Any Foreign Languages?

DOVE1920 · #1 06-26-2002, 03:38 PM

While I'm not fluent in anything other than English. I'm functional in : Spanish, Portuguese, French. For a while my minor was Latina American and Latino Studies so I tried to learn everything in case I got the chance to travel.

PrettyPetite · #2 06-26-2002, 04:17 PM

I speak 'functional/conversational' Spanish....

I am learning to speak Haitian-Creole....but I am finding it to be a bit difficult.

BearyCuteAPhi · #3 06-26-2002, 04:30 PM

I speak English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese and hopefully I will soon be picking up another language. I love to learn foreign languages, I think it is so interesting!!!!

Ronnie

prettypoodle6 · #4 06-26-2002, 04:40 PM

spanish (i live in LA..... EVERYONE speaks spanish)

i took french for a while.... but i can only make out bits and pieces of it now.

Shelacious · #5 06-26-2002, 04:51 PM

Mildy proficient in written and spoken French. In fact, if anyone is looking for a French activity partner via Internet, let me know...I really am getting rusty.

GiggyZ · #6 06-26-2002, 04:51 PM

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Originally posted by prettypoodle6
spanish (i live in LA..... EVERYONE speaks spanish)

i took french for a while.... but i can only make out bits and pieces of it now.

Same thing for Florida--heck the fast food places down here have Spanish-English menus. I just wish they would declare Spanish the official language of the United States and get it over with.

straightBOS · #7 06-26-2002, 08:05 PM

Francophone. I've kept up with it after high school by watching "French In Action" reruns on tv.

I mentor in a Hispanic neighborhood, so I know a little spanish.. but I have learned that I have no ability to pronounce the words correctly. But hey it makes the kids laugh, so I can't complain....

..trying to learn Japanese as I would like to take a trip there in the near future.

..does Latin count?

ZexyZeta6 · #8 06-26-2002, 08:42 PM

I am fluent in Spanish. I speak a little Haitian-Creole (father from Haiti), patois (broken English/West Indian dialect, and a little French. )

Tru Blue Lady · #9 06-27-2002, 02:57 AM

I can speak French and I can understand Spanish, but can't speak it.

MIDWESTDIVA · #10 06-27-2002, 01:06 PM

I speak enough spanish to get by, but am trying to become fluent.

librasoul22 · #11 06-27-2002, 03:52 PM

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Originally posted by GiggyZ

Same thing for Florida--heck the fast food places down here have Spanish-English menus. I just wish they would declare Spanish the official language of the United States and get it over with.

LOL! For real!

Fluent in Spanish, have a working knowledge of patois and creole (read: can understand it fully, but can't speak a lick)!

Lots of Caribbean influence!

TRUBLUBU2 · #12 06-27-2002, 07:34 PM

--BA degree in French, was French linguist in military...
--took Spanish (as part of my degree requirements) but that was back in 1992, LOL!!
(however, i still can understand it passably)

when my family speaks Dominican Patois (a french dialect of the island my family is from), i speak French back to them...and somehow we understand each other!

NinjaPoodle · #13 06-28-2002, 01:51 AM

3 years of French in high school, but I've never really used it. 2 months of Spanish--I had to drop the class because all of the French I forgot decided to come back and haunt me. It became too confusing so I had to learn it on my own with my Spanish-speaking friends teaching me common words and phrases. One of my best friends is German, so I learned a bit of the Deusch(sp?--I speak it not spell it

) from her. Since I plan on traveling to Italy and Japan, I've learned a few phrases of both Japanese and Italian.

CodeBlue_R3 · #14 07-04-2002, 11:22 PM

I speak enough spanish to get by (mainly because my fluency is a South American dialect which is very proper and has African and Portuguese influence). I understand very little Cherokee, Patois, and Siksikan (My indian language derived from the Iroquois).

My boyfriend has taught me some Vietnamese. I can read and write Japanese (never tried to speak). I use to speak a little Russian (learned as a child), but it's disappearing from non-use. I can read Latin.

And does reading Greek letters count? (hehe).

Aurora6 · #15 09-11-2002, 12:59 PM

I speak English, Kiswahili, & a moderate amount of Spanish. I'm still studying spanish.

My father speaks French and Creole, but I only know the bad words. When he gets mad, it's Patois all the way boy! I also know a minor amount of Cherokee! Hi Five to my AmerIndian sister!

I think everyone should speak a minimun of 2 languages.