How many languages do you know?

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Yep CERU that's right learning japanese from anime doesn't help :tongue:

It hurts. Basically, Japanese is the one language you shouldn't start off my trying to learn yourself. ._.;;

I think that could be said of almost any language, if by "learn yourself" you mean "watch television programs spoken in that language and play match-the-sounds-with-the-subtitles" :/

 

[Trek22]

Yep CERU that's right learning japanese from anime doesn't help :tongue:

It hurts. Basically, Japanese is the one language you shouldn't start off my trying to learn yourself. ._.;;

I think that could be said of almost any language, if by "learn yourself" you mean "watch television programs spoken in that language and play match-the-sounds-with-the-subtitles" :/

Heh, I've watched a "LOT" of anime in the last year or so since I've been on this anime high, and no your not going to learn japanese by watching/listening to the subtitles.  In total I might have picked up 10-20 new words in japanese and that is about the extent of months worth of watching.

 

[Venetia]

Yeah ... Immersing yourself in the country and picking it up as you go is one thing, but watching subs doesn't count as language-learning.

I watch anime constantly and all I know is "moshi moshi", "sa", "ja ne", and a few other miscellaneous terms and phrases. If I went to Nippon & had to ask where the bathroom was or how to get to the Embassy or something I'd be in deep doo doo.

 

[Trek22]

Yeah, don't forget "taicho", "sakashi", and "bakura" I think these have been hammered in pretty deep. ;P

 

[Ryanna]

2.

English and Internet-ish?
I have decent english.
I can't do Spanish since i cant roll my "r"s
And plus i'm to lazy to learn the rest.
But i do know some japanese words :O Pssh i'm so Pwnage

 

[Emtch]

English and Internet-ish?

OMGWTFBBQ!
How could I forget internetish? I speak it all the time.

 

[e]

Yeah ... Immersing yourself in the country and picking it up as you go is one thing, but watching subs doesn't count as language-learning.

I watch anime constantly and all I know is "moshi moshi", "sa", "ja ne", and a few other miscellaneous terms and phrases. If I went to Nippon & had to ask where the bathroom was or how to get to the Embassy or something I'd be in deep doo doo.

Don't forget the usual "Dosa", "Onee-chan" and a couple of others, all said in the same intonation, no matter the show. :tongue:

Oh, and if you've seen Death Note, "Shinigami".

 

[Dalton]

Oh, and if you've seen Death Note, "Shinigami".

Bleach and Yami no Matsuei give you this word as well.
Dont forget "Baka"!

 

[Sabao]

Native Language: Filipino

I've been practicing English for just as long though, more or less. I also took up a little bit of Mandarin, and Spanish. I picked up a little Japanese from my girlfriend and the occasional anime, but not really enough to converse with.

 

[pmhoa]

I can speak:

Finnish
Vietnamese
English

I studied but forgot:

French
Sweden

 

[Jrr Kein]

1. Bahasa Indonesia - Main Tongue
2. English
3. German

 

[Emtch]

I can speak:

Finnish
Vietnamese
English

I studied but forgot:

French
Sweden

That's a pretty cool mix of languages. Finnish would be cool to know, but it sounds damn weird so it would propably be hard to learn.

 

[Yazus]

i can speak

italian
english
1337 (lulz)

 

[David]

First language: German.
So I can comprehend some Dutch when its thrown at me...

Kind of the other way round for me... I speak enough Dutch to understand simple German sentences a lot of the time.

 

[Over]

Portuguese
English
French
Spanish

Can understand some bits and pieces of:
Italian
German

 

[isaacsol]

I can Speak:

Hebrew - Fluent
Yiddish - Fluent

The past two were my mother tongues as I am Jewish.

English - Fluent
Spanish - Semi-fluent
Japanese - Getting there (I know more kana and kanji then actual grammar and words at this point)

Also, I wondered why your username sounded so familiar Pisteleh.

 

[moog]

Six.

I speak English, Spanish, German, Japanese, Latin, and in my 2nd year of French. I want to learn all those obscure languages like Sweedish and Mandarin but my parents decided a long time ago I would only have to learn the ones I would need for buisness. =\

My birth language is German though, although I live in fucking South Carolina (Dad is adopted german, mom is a southern black woman =|

 

[kimpoy2006]

Tagalog-native tongue
English-learnt at the same time with Tagalog (you need to if want to get in a good school)
Fookien, chinese dialect -Mom and teacher taught, business purposes
French - just a little can't really make sentences, just for show
German - from dad (teaches every time he sees something on TV thats related to german, be it WWII to Volkswagen), forgot most of them but I remember when I hear people talk.
Spanish - can't make sentences, and can't understand when people speak like in spanish news channels (like machine guns).

Ruby- nahhh, dunno a thing.

 

[isaacsol]

Lol, if you watch Shin Seiki Evangerion (Neon Genesis Evangelion), the phrase Asuka uses too much is 'Anda Baka' which means = You are stupid, You are an idiot or You are a fool. The meaning changes depending on what you use Baka for.

 

[Chromaticed]

Lets see...

English
Spanish

I speak those fluently.

I can read Portuguese and translate it.
I am 5% in learning Japanese
and I understand Italian