I Wonder, Besides English, Do You Speak Another Language?
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Speak fluent English and Ukrainian.
Can speak French a little bit and I have the extreme basics in German, e.g I would like to get some bread and cheese and i am 17, im called johan etc and most importantly do you speak english!
Spanish i know even less, just about can manage - please, thankyou and the odd insult, burro the only one i am going to put down!
Can speak French a little bit and I have the extreme basics in German, e.g I would like to get some bread and cheese and i am 17, im called johan etc and most importantly do you speak english!
Spanish i know even less, just about can manage - please, thankyou and the odd insult, burro the only one i am going to put down!
I'm an American, but I speak English fairly well (sometimes)! I also speak bike mechanic. Like English, but with more cursing!
Seriously, though, I have been to many other countries and I love experiencing other cultures. I took a year of Spanish in high school and have picked up a smattering of other languages here and there, but I just don't seem to have the "knack" for learning languages. I think some people pick uo languages fairly easily, while others struggle. My wife speaks fluent Spanish. My mom speaks some Bohemian, but my grandfather , who was seven when he came to the States, didn't permit it spoken in his house. From conversations with older people this was a very common thing. People were so proud to come here and assimilate into society that many people just stopped speaking their native tongue. I know it wasn't my culture at the time, so I have no idea what these people felt, but to me this is a very sad thing. My uncle and German aunt regret to this day not teaching their children German from a very early age, when it would have been so easy to raise bilingual kids.
Seriously, though, I have been to many other countries and I love experiencing other cultures. I took a year of Spanish in high school and have picked up a smattering of other languages here and there, but I just don't seem to have the "knack" for learning languages. I think some people pick uo languages fairly easily, while others struggle. My wife speaks fluent Spanish. My mom speaks some Bohemian, but my grandfather , who was seven when he came to the States, didn't permit it spoken in his house. From conversations with older people this was a very common thing. People were so proud to come here and assimilate into society that many people just stopped speaking their native tongue. I know it wasn't my culture at the time, so I have no idea what these people felt, but to me this is a very sad thing. My uncle and German aunt regret to this day not teaching their children German from a very early age, when it would have been so easy to raise bilingual kids.
Special ed said:I'm an American, but I speak English fairly well (sometimes)! I also speak bike mechanic. Like English, but with more cursing!
Seriously, though, I have been to many other countries and I love experiencing other cultures. I took a year of Spanish in high school and have picked up a smattering of other languages here and there, but I just don't seem to have the "knack" for learning languages. I think some people pick uo languages fairly easily, while others struggle. My wife speaks fluent Spanish. My mom speaks some Bohemian, but my grandfather , who was seven when he came to the States, didn't permit it spoken in his house. From conversations with older people this was a very common thing. People were so proud to come here and assimilate into society that many people just stopped speaking their native tongue. I know it wasn't my culture at the time, so I have no idea what these people felt, but to me this is a very sad thing. My uncle and German aunt regret to this day not teaching their children German from a very early age, when it would have been so easy to raise bilingual kids.
it's never late to start practicing...and, learning!
I speak geek as well as English, and am quite fluent in C++ and Java. Witness this little class structure:
#include "finecycle.h"
class Cyclistublic Human
{
virtual void Ride();
virtual void Rest();
};
class GTCyclist(): public Cyclist
{
virtual void Ride()
{
HangInPeloton();
ChaseBreakaway();
if (GetStrength() < 0)
{
Bonk();
}
ReachFinishLine();
VisitDopingControl(UrineSample);
if (UrineSample.IsPositive())
{
DenyDenyDeny();
BlameNationalism();
RetireOnFatBankAccount();
}
}
virtual void Rest()
{
VisitDopingDoctor();
if (DopingDoctor.GetName() == Fuentes)
{
CrapInShorts();
}
}
};
There, that wasn't so hard to understand.
#include "finecycle.h"
class Cyclist
ublic Human{
virtual void Ride();
virtual void Rest();
};
class GTCyclist(): public Cyclist
{
virtual void Ride()
{
HangInPeloton();
ChaseBreakaway();
if (GetStrength() < 0)
{
Bonk();
}
ReachFinishLine();
VisitDopingControl(UrineSample);
if (UrineSample.IsPositive())
{
DenyDenyDeny();
BlameNationalism();
RetireOnFatBankAccount();
}
}
virtual void Rest()
{
VisitDopingDoctor();
if (DopingDoctor.GetName() == Fuentes)
{
CrapInShorts();
}
}
};
There, that wasn't so hard to understand.
See, this is where I get in trouble at work, because I live in Texas, everyone thinks you need to take Spanish in school. I can't seem to speak English correctly half the time, so I took Sign Language, and am fluent in that.
It's come in handy a lot, and not just the cursing!
I also speak a little Romanian and am learning Croatian. I'm great with European languages, but man, you give me the one on the border here, and I will ultimately curse someone out while trying to say "Let me have your arm, I'm drawing blood."
It's come in handy a lot, and not just the cursing!
I also speak a little Romanian and am learning Croatian. I'm great with European languages, but man, you give me the one on the border here, and I will ultimately curse someone out while trying to say "Let me have your arm, I'm drawing blood."
D'you really mean it? I speak it besides English, Russian and Ukrainian (the two latter are my native ones) and I do not lack appliance. One of the ways to apply it lies here: http://cyclingforums.com/t444377.htmlDiabloScott said:
My mother tongue is French and I am fluent with English. I can speak enough of the following languages to have a simple conversation: German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and a little bit of Turkish. I am presently learning the Mohawk language, a first nations language in North America.GERARDO said:Because this is an international forum, and because some of us dream of going to do road or MTB biking in another foreing country, I want to ask you if some of you speak more than one language.
My mother tongue is spanish, I write and speak english (I think so
Well, let's hear your answers
Cheers,
Ronald
Ich scpreche sehr schlecht Deutsch. Du verdest einen kranchen schwester brauchen, sich in acht nehmen von die fliegend affen!
