How many languages do you speak?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>For all the polyglots out there, how many languages do you speak? I am interested in learning one or two additional languages and need to pick up some tips. Did you learn because it was your love of languages that drove you, or was it required by the school? Also, what is the fastest way to acquire competency in a language (4000-5000 common vocabulary words and grammar)? Finally, what languages would you recommend for me to learn?</p>

<p>Personally I am fluent in English and Spanish (7 years in school). This year I have started to learn French, and I find it easier since I understand all of the grammar topics from learning Spanish. </p>

<p>What do you speak, and what do you think I should learn after French? I have little to no interest for Asian languages right now (Korean,Mandarin,Japanese, Tagalog...)</p>

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<p>Fluently, two.
I’m learning my third ATM.</p>

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<p>I speak English fluently (what an accomplishment…), and I speak basic Spanish and ASL.</p>

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<p>J’aimerais apprendre le fran</p>

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<p>^Haha, moi aussi. L’espagnol m’a aide beaucoup avec le francais.</p>

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<p>I speak English fluently (or at least am proficient, depending on your definition of fluency). I know basic Hebrew, Spanish, and Japanese. I took Hebrew in middle school and am taking Spanish in high school. I am teaching myself Japanese. I am interested in becoming fluent in Japanese and Korean (besides English).</p>

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<p>I can handle five languages.
Of course, one of them is my mother tongue.</p>

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<ol>
<li>I’ll probably have 4 by the end of my senior year though.</li>
</ol>

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<p>Also, I’d love to be able to speak Vietnamese and Mandarin with a good level of proficiency.</p>

<p>So one day…
Beg./Int.: Spanish and Hebrew
Int./Adv.: Vietnamese and Mandarin
Fluent: English, Korean, and Japanese</p>

<p>It’d be really cool to know French and German as well. xD</p>

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<p>I speak 4.5 languages. I know English obviously, I am also fluent in ASL and SEE. I’m still working on my Spanish and German, which are still rudimentary at best.</p>

<p>@jasonleb1, you can do ASL too? Neat, but you’re not Deaf/deaf by any chances, are you?</p>

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<p>I’m fluent in English. I’m in my fourth year of French. First year of Spanish. I would like to be fluent in French and at least proficient in Spanish. I would also like to pick up a few more languages, preferably Russian, Italian, Serbian, and Hebrew. Maybe Esperanto. And a dead language, like Sanskrit. (And I say “pick up” very lightly. You can’t exactly learn a language in a week :p)</p>

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<p>@Sophistry, I bet you that if I had to, I would be able to learn a entire language in 7 days!!</p>

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<p>Fluent in English, almost fluent in Spanish, I used to be able to speak French, and relearning Italian.</p>

<p>But I do speak *******.</p>

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<p>u mad brah?</p>

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<p>I speak Engrish fluently. My Indonesian is weird, because last night I realized I could understand the majority if what my mom and her friends were saying, but I couldn’t really respond in Indonesian. They laugh whenever I say something… :(</p>

<p>Oh, and this is my 6th year in French, as I am now in AP French. I’m alright, but learning a language in a classroom is so different from actually using it in real life. </p>

<p>I took Spanish last year, and I regret not taking it this year, because I liked it. I really want to learn Hindi, too. OH and I know how to say three surats in Arabic, but I have no idea what I’m saying besides “Allah” and “Muhammad” allahuakbar" and other choice words. Not useful.</p>

<p>So I’d say 1 (English) + .66 (French) + .4 (Indonesian) + .3 (other)</p>

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<p>^^ I speak that one too brah.</p>

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<p>I’m in my fourth year of French and am pretty terrible. Oh well.</p>

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<p>I speak English fluently (duh, lol), and I’m in my fourth year of French right now. I’d say I speak French at a pretty decent level. When I went to France during the summer, someone actually complimented me on it! I was so proud of myself. Lol.</p>

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<p>English, Italian, Dutch and French.</p>

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<p>Ganda, Kiswahili, English.</p>

<p>Almost fluent in Spanish, and just learning French!</p>