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Languages
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 8:09 am
by IceMobster
Is there anyone who knows 3 or more languages?
Concerning my thoughts are kinda 50%/50% (mother language and English), if you know 3 or more languages, does it go to 33%/33%/33%, 25%/25%/25%/25%, etc?
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Re: Languages
Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 9:15 am
by RickD
I'm fluent in English. I took Spanish 1,2, and 3 in high school. But I forgot most of what I learned. I've lived in north Florida for almost 11 years now, and I can't speak it, but I can understand American Redneck.
So, I guess that's 3 languages.
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Re: Languages
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 1:03 am
by Nessa
RickD wrote:I'm fluent in English. I took Spanish 1,2, and 3 in high school. But I forgot most of what I learned. I've lived in north Florida for almost 11 years now, and I can't speak it, but I can understand American Redneck.
So, I guess that's 3 languages.
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
You speak man, surely that counts?
"....grunt..food..women..food...grunt"
Actually, I wonder about FL... Surely he would speak a few?
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Re: Languages
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:08 am
by PaulSacramento
Fluent:
English and Portuguese.
Close to fluent Spanish.
Lack of practise languages: French and Japanese.
Working on: Mandarin
Re: Languages
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 4:36 pm
by Hortator
5 years of Latin under my belt, 3 semesters of Spanish, (much like you Rick) and English. Though I will say that, thanks to my knowledge of Latin, my English is particularly good, because of all the derivative words from Latin that help supplement my vocabulary. And I practice it too by reading prose.
PaulSacramento wrote:Fluent:
English and Portuguese.
Close to fluent Spanish.
Lack of practise languages: French and Japanese.
Working on: Mandarin
Look at this over-achiever
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Re: Languages
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:01 pm
by IceMobster
PaulSacramento wrote:.
Hortator wrote:.
Thanks for answering the second question which is the main one...
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Re: Languages
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:34 pm
by Hortator
IceMobster wrote:PaulSacramento wrote:.
Hortator wrote:.
Thanks for answering the second question which is the main one...
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Oh, hrm...
We never spoke Latin, but sometimes I will "think" in Latin. Maybe about 5% of the time. But the Spanish, not so much, unless I'm chatting with a Mexican friend during online gaming sessions. I have rarely if ever needed to use my Spanish.
Re: Languages
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 1:45 am
by Silvertusk
IceMobster wrote:Is there anyone who knows 3 or more languages?
Concerning my thoughts are kinda 50%/50% (mother language and English), if you know 3 or more languages, does it go to 33%/33%/33%, 25%/25%/25%/25%, etc?
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
I am fluent in English, Slang and Profanity.
Re: Languages
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:42 am
by RickD
Silvertusk wrote:IceMobster wrote:Is there anyone who knows 3 or more languages?
Concerning my thoughts are kinda 50%/50% (mother language and English), if you know 3 or more languages, does it go to 33%/33%/33%, 25%/25%/25%/25%, etc?
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
I am fluent in English, Slang and Profanity.
Aren't we all?
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Re: Languages
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 6:55 pm
by patrick
As for the second question, wouldn't it depend a lot on how often you have need to use it? I can understand ESL competing up to ~50% against one's mother's tongue, considering English is something of a global language. But I don't see this happening in most cases.
I'm only fluent in English, but I often have dreams where someone converses with me in Finnish and occasionally in Spanish (two other languages I've studied). What's interesting is that I've studied Japanese for longer, and still am studying it, but almost never does the same happen in Japanese.
Re: Languages
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 11:31 pm
by ICOYAR
Does C#, Visual Basic.NET, HTML, CSS, and SQL count?
I am not proficiently "fluent" in any of them just yet
Re: Languages
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:53 am
by Jac3510
I can only speak English y un poco de espaniol -- pero sólo lo suficiente para mantener una conversación básica. Reading, on the other hand, is a different story entirely. I lost count
around 50 or so.
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