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View Poll Results: How Many Languages Can You Speak?
One 96 48.00%
2 65 32.50%
3-4 28 14.00%
5-7 3 1.50%
7 or more 2 1.00%
Je ne comprends pas la question 6 3.00%
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Old 07-27-2010, 12:30 PM   #21
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I can speak English and Croatian, although I am not 100% fluent in Croatian. If I take a minute to construct the sentence in my mind, I can get by pretty good. If I'm listening to the radio or watching Croatian television, sometimes I miss what is being said because it goes too fast. If someone talks slow enough, I can understand most of what is being said. Also, this is only for the Shtokavian dialect. It is the "official" dialect in Croatia (and Bosnia/Serbia I believe), but is really only spoken as the preferred dialect by about 40% of the population in Croatia from what I understand.. although many people will switch to the Shto dialect if you ask. When I went to Istria, I had real trouble communicating because of dialect differences.

Kind of sad actually. Up until I started Kindergarten, I pretty much only spoke Croatian.
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Old 07-27-2010, 12:39 PM   #22
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English
Fragmented French (I can get around just fine, but I simplify a LOT of my dialouge)
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Taishan
"Tourist" Russian (Can speak it, but is limited to basic conversations)
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Old 07-27-2010, 12:41 PM   #23
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Old 07-27-2010, 12:42 PM   #24
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I started self teaching myself French a few months back there with the Rossetta Stone program and some books I picked up.

It has been a tough battle, but I have definitely noticed improvement and find myself being able to string together sentences when a random object will spring the French word into my head.

Pretty cool stuff, I am hoping to continue this next with Spanish and then move further east from there.
I think that people teaching themselves languages is probably one of the most noble aspects of self-education. Good for you, I wish I had that discipline.
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Old 07-27-2010, 12:45 PM   #25
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English and can understand some Portuguese. Not a lot, but if I'm around my dad and his friends, I can kinda follow along.

I'm gonna bite the bullet and take lessons in the fall. I really want to learn Portuguese.
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Old 07-27-2010, 12:50 PM   #26
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Old 07-27-2010, 12:50 PM   #27
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Old 07-27-2010, 12:51 PM   #28
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I wonder what people mean when they say "ok" or "basic".

I know with the company I work for, we do a lot of international work and we are not allowed to have a 2nd language on our CV unless we can actually conduct business in that language or have the ability to teach it to someone else.

Having a "basic" understanding of a language is not the same as acutally knowing or being able to speak another language.
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Old 07-27-2010, 12:52 PM   #29
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Fluent in English and German....and learning French.
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Old 07-27-2010, 01:09 PM   #30
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Old 07-27-2010, 01:14 PM   #31
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There has to be a nerd in here that speaks Klingon.
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Old 07-27-2010, 01:18 PM   #32
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English and passable amounts of French, Spanish and Japanese.
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Old 07-27-2010, 01:24 PM   #33
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English, French and basic Spanish.
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Old 07-27-2010, 01:34 PM   #34
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Old 07-27-2010, 01:36 PM   #35
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~10% that speak more than 5 languages?

There are some cunning linguists on CP.
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Old 07-27-2010, 01:38 PM   #36
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English, French and Croatian...and I know bits and pieces of other Slavic languages, but I don't think that counts
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Old 07-27-2010, 01:39 PM   #37
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Old 07-27-2010, 01:43 PM   #38
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I started self teaching myself French a few months back there with the Rossetta Stone program and some books I picked up.

It has been a tough battle, but I have definitely noticed improvement and find myself being able to string together sentences when a random object will spring the French word into my head.

Pretty cool stuff, I am hoping to continue this next with Spanish and then move further east from there.
How do you (or anyone) find the Rosetta Stone program for self-education? I've heard extremes on both sides, but I'm interested in trying to improve my Spanish and German but don't really have the time for a classroom program.
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Old 07-27-2010, 01:48 PM   #39
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mon francais nes bien pas

E: mon francais es nes bien pas????

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Old 07-27-2010, 01:57 PM   #40
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