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Anyone speak more than two languages

post #1 of 81
8/22/09 at 8:32pm
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I you speak more than two languages, I'm assuming that you are European.

I was wondering how you learned second and third+ languages. I'm sure you studied at least one foreign language in school, but how were the others learned. Were they formally studied or just "picked up" by being in close proximity to countries where other languages are spoken.
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post #2 of 81
8/22/09 at 8:37pm
I was born and raised in several different cities in the US. I have also lived in Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Seoul. I speak spanish, korean and english but I am definitely an American.
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post #3 of 81
8/22/09 at 8:49pm
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I was born and raised in several different cities in the US. I have also lived in Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Seoul. I speak spanish, korean and english but I am definitely an American.

Did you study the languages formally or just pick them up from being around native speakers?
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post #4 of 81
8/22/09 at 11:12pm
I speak English, Mandarin Chinese, and Korean. I just picked them up from my surroundings from living in Korea/China, it runs in the family. My mother speaks/teaches French, Russian, and German.
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post #5 of 81
8/22/09 at 11:14pm
I speak English and Texan.

I read a bit of Spanish too.
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post #6 of 81
8/22/09 at 11:16pm
I speak English, and Shanghai-nese fluently. Shanghai-nese is quite different from Mandarin, which I can also speak.
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post #7 of 81
8/22/09 at 11:18pm
Mandarin, English, some Spanish after 4 years, and used to know how to speak a sub dialect of Turkish.
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post #8 of 81
8/22/09 at 11:19pm
I've got four that I can muddle my way through at various levels: English, Spanish, German, and Persian. Up until this year, I haven't taken any formal schooling in any of those languages, other than English. Spanish I kind of picked up through osmosis, German I picked up a big through osmosis and will be mastering through formal learning, and Persian I taught myself.

Might teach myself a bit of Yoruba or Russian over the next few years. Or perhaps try my hand at Arabic again.
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post #9 of 81
8/22/09 at 11:35pm
English and Arabic, and am currently learning French.
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post #10 of 81
8/22/09 at 11:47pm
English/Mandarin Chinese/Taiwanese. Learned English at school. Definitely NOT European here.
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post #11 of 81
8/23/09 at 12:38am
German, Greek, and English. First two from parents. English because we moved to Australia when I was young.
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post #12 of 81
8/23/09 at 1:54am
I am not linguistically gifted like my POS family. I've got English and ok Spanish. Can understand Italian-ish. My pops on the other hand is fully fluent in 5. Speaks a local Occitanian dialect of Southern Italy that is heavily latin, with some Italian + French influence, yet interestingly can not be understood by anyone but a native speaker. He also speaks Italian (which he learned here in the US), English, Spanish and French. He is pretty gifted with languages, but I would guess he picks them up well because his native dialect was based in Latin. Moms is also crazy, Fully fluent in English, Italian, Spanish and Polish (she is native Polish). Sister then has English, Spanish, and approaches fluency in Italian and Polish. She can also randomly speak backwards without hesitation. I suck in my Family. Edit: my pops tells me his native tongue is considered a language, not dialect, as it is not mutually intelligible.
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post #13 of 81
8/23/09 at 2:20am
Korean and Spanish. Not so good with engrish
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post #14 of 81
8/23/09 at 4:00am
English, Cantonese and working slowly on my Korean.
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post #15 of 81
8/23/09 at 4:22am
I'm American.

Spanish in school, French to pick up chicks in France. (Good motivation, btw)

French from books, tapes, movies... then trips to France ingrained everything.
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