FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 I know its random, but I'm curious. So how many languages do you know? Also, if you had a chance, what languages would you want to take? As of now I now three and next year gonna be four. 1) English 2) Latin 3) Vietnamese 4) Next year, I'm going to learn Ancient Greek I'm young, so I still have more chances to take other languages. If I had a chance, I would also take Arameic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 (edited) Being a true blue Aussie, i can speak fluent Australian Also, a few years ago, when i entered high school, it was compulsory for us to take a language class. The language we learnt alternated with the year, and that year we were to study Indonesian. I picked up a smattering of Indonesian, and could probably ask my way if i ever got shipwrecked over there, a not impossible occurence considering how close Australia is to Indonesia I would love to learn latin, as well as either Egyptian, Greek or Turkish (one of those three) Edited December 13, 2005 by Tobias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Goblinus Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 My first language is English. I can read some Latin, and I can read and speak some French. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost_Warrior Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 I speak English and German, I can read little bits of almost any language that uses the Roman alphabet and isn't too distant from English (I can read bits of Latin, Spanish, Potuguese, French, etc etc) but not with any real predictability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 German, English, Afrikaans and bit of Zulu... cheers viggen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favonius Cornelius Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 German, English, Afrikaans and bit of Zulu... cheers viggen Are you from South Africa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacertus Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Besides my native Russian, I know German almost like native, some Spain, some English. I may talk on Arabic but cannot write on it. I study Latin, ancient German, ancient Greek and Gaellic. ...and French... damn it, lol and bit of Zulu... I have a wonderful very old textbook, don't know why it is in my home. Maybe I'll begin to learn it one day if can understand why it needs me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q Valerius Scerio Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Excellent Command: English, Latin Fair Command: Greek, Velodic Novice Command: Old English, Korean Still Learning: Hebrew, Aramaic, Coptic, Chinese Want to Learn Still: Sanskrit, Early and Middle Egyptian, Sanskrit, Pali, Tamil, Akkadian, Sumerian, Hittite, Old Persian, perhaps some others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEG X EQ Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Mother Tongue: German Read and Write: English Small bits: French-Italian-Spanish. Suprised to see how many speak German. @Viggen Mit Zulu meinst du bestimmt dein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil61 Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 English Italian--lived there six years when I was young. Kind of rusty now but it was my first language so I get up to speed quickly. Russian--I took the military Defense Language course, seven--yes seven--hours of Russian classes a day M-F for ten months. Lived in Kiev and worked at the US Embassy--everyone in Kiev speaks Russian but the daily Ukrainian really screwed me up. Lived in St Pete's for a total for both of about a year, my fluency was at a moderate level. I've worked with Russian officials, industry representatives and tech types for the last four years as well, although we use very, very good interpreters I still tried to practice a bit. In spite of this I forget a substantial portion of Russian within six weeks of not using it and need a while to get up to speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacertus Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Lived in Kiev and worked at the US Embassy--everyone in Kiev speaks Russian but the daily Ukrainian really screwed me up. In spite of the fact that Russian and Ukrainian languages are very similar I cannot understand Ukrainian except some international words so it's o'k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honorius Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 I can speak English, a bit of Japanese and spanish I hope to learn Latin and Ancient Greek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Clodius Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 First language =english Lived in France for 4 years in the days of my youth, used to speak fluently but am now rusty but I could probably get around. Would love to learn latin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viggen Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 Are you from South Africa? No, i am from Austria, but i lived 7 years in South Africa, so i had to learn Afrikaans and a bit of Zulu... cheers viggen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil61 Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 No, i am from Austria, but i lived 7 years in South Africa, so i had to learn Afrikaans and a bit of Zulu... cheers viggen You must understand some of that 'dialect' of Afrikaans called Dutch I'd guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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