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| maxsanta Diglot Senior Member Chile Joined 5495 days ago 7 posts - 6 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: French, Russian | Message 137 of 142 20 April 2010 at 6:05am | IP Logged | ||
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Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile (2006-2010) speaks Spanish, French, English,
German, Portuguese and a little bit of Russian. She learned most of those languages while in Europe as an exiled. Before the election she used these skills in the TV ads, but I can't find that scene on Youtube. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ßruno Triglot Newbie Brazil Joined 5313 days ago 5 posts - 8 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish Studies: German | Message 138 of 142 16 May 2010 at 4:20am | IP Logged | ||
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It's a bit shameful that the brazilian president can't speak any language beyond portuguese, but i don't blame him, he had a very difficult life.
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| GauchoBoaCepa Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5419 days ago 172 posts - 199 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish | Message 139 of 142 23 May 2010 at 2:54am | IP Logged | ||
Difficult life???.....after his "accident" with his finger, he got retired and PT provided him with money. Furthermore, he said whoever studies and speaks English is arrogant and twat. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4668 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 140 of 142 31 May 2014 at 4:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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Queen Silvia of Sweden speaks six languages: Swedish, her native languages German and Portuguese, as well as French, Spanish, and English. She has some fluency in Swedish Sign Language.
You can hear her speak Portuguese: http://youtu.be/itwoYjEYe-I?t=1m11s Queen Máxima of the Netherlands speaks four languages: Dutch, English, French and Spanish (her native language). 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Zireael Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4651 days ago 518 posts - 636 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, Spanish Studies: German, Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Arabic (Yemeni), Old English | Message 141 of 142 31 May 2014 at 4:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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Swedish Sign Language? That's interesting...
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| shk00design Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4444 days ago 747 posts - 1123 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 142 of 142 01 June 2014 at 4:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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In the 1930s & 40s, Mme. Chiang Kai-shek used to accompany her husband to world conferences and
she would be translating between English & Chinese on behalf of her husband. The Prime Minister of Canada is usually bilingual in English & French. Since the 2 languages are official, he/she will attend the Commonwealth summit speaking English and the Francophone summit speaking French. The ex-PM of Australia Kevin Rudd is fully bilingual in English & Chinese. He gave speeches in Mandarin in China. Don't forget Pope JP-II. He was fluent in Polish (his native language), Latin, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, English, etc. The Vatican is a sovereign state. Edited by shk00design on 01 June 2014 at 4:26pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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