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View Poll Results: How Many Languages Can You Speak?
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One
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48.00% |
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2
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32.50% |
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3-4
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14.00% |
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5-7
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7 or more
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1.00% |
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Je ne comprends pas la question
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07-27-2010, 02:02 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bitter, jaded, cursing the fates.
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No one speaks ASL? Hmm...
I like this thread. Truthfully, if I ever found a Djinni in a lamp, my first wish would be to speak, read, write, and understand all the languages in the world with perfect fluency. It's been that way since I started learning German. The most useful wish I ever thought of, to be honest.
Anyways, English and German.
My girlfriend speaks English, and is learning ASL.
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07-27-2010, 02:05 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: The wagon's name is "Gaudreau"
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I can speak and read English and French. I can read Chinese at like a grade 4 level...but I can speak Cantonese fluently and Mandarin decently. I took courses in Spanish and Japanese, but don't know much beyond basic sentences.
Oh and I also speak Klingon. K'pla!
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07-27-2010, 02:10 PM
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#43
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: SW Calgary
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English and very limited hungarian.
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07-27-2010, 02:10 PM
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#44
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: The wagon's name is "Gaudreau"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Bah weep grannah weep ninibong?
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Oh man that took me forever to remember where that was from! I kept thinking Monty Python at first because it was Eric Idle lol.
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07-27-2010, 02:12 PM
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One of the Nine
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Space Sector 2814
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy
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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On its own the program is good, but coupled with some reading to help you better understand the gramatical rules behind the language the program is excellent.
I found myself getting confused at some points so I grabbed French For Dummies. It has really helped clear up a lot of the questions I had. I also work with a guy from France so I get to practice with him. But a lot of the words and phrases he would use are not the same I would find a French Canadian speaking, so I had to learn that as well. Mainly the formal and informal side of it.
I also grabbed a standard French/English dictionary to help me better understand some of the words the program was throwing at me. I was able to just quickly flip to the word and then proceed with the program without any long pauses.
Basically if you use the program as a stand alone tool you will most likely not enjoy it or get the full benefits. If you do some research on your own, including watching French TV, listening to French music, reading French kids books to start etc.. you will find the program works great as the core of your learning experience.
Edit: sorry replace French with Spanish and German obviously, I was just speaking from my own experience.
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07-27-2010, 02:18 PM
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#46
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Underground
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read / write / speak English, Turkish and French
The French is weakest of all three as I learned it in immersion (grades 7-12) and only fleetingly use it now for conversation. I did recently start purchasing books of French writers in the native French to try and keep on top of things. Without speaking regularly, it's the only realistic way of retaining what I learned.
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07-27-2010, 02:22 PM
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#47
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Van City - Main St.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ClubFlames
English, Punjabi, Hindi and Marathi (Mumbai's local language)
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I thought that was Hinglish. "That's suuper coool yar!"
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07-27-2010, 02:26 PM
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#48
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: I don't belong here
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07-27-2010, 02:41 PM
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#49
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Behind Nikkor Glass
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^^^ I see someone finally "got" the pic that I posted...
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07-27-2010, 02:57 PM
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Often Thinks About Pickles
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Okotoks
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English and whatever I haven't forgotten of my 3 years of high school French.
Kind of sad really considering the fact that my father was raised in a German speaking household (apparently my grandfather spoke Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, and a couple of other slavic lanquages, as well as German) and my mother's dad was an immigrant from Sweden who spoke Swedish and Finnish fluently.
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07-27-2010, 04:05 PM
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#51
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: 161 St. - Yankee Stadium
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Teh_Bandwagoner
Oh and I also speak Klingon. K'pla!
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One day, you'll kiss a girl other than your aunt Bea...
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07-27-2010, 04:34 PM
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#52
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Jah Chalgary
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English, Russian, Spanish, some German
I will also say that Rosetta Stone is a wicked program if you want to start out learning...
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07-27-2010, 04:37 PM
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#53
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#1 Goaltender
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English, French and Newfoundlander.
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07-27-2010, 04:37 PM
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Had an idea!
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7 languages, eh?
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07-27-2010, 04:43 PM
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Franchise Player
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I guess I would say 2 and a half.
English and Cantonese fluently, I can converse relatively well in Mandarin.
Reading and writing... completely different story.
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07-27-2010, 05:26 PM
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#56
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Draft Pick
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Matata
mon francais nes bien pas
E: mon francais es nes bien pas????
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Mon français n'est pas bien.
And with that, I'm fluent in 2 languages; English and French. I want to learn Spanish though.
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07-27-2010, 05:27 PM
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#57
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I am what you call a banana. Yellow on the outside, white on the inside. I can understand some Cantonese, was able to write and and read cantonese, but I can speak some basic words. I prefer to speak English as my main language.
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07-27-2010, 05:58 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Behind Nikkor Glass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hkstylez
I am what you call a banana. Yellow on the outside, white on the inside.
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I've heard that most banana's drive a VW or another non Japanese car, is that true?
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07-27-2010, 05:59 PM
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hockey101
Mon français n'est pas bien.
And with that, I'm fluent in 2 languages; English and French. I want to learn Spanish though.
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You're all wrong.
Mon francais n'est pas bon. Bien = well, Bon(ne) = good.
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07-27-2010, 06:05 PM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lakebay, WA
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English and Romanian.
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