How much languages you can speak?

[micki76]

Originally posted by dukedogsmom
I'm feeling really ignorant right now. English is it. I'm super impressed with a few of you here.

You do speak dog though, right?

[EssTer]

What is mandarin

[wolfsoul]

Originally posted by EssTer
What is mandarin

It's a type of chinese. And a type of orange.

[RICHARD]

english, espanol-
I understand some french, italian and read some of
each. Some Latin.

I know the language of love.

I can talk and write smack.

I know how to sign, "Get out of my way! I am late to work, you #@=*&!" and "Hey, Good Job!"


and I know how to say Hello and Goodbye in Hawaiian.....

Aloha!

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

I speak English and Afrikaans (very similar to Dutch). Also a smattering of French and a tiny bit of Arabic.

And gibberish (where you take the first letter of the word, put it at the end and add "ay" - so Pet Talk would be "etpay alktay" and my name is uliejay! You should try it - its really FUN - my kids and I speak it sometimes and we get some strange looks!!

[CatDad]

Originally posted by dukedogsmom
I'm feeling really ignorant right now. English is it. I'm super impressed with a few of you here.

I am in this category. I do speak a little cat and dog, however.

I am also impressed, by all of you. I think that it take a great deal of skill to do that. Other languages have never been a skill of mine.

I once worked with a guy who could speak 10 or 11 languages, including Mandarin. I know that he was working on another. He could also read and write in 7 of those, including madarin. I was always really impressed with him and wondered why he was working in the tech field which he was really good at. He is now working for the state department. I think that was a better fit for him.

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by CatDad
I think that it take a great deal of skill to do that.

Actually,

when you have five brothers and sister and a mom yelling at you in the mother tongue it's quite easy....

You learn the FASTER she talks it's of some importance.

She's talking FAST AND LOUD, it may be trouble.

FAST AND LOUD, looking AT YOU, is trouble.

At that point learning to listen and decode the meaning of the words is probably a good idea.

If it happens a few more times you learn the language....

Or just the key phrases like, CLOSE THE DOOR, STOP JUMPING, GET IN HERE THIS INSTANT, YOUR FATHER WILL BE HOME AT 5:30..

[EssTer]

Originally posted by wolfsoul
It's a type of chinese. And a type of orange.

At first I thought too, what a-mandarin? Butnow I understand

Idid know about manadarin-orange tipe, now I´ll know both meanings

[primabella]

I can speak English fluently, I do pretty well in French and I can understand Italian but can only answer back in a few words. My French should be better but I just have a terrible accent. lol

[Edwina's Secretary]

English and Spanish....

[wolfsoul]

Originally posted by Ally Cat's Mommy
And gibberish (where you take the first letter of the word, put it at the end and add "ay" - so Pet Talk would be "etpay alktay" and my name is uliejay!

Oooh! Pig latin! Fun lol. I can do that too. Ymay amenay siay Ordanjay!

[Dogz]

Originally posted by RICHARD
and I know how to say Hello and Goodbye in Hawaiian.....

Aloha!

Me too!
Just english.

[popcornbird]

English, Urdu, Punjabi........................and a little bit of Arabic (not enough to say I know the language, but I can read/write it, and understand a considerable amount).

[slleipnir]

English lol. I know a tad of Japanese and french though

[CountryWolf07]

I just know English and Sign Language.