Learning/Speaking Languages

[chrismada9 1,948]

Does anyone speak a second or third language here, besides english or your native tongue?? ... or is anyone currently learning one at the moment??

Right now, people probably know already, I've been learning Swedish since April 2008, so I've been self-studying it casually for a good 3 years or so. It's really difficult, but I've used a lot of books and watched a lot of Swedish television to be able to get familiar with the tones and they way it's spoken. Linda sent me a couple of books for my birthday a few weeks ago, one of which is a story book written in Swedish, and I'm sort of working my way through that.

Understanding rapid speech without the use of subtitles however, is very hard indeed.

The good thing with me learning Swedish, is that I'm also familiarising myself with Norwegian and Danish because they somewhat sound very familiar, except there are some pronounciation differences thrown in. I've been told by Swedes that Danes sound like "people with a potato stuck down their throat".

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...so yeah! Anyone got a "third" speaking language besides English or their native langauge??

Are you like Phillipe Senderos, who speaks "English, Italian, French, Spanish, German and Serbian" ... my god I wish I could speak that many!

[Igi26 346]

I'm from Slovenia, but my father and mother are Croatian from Bosnia. I speak Slovenian, Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, English and a little German.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

I'm still learning English and want to be able to speak as good as Bosnian.

German is my third language but I actually speak German quite well because I've studied it almost 8 years.

I'd like to know French or Italian but that can wait.Right now,main priorities are English/German.

Also,I understand Serbian,Croatian and Slovenian because those languages are very similar to Bosnian.

Scandinavian languages are very difficult.My mate speaks Swedish and it's so complicated.

[Kieran. 6,317]

I only speak English.

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

Does anyone speak a second or third language here, besides english or your native tongue?? ... or is anyone currently learning one at the moment??

Right now, people probably know already, I've been learning Swedish since April 2008, so I've been self-studying it casually for a good 3 years or so. It's really difficult, but I've used a lot of books and watched a lot of Swedish television to be able to get familiar with the tones and they way it's spoken. Linda sent me a couple of books for my birthday a few weeks ago, one of which is a story book written in Swedish, and I'm sort of working my way through that.

Understanding rapid speech without the use of subtitles however, is very hard indeed.

The good thing with me learning Swedish, is that I'm also familiarising myself with Norwegian and Danish because they somewhat sound very familiar, except there are some pronounciation differences thrown in. I've been told by Swedes that Danes sound like "people with a potato stuck down their throat".

...

...so yeah! Anyone got a "third" speaking language besides English or their native langauge??

Are you like Phillipe Senderos, who speaks "English, Italian, French, Spanish, German and Serbian" ... my god I wish I could speak that many!

As you can see im from Sweden so i speak Swedish (lol ofc), German (because my mom is from Switzerland) and i have learnt English and Spanish in School.

And btw Norwegian sounds like Singing in Swedish

[Liquidator 5,176]

I speak English and Spanish

[Guest justin_3d]

Spanglish!

[chrismada9 1,948]

And btw Norwegian sounds like Singing in Swedish

You are absolutely right on that one!!

[Domino- 116]

Well I know Bulgarian, English and some Russian

[Tomo 21,733]

Ive wanted to learn Bulgarian since i went there last summer but haven't got round to it yet

[Domino- 116]

Ive wanted to learn Bulgarian since i went there last summer but haven't got round to it yet

In my case, what comes in what city, language is not difficult

[chrismada9 1,948]

Something that really get's me thinking sometimes, is are there differences between Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Russian, but they all use the same alphabet!

Can anyone fill me in??

Edited June 26, 2011 by CJ Revo

[Domino- 116]

Something that really get's me thinking sometimes, is are there differences between Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Russian, but they all use the same alphabet!

Can anyone fill me in??

Russian and Bulgarian languages are similar. When we talk about Russian words because you know are close to those of sound to Bulgarian.

[dave30 728]

i'm currently having a go at learning Spanish just started though .

[SinineUltra 1,170]

I speak Estonian, English and a bit of German and Russian

[Blueman 57]

I am from Egypt and I speak English, Arabic and French.

I want try out Italian or Spanish next. Which is easier?

[HRiver 1,512]

Apart from Albanian (my native language) and English, I only know a few words in German. But French has to be my second favourite language after English.

[dave30 728]

I am from Egypt and I speak English, Arabic and French.

I want try out Italian or Spanish next. Which is easier?

im guessing spanish would probably be easier out of the two but i suppose it's up to a individual person which they find easier .