How many languages can you speak

alphamale · 06-16-2008, 11:40 PM

and how well do you speak them? list em, and give your self a rating of how useful you are with the lanuage.

For me obviously English is my main language, i did three years of Bahasa Indonesia in School (indonesian is a pretty simple language), at the time i would say i was conversational, but its been like 10 years since my last class. Having said that bahasa Malaysia is very similar, and when i went there in 2006 i had enough to talk to a cab driver/understand most shit etc

I did French in high school, which i enjoyed and my best mate in college was french speaking. again i would say i was at a conversational level with it, but its decreased since my friend returned home and i dont get a chance to use it much. Still enough to get around if i ever go to a french speaking country.

I did one year of spanish at college, which i didnt enjoy as much as french but is usefull. i wouldnt say i speak it but understand basic things.

Just recently started the pimsleur brazilian portuguese tapes, seeing as how much i hear it at training i though i may as well learn it , i'd love to go live in brazil for a while. not far in yet so i only know really basic stuff like ordering food etc but the background in french and spanish certainly help.

how bout you?