Do you really know those languages because you were thought by a teacher or did you learn it from watching TV or from staying at a foreign country for a while?
2006-08-13 00:22:54 · 36 answers · asked by irena 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I know English, French, Japanese, and Hebrew, as well as Java, HTML, and C++. All but the first were self-taught...and unfortunately I've had very little opportunity to use any of the non-computer languages (except English, of course).
2006-08-13 00:44:04 · answer #1 · answered by iwastypingthat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I speak Dutch, well, because I'm Dutch. Same goes for the local dialect.
German because we used to vacation there, and when I was a kid there was more German than Dutch television. Actually, that's still true... Only had it for one year in school.
English, first learned it in highschool, took an extra business English course, and married an American.
French I just learned in school, only used it incidentally on vacation and for business. Basic but understandable.
Spanish i thought myself via a television course before a five week vacation to Spain some years ago. Very basic, but it gets me what I want.
Picked up some Italian on vacation, and because if the similarity with Spanish.
Languages fascinate me, I have a collection of some 300 dictionaries from all over, and I seriously plan to improve my skills and learn at least one other lanhuage. Japanese is tempting, and I do have a complete course for it at home...
2006-08-13 00:33:54 · answer #2 · answered by Gungnir 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English, because that's where I was brought up.
German, because I now live in Germany.
i had to learn French at school, and remember very little about it. It is better to learn a language by hanging around native speakers of the language and watching as much TV and listening to the radio as you can. The first 6 - 12 months will be hell, but if you stick with it, you will pick it up easier after that.
2006-08-13 00:29:02 · answer #3 · answered by chrisnewcars 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I speak 4 languages. 2 of them i learned in school (English and German) - a tv and music helped a lot , one is very similar to our languages.
2006-08-13 00:59:51 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
japanese and english were sorta my first languages but since i havent spoken japanese for a while ive forgotten most of it...theres also one language i learned that isnt used anywhere else in the world but is taught where i live , i am not fluent in that language very much anymore either. i learned all of those from living where i do , we speak all 3 languages a bit , mostly english though.
2006-08-13 00:30:37 · answer #5 · answered by to whom it may confide 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Italian mothertongue and English stydying 8 years plus living in Canada, understanding a little Spanish because similar to Italian
2006-08-13 01:35:37 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One - English. I can still carry on a basic conversation in Spanish and French from high school study (many years ago)but I sound worse than a child. I can read them both well but I am not so good with coversational use.
2006-08-13 00:33:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two, the first one is my mother tongue and the other one is English which I learned it from watching TV and the Internet helped me a lot too.
2006-08-13 00:49:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just 5 languages:
1.English.
2.French.
3.Swedish.
4.Spanish.
5.Dutch.
I learned these languages because I went to their countries.
2006-08-13 00:36:09 · answer #9 · answered by haya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3,but I can only speak expertly at 2 languages,English is my second language and other twos is my first languages, i speak them sine i was a child,buy sadly that two languages is not use in world wide,oh how about C#, C++, is that count too lol
2006-08-13 00:27:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋