muyongshi Posted October 6, 2007 at 05:19 AM Report Posted October 6, 2007 at 05:19 AM This is kind of a off shoot from this thread.... I like numbers so I thought that it would be interesting to do an actual poll of how many we all speak. By how many, I am looking not for fluent but for conversational. Meaning if you think you could live in a place with that language and get by ONLY using that language. So it is still pretty broad but this will hopefully go past the "studied xxx in highschool for 2 years and remember a couple phrases" type of thing. Oh and your mother tongue does count! So I assume many of us will have at least 2 but there may be a few with still only one. Quote
muyongshi Posted October 6, 2007 at 05:24 AM Author Report Posted October 6, 2007 at 05:24 AM Yes, the little blurbs have nothing to do why you would know those languages so just pay attention to the numbers if you don't like it.... Quote
Lu Posted October 6, 2007 at 11:46 AM Report Posted October 6, 2007 at 11:46 AM Am actually a combination of a studyholic + naturally pick up languages. And it turns out your little blurbs are dead on! Quote
muyongshi Posted October 6, 2007 at 12:00 PM Author Report Posted October 6, 2007 at 12:00 PM Well that is good! Unfortunately mine doesn't fit... I didn't watch foreign films till AFTER I was conversational in my second language... Quote
Flagg Posted October 15, 2007 at 02:53 PM Report Posted October 15, 2007 at 02:53 PM I wasn't allowed to vote in the poll. I'm assuming because this is only my second post and I'm not though the probabtionary phase yet. I have been studying Korean for about 2 years in Seoul. I'll be looking to increase my number of languages to 3 after I move to China next year. edit: I misread the OP and thought it said mother tongues don't count. I should have voted 2. Quote
aafrophone Posted October 28, 2007 at 07:38 AM Report Posted October 28, 2007 at 07:38 AM i speak english and spanish, and i'm getting better at fluency in french. i'm learning mandarin and japanese. Quote
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