Do you speak other languages besides English

[Zebra]

Besides German i also speak Alemannisch

Allemanic = Swiss German

 

[Unkotare]

Allemanic = Swiss German

 

[Zebra]

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[Zebra]

who else knows a bit of Latin?

 

[Concerned American]

who else knows a bit of Latin?

Carpe Diem. Caveat Emptor. Veni, Vedi, Vici. Nolo Contendere.

 

[Zebra]

Carpe Diem. Caveat Emptor. Veni, Vedi, Vici. Nolo Contendere.

ceterum censeo Zebram non esse delendam

 

[Zebra]

American's have no reason to learn how to speak a foreign languages.
Because in most countries there are a lot people that can speak English.
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Latin is not spoken in any country but the Vatican, maybe

still it is useful

 

[Concerned American]

ceterum censeo Zebram non esse delendam

Illegitimus Non Carborundum Est

 

[Unkotare]

I learned enough Spanish to sharpen my English grammar knowledge. ...

That's a bad idea.

 

[Robert W]

N eed. Not befluent …

i speak German, French, some Italian, Spanish, and Russian

You are a cunning linguist.

 

[Zebra]

You are a cunning linguist.

and English, of course

 

[Unkotare]

I learned enough Spanish to sharpen my English grammar knowledge. …

That would have the opposite effect.

 

[DGS49]

That would have the opposite effect.

Example: the subjunctive. You must know subjunctive in Spanish, but many English speakers are totally unaware. "If I were a rich man..." Most of us would say, "If I was a rich man..."

 

[Unkotare]

Example: the subjunctive. You must know subjunctive in Spanish, but many English speakers are totally unaware. "If I were a rich man..." Most of us would say, "If I was a rich man..."

Then "most of us" would be wrong and need to study English, not Spanish. Studying Spanish could very well make an English speaker's English grammar worse if they started out that ignorant.

 

[rightwinger]

I speak enough Spanish to get by…..

Cerveza………Beer
Mas Cerveza por favor……..More Beer please
Gracias por la Cerveza……Thank you for the beer
Donde es el Bano?…….Where is the bathroom?

 

[eagle7-31]

I speak enough Spanish to get by…..

Cerveza………Beer
Mas Cerveza por favor……..More Beer please
Gracias por la Cerveza……Thank you for the beer
Donde es el Bano?…….Where is the bathroom?

That works. I speak 5 languages. American, British Canadian , Australian and New Zealand.

 

[WorldWatcher]

That works. I speak 5 languages. American, British Canadian , Australian and New Zealand.

I’m fluent in two…

…. ….. English and SQL

… ….. ….. ….. with done exposure to C+

WW

 

[Zebra]

That works. I speak 5 languages. American, British Canadian , Australian and New Zealand.

Then i speak these 5 …

Black Forest German
Standard German
English English
Scottish English
Plus enough French to travel across France

 

[Zebra]

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