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Do you speak any language apart from english?

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  1. Gabberhead Celt

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    The last time I was in Wales, I bought a Welsh phrase book to try out in shops and stuff but the trouble was most of the shops in the area were owned by English people lol

    It got me interested in the language though. I'd like to learn a bit of it.
     
    Gabberhead Celt, Jun 6, 2012
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  2. ORIGINALS

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    Thats a cool one, where did you learn?
     
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  3. kris_bhoy_1916

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    A wee bit of French
     
    kris_bhoy_1916, Jun 6, 2012
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  4. CH4 Gold Member Gold Member

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    Ek kan praat afrikaans baai mooi,an en kan skryf de tal op papier ook.ek say vir jou mense,geniet jou daag :50:

    if any dutch guy can describe how close the above it is to dutch would be nice,
    i have always had problems with past tense which was hard but learnt to roll the "r's"
    nicely.
     
    CH4, Jun 6, 2012
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  5. Silenzio

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    I can basically understand what you are saying (there are some similarities). It says you can speak Afrikaans and can write it on paper as well and than you say to enjoy our day.

    Main problem with Dutch is that the order of words often does not make sense to foreigners.

    Altough I speak Dutch, I think a lot of you who understand a bit Dutch and learnt it in the Netherlands would find it diffifcult to understand me (as I have a strong Flemish accent - I can addapt it of course). It is like learning English in London and than trying to have a conversation with somebody in Glasgow - not that easy to be honest. :icon_mrgreen:
     
    Silenzio, Jun 6, 2012
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  6. Callum McGregor The Captain Gold Member

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    Deutsch but I'm not fluent.
     
    Callum McGregor, Jun 6, 2012
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    I can speak some Dutch FIFA11 football commentary that i've picked up.
     
    Fritz, Jun 6, 2012
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  8. CELTICgirlSRB

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    Singing against English repression in English. Hahahaha, always a good laugh

    Kisses for Irish and Scottish Gaelic speakers.

    [​IMG] [​IMG]

    I am happy to see that those languages have NOT died yet.
     
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  9. CH4 Gold Member Gold Member

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    Aye, that right :50:

    I dont know if its true,i heard the Afrikaans is more like flemish than dutch
     
    CH4, Jun 6, 2012
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  10. trip2themoon Concomitant Allez-Vous?

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    trip2themoon, Jun 7, 2012
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  11. Sonny Crockett

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  12. The The Hand

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    Naw - now va te faire foutre!





    Aye OK, French. :50:
     
    The The Hand, Jun 7, 2012
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  13. evilbunny1991

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    Wee bit of Spanish from school and wee bit of Russian when i lived in Moscow, could get by if i went to these places but couldn't really hold any kind of conversation longer than 2 mins.
     
    evilbunny1991, Jun 7, 2012
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  14. Gabberhead Celt

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    Egg Language yaaassss :56:
     
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    Really wanna learn German. Always enjoyed it at school and think it would be a good language to know.
     
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  16. Slaw

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    French and Irish to an extent. I'm * at French though. Slightly better at Irish :56:
     
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  17. Sonny7

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    Ever since i was young learning a new language has been a goal of mine, and spanish has always been top of the list. Now i've just came from holiday in Spain it's made me more hungry to learn the language.

    Bought a Spanish book and cd today (learn Spanish in 30 days) for only £10, but as you can imagine, you get what you pay for. In my case, it's pretty *!

    Looked on the Rossetta Stone website, witch i've heard is the best but that * to dear. £150 just to learn Level 1 (the basics) :O. £379 to learn all 5 levels.

    Anyone know of any other websites or anything where it's a little cheaper to learn it?
     
    Sonny7, Oct 8, 2012
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  18. FATLAZYBHOY Born in the steamie Gold Member

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    i can barely speekeezee the english.
     
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  19. Doire_Bhoy

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    Norwegian (fluent) and Irish (well).

    I also understand spoken and written Swedish and Danish, and most Scottish Gaelic and Manx.

    I can read German and Dutch and understand them when spoken but cannot speak them readily. I can read French, Castillian, Catalan, Italian and Portuguese passably given that they're so similar to one another.

    I use Norwegian (speaking, reading, writing), Swedish, Danish, German (all reading) and Irish (writing, reading and speaking) most, in that order.

    Generally if you learn one language you can use it to understand another closely related one.
     
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  20. KRS-1888 Scott La Rock

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    Basic French,just about enough to get by.I'd like to get better.Really want to learn our native language though.
     
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