What Language(s) Can You Speak? (for fun)

[Sussex19]

I'm curious about all you people who only speak one language. Did you never study another language at school, or did you just forget everything about it ?

Homeschooled here, and we just never really did other languages.
When I was small, my mother did try get me to learn French, but never did enough of it to stick in the slightest.
I would love to know other languages, but at the moment its just too much time and effort.
I have always struggled with spelling, and am only really getting it now, so don't want to mix myself up with other another languages either.

 

[Ruthster55]

Homeschooled here, and we just never really did other languages.
When I was small, my mother did try get me to learn French, but never did enough of it to stick in the slightest.
I would love to know other languages, but at the moment its just too much time and effort.
I have always struggled with spelling, and am only really getting it now, so don't want to mix myself up with other another languages either.

Spelling in English is so irregular that it's a major point of difficulty for pretty much everybody. There's a lot of memorization involved.

There are no "spelling bees" in France, Italy, Mexico, or Russia. There's no need. Spelling follows regular rules in Romance and some other languages.

No guarantee for German, though. Some of those words are real tongue twisters ! Like....Appenzeller Spitzhauben !

 

[Sussex19]

Spelling in English is so irregular that it's a major point of difficulty for pretty much everybody. There's a lot of memorization involved.

That makes me feel a bit better!
I thought it was just me that finds it so hard, as my brother never had any problem at all.
Actually, BYC is helping quite a lot, as I want to be able to write things.
The funny things is, I can now spell many things on the computer, but not on paper!

 

[007Sean]

I’ve never heard of the first one before. Cool!

Nʉmʉnʉʉ is Comanche, it means 'the People'

 

[HollowOfWisps]

Fluent in them all?

Unfortunately I have not spoken most in years so I am rusty at best. I really should brush up on them again.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Nʉmʉnʉʉ is Comanche, it means 'the People'

Was wondering. I've never seen it written and was guessing an Aztec derived dialect.

Freaking cool.

 

[Canadian Wind]

I'm fluent in both English and French, grew up in a bilingual family (and honestly, the English shows were much better than the French ones on TV!). I'm so fluent that if I'm tired or had too much to drink (very rare) I get an English accent in French and a French accent in English!

I went to French schools (lived in Quebec) and was exempt from English for several grades, then placed in the most advanced classes for the other years.

I would love to learn Japanese and German. And Spanish since my bf speaks it fluently being first generation American from Dominican parents.

I'd also claim to speak cat, but honestly, who understands what their cat is trying to say from one minute to the next! I swear they switch the meanings around just to mess with us!

 

[007Sean]

Was wondering. I've never seen it written and was guessing an Aztec derived dialect.

Freaking cool.

It is Uto-Aztecan, less than 1% can still speak it fluently. The closest other tribe that speaks a very similar language/dialect is, the Shoshone. In fact, we call them our relatives that live across the mountains.
We had Comanche Code talkers in both WW1 & WW2. Our code language was never broken either.
If you take a look at my interview, I begin it with introducing myself in Comanche.

 

[azurbanclucker]

It is Uto-Aztecan, less than 1% can still speak it fluently. The closest other tribe that speaks a very similar language/dialect is, the Shoshone. In fact, we call them our relatives that live across the mountains.
We had Comanche Code talkers in both WW1 & WW2. Our code language was never broken either.
If you take a look at my interview, I begin it with introducing myself in Comanche.

Crazy that you don't hear about the Comanche contribution. It's always the Navajo code talkers you hear about. Or maybe it's because most of them lived here in AZ after their service that we hear more about them than the Comanche. I'm going to go learn about them now.

 

[007Sean]

Crazy that you don't hear about the Comanche contribution. It's always the Navajo code talkers you hear about. Or maybe it's because most of them lived here in AZ after their service that we hear more about them than the Comanche. I'm going to go learn about them now.

Most likely is because we, the Comanche Code talkers were in Europe. They played a major part in the D-Day invasion and in other significant battles in Europe.