How many people speak more than 1 language?
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The English are the most lazy nation for learning other languages IMO!!
So i'm going to evening class to perfect my lovely French
How many languages can ppl speak here.........
So i'm going to evening class to perfect my lovely French
How many languages can ppl speak here.........
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I speak about a dozen languages.....badly In fact all I know in some of them is hello and beer
I don't necessarily think it's laziness that the brits don't speak foreign languages. It's because most the world speaks english therefore there is no NEED to learn other languages. If most business and other countries spoke French then I'd bet a lot of people here would too.
I don't necessarily think it's laziness that the brits don't speak foreign languages. It's because most the world speaks english therefore there is no NEED to learn other languages. If most business and other countries spoke French then I'd bet a lot of people here would too.
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Its laziness! They go to France/Germany/Spain and expect everything to be written/spoken in English too!
Personally for me, the more things in english, the easier it is however I don't EXPECT anything to be in english, hope for yes but expect no. But I do understand that many 'tourists' from here do expect it, however since most people speak english, it's never really an issue.
To a certain extent I'm being lazy not learning more but there's only so many hours in a day and I have more important things to do. If I was living in a foreign country I'd definitely learn the language.
The key to it all is to teach children foreign languages from primary school up. Up to 16 a human can learn many languages quickly, after that the ability to learn diminishes.
Apart from anything else, I was always crap at learning languages
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French
Russian
Portuguese
Forgotten my German.
None are anything like fluent, unfortunately, unlike many (lucky or hardworking) people I've met. I really wish I was better at them, but official working language has always been English. I really enjoy knowing and speaking other languages, it's just the learning phase that's the problem
Few words of Mongolian
Russian
Portuguese
Forgotten my German.
None are anything like fluent, unfortunately, unlike many (lucky or hardworking) people I've met. I really wish I was better at them, but official working language has always been English. I really enjoy knowing and speaking other languages, it's just the learning phase that's the problem
Few words of Mongolian
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How hard is it to learn Russian or even Chinese. Do you have to learn their alphabet? I wouldn't mind having a go at either, so if anyone could point me in the direction of a good book/audio tape/DVD I would be most indebted.
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I don't think Russian is too difficult-they teach it in some schools instead of French/German.
I read 'Japanese for Busy People' as part of my class (just the 3 alphabets in Japan btw)
I read 'Japanese for Busy People' as part of my class (just the 3 alphabets in Japan btw)
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I'm impressed! There is quite a good mix of languages on this forum!
These are the ones I know with examples...
English - fluent
"Is your daughter eighteen?"
French - basic (wasted a chance of using it today though)
"Ma voiture est plus rapide que le votre"
Portuguese - fluent
"Tenho um motor rotativo debaixo do capot"
Spanish - basic
"Dos cervejas por favor"
Italian - understand it quite well, very basic speaking
"Sto andando uccidere un altro scooby"
...and then there's sign language where you greet someone by showing him/her the universal sign of human friendship by sticking your middle finger up.
These are the ones I know with examples...
English - fluent
"Is your daughter eighteen?"
French - basic (wasted a chance of using it today though)
"Ma voiture est plus rapide que le votre"
Portuguese - fluent
"Tenho um motor rotativo debaixo do capot"
Spanish - basic
"Dos cervejas por favor"
Italian - understand it quite well, very basic speaking
"Sto andando uccidere un altro scooby"
...and then there's sign language where you greet someone by showing him/her the universal sign of human friendship by sticking your middle finger up.
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English. Ok at French, although some of my creative ways round not knowing certain words tend to amuse the locals (e.g. couldn't remember the word for sand, so explained to pharmacist that "I have a very small piece of the beach in my eye".)
Tend to pick up basics of whichever language is local to where I am on holiday, as I feel you should always make the effort. Therefore, have a faint smattering of German, Spanish, Portugese, and even know a couple of words of Geordie!
Tend to pick up basics of whichever language is local to where I am on holiday, as I feel you should always make the effort. Therefore, have a faint smattering of German, Spanish, Portugese, and even know a couple of words of Geordie!
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can speak thai pretty fluent, although cant read or write, lived out there working for 5 years, i wont tell you what the first words i learned were lol