How many language you can speak?

China
January 26, 2010 10:34am CST
My mother language is bangla. Without this i can speak 4 language. Though one i am still learning that is chinese which is too difficult. How many language you can speak? How do you learn them? Do you take any course? For you which one is very difficult? And And which one is more interesting?
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@warvial (1146)
• Singapore
26 Jan 10
I can speak three, English, Chinese and Cantonese + 1 dialect which is Hokkien. English is my main language and Chinese is my second language and we have to learn both for educations and communications purposes. Surprising thing is that no one taught me Cantonese (just like my elder sister) and both of us just picked up Cantonese while watching drama serials since young! I think English and Chinese are the tough ones for me (when young) and even now, I am still learning new words every now and then. I have tried learning Japanese and Korean before (picking up from the drama serials but the best I can go is just 3 words at most). I find Japanese most interesting because the phrasing of a sentence is different from English...
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• China
27 Jan 10
Cantonese is a dialect of China, people of Guangdong Province & Hong Kong speak this dialect. My mother language is Chinese, I can speak some English because its compulsory in school.
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• United States
26 Jan 10
I only speak 2 languages. My native language is English. The second language is Spanish. I learned Spanish in school and am still able to speak it somewhat today. Unfortunately, I do not get to use it very often so I often have a hard time remembering the correct words to use. I would not say that I would be fluent enough to carry on a conversation but I could find the nearest bathroom.
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• India
27 Jan 10
It is a very good thing that you can speak 4 languages! I can speak English, Tamil, Hindi and little French too! So, that makes my tally as 4 languages too.! I want to learn Spanish!
@illfavors (590)
• United States
27 Jan 10
I only speak English. I would like to learn Spanish and I know a little already. I had tried to teach myself before, but didn't put the effort into it that I should have.
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@gracie04 (4549)
• Philippines
27 Jan 10
I can speak two languages and these are English and Filipino. I must admit that I am having a hard time speaking in English at times particularly when speaking in front of the public. If given a chance, I would like to take up different language courses like English, Chinese and French.
@1989622 (68)
• China
27 Jan 10
I can speak two lanuage , chinese my mother tongue ,English I began to learn it when I was in primary school. In fact I know mylot just beacouse I want to practice my English,even English is easier than Chinese I still need hard work to use it . But Dreamnishu , I think Im more lucky than you ,lol,Chinese is really an art. (By the way , if you see any mistake in my response,tell me please.)
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• China
27 Jan 10
i can speak 1.7 languages, the very easy and more interesting one is chinese . take any course? i have no plan for that.
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@MrKennedy (1978)
26 Jan 10
I am qualified in two languages, and am fairly fluent in the third. My best and native language is of course English (A* English student, not meaning to sound big-headed). My other qualified language is French, where I managed to get a rather decent B in for GCSE. After I left school, I began teaching myself (and even attended a few language classes) Italian, to the point where I can now engage in some form of communication
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@nautilus33 (1827)
26 Jan 10
HI! I can speak three languages, I mean I can speak them pretty well, because I can speak more two, but only different words. I can speak my mother language Bulgarian and two foreign languages- German and English! My German is very good, because i have learned it in school and than studied at the university and now I am a teacher in German. English I know only from school and from TV, it is more easier to learn from the German!
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• India
26 Jan 10
I can speak 4 languages of which 1 is my mother tongue which is bangla and the other 3 are hindi,english and marathi.Of these marathi is the hardest to me as I am not learning it just picking the words from my friends as I live in mumbai which is in maharastra and it is good if you know marathi also as it helps in many ways in here.
• China
26 Jan 10
My mother tongue is Chinese,one of the hardest in the world.My second language is English which was required to learn in high school.I started to learn German a year ago.I take German courses only twice a week.But I am still a beginner now.Well,I am really interested in Spanish.But if I start something before finishing it,I can't start another one.Even though learning language would never have a finishing line.
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@ANIME123 (2466)
• United States
27 Jan 10
I speak three languages at the moment. I speak english, then I also speak spanish, which I thanks my parents for that. The last language that I know would have to be japanese I dont really know this one that good though. Still I can understand it a bit and it's better to know some than none at all. That's what I always say. The more languages you know you can get better jobs, for being biliangual that opens up new doors to you.
@Rikogei (107)
• China
28 Jan 10
"the more languages you know you can get better jobs" is true,at least it does in our place.
@sushie93 (1355)
• France
26 Jan 10
I speak three languages: - Cambodgian which is my maternal language, i only speak it (not write and not read), i have an accent when i speak Cambodian, it's not cool xD. I don't use it very munch, only to speak to my grand-mother and it's difficult sometimes because i don't know all words. - French because i'm French xD. - English: learned at school since seven years. I learned spanish at chool during five years too but i don't very like this language so i forgot all xD.
• United States
26 Jan 10
I can speak fluently 3 languages, and I am learning 2 more, fluently I can speak English, Spanish and Portuguese,my first language is Spanish, I learned English at first taking classes, then I move to USA and the TV was a very big help, the Portuguese I learned it because I though it was pretty, so I went to buy the books and I learned it, recently for work I started to learned German, and I got engage to a Russian guy and now I am learning both German and Russian, both languages are difficult,specially Russian because the alphabet is different to the one we use in western countries
• China
27 Jan 10
I can speak 3 language, Chinese,English and Japanese.I think Japanese is much more difficult to learn.I have learned it for nearly 2 years but I am very shy to say that I just can speak out some words and several sentances.
@Rikogei (107)
• China
28 Jan 10
Japanese is not so easy to master especially the grammr,right? The honorific is so complicated~~ but just come on~ Perserve is very important~
• Philippines
27 Jan 10
I can speak 3 languages. I've always been fluent in English and Tagalog because those are the two languages often used in my country. But I also took French lessons because I've always wanted to learn a new language and French sounds so beautiful and poetic so I joined the band wagon. I'm not that good yet but with more practice... I will be a pro in no time:) Au revoir!
@mariechin (426)
• Philippines
27 Jan 10
Well, i can speak 3 languages fluently. Pangasinense, Tagalog and English. But I'm studying Japanese and SPanish right now. DO you consider sign language as part of it? hehehehe if yes, then maybe its four hehehe.
@bingchen (1119)
• China
27 Jan 10
i think that i can speak two language.the mother language is chinese.the second language is english.i am learning english,it is important language to communicate with other people.so i am working hard to learn english.because i have learn it for several years.but i would not grasp well,so i hope that i can adhere to learn it untill i can grasp it and use it well.
@esjosh (912)
• India
27 Jan 10
I live in INDIA, where I think the most number of languages are spoke. Amongst them I can speak following languages. 1. Gujarati (My Mother Tongue) 2. Hindi 3. English 4. Punjabi 5. Marathi 6. Begali
@deenaly (162)
• Malaysia
27 Jan 10
My native Language is Malay. My secondary is English and my tertiary is Arabic. I can speak Malay and English well but I can only speak literal Arabic (fasahah), not the one Arabs use to for everyday conversation. I'm learning Japanese, Korean and Chinese, but I'm nowhere good. I usually watch television shows, movies, and dramas to learn these languages.
@junil_jk (496)
• India
27 Jan 10
excluding my language i can speak three other languages. they are english, hindi and bengali(bangla). i can understand and speak a little assamese to as it's quite similar with bangla. i learned bangla and hindi while i was studying in west bengal. i learned english in a boarding school back home. now that i haven't spoken bangla since i left my school in west bengal, it's the least fluent now...but still i can speak. all languages are interesting if we learn them.