posted May 29, 2013 07:52 AM            

If you've studied a language, it's easy enough to look at a word and logically know what it means. That doesn't mean that your brain is going to process it properly if someone else says it, though (especially if it's pronounced differently than you've studied it for whatever reason, i.e., accent). It also doesn't necessarily mean that you'll be able to do the verbal gymnastics to say it properly yourself.

posted May 29, 2013 07:54 AM            

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Originally posted by Jessica2407:
Tu peux parler avec moi dorenavant
Franchement c'est super chouette de voir combien de gens ici qui parlent le Francais. C'est une langue tres poetique,et harmonieuse.

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Ou habites tu?
J'habite en Europe.

posted May 29, 2013 08:41 AM            

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Originally posted by Orange:

how can you read and write a language but dont speak it or understand it? thats bull***t

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You don't have to speak a language to read and write it. When you're forced to learn a language because you need to pass a written exam in school FOR YEARS you will know.

Arabic was my second language for 8 years and I didn't have a choice being in an arab country.

posted May 29, 2013 09:05 AM            

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Originally posted by I'm so cappy:

You made a few mistakes

Japanese...hehe, once I managed to memorize a few hiragana characters. I was so proud It's good that at least the pronunciation is easy. Or maybe it's just my good hearing and musical skills

Btw, Romanian sounds freakin' cool! I would be willing to learn it for this one reason

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...what can i say:

...you're right.

posted May 29, 2013 10:42 AM            

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Originally posted by bonadea33:

--Alors, je parle bien francais, mais je n'ai pas aucune personne a parler!--

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Moi, moi! Tu peux parler avec moi, si tu veux Moi aussi j'habite en Europe.

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p.s. Deux Reve, zakaj si jezna name?

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Umm.. nope didn't get that one! sorry.

posted May 29, 2013 10:48 AM            

Guardian, I will help you with English and you will help me with Romanian, what do you think?

posted May 29, 2013 11:00 AM            

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Originally posted by Orange:

how can you read and write a language but dont speak it or understand it? thats bull***t

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posted May 29, 2013 02:43 PM            

Mad, I say.

posted May 29, 2013 03:50 PM            

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Originally posted by I'm so cappy:
This one is better

Guardian, I will help you with English and you will help me with Romanian, what do you think?

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If this was an educational place or an official mail - maybe I'd pay more attention to my grammar, but on a forum or while writing a mail to a friend... I don't care that much about grammatical rules. Why? Because I'd express myself less freely while concentrating on all the factors involved... and i don't like that. This is not an official speech... so if my english bothers some grammar nazi (Saturn at its best) - that's... AWESOME!! :P In a mail to a friend (it can be even up to 10 pages long) I tend to make tons of mistakes that involve common words (example: writing "or/with/where" as "are/whit/were" and viceversa...) and phrases, sometimes even missing words (in my head all was fine - but for some reason my hands couldn't keep up... ).

Though... something does bother me: I got used to functions like auto-correct, which seemed helpful when i started using them, but... I got more lazy cause of them and the mistakes I make while not paying attention to the corrected words... :P

Not sure if your question is serious or not but - if I can help you with anything, sure - why not.

posted May 29, 2013 03:56 PM            

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Originally posted by somethingexcellent:
Oh that's cool! I've only ever seen the appeal of being able to speak with more people. What's your Mercury all up and doing? Also, do you love inventing words or terms? I do every so often because it just seems easier!

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posted May 29, 2013 04:33 PM            

It is one of my life goals to be once able to speak at least 5 languages fluently
Besides my native tongue I speak English and Spanish fluently,quite good at Portuguese, Serbian, and am on the beginner's level in German and Russian, actually understand quite a lot.
Someday I'll start with Greek and I also find Hebrew, Arabic, Hindu and Scandinavian languages very appealing life is so short, man!
I am slowly getting there but I don't have the will or stamina to learn the languages that don't have "the whole package" , which for me is to love the people, their culture, have the wish to continuously travel there and being able to travel there, if not physically at least in mind, watching movies etc

posted May 29, 2013 10:47 PM            

I am multilingual.English & French are my mother tongue. I speak both of them fluently at home, school, my friends etc. since I live in Quebec (it's bilingual here).

I understand Filipino and can speak it a little (that's my mom's language)
I know basic spanish and mandarin (currently taking it in college).

posted May 30, 2013 04:44 AM            

"Moi, moi! Tu peux parler avec moi, si tu veux Moi aussi j'habite en Europe."

Maintenant je dois penser: quel numero de code a ton pays?

+33
+32
+31 ?

Bobbie

posted May 30, 2013 04:55 AM            

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Originally posted by MillyX:
Ouais moi aussi je parles français vous êtes pas les seules les amis :P J'habite au Québec
I am multilingual.English & French are my mother tongue. I speak both of them fluently at home, school, my friends etc. since I live in Quebec (it's bilingual here).

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As I know, half people in Montreal (coming from other countries) speak three languages: their mother language and to come there, they have to speak either English or French. If they don't speak French, they have to go to the Evening School (for free) to study French. That is very important to get job at all.

Bobbie

posted May 30, 2013 06:11 AM            

Haha! 33

posted May 30, 2013 07:14 AM            

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Originally posted by Doux Rêve:
Bobbie,
Haha! 33
"¡Pero que guapa eres!" <- that's one thing I know how to say in Spanish "Vale, vale.." lol.. I'm totally fluent in Spanish, I know

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Muchas gracias!

Yo no te conozco personalmente, pero creo que eres muy buena persona.

That over (before) was Slovenian!

Bobbie

posted May 30, 2013 07:21 AM            

I curse all negative purism that tells me not to use a word from another language that either expresses something that my own language cannot or does that in a more delicate manner. *Goethe*

Btw the translation in my own language sounds waaaay better, I just can't *feel* the core in here. Too much ratio.

This is how it sounds in my mommy language;

posted May 30, 2013 08:55 AM            

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Originally posted by mir:

I curse all purism that forbids me to use a word in which another language has highlighted much more or more heartfelt. *me*

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