What languages do you know?

[mdrokonuzzam390]

I'm a Bangladeshi. So I know Bangla and I also know English fluently. Mey thora thora Hindi bolta parta hey....😃 

[brillzart]

On 6/11/2022 at 3:09 AM, emmaki said:

Fluent in English with rubbish French, rubbish Greek, and rubbish German. 

Oh cool! It’s nice to know a bit of each of those at least.

On 6/11/2022 at 3:09 AM, emmaki said:

This thread would be a lot more entertaining if we shared the best insults or sayings from our languages in the spirit of education and building  a strong international community based on hearty mutual ribbing.

Haha agreed, people can go ahead and do that if they wish to. 😆

On 6/11/2022 at 3:09 AM, emmaki said:

Στον πούτσο μου λουλούδια και γύρω-γύρω μέλισσες

Oh my- 😳

Interesting phrase you got there. 🤭

On 6/11/2022 at 3:09 AM, emmaki said:

Your turn. Perhaps we can also talk about why so many Indian insults seem to revolve around s****l relations with family members? That's always been a curiosity for me. We could argue that perhaps it's because family is sacrosanct in India and therefore an amazing target for insults. However, that's also the case in Greece, yet there aren't really all that many Indian-style bad words. 

I did not know that Indian insults, and I guess Greek too, seem to revolve around that, I guess we all learn something new every day. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

[brillzart]

On 6/11/2022 at 1:06 PM, zeus777 said:

Japanese and English.

Awesome languages! 😆

On 6/11/2022 at 1:06 PM, zeus777 said:

I should have taken basic Spanish classes in college, but my excuse was "I've suffered enough with English, I know two languages already so that should be enough."

Well, I guess if you feel that way then that’s good enough, though personally the more the better. 😂

On 6/11/2022 at 1:06 PM, zeus777 said:

In case you’re wondering, not many people would dress up like that in Japan but since I like to entertain my students at work, I choose to dress in a certain way. I’m pretty sure I stood out, standing in line waiting for my coffee.

Ooo that’s interesting! 😮

On 6/11/2022 at 1:06 PM, zeus777 said:

Then I heard these two guys talking in English, and basically one guy was commenting on how ridiculous I looked, and the other guy looked a bit upset and was telling him to stop saying rude stuff. Judging from their accents, they sounded like Americans. Well excuse me for looking like a walking Christmas tree.

Dude, this is Tokyo, there are PLENTY of people who can speak and understand English.

Ah, so rude!! 😭

Thank goodness it was only one guy who was rude instead of both of them. Nonetheless you’re right, it was dumb for him to assume that you wouldn’t be able to understand. 

On 6/11/2022 at 1:06 PM, zeus777 said:

 

So I went up to them and thanked the @$$ hole for all the lovely compliments, and also added that he looked "disgustingly handsome in his knit cap with a f*cking hole" in it. In English of course.

AHAHA, good, that’s what he gets. 🤣

On 6/11/2022 at 1:06 PM, zeus777 said:

I waved at the nicer guy and he wished me a Merry Christmas. Well thank you, sir. The other guy can go screw himself.

That was fun.

Haha, that other guy seemed to be okay. 👌

Either way, the situation did sound fun.

On 6/11/2022 at 1:06 PM, zeus777 said:

Not trying to high-jack this thread or anything, but if you guys have a “They didn’t know I understood what they were saying” story, I'd like to hear them.

Oh no, don’t worry about that, I’d like to hear them too. Personally I don’t have any because in the U.S. people expect me to know English, and in Russia people expect me to know Russian. In Russia, I was one of the people speaking in English since the majority of Russians don’t know English, especially where I was, so it was convenient for me. And in the U.S., I am one of the people who speaks in Russian, so no one can understand me. I don’t usually insult people with the different language I know, but if they’re rude to me, I may end up insulting them a little. 🤭

[brillzart]

On 6/11/2022 at 2:38 PM, vickiespencer said:

I speak English, and sadly that is all. Many moons ago, when I was in high school, I took two years of German, but not much sunk in. I still remember the word danke and the words to Mein Hut, der hat drei Ecken.

Well, it’s not too late to learn if you’re interested! 😄

At least you know a few German words/phrases. 🤷‍♀️

17 hours ago, guru3dart said:

English- Professional

Hindi-Native

Ay, very cool!

[brillzart]

17 hours ago, mdrokonuzzam390 said:

I'm a Bangladeshi. So I know Bangla and I also know English fluently. Mey thora thora Hindi bolta parta hey....😃

Very cool to know! I have a friend who is also from Bangladesh, she knows both those languages as well. 😆

[yingren0]

I only know English (an English creole as well if creoles count as languages) and some Spanish. I've been trying to improve my Spanish lately. I've been looking into some African languages so a third may be on the way!

[brillzart]

On 6/15/2022 at 7:59 PM, yingren0 said:

I only know English (an English creole as well if creoles count as languages) and some Spanish. I've been trying to improve my Spanish lately. I've been looking into some African languages so a third may be on the way!

Ay, those all sound very cool! Keep going with that language learning. 😄

[psykkopatte]

French, my native language, and English.
If I had to learn another one, most useful for me would be Spanish or German, I would probably go for German.

Edited July 11, 2022 by psykkopatte

[brillzart]

7 minutes ago, psykkopatte said:

French, my native language, and English.
If I had to learn another one, most useful for me would be Spanish or German, I would probably go for German.

French sounds so pretty. 😍

English is cool too. 👍

Well, if you want, then you can go ahead and learn German. That would be awesome.

[brainiachades]

English and Yoruba

[shopify_basket]

English 

[brillzart]

On 7/12/2022 at 6:06 AM, brainiachades said:

English and Yoruba

Wow, I've never heard of Yoruba before. Sounds like a cool language though! 😀

On 7/12/2022 at 8:15 AM, shopify_basket said:

English 

English gang. 😎

[tousifakrams]

English, Hindi and Urdu (also some local language like Bhojpuri & Magahi)

[gdaydesign_au]

I speak English and a little bit of Japanese 😊

[auloka_bala]

First one is English and Second one is Bengali😀

[brainiachades]

On 7/18/2022 at 8:33 PM, brillzart said:

Wow, I've never heard of Yoruba before. Sounds like a cool language though! 😀

English gang. 😎

Yeah, its simple but its really complex. A single word can be interpret into many meanings.

[pixelstudio5]

I speak Urdu. It is a fact that you will never be able to learn a new language because it is almost impossible to learn a new language in its entirety. By entirety, I mean being able to read, write, think, speak and listen, grammar, word choice usage, spelling and express yourself in more than one way. If you are fully committed to learning a new language, still,  it will take about ten years to be on par with native speakers.

[prosjs]

30 minutes ago, pixelstudio5 said:

speak Urdu. It is a fact

I am trying to write through this account, but somehow I end up writing with Pixelstudio5. I need to delete that account.  

[bozlu_pro]

I know Bangla, English, Urdu, Hindi.

[dimitrisvoice]

Native Greek

Ancient Greek

English with Southeast European accent

[stonesadreana8]

I can speak English and Italian.

[chessart_studio]

My native language: Portuguese

Languages I can speak: English, spanish and a little bit of japanese.

[filusaad]

That's a good question! As a seller on Fiverr knowing more languages means more clients that will have smooth conversations. I know English and Bangla on a native level and Hindi on a conversational level

[asif_abeer]

I basically know Bengali as a native speaker

Know Hindi as we are on the same sub-continent

I also know English (you know this as I am writing in English)

Recently learning French in my (Je m'appelle Asif Abeer ^-^ )

[dev_foysal369]

I know English Bangla hindi