roddy Posted January 13, 2004 at 03:41 PM Report Posted January 13, 2004 at 03:41 PM I'm curious as to what other languages everyone here speaks. I can only claim English (27 years of study and counting ) and my still less-than-ideal Mandarin. I sometimes think about starting a second Asian language - Japanese when I'm feeling sensible, Cantonese when I've been watching too many HK movies and feel a need to say 'Aaaaa' at the end of every sentence. I'm sure there must be a few linguists among us though. Stand up and be counted! Roddy 1 Quote
niubi Posted January 13, 2004 at 03:46 PM Report Posted January 13, 2004 at 03:46 PM english mandarin - increasingly rusty; understand a tiny bit of kunming hua/sichuan hua studied vietnamese (hanoi accent) for about half a year and remember very little studied latin for 4 years in a jesuit high school and likewise my memories of it are well faded Quote
芳芳 Posted January 14, 2004 at 06:25 AM Report Posted January 14, 2004 at 06:25 AM French English German Mandarin I have studied Japanese for one year so far but I will start again next month I also studied latin for four years but do not take it into account because it is very close to French Quote
smithsgj Posted January 14, 2004 at 07:38 AM Report Posted January 14, 2004 at 07:38 AM French English Mandarin I have studied Japanese for one year so far but I found it impossible I also studied latin for four years but do not take it into account because I've completely forgotten all of it except the rude bits and the word for glue-boiler (which our Latin teacher told us we would never forget and he was right!) Quote
芳芳 Posted January 14, 2004 at 07:51 AM Report Posted January 14, 2004 at 07:51 AM Sale copieur How do you say "glue-boiler" by the way? Quote
tara Posted January 14, 2004 at 08:23 AM Report Posted January 14, 2004 at 08:23 AM English Hokkien Cantonese/Mandarin/Bahasa Malaysia.....can get by with a conversation Quote
skylee Posted January 14, 2004 at 09:59 AM Report Posted January 14, 2004 at 09:59 AM Chinese (Cantonese/Putonghua), English, Japanese (proficiency in this order). I can read some French, but that's all. Oh I can also pronounce Korean alphabets . Quote
confucius Posted January 14, 2004 at 10:58 AM Report Posted January 14, 2004 at 10:58 AM Fluent Mandarin, college level Japanese, and high school French plus I can sing three karaoke songs in Cantonese! Quote
channamasala Posted January 15, 2004 at 04:08 AM Report Posted January 15, 2004 at 04:08 AM 7 years of French 3 years of Spanish 1 year of Latin (don't ask me to speak it) 6 months of Tamil 6 months of Sanskrit excellent Indian English Quote
smithsgj Posted January 15, 2004 at 06:20 AM Report Posted January 15, 2004 at 06:20 AM [saloperie u c!] I was thinking about putting !German as one of the lines. I just knew you'd ask that. It's "glutinarius". Quote
pazu Posted January 15, 2004 at 05:28 PM Report Posted January 15, 2004 at 05:28 PM Fluent Cantonese~! I'm going to Vietnam next Wednesday, I've got my 6-month visa today, and hope to learn more about Vietnamese (the people and the language) there during this period. Quote
Josh69 Posted January 19, 2004 at 06:56 AM Report Posted January 19, 2004 at 06:56 AM Native speaker English. Moderately useful levels of Spanish and Bahasa Indonesia, both a bit rusty. And enough Putonghua not to get lost in a taxi and to go shopping. Uh I understand, but can't speak, some Tagalog (Filipino), although that may be because most Filipinos smatter their conversations with English anyway. === Skylee, how did you come to learn (at least some) Japanese and French? Quote
skylee Posted January 19, 2004 at 07:35 AM Report Posted January 19, 2004 at 07:35 AM Josh69, I minored in Japanese in Univ. (spent years studying it). And I used to study French in my spare time (not any more. Now I just watch DVDs after work). Quote
little_golden_panda Posted January 22, 2004 at 01:18 AM Report Posted January 22, 2004 at 01:18 AM fluent English mandarin the others you learn at school like french german. not v. good tho. can go there and ask for directions and book a hotel and stuff like that, but that's about it. my english is sorta native fluency. my mandarin is 6yo mandarin with whatever i learned from my parents. so everyday stuff i can say, like "what's for dinner" or "you're really stupid" but if you asked me to explain what i studies in chemistry today, i'd be "yeah, we learned about this thing that did this but only if you put it into this other liquid". my pronouniciation of what i can say is pretty very good. chinese people don't think i've been in england that long. and i can write to the level of a ten yo, probly. (learned to third book in primary) and also, if you told me how to write s chines character, i can get the bi hua right. man, i wrote too much. oh, btw, happy new year. Quote
yangguang Posted January 27, 2004 at 05:25 AM Report Posted January 27, 2004 at 05:25 AM Now, I'm trying to focus on.... -English (I wonder sometimes... ) -Mandarin (It's shaky at times as well ) -Japanese (Prefer it written ) -French (Not extremely enthusiatic about it) -Cantonese (Not well enough , but improving) -Korean (Eh...not well enough..) -Some Spanish ~Slightly Minnan hua Any others I more than likely forgot. Quote
Guest alfredo Posted February 2, 2004 at 07:42 PM Report Posted February 2, 2004 at 07:42 PM ... Quote
Guest Barbara Posted February 5, 2004 at 06:49 AM Report Posted February 5, 2004 at 06:49 AM I also studied latin for four years but do not take it into account because it is very close to French dear 芳芳, that's the most hilarious something I've heard in a long time Quote
confucius Posted February 5, 2004 at 03:59 PM Report Posted February 5, 2004 at 03:59 PM Dear Barbara, It would be more hilarious if you appended a corresponding Chinese idiom to your comment! Cordially, Confucius Quote
Guest Barbara Posted February 5, 2004 at 04:30 PM Report Posted February 5, 2004 at 04:30 PM Dear Confucius, if it wouldn't be much too impolite I would say that 芳芳 was 胡说八道 hu2 shuo1 ba1 dao4 Quote
nnt Posted February 5, 2004 at 10:13 PM Report Posted February 5, 2004 at 10:13 PM Selon les rumeurs 道路传闻 dao4 lu4 chuan2 wen2 , la rubrique idiomes a été déplacée ici Quote
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