How many languages do you speak? [Archive] - The Michael Jackson Community

twinklEE

15-07-2010, 01:30 PM

Are you bi-lingual? Even Multi-lingual? Share the languages you speak with me here !

Besides English I'm able to speak
Hindi, Spanish, Portuguese and German of course fluently

Once I'm done with my exams I plan to take classes in Japanese aND Mandarin, (probably in August)

I have a very diverse background as a some of my family lives in Brazil ( German Brazilians), some other relatives are married to Asian, Indians to be particular
I've pretty much been surrounded by relatives speaking many languages all my life :lol:
Mandarin and Japanese have always fascinated me all my life I wish I had a Chinese/Japanese aunt and/or uncle to teach me the language lol :lol:

L&L=L.O.V.E.

15-07-2010, 01:40 PM

Besides Dutch (my own language)
I speak English, German, crappy French, I love French, I spoke it once fluently, though it has faded away.
I need to learn it again.
Oh and I would love to speak Italian and Spanish.

I love languages, so fascinating. :)

White Swan

15-07-2010, 03:55 PM

I love languages too!!!! I love learning syntax and grammar-so exciting! Besides my mother language ofc i speak English, German and i used to learn some French but not anymore, so i suck in French :P

Tsukiji

15-07-2010, 04:03 PM

I am able to speak English and French fluently

I've always wanted to learn how to speak Japanese/German and Spanish ;)

ginvid

15-07-2010, 04:19 PM

I speak English and right now I am still learning Russian. hopefully, someday I can say I speak it fluently.:angel:

zizousama

15-07-2010, 04:21 PM

Beside my native Arabic, I am fluent in English only. I would really love to learn more.

Jerome

15-07-2010, 04:26 PM

I speak English and im learning Spanish so hopefully i'll become fluent in that soon! I also know a little welsh but not much, and I'd love to learn Arabic or Japanese!

blue_eyed_belle

15-07-2010, 04:27 PM

English is my mother tongue, et je parle en francais aussi.

Moonwalker91

15-07-2010, 04:27 PM

I envy you all because you can speak so many languages at once. I speak German as my native language, English fluently and French but it used to be better earlier. I'm half aramaic but I can't speak the language unfortunately:(. But I plan to learn it as well as Italian and Spanish:)

elusive moonwalker

15-07-2010, 04:57 PM

The Healer

15-07-2010, 05:15 PM

Beside my native croatian I speak english ( well..aparently ) and german.
I would like to learn franch and spanish some day.

Arklove

15-07-2010, 05:17 PM

I am able to speak English and French fluently

:lol: I think I'm one of the only Sudburians who can't speak French :blush: Although, I do understand some of it

I speak plain English lol

Pace,MioDolceCuore

15-07-2010, 05:30 PM

German, Russian, English and somewhere in the deep dark pockets of my brain- I think there's some French and Spanish hiding, complete will lousy grammar.

Caro

15-07-2010, 05:33 PM

Beside my native French, I speak English but not fluently and a bit of Spanish and Portuguese.

Tsukiji

15-07-2010, 05:39 PM

:lol: I think I'm one of the only Sudburians who can't speak French :blush: Although, I do understand some of it

I speak plain English lol

Haha ;) ,it's funny because I never use French anywhere nowadays, the only place I used it was when I was in school, I don't run into many French speakers for some reason :lol:

Arklove

15-07-2010, 05:49 PM

Haha ;) ,it's funny because I never use French anywhere nowadays, the only place I used it was when I was in school, I don't run into many French speakers for some reason :lol:

hahaha...really? probably cuz you don't live in the Valley....:lmao:

The Lost Child

15-07-2010, 05:59 PM

beside my first language, I speak fluently German. I also speak English, but as you may see here - sometimes it's just worse than bad :D
I can also 'communicate' (I wouldn't call it "speak" :D) in Spanish and Dutch ;)

stjarna

15-07-2010, 06:15 PM

besides my native Serbian, I speak English and understand French, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese and Spanish - I don't speak them because I didn't have opportunity yet :)

fondero

15-07-2010, 06:29 PM

Besides Spanish, I can speak Italian (I have family), English and I spoke German fluently but not any longer (no practice :( )
I started learning Japanese a couple of months ago... still struggling!!
I'd love to speak a lot of languages!!

LoveMJackson

15-07-2010, 06:33 PM

Hebrew (my native language), English, French (my mom is French and so most of her family, I hear French since the day I was born), Spanish in general and also a little Arabic that I learned in school years ago. I would like to learn Spanish better and Italian. :)

*Billie Jean*

15-07-2010, 07:29 PM

I can speak Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), English, basic Spanish, a tiny bit of Hebrew, a little bit of French, and some Japanese. I would say I can speak Chinese, but no more than Ni Hao (hello), Zaijian (goodbye), Shi de (yes), and Meiyou (no).

MJJDC

15-07-2010, 08:00 PM

Speak English, French and learning Japanese at the moment :) Would like to learn Italian and Spanish in the future too.

XxWelshFanxX

15-07-2010, 08:28 PM

I'm Welsh so Welsh is my first language and I speak English aswell. We Welsh are quite lucky as we are really born with two languages.

I would love to learn a new language, I did start studying French in school but I sort of drifted away from it which I regret now. I would also love to learn Spanish and Japanese

Ashtanga

15-07-2010, 08:46 PM

Sils

15-07-2010, 09:03 PM

I speak Dutch, My own language.
Surinamese, My parent's language.
English, a little German and a little bit of French!

And I'm gonna learn Portuguese! :D

PCR

15-07-2010, 09:18 PM

im british so.... they dont care to teach us lanuages properly in this country. i guess its so we cant get the hell out of the country as soon as possible. my phrase book gets me by in italy although i pick up a bit more each time i go

:hysterical::hysterical:
man!!! that was so funny!!!

Spanish is my native language, but I fluent in English too. I understand German quite well, but I am no longer able to write it (I didn't practice any more, shame on me). I can read and understand the other typical Roman languages, you know, French, Portuguese and Italian, for they are part of the same family of languages, but I can't write/speak any of those.

strange, now that I write it down :mello:

Sils

15-07-2010, 09:25 PM

Besides Portuguese (I am Brazilian), English, Spanish and Latin (which I studied for 1 year at university), I would love to learn French. I think so beautiful accent. :wild:

I'm surprised that some people speak/understand Portuguese. :wild:
Ahh You can teach meee! Hahaha
I need to speak Portuguese fluently by 2014 (WorldCup)! HAHAHAHAH
Actually I'm dead serious.. I need to speak Portuguese! :coffee:

Ashtanga

15-07-2010, 10:28 PM

Ahh You can teach meee! Hahaha
I need to speak Portuguese fluently by 2014 (WorldCup)! HAHAHAHAH
Actually I'm dead serious.. I need to speak Portuguese! :coffee:
:lol:

I'm here, just call! :D Wow, people are very excited for the World Cup in Brazil. :wild: :punk:

Sils

15-07-2010, 11:04 PM

:lol:

I'm here, just call! :D Wow, people are very excited for the World Cup in Brazil. :wild: :punk:
Ha! awesome!
Yeah It's all I think about!
Me and my friend are planning to go there in 2014 and go to some games! We NEED to! <3
But that's kinda offtopic! LOL :lol:

twinklEE

16-07-2010, 10:44 PM

suzynyc

16-07-2010, 11:08 PM

English and a little Spanish. My minor in college was Spanish but I'm very rusty since I don't use it in daily conversation.

PoP

17-07-2010, 12:15 AM

Mostly English, I knew a little of French and I'm trying Japanese.

MJsBollywoodGirl7

17-07-2010, 01:14 AM

Well my native language is American English. The only other language I can speak fluently is British English. Which I had learn from watching a lot of British shows over the years. I can also fluently read Roman Numerals. Which is quite easy to learn how to read them. These are the following languages I can speak a little bit of.

French
German
Pennsylvanian German
Urdu
Hindi
Italian
Japanese
Chinese
Polish
Russian
Ukrainian
Hebrew
Irish and Scottish Gaelic
Swahili
Icelandic
Greek
Latin
Hawaiian
Portuguese
and Spanish

As for Spanish I can speak and understand that language almost quite well. I know how to speak these languages from what I had read and heard on tv over the years. Hindi and Urdu are the languages I really want to speak fluently. And I am really trying to by watching Bollywood movies.

Desired.

17-07-2010, 01:55 AM

I only speak English. I speak a little Spanish, but I'm trying to learn more. I would LOVE to be able to speak Spanish fluently. I also want to learn French and Japanese.

LindavG

18-07-2010, 04:09 PM

My native language is Dutch, and I also speak English and German fluently. I learnt French for 6 years in secondary school and was once able to speak it fluently as well, but I haven't used it at all in over a year so it's kinda fading away.. I can still understand about 80% of it when it's written though, and about 50% of it when it's spoken. It's easier to translate French to Dutch than Dutch to French imo. But it's crazy how quickly linguistic knowledge fades away, you really have to keep up with it constantly in order to 'save' it. A little over a year ago I was able to read Candide by Voltaire in French without any problems (school assignment ;)), I still have the book so I tried it again a week ago and I found myself struggling to understand certain words at times. It's sad :( I'm planning to take a French course soon though, I heard that a lot of this "hidden knowledge" comes back very quickly once you start really practicing it again... I hope so :)

*Little Suzie*

18-07-2010, 04:16 PM

I speak English and Danish. But Danish mostly.. because it's what I speak everyday..
Beside of it... Kurdish and French but only little bit... I understand Kurdish mostly but I can't speak it so much...

MJE4ever

18-07-2010, 04:28 PM

Besides my native Lithuanian language i can speak English and Russian. I know a bit of French, Spanish, Italian, German and Arabic. I'm gonna to refresh my French language and also I would like to learn Japanese :D.

Dudie

19-07-2010, 08:49 PM

Next to Dutch I can speak English. When I was younger I also was able to speak German (well the basics that is) but over the years I lost that because I never had it in school. Now I'm trying to learn Japanese:yes:

aganim

24-07-2010, 11:47 PM

I can speak german (native) and english...
I'd like to learn french, japanese, spanish and italian but I just don't have the time and my english is far from being perfect, although I can understand 99% of everything and compared to other germans I'm quite decent at english, lol.

I wish I had taken the chance to learn french in school a few years ago, but I didn't. That was a horrible mistake... :no:

raingirl

25-07-2010, 03:17 PM

Finnish and English.
I understand swedish somewhat and can speak it too a bit but I'm far from good.
I've studied spanish and german but I'd like to begin to study them again. I took only two courses of both in HS.

Hocus

25-07-2010, 08:06 PM

Dutch, English, German and a bit French. I'd love to learn Spanish too one day...

JMie

26-07-2010, 06:45 AM

Russian and English. I used to study German but I haven't had practice speaking it for several years so I can't speak it fluently anymore.

thomaslues

15-06-2011, 04:42 AM

I speak English fluently, little bit of Spanish, German and native language, Albanian.

heartbeat

15-06-2011, 06:43 AM

I speek my native Dialect (which is no written language), German, English, French, a bit of Italian and a bit of Russian.

Russian and English. I used to study German but I haven't had practice speaking it for several years so I can't speak it fluently anymore.
Hey. We should meet :) . I need practise in Russian and could help you with German :hug: .

Word Smith Sr

15-06-2011, 10:13 AM

I can speak French (mother tongue) and English. Since i am Haitian i understand Haitian Creole but cannot speak it haha. I could but my accent sucks so bad i do not even bother trying. I'd like to learn Arabic one day but i have been told i should not even bother trying as it is very difficult haha. :)

Rudolf

15-06-2011, 12:11 PM

Latvian - my native language
English
Russian - still learning

Stuart_Thriller

15-06-2011, 12:16 PM

English, and I know a little French and Welsh.

Hicci

15-06-2011, 12:30 PM

I'm fluent in my primary language which is English (even though I don't have an English accent) and I can also speak Polish.

xthunderx2

15-06-2011, 12:37 PM

I speak just English..thats all...nothing to complicated about me...:D

Alma

15-06-2011, 03:06 PM

Romanian (my native language), English fluently, and I used to also speak fluently in French and Spanish, learned in primary school, but I can't find the time to pick them up again, I must tho... Very very basic Italian (more than scarcely taught to us at the uni..), and used to be able to form a few sentences in Latin as well, taught in the highschool, and can understand Portuguese, and a bit of German, and can read some Russian. ..I'm in love with foreign languages, unfortunately, I mostly read and speak in my mother tongue and English and can't find more time for the rest, nor do I have people to speak these other languages with in person.. but I'd pick them up fast if I'd do it regularly.

justnat

15-06-2011, 03:15 PM

Russian (my native language), English fluently (at least I hope so after living in Canada for that many years), very limited Hebrew.

Severus Snape

15-06-2011, 07:47 PM

My native tongue is Spanish, but I obviously speak English fluently. I also speak German semi-fluently, and am learning French, Russian, and some Japanese.

DanceofLorelei1994

15-06-2011, 08:11 PM

4 fluent (English, Arabic, Persian, Kurdish), one conversational(?) and that's French.

Picking up Spanish too.

msdeweydiva

15-06-2011, 08:52 PM

Just English and Jacksonese. {I think we all speak Jacksonese fluently ;))

Alma

15-06-2011, 09:22 PM

My native tongue is Spanish, but I obviously speak English fluently. I also speak German semi-fluently, and am learning French, Russian, and some Japanese.

Aww.. Didn't know you had Latin roots, Mikage, that's so cute. ^ ...

spoonie

16-06-2011, 09:48 AM

I speak English which is my native tongue and I'm semi-fluent in French as I started learning it from an early age. I am currently learning Urdu as my boyfriend's mother doesn't speak much English so communicating with her can be difficult. I am finding Urdu a lot harder to learn than French, not sure whether it's just a harder language in general or if I just picked up French easily because I started learning it so young.

Roosje

16-06-2011, 10:02 AM

Dutch, English, German and Spanish are fluent, más o menos. French I learned for six years and I understand it well, but somehow eversince I studied Spanish there's no room for French in my brain, so I can hardly speak it anymore. I read Latin and Old Greek, which comes in handy when visiting churches and when in Greece (the alphabet is still the same - so can read menus and stuff).

Severus Snape

17-06-2011, 06:04 AM

Aww.. Didn't know you had Latin roots, Mikage, that's so cute. ^ ...

Yeah, family is from Spain, but my heart is wholly German.

Roosje

17-06-2011, 07:23 AM

^That's so cute. Being/feeling German hasn't always been so popular I guess, although you're not the only one:

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respect77

17-06-2011, 07:59 AM

Hungarian (my native language)
English
German

DanceofLorelei1994

17-06-2011, 09:46 AM

Just English and Jacksonese. {I think we all speak Jacksonese fluently ;))

LMAO. We all speak Jacksonese! true!

mjfan1990

18-06-2011, 05:25 AM

i speak english spanglish and spanish

kissybissy

18-06-2011, 05:53 PM

2 languages. Portuguese and English.

Ashtanga

19-06-2011, 02:54 AM

2 languages. Portuguese and English.

:o

You're Brazilian! :wild: http://www.hornedhalo.org/images/kermit.gif

MJTKOP-NYTRAM

20-06-2011, 10:58 AM

I'm Dutch,so that's one,
speak/write/read English, German,
Right know I'm studying Spanish, and in the future I want to learn Chinese.

kissybissy

20-06-2011, 11:37 PM

Yes, I am, lol

:o

You're Brazilian! :wild: http://www.hornedhalo.org/images/kermit.gif

MJnVA

22-06-2011, 01:19 AM

English & German. I can read some Russian if I put my mind into it. Want to learn some Greek.

Guu@wallis

22-06-2011, 01:57 AM

Chinese , Cantonese, er... English, just so so... very little bit French... = =

MJJacksonHD

09-07-2011, 12:36 PM

Mine is Australian English xD

mjitalian_russianboy

09-07-2011, 12:39 PM

Well I can speak English (British & American), Vietnamese (my native one), Japanese, Estonian, Spanish, Italian, Russian & Dutch. :P I'm currently studying English, Italian and Russian xD

LaNixie

09-07-2011, 12:59 PM

Native and english + a bit of french and second native. I just don't use the last two so they get rusty. I've also taught myself to say "I love you" in ten different languages :D

tontocomomo

09-07-2011, 04:19 PM

Native Japanese, unskilled English, and terrible French a bit. I feel like I'm so idiot!!

mjitalian_russianboy

09-07-2011, 04:27 PM

Native Japanese, unskilled English, and terrible French a bit. I feel like I'm so idiot!!

Oh no, dude, at least you can speak 3 language, that's not bad :)

spoonie

19-07-2011, 12:10 PM

I forgot to mention another language I'm semi-fluent in...probably because it's not one I "speak". The language is called Makaton which is sign language. A young relative of mine couldn't speak for years and could only communicate using Makaton so I had to learn it in order to "talk" to him. But all of a sudden he started talking so now doesn't need to use it at all :) So that's why I forgot about that one - I haven't used it in a few years!

Strange Blues

22-07-2011, 04:44 PM

Finnish, English, French, Swedish and German so that's five languages. My German is kind of rusty but I understand it fairly well. I can read Norwegian but it takes a lot longer than reading something in Swedish.

Jackson Rules

23-07-2011, 12:09 PM

Italian, English, Spanish ;)

earthlyme

24-07-2011, 05:27 AM

Besides English(Brithish/American), I speak fluent Amharic(Main Ethiopian Language)-Understand Tigrigna(another Ethiopian language) Semi-understand Spanish... :P

I remember the Major difficulty in Coming to the US was trying to remember that American say *Pants* when British say *Trousers* :lol: In my country *Pants* are undergarments... but in the US they call that *Panties* :lol: My friends had a field day with my vocabulary... :lol:

Ohhh and as msdeweydiva said, I speak Fluent Jacksonese :D
L.o.v.e.
Romi

The One.

24-07-2011, 09:02 AM

Finnish (mother tongue) and English fluently, Swedish and French not-so-fluently :D

Daryll748

02-08-2011, 08:50 PM

Languages are cool indeed...
Though Dutch is my Native language... It gets a little 'intimidated' by my fluent English though... I can switch from Dutch to English in a millisecond :scratch:
I once knew French too but we kinda have 'lost contact' ;)
I once tried to learn Spanish but NAH 'not my cup of tea' :D

Besides, English is the language of my SOUL and :heart:

MJsPrincess

18-09-2011, 01:10 PM

Beside my native language somali, I speak Danish, English, French and a bit italian :) i would loved to learn hindi, arabic and Japanese too :)

Ben

24-09-2011, 01:14 PM

I speak french, english, creole, a bit of spanish, and I'm learning quenya and sindarin.

Galactus123

25-09-2011, 04:21 PM

Finnish and English.

Isaac

10-10-2011, 09:18 PM

English, Spanish and a little bit of French.

xKingofHeartMJx

01-11-2011, 08:53 AM

3. German, english and polish ;].

julia95

27-03-2012, 03:54 PM

I speak German, english and a bit french :)

The One.

27-03-2012, 04:10 PM

Finnish (mother tongue) and English fluently, Swedish and French not-so-fluently :D
Happy to announce that after my 7-month stay in France I now speak French fluently, too! :) Swedish on the other hand is totally forgotten.

Marissa87

27-03-2012, 08:24 PM

English and French fluently.
Italian not so fluently but if I am in an Italian only environment I pick it up in a day or two.

DarlinMichael

18-04-2012, 05:08 PM

Italy and English ^^

Mirabella76

18-04-2012, 05:40 PM

I'm so happy how many ppl speak or study Russian. If you need some practice I could help :)

I know well only Russian - my native language. I would like to know English perfectly. It's my dream since childhood . I can read, speak and translate but I don't really think I know English enough. I used to study German but since I haven't practice I forgot everything. And I'd like to speak Italian :)