How many languages do you know?
By Lychee
@Lychee (16)
China
July 29, 2009 12:10am CST
Nowadays,it's normal that ppl who can speak several languages.My can speak my hometown dialect, chinese mandrin, english, korean, and a little japanese.However, I am just a jack of all trades, master of none.
HOW ABOUT YOU ,MYLOT FOLKS?
8 responses
@kevsgirlalways (5883)
• Malaysia
29 Jul 09
wow you know quite a few languages! i only know how to speak english and malay language. wish i know how to converse in mandarin though..
@med889 (5941)
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29 Jul 09
I speak my mother tongue which is English, I can also speak French, Hindi, Bhojpuri and a Bit of Mandarin whicg I am learning right now, I have been to an Island called Mauritius and I learnt how to speak Mauritian creol which is very easy. I want to learn mandarin fluently now.
@jalucia (1431)
• United States
29 Jul 09
Well, I admire people who can speak more than one language. I really think that a certain part of the brain is activated when this occurs. As for me, I speak English and I can sometimes get my point across in Spanish. I recently tried to learn French and I can't even tell you what I know in that language (probably one or two words). "A jack of all trades, master of none" ... not bad, at least you have the ambition to learn things. This is very useful in life.
@Lychee (16)
• China
29 Jul 09
Maybe. Chinese students have to study English from junior high school coz it's a subject what you must do.speaking of korean, I have some korean friends when i was a uni student.for the sake of communicatting with them freely, I planed to study Korean.it's about 5 years for studying korean.in addition to , japanese studying is just killing my boring time.hehe
@daliaj (5674)
• India
29 Jul 09
It is nice to hear that you knot lots of languages. I can read, write, and speak the languages, English, Hindi, and Malayalam, where Malayalam and Hindi are native languages of India. I also speak Tamil, but I don't know to read and write. I know to read and write the language Syriac, which I studied as a part of my eleventh and twelth grade.
@radx682 (327)
• India
29 Jul 09
I know Hindi, English, Tamil, Urdu. It is nice to know many languages, because you feel confident when you travel away from your hometown or country.
I have seen many people struggling without knowing few common languages like English, Hindi...It is always better to learn many languages...so that you are not fooled by anyone.
@CRSunrise (2981)
• United States
6 Aug 09
My main language is English. Although, I do know bits and pieces of Spanish. I took a year of Spanish in high school, and a semester in college. There's only so much of the language I remember. If I got stuck in a Spanish speaking country, I wouldn't be able to converse my way out of a paper bag. Although, since English is becoming the biggest second language in the world, it probably wouldn't be to hard to find someone who speaks English.
@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
29 Jul 09
I can speak two languages fluently, which are English and French. I think that it comes in handy here where I live, in Canada, as these French and English are the two official languages of Canada. I am also learning to speak Italian and Sign Languages. However, I'm not fluent in either of these two languages. I'm only beginning.