Learning/Speaking Languages

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I learnt French for five years at school and I try to self-study but finding the time is an issue.

[Blue In Green 86]

I am fluent in English, American and Rural Southern. :tophat:

[termninja 5,290]

I speak Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian and Montenegrian which are very similar, English and a bit of French. English is something I'm really good at, both speaking and writing.

[irishblue 128]

I study Irish and German in school, but I wouldn't say I'm personally at any great level in either. I've always had an interest in Germany and the language so it was always the language I was going to choose in school.

As for Irish, it's one we learn from the beginning in primary school yet very few end up having a level of total fluency at it by the end of secondary school, mainly because most don't like the way it's taught. It's pretty sad really, but with with an increase in Gaelscoileanna (special Irish language schools) around the country and people sending their children to these, it should increase quite a bit over the next few years. Currently, if you do all your secondary school exams through Irish, you get so many more points than those who do it through English.

Dutch is another language I wouldn't mind learning at some point. I've virtually no interest in learning any of the Romance languages though, even though they would be useful, Spanish in particular. I'm not sure why but they don't appeal to me in the same way West Germanic ones do.

Celtic languages also interest me to some extent, but mainly only Irish because I have some knowledge though small and Scottish Gaelic because its so similar to Irish. Hopefully I'll try and further my knowledge of Irish after I finish school.

[BluesChick 1,260]

i am working on Mandarin

[chrismada9 1,948]

i am working on Mandarin

wooooow! really! That is some language to learn!!

[Milan 17,859]

German. I've been studying since I was at secondary school, I even had school leaving exams from German (along with English).

I guess I won't find any member here who would study Czech, right?

[ChelseaChick 430]

English is my first language obviously but I am very good at speaking Irish. I studied french for three years but gave it up because I was useless, I know the basics though. I also know a bit of sign language, I had to learn it last year in college when I was working with children who had disabilities, but there are so many different languages in sign language and I only know one!

[Naked Mole Rat 437]

I speak Korean and English and am currently learning/self-teaching Spanish and self-teaching Japanese.

German. I've been studying since I was at secondary school, I even had school leaving exams from German (along with English).

I guess I won't find any member here who would study Czech, right?

I attempted to learn Slovak which I hear is similar to Czech. But, I failed and only know how to say "Where is the washroom?"

[BluesChick 1,260]

wooooow! really! That is some language to learn!!

i don't have much of a choice since I will be living in Shanghai in one month!! it's really tough

wooooow! really! That is some language to learn!!

i don't have much of a choice since I will be living in Shanghai in one month!! it's really tough

[Domino- 116]

German. I've been studying since I was at secondary school, I even had school leaving exams from German (along with English).

I guess I won't find any member here who would study Czech, right?

I have heard that the German language as a pure learning is difficult.

[Madmax 9,219]

I speak English of course. Gujarati is my mother tongue. I'm fluent in all the three conversational forms in these two and Hindi and Marathi. Those are regional languages here where I live. I've learnt French in college for 2 years but that was a while ago so can't say I remember everything. Have got a great keenness to learn German though and got started on it a couple of months back but haven't been able to find the time required for it lately.

[Spike 12,049]

Being from Australia I've never had to learn another language to get by. I would really love to learn another and am seriously considering studying one at University.

I am interested in Japanese, German, French and Spanish. I would like to know which one of these would be most useful in a buisness sense.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Impressive Jaimin!!

[Liquidator 5,176]

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

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

I have tried both and found Spanish far easier. many people lean spanish and then go abroad to a spanish-speaking country. In Argentina they speak spanish with an italian accent because many people emigrated there from Italy so they learn to speak Italian.

Do you think Arabic would be difficult to learn?

[SeB 1,281]

I learnt French for five years at school and I try to self-study but finding the time is an issue.

Tu te débrouilles bien ? Ou tu parles aussi bien que Frank Ribery ?

I speak French of course, my native language, I like English that I practice at school since I'm 4 or 5. My aim is to be fluent or nearly in English, it's one of the reasons I went on this forum

I always wanted to learn Russian, but I have never found time for it...

[kongdaniel 34]

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

Norwegian sounds like singing in Swedish.. Whaaaaaaat?

[manpe 10,861]

Besides estonian I speak english and russian, a little german too