Just trying to get a feel for what languages we all know and use out there. Please break it down to Read, Write, Speak and Understand.
I'll go first...
Japanese
Read - very little
Write - none
Speak - some
Understand - some
Just trying to get a feel for what languages we all know and use out there. Please break it down to Read, Write, Speak and Understand.
I'll go first...
Japanese
Read - very little
Write - none
Speak - some
Understand - some
Arabic
Read-Limited
Write-Practically none
Speak-Some, almost conversational level
Understand-Some, almost conversational level
Hungarian
Read-Limited
Write-Practically none
Speak-Limited
Understand-Limited
French
read - almost fluent
spoken - almost fluent
written - almost fluent
German
read - a little
spoken - a little
written - not very well
Psst... languages is typo'd "lanuages" in the topic header!
Spanish - native
English
read-fluent
write-almost fluent
spoken-good enough for traveling anywhere :P
understand- good (depending on the speaker )
French (barely enough for some basic survival interaction)
read- limited
write- pathetic
spoken -pathetic
understand - very limited
French
Read-Little
Write-None
Speak-Little
Understand-Little
Spanish--learned in 2nd grade used for maybe 2 months
Speak--little
Read--little
Understand--none
Write--none
German--2 yrs in High School
Speak--little
Read--none
Understand--minimal
Write--none
Only Australian, but can understand Scottish
French
Read - native
Write - native
Speak - native
Understand - native
English
Read - fluent
Write - fluent
Speak - fluent
Understand - fluent
Spanish
Read - some
Write - little
Speak - some
Understand - conversation
I suppose profane language wouldn't count as a second one, would it?
Because I'm pretty fluent on the whole Read, Write, Speak & Understand part if it does...
I know, I'm going to loose reputation points for this post...
If you start talking like a sailor, I'm going to change your avatar to a Hellcat!
Hi everyone!
Russian - native
English
Read - fluent
Write - fluent
Speak - fluent
Understand - fluent
Latvian
Read - fluent
Write - fluent
Speak - fluent
Understand - fluent
German
Read - limited
Write - limited
Speak - limited
Understand - limited
Last edited by mlsergey; 09-21-2009 at 13:22.
English/US English, Italian, Romanian - all good to very good/native
German - medium (wretched in writing though)
Russian - minimal
other Latin Languages: French, Spanish or related - Understand & Read medium, rest wretched.
German
Read - fluent
Speak - fluent
Portuguese
Read - native
Write - native
Speak - native
Understand - native
English
Read - fluent
Write - fluent
Speak - fluent
Understand - fluent
Portuguese - native
English
read-fluent
write-almost good
understand- good
French
read- fluent
write- very limited
spoken - almost fluent
understand - good
Portuguese - native
English
read-fluent
write-almost good
understand- good
English
Read: Native
Write: Native
Speak: Native
Understand: Native
Japanese
Read: Basic
Write: Intermediate
Speak: Conversational
Understand: Conversational
I doubt very much you would understand broad Doric (Aberdeen) or Glaswegian i.e. Gawn tae the shoaps furra punna burra fur the murra - spoken in a high pitched nasal twang at speed. Translation "the gentleman is being asked to make his way to the local shop to transact a commercial enterprise for a pound of butter for his mater."
I have survived well in Italy, Mexico and France but failed in Turkey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0rgETg2Hoo try this if you want to learn Scottish
Last edited by Belis4rius; 10-20-2009 at 00:49.
English- Native
I can arrest someone in Spanish, write a traffic citation in Spanish and fight in Spanish...mostly because I memorized all the phrases I need to know! Oh and I know if someone speaking Spanish wants to hurt/kill me. I was once a Police Officer for quite a while, and took lots of Spanish courses!
Italian:
Native (but I can't understand Mr. Berlusconi, I'm very sorry!)
English:
Speak: quite fluent
Read: fluent
Write: quite fluent
Undestand: fluent (with some troubles with guys from Yorkshire)
French:
Speak: fluent
Read: fluent
Write: quite fluent
Understand: fluent
Spanish:
Speak: limited
Read: quite fluent
Write: very limited
Understand: quite fluent
Sandro
German:
native
English:
Speak:almost fluent
Read: fluent
Write:almost fluent
Understand: almost fluent
Frensh:
Speak: none
Read: little
Write: none
Understand: little
You lot are quite an bright bunch, ar'nt you!
English
Speek: Pretty good until I'm drunk, then turn into a babbling baffoon!
Read: Can do, right up until the words get complicated, then I revert back to just looking a the pictures in my comic books!
Write: I give it a good go...........thank the lord for spellchecker though!
Understand: Sometimes, level varieys depending on how interesting i think the subject is!
Basicaly, I'm like your average 7 year old, the down side is I'm actualy 37 and English is my primary/only language.....God help me!!!
My father is Autrian, but he always speaks to me in english so I am native english and zero german.
my mother is french canadian, so i am native french.
I was born here in Quebec.
Soooo
Read, write, speak fluent english and french...but that is it. I can say El nino witch is spanish and a couple of german words but thats it! hehe
English
Native
German
Read - no problems
Write - no problems
Speak - fluent
Understand - yes, only occasional dialect problems
Norwegian
Read - Intermediate/good
Write - Intermediate plenty of room for improvement
Speak - rusty, very rusty
Understand - most things (except the Bergen accent)
A few other languages too, but they're only beginner/survival level only so, I won't mention them.
Dutch (Flemish accent though) - Native
English - fluent as native
French - Fluent both read, write, speak (understand is a different matter ... only joking)
German - understand the basics due to similarity in tones and words with Dutch.
Scandinavian Languages I do pick up more than people think I'm picking up, especially swedish. (Our local dialect has a strong scandinavian influence).
I am native for English (American), and can read a tiny bit of German. Otherwise I can understand US Southern drawl, most English, Scottish and Welsh accents (including commonwealth countries) ans mathematics/science jargon
German: mother language
English:
Read - no problems
Write - no problems
Speak - fluent
Understand - no problems
Swedish:
Read - good
Write - acceptable
Speak - acceptable
Understand - depends on the dialect
Danish:
Read - good
Write - acceptable
Speak - acceptable
Understand - depends on the dialect and how drunk people are :-)
French:
Read - acceptable
Write - bad
Speak - surviving
Understand - surviving
Russian:
Read - surviving (the letters are no problem)
Write - bad
Speak - hardly nothing
Understand - hardly nothing
Norwegian:
Read - good
Write - bad
Speak - acceptable
Understand - good
Italian: Native
English:
Speak: quite fluent with italian accent embedded
Read: no problem
Write: you have to judge!
Undestand: ok with Uk english , little less american an australian
german:
speak: very emigrant-style
write: poor
read: basic
understand: basic
spanish:
speak: as an italian can do trying to match it to italian grammar rules
write: poor
read: no problem
understand: no problems, to be italian helps this time...
English:
Speak: native
Read: native
Write: native
Understand: native [but then who can really understand the english language]
Maori:
Speak: limited
Read: limited [place and town names]
Write: limited
Understand: limited
Cheers
GW
Born in the UK so I understand the following
Pompey:
Speak: native
Read: native (But honestly who really knows how to read half the crap written on the walls?)
Write: native (iz aesy jost mispel evory woord) yes im cracking on myself…
Understand: only half of it.
American Southern:
Speak: well enough
Read: I cant read that slow
Write: same issue as above, I write to fast.
Understand: limited to when im not being bored to death.
Irish English: (An oxy-moron if I ever heard one)
Speak: little to none
Read: enough to know it aint pretty
Write: just enough to get shot.
Understand: enough to stay out of that pub.
German:
Speak: enough to get by
Read: enough not to get lost
Write: enough to get a date
Understand: that I spent way to much on beer…
Arabic:
Speak: enough to get blown up or shot at (two tours in Iraq)
Read: not enough to know that the funny looking box had bomb written on the side of it.
Write: none but the word stop does look like a couple of dudes in a boat with an engine.
Understand: enough to know I wasn’t welcome.
US Army:
Speak: rgr
read: rgr GC
Write: rgr can do
Understand: say again, over.
Cheers (no offence meant to anyone)
Finnish: native
Swedish:
Speak: good
Read: acceptable
Write: acceptable
Understand: good
German:
Speak: little to none
Read: limited
Write: poor
Understand: bad
English:
Speak: good
Read: acceptable
Write: acceptable
Understand: good
French
Read - native
Write - native
Speak - native
Understand - native
English
Read - fluent
Write - fluent
Speak - fluent
Understand - fluent
Dutch:
Read - native
Write - native
Speak - native
Understand - native
French:
Read - very good
Write - very good
Speak - very good
Understand - very good
English:
Read - fluent
Write - fluent
Speak - fluent
Understand - fluent
German:
Read - some
Write - very little
Speak - some
Understand - some
It has a lot of wordsin common with Dutch
I also understand a few words spanish and Italian.
Dutch: (Flemish but another dialect then my fellow countrymen over here. I don't unterstand them )
Read - native
Write - native
Speak - native
Understand - native
French:
Read - average
Write - average
Speak - average
Understand - average
English:
Read - very good
Write - very good
Speak - very good
Understand - very good
German:
Read - some
Write - very little
Speak - some
Understand - some
I do understand some Spaninsh and Italian because of it's relation to french.
English
Read - very good
Write - average
Speak - average
Understand - very good
Southern (American, below the Mason-Dixon)
Read - native
Write - native
Speak - native
Understand - native
Yankee (American, north of the Mason-Dixon)
Read - average
Write - some
Speak - some
Understand – very little
English:
Read - very good
Write - average
Speak - good
Understand - good
German:
Read - just a little
Write - none
Speak - limited
Understand - just a little
Slovak:
Read - excellent
Write - poor
Speak - just a little
Understand excellent
All you people seem incredibly fancy. I'm still learning how to speak my own language properly let alone learn anyone else's! However having spent 22 years in the army I have picked up a little bit and now know how to ask for a beer in German and what time breakfast is in French
That'a all you need to know I got a friend in England who can perfectly ask for the train station but would never understand the answer
French
Read - native
Write - native
Speak - native
Understand - native
English
Read - fluent
Write - fluent
Speak - fluent
Understand - fluent
Spanish
Read - some
Write - little
Speak - some
Understand - conversation
English - native
French
Read - some
Write - very little
Speak - some
Understand - some
English--Native
German
Read--Very little
Write--OH BOY!
Speak--limited
Understand--limited
Spanish
read--Nota
Write--Nota
Speak--Very limited
Understand--limited
Spanish
Read - native
Write - native
Speak - native
Understand - native
English
Read - fluent
Write - fluent
Speak - fluent
Understand - fluent
Italian
Read - fluent
Write - fluent
Speak - fluent
Understand - fluent
French
Read - more or less
Write - some
Speak - some
Understand - more or less
Two quite well:-
The Queen's English and the Pearly Queen's English (ici on parle Cockney).
Plus;-
In ordr 2 communic8 wiv yunga frnds m lernin txtin. (Not very good at that yet!)
I suppose I can scrape by in French by pointing and stating 'Un com ca, si'l vous plaites', and basic schoolboy stuff.
Beyond that, I'm stuck.
(How do you get cedillas and acute accents?)
That all depends on what çomputér you use.
If you use an Apple product like a PowerBook or something, for a cedilla you would hit Option- c to produce a "c" character with a cedilla under it. For the acute accent, hit Option- e to produce an acute accent symbol, then press the key corresponding to the letter you want to have the accent over. So, to have a letter "u" with an acute accent over it, you would hit Option- e, then "u" and there you go.
If you're using a Windows- based computer, my best guess is you need to buy a Mac. ;-)
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