RandomVideos ,

Romanian and english can speak well

I can translate, write and speak in toki pona and latin if i have a dictionary(i couldnt memorize the words)

loaExMachina ,

French (native), English (fluent), Spanish (a bit less than fluent). Started learning Japanese at one point and quit. Can still speak and understand some, but I've given up on learning kanjis. Understand a'd speak some Haitian creole (also less than fluent).

FabianRY ,
@FabianRY@lemmy.world avatar

Spanish as native language, and I'm proficient in catalan and English.

I'm quite confident in german, i'm cuarrently taking lessons to pass the B1 exam next course.

Beyond these languages, the ones i have enough confidence to say i can speak them, I also speak some japanese and I plan to take the japanase JPLT N5. No rushes though. It's the introductory level.

randint ,
@randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz avatar
  • Chinese (Mandarin) - native
  • English - fluent
  • Japanese - still in the very early stages of learning
rufus ,

German, English, a tiny bit of French since I had that in school but forgot most of it. And a bunch of computer programming languages.

BugleFingers ,

First language was Spanish, English is my daily language, self taught enough French to get by on a trip about a decade ago.

In all reality I could probably only sus out enough in Spanish or French to barely get by if really had to. I do still have all my training material and would like to continue learning. But low on my priority list

Nibodhika ,
  • Spanish (native)
  • Portuguese (fluent)
  • English (fluent)
  • Italian (understand 99% but speak very badly)
  • Russian (very basic and haven't trained in years, but enough that I was able to tourist around Russia a decade ago)

I've also studied some German but I don't think it's at any level worth mentioning. I can also say the phrase "Sorry I don't speak X, do you speak English?" In:

  • German
  • Dutch
  • French
  • Finnish (I can also say the weather is bad/good and obviously Perkele hahah)

Essentially every country that I've visited I can at least ask the person if they speak English, I consider it rude to ask that question in English.

lvxferre ,
@lvxferre@mander.xyz avatar

It's complicated. Short version: Portuguese and Italian.

Long version:

  • Portuguese - native
  • Italian - have been learning it since a kid. It's by no means native speaker level, but I feel rather confident in the language.
  • Venetian - I can speak some but I can't write stuff in the language without pulling out a dic. My knowledge of the language is rusting and it pains me.
  • English - written only.
  • German - I can speak and write some. I use it mostly with my cat.
  • Latin - Classical pronunciation and rather decent vocab. Can read Caesar unaided without too much trouble, Cicero is another can of worms.
  • French - studied it a long, looooong time ago. Completely forgotten.
  • Russian, Ukrainian - sometimes I play a bit with both but I don't speak or write either, I just know Cyrillic. I tend to use Cyrillic a fair bit for my personal notes but it's always with Italian or Latin, it's just so people don't snoop on my notes.
  • Spanish - I never studied the language, my pronunciation is awful, but if I wasn't able to read it I'd seriously question my own basic literacy for Portuguese and Italian.
Asclepiaz ,

I love that your cat speaks German. 🇩🇪😸

lvxferre ,
@lvxferre@mander.xyz avatar

Yup! And there's some backstory for that.

Back when we adopted Siegfrieda*, I was studying German; and I decided to speak with her in German for my own sake, it's good for memorisation. But then I realised that she and Kika (our other cat) would pay attention to me separately depending on the language, so it was unexpectedly useful.

*the name is also obviously related to that, but partially due to the meaning; it's fitting for a cat that, when adopted, was beaten and starving and pregnant, and now only needs to bother about cardboard boxes and cups of yoghurt. It's like she got her victory peace (Sieg Frieden).

GladiusB ,
@GladiusB@lemmy.world avatar

Igpe atinle

Alexxxolotl ,
@Alexxxolotl@sh.itjust.works avatar

I'm fluent/native-level in English + my native language (not disclosing)

With Japanese I'm semi-fluent in conversations, and intermediate-advanced in reading and comprehension

German I understand at an intermediate level but very bad at speaking

And I know some beginner-intermediate level Chinese.

I also hope to learn Norwegian and Korean on top of that.

crony ,
@crony@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyz avatar

Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian all on master level,

English learned in school as secondary language.

Can understand all the other balkan languages to some degree.

morhp , (edited )

German, English and enough French to greet someone or order a baguette. I can also understand some Dutch (both written and verbal), but I don't really speak it.

NorthWestWind , (edited )
@NorthWestWind@lemmy.world avatar

Cantonese, English and Mandarin, ordered by confidence.

I sometimes feel special for being a Hongkonger who speaks Cantonese and writes Traditional Chinese, as they are not very common.

I feel that extremely when people think that I'm an American and accuse me of thinking "dollar" is the only currency unit in the world. (Sorry for the rant)

RampantParanoia2365 ,

This one.

shinigamiookamiryuu ,
OhmsLawn ,

English natively, enough Spanish to make friends, enough French to stay out of trouble, and enough Italian to get into trouble. I also have some transactional German (groceries, tickets, coffee, etc). I'm American.

It would take me a few months of daily practice to prepare and get comfortable with anything but Spanish. I haven't studied the other languages formally, only independently, for travel.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • [email protected]
  • kbinchat
  • All magazines