Can you speak more than one language? How do you feel about being multi-lingual?

Answer 1

I studied a few others in the past but I don't claim to speak any of them. Right now I've been learning German for 5 semesters and I'm not fluent but I'm happy with my progress so far. And how does it feel? Great! I love being able to understand something when others just see random letters on a page or hear blah blah blah. I also feel speaking the same language is the only one to really understand the German culture and people.

Answer 2

Yes, I can speak three languages fluently: Dutch (actually Flemish, not much difference, but there are some; my native language), French and English.
I'm learning German too, I can speak it a bit and understand most of it. Because I learn Latin at school, I can read practically every roman language and understand it a bit when they speak very slowly. I was learning a while Esperanto, so a bit of that too, and for the moment I'm trying to learn Russian.
It's great when you can speak more than one language, so you can communicate with more people all over the world!
And what about you? : )

Answer 3

I know 7 languages and i speak the first 4 fluently:

German, bengali, hindi, english,latin, french and urdu and i feel really g8 and would like 2 learn so many other languages. im interested in such as spanish or italian or japanese etc. though im only 17 yrs old!!! however, im orginally from bangladesh and i ve been brought up in germany where i learned languages such as french etc. so im learning diffrent languages since ive taken birth!
i think there wont b ever an end 4 me!

tc bye

shamanta

Answer 4

I can read, write and speak English and can read Spanish and I also can read and do American Sign Langauge. I can speak Spanish but not carry on a conversation only because I have not studied it in many years and don't remember much. I can just say Hi, How are you and basic stuff like that. But I can decode things I'm reading very well in Spanish. People think its neat I can speak Spanish because I cant hear.

Answer 5

I can speak several languages...and its kool how if i need to stick to just the one language i can (i.e. if the person im speaking to just speaks one language i can speak that language without any interferences from the other language) but also if im speaking to someone who can speak two languages (e.g. English and gujrati) i can have a conversation with them which is a mix of both the languages!!!

I only ever think and dream in English but my mother tongue is Gujrati which is the language i grew up speaking......weird!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 6

Yes, I can go by in 16 languages, and speak quite fluently in 8 of them. I feel great and very lucky. I feel very rich and blessed.
I can go to most places in the world and make friends with a lot of people, and have been given help by many. The more languages you know, the better for you. My wife and son always say that I will never be affected by Alzheimers' disease. I hope so.

Answer 7

I feel good. I've been able to use my second language in my career. Sometimes I speak in English and think in Spanish or viseversa. At first it was a bit confusing and messed up some translations but it only takes practice.

Answer 8

I speak Spanish, French and English and I really do feel like the world is my oyster. I love learning about new cultures and meeting new people, being mulitlingual gives me a big leg up in the job market.

Answer 9

Yup, I speak English, Italian, French, and Spanish. It's fun really. Sometimes I swear at my friends in French or whatever. Plus I have conversations with Italian boyfriend in front of my friends and nobody knows what we're talking about.

Answer 10

I like the fact that I can speak both Chinese and English because in the US I tutor Chinese for money and when I go back to TAiwan I can teach English for money.
However, I find myself talking in English and all the sudden Chinese words pop out when I'm excited. Or when I'm with Chinese, I sometimes just can't remember the Chinese word.