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Title: How many languages do you speak?
Post by: camellia0 on February 10, 2015, 07:19:07 pm
I speak english, but I'm trying to learn spanish. I wish I could roll my tongue to speak correctly, but practice makes perfect!
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Post by: melissajh44 on February 11, 2015, 01:02:35 am
I only speak English, but I'm doing Rosetta Stone to learn Spanish.
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Post by: dancer139 on February 11, 2015, 09:16:09 am
English ,,,,,,,,  I live in the United States,,,,,,,,,,  That's all I need to speak and if anyone things I need to learn Spanish to bad,,,,  it ain't gonna happen.   If you can't speak English so I can understand go back to where ever you came from till you learn English !!!!!!
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Post by: mgint on February 11, 2015, 09:34:11 am
english some french and some spanish
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Post by: articx on February 11, 2015, 10:13:09 am
I can speak English and have been studying Japanese.
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Post by: Nancy5 on February 11, 2015, 10:48:50 am
Dancer139, you are so right!  I speak English and some German.  my grandparents came from Germany, they did learn English, but we also learned German.  They died many years ago, so I can't remember alot of it because I don't use it anymore..
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Post by: BOSSLADYNELLY on February 11, 2015, 05:44:00 pm
i speak 2 languages but im learning how speak other language
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Post by: timvolley on February 11, 2015, 08:48:05 pm
i only speak english  i too have tried to learn spanish
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Post by: loulizlee on February 11, 2015, 09:03:25 pm
I think people with the "go back to where you came from if you can't speak English" mentality are missing great opportunities for expanding their life experience.  I have had some great conversations communicating with some people who are trying to learn English.  They really appreciate your going an extra step or two to understand them.  Some of us seem to forget that our not-so-long-ago ancestors came from other countries.  Unless you are Native American, your cannot say your ancestors from centuries back are American.  If you only want to speak English, it might be good to also learn to write it. 
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Post by: marciaenglish on February 11, 2015, 11:03:12 pm
I only speak English and have no desire to learn another language!
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Post by: surveygrabber on February 12, 2015, 12:09:37 am
English is pretty much the only language. I'm very fluent in. But I speak only a very little bit of French and Mandarin.
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Post by: JediJohnnie on February 12, 2015, 02:49:43 am
English & Pig Latin

Atwhay oday ouyay inkthay boutay atthay?  :D
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Post by: jcalexis on February 12, 2015, 06:51:48 am
I speak two languages; English and Creole. I also speak a little bit of French.
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Post by: ladavia89 on February 12, 2015, 07:56:58 am
I think people with the "go back to where you came from if you can't speak English" mentality are missing great opportunities for expanding their life experience.  I have had some great conversations communicating with some people who are trying to learn English.  They really appreciate your going an extra step or two to understand them.  Some of us seem to forget that our not-so-long-ago ancestors came from other countries.  Unless you are Native American, your cannot say your ancestors from centuries back are American.  If you only want to speak English, it might be good to also learn to write it. 

This is about the only country that people seem to feel like this. Everywhere else in the world people tend to speak multiple languages then we have the people in the United States who think I only need English and everyone else needs to learn my language or leave.

My Spanish has gotten horrible recently since I'm not actively practicing anymore. I speak some German and French but not enough to even attempt a full conversation
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Post by: kapeh12 on February 12, 2015, 08:08:31 am
I'm fluent in English.  I used to have conversational level Spanish and Russian - but both are way out of practice.  I'm sure if I ever emmersed myself in either language they would eventually come back to me.
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Post by: nguzman1 on February 12, 2015, 11:31:40 am
That is good, I speak fluent English and Spanish but I want to learn French too.
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Post by: yaayme on February 12, 2015, 11:49:21 am
Uno, English...

I attempted to learn Spanish a few years ago but the masculine/feminine suffix and the backwards speech was sooooooo annoying. Maybe in the future I'll try again or maybe learn French or something.
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Post by: ccandpam on February 12, 2015, 11:57:38 am
I just speak English. I have attempted Spanish, but I just know the numbers and the days of the month. I also know some other words, bit I could not put tem into a sentence. :monkey:
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Post by: linderlizzie on February 12, 2015, 12:51:56 pm
Dos idiomas. I speak English and a little Spanish, just about enough to get myself in trouble.

I think other languages are beautiful and I think is wonderful when people preserve their native language in this country. It is a great pity to lose your native language, in my opinion.
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Post by: Skyisbluetoday on February 12, 2015, 04:13:24 pm
English for me!
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Post by: healthfreedom on February 12, 2015, 06:12:39 pm
I speak English, however, I do speak a little Spanish. When I was working for the Navy, I was sent overseas to Rota, Spain. I spent about 4 months there. I taught myself enough Spanish to converse with the residents there.
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Post by: premar16 on February 12, 2015, 06:34:59 pm
I speak english and a little spanish
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Post by: Jon626C on February 12, 2015, 10:56:00 pm
I know how to speak six languages. Thank You!
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Post by: inertia4 on February 13, 2015, 04:16:33 am
I always say I speak two languages. One being english and the other being Brooklynese. LOL
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Post by: lywb2168 on February 13, 2015, 05:50:15 am
Well, I came from an Spanish speaking country so I can pretty much speak, read and write anything in that language, I moved to the USA about 25 years ago and learned English, but for the people that thinks that English is the only language you need to know, well let me give you this example, if "God forbid" you need to visit say Spain or Russia or China for that matter and their way of thinking is the same as you, you come to my country even if it is as a Tourist you need to speak to me in MY language because I do not English not do I want to learn, you are in my country speak to me in my language, then what will you do.

Please think about that before you go all puff and huff about the language, I agree that if a foreigner comes to live in the USA needs to make and effort to learn the language just like me and my parents, husband and brothers did when we moved here, but don't close your mind to learning some other language.  Besides did you know that SPANISH is spoken in more countries around the world that any other language!  I mean as the primary language, English and French are the other ones.  So please be a bit more open minded.

My 2 daughters speak English but they have made the effort to learn Spanish so they can speak to the family that still lives back home, including one set of Grandparents, and they are as American as you.  ;)
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Post by: rghvac69 on February 13, 2015, 05:55:48 am
I speak English and some German.
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Post by: ShadowWolf16 on February 19, 2015, 06:05:23 am
I am fluent in English. I used to be able to have conversations in Spanish, but I haven't practiced in a while. I want to learn Japanese and French, too.
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Post by: devideddi on February 19, 2015, 11:56:44 am
english
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Post by: CharmedPhoenix on February 19, 2015, 03:48:53 pm
English ,,,,,,,,  I live in the United States,,,,,,,,,,  That's all I need to speak and if anyone things I need to learn Spanish to bad,,,,  it ain't gonna happen.   If you can't speak English so I can understand go back to where ever you came from till you learn English !!!!!!

This country was created by immigrants, many of which speak better English and have better grammar than you. ::)
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Post by: CharmedPhoenix on February 19, 2015, 03:51:13 pm
I think people with the "go back to where you came from if you can't speak English" mentality are missing great opportunities for expanding their life experience.  I have had some great conversations communicating with some people who are trying to learn English.  They really appreciate your going an extra step or two to understand them.  Some of us seem to forget that our not-so-long-ago ancestors came from other countries.  Unless you are Native American, your cannot say your ancestors from centuries back are American.  If you only want to speak English, it might be good to also learn to write it. 

Yes, I agree.  :highfive:
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Post by: CharmedPhoenix on February 19, 2015, 04:01:38 pm
I'm American born and of course speak English.  In high school I took Spanish, but a bad teacher and not using it... Yo nabla Espanol un mue pequito.  I took some sign language in college too.  Now I'm working on Ukrainian since my grandparents immigrated from the Ukraine to escape the persecution of WWI.  I wouldn't mind learning a little of all my ancestral languages.  LOL.  That's at least four more languages, not counting Gaelic or Flemmish.  ::)
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Post by: freedavis on February 20, 2015, 06:52:39 am
English and spanish.
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Post by: madeara on February 20, 2015, 02:19:57 pm
I only speak one language, English.  I would like to eventually become fluent in Spanish.
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Post by: LaTashaS28 on February 20, 2015, 04:55:36 pm
I only speak English. I took a Spanish class in school but never really got the hang of it, I learned a little bit but not much.
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Post by: ricdsm on February 20, 2015, 05:12:57 pm
Just English
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Post by: amaravee on February 22, 2015, 09:05:24 am
i speak two languages, and im currently studying spanish
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Post by: honeyflower93 on February 23, 2015, 06:25:17 pm
Two and learning two more.
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Post by: cateyes1 on February 24, 2015, 02:47:43 am
English is all I can speak, that's all I need to know :)
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Post by: southernhorizons on February 24, 2015, 10:21:00 am
I only speak English. I would like to learn German, in fact I started to, once, but I forget most of it. German is the only other language I like besides English, so I have no desire to learn anything else.
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Post by: Laurieandjohn on February 24, 2015, 05:44:51 pm
I speak English and some French I am trying to learn some Italian but really am not doing so well on that one
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Post by: ericdavid26 on February 24, 2015, 05:55:58 pm
2! english and french!
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Post by: jenniferhoder on February 24, 2015, 07:01:06 pm
English only but used to speak French. I remember a few words here and there.
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Post by: misi49 on February 24, 2015, 08:07:10 pm
I am an American so naturally I speak English.  I also can speak a few words in Czech as my grandparents came from Czechoslovakia and my parents are very fluent in Czech.  Even though I can only speak a few words I can totally understand the Czech language.  When I was in high school I studied German but I don't remember much these days.
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Post by: Shandara09 on February 25, 2015, 12:28:47 pm
I only speak English, but I also know sign language.  Would love to learn another.
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Post by: rdy2pl8 on February 25, 2015, 07:39:20 pm
I speak a little bit of Spanish and French. Good luck, it takes time, but it'll be worth it.
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Post by: nmbrown863 on February 25, 2015, 08:54:30 pm
Just English. My grandmother was Japanese so I wish she would have taught me the language as a child.
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Post by: jmc1982 on March 01, 2015, 05:27:41 pm
English and Spanish
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Post by: lguzman1 on March 01, 2015, 05:31:45 pm
I speak English and Spanish both fluently.
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Post by: melissajh44 on March 02, 2015, 03:45:50 am
Only English, but I am doing Rosetta Stone to learn Spanish.
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Post by: bonzie on March 02, 2015, 07:01:08 am
I speaks three languages. English, Visayan and Tagalog. I am interested in learning Spanish too.
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Post by: ghunter on March 02, 2015, 08:37:48 am
I only speak English, I took German in High School and college and wish I can learn to speak another language.
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Post by: Skyenkit on March 02, 2015, 12:43:33 pm
I know 3 languages. Filipino (visayan) , Filipino ( tagalog) and English. I know some spanish too but not much.
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Post by: ljrjess69 on March 04, 2015, 08:45:43 am
only speck english,,,,,,,,, :rainbow:
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Post by: ericdavid26 on March 04, 2015, 02:31:13 pm
2! english and french, I use both about everyday.