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Grojlach 06-30-2004 02:26 PM

I'm able to read in French and German just fine, but haven't actually spoken either of them in 7 years or so (and I've got relatives in France, go figure) - so for now it's just two (English and Dutch), perhaps three if you count dialects (Brabants). Though I refuse to acknowledge any proficiency in the latter. ;)

[ 06-30-2004, 02:31 PM: Message edited by: Grojlach ]

philip 06-30-2004 02:31 PM

I chose 2, English and Dutch. I have had German and French at school but I think it's not much. After 4 years of French the school exam was about buying stuff at the baker's and in a restaurant. For German you had to book a holiday. That doesn't qualify as speaking a language for me.

I can read German and French and get most of it though.

pritchke 06-30-2004 02:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Melusine:
I used to be able to say four, but my French has grown incredibly rusty through lack of use. :( And I always find it annoying when people think they speak sooo many languages when in reality their grasp of most of them turns out to be very tenuous indeed. So I'll say three: English, Dutch and German. I can still read and understand French moderately well though - just wouldn't know if I'm still able to speak it in any understandable way. :D
<font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#00FF00">I would agree, I said only one. My French is very rusty and poor. Occassionaly I can make out a conversation if I am familiar with a few words, or sentances. I Can barly speak it, and if I did it would probaly be like more of a small child. If you don't practice it enough you lose it.</font>

[ 06-30-2004, 02:47 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]

Stormymystic 06-30-2004 03:53 PM

I guess in a way, I had a bad time in school, in order to learn a language, you need to hear it, and I had a hard time hearing the teacher in french class, so of course I failed it, and they took me out of it and put me in art class, but I didn't do to wel in school at all :D

Aerich 06-30-2004 04:04 PM

Anglais et francais. Mais comme quelques autres, je vais perdre ma lang secondaire.

I starred in a couple of intensive French courses in my undergrad, but I'm starting to lose it now. Most of my French-speaking friends have moved out of town or lost touch with me, so I hardly use it anymore.

I still said two, though.

Svaerdhelgon 06-30-2004 06:34 PM

I speak Swedish,English and German so 3

RoSs_bg2_rox 07-01-2004 01:00 PM

2, English and German.

Black Baron 07-01-2004 01:37 PM

Russian (i was born in moscow), hebrew, english, german (learned from my grandpa) and literature arabic (the one that is in the news and not on the street. they are diferent. Studied 6 years in school). So it is 4.5, exactly as i stated. :D

[ 07-01-2004, 01:38 PM: Message edited by: Black Baron ]

Eagle eye 07-02-2004 05:54 AM

French, English and Japanese

Black Baron 07-02-2004 08:16 AM

Japanese? Cool. [img]graemlins/cool.gif[/img] How did you learn it?


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