How many languages do you speak ?

[PanterroR]

4 here as well. Greek (obviously), English, German and some Italian.

Croatian and rest just like you.

 

[KiwiRob]

English and Norwegian, which also allows me to understand Swedish, but not read it, written Swedish and Norwegian are very different even though they are very similar when spoken, the opposite is true for Danish, written Danish and Norwegian is almost the same, I can't understand spoken Danish for the life of me, but I can read it.

 

[Centurion]

English, Swedish and basic German.

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

I speak 7 languages fluently.

Problem is I, and only I, understands 6 of them.

 

[Betty Swollocks]

There is no 0.5 option.

 

[Betty Swollocks]

1, English... Isn't that just typical of someone from the UK

Well, I find most people in the UK can't write English correctly. The standard of education compared to other similarly developed countries is appalling.

Fluently Dutch and German. A bit of English and French, that's it.

A "bit" of English? Your posts suggest you're fluent.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

Well, I find most people in the UK can't write English correctly. The standard of education compared to other similarly developed countries is appalling.




A "bit" of English? Your posts suggest you're fluent.

That's very kind of you, but I beg to differ. Because what I write here, can't be compared to what people like you and @martinbo, for instance, write. Your grammar, quality and use of sentence and words is far above mine. If I'd reach your level, than I'm fluent.

 

[Matski]

Well, I find most people in the UK can't write English correctly. The standard of education compared to other similarly developed countries is appalling.

Things are getting worse, that's for sure. I don't think it's just about education though, we're being afforded more and more opportunities to be lazy with language these days, from school level all the way up. I'd be surprised if the drawbacks that advances in communication technology bring, are solely limited to us Brits though.

 

[Gianclaudio]

Things are getting worse, that's for sure. I don't think it's just about education though, we're being afforded more and more opportunities to be lazy with language these days, from school level all the way up. I'd be surprised if the drawbacks that advances in communication technology bring, are solely limited to us Brits though.

Guys, I insist, you must see what we are doing to spanish in Latin America...is awful.
Oh, and the spanish royal academy in Spain every year lowers the bar too, by accepting more and more poorly written words.

 

[slicknick]

German, a little bit polish and I think the worst english in this forum. At least perceived when I compare my postings with your postings.

Your English is just fine bud, guess you need a little more confidence in your own abilities

 

[martinbo]

@Mick Briesgau - you're too kind, thanks but it's no big deal for someone who was educated in English as a first language. I am far, far more impressed by folks like you, slicknick, MikeJ, klier, Panterror and too many other non-first language English speakers on this forum who just blow me away with their ability to converse in this medium.

Even @rs271 has come a long way from his first posts - so shouldn't be so tough on himself.

And as for that Gianclaudio fella - he's just a legend with languages. Giannis - a titan of technical language mastery using the English medium. Too many people to credit, frankly.

 

[SKY]

I just speak my mother tounge, which is Spanish, and English, which I use in my job as well.

And to be honest, contrary to what a lot of people believe these days, I have no interest nor intention in learning another language besides these two, that I think have my as$ covered when I travel abroad.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

Agree @martinbo, we have quite some cunning linguïsts, native and non-native speakers, on our forum and we all are learning and improving our English skills. Nice side effect of GCF.

 

[Matski]

Guys, I insist, you must see what we are doing to spanish in Latin America...is awful.

In what way? Here is a combination in the standard of ability, and people being lazy with the language. Language always evolves so I don't mind it changing, but change is not always for the best.

 

[Rainer271]

Your English is just fine bud, guess you need a little more confidence in your own abilities

Even @rs271 has come a long way from his first posts - so shouldn't be so tough on himself.

Thanks a lot @slicknick and @martinbo. It's very kind from you.
Since I'm a member in this forum I have learned much what was new for me and much was refreshed.

It's easier for me to read and understand than write. In german I'm a friend of long sentences. And I think this is my problem because I want to try to do this same in english.
Maybe sometimes I should rethinking and should form short and simple sentences when I notice it's to difficult to get all in one sentence.

So far as I recall anybody comment the english knowledge from Thomas of "Autogefühl" with the words Thomas speaks very well and the user like his typical german grammar mistakes. Anything in this kind.
So it seems there are grammar / vocabulary mistakes which are typical for Germans.

Btw I was surprised more than once when I noticed a user is not a native speaker from whom I thought he would be a native speaker.
Kudos!

 

[Betty Swollocks]

That's very kind of you, but I beg to differ. Because what I write here, can't be compared to what people like you and @martinbo, for instance, write. Your grammar, quality and use of sentence and words is far above mine. If I'd reach your level, than I'm fluent.

Thank you, but compared to @martinbo, I'm an illiterate and incoherent buffoon. I may know lots of big words, but Martin can put them into a structured and articulate post that I can only dream of, and in a way that gets his point across with clarity.

Even now I'm not happy with that paragraph.

 

[mini_cooper4]

It's mainly thanks to GFC that I can add written English to my resume. When I first registered here for about a year I only read comments to learn the language before I became an active user.
Never really studied English anywhere besides this forum, computer games and while travelling around the globe.
While the internet taught me the basics, my short visits to the US and living in the UK for a couple of years gave a helping hand in greatly improving my spoken English to just about fluent.
You can tell my written English is sub par by simply checking for punctuation mistakes. There are downsides of self-studying a language.

PS: I had to study German when I was a kid as Hitler was my grand-grandpa
Bulgarian is my mother tongue.

 

[Gianclaudio]

In what way? Here is a combination in the standard of ability, and people being lazy with the language. Language always evolves so I don't mind it changing, but change is not always for the best.

In my opinion, is lack of education.. Folks exchange s,c,z at their pleasure (ll and y, plus b and v as well) or omitt the h which is silent because they lack education. And that's before we enter grammar and syntax errors.
There is an absolute lack of interest of Latin American governments to invest in education, bullshit goes cast on tv/ radio, pathetic tabloids and newspapers, etc.

The less educated a country is, the easier for corrupt and absolutist politicians to control it.

 

[montana]

Norwegian, (some) English and Arabic. I really would trade my rather weak Arabic for Assyrian, but sadly I can't.

 

[buiyu89]

i can speak 3 languages.