What languages do you know?

gbbaker · Post by **gbbaker** » Dec 26th, '06, 07:59

cutekid wrote:i'm a filipino. only speaks english and our national language filipino. would like to learn korean or mandarin chinese. where can i learn these languages for free?

Hey, you want to know the same languages I do. Somebody posted some of these links over on soompi to learn Korean and i have found some also. I already know the alphabet and maybe 30 words and ten phrases.
http://wordbridge.com/koreng/
http://www.langintro.com/kintro/
http://www.interedu.go.kr/indexe.html
http://www.learnkorean.com/index.asp
english to Korean word dictionary ----->http://endic.naver.com/
just type in the english word in the box and press the button on the right.

http://www.mct.go.kr/koreanthroughenglish/index.htm
http://rki.kbs.co.kr/learn_korean/lessons/e_index.htm
http://www.korean-edu.com/

an-nyong-hi gye-se-yo,
Aaron B

cutekid · Post by **cutekid** » Dec 26th, '06, 14:33

gbbaker wrote:
cutekid wrote:i'm a filipino. only speaks english and our national language filipino. would like to learn korean or mandarin chinese. where can i learn these languages for free?
Hey, you want to know the same languages I do. Somebody posted some of these links over on soompi to learn Korean and i have found some also. I already know the alphabet and maybe 30 words and ten phrases.
http://wordbridge.com/koreng/
http://www.langintro.com/kintro/
http://www.interedu.go.kr/indexe.html
http://www.learnkorean.com/index.asp
english to Korean word dictionary ----->http://endic.naver.com/
just type in the english word in the box and press the button on the right.

http://www.mct.go.kr/koreanthroughenglish/index.htm
http://rki.kbs.co.kr/learn_korean/lessons/e_index.htm
http://www.korean-edu.com/

an-nyong-hi gye-se-yo,
Aaron B

gbbaker thanks for the links will check them out! thanks again.
BTW, i've read that there is a new research finding that says multilinguisitic people e.i. those who speak/read/write 2 or more languages has a lower chance of having alzheimers later in their life. so better learn a new language now.

Hachiko-chan · Post by **Hachiko-chan** » Dec 26th, '06, 14:44

I can speak:
finnish
swedish
english
a little german
and I'm studying japanese

Uuree34 · Post by **Uuree34** » Dec 28th, '06, 12:56

I knew it! I knew that my language wouldn't be included in the choices. I guess many other Asian countries don't even acknowledge our nation's existence huh?

Well, anyhooooow

- I can speak Mongolian , my native language ( had to learn, without a choice)
- Russian, fluent I guess lol
- lil Japanese ( started forgetting, ever since I started learning English at the age of 13)
- and obviously English
- lil German

Hope to learn Chinese one day!

sarten · Post by **sarten** » Dec 30th, '06, 00:28

sarten speaks spanish & english and is learning jap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (unfortunately not much progress in 2 years.....)

Phearsome · Post by **Phearsome** » Jan 1st, '07, 08:00

ENGLISH <--- been white washed
Vietnamese <-- im vietnamese, understand about 80% of it
some French <-- where i live french is a subject you have to learn since kindergarten. And vietnamese people were taught by the frenchs.
I understand some Korean not a whole lot I make friends with all the Korean international students 'cause im the helper guy (forgot what it was called but easiest class in hs YOU DO NOTHING AT ALL). They teach me some stuff.

Right now im learning japanese 'cause im planning to visit japan

Chewyr · Post by **Chewyr** » Jan 1st, '07, 13:32

im chinese so i chose chinese
i kno abit of korean, mando and japanese language as well, and im learning the italian language at school

kokakola · Post by **kokakola** » Jan 1st, '07, 13:46

chinese as in mandarin...trying to self-learn japanese.

_iris · Post by **_iris** » Jan 1st, '07, 13:56

Boo, not many choices for other people

I need subtitles too! But they don't necessarily have to be English subtitles.

yojong · Post by **yojong** » Jan 1st, '07, 14:16

...hi..
..i'm a filipino.. i speak filipino and kind of fluent in english..
..but i also know how to read korean letters... and know how
to pronounce it as well.. but the problem is.. i only understand a
few dialogs and words...
..that's why, i still rely on english subs when i watch kdramas..

..im hoping to learn how to communicate well with koreans..

..and if anybody there is interested to help..
..i'd be very thankful..

by the way.. Happy New Year everyone!

guo87 · Post by **guo87** » Jan 1st, '07, 14:25

I can speak English,korean and some japan

razzak · Post by **razzak** » Jan 1st, '07, 15:54

Unfortunately I can't speak any asian languages. I've just went to a few Mandarim lessons in my school, but my schedule is incompatible with it. So, I can speak Portuguese (which is my native language), English, Spanish, French, can understand Itallian, and a very few words of japanese =P lol And I guess that's all.
So the answer would be: "None of Above (must rely on subtitles)" lol

FutureSpy · Post by **FutureSpy** » Jan 1st, '07, 16:03

- Portuguese (mother tongue)
- Spanish: can't pronunciate the spanish R (peRRo)
- Catalan: same as spanish xD
- Japanese: i've been studying for 2 yrs or so. (had to stop because of university entrance tests) don't have to rely on subs anymore (dict needed for some shows, specially when some tech vocabulary pops up), but i'm not fluent yet
- English: read/write, but cannot speak (my pronunciation sucks T_T)

Wish I could learn either Korean, Mandarin or Thai...

strawberrie1210 · Post by **strawberrie1210** » Jan 1st, '07, 16:26

English - I speak at home, in school, with my friends, my pet doggie (hahaha) and basically everyone... so im pretty fluent in it.

Cantonese - my mom and a few of my close friends speak Cantonese to me.. when I was younger, my Cantonese sucked. but now, as i grew up, im now way better in it already =)

Malay - it's compulsory to learn the Malay language here in msia.. lolzz

Hokkien - i cant really speak Hokkien... im trying to pick up from Hokkein shows though.. but i still suck at it.. hahahahha. i speak a lil Hokkien with my parents and my grandmother..

Mandarin - i understand Mandarin but im not really good at speaking at it.. currently conversing wif a couple of my friends in Mandarin to improve it,,hehehe

Korean - learning it by myself.

Pekana · Post by **Pekana** » Jan 1st, '07, 19:31

I know none of the languages placed in the poll so I obviously chose to vote None of the Above. I have to rely on subtitles.

Otherwise the languages I know are as follows:

Latvian - native tongue --> Sveiki visiem! (means "Hi everyone"!)

Russian - seeing as it's a post-Soviet state a lot of people know and speak it here
English
German

I love studying languages so I hope to learn either Japanese or Chinese when I have the time and the means. But I should really put some work into my poor, almost non-existant French before that.

badgirl · Post by **badgirl** » Jan 3rd, '07, 05:06

I only know Viet and English. Wish i know French, Korean, and Japanese

claudiaitaliana · Post by **claudiaitaliana** » Feb 3rd, '07, 11:11

I Speak Arabic fluently

I speak English (as its my major to be an English teacher)

I understand Italian and Indian and can say short sentences

I understand a little Korean and say few words and sentences (in progress of earning it form K-dramas and movies)

arabian · Post by **arabian** » Feb 3rd, '07, 11:17

claudiaitaliana wrote:I Speak Arabic fluently

I speak English (as its my major to be an English teacher)

I understand Italian and Indian and can say short sentences

I understand a little Korean and say few words and sentences (in progress of earning it form K-dramas and movies)

Oh Great as me English Teacher..But it seem that you are in third year..

claudiaitaliana · Post by **claudiaitaliana** » Feb 3rd, '07, 12:15

arabian wrote:
claudiaitaliana wrote:I Speak Arabic fluently

I speak English (as its my major to be an English teacher)

I understand Italian and Indian and can say short sentences

I understand a little Korean and say few words and sentences (in progress of earning it form K-dramas and movies)
Oh Great as me English Teacher..But it seem that you are in third year..

Yeah what about you which year??

blue_lizzard · Post by **blue_lizzard** » Feb 3rd, '07, 12:43

hm, interesting results. didn't think that chinese was so much ahead.. but well, actually understandable. 1/3 of mankind are chinese^^°

for me, my native language is swiss german. i also speak german, english (who'd guess), french, japanese and a little bit of spanish.

phramc · Post by **phramc** » Feb 3rd, '07, 21:11

wow I thought I knew a lot but I'm farr far behind.

I speak japanese, french, english, and am learning german.

I can read french, english, some korean and most japanese.

Sia · Post by **Sia** » Apr 29th, '07, 13:53

I understand French, English, Cantonese and VIetnamese
Can speak fluently French, English and Cantonese

I Would like and I will learn to speak mandarin ..after graduating from college!

eurazn_karry · Post by **eurazn_karry** » Apr 21st, '08, 14:59

I understand and speak Cantonese but don't know write and read
And i speak understand write and read French
And a little English and spanish

ruka_michiru · Post by **ruka_michiru** » Apr 27th, '08, 20:52

I speak and write Tagalog, English and Norwegian. I can understand a bit Danish, but only when it's written, and I can communicate a bit in Swedish. And now I'm trying to learn basic French (self taught, for now. But would seriously push through with it when I have the money to attend a proper school

). I took one year Nihongo when I was in college, but totally forgot it now... and I regret not continuing it

peachjunkie · Post by **peachjunkie** » Jun 15th, '08, 14:47

Mandarin, but I don't always understand their slangs and rely on the subtitles for that. I really do want to learn Japanese, though.

ginny_lunallena · Post by **ginny_lunallena** » Jun 15th, '08, 14:56

English and Spanish, baby!!

I have to rely on subtitles

Kuso_Baba · Post by **Kuso_Baba** » Jun 15th, '08, 15:21

Well English OF COURSE!

Arabic.. (I am half arab)..

I am half Italian so I understand Italian but dont speak it

I speak and talk French coz I studied French in elementry school and the only language my parents can only speak is French so I hear it everyday

.. and well.. Japanese is growing!!

baggypantgpa · Post by **baggypantgpa** » Jun 17th, '08, 20:19

I knew conversational Spanish but then I forgot most of it when I studied Japanese for 2 years.

I can speak semi-conversational Japanese.

Zealousy · Post by **Zealousy** » Jun 21st, '08, 02:45

I can speak, for the most part fluent Spanish. Just my grammar is horrible.

DMDil · Post by **DMDil** » Aug 2nd, '08, 20:13

i only know English, Urdu, Hindi, Some spanish..

chocoLatte12 · Post by **chocoLatte12** » Aug 3rd, '08, 03:40

english, my mother language, japanese (but not fluent..yet), a little of chinese

NakajimaYuto · Post by **NakajimaYuto** » Sep 7th, '08, 22:41

ah, i have to rely on subtiltles ... becuz i just know a little japanese ...
but i'm pretty fast in learing it, i think ... oO

well, i speak german (wow ._.) and english fluently and i learned more than 4 years french (haha, i can't speak it anymore xD) and i can speak spanish pretty good i think ^^" ...

thamadoc · Post by **thamadoc** » Sep 7th, '08, 23:45

Finnish is my first language (surprise, surprise - I live in Finland!) but I can also communicate well in English, Swedish, German and Japanese. I also know tiny bits of other languages, too, for example French and Spanish, but I probably wouldn't be able to hold up a whole conversation - just say a sentence or two every now and then :')

At the moment I am trying my best with my Chinese self-studies, but it's soooo hard

skapism · Post by **skapism** » Sep 15th, '08, 16:24

German, English, Latin, Old Greek, Hebrew, the littlest bit of Japanese, some French, some Swedish, Italian readable.

The prettiest of them so far is Greek, though I'd really like to spend more time learning Jap.

jotdess · Post by **jotdess** » Sep 16th, '08, 07:41

English is my 1st language, read/write/speak Korean, and am starting to pick up Japanese.

selma · Post by **selma** » Sep 19th, '08, 19:22

English , Dutch, Turkish, German , a few words and sentences japanese ^__^ and a few words Korean

Ryuuta · Post by **Ryuuta** » Sep 29th, '08, 20:36

I'm german so I speak german fluently
I can english, too...but with some mistakes (my grammar isn't very good)
I can better read to understand than hear/speak
because of that I can better understand something with english subtitles than english dub

I learn japanese by selfstudy and I can read all Hiragana, almost all Katakana, some Kanji and can understand some words and sentences

Jas0n · Post by **Jas0n** » Oct 29th, '08, 22:28

half chinese =]

culdameteora · Post by **culdameteora** » Oct 29th, '08, 23:20

1.Malay
2.English
3.Nihongo

Rabu · Post by **Rabu** » Nov 2nd, '08, 16:47

I speak German fluently and then there's:

- a little kiswahilli (I'm Tanzanian ya know)
- english
- latin
- currently learning french ^__^

Endroine · Post by **Endroine** » Nov 2nd, '08, 17:17

I can speak Dutch (cuz im dutch lawl)
and some japanese not that much, just a few words (or maybe many words xD), 2 or 3 words korean and chinese/taiwanese.
And i learned some German and French in school and since German sounds a bit like dutch i can understand it most of the time, but not speak or write it.
And ofcourse english.

Natsu-pi · Post by **Natsu-pi** » Nov 2nd, '08, 17:20

Im japanese but i know alot of other languages xD
I dunno why but i just like to learn other and especially special languages like arabic
i find it a verry pretty language x3 but i can't talk arabic i just know some words its to hard to pronounce
- English (almost fluently)
-Arabic/Marocain (almost nothing x3)
-Japanese of course xD
-Korean (can understand and talk)
-French (some words)
- Chinese (mandarin)
- Dutch (some words)
- German (almost nothing) x3
But its not like i can talk fluently in these languages its just that
i understand some words x3
Anyway im kinda proud that i know so much languages never rlly payed
attention to it Lmao.

Endroine · Post by **Endroine** » Nov 2nd, '08, 17:25

Gheh what do you know in dutch ?

Natsu-pi · Post by **Natsu-pi** » Nov 3rd, '08, 15:35

Endroine wrote:Gheh what do you know in dutch ?

Hoi = hello right?
and alles goed = how are u
or are u ok
thats all xD

boris7 · Post by **boris7** » Nov 3rd, '08, 15:55

I can speak and read and write....
Mandarin
Cantonese
English
Latin
German...

but I must admit I am very old!!!

I can remember seeing Mao Tze Tung ,,,,,Mao Zedong in the 1960's....

mintneko · Post by **mintneko** » Nov 15th, '08, 14:20

i speak conversational mandarin and japanese.

i've been learning mando for 10 years .. but i seem to understand jap more when i watch dramas~

Shining_Moon · Post by **Shining_Moon** » Nov 15th, '08, 14:39

LOL I don't know any of those languages, that's why I rely on subtitles. =]
I only know how to speak portuguese and english.

xCLEA · Post by **xCLEA** » Dec 4th, '08, 23:22

i don't know any asian languages
BUT i'm learning japanese & i wanna learn korean.

i can also speak a little cree, but that has nothing to do with asia.
i speak cree so i can speak with my grandmother

Naera · Post by **Naera** » Dec 4th, '08, 23:33

i know enghish...
and a little bit japanese.....

moomooray · Post by **moomooray** » Dec 4th, '08, 23:49

English&Chinese.

ajtangel7 · Post by **ajtangel7** » Jan 17th, '09, 09:30

First language is english
I can understand some spanish
I can understand a few words, and speak a few words in mandarin
i am learning japanese and flying through it since i love it so much lol

Saki · Post by **Saki** » Jan 20th, '09, 23:45

My first language is Japanese and second is English~!

I also can understand some Korean.

ayaseharukaftw · Post by **ayaseharukaftw** » Jan 20th, '09, 23:57

English - mother tongue
French - forced second language by provincial law
Italian - I have Italian roots so I learned it as another second language
I want to learn Japanese but I'm too lazy to read and too cheap to pay for lessons

gurubesar · Post by **gurubesar** » Jan 24th, '09, 21:38

I speak Indonesian and English. I understand very little Mandarin & Fukien plus another not very useful language (since I can not use it outside of my own area) of Javanese.
Unfortunately, I still need the subtitle to watch all those nice wuxia movies.... ;-(

Mamen · Post by **Mamen** » Feb 5th, '09, 08:50

My language is spanish, and i'm going to learn japanese and french this year (and subsequent years

), and i would like to learn italian in future. And i'm here basically practicing english

Lotlorien · Post by **Lotlorien** » Feb 7th, '09, 11:12

English, German and Bulgarian (since I'm born in BG xD )

I hope to study Japanese language and culture in the university....

kevkaho · Post by **kevkaho** » Feb 7th, '09, 11:40

i am fluent in chinese, cantonese hokkien and english..

bit part of japanese.. heard more than enough to at grasp hold of the language..

malay language

tamil(indian) language - good enough to understand conversation between 2 persons..

french and korean a bit of it..

chiqlhet · Post by **chiqlhet** » Feb 8th, '09, 23:24

I'm asian
i was born in the Philippines
and my language is called TAGALOG

Philippines has 12 major langauges
but i only knw the following :

TAGALOG - very well
PANGASINENSE - yes
KAPAMPANGAN - yes
ILOCANO - can understand
BISAYA - can understand

then

ENGLISH - i think im ok , i can understand and speak ...
Spanish - I can understand and sspeak i lilttle bit...

i want to learn how to speak Korean

reflexator · Post by **reflexator** » Feb 10th, '09, 14:27

i am from czech republic so i can speak Czech (Slovak almost same so i can understand .]), English, i have German for 4 years at my high school but dont get a sh*t .]

core2quadcore · Post by **core2quadcore** » Feb 24th, '09, 09:32

I could speak english along with my native language which is alibata

Kago89 · Post by **Kago89** » Feb 28th, '09, 09:50

Native languages : Japanese,English
Secondaire languages : Russian,French,Korean,German
Extra basics : Hindi,Chinese(mand),Dutch

Mai-Soon · Post by **Mai-Soon** » Mar 10th, '09, 19:40

You all Know a lot of languages

I speak Arabic fluently ...blur italian and am not bad at English

Calevera · Post by **Calevera** » Mar 12th, '09, 10:58

I know English fluently and know basic Japanese.

NiiKame · Post by **NiiKame** » Mar 12th, '09, 11:53

I've been watching Japanese tv shows without subs for about six or seven months now (and my Japanese has improve a hellova lot). I'm not fluent though, but getting there slowly.

I know a little Korean, but I NEED subtitles in order to understand.

I speaks the Englishes as the first language, but my english getting worse every day

Pinoy04 · Post by **Pinoy04** » Mar 12th, '09, 12:08

Well...English as my 1st language and Tagalog (philippines) as my 2nd Language and everything else I am learning like Japanese, Mandarin and Cantonese.

erdbeerii · Post by **erdbeerii** » Apr 6th, '09, 12:11

I can speak mandarin fluently. Other than that I can speak:
English: fluently
German:fluently
French: I have to learn this at school but I'm not very good at it

-Hikari- · Post by **-Hikari-** » Apr 9th, '09, 07:06

I can understand Chinese and Japanese....as for Korean......I'm learning.

It'll take a while, but I'm getting there.

laria · Post by **laria** » Apr 9th, '09, 08:00

I speak

English: fluent
Polish: fluent
French: fluent
Spanish: basic
Norwegian: basic

and I learned few words in Japanese, Chinese (Mandarin) and Korean by watching drams

peiziyu · Post by **peiziyu** » May 6th, '09, 04:01

Interesting... I didn't expect more than half of the users here to rely on subtitles. I moved from China when I was less than 2 years old, but I speak fluently and can read most of the subtitles.

And I really attribute a large amount of proficiency in Chinese, especially reading, to watching dramas. By the time I stopped going to Chinese school, my reading skills were leagues above the rest of the kids, mostly just from watching dramas and reading the subtitles.

For anyone interested in improving their Chinese, I really do highly recommend watching dramas. Without subtitles if you can get by, or focusing at least ignoring them as much as is possible.

Oh, and my languages: English and Chinese fluently, French proficiently enough to have a conversation, read novels, write etc, though watching movies is a bit of a struggle sometimes for the slang.

dabogy · Post by **dabogy** » May 6th, '09, 04:09

English is my first language
I can write and speak fairly well in Japanese
I can sort of get by with my verbal French

watersoflethe · Post by **watersoflethe** » Jun 10th, '09, 06:58

first native language: korean
2nd native language: english
somewhat fluent language: japanese (still learning can get by somewhat without subs but still need subs to understand fully especially technical jargon however reading and writing sucks since my kanji knowledge sucks)
should know because of the number of years spent studying but can still only barely scrape by in: Mandarin & French

i'm quite surprised at the number of people who don't speak any of the 3 asian languages of the dramas found here. wow there must be a lot of nonasians here too. i'm quite surprised that asian dramas are so popular outside of asia. sort of proud too

since i'm fluent enough in english and korean to translate directly when someone is speaking it makes me think that i should move my lazy butt and become a fansubber...and yet i can't stand korean dramas...so i don't think i would be able to watch it long enough to translate it...hahaaa..

forever21 · Post by **forever21** » Jun 25th, '09, 00:39

I know English and Vietnamese fluently but my first language is Vietnamese and second is English. Right now, I'm studying Spanish in high school.

Cyclopz0rs · Post by **Cyclopz0rs** » Jul 2nd, '09, 09:43

English and Tagalog are what i know fluently.
i also can speak and understand some italian and japanese

Razor. · Post by **Razor.** » Jan 9th, '10, 18:57

Native: Serbian,Japanese(but I speak japanese with my dad only :s)
Also: French, German, English, Spanish, bit of Korean ;)

JaJe · Post by **JaJe** » Jan 10th, '10, 10:31

I´m learning Japanese, but I still need to relay on subtitles.

I also speak fluently Estonian (as a mother tongue) and English.
I speak (but not so fluently) Russian and French and I understand German.
So it makes 6 languages.

(I hope to be able to speak in 10 language one day

)

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