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what languages do you know?

  • 05-06-2011 06:05AM
    #1
    rinuccini
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭rinuccini


    hey, was reading the irish language thread, and was wondering about people being able to speak other langauges. I can barely speak english! what other languages can the rest of you speak, or read, or understand?


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 89 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'm trying to learn Arabic, been living in the Middle East for over a year. Its a difficult language, not at a level I want to be yet but hopefully I'll get there. I can read and write Arabic fairly well.


  • #3
    BlueBaron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 262 ✭✭BlueBaron


    English, Irish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Swahilli, Sarcasm.


  • #4
    rinuccini
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15 ✭rinuccini


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I'm trying to learn Arabic, been living in the Middle East for over a year. Its a difficult language, not at a level I want to be yet but hopefully I'll get there. I can read and write Arabic fairly well.

    its written right to left isnt it? must be difficult to just get yoiur head around that,


  • #5
    holystungun9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,933 ✭✭✭holystungun9


    I know loads of languages but I can speak English, Spanish and a little German.


  • #6
    ball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 479 ✭✭ball


    If i'm applying for a job abroad I say I speak fluent Irish.


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  • #7
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    Dublin english, Irish, portuguese, spanish but not fluently.


  • #8
    dlofnep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,759 ✭✭✭✭dlofnep


    English, Irish, C, Java, PHP :D


  • #9
    AG2R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭AG2R


    English,Irish,Spanish(not fluently but could hold a conversation) Key phrases in Lithuanian and Some Russian.


  • #10
    RhubarbCrumble
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,174 ✭✭✭RhubarbCrumble


    English, Irish not quite fluent but pretty good, enough French to get by when in France.


  • #11
    rednik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,264 ✭✭✭rednik


    English, Irish and BAD.


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  • #12
    Kevin Duffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,439 ✭✭✭Kevin Duffy


    I speak the Language of Love reeeeeaaaaalllllll good baby :cool:


  • #13
    Richard Dower
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    Fluent troll with a hint of douchebag.


  • #14
    KeithM89_old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,806 ✭✭✭✭KeithM89_old


    Pig-Latin and Morse Code.
    Though its a bad idea to combine the two...


  • #15
    irishdub14
    Closed Accounts Posts: 454 ✭✭irishdub14


    English, Espanol and Francais.


  • #16
    blackdog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 851 ✭✭✭blackdog2


    English, Irish and Chinese

    Ibt great bunch of lads /3 in 1 comments


  • #17
    ebixa82
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭ebixa82


    I know about 15 languages but can only speak/read four.


  • #18
    silverspoon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 361 ✭✭silverspoon


    English and pretty fluent in German. Terrible Irish though, I always say I don't speak it, since I pretty much can't.


  • #19
    Zayden Yellow Freight
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Zayden Yellow Freight


    I did irish in school, and I just about remember some of my french. I am studying german at the moment.


  • #20
    slimjimmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,783 ✭✭✭slimjimmc


    English, Irish, and a little German, French, and ภาษาไทย in descending order of ability


  • #21
    Guill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,332 ✭✭✭Guill


    just Inglish.


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  • #22
    Herb Powell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭Herb Powell


    I can speak English, Irish and French quite well (obviously my Irish and English are better, but my French is fairly good). I also learned the Cyrillic alphabet, the Khmer alphabet (but none of the languages associated with them lol) aaaaaaaaand I can understand some German.


  • #23
    Cunning Stunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,306 ✭✭✭Cunning Stunt


    English, German and Danish


  • #24
    ShamoBuc
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 37,333 CMod ✭✭✭✭ShamoBuc


    Irish, English, French - a little bit of German and Spanish.


  • #25
    Dominic Plain Apricot
    Posts: 6,645 ✭✭✭ Dominic Plain Apricot


    English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. I did A Level German but have forgotten most of it and am currently learning Dutch (slowly).


  • #26
    Overflow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,266 ✭✭✭Overflow


    English, Norwegian

    Im not going to say Irish, French or German just because i learned then in school and memorized a few phrases.


  • #27
    NTMK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,575 ✭✭✭NTMK


    fluent in English and German
    can read and write Turkish
    learning Spanish


  • #28
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    English, ****e Irish and Dutch. I can understand German (cos of the Dutch thing). I can understand bits of written Danish and Swedish too, but again that's cos of the Dutch thing, they all stem from German so you can get the bare basics of one from the other (if that makes sense)!


  • #29
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    Bollocksology


  • #30
    Superbus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Superbus


    I could have a conversation in French if the other person spoke REALLY SLOWLY AND LOUDLY, WITH LOTS OF HAND GESTURES.

    Can read Latin, lot of use that is.


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  • #31
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    Superbus wrote: »
    I could have a conversation in French if the other person spoke REALLY SLOWLY AND LOUDLY, WITH LOTS OF HAND GESTURES.

    Can read Latin, lot of use that is.

    http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2009/9/11/128971880100132621.jpg

    French people understand it too.


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