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GoOnThen
12 Jul 16 11:02
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Anyone speak or in the process of learning a foreign language?

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By:
jed.davison
When: 12 Jul 16 12:12
I speak French fairly fluently, Italian fairly fluently, and passable German. Only thing that interested me at school.
By:
lfc1971
When: 12 Jul 16 12:17
i am trying to learn French by watching the France24 news channel.
By:
johnizere
When: 12 Jul 16 12:17
Can get by in French.. 1/10 in Greek. Can understand Welsh, but can't join in conversations, mainly due to being brought up in English speaking family, English father.
By:
lfc1971
When: 12 Jul 16 12:19
i can read French quite well, and understand it partially when listening to France 24. once that is ok i assume the next step will be to speak
By:
GoOnThen
When: 12 Jul 16 12:21
I'm very impressed jed.Currently learning Spanish using the Duolingo app. Done at least 15mins a day for the last 106 days.Its just beginning to click.
By:
johnizere
When: 12 Jul 16 12:25
Once you begin to 'think' in the language you are learning, it becomes easier to pick it up. Or so I'm told Plain
When I was learning French in school many years ago, I found myself heading down that route, and I find I still do it
occasionally when French stuff is on tv etc.
By:
Ron-Russian
When: 12 Jul 16 12:27
i'm also learning a bit of arabic from watching news channels - Allahu Akbar
By:
johnizere
When: 12 Jul 16 12:30
imshi!
By:
Ron-Russian
When: 12 Jul 16 12:32
go im guessing
By:
Ron-Russian
When: 12 Jul 16 12:34
Yalla imshi - used on very young girls i guess
By:
Ron-Russian
When: 12 Jul 16 12:36
not sure if it's what i thought - my young source on yahoo answers
might have let me down! WinkCrazy
By:
johnizere
When: 12 Jul 16 12:40
Imshi (so I'm told) is a way of saying fcuk off in arabic?
Not directed at you of course Ron!
By:
p_r_e_m_i_e_r__f_a_n_t_a_s_y
When: 12 Jul 16 12:41
can speak decent Spanish

can ask "Can I go to the toilet please" in Irish Blush it was drilled into you in primary school, think every person in Ireland can say it and very little more Laugh
By:
Foinavon
When: 12 Jul 16 12:45
Fluent in French having lived there for several years. Understand a smidgen of Spanish, Italian and German.
By:
jed.davison
When: 12 Jul 16 13:06
I can read Spanish as well, never really learnt it as such, just pretty straightforward constructions and having studied Latin and Greek the vocab is nearly always guessable within context. Tried to teach myself Dutch at one point, too many i's and j's though. And the only Dutch I'm ever likely to use is 'couple of grammes of your finest' anyway.
By:
GoOnThen
When: 12 Jul 16 13:16
Supposedly good for preventing the onset of Alzheimers. Although I forget where I read that.
By:
pantsonfire
When: 12 Jul 16 13:24
I get by in Russian.
By:
jed.davison
When: 12 Jul 16 13:46
My ambition is to learn Romanian, because of its closeness to Latin.
By:
Culvin
When: 12 Jul 16 13:58
May visit Bucharesti in a couple of months.Learning a little bit of the lingo at the moment.
By:
jed.davison
When: 12 Jul 16 14:03
Thought I had a good ear for Language, worked with a few Poles for a year or so, didn't get further than the days of the week. I can sing 'Wislaaa Krakooov' with the best of them though, and I know how to tell a Gornik fan to **** off.
By:
Culvin
When: 12 Jul 16 14:04
pantsonfire. How come you know how to get by in Russian? You been there? I want to visit St Petersburg and maybe also Novosibirsk in Siberia.
By:
PatraTheCat
When: 12 Jul 16 14:29
Spanish, although I'm cursed by the fact that I just can't roll my r's.

Well, I sort of can if I pause saying the word, roll the r, and then continue saying the word, but it isn't very practical to do that every time I want to say "dog".

I can probably write Spanish better than about half the forum can write English, though.
By:
DStyle
When: 12 Jul 16 14:35
it will probably be little more than an intellectual pursuit in 20 years time. maybe less.
By:
jed.davison
When: 12 Jul 16 15:04
That's all it's ever been for me. I would cross the road to avoid a Frenchman lol
By:
Makybe_Diva
When: 12 Jul 16 15:42
The Lonely Planet Fast Talk guides are excellent if you need to learn a language to get by on holiday.

I have the German, Italian and French editions.
By:
Slicer
When: 12 Jul 16 15:59
patrathecat- if you want to know how to roll your rs, watch any Niki Minaj video on youtube!!
I hope this is of assistance.
By:
akabula
When: 12 Jul 16 16:03
Joey Barton is teaching me French. A lot easier than I thought it would be.
By:
Johnny_Mustang
When: 12 Jul 16 16:19
French for me. I've always had clients in France.
By:
trilby22
When: 12 Jul 16 16:41
Malay, bagi saya.
By:
Shrewd_dude
When: 12 Jul 16 16:51
Learnt a little Russian before I went over there as no one speaks English. Trying to keep it going and learn some more.
By:
trilby22
When: 12 Jul 16 17:01
In Singapore we had a phrase, "Tiga Suku".

It translates to, "75% mad" ... just like Scottish fitba!
By:
Crisp77
When: 12 Jul 16 17:03
I'm learning Mandarin. Very hard language, it's best to be done in segments.
By:
trilby22
When: 12 Jul 16 17:05
I'm turning Japanese

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWWwM2wwMww
By:
akabula
When: 12 Jul 16 17:09
Crisp LaughLaughLaugh
By:
Crisp77
When: 12 Jul 16 17:16
谢谢 akabula Cool
By:
akabula
When: 12 Jul 16 17:19
Fluent I see Crisp, I'm in awe. Never appealed to me though.

I know that's bad but it's the best I could do. Blush
By:
trilby22
When: 12 Jul 16 17:32
7 月 12 日幸せ。


私は、家庭の成長されるズッキーニを食べています。


降伏!
By:
GoOnThen
When: 12 Jul 16 17:54
Puts a different slant on things!
By:
akabula
When: 12 Jul 16 18:04
All the thread is lacking is G2D to post a couple of Japanese girls au naturel.
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