Foreign language thread

I really like foreign languages. I like learning them, talking in them, reading them, even listening to people speak in them even if I have no idea what they're saying. Most of us on BWW are pretty culturally aware people. We appreciate diversity. Here is the foreign language thread, where we can discuss foreign languages, talk in them, help other people learning languages. It will be fun. You might want to start by saying what languages you speak.

For me,

French-Fluent
German-Fluent
Danish-Fluent (Danish is not so far off from Norwegian and Swedish, it's easier for me to talk to Norwegians, but it's not hard when I talk to Swedes)
Dutch-Not 100% Native fluency, but I could understand a Dutch newspaper
Spanish-Ok
Portuguese-Ok
Italian-Basic
Russian-Basic, I can read the Cyrillic alphabet
Japanese-basic, but I have a pretty good vocabulary
Hebrew-Basic, I can read the Hebrew alphabet

I would only say for fluency, French, German, and Danish.

Er der nogen, der på Broadwayworld.com tale dansk?

Det var ikke særlig godt dansk, men kan jeg høre din fransk, tysk eller japansk?

That wasn't very good Danish, but can I hear your French, German, or Japanese.

(BY THE WAY, I am not Danish, one day, I was bored, I bought Rosetta Stone Danish edition, and I am now fluent, I have been to Denmark twice)

BY THE WAY, again, not to be your Danish teacher, but you had the wrong conjugation for jeg. Its' jeg er tørstig. I am thirsty.

Updated On: 5/29/08 at 09:27 PM

Oh, und ich spreche diese beiden Sprachen fließend. Wo haben Sie diese Sprachen lernen? Deutschland? Frankreich? Schule?

All righty then! Apologies in advance to all German speakers; I don't know what you're going to find more offensive, my sentiments or my spelling. Both are pretty appalling.

Ergiessende schwanze! Drekkiger after! Ziegenbockficke!

And:

Bonjour! Je voudrais un Happy Meal au hamburger s'il-vous plait, avec Coke. Merci beaucoup!

Konbanwa. Watashi wa hon no irute desu. Kore wa neko desu ka? Daisuki daisuki kawaii neko-chan! Omae o korosu! Sayonara!

I know nearly all the katakana and a good chunk of the hiragana, so I find reading Japanese easier than speaking it. As long as it's spelled out/has the furigana above the kanji. ^_^

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Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?

j'adore parler francais. I parle francais depuis six ans

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Un poco español.

And I'd do a video of me telling you I know some ASL except, well, no.

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The Danes are THE rudest people on the planet

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Well, I'm pretty fluent in German...

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I'm fluent in bitch.

Plus I speak Ubby-Dubby from "Zoom." It's been a while, though.

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He must have meant he's flatulent in German.

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I used to be fairly fluent in Italian (Italian studies was my minor as an undergrad) but with no one with whom to practice, I am badly out of practice now. In addition, it has totally ruined my ability to speak Spanish, as I usually devolve into either total Italian or some strange Spanish/Italian hybrid language. For that reason, I stay far, far away from trying to learn Portuguese. Spanish speakers can somewhat understand me, but there is some confusion, like "questa," which means "this" in Italian and sounds excatly like "cuesta," or "cost" in Spanish. Couple that in with trying to understand Dominican Spanish--which my Chilean roommate can't even understand that well--and, well, I just point a lot in my neighborhood to save the confusion.

And besty? Ubby-Dubby is a dying tongue. Let's preserve it.

Updated On: 5/30/08 at 11:41 AM

Ich bin kunst.

uckfay ooyay!

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