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[Loufren]

I was simply curious, as a way to get to know each other better. It came to me when I got home yesterday and realized that I like my Chinese class, and I was curious if anyone else here took a language class or knew another language. So, uhm, what languages does everyone speak? I speak English, pig latin, and some Chinese.

[Dex la Cabra]

lol pig latin i speak english, with an elgin accent, which apparently is very distinct amoung other scottish people. like glaswegian! i also like spanish, i studied it for 4 years at school, but stopped in fifth year. hence why Dex is always always referred to as "la cabra" and not a goat

[LUCiD]

English, (my native language,) Spanish, and Japanese. Currently studying Spanish and Japanese.

[Sierra]

Same as Lucid. My native language is English, I've been taking Spanish for about 6 years now, and I am just starting Japanese. Although, I know a handful of words in various other languages thanks to the fact my family is a bunch of travel addicts. And because I have a LOT of family in Brazil, or at least used to live there for some, I know waaaaaaaay too many curse words and insults in Portuguese. A longstanding family favorite 'embarrass your child' story is how one of my first words was a very rude Portuguese slang word.

[Nemoide]

American English is my primary language. We don't need no stinkin' "u"s clogging up perfectly fine words like "color".

I took Spanish for something like three and a half years and forgot just about ALL OF IT. Outside of basic vocab like "queso", "gato", and "pantalones" the only phrase I remember is "el mundo es un pañuelo" which means "the world is a handkerchief" (or it's a small world).

I took Japanese for a year and loved it. I then studied it independently (read: spottily) on and off for about two years. I like to think I could say enough things to figure out BASIC ULTRA-SIMPLE CONVERSATIONS but my literacy level is about that of a first-grader. So I can make sense of untranslated manga aimed at little kids, which I think is a cool skill. I like to think I'll someday go to Japan for a long stretch of time, which would certainly boost my skills. It's tough learning a language without having people to speak it with...

[LUCiD]

E-GAD!! HOW DARE YOU!?

[Noctourne Wonderland]

I can speak Russian, English, and French. I also know some Chinese and some Latin, but not enough to coverse or form complete sentences.

[Vulpa]

Vietnamese was my native language, but I can't really speak it anymore, since I'm in America. So, I only speak English, which I'm still kind of working on.

[iLLViLLAiN]

I only know English. I'm not going to say I know Japanese or Spanish or French or any of that stuff because I only know a few words. However I have taken a strong interest in the Japanese language but that's only because I'm tired of reading subs for anime that hasn't been dubbed yet.

[sapphire]

Not gonna lie, I only know English. I'm in my second year of German classes, though, but honestly, I couldn't get around Germany with what I know.

[Dex la Cabra]

However I have taken a strong interest in the Japanese language but that's only because I'm tired of reading subs for anime that hasn't been dubbed yet.

the story of my life!

[Lady Spritzy]

English native (whoo!) american (so again- no "u"s for the most part) with a Kansan accent (if there is one- i still don't hear it).
I'm also taking Latin (3rd year.) I can't quite speak it, but I can read, write, and understand it (if you know latin and how it's constructed, you'll know exactly why i can't necessarilly speak it.)
through latin, i can understand a little of spanish and itallian. huzzah.

[DiENE]

English, forced to learn Spanish but did not retain much due to my inconstancy, but I want to learn German & Japanese.

[TORiAS_the_fallen]

English and two make believ languages of my own invention. A minor amount of Spanish and Japanese.

[Dark Magician]

Well, English is my native language and I'm studying Japanese right now.

[Purge]

Well, I speak English, French, Spanish and I want to learn Japanese.

[Dreams]

I can speak Russian, English, and French.

Русский! Ты учился/училась русский язик где?
(ха-ха... простите, я не знаю тбой род.)

I speak English and Japanese, some Russian, some Spanish, and bits of Mandarin, Korean, and Estonian. If I finish learning all those, I definitely want to learn Swedish and Hungarian then.

[Noctourne Wonderland]

Русский! Ты учился/училась русский язик где?
(ха-ха... простите, я не знаю тбой род.)

I speak English and Japanese, some Russian, some Spanish, and bits of Mandarin, Korean, and Estonian. If I finish learning all those, I definitely want to learn Swedish and Hungarian then.

Я учу себя, но я узнал, в основном из родителей и школы. А вы?

You speak so many languages! Estonian sounds very interesting.

[Mr.Me]

i really only know english. i'm in my 2nd year of spanish, but i retained about none of it. i'm on and off learning japanese by myself, but it's becoming quite troublesome

[Dreams]

Я учу себя, но я узнал, в основном из родителей и школы. А вы?

Oops, I bet I used the wrong noun case in my sentence. Oh MAN, and I see two words I spelled wrong.
You can correct my Russian, that's the only way I learn. And I have a long way to go yet. :)
(It was rude to use ты instead of вы?)
-faceplant-

Я тоже учу себя. Но это класс, что ваши родители говорят второй язык. ^^

Estonian is fun... they have a billion vowels that are all pronounced a different way, like o, õ, ö, oo, öö...

[MAXinsanity]

I speak both English and Internet fluently.

Other languages I don't understand very well.

[Ten]

I speak English, Spanish (though my fluency is dying; started learning it when I was 5 and dialect shift killed me; damnit, Mexican border), a bit of Japanese, bit of French, and I mostly play "I know that word!" with Italian, Latin, and German, but I can recognize phrases in them.

And I speak American English, but my writing... I do borrow a lot from British spellings. Makes more sense in some ways, to me. But English is a nonsensical language on the whole, so it's really not much help for my brain. 8D

[Kyle]

English only and a little Spanish from school classes. I used to know some Latin from school as well but that's faded away, it was about four years ago.

[Razer112]

I speak English and 1337 Fine, I'm trying to learn Japanese and German though.

[Musashi_HUmar]

I speak English primarily and some basic Japanese.

[Helen]

I speak Spanish(my native languague),English,and a few of Japanese.

[The wise Kitsune]

English and Spanish. I'm planning on learning French and Russian as well.

[Lélis]

Well, I am Brazilian. I speak Portuguese but I took 9 years of english classes =D

[TRiPPY]

English, German (not amazingly though) and bits of Turkish that I've picked up from Niyazi and his family.

[DARiA]

Russian is my native language, and I think I can understand English very well. Speaking English is another story tho, I usually have it abundant with grammatical errors)) And I'm also picking up some Japanese in a self-teach manner.

[Level 99]

I used to speak hebrew but due to lack of usage completely forgot all of it, so now I reside myself to speaking English and Nerd-language. Nerd-to-English should be a real job, because the stuff us nerds say most definitely needs some translation!

[Nemoide]

I can write traditional Hebrew and can read Qabalistic keywords.
SPEAKING it is very much a different story. I only know how to speak those basic key terms... not enough for even a two-line conversation.

[MidgitLD]

English (native)

I'm currently TK and I are trying to teach ourselves Hymnos. Yes. You Ar Tonelico fans out there know EXACTLY what I'm talking about. XD If you're not a fan of the game, then go here to see what I'm talking about.

Though, as far as real languages go, I want to try to out German, Japanese, and possibly some Chinese.

[Chime]

Hebrew, Russian, English, French (so-so).

[GraceWolf]

Well english is the langauge I was born withbut I'll be learning Japaness soon when the school year is over and I enter High School. (Yeah I'm that young!) I also know a little Spanish from my mom who took it in High School, some German, and Czech from my Dad and a little on my Mom's side of the family.

[NNR07]

English, fair amount of Spanish, (re)starting French soon enough.

[leox001]

Spanish (native), English (kind of fluent), and studying japanese (can't make a single sentence).

I'm surprised how many people here speak spanish!!

[Dreamer#96]

English, and a little Spanish (Just about finished my first year of classes).

[Lenneth]

My native language is German, and I've learned speaking English in school, along with messaging with many english-speaking people.^^ Actually I've learned French as well, but I forgot most of it, since it's not exactly my favorite language. Chinese or Japanese on the other hand, would be languages I'm pretty intrested in.