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    So recently I discovered my French is actually quite passable as I had to spend about 3 days speaking it.

    The languages I speak fluently:
    Slovenian
    English
    German
    Russian
    Serbian, Croatian

    The languages I speak moderately
    French

    The languages I can say a few things in and understand a bit
    Italian - since I learned French I understand some of it and since I have to interact with Italians occasionally (Italy being 1h away) and they can't speak anything but Italian I picked up some of it.
    Japanese - I'm now on the level of being able to say simple things and understand the general topic of discussion, write hiragana and katakana and about 30 kanji, recently spent entire day in predominately Japanese group of people. They explained me about the Hiroshima dialect which the yakuza and anyone wanting to look badass usually speak ^_^.
    Last edited by UtwigMU; 22 July 2014, 16:49.

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    English
    Bad English

    Used to be fluent in Danish and Norwegian, but I'm very rusty. I could pick them up pretty quickly if I spent some time in either country. I read various news site and watch video clips so I don't go cold.

    Can read Danish and Norwegian proficiently.

    I used to know a decent amount of German, but that has long gone. I can curse in German, speak a few phrases, and pick out enough grammar and words to understand basic meaning.

    Know various words and phrases in Chinese, Japanese and Spanish.
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    • #3
      Used to speak Enkglish, French, and Swedish but I'm so out of practice its crazy.

      Now all I speak is English and The Dad Voiceâ„¢
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      • #4
        Fluent:
        English
        French
        Franglais

        Can get by in (poor grammar/vocab)
        German
        Modern Greek

        Notions of
        Italian
        Spanish
        Catalonian
        Brian (the devil incarnate)

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        • #5
          Originally posted by UtwigMU View Post
          So recently I discovered my French is actually quite passable as I had to spend about 3 days speaking it.
          Don't tell me you were in Montpellier last week...?
          (that would be a huge coincidence, if you would have been at IPMU 2014)

          For me, the languages are:
          Dutch (Flemish) : native
          English : fluent
          French : fluent, but I need enough time to make switch to it (I don't use it enough)
          Polish : ok for everyday conversation, but several grammar mistakes (I understand it much better than I speak it)
          German : quite poor (just highschool knowledge, the fact that it is relatively close to Dutch helps me understand more of it)
          Spanish / Italian : just words, so I can read some things and often grasp the topic of the text. Due to travelling there a lot as a child, and due to French knowledge, I tend to pick it up fast though.
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          • #6
            Dutch: native
            English: Fluent. Actually, my written English is better than my written Dutch. Sure, my Dutch vocabulary is larger but I make more spelling/grammar errors in Dutch.
            T-SQL: Still better than my Dutch in writing.
            VBA: Same.
            German: I can get by for holidays and limited conversations.
            French: I can speak some of it but they talk so fast I can not understand/follow what they are saying. Does get better very quickly with a bit of practice as memory comes back.
            Astrac (formerly AS): used to be fluent but a long time ago so I'd be rusty now and not up to date.
            Hebrew: I can say I don't speak it and some standard phrases.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by VJ View Post
              Don't tell me you were in Montpellier last week...?
              (that would be a huge coincidence, if you would have been at IPMU 2014)
              No but some relatives from that part of France visited us. So there is a connection.

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              • #8
                quite a bit of Dutch and English, some French, a bit of German (haven't used it in ages but should be able to pick up on it when needed with relative ease).

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                • #9
                  French and English no probs
                  Spanish, I can sort of get by.
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                  • #10
                    I guess I'm the odd one out being that i am staying in Southeast Asia
                    Fluent : English and Tamil (native)
                    Moderate : Malay and Malayalam
                    Can get by in : Mandarin, Tagalog, Japanese (rusty)
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                    Know some phrases in Hindi, French, German and Spanish
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                    • #11
                      English.
                      Spoke fluent German 45 years ago, turns out it's not like riding a bike o:
                      Chuck
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                      • #12
                        Did anyone look at duolingo recently? Found it highly useful if you want to brush up your old language skills for free.
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                        • #13
                          I didn't know about this, but busuu.com is one freemium site I found.

                          Otherwise it's best just to use language as much as possible. Watch movies, documentaries, anime, read and speak with people (since Skype, this is free).

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                          • #14
                            I've just come back from 16 days in Spain. Apparently they understand my English better than my Spanish
                            FT.

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                            • #15
                              Twenty years ago you could hear me complain that no one in France spoke or understand any English. Off course, I do try to converse in French when in France. Nowadays my frustration is that they reply in English no matter how hard I continue to blabber and stutter in French.
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