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How many languages can you speak?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by bonecrusher, Feb 12, 2007.

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  1. bonecrusher

    bonecrusher Member

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    I saw Shakira can speak five languages, so this got me interested in the question, who many languages can you speak?

    I can speak two (understand four) plus some broken Spanish.

    By the way, does anyone know if there is a world record holder of who can speak the most languages in the world? I've looked but I can't find, my guess would be 20 or so.
     
  2. BrieflySpeaking

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    dos, espanol y ingles
     
  3. Two Sandwiches

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    Dikembe Mutumbo can speak any language ever conceived.
     
  4. Deckard

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    Two... Texan and English. A little Spanish, but not as much as I'd like.
     
  5. BrieflySpeaking

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    damn, then i speak three then
     
  6. finalsbound

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    One, although I've been known to dabble in le francais...
     
  7. rimbaud

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    I can speak three (English, French, Spanish)
    Can understand four (above + Italian...but my understanding is slow and dumb)
    Can read five (above plus German but generally limited to my field) and an itty bit of Latin makes it 5 1/4

    But speaking is really only three.
     
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    s land balla Member

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    Fluently, I can only speak English and a bit of Italian.

    But I can understand 100% of Urdu, 75% Punjabi, 65% Italian, 20% Portuguese, and 15% Spanish.
     
  9. Blotto

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    Two for me, unless Ebonics counts.
     
  10. Yonkers

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    Two. English and bad english.
    Actually English and Vietnamese. Wish I could speak Spanish, French, and Mandarin.
     
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    Five, working on sixth...
     
  12. francis 4 prez

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    one. but i could put some spanish together if i had to. so maybe 1.1 or 1.2.
     
  13. JaWindex

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    Only one.

    If you go to Bellaire High and want to pretend like you're learning Spanish, make sure to take Garza for his Junior and Senior classes. We mostly played cards and watched a lot of movies.
     
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    Two, English and Mandarin

    Hablo un poco Espanol - I took a course a few years ago :D Negligible due to lack of use, though..
     
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    I can speak three, and fluently all of them, but i can't write very well any of them :(
     
  16. fadeaway

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    I'm only fluent in one language (English), but I know some French and some Korean. I'm hoping to be able to speak Korean by the end of the year!
     
  17. a la rockets

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    Fluent in English and French.
    Broken Spanish.
    Written German.

    Been working on my arabic for 2 years.
     
  18. ROXTXIA

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    Falo tres, rapaz (FAH-loo trehs, ha-PIESZ). Isso e, devo falar portugues e espanhol, depois de estuda-los faz anos....

    English, Portuguese, and my Spanish should be better. I remember a lot of Italian but can't really count it anymore.
     
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    I am fluent in over six million forms of communication!
     
  20. OLDNEWS

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    I have learned english for about ten years,
    but still can't speak fluent english.
    What's the problem with me??? :confused: :confused: :( :mad: :mad:
     

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