishes!
@sr0415 (1140)
• Philippines
3 Aug 07
Hi luohuan1987! :) It is just now that I've known that "hehe" is a smile in Chinese language. Thank you for that information! I had studied in a Chinese school for 10 years (6 years in elementary and 4 years in high school). But I wasn't really that fluent because I was never able to practice the language that much.
I just know that basics like "ni hao ma?", "sye sye", "wo ay ni", "di chia lo?", "chay chian"... and etc. (",)
Take care always and God bless! =)
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@xionglipingxj (31)
• China
5 Aug 07
you are so cool. i'am really tired of learning two kinds of foreign languages.but you can even learn so many foreign languages.
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@ladysurvivor (4746)
• Malaysia
2 Aug 07
Wow... I am jealous of you... I have always wanted to learn a new language but haven't been able to. Up to now I only know two languages and I think I am good in both. However I only speak my mother tongue language at home. Practically my English is much better when I write compared to speaking. Hm... I want to learn Chinese if I have the time. Maybe I'll find time one day, not now of course because I have no time at all. Anyway, congratulations on your excellent achievement, I am proud of you and wish to be like you. You inspire me. Thanks!
@sr0415 (1140)
• Philippines
2 Aug 07
Hi ladysurvivor! *wOw!* I'm flattered. hehe.. Oh well, if there's a will, there's a way. Since you want to learn how to speak a new language, take action! It's time that you start to learn one. And oh! I see someone left a comment for you here that he/she is willing to help you out in speaking the Chinese language. *wink-wink*
@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
1 Aug 07
I can read, talk, write five languages fluently. English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. Except english all the others are Indian languages.
@subathra (3519)
• India
1 Aug 07
hi,
you are right..learning different languages makes us to know the world much better and gives self confidence when we step into another country.2 days before i was speaking to a friend who was telling me about learning korean language as she has got a proposal from a korean owned company in our country for a translator job with an attractive salary.hence we are enquiring for the classes to learn this language.
I know 3 languages.My mother tongue-tamil, my national language -hindi and english.
@sr0415 (1140)
• Philippines
1 Aug 07
Namaste! :)
That's the only word I know in India. *hehe* I read that one in Readers Digest years and years and years ago. (",) I forgot exactly when. LOL
It's quite an irony that you want to learn Korean language. I got lots of friends who teach English to Koreans who go here in out country to learn about the E language.
I want to learn Korean, too. And also, how they write Korean characters. :)
@viollet_ry (968)
• Indonesia
1 Aug 07
Hi, there. I can speak a few language too. My mother tounge language which is hokkien, Indonesia, a little Mandarin and also english. I hope to learn French too if I have chance.
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@cuttyrish (2667)
• United States
1 Aug 07
hi sr0315, i speak 3 languages , which are English ~ my native language, Filipino (tagalog) ~ my first second language, and third ~ some dialects that i have learned while i was in the Philippines - like Ilocano and Bisaya. And i can understand a bit of Spanish and Latin..
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
9 Aug 07
English is my main language and I picked up Spanish in high school. It was just fun learning a new language.
@liyan97 (2127)
• Northern Mariana Islands
1 Aug 07
Hello there friend!
Wow four languages? That's great, i only speak two english and Chamorro.
English being my first language and Chamorro being my native language.
I would love to learn all languages but I honestly don't have the patience...lol..
Well good for you that you know four, like I said that is great:)
@sr0415 (1140)
• Philippines
1 Aug 07
Hi liyan! :) You speak the same languages with deeanna above! (hehe, I saw her response) *smiles* And I was asking her some questions, like converting some English languages to Chamorro... :) I guess, you can teach me more. *wink-wink*
What's...
"How are you doing?"; and
"Thank you!"
I better start with those two firsts. *hehe* Then, I'll ask for more words to be converted. *haha*
Take care and God bless! :)
@puchapox (579)
• Philippines
2 Aug 07
Good for you! I've been trying to learn chinese on my own. My relatives are chinese and I hate it when I can't understand them. But anyways i'm proud i speak several languages too:
1. our local dialect (bicol)
2. my mothers dialect (rinconada - its another bicol dialect)
3. our national language
4. english
5. german
I've studied french, and my, was it hard..Right now i am doing my best to study spanish portuguese and italian at the same time. whew. its hard too, but at least they have the same roots. As far as japanese, i watch a lot of manga, so I think I can recognize some of their words.
Its really fun to take up another language, isnt it?
@3lilangels (4639)
• United States
2 Aug 07
hello,i only speak english,but i do understand alot of spanish words,and sometimes i can have a conversation with them.i think learning another language is so neat.sometimes when i hear someone else talking in another language,sometimes i wonder what the heck are they saying lol,especially when they say it so fast.i took spanish and french when i was younger in school,which was pretty cool,but i dont remember all it.i always thought french was pretty neat language,i am part french.
@deeanna17 (47)
• Northern Mariana Islands
1 Aug 07
i only speak two language
1.chamorro
2.english
I know you might be wondering what chamorro is
Well its a language we use here on the island of Saipan.
I dont know the exact location but its close to the Phillipines.
I think i can speak more than two languages but i need to learn first.
i think its cool to learn alot of languages that way you would understand what others are saying and hopefully sooner you would communicate with eachother better.
@sr0415 (1140)
• Philippines
1 Aug 07
Hi deeanna17! :) I heard about Saipan and yes, they say it's close to Philippines. :) Saipan sounds like Taiwan. (",) Is it near China, or Korea? Is chamorro language same as Chinese or Korean language?
Hmmm... what's "how are you doing?" in Chamorro language? PHluuueeease, teach me! *hehe* :)
BIG thanks in advance! [And also, what's "thank you" in your language?]
*wink-wink*
@daryush (42)
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22 Mar 08
I speak English (obviously) and have picked up Urdu from my parents. I did many years of French and German (and latin, but I don't think that counts as no-one really uses it afaik) at school and am now learning Persian, Scottish Gaelic and Irish as well. I want to learn Greek (modern) at some point too.
@aprilsue00 (1991)
• United States
1 Aug 07
i only speak english. i took spanish in high school but really do not remember a whole lot of it. not enought to actually have a conversation with a spanish speaker anyway.
@cassidy22 (2974)
• United States
1 Aug 07
I speak English, as it is my native language. I have also studied Spanish and German, but I don't use them often, so I'm not a fluent speaker. I do enjoy both of those languages, though, and have travelled to native German-speaking and Spanish-speaking countries and have used those languages to travel. it's surprising how much easier you pick up a language when you are immersed in it!
@Drohi1untrusted (115)
• India
2 Aug 07
I speak only two languages and they are Telugu,my mother tongue and English,the universal language.
Intersting thing is that i'm planning to learn more languages like hindi,french and spanish!.
Elchico elchika....
@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
2 Aug 07
Hi sr0415! That's great knowing how to speak Chinese. I never understood any word they are saying whenever I am in the company of a Chinese. However I also speak my local dialect, our national language, English and a little Spanish and very, very few words in Italian. Have a nice day!
@vinzen (1020)
• India
1 Aug 07
Hi, wow that is surely a large number of languages that you have mastered, and as compared to that I can speak just 2 or 3 languages at the most. I can speak English, hindi and punjabi fluently and can understand only another 1-2 indian languages. And i have somehow never tried to learn or know any other language, but after reading your review, the curosity surely does arise that maybe we too can learn so many of them !
