For those of you knowing multiple languages.............

[edro]

You are like on the genius level.....

Multiple languages take up so much memory (in your brain).... I don't see how people can speak stuff like English, Russian, Spanish, Japanese..... all fluently...

That is just crazy.

I took 3 Spanish classes in High School, and I basically got a grasp on sentnece structure and a lot of vocabulary.... but Spanish is EASY compared to other languages.

 

[neutralizer]

I'm so flattered
I speak French (not that great tho), Chinese, and English.

 

[Booster]

To know a language is maybe a bit of an overstatement... If you can understand a few things doesn't mean you know it...

 

[yoda291]

I think you're right...

I used to speak absolutely fluent italian...with a bad accent.
I speak korean
I speak english.

But since I went to college, it's like my brain threw out some italian to make room for more junk.

I need a HD upgrade.

 

[GiLtY]

Reminds me a story my teacher once told me...

My teacher's friend (female) speaks English (primary), Latin and German, and she got into a car accident. She fell into coma for two years, and when she woke up, she could only speak Latin and French!:Q She had to find someone who speaks French/Latin to teacher her English, and now English is like a foreign language to her.

Freaky....

 

[kermalou]

my grandfather speaks seven SEVEN languages, he used to be in the export/import business and learned the languages of the people he traded with in the old country.

 

[jacob0401]

Chinese
English
Learning Spanish (3rd year)
Swearing in Taiwanese

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: jacob0401
Chinese
English
Learning Spanish (3rd year)
Swearing in Taiwanese

how different is taiwanese from chinese? is it a dialect of chinese or is it a completely different language??

I speak

English and Korean fluently. have a fundamental grasp of hebrew and greek.

my plan is, to learn spanish with my kids.

 

[Syringer]

Languages are MUCH MUCH easier to pick up when you're young. After a certain age it becomes incredibly difficult.

I think at around 13-14 your ability to pick up a language is dwindled nearly completely..and incidentally that's when most people start high school and begin learning a new language.

In Canada they teach you English/French in Elementary school, which makes a hell of a lot more sense..

 

[TommyVercetti]

So just knowing more then one language makes you a genius?

Cool. All hail my genious.

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
So just knowing more then one language makes you a genius?

Cool. All hail my genious.

nice how you misspelled "genious" to make your point.

 

[GiLtY]

Originally posted by: jacob0401
Chinese
English
Learning Spanish (3rd year)
Swearing in Taiwanese

Cool, are you from Taiwan?

 

[PunDogg]

Iknow, English, Spanish, and Hindi, spanish is the most recent one that i have learned. It kinda tough keeping them separate

Dogg

 

[sash1]

I know (am learning) Latin and Spanish. While you really dun speak latin, its an extremely complex language. As well it helps out mah vocabulary a lot, you would not believe how many words you've never heard of before are derived from latin and you can get the general meaning of the word by knowing latin.

~Aunix

 

[BooGiMaN]

not hard at all just pick up more memory on the hot deals forum and your set!

 

[xirtam]

Originally posted by: LeeTJ

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
So just knowing more then one language makes you a genius?

Cool. All hail my genious.

nice how you misspelled "genious" to make your point.

Careful. Some people don't take too kindly to spelling corrections. You might become a stalker overnight. :Q

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: xirtam

Originally posted by: LeeTJ

Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
So just knowing more then one language makes you a genius?

Cool. All hail my genious.

nice how you misspelled "genious" to make your point.

Careful. Some people don't take too kindly to spelling corrections. You might become a stalker overnight. :Q

i wasn't really trying to correct him. I was just pointing out the "genious" of such a spelling error.

jumor ju no?

 

[TommyVercetti]

I am trying to apply for the FBI as special agent. They need people who know a foreign language which they are interested in. I will see how that works out.

 

[guapo337]

Originally posted by: edro13
You are like on the genius level.....

English, Russian, Spanish, Japanese..... all fluently...

funny you mention those languages. my friend and I will be fluent in all of those in the next five or so years. myself: english, japanese, spanish. my friend: english, spanish, russian.

languages are good.

 

[jacob0401]

Originally posted by: GiLtY

Originally posted by: jacob0401
Chinese
English
Learning Spanish (3rd year)
Swearing in Taiwanese

Cool, are you from Taiwan?

Nope, first gen ABC, so my parents are.

 

[EvilYoda]

<sigh> only mandarin and english here. I wanted to learn canto when I was younger, but alas, that never panned out.

oh well, semi-genius will work for me.

 

[PCMarine]

I know English and Latin