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What languages do you speak /trv/?

I speak-

English

I can get by in-

Russian
Spanish
>> Anonymous
Well that looks like a retarded post.
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I've been studying Italian on and off for like three years now. When I went to Italy I discovered that I could at least make myself understood, but Italians speak so goddamned fast and use so much slang that I couldn't catch much of it at all. I'd say "Ripete per favore, piu lentamente" (please repeat that more slowly) and they'd just roll their eyes and switch to English.

Come to think of it, anyone who spoke English at all preferred to converse in it, although a few people were kind enough to speak to me in Italian slowly and clearly enough for me to understand it.

And then of course there are dialects and local variations. My girlfriend grew up just outside of Venice and she can barely understand Romans. "Parlono come hanno sassi in boca" = They talk like they have rocks in their mouths.

I doubt anyone can really learn a language without living, for at least two months, where said language is spoken.
>> Anonymous
# ???????
# Bahasa Indonesia
# Bahasa Melayu
# ???? ???/????????????? ???????
# Bosanski
# ?????????
# Català
# ?esky
# Dansk
# Deutsch
# Eesti
# ????????
# Español
# Esperanto
# Euskara
# ?????
# Français
# Galego
# Hrvatski
# Íslenska
# Italiano
# ?????
# ???????
# ???
# Latina
# Lëtzebuergesch
# Lietuvi?
# Magyar
# Nederlands
# ???
# ?Norsk (bokmål)?
# ?Norsk (nynorsk)?
# Polski
# Português
# Român?
# ???????
# Shqip
# Sloven?ina
# Slovenš?ina
# ?????? / Srpski
# Suomi
# Svenska
# ???
# Ti?ng Vi?t
# Türkçe
# ??????????
# ??
>> Anonymous
Fluently: Dutch, English
Somewhat: German
A little: French
Can usually read manuals in: Danish, Swedish, Norwegians
Don't know a single word of: Malaysian
Sounds cool: Spanish and Italian
Took in school: Latin and ancient Greek
Failed and hated: see above
Would like to learn: Lots of other languages
>> ?Ascendent Gerbil? !!sEPKeUM63f0
speak: english
fluent in: german
understands: french and spanish
learning: arabic
>> Anonymous
>I doubt anyone can really learn a language without living,
>for at least two months, where said language is spoken.
Nah, but it helps.

I speak fluent English and have a total of 1 week spent on English speaking countries.

btw, we should totally have a /lang/ board... oh wait, we do.
>> Anonymous
>>38407


What? Where?
>> Anonymous
>>38411
http://dis.4chan. org/lang/
>> Anonymous
>>38399
Italianfag here. This is a bit exaggerated. I'm from Rome, my girlfriend is from Venice. Though I speak standard Italian (no slang or local dialect so she understands me perfectly),when she speaks with other romans she understands everything. Actually there are really few people who have dialect as main language, which would actually cause trouble in communication, and they're usually the elder.
>> Anonymous
English (ok)
spanish (bettar)
German (kinda rusty, haven't used it in like 4 years)
French ( >_> i can understand it, but fail at writting/speaking)
>> Anonymous
>>38407
what country are you from? chances are they speak english there (even if its not official). in any case, most internet communication is in english (you are on an english board right now)

the poster was likely talking about native english speakers. it's harder for us because no matter what language we are learning, chances are that whoever we're talking to speaks english better than we speak x
>> Anonymous
I speak English, American, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealandish..
>> Anonymous
Native language is English, currently learning Japanese since I shied away from Chinese's immense learning curve.

I'm not good with kanji at all. If only there was rikaichan for books.
>> Anonymous
Fluent: English

Learning: French

Want to Learn: German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Italian, Swedish

My brother is fluent in English, Spanish, French, German, and Russian, so I want to outdo him. :)
>> Anonymous
Fluent in both English and Slovak.

...

Nobody gives a shit about Slovakia...
>> Anonymous
Native is Chinese/Mandarin, but I grew up around Japanese as well as Taiwanese, so i'm pretty fluent in them as well >.>, then my parents moved to North America, so i picked up English and French.. (up to grade 8), Coupled with Singaporean and Cantonese friends, i can speak English, Chinese/Mandarin, Taiwanese, Japanese, Singaporean, Cantonese, and a tiny bit of French =P
>> Anonymous
English, German and Portuguese. Also, I didn't know we actually had a language board. Goodbye, /trv/
>> Anonymous
native: German
fluent: English, Japanese
intermediate level: Spanish, Latin (lol, does that count?)
beginner level, easy stuff: Korean, Yiddish
want to learn: Dutch or something Northern European; maybe French.
>> Anonymous
English:Native

Thai: Approaching fluency

Spanish: Can get by
>> Anonymous
native: croatian
fluent: english, ex-yugoslavian languages
not bad: german (I've been studying it for 6 years now)
partially understand: czech, slovakian, polish (less then the first two)
would like to learn: dutch
>> Anonymous
Native English
Piss-poor Japanese
Piss-poor french

and a few words and phrases of Spanish
>> Anonymous
>>38478
>Dutch
Just cross German and English arbitrarily and use double vowels everywhere and you're set. Congratulations. You'll thank me later.
>> Anonymous
>>38496

I believe the recipe is:
0,5 l English
0,5 l German
a pinch of Danish
a teaspoon of Swedish
and a little Norwegian
>> Anonymous
English: Native

Mandarin: Broken
Cantonese: Native, can understand but cannot really speak.

Korean: Broken
German: Just a little bit.
Latin/Greek: Took in school.
>> Anonymous
I speak italian as a mother language, english fluently, I can understand spanish and speak a bit of it, and I know basic German (but not enough to understand it).

It is true that Italian is divided in a lot of dialects, but a native speaker can understand those without problems. It might be a problem for non-native italian speakers though.
>> Anonymous
Filipinofag here
I speak English and Tagalog, but my vocabulary in it is pretty limited
We moved away when I was 8, so that's the level of Tagalog I'm stuck with I suppose
>> Anonymous
Enough broken Mandarin to take home girls one rung down from full-blown club sluts. Enrolled to study it properly later this year to fill in the gap between them and horny English students.
>> Anonymous
>>38423
Portugal.

The internet is only good for the writing experience, the speaking came from working at a hotel.
>> Anonymous
Native: English, Welsh
Pretty good French and Japanese
>> Anonymous
English and Chinese fluently, then Japanese, then French.
>> Anonymous
German,
English
Spanish
>> Anonymous
Native: Portuguese
Fluently: English
Understands: Spanish and a bit Italian (after all, those are neo-latin languages)
Wants to learn: Spanish, French, German, Latin.

And yes, we should have a /lang/ board.
>> Anonymous
I speak Swedish
im kickass in English tho
and im poor at Japanese, i can understand what people say sometimes and say things oddly.
>> Anonymous
>>38571
>we should have a /lang/ board

Are you fucking stupid?

How new are you to 4chan?
>> Anonymous
Speaks: Spanish
Fluent in: English
Some: Portuguese, French
>> Anonymous
English, Hebrew, Arabic.

Hebrew is a disgusting language.

Also, to all of the faggots /r/ing a /lang/ board, WE ALREADY HAVE ONE.

Fucking idiots, go back to summer school.
>> Anonymous
>>38399
>I doubt anyone can really learn a language without living, for at least two months, where said language is spoken.

Oh lawds.
>> Anonymous
>>38655
I wish it was an imageboard though, nobody posts on the text boards anymore. Maybe merge Travel and Language?