Can you speak more than one language?
By robsandoval
@robsandoval (112)
Philippines
September 10, 2008 11:38pm CST
How many languages can you speak?
I speak my native language (Filipino/tagalog) and, of course, English. I also know how to speak a little German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and the basic French.
How about you guys? :)
6 responses
@jinxky (2248)
• Philippines
11 Sep 08
as a filipino, my native tongue is tagalog & i can speak english as my second language. aside from it, i can speak basic french & spanish too. coz i believe that spanish is like tagalog & i can easily understand what they are saying hehehe..
como estas? 
@robsandoval (112)
• Philippines
11 Sep 08
Ok lang ako. Ikaw naman, kmusta?
Hahahaha. Haven't done that in a while.
@robsandoval (112)
• Philippines
11 Sep 08
Man. I'm lost in translation. Hahah. Sehr Gut. Danke. :) Tschuss.
@mykmari_08 (2464)
• Philippines
11 Sep 08
Before I proceed with answering your query, I'd like to comment that I assumed that like me, you are a Filipino even before reading this particular discussion of yours, because it was quite evident in your user name. But anyway, I admit that I admire you for knowing more than five languages. That's quite a feat, huh.
Like some of your respondents, I personally am a resident of the Philippines and our national language is Filipino. And like you, my second language is English. But locally, we have several other dialects depending on what region we belong. My parents both hail from the province of Pangasinan and they speak Ilocano, which me and my siblings understand and speak fairly well enough.
At present, I am trying to learn as much conversational Mandarin because my spouse and I have decided that one of us will have to work abroad for the family's welfare; our daughter's future education in particular.
Anyway, I'm about to leave the office now because I have already completed my eight hours in a day. Regards.
Bye for now.
@robsandoval (112)
• Philippines
20 Oct 08
Cool.. I know a little ilocano. I'm in baguio now, so most of them speak the tounge. The thing is, I'm forced to speak the native's way. That's because my friends and teachers are using ilocano as a way of telling jokes (sometimes). So there you have it. Actually its a little similar to tagalog. Right? Say, isa~maisa in ilocano. Dalawa~duwa. Hehehe.
Thanks a lot. :)
@pheonixstar1982 (2307)
• United States
11 Sep 08
Does know sign language count as a second language?? I speak english and know a very little spanish.
@chaitra001 (3278)
• Bangalore, India
11 Sep 08
hi I can speak 4 languages. my mother tongue, English and hindi which is my national language.
@orochi (318)
• Denmark
11 Sep 08
Well im a dane so off course i can speak danish :D besides that i can speak: English, deutch, french a little spanish, a little jappanese and a few words in russian. Yes i know seems weird well im just someone who loves to know and talk alot of different languages because it is funny and i can live in any kind of country without fearing they dont known english.
@robsandoval (112)
• Philippines
11 Sep 08
Awesome. The sound of the Russian tongue totally attracts me. One example is Regina Spektor, when she sings Apres Moi- the part of the song where she sings a Russian poem -its totally attractive.
Its cool to be european, in my opinion. Hehehe.
Danke! Vielen dank! :) Happy posting!
@yyfrancine (461)
• China
11 Sep 08
oh, so cool, you can speak so many languages. that's my wish, i will envy you very much, i only can speak my own language and a little english. learned vietnam for a short time, so actually i think i only can say my own language, how stupid i am, can you share how do you know that languages?
@robsandoval (112)
• Philippines
11 Sep 08
I don't think learning vietnamese is bad. I mean one or two languages is good, so to add the rest takes a lot of efforts. :)
You don't have to be envious, you know Vietnamese. I have no idea how to speak that language.
I learned those from many things. But the German- I learned from my German relative. Its a very cool language, though not very attractive to the ears.
Thanks. :)
