What languages do you speak? What languages would you like to learn?
By beki710
@beki710 (949)
May 14, 2009 8:40am CST
Do you speak other languages other than your native language? What languages do you speak? Would you like to improve a language or learna new one?
I love languages! Apart from English which is my native language I speak French, German and a little Russian. I would really like to improve my Russian as I think it is such an interesting langauge but I find it hard to have the time to practise along with my other studies at University. I would love one day to learn Chinese as I think it is such an interesting language. Unfortunately I certainly don't have time to start learning a language from scrtch at the moment! Perhaps when I'm older
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@ayameyokomi (638)
• Philippines
14 May 09
Wow, you're amazing! You can speak 4 different languages. You're pretty linguistic! To answer your question, I only speak Tagalog (my native language), English and a little bit of Chinese. I would like to improve my Chinese speaking skills because I really love the Chinese culture. I'm kinda 1/4 chinese but I don't know how to speak that language! Haha. Perhaps when I'm older too. I'll have a lot of time for that. I would also love to learn how to speak Japanese too because I think it's a pretty good language. I know how to speak japanese but only by words. I learnt a bit of Japanese when I was still watching animes. Talk about being a fangirl =)
This is such an interesting discussion. Thanks and Happy myLotting friend! =)
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@ayameyokomi (638)
• Philippines
14 May 09
Yeah, that's true! Tagalog is spoken by Filipinos like me. I'm from the Philippines and Tagalog is the Filipino's dilaect :)
@coolpig (1)
• China
15 May 09
As you two have referred to Chinese, that is my native language. It's so a attractive language i have to say. Acturally, there are many kinds of Chinese. Maybe now in your country the Chinese you hear is mostly called Cantonese which is said by Cantonese. The standard Chinese is called Mandarin. I highly recommend you to learn Mandarin Chinese.^^
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
17 May 09
Aside from my native language, which is filipino, I also know how to speak english. Some of those that I know think that I speak well but, I still need to learn more vocabularies. I can communicate in english well but, there are still times that I wish I could've used a better word or two.
I know little in spanish and fewer in japanese.
I would like to learn japanese before but, now, I think I need to learn more on korean as I deal with most of them at my current work (^_^")
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
17 May 09
I think so too and I am also considering that those who do want to pratice their english communication skills could also go here in myLot to continuously use and practice their english skills, even though if it would be only in written form and not the actual speaking which most of them would prefer.. (^_^")
@haiershen (1080)
• China
15 May 09
wow,four languages,you are amazing. i only know only chinese language due to this is my native language,when i was studied in school i learn a litter english, right now, i'm very nervious when i face to someone who speaking english.i feel it is too hard to learn,although, i am spend plenty of time to learn. i wanna to learn other languages,since languages is more important thing when each other meeting.if we can talk each other in the same language,it is friendly and warm.
@Michael87587 (21)
• China
14 May 09
I speak only Chinese which is my home language and English(I took A-level)
It's amazing that you can speak four!
I always want to learn more ,that's why I get here
@Michael87587 (21)
• China
14 May 09
I always want to meet some friends from other part of the world , that's interesting and definetely improve my spelling~
@Alderica (100)
• Germany
15 May 09
My native language is English, but I have been living in Germany for 14 years now and speak the language fluently, especially as it is our main language of communication at home.
I learnt a little French at school and can still understand a reasonable amount, but would like to get back into it. I have also picked up some Italian, as my husband is half-Italian. I have found that I am totally useless at learning languages by rote, but I pick them up quite quickly orally.
I speak a few words of Russian, but would really love to be able to speak more. In fact, there are personal reasons why this language would be my main priority in the learning sense. I would also love to be able to speak Welsh and Hebrew, because of my Welsh and Jewish roots respectively.
And then there's Japanese and Swedish, because of my fascination with both countries...
@qxh_baby (27)
• China
16 May 09
hello,my friend.I am amanda and I am from china,so of course chinese is my native language,but I also have to say it's not so easy to master it,maybe I can help you with it when you want to learn,you can also help me with my English at the same time.Apart from English,I also would like to learn spanish,because I think it's very pleasant to listen to.
@Jevendiran (778)
• India
25 May 09
I speak Tamil, Telugu and English. But I love Hindi and Sanskrit!
@kherasakshi (391)
• India
16 May 09
I speak hindi that is my native language.along with hindi i can speak english,punjabi & little bit of french.I want to improve my french speaking skills.I also want to speak bengali,german & spanish.I love to learn different languages & cultures.
@fasyahime (629)
• Malaysia
16 May 09
i speak my own native language,Malay and English!i really wish to learn Japanese,Korean.Cantonese,mandarin,Russian,Germany,Italian,Frances and Romanian because i want to further my studies and traveling in these country!
@jhoanne1215 (290)
• Philippines
16 May 09
wow.. you're cool!i wish i could learn that languages too!we have so many languages here in the Philippines, i speak Filipino and english, but i'd like to learn also the french and Spanish.. for me,it would be easy to learn the spanish because some of our words here are the same..i'm also interested in nihonggo because i love animes!some of my classmates know ti speak this language just because of animes.
@fanxiangqian (185)
• China
16 May 09
my native language is chinese,form the middle school to now,i study english all the time.apart from this,i cann't say any language,but i want to say japanese one day.
@russso (1693)
• Philippines
14 May 09
I speak the following languages...
1. Filipino, which is my native language
2. English
3. Spanish. I speak the language because of my grandmother who is half-Spanish
4. Nihonggo. This I learned in school in my Foreign Language class.
I'd also like to learn French and Chinese. It's great to know a lot of languages.
@eltobh (231)
• Indonesia
15 May 09
My native language is Bahasa Indonesia, and other than that, I speak English. I learnt French when I was in High School, so I don't really speak French, but would love to learn more. I love learning languages, and my next targets will be Mandarin and Japanese. Anyway, I envy people who speak Russian, lol.
@hxm4321 (8)
• China
16 May 09
Hello,I am a Chinese.My native language is Chinese.I'm very glad to hear that you like Chinese.I think practising is very important in Language Study.Except for my mother language,I can speak English and a little Japanese.English is my second language at school while Japanese is learned by myself in my spare time.Though I study both of these two languages.My speaking skills are still very poor.There is an important reason is that I have no partners to practise that.I really want to improve my English and Japanese in speaking.
@welwitchia (27)
• India
15 May 09
I know tamil which is my native language and then I speak English. I also know French to some extent and I would be learning Japanese in a short while. I also know Hindi a little bit. I've been improving on my Hindi of late.
@websitekid (39)
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15 May 09
I want to learn more International languages like German, Spanish and French. Its very interesting that you know other languages than your Native language.
I speak English and other regional languages here in my country. I like traveling and prefer to meet new people who speaks different languages. Recently I joined a dance class where lots of people from Germany and Italy. I've started learning both the languages.