What are other languages that you speak or understand?

@borzack (597)
Malaysia
April 9, 2007 1:41pm CST
Besides the language that you inherit from your parents (mother tongue??) what are the other language that you can speak or understand or learned, or interested to learn? I know that many asian speaks chinese (and chinese itself comprises of so many different dialects) and in my country, the main language is Malay, almost similar to Bahasa Indonesia... lemme know about your other languages p/s i understand English but very bad in conversing it, and in writing!
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linshan86
@linshan86 (44)
• China
10 Apr 07
I come from china,so I speak chinese.Yes!our contry comprises of many different dialects.I can speak two dialects.I'am learning Eglish!
Annie
@Anniedup (3651)
• Richards Bay, South Africa
10 Apr 07
My mother tongue is Afrikaans, bet you have never heard of it:) My second language is English, battle a bit to really express myself in writing, but read and understand it very well, and since on MyLot the writing has improved alot! Then I understand a little bit isiZulu and Sesotho, but to speak it is very difficult. My country has 9 official languages. My brother is married to a Thai girl and she speaks Mandarin, she tried to teach me a few words but no I'll rather keep quite:)
Brian
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
9 Apr 07
Firstly, you certainly don't come across as someone who has trouble conversing English and your discussions are well put and written. In regards to other languages sadly I only know my native language which is English. I did study French but that was some time ago now and I am certainly not fluent sadly. I would love to learn another language, it is a talent and a great help in life if you can speak more than one language!
winterose
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
9 Apr 07
well english my first language and I read and write french, and I learned spanish in school a long time ago and I can remember a bit. And I know a bit of hebrew.
mememama
@mememama (3076)
• United States
10 Apr 07
My first language is English, I'm an American. I also speak Spanish, although it's getting a little rusty. My family plans on learning my husband's native tongue, Portuguese. He never got to learn it, he isn't close to that side of the family.
samrat16
@samrat16 (2442)
• India
10 Apr 07
I can speak, understand and write 5 languages. My first languages are English, Spanish, hindi, marathi and French. I learned Italian, goan, malawi, nimadi and Portuguese. I am striving to learn Greek. Many of these langauges are local indian languages which are spoken in different regions of India.I want my kids to also learn the languages to. There are many advantages of learning many languages.
gaurav_indian_20
@gaurav_indian_20 (513)
• India
9 Apr 07
In overall i know 3 languages properly & i can speak them very well. hese languages are ENGLISH HINDI BENGALI now a days i have started learning SPANISH languages....
Sicantik
@Sicantik (706)
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9 Apr 07
My mother tounge is Indonesian, And because I live in english speaking country (Scotland) I speak english fluently. I 'm also learning Dutch and starting to have good understanding of the language...xx