How many languages can you speak?

posted 2023-04-05T14:07:33+00:00

Total Posts

how many how many

1 - Average American

23.33%

2 - I speak English alongside my native tongue (Average Netizen)

43.33%

3 - Hey, I should learn 日本語 so I can understand what my waifu is saying!

23.33%

4 - Average European

10.00%

5 - Average Indian

0.00%

6 - Being a polyglot is cool af

0.00%

7 - Let's learn Latin cuz why not?

0.00%

8 - Average CIA/MI6/GRU agent (?)

0.00%

9 - Average Asian parents' expectation

0.00%

10 or more - who tf are you

0.00%

Total votes: 30

Jangsoodlor

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Joined December 2020

Topic Starter

Jangsoodlor 2023-04-05T14:07:33+00:00

By speak I mean you can hold a convo with another person in that particular language. Your grammar may not be perfect but at the end of the day both of you understand each other.

For me, I can speak 2. Thai (obviously) and English (also obviously). I can understand some (very few) Mandarin Chinese because it was taught when I was in middle school. But I go L + Ratio + One night miracle + why hanzi when pinyin exists + I have other gazillion subjects to focus + Forget everything after the test + J3K + don't care. (Which I kinda regret)

And no, programming languages don't count.

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Stomiks

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Joined March 2021

Stomiks 2023-04-05T14:23:57+00:00

I wanna say 3 but I don't think I can even hold a conversation with a japanese person before I abruptly excuse myself

YyottaCat

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Joined July 2020

YyottaCat 2023-04-05T14:26:50+00:00

Does Cantonese count?

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WitherMite

1,558 posts

Joined August 2019

WitherMite 2023-04-05T14:29:03+00:00

only english

if I were to pick a second language to learn it'd probably be spanish, most useful where I live tbh. but I have too many other things I'd rather be spending my time on, two of which - music and endurance sports - are extremely time consuming.

I know random spanish stuff from dora, the quarter semester of spanish I had to take in 6th grade, and from just living in the southern midwest US. Then there's the meme japanese stuff you pick up on from anime. I can also pick out some words in germanic and romantic languages just from being native english.

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Why am I still here? Idk tbh

Jangsoodlor

559 posts

Joined December 2020

Topic Starter

Jangsoodlor 2023-04-05T15:13:12+00:00

YyottaCat wrote:
Does Cantonese count?

yes

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Kobold84

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Joined September 2013

Kobold84 2023-04-05T15:53:44+00:00

At least one.

[ Sebastian ]

581 posts

Joined July 2021

[ Sebastian ] 2023-04-06T04:44:44+00:00

I know three languages. English, Lucario, and swear words.

Karmine

876 posts

Joined November 2015

Karmine 2023-04-06T16:15:10+00:00

Jangsoodlor wrote:
And no, programming languages don't count.

13 year old nerds who think they're special for writing a python script once are devastated by this statement (They use Arch Linux btw)
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I don't know where you found your average european but I'm pretty sure most speak only 1 or 2
I used to have a decent level of German but haven't used it since high school (I'm old af) and forgot everything
Kinda sucks considering I live next to Germany and might work there in the future lol

Aireunaeus

3,045 posts

Joined December 2021

Aireunaeus 2023-04-06T16:28:22+00:00

I speak about 2–4 languages which are German (ofc), Swiss German, English and French (a bit). I also plan to speak Japanese. ooh, and I also speak a secret mother's tongue, which I won't say lol. (I can't speak that language really well btw)

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I AM VERY SMART 2023-04-10T13:38:38+00:00

English and Omori are my only languages

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B0ii

581 posts

Joined November 2021

B0ii 2023-04-11T20:47:20+00:00

Ok I know a little bit of spanish, but it's really fucking broken

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Suzuya Rei

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Suzuya Rei 2023-04-13T01:03:38+00:00

I know Persian, my mother tongue, and English (To a decent extent I'd say, since I'm majoring in that.)
Those aside, I studied Arabic in high-school, and can understand it to some extent, however, I don't think I'd be able to hold a convo in Arabic. Where I consider my skills to be the strongest is when it comes to translating, since that's what mostly mattered in high-school, and what I eventually had to study thoroughly for my entrance exam.
I picked up a bit of Swedish when I was in my early-teens, mostly from playing online games with a bunch of friends, but I haven't used any of that in years, and I mostly forgot all of it.
I've been also trying to learn Japanese for the past 2 years, but I always end up feeling discouraged after having to face anything further than the "elementary" level. It gets quite difficult fairly quickly.

McEndu

1,123 posts

Joined March 2019

McEndu 2023-04-13T01:24:35+00:00

Unfortunately the true average Asian parents would only try to let their kids excel at what is thrown at them.

Which means only Chinese and English in China.

Got to admit though that the stereotype is quite funny.

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nominomu

666 posts

Joined June 2022

nominomu 2023-04-13T01:28:21+00:00

i really wish i could say more than one, but i've forgotten all my chinese and can only vaguely understand (and not actively speak), and i'm learning japanese but i barely know anything bc im new

Nuuskamuikkunen

1,234 posts

Joined March 2013

Nuuskamuikkunen 2023-04-13T16:06:56+00:00

2 where I am good at. (English and Spanish)
3 where I still need practice but sort of know. (French, Japanese and Portuguese)

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BlueChinchompa

687 posts

Joined May 2019

BlueChinchompa 2023-04-15T02:08:55+00:00

My entire family is from either Croatia, Serbian, or Bosnia Herzegovina
My parents moved to America and I was born there so English is my native language, but im still trying to learn Bosnian so I can talk to my family and parents easier.

My parents never taught me english I most likely learnt it from watching Tv or some sort of media.

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Reyalp51

942 posts

Joined April 2021

Reyalp51 2023-04-21T09:27:35+00:00

Spanish and en because i have europe buff

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MaxIsABigKaiju

283 posts

Joined May 2022

MaxIsABigKaiju 2023-07-30T19:57:18+00:00

1 lol
Trying to learn German rn bc of heritage and whatnot

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lostsilver

3,504 posts

Joined November 2022

lostsilver 2023-07-31T00:44:14+00:00

1
english only

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Indomi-chan

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Joined July 2022

Indomi-chan 2023-07-31T01:49:59+00:00

2
english and my native language

kaedori

319 posts

Joined September 2018

kaedori 2023-07-31T02:25:13+00:00

English (native), french (conversational) and cantonese (technically not conversational, but i can communicate basic ideas using Cantonese 90% of the time)

i put 2 languages but you could consider it three if you want