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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4842 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 97 of 104 07 November 2013 at 6:54pm | IP Logged | |||||
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German – Native language
English (C1-C2) – 9 years at school. I can converse fluently about any topic, can read newspapers and novels, can watch movies and series. Apparently, my accent is good enough to be mistaken for a native speaker from time to time. I do have problems understanding some accents though (esp. Irish) and I tend to choose wrong prepositions. French (B2) – 4,5 years at school. I can read French literature and newspapers without greater problems and can converse. I would be able to survive in France without talking English, although I would need some practice to be able to talk about economy or philosophy again. I have problems understanding fast colloquial speech. Could need some brush-up. Latin (B1-B2) – 5 years at school including "Latinum" (Official certificate in Latin). I could translate Ovid, Pliny, and Virgil when I was at school. Now, I can still understand easy texts, but I lack a lot of vocabulary and have forgotten some advanced grammar. Italian (B1-B2) – my first self-taught language. I have sufficient knowledge in order to read Italian literature and newspapers and understand Italian TV. I haven’t spoken it in ages, but I can make myself understood. Writing is still surprisingly easy although I lack some vocabulary and advanced grammar. Could definitely need some brush-up. Swedish (B1-B2) – my second self-taught language plus 2 semesters at university. I can talk about a range of topics, read literature and newspapers and understand TV and movies. Could need some active practice. Dutch (passive B1-B2, active A1) – I can understand it because of mutual intelligibility with German and some dabbling in it, but I can hardly speak it. I could activate it very quickly, if needed. Russian (B1) – I have completed two textbooks, can read excerpts from newspapers and graded readers, can understand clear speech and can write it sufficiently well. I have never used it for speaking. Spanish (passive B1, active A1) – I can understand it because of mutual intelligibility with my other Romance languages, but I can hardly speak it. I could activate it quickly, if needed. Icelandic (A2-B1) – I have completed a textbook, can read Old Norse sagas, write about personal topics, and understand clear speech. I have never used it for speaking. Scottish Gaelic (A2) – I have completed a textbook, can write about personal topics and read easy stories. I have never used it for speaking and can hardly imagine doing so. Irish (A1) – I have completed a textbook and can understand and build easy sentences. I can't speak it. Japanese (A0-A1) – I am studying it right now. I can understand and use very basic phrases. Greek, Ancient Greek, Old English, Faroese, Danish, Welsh, Mandarin (A0) – I have dabbled in these languages, but never got very far. I can understand very basic phrases. Edited by Josquin on 07 November 2013 at 8:40pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
 songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5207 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 98 of 104 08 November 2013 at 4:49am | IP Logged | |||||
And more crucially, did you understand him when he gave you the directions..? - Thanks for a delightful post! And I'm enjoying this whole thread too. Thanks for starting it, Solfrid_Cristin! Edited by songlines on 08 November 2013 at 4:50am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Kc2012 Diglot Groupie South Africa Joined 4471 days ago 44 posts - 65 votes Speaks: English*, Afrikaans Studies: Dutch, Mandarin, Russian | Message 99 of 104 08 November 2013 at 4:02pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Although interesting, this thread seems more like an excuse for people to brag about their language
abilities :P no negativity meant here, just my observation. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| geoffw Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4686 days ago 1134 posts - 1865 votes Speaks: English*, German, Yiddish Studies: Modern Hebrew, French, Dutch, Italian, Russian | Message 100 of 104 08 November 2013 at 5:16pm | IP Logged | |||||
Reasonable minds may differ. My impression was that it's been more of an opportunity for those with numerous languages listed to be self-effacing and tell us about all the ways they aren't as perfect as their profiles might suggest to the uninformed observer. 6 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5332 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 101 of 104 08 November 2013 at 8:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
That was more the intention :-) Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 08 November 2013 at 8:37pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4887 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 102 of 104 08 November 2013 at 8:55pm | IP Logged | |||||
I did for the first minute or two. The problem is, he kept on talking. And talking. People were very friendly in Jordan. I find this a lot - I can sustain a very simple conversation with a decent accent, and then people think I can understand far more than I do. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Duke100782 Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Philippines https://talktagalog.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4486 days ago 172 posts - 240 votes Speaks: English*, Tagalog* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 103 of 104 09 November 2013 at 5:31am | IP Logged | |||||
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English (Native)
Tagalog (Native) Mandarin (A2) - I've been studying Mandarin since coming to China a year and a half ago. I'm trying to incorporate more and more in my daily life and push up the percentage of the Chinese when I speak to my bilingual English-Chinese colleagues. Of all the six expats in my office (we're 6 Filipinos, 3 Chinese), I'm the only one considerably progressing in the language for now. I can use some simple sentences and convey general ideas. I can understand half of what's being during meetings or when hanging out with a bunch of Chinese speakers. When trying to read the papers I can recognize about half of the characters in a sentence, but of course recognizing half of the characters doesn't yet translate to getting half of the meaning. I think I've just reached a threshhold of understanding the language that's allowing my skills and fluency to improve drastically faster than in the past year and a half. Spanish (A1) - I can read and understand a majority of what I read and get the general gist when watching movies in Spanish, but my active skills lag behind. Especially now when I try speak Spanish to my Spanish- speaking friends Chinese Mandarin words keep trying to pop out "我 llamo Duke". I'll start speaking more Spanish from now on. Bisaya/Cebuano (A1) - Can understand a lot of what's being said from my exposure to the language as it's my mother's first language. My active skills are quite far behind though. I can only issue the simplest of sentences and expressions. German (A0) - I got 3 units of German as a freshman in college. At least it doesn't sound alien when I see or hear it. Japanese (A0) - I did a number of Pimsleur's lessons. I played a lot of Judo that uses lots of Japanese terminology. Greek, Korean (A0) - I listened to a few lessons. I can barely recall anything at all. Sign language (A0) - I dabbled in it for a while since around 5% of employees in ths office I used to head were hearing-impaired. I'm not even sure what kind of sign language I was being taught whether it was Filipino or American sign language, I think they're mostly the same though. Edited by Duke100782 on 09 November 2013 at 5:34am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| jdmoncada Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5032 days ago 470 posts - 741 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Finnish Studies: Russian, Japanese | Message 104 of 104 16 November 2013 at 5:32pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I love the warts and all idea of this thread. I've never put my skills to CFR levels, but one one board's languages thread I put things in categories such as "Languages I can sing--and understand the text of what I'm singing--but don't speak" (French, Latin, Italian). That seems like a more real representation of the skills I have.
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