How many languages do you speak fluently? (18 Viewers)

[Enron]

No, man, Catalan isn't all that difficult, there's just no point in learning it unless you're going to live in Barcelona the rest of your life. And even then everyone speaks Spanish too. I speak Italian and French and I can sometimes translate entire Catalan sentences (I have two friends who are from Barcelona and they speak Catalan amongst themselves). My knowledge of Arabic grammar is very basic, but as a European I'm pretty confident it would be much harder for me to learn Arabic. I also don't believe we're any more capable of learning a new language, it's just that we speak a lot of different languages and that most of those languages have similar grammar.

I understand Spanish fairly well. I can't speak it well anymore, but I understand when people are speaking (moderately) or if it's written down (I work with a lot of spanish speakers). My advisor is Catalan and I can't understand anything he says if he speaks at full speed. I guess it would be easier if I had some French.

 

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[Enron]

I talked to a ginger once.

I shot a leprechaun in the face once. How she got pregnant, I'll never know.

 

[mikhail]

But I heard that the Catalan language is probably the most difficult language to learn and speak ..

No, it's not. Seven's right, it's pretty close to French and Spanish. You're probably thinking of Basque, which has that reputation because it's not an Indo-European language, and so is wildly different from any of the Romance or Germanic languages. Whether it's actually harder to learn than any other language which is unrelated to your own or not, I don't know.

 

[bianconero]

No, it's not. Seven's right, it's pretty close to French and Spanish. You're probably thinking of Basque, which has that reputation because it's not an Indo-European language, and so is wildly different from any of the Romance or Germanic languages. Whether it's actually harder to learn than any other language which is unrelated to your own or not, I don't know.

Basque and the basque people are the most intriguing in Europe.

Wonderful land.

 

[JuveJay]

Basque is more difficult.

No, it's not. Seven's right, it's pretty close to French and Spanish. You're probably thinking of Basque, which has that reputation because it's not an Indo-European language, and so is wildly different from any of the Romance or Germanic languages. Whether it's actually harder to learn than any other language which is unrelated to your own or not, I don't know.

Basque and the basque people are the most intriguing in Europe.

Wonderful land.

int:

 

[GordoDeCentral]

bullshit, everyone knows the Yanomamo are the most intriguing, basques just blow shit up

 

[bianconero]

bullshit, everyone knows the Yanomamo are the most intriguing, basques just blow shit up

Are there many in Europe?

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Are there many in Europe?

more than the basque thats for sure

 

[bianconero]

Have you been doing this

 

[GordoDeCentral]

almost, wrong orifice though

 

[bianconero]

Let's keep this on a need to know basis, if you please.

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

"How many nostrils can you fluently suck?"

 

[bianconero]

How many nostrils can you fluently suck?"

I think you lost this "

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

Thanks, had to copy and paste.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Let's keep this on a need to know basis, if you please.

how about kneed to nose?

 

[bianconero]

I think you lost this "

Glad to be of service.

how about kneed to nose?

Have you ever been kneed in the goolies, it's no laughing matter.

 

[Furia Ceca]

Arabic, English & Farsi

 

[bianconero]

Don't forget your gay accent fellows.

 

[thomaslues]

I speak German,and English fluently,dabble with Spanish.

 

[gray]

What a random thread in which to make one's first post...

Spammer? Judging by the signature, probably.