How many languages do you speak?

I speak two languages well: English and Portuguese.

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by Susie Smith

I speak two languages well: English and Portuguese.

Welcome to our friendly forum!

RonBee wrote:

It would be "cool" to get to speak German with you, but I don't think I will ever get that chance.

I don't understand why you'll never get that chance?! Do you mean the pronouncation? That's no problem, I can write the pronouncation behind the words! ;)

[henry]

Originally Posted by Red5

Indicate how many languages you speak by voting, and then describe what they are.

I speak Siyang/Chin( my mother tongue), Burmese, English, German and French ( have been learning only for about 2 years).

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by sanny

RonBee wrote:

It would be "cool" to get to speak German with you, but I don't think I will ever get that chance.

I don't understand why you'll never get that chance?! Do you mean the pronouncation? That's no problem, I can write the pronouncation behind the words! ;)

I meant literally speaking it. So I guess I sort of mean pronunciation. I never get to speak it with anybody. So my ability to carry on a conversation in German is minimal at best. If you don't use it you lose it.

If I see written German I can "catch" some of it. If you write to me in German I'll try to figure it out.

I suppose that where you are it's not so hard to find people to practice with. Am I right?

:)

Originally Posted by Red5

Indicate how many languages you speak by voting, and then describe what they are.

i come form Hong Kong
i can speak in cantonese,english(not very well)and mandarin

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by wingsin806

i come form Hong Kong
i can speak in cantonese,english(not very well)and mandarin

Actually, your English is not that bad. Send me a PM, and I'll see if I can help. May I ask how old you are?

:)

Originally Posted by RonBee

I meant literally speaking it. So I guess I sort of mean pronunciation. I never get to speak it with anybody. So my ability to carry on a conversation in German is minimal at best. If you don't use it you lose it.

If I see written German I can "catch" some of it. If you write to me in German I'll try to figure it out.

I suppose that where you are it's not so hard to find people to practice with. Am I right?

:)

Well, normally I don't speak it very much. In a normal week of my 27 lessons, 3 lessons are German. But there are only two of them where I also speak a little bit. Most we do is writing and understanding, not very much speaking.

The biggest mistake a lot of Dutch people make is the sound of 'I' in German. 'I' is written as 'ich', but in Holland we speak the 'ch' like a very hard 'g', like a grum. So a lot of people make the German 'ch' sound like a Dutch 'g' and that's very wrong. German people can't even say that very growl Dutch 'g'.
In English a 'g' is also very soft pronounced so I think it's more easy for a English person to pronounce German than a Dutch person. But for Dutch persons it's more easy for reading German, because it looks a lot like Dutch. Do you still understand it?
One very big problem for most people is the German cases, there are a lot of rules in using them and in general I understand them, but when I just have to write a text, I forget using it. :D

Today I can teach you just the words for:

I = ich (pronouncation: iech)
you = du (pronouncation: doe)
he = er (pronouncation: eer)
she = sie (pronouncation: sie)
it = es (pronouncation: ès)
we = wir (pronouncation: wier)
you (they)= ihr (pronouncation: ier)
you (an older person)= Sie (pronouncation: sie)

Now, study this for the next time I see you! (hahaha, like a real teacher would say that! :D)

[Tdol]

Old fashioned teachers might well say it.