RED BEARD Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 i've got all on with english! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFC Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Si, yo hablo espanol muy bien. I also speak some Rom and Urdu. I enjoy learning to speak with people in their own language. It's also useful to give people a mouthful of abuse while appearing to be saying nice things to them or confusing beggars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 German and simplified Chinese. Hoo flungdung. Sum yunguy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 a bit of german. some pole and enugh italian to stop me getting shot and run a shoot day. ime trying to learn irish/galic just beacuase i love the song Tá Peig agom, tá Cáit agom, ach Peig an bean is fearr 'Cbe faer Gheabhfas í nach air a bhfeás anttadh Ó ghuairm í 's guairim í go deo Sí grá mo chroí mo bhurnín í sí Peigín Leitirmór Tá iscaraigh na h'iarrthartha in greim an Ghotán mhoie Agus scríothim aisteach is gheobhfam leath-bhód sheoil errm i think thats right?! some one from the glens will put me wright no doubt I am genuinely impressed highseas, and here's me thinking you live in almost total isolation in a caravan without life's little luxuries and really you are a cosmopolitan student of european languages. I doff my cap to you sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 I am genuinely impressed highseas, and here's me thinking you live in almost total isolation in a caravan without life's little luxuries and really you are a cosmopolitan student of european languages. I doff my cap to you sir. was it right? i do love the irish but reading it is very very hard work i have not got my head around it yet the german is from school the pole is from all the staff hear and the ital is what i picked up from a cd...just to save my self from sticky situations with trigger happy itals i do live in a caravan but bordom will drive a man to do odd things, like learn the fiddle,tin whistle, read all clarksons books(4 times!) and then take up poetry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandgrounder Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 In order of clarity of beer ordering: English German French Hindi Italian Scouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 was it right? i do love the irish but reading it is very very hard work i have not got my head around it yet the german is from school the pole is from all the staff hear and the ital is what i picked up from a cd...just to save my self from sticky situations with trigger happy itals i do live in a caravan but bordom will drive a man to do odd things, like learn the fiddle,tin whistle, read all clarksons books(4 times!) and then take up poetry Highseas - I cannot judge your gaelic - I speak only a little french, I do however judge you a worthy soul, and I would recommend the poetry of Yevtushenco, and Roger McGough, and the high wide open places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Essex Hunter Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 I don't, but i've got 2 cousins who are fluent in Spanish and another who can speak Arabic pretty well. What about you? My Arabic is not bad......and also Essex at a push TEH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Scholl Posted October 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 was it right? i do love the irish but reading it is very very hard work i have not got my head around it yet the german is from school the pole is from all the staff hear and the ital is what i picked up from a cd...just to save my self from sticky situations with trigger happy itals i do live in a caravan but bordom will drive a man to do odd things, like learn the fiddle,tin whistle, read all clarksons books(4 times!) and then take up poetry I've always been interested in Gaelic, but there's really no point in learning it here in the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertan_J Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 after a good session on the drink I speak fluent gibberish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Fluent in Greek ella malaka... only thing i ever heard from my greek boss while i was working out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 ella malaka... only thing i ever heard from my greek boss while i was working out there He was just telling you how good you were at your work.....The Greeks like to give credit where it's due Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 He was just telling you how good you were at your work.....The Greeks like to give credit where it's due i want ζήσε το όνειρο (live the dream) tattooed on my back or arm soon but i cant find the correct 100% translation as some say its ζει το όνειρο :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 i want ζήσε το όνειρο (live the dream) tattooed on my back or arm soon but i cant find the correct 100% translation as some say its ζει το όνειρο :blink: I would say the first one is correct, but then again the second is also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Once I finished formal study I promised myself to learn a foreign language but I have let myself down. Currently trying to learn Swahili, I am going to live with a Masai family in Kenya for a week in Feb next year whilst (hopefully) teaching maths and science at the village school. Hoping to learn enough Swahili to know when they are cursing me. I know the basics already, beautiful language in my opinion. If I get the bug, French, Spanish or Mandarin next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 I would say the first one is correct, but then again the second is also thast the problem i have as most have said the first one and thats whats the tattoo bloke has said..Going for that plus extend the tribal on my arm and another on my forearm of the little ones name and date of birth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloke Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 Used to speak fluent German when I was a kid (we lived there) - can get by now, but I struggle a bit. Schoolboy French and Latin. Word perfect in Gibberish, Rubbish and Profane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderbuss Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Enough German to get by. Can order beer and food in French. Like others on here its one of my main ambitions to properly learn and become fluent in another language. I will do it soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 'Backslang' for me, as a youngster. I once swore at my father, thinking that he would not know what I said to him, but I did'nt realise that he also learnt it when he was a child! I've always wanted to learn Italian, don't know why though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huffhuff Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 I can speak a little elvish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 I really want to give my lad the opportunity of learning another language(s). You only have to recall what schoolboy French or German you still remember, as opposed to some words you learned a few years ago on holiday, to realise the importance of getting it learned young. Nothing like it IMO. I can order essential services like beer, food, wine, extra towels, cocktails, massages etc in: French German Italian Spanish Thai...just Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenBhoy Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Cymraeg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vole Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 (edited) I did A level French .Twice.Failed both times but can still make French shopkeepers look worried when I try to buy a loaf . I speak basic Arabic too. Edited October 22, 2011 by vole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 English just, and I could order food and drink in German and most likely get away with directions etc. Would love to learn Italian though, mostly as another tool for chatting up birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 Enough French, German and Spanish to get around, find a bed for the night and not starve in those countries, and how to say "Hello, How are you" in Hindi & Gujarati (I worked with some Indian engineers a few years back - their English was somewhat better than my Hindi) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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