Combien Des Langues Est-ce Que Tu Parle?

[TruthSeeker]

I speak 5. Portuguese (the native one), English, French, Spanish and Italian.
Portuguese and English are my best ones because I speak them all the time. The others I will hopefully make them fluent forever by spending some time in countries that speak those languages.

How many languages do you speak? ;) :chatty: :dancing:

[Smurf]

Combien Des Langues Est-ce Que Tu Parle?

:lol: cool!

ok, English, French, Bit of German, little of Dutch(like two words :D ) oh and Australian :lol:

but really dodgy on a lot of them as it is hard to practice the languages down here :(

[locomotive]

Russian , Dutch, Uzbekian, english, I don't think my french and german would qualify as "speaking" but I can read it. I am currently trying to learn chinese...I can say basic things and count but the chinese don't seem to understand me... :lol:

[MidnightSun]

Lithuanian english and russian..good enough for 15

[TruthSeeker]

but really dodgy on a lot of them as it is hard to practice the languages down here
Travel! ;)

Russian , Dutch, Uzbekian, english, I don't think my french and german would qualify as "speaking" but I can read it. I am currently trying to learn chinese...I can say basic things and count but the chinese don't seem to understand me...
Ni hao ma? Chi go fan la ma? :D

Uzbekian, eh...? Cool... B)

Lithuanian english and russian..good enough for 15
Not if you live in Swizterland! LOL! :rofl:


Cool! Nobody only speaks English! :thumbsup:

[Thomas Knierim]

German, English, Spanish, a bit of Thai, and a dozen computer languages.

[scameter]

I only speak English. I do, however, know much computer lingo, and can tell to what language a word derives relatively accurately. :(

[locomotive]

"and a dozen computer languages"

:lol:
I speak html <<'


"Ni hao ma"
Hen hao
"Chi go fan la ma"
Chi Le. Peng you ;)

[TruthSeeker]

German, English, Spanish, a bit of Thai, and a dozen computer languages.
Are the computer languages really that easy to learn? :huh:

I "speak" HTML, CSS and Java
(Tthough I only know basic Java. There are a lot of methods out there and I haven't really studied them...)

Oh and some VB, of course... :D ;)

[TruthSeeker]

I only speak English. I do, however, know much computer lingo, and can tell to what language a word derives relatively accurately.
Awwwww. It's ok. Remember you are still way more intelligent then at least 90% of people your age... ;)

[TruthSeeker]

Peng you
Huuum... I actually don't know what "peng" is...

*sigh... I haven't studied chinese in 8 years.... :o :(

[scameter]

Awwwww. It's ok. Remember you are still way more intelligent then at least 90% of people your age...

B) :D I'm really just not very good at learning other languages. I would like to, especially Latin and Old English, but I simply can't. Course, I've never tried learning Latin. Perhaps it would be different; it does seem, to me, to be somewhat like English, being more logical and less frilly than French.

[locomotive]

I don't know what "you" means.. peng is a bird or something or fighting.. :lol:
peng you means friend

[TruthSeeker]

Oh yeah! Peng is friend! :lol:
Wait! I thought "you" was "to have"! :o

[locomotive]

I'm lost so.. :ph34r: going to find a chinese guy.

[Smurf]

^did you use an online translator for that? cause you don't need the "faire"

parlez-vous combien de langues?

(or parle-tu)

[TruthSeeker]

Yes, the "faire" is a bit out of place...

That last version was better. But it sounds kinda odd with teh "combien" in the middle. Generally, you start the sentence with the "combien"... <_<

[Smurf]

you do French?

it is:

"you speak how many languages?"

verb comes before the object

[TruthSeeker]

Yes, normally, but there are exceptions. Which you get to know well when you get more advanced... ;)

French has plenty of exceptions to keep you working hard....

[TruthSeeker]

All words such as "what", "who", "where"... those always come in the beginning...

[Smurf]

yes French, annoying

[TruthSeeker]

Yes. French is annoying. :lol:

But it's also a beautiful language... :)

[Smurf]

^yeah if you can speak it better than me :lol:

[scameter]

I think it is an incredibly annoying, frilly language of unneeded "silent" letters and meaningless logistical settings required. Unfortunately, English has had to suffer it. Old English was simple and beautiful, even though most people would of course disagree, France being thought of as the "culture center" of Europe, even though they forgot how much culture northern Europe had. Viking society had the only true democracy ever, but in light of Greece's near-democracy republic and France's glorious "culture", it has been conveniently forgotten. Heaven forbid the northern Europeans would get any recognition beyond their wealth, and even that is seen in hate, or better called, jealousy.

[Smurf]

^ :rolleyes:

you and your opposition to the French language, seriously I think it has been around before Anglo-Saxon languages, oh and they even liked it enough to assimilate into modern english

[TruthSeeker]

Modern English is extremely easy, because it was simplified for widespread use. The only factor that makes it hard to learn is all the different pronounciations. Those were caused by the way English was conceived. The English language was conceived in England by few different tribes, including Vikings. The Vikings themselves contributed a lot to the English language (though they were the enemy). So isolated villages pronounced and spelled English in different ways. So when the printing press came to speed up and spread the communications, they were struck with a dilemna. They needed to choose the letters to spell the words, but they had all those options. So what did they do? They mix all the different pronounciations and spellings completely randomly. :rolleyes:

Yes.... Good job! :lol: :rofl: :thumbsup:

[Kether]

I have been learning French for three years and German for two; despite this, my German is better than my French. I will continue German at school, but I have had to drop French; I will probably continue with both throughout my life.
I have always been interested in linguistics and philology, and would like to study the history of the various language groups that have contributed to Western civilization: primarily the Germanic, the Slavic and the Aramaic languages. Chinese also has a certain allure for me, along with the rest of the compellingly beautiful Eastern culture; depths that I have yet to plumb. Well, I have a whole lifetime... :)

And Scameter: don't you study a language at school?

[Smurf]

yeah German's cool

Truthseeker: you're saying that Modern English was concieved by the tribes and vikings alone?

[TruthSeeker]

Something like that. I don't remember all the ones involved, exactly. There might have been some french influence as well.

I studied this more thn a year ago. So it's a bit hard to remember all the details...

[locomotive]

must have been boring stuff

[Smurf]

^yeah Dutch is better

[scameter]

you and your opposition to the French language, seriously I think it has been around before Anglo-Saxon languages, oh and they even liked it enough to assimilate into modern english

I'm not doing it to be cute. And actually, it hasn't; French evolved from Latin and Greek. Anglo-Saxon derived from the ancient Angle and Saxon tribes of northern Germany and Denmark, and existed before the advent of modern-like French. And the English didn't like French's assimilation into their language; the Normans forced it on them.

Those were caused by the way English was conceived.

But more especially, alot more especially, because of the French influence on it.

I have always been interested in linguistics and philology, and would like to study the history of the various language groups that have contributed to Western civilization: primarily the Germanic, the Slavic and the Aramaic languages. Chinese also has a certain allure for me, along with the rest of the compellingly beautiful Eastern culture; depths that I have yet to plumb. Well, I have a whole lifetime... :)

:) Same here.

And Scameter: don't you study a language at school?

Not currently no. I was being forced to learn Spanish for two grades in middle school, but now I'm not learning any. I will probably start learning one next year though, and hopefully it'll be German.

[Kether]

Greek had no more influence on French than it did on other languages, but yes, French is derived largely from Latin - however, the Franks were a Germanic tribe; I think that France was part of the cultural Germanic 'bloc' in Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire.

I don't think that you are being fair on French: you say that modern French is younger than Anglo-Saxon. Well, so is English.
All of these languages - the Germanic groups, Latin, Greek - were all part of the same Indo-European family. They split and evolved throughout the centuries, but most of them are still similar to each other, and they have influenced each other over the years.

[Smurf]

I didn't say you were cute Scam, perhaps your assumption is your wanting to be cute :P

no seriously though, I dont want to cause friction so disregard that post?

[scameter]

I see what you mean Kether, and I agree. But, in linguistics there is a distinction between the "Romance languages" and the "Germanic" languages, as well as the Slavic languages. But, the French are just as much human as the northern Europeaners.

It's fine smurf, I'm sorry to sound irritated. :)

[Smurf]

That's cool Scam,

Your great Knowledge and Wisdom knows no limitations

May the thousand suns never think of setting on you

That flights of Angels herald your coming



:)

[scameter]

Is that to me? :blink:

[Smurf]

Only Greatness for the Great

Only Wonder for the Wonderful

Only Beauty for those with Beautiful Minds

Only for you Scam...






Don't let it get to your head :D

[TruthSeeker]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww......

They are in loooooove.... :D

Scam's and Smur's day:
:loveyou:

:hug:

:greatlove:

:dance:

[scameter]

Sounds good. B) :D

[Smurf]

:P

just practising my polite compliment phrases :D

your thoughts are as the golden sunrise that flows over the hills

your emotions are as a Rose opening in the rays of yellow sun

umm, hard to think of them :think: <_<

I will get back to you :D

[scameter]

:P

[MidnightSun]

Yay ur pretty good smurf :D

I should write down some of them and try to say it for someone :)

[Smurf]

Thanks midnight :D just trying to be positive in an extremely negative world

the roaring crash of the oceans do no justice to the awesome power of your will

The mountains carve continents as your speech carves minds

hmm....

clouds that span the heavens shall carry you to paradise

and beautiful birds shall sing you to your slumber

[MidnightSun]

if spring would have a face it would be just like urs.

:)

[scameter]

"Everything you can imagine is real."
-Pablo Picasso

[TruthSeeker]

Yes, indeed... B)

[scameter]

:P

[Gesiwuj]

I only speak English with basic knowledge of French and German.

[Trevor]

Trois seulement.