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Welche Sprachen sprechen Sie? (Deutsch/German)

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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

English, spanish , turkish.

I can understand , through mutual intelligibility , azerbaycani, portuguese... then some itallian and some french.

I studied german for 5 years in school and forgot it all.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Depends on who you ask. I'm American and went to the UK. I was looking to pick up my rental car, you know, so I could drive on the wrong side of the road and found a sign that read, "rental car collection." I had to ask a local who was doing the collecting, because I don't speak English. " If I was collecting the car, it's a pick up. If they were collecting the car it's a drop off. So....

I also butcher German and Spanish pretty well.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

English is the only language I'm even vaguely proficient in, really.

Le francais est le loin ma deuxieme langue la plus forte. Mais ce n'est toujours pas tres bon, et je dois passer beaucoup de temps pour ecrire dans francais, et generalement rechercher quelques mots ou expressions. Mais ma grammaire est assez bonne, je pense.

I also spent a few years learning Spanish, but almost none of it stuck. And a few years learning Korean while living in Korea. I learnt a few of the necessary words and phrases relating to restaurants and taxis, and some very rudimentary grammar. And being able to read the script is a neat party trick. And one year of actual Vietnamese education + a few more years of peripheral exposure to the language while I lived there. Even less of it stuck than the Spanish though.

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[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

English, Swedish, and Finnish.

[–] Sir_Fridge@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Dutch, a funky dutch dialect, English and I understand German but I don't speak it. Should probably learn it.

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

I am a native English speaker y hablo un poco español und ich sprache ein bisschen Deutch.

[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Jestem rodowitym Polakiem i moim ojczystym językiem jest polski.

I use english so much everyday that I begin to forget how to write in my native langauge.

я училсья руский язык в школье. Я умею болше читать чем писять.

私の日本語は大丈夫じやないです。

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polish, english, russian and japanese

[–] christopher@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

English. I really wish I had done better in French class during school

[–] coaxil@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

straylian, and that's about it

[–] viking@infosec.pub 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Native German, fluent English, full working proficiency in Norwegian, (understand Swedish and Danish as a direct consequence), somewhat proficient in Dutch and French, and my Chinese is enough to get by. Couldn't hold a longer conversation though.

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[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Saya bisa bicara Bahasa Indonesia sedikit

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

Swedish and English.

I know a few phrases in Spannish as well.

[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hablo español de forma nativa. I can read, write and understand by ear English, but I refuse to speak it because the pronunciation rules of English are shit.

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[–] satanmat@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Us paraprau ite te reo Tahiti.

[–] Truffle@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Spanish, english, german.

[–] Crotaro@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

German (native), English (not native-level but compared to my work colleagues I might as well be lol) and some American Sign Language (I can carry a simple conversation as long as I may fingerspell words I don't know yet/anymore)

[–] tiny@midwest.social 2 points 3 months ago

Native English speaker. I learned some French in school and enough Japanese to get through a judo match. I struggle to retain other languages. Everywhere I go everyone speaks English and it's hard to justify learning a new one even everyone in a 1000 mile radius speaks English.

[–] drislands@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I speak English, I studied Latin but have not kept up, and I know a tiny bit of Japanese and French.

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Swahili (native, from Arusha), English (fluent), and Flutter on a good day

[–] iamanurd@midwest.social 2 points 3 months ago

English, decent Italian, a handful of words in French and Spanish, fluent piglatin.

[–] BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

Yo Greek (native), English and some German (B1 level). (Might learn Spanish or Portuguese too :) )

[–] kava@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

English Spanish Portuguese

I want to learn Russian and Chinese

[–] MonsieurArkadin@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Only truly fluent in English.

Tetapi aku bisa bicara bahasa Indonesia. Ada komunitas bahasa indonesia dalam lemmy? Aku tidak bisa cari apa-apa.

J'ai etudié francais a l'université, mais maintenant j'ai oublié beaucoup.

I speak a little Chinese, but am fully illiterate in it.

انا بتهكي عربي شواي

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I’ve mostly got English and Japanese. English is pretty hard. I’m just a turtle.

英語と日本語が話せる。日本語は簡単だ。亀だけです。

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Spanish and English. I also know enough Catalan to be able to read but now speak it

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