Is English your first language?

**Ingoal** · Dec 10, 2004, 09:49

1. german
2. english
3. french (after three painful years in school I can understand some basic stuff, not more)
4. latin (dead, so not really spoken, but I still understand some stuff (reading))

Originally Posted by Helge

Originally Posted by Helge

I also know some German (Not much

, so don't test me Ingo.

).

Hehe...I guess I should do a little german test with the staff (as almost anyone seems to know "some" german )

**KeithMcL** · Dec 10, 2004, 10:01

1. English
2. A bit of Irish
3. A tiny bit of French
4. I can count to twelve in German

**coo_t2** · Dec 10, 2004, 10:07

I'm surprised that in no one speaks Klingon in this bunch.
http://www.kli.org/

nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'?

--ed

**fatnewt** · Dec 10, 2004, 10:18

Originally Posted by coo_t2

I'm surprised that in no one speaks Klingon in this bunch.

It's because we're cooler than that.

**Ingoal** · Dec 10, 2004, 10:19

Originally Posted by coo_t2

I'm surprised that in no one speaks Klingon in this bunch.
http://www.kli.org/

nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'?

--ed

I had a training cd (was delivered in the collector's box of one of the star trek games) once, but I really couldn't stop laughing and had to quit quite fast...

**MissBliss** · Dec 10, 2004, 10:49

1. dutch (and one of its dialects)
2. english
3. i can speak and read a pretty good word of german, but my writing sucks
4. i used to be able to speak, read and write french. now my knowledge of french goes no further then food and counting till about 50
5. some spanish words

**DMacedo** · Dec 10, 2004, 11:57

You should grade how much you know of that language, I can say a few words on a lot of languages, but I can speak or write and UNDERSTAND on a level from 1 to 5:

1. Portuguese 5 (but not just because it's my native language

)
2. English 5
3. Spanish 5
4. Italian 3
5. French 3
6. German 1 (or 0 I donno, but I can count a lot!

)

**moagw** · Dec 10, 2004, 13:49

English is my primary
Spanish is my secondary
and a rare form of smart ellic.. (which is consequently, spoken in both).

**LazyD** · Dec 10, 2004, 16:18

I speak english mainly,since i was born canadian

also speak Polish and Italian since i am both

**Lee_D** · Dec 10, 2004, 20:54

I only really know english, but did take 4 years of Spanish in high school...lot ofgood it does so many years later!

**Rockrz** · Dec 10, 2004, 22:42

English is my first language, but some people have said that sometime I speak Giberish

**restless.linn** · Dec 10, 2004, 22:47

Malay is my first language.
English - second
Mandarin, Cantonese and French - third. =)

**nelovishk** · Dec 11, 2004, 01:02

1. Spanish is my first language.

2. I read and write English all the time, but almost never speak.

**Dangermouse** · Dec 11, 2004, 01:51

1. English
2. German - only a little bit, like others, studied it for years but never got past the basics

**Studio143** · Dec 11, 2004, 18:28

Does Australian Strine count as a language????

**nekeno12** · Dec 11, 2004, 18:34

English
Spanish
Portugese
and
PHP

**astericks** · Dec 11, 2004, 19:47

Originally Posted by DMacedo

1. Portuguese 5 (but not just because it's my native language

)
2. English 5
3. Spanish 5

I've been told portuguese is like baby spanish...

**nomad438** · Dec 11, 2004, 20:50

English
German

I would eventaully like to learn latin as well

**demosfen** · Dec 11, 2004, 21:51

Why latin?

**redemption** · Dec 11, 2004, 23:36

English is first, Mandarin (Chinese) is second.

**fonzerelli_79** · Dec 12, 2004, 13:22

broken english as a first language
starting to learn mandarin next month (when my tutor comes back from taiwan) and i hope to learn spanish in 2 years before i tour south america

also know how to get rid of annoying taxi drivers when in thailand

**Josh_** · Dec 12, 2004, 13:40

Originally Posted by demosfen

Why latin?

Latin is a pretty cool language. It helps alot with your english vocabulary and it helps if you wanted to learn a Latin based langauge (spanish, french, etc.)

**globalist** · Dec 14, 2004, 03:36

Hello all,

Just joined up today. Super interesting forum!!

Grew up bilingually in German and English. Then I picked up Spanish (univ. and on the job) and Japanese (while living in the country).

Russell

**Zeldinha** · Dec 14, 2004, 03:57

Spanish and Catalan are my first languages.

I can also speak English (obviously) and I can understand written Dutch/Italian/Portuguese/French to a certant extent.

And I'm trying to learn some Japanese, tho I don't practice too often and keep forgetting words

**Herr_Tais** · Dec 14, 2004, 04:27

grew up with Dutch and got bilingual taught since i was eleven. One of the best things i've done (go to bilingual education).... furthermore reasonable German (especially sprechen), same goes for French (although I don't like that one...) few lessons of spanish, that's about it

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