How many foreign languages can you speak?

[RowleyBirkinQC]

I've no doubt that both of those have been directed at you on multiple occasions in many languages.

But you hardly even know me. At least let's have a drink first.

[NotAllThere]

French and German. Unt e' bittsli Baslerdyystch. (Swiss German, Basel dialect - sounds like German with a Birmingham accent).

[Mich the Tester]

French and German. Unt e' bittsli Baslerdyystch. (Swiss German, Basel dialect - sounds like German with a Birmingham accent).

Gruezi miteinand!

[Ignis Fatuus]

In the last few years I think that fluent French and German have been my most useful IT qualifications.

I.e. there's jack tulip in the UK now.


IMHO "speaking a language" means that you can argue with a native speaker, and both know the right thing to say, and understand what the other's argument is. It is a long way above claiming to be able to "swear in 6 languages" because someone taught you a swear word in a bar once.

[Alf W]

I can speak the same language as about 900 million people and that's more than enough for me.

I can also get by in supermarket Welsh.

[stek]

Ya govoryu po-russki bez accenta!

Which is not true incidently, just they patronise you by saying 'without accent!' when they mean really 'that was crap!'

I think when you reach the level of the thinking in a language you've cracked it but I don't think it's ever possible to reach native speaker level unless you've been brought up with two languages.

[suityou01]

In the last few years I think that fluent French and German have been my most useful IT qualifications.

I.e. there's jack tulip in the UK now.


IMHO "speaking a language" means that you can argue with a native speaker, and both know the right thing to say, and understand what the other's argument is. It is a long way above claiming to be able to "swear in 6 languages" because someone taught you a swear word in a bar once.

His humour is obviously lost on you. Lighten up I say.

[OwlHoot]

I can do perfect foreign accents - The trouble is I hardly know any of the words.

[norrahe]

Currently getting my French back to fluency.

Dependent on what country I may end up moving to the end of the year will determine what other language I have to learn.

Used to be fluent in Irish but not any more.

[NotAllThere]

Had a dream the other night where I was talking in German... and the guy I was talking to corrected my grammar.