How many languages do you speak ?

[PanterroR]

English, Italian and German.

 

[Zafiro]

I speak swedish, english and some german.

At my work I work with about 18 different languages, including Croatia and Russia.
I've been told that Russia and Japanese are the two hardest languages to learn.

Just look at this text I got from Russia. I have no idea what it says Im glad I dont have to learn it Lucky for Alex he already know the language



Feel free to translate it

 

[MoSs]

arabic (lebanese) +english+spanish + a little french= 4

 

[Carbon]

Alex, can you read Russian as well as speak it? I know all the friends I mentioned can only speak, not read it.

 

[warot]

I speak swedish, english and some german.

At my work I work with about 18 different languages, including Croatia and Russia.
I've been told that Russia and Japanese are the two hardest languages to learn.

Just look at this text I got from Russia. I have no idea what it says Im glad I dont have to learn it Lucky for Alex he already know the language



Feel free to translate it

Russian is definitely hard... I have no problem reading it but the grammar is really complicated. Japanese is cake compared to Chinese

 

[7saen]

Arabic (Iraqi/Libyan/lebanese/Egyptian/Syrian and some more of other Arabian contries' dialects), German, English, Spanish (basic)

 

[Germaniac]

ENGLISH!!!! Hehe. I feel left out. Am I missing something here?

Though I did take Japanese at school... I can remember "I don't understand at all" but that's about it

zen zen wakarimasennnnnnnnnnnnn

 

[Snake Vargas]

I can really only speak English fluently. Heh.

I can speak Cantonese (Chinese) to some extent; that's sort of my parents' heritage, but I was born in Australia and it's just enough to get by. I studied Japanese for 3 years at university, from a base of nothing, and it wasn't that hard. IMO Japanese is indeed cake compared to Chinese, but still hard when I have to remember the Chinese characters. Now I'm slowly forgetting it, since I have no opportunity to use it.

I've heard Thai is a difficult language as well. There are different parts of the language that mark meaning - aspirated p's and t's or whatever, I think, that aren't common in many other languages.

I'd probably have to vote for one language only, I suppose - English. Maybe my standard of 'know/speak' is too hard on myself

 

[warot]

I can really only speak English fluently. Heh.

I can speak Cantonese (Chinese) to some extent; that's sort of my parents' heritage, but I was born in Australia and it's just enough to get by. I studied Japanese for 3 years at university, from a base of nothing, and it wasn't that hard. IMO Japanese is indeed cake compared to Chinese, but still hard when I have to remember the Chinese characters. Now I'm slowly forgetting it, since I have no opportunity to use it.

I've heard Thai is a difficult language as well. There are different parts of the language that mark meaning - aspirated p's and t's or whatever, I think, that aren't common in many other languages.

I'd probably have to vote for one language only, I suppose - English. Maybe my standard of 'know/speak' is too hard on myself

Which is why unfortunately I can only speak Thai but not write... I find it to be very difficult because:
1. Totally different alphabet
2. What you just said about those extra characters

I don't get to use that language often so it's slowly slipping away, even though it's supposed to be my mother tongue.

 

[Deleted member 25]

Arabic (Iraqi/Libyan/lebanese/Egyptian/Syrian and some more of other Arabian contries' dialects)

Intersting you speak all of them or you mean that you understand them ??

 

[rammie]

I speak:

fluently
swedish, english, portuguese and farsi (can't write or read in farsi though)

"intermediate level"
french

"beginner level"
spanish and german

Spanish is incredibly easy for me since I already speak portuguese but I'm having major problems w/ my german. The grammar is hideous!

 

[Deleted member 25]

You are iranian ??

 

[Tumbo]

3.1 hehe.

Polish, Swedish and English.

And a little Spanish.

 

[rammie]

You are iranian ??

Yeah

 

[7saen]

Intersting you speak all of them or you mean that you understand them ??

Understand and speak. I understand much more than those. Almost all gulf states have similar dialects to the Iraqi one so I can understand them and speak some of them.
I only have problems with understanding Marrocan and Algerian. I like to listen to Rai music but unfortunately can't understand everything.

BTW, I voted 4, because all the dialects I mentioned are officially catagorized under Arabic language. Although the differences are in some cases very big, bigger than the difference between AmericanEnglish and BritishEnglish and those are offecially two separate languages.

 

[donau]

I can really only speak English fluently. Heh.

I can speak Cantonese (Chinese) to some extent; that's sort of my parents' heritage, but I was born in Australia and it's just enough to get by. I studied Japanese for 3 years at university, from a base of nothing, and it wasn't that hard. IMO Japanese is indeed cake compared to Chinese, but still hard when I have to remember the Chinese characters. Now I'm slowly forgetting it, since I have no opportunity to use it.

I've heard Thai is a difficult language as well. There are different parts of the language that mark meaning - aspirated p's and t's or whatever, I think, that aren't common in many other languages.

I'd probably have to vote for one language only, I suppose - English. Maybe my standard of 'know/speak' is too hard on myself

The chinese characters each meant a whole word. Is that correct? How about the Japanese and Thai characters?

 

[warot]

The chinese characters each meant a whole word. Is that correct? How about the Japanese and Thai characters?

Japanese and Thai are letters... but I believe there's more than the english alphabet.

 

[siko]

3.1 hehe.

Polish, Swedish and English.

And a little Spanish.

Skont jesteś?

 

[Tumbo]

Skont jesteś?

Haha, I like that spelling

Jestem z Warszawy
I was born in Poland, in Warsaw and lived there until i was 10. Then I moved with my family to Sweden.
And you?

 

[Deleted member 25]

I only have problems with understanding Marrocan and Algerian. I like to listen to Rai music but unfortunately can't understand everything.

I am tunisian and i have also problems to understand algerians and specialy maroccans