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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5124 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 89 of 104 06 November 2013 at 11:44pm | IP Logged | |||||
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| Donaldshimoda Diglot Groupie Italy Joined 3880 days ago 47 posts - 72 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Russian | Message 90 of 104 07 November 2013 at 1:29am | IP Logged | |||||
95% Italians can't either 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4679 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 91 of 104 07 November 2013 at 12:05pm | IP Logged | |||||
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You want honesty? Well then. In order of appearance:
Latin: amo amatis amat. amamus amatis amant. Impressed yet? Oh wait! How about, Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres. That was Caesar. French: I can read Proust, in the original. I need to find a way to work that bit into casual conversation. Too bad nobody understands me when I try to actually speak. Arabic: I can write my name in Arabic script. Cool, eh? Do you want me to write your name? I bet I can. Also, one time, I got lost in Jordan and I asked this old man for directions, and he totally understood me. Chuukese: I am one of less than 100 foreigners who actually can speak this language. Maybe fewer than a dozen can speak my dialect, Paafeng. I'm finally bilingual! In a language that's totally effin' useless outside of a 0.1 square mile piece of atoll. Indonesian: I am quite proficient in the world's easiest language. So there. This makes me a polyglot. Ha! Kitchen Chinese: Thanks to a season as the only English-speaking waiter at a Chinese restaurant in Detroit, I know the Chinese words and script for pork, beef, tofu, and shrimp. I also know how to say thank you, "he likes it spicy-spicy," and "the fat man is a bad tipper." Samoan: fa`afafine are biological men who assume women's gender roles. I can't even say it right, but get me drunk and I can tell you the complete psycho-sexual history of gender identity in Samoa. Does that count for anything? Turkish: Seven weeks of home study + three weeks of travel = me telling people that I speak Turkish. Good thing this was pre-You Tube, or you'd all be ruthlessly mocking me right now. Spanish: I can speak passable Spanish. No, I can't. Wait, yes, I can. OK, now I can't. But now I can. I don't understand this at all. Catalan: Once upon a time I learned that they have a really odd way of telling time in Catalan. I can't recall exactly how, just that it was odd. Really, seriously odd. Italian: Oh my god Italian is my favorite language ever. I've forgotten all of it, but I could totally re-learn it if I wanted to. I'm sure it would come back. Derja (North African Arabic): Depending on your political leanings, this might not even be a separate language. Which is good, because I can't speak it. Ancient Greek: I've read the first 100 lines of the Iliad. It took me a year. I've forgotten all of it except the first couple lines - sing to me of rage, goddess, and all that - and it's only been a month. Japanese: My great-great-great-aunt (I might have left out a great) scolded me for not speaking Japanese. So occasionally I try. And now I can say sumimasen with feeling and conviction. I hope she's proud. ----------------------------------------------- Dear Solfrid_Cristin: Honesty is overrated! Edited by kanewai on 07 November 2013 at 12:20pm 10 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5556 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 92 of 104 07 November 2013 at 12:17pm | IP Logged | |||||
Knarrare te delectat. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| drygramul Tetraglot Senior Member Italy Joined 4258 days ago 165 posts - 269 votes Speaks: Persian, Italian*, EnglishC2, GermanB2 Studies: French, Polish | Message 93 of 104 07 November 2013 at 3:35pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Italian: native
Farsi: I guess it could be described as native, given it was taught to me as a children, but a honest rank would be B1 at best. English: C2, it's the language I rely on for any kind of information or entertainment. French: A2 I think. I didn't get to practice or study it for almost 15 years, but I still remember a pretty deal of it. With a little effort and a lot more interest I could get more fluent in little time. Polish: Trochę rozumiem. Passive A1. German: as the above. I can't honestly say I know more than a few hundred words. Spanish: been studying it seriously for the last couple of weeks. That's a freebie for an Italian speaker: B2/C1 reading, B2 listening, A1/A2 speaking. Latin: Forgot everything. ------------------------------------------------- However, I just put Italian and English in my CV. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5124 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 94 of 104 07 November 2013 at 4:01pm | IP Logged | |||||
But the entertainment value is priceless :-) 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| aspiringplyglot Triglot Groupie United Kingdom aspiringpolyglot.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4367 days ago 40 posts - 62 votes Speaks: English*, GermanB2, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Esperanto, Polish, Scottish Gaelic, French | Message 95 of 104 07 November 2013 at 4:10pm | IP Logged | |||||
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OK, here goes!
English: Native German: B2/C1 - I studied German at school for 5 years, none of which I really remember. I remember when I started to self-study, I thought it was amazing that I learned the word 'but' (aber) so that shows you how in-depth the teaching was. I started self studying about two years ago and can definitely see that a little every day helps. I'm currently attending the Goethe Institut and will hopefully pass an exam next year (either B2 or C1, I'll decide nearer the time). Spanish: B2 - Just over a year and a half ago I started learning Spanish. I had no prior knowledge of Spanish and, although it may seem strange, had never really heard the language as the only options in my school were French and German. I had of course been on holiday in Spain but to the 'touristy-English-speaking places'. I started to learn Spanish as part of a university project in which I had to create a documentary about language learning. I used a variety of techniques and had 12 weeks to gain some sort of level. I can express myself well enough and can get my point across although some work needs to be done on the eloquence of how I express myself. I can understand most of what I hear and read but I'm definitely better with live partners as opposed to TV, film etc. (*video link to my Spanish after 12 weeks studying is at the end of this post) French: A1(active)/A2(passive) - I've never studied French for any length of time until now (it's my focus language for the 6WC). I still find the spoken language difficult in both directions, listening and speaking but I'm slowly seeing an improvement. The reading is generally the easiest for me but I suppose that is helped from my little friends English and Spanish. Haven't written anything substantial in French so can't really comment. Scottish Gaelic: A2/B1 - Like French, I've never formally studied Gaelic. A couple of my family members speak it and my comprehension is definitely better than my output. I don't really use it all that much but definitely want to improve it one I'm finished with the 6WC with French. Esperanto: A0/A1 - I'm just dabbling with Esperanto. I don't really have the time at the moment to devote any sort of time consistently to learning the language. I've been through some of the basic courses and understand the basic grammar and know some basic vocabulary/suffixes etc. I'll try and get my level up next year. * link to Spanish video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4sHt_0x_lE 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5009 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 96 of 104 07 November 2013 at 5:48pm | IP Logged | |||||
Are you sure no on else on here was at the same meeting? Snort, laugh cough. I mean sometimes they are. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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