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09 Nov 2009, 8:58 pm

English (both standard and Southern American) and very painful Spanish.


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09 Nov 2009, 9:18 pm

gina-ghettoprincess wrote:
How many languages do you know (and which ones)?

I am learning three languages (Russian, Italian, and Spanish), and I was wondering if anyone here knows more than one language other than their native language.


English, Hebrew and Aramaic. I can pick my way through German, French, Spanish, Greek and Esperanto in a technical mathematical context where the math provides enough guidance for my feeble grasp of the languages.

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09 Nov 2009, 9:53 pm

American English is my native tongue. I have conversational abilities in ASL (I used to be nearly fluent, however I have little cause to use it and it shows). I could manage to survive on my Spanish ability, and I can often read and grasp at least portions of Italian and French.


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09 Nov 2009, 9:54 pm

American English is my native tongue. I have conversational abilities in ASL (I used to be nearly fluent, however I have little cause to use it and it shows). I could manage to survive on my Spanish ability, and I can often read and grasp at least portions of Italian and French.


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16 Nov 2009, 6:41 pm

Only one at the moment, British English. However, I studied, but failed German in high school, and I'm planning to take up Turkish as preparation for a holiday to Turkey in a few years.


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