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| bela_lugosi Hexaglot Senior Member Finland Joined 6454 days ago 272 posts - 376 votes  Speaks: English, Finnish*, Italian, Spanish, German, Swedish Studies: Russian, Estonian, S�mi, Latin | Message 17 of 25 08 December 2008 at 5:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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I use three languages daily - Italian, English and Finnish - and the other three (Spanish, German, Swedish) at least once a week. A great linguistic confusion, but I love it. :D
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| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6142 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 18 of 25 08 December 2008 at 5:55pm | IP Logged | ||
I can see where you use Italian and English (and I suppose German and Spanish) daily/weekly in Italy, but when do you use Finnish and Swedish? With family? Edited by ellasevia on 08 December 2008 at 5:55pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| bela_lugosi Hexaglot Senior Member Finland Joined 6454 days ago 272 posts - 376 votes Speaks: English, Finnish*, Italian, Spanish, German, Swedish Studies: Russian, Estonian, S�mi, Latin | Message 19 of 25 09 December 2008 at 4:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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^Well, I use Finnish to communicate with my family in Finland (on the phone, of course), and I also teach it to my girlfriend. :) I also have a few Swedish-speaking acquaintances here, so we use Swedish to communicate.
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| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6142 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 20 of 25 09 December 2008 at 5:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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| Olympia Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5981 days ago 195 posts - 244 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Old English, French | Message 21 of 25 09 December 2008 at 5:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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My French-speaking roommate had some French-speaking friends here recently. They all spoke good English, but
were more comfortable speaking to each other in French because that's how they would do it at home. I can understand French fairly well, but I don't speak it at all, so I had to reply in English. My roommate would speak English to me because that's what we're used to doing together and French to her friends from home. It was kind of weird with everybody speaking different languages to each other, but it worked out fine. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Alvinho Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 6234 days ago 828 posts - 832 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish | Message 22 of 25 11 December 2008 at 12:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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sometimes it's so nice to switch from a language to another while a conversation involving more people is just going on....my head just spins....hehehe
in a country like Brazil where there's no a huge need for learning languages among most locals, if someone is chatting with people from different countries, the others who are in a determined ambience of bus, restaurant or anywhere else will certainly stare at me curiously. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| khatera Triglot Newbie Russian Federation Joined 5723 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes Speaks: Russian, Persian*, English | Message 23 of 25 25 March 2009 at 8:58pm | IP Logged | ||
its wonderful to know so many languages.you deserve admiration.maybe im too young yet to know so many languages,but i wish someday i would be able to know at least 7 languages.at the moment I know Persian,Russian,English and a little bit German. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Akipenda Lugha Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 5738 days ago 78 posts - 82 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Swahili, Sign Language, Spanish | Message 24 of 25 26 March 2009 at 5:50am | IP Logged | ||
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Unfortunately this almost never happens to me at home but when I'm in Africa drinking
with extremely multicultural crowds its definitely a big melange of languages. I lived with a few Scandinavian expats for a few weeks and learned a few words in Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish, mostly those related to swearing or playing the one card game we played. It was a bit mix of English, french, swedish, norwegian, danish, and swahili. Lots of fun, and mostly very vulgar! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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