How many languages do you know?

[sana]

I just wanted to check out how many languages. PTers knew.
If you know a few sentences or words. Just tell us if you and how much do you know. It'll be fun.

Ok, I know:

1. English
2. Urdu
3. Arabic (a few sentences and words)
4. Pushtu [counting]
5. French (a few words)
6. Japanese (a few sentences and words)
7. Punjabi (I can communicate)

[Karen]

1. English - that's the only one I am completely fluent in!

Besides English:

2. French - took it for 4 years in school, can count in it, and know a smattering of words and phrases, can usually figure out written French better than spoken.

3. Spanish - know some phrases and words - more now that I have been trying to help a friend from Argentina learn English

4. Swedish - can count to 12 (tolv) and know a few words

5. Polish - know 4 words (hello, ring, girl and fish)

6. Mandarin Chinese - know 3 phrases (hello, thank you, and "I don't want that")

[sana]

haha I don't want that. I am fluent in Urdu and a little bit in English. And in Urdu I have a problem in the 6s. Meaning 36, 46, 56 etc. I know it till 35 and the rest is broken into pieces. I'd love to learn Spanish counting. I love Japanese!

[pomtzu]

English - that's it!

Used to know a few "choice" Italian words and phrases () that my ornery uncle taught us as kids, but I've forgotten those. "Ciao" is all I know now.

Can count to 6 in Spanish. If I lived closer to my Tex-Mex SIL, she'd have me speaking it in no time.

A few single words only from some other languages.

[Randi]

• Danish, fluent
• English, fairly fluent
• Swedish, fairly fluent
• Norwegian, fairly fluent
• Spanish, a little. Took classes up to level 6
• German, a little bit

I would love to learn more Spanish - the first I learned to say in spanish was:
seiscientosdiesyocho. LOL! I love the French language, too.

This is how you count to ten in Danish; en, to, tre, fire, fem, seks, syv, otte, ni, ti.

[GILL]

1. English - main

2. French - I can count in it, and know a few words and phrases
(had French in school)

3. Spanish - I can count in it, know phrases and words,
(Wife was born in Argentina)

4. German - can count, know a few words and can read most.
(worked for a German company)

5. Polish - know phrases and words
(father was Polish)

6. Mandarin - know a few words
(I'm in China at lest once a year)

[cassiesmom]

English is my first language. I studied German in high school and college.

My mom speaks Czech fluently, so I know it a little. I've been to French speaking Canada, so I know a (very few) phrases- please, thank you, yes and no, and where is the ladies' room.

I know enough Spanish to be able to ask simple questions- mostly medical Spanish from when I was a bedside nurse. I would like to learn Spanish in earnest.

I traveled to Russia where I learned a very few words... the Russian word for a ticket kiosk is a kassa (say it like Spanish casa), so I've got my whole family trained to say they are going to the kassa when they buy movie tickets, theater tickets, museum entry fees, that sort of thing.

[lbaker]

English primarily, smattering of German, Spanish and a wee bit (a few phrases) of French. Once at an out of town business meeting I was sitting with a collegue in the hotels large jaccuzi (I mean HUGE) and had an interesting conversation in Italian with these two young men. I had no idea what what said but we all had fun laughing so much I had to call Slick in Canada to tell her about it... hee hee. Also a bit of ASL... I studied it for awhile and try to practice when I have the opportunity.

[Karen]

Yes, I forgot to mention ASL - so that would be

7. ASL - can fingerspell, and know several phrases and words

[Sirrahsim]

English is the only language that I can speak with any skill. I know enough German for basic conversation/shopping/eating out but I am nowhere near fluent I took French in high school and can count and pick out words here and there but that is about it.
I can count to 10 in English, French, Spanish, German and Japanese

[BitsyNaceyDog]

English is my first language
ASL- I know a decent amount of sign language because we sign with my speech-delayed son and because my SIL and BIL are both sign language interpreters.

I took spanish, French, and German in school, but I remember very little.

[Husky_mom]

Spanish: native language..lol
English: pretty fluent..

I can decipher/read/understand a few sentences/words from these various ones just by reading/listening to them.. some more than others

Italian
Portuguese
French
German

and I know a few words in Chinese.. thank you cartoons.. lol.. just not the symbols or right pronunciation hehe..