How many languages can you speak to a conversational level?

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**YoMomma**

Norwegian, English and I'm learning simple phrases of German. Due to my previous and current overuse of international websites, I'm actually starting to THINK in English...

**HoverBoy**

YoMomma wrote:Norwegian, English and I'm learning simple phrases of German. Due to my previous and current overuse of international websites, I'm actually starting to THINK in English...

I remember when that started happening, in time you won't even notice

**Shaman**

Engrish.

**Black Corsair**

Spanish of course, English fluently thanks the school and videogames (i practice it as much as i can, but some people say that i have a weird accent) and a bit of german, but that one nearly forgot for disuse... really strage thinking that i live in Mallorca...

**Thorheim**

Swedish, Norweigan, Finnish, English

**SwanCo**

i speak English, Spanish, and enough Italian to hold on my own in a discussion...why is it that Europeans are "likelier" then americans to speak many languages? depends on where the speaker grew up as i see it.

**Tauzor**

Gaelic & English
French & German
Spanish & Portugueses( yes they are different )
Lettish (Latvian ) and Ukrainian ( job related)

I also speak "street" and "criminal" as well as legaleese.

I do a good "drunk" and some other lifestyle versions of communication..

**commander nearsighted**

American English and american sign language

**Joostuh**

Krilau wrote:I'm from Belgium.

I can speak Dutch, English, French. I also speak German because, well, my mother is German

A quick sidenote though, it would surprise me if the Dutch speak more languages then the Belgians. They don't really have the same problem as the belgians. In Belgium there are 3 language zones. A French, Dutch and German zone. Learning at least French is obligated for the Flemish.

Anyway, i had to learn all 4 languages as described above in school. sorry for the rambling.

I see your 4 and raise it to 5!

Dutch
English
German
French
Frysk (Fries)

Ha! Didn't see that one comming did ya!?! Your not the only one with multiple language regions!

**Hyenajoe**

French, English, Spanish, and a little Polish

**brandon noble**

I can speak English very well (Duh) but know enough french and Islamic (word-of-mouth that is) to get around to info gathering

**poipo32**

French and English, I don't really know how I learned it but I was fluent before people my age knew their irregular verbs.
I plan on learning some other thongs pretty soon, Italian is on the list as my grandmother is Italian.

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commander nearsighted wrote:American English and american sign language

That's cool

**Hordini**

brandon noble wrote:I can speak English very well (Duh) but know enough french and Islamic (word-of-mouth that is) to get around to info gathering

Islamic?

**zilegil**

English, rather good at latin, and I want to try greek.

**Müller**

Swedish, Norwegian, English, Spanish

**-Nazdreg-**

German as mother language, english as primary foreign language and french just for mouth and hand talking...

**Schmapdi**

I put two - but really it's more like one and a half. I can read/translate spanish decent enough for a conversation thanks to 4 years in HS, but in my experience native speakers speak waaay to fast for me take anything in.

Maybe if the spanish person was slowed and spoke slowly though.

**D-man**

I put two... Swedish and English, but I also "know" Danish and Norweigan, at least some words. And I also have a very basic knowledge of Swedish signlanguage.

**Try Again Bragg**

I speak english, I can understand and reciprocate the grunting of American, and I can read write latin, so I put that at two. I don't think it counts but languages that I can work in also include klingon, java, and assorted math/science/engineering terminology.

**InventionThirteen**

One language baby! Awesomeness.

**Curly**

English, French and German

Hurray for growing up in Europe.

**Cryonicleech**

I speak Sarcasm, mostly.

**FITZZ**

English,obviously, and enough French and Spanish to locate a library,ask what time it is or order another drink.
I am also quite fluent in "Yat", a regional New Orleans dialect which to the untrained ear is almost incomprehensible.

**The Dark Lord Mr Fluffy**

I can speak english about averagely. Shame, it's my only language

Did German for 6 years. All I can say with it is cheese. Kasse.
I hope...

**Karon**

English and Swedish.

**Draggoon**

I am lucky enough to be first language English, with French Schooling and supplementary Spanish during school...

So I ended up being completely fluent in English and French and able to effectively communicate in Spanish.

**xxBlazinGhostxx**

Vietnamese, though my family is from the south of Viet Nam so I can only understand that.. northern Vietnamese has a different word for about everything... T-T... like dessert and tea in the south is tea and dessert in the north...

And English that I learned in school.

And being from Southern California, I know some Spanish, though it mostly consists of phrases that will get my a** kicked.

**whrextheimpaler**

English, French, German, makes people look at me and my friend weird when we speak tactics in german

otherwise i have no life.

**Scrazza**

only 2. Dutch and english

**Sanctjud**

English and Cantonese are my mains.

Learned:
French
Spanish
Mandarin

All given back to my teachers through years of unuse :-(