Learning any languages?

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  1. hiddennovelist

    hiddennovelist Contributor Contributor

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    Good idea! I may have to try that out on MY fiance...

    I speak English, and that's it. I took two and a half years of Spanish in high school and then another two and a half in college, but I can't speak it to save my life...at work today, though, we had a family come in who only spoke Spanish, and that has inspired me to start studying Spanish again and actually LEARN it this time. That way, maybe I'll be able to actually HELP Spanish-speaking customers instead of just saying "lo siento" when I can't understand what they're saying...
     
  2. sophie.

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    Haha I think spoken French sounds so much better than English...ye and it's sexy :)

    There's a couple of girls at my school fluent from birth in French or Spanish and I'm jealous!
     
  3. lynneandlynn

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    I speak English and am currently attempting to learn Spanish as a lot of the people I work with right now speak Spanish as their native tongue. As for other languages, I know a tiny bit of latin (from high school) and a bit of Japanese (from watching way too much anime).

    ~Lynn
     
  4. sophie.

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    ^ woo latin :eek: not really, I hate it.

    bam bas bat, bamus batis bant, cave canem. GREAT! :p
     
  5. lynneandlynn

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    Latin's a good base to know though because so many languages have their root in the latin language.
     
  6. Neha

    Neha Beyond Infinity. Contributor

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    lucky Crimsonrose-Albanian guys are HOT!(look at Sotiris Ninis..:p)
     
  7. sophie.

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    I know, but doesn't change the fact that learning what a deponent is/how to use the ablative absolute kills me haha
    And learning Tacitus off by bloody heart too :p
     
  8. burned_out

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    Oui, je parle francais, mais je prefere anglais.

    "Yes, I speak French, but I prefer English."

    Est-ce que tu aimes moi?

    "Do you like me?"

    annddd..

    "Je m'appelle Leah, et toi?"

    "My name is Leah, and you?"

    is about all I can say. I'm learning, though...
     
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    i'm currently trying to lern japanese but i only started this month.:p
     
  10. Aeroflot

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    In the past I've studied Spanish and German, but I think I'm going to forget about foreign languages and actually learn mine.

    I've been thinking about switching over to British spelling, you know, just for fun.

    TESTING...

    harbour
    favourite
    colour
    honour
    centre
    aluminium
    theatre
    spelt
    dialogue
    cheque
    arguement
    defence
    learnt
    dreamt
     
  11. drisdell

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    I've done some Latin through school and I really like it. I would like to learn French though.
     
  12. chandler245

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    I can do german and french, I speak english... except when my kids are in trouble then it is german all the way... I want to learn spanish and Italin (yes my spelling sucks) late, and no sleep
     
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    I'm learning French and Spanish. I thrive on languages.

    I want to teach English in South America.
     
  14. sophie.

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    not British spelling...correct spelling ;) ahaha.

    - burnedout - I'm learning french too, I'd like to live in France :)
    mais c'est une langue difficile, a mon avis!
     
  15. angele dei

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    That's funny, Aeroflot; I've also been entertaining the idea of spelling things the "British" way. :)

    I'm currently learning Latin in school, and I'd like to learn Italian eventually as well. I'm also very interested in Romanian, Portugese, German, and Finnish, but I'm not sure of whether or not I'll try to pursue any of them in the near future.
     

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