What languages do you speak?
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Um idk don't people use bold sometimes?
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And it makes me feel like the person is a mod speaking...
Dear Smappy: get rid of the bold.![:) [:)]](./images/smilies/icon_smile2.png)

Dear Smappy: get rid of the bold.
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I've seen people usesmappy wrote:Also I don't use flags because how would I differentiate Mandarin, Cantonese, and Shanghainese with flags?

Hmm. You could theoretically use the flag of any geographical area with at least one speaker of a given language to represent that language, but it makes more sense, at least from my point of view, to use the flag of an area that the language in question is native to, if you're going to use a flag at all.smappy wrote:So I guess I should just use the American flag for all three Chinese languages?
Wow, lucky you! What part of the country did you go to school in, if you don't mind answering?smappy wrote:I took three years of Basque in high school
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If I use flags, I always include the name of the language as well:smappy wrote:Also I don't use flags because how would I differentiate Mandarin, Cantonese, and Shanghainese with flags?Also my family doesn't identify with either the PRC or the ROC even though they're ethnically Chinese because they fled China in 1949 for Hong Kong, and at that point were monolingual in Shanghainese. In Hong Kong they were able to pick up some Cantonese and Mandarin, and then when they came to the US in the 50's they learned English and became American citizens. So I guess I should just use the American flag for all three Chinese languages?
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:zho: Mandarin
:zho: Cantonese (or

:zho: Shanghainese
It makes the flags kind of redundant, but I only use the flags in the first place because anyone else does. If you use flags at all, I would either use the Chinese flag for all three or use the Chinese flag for Mandarin and Shanghainese and the Hong Kong flag for Cantonese (there's also a Taiwan flag :roc: that you can use for Taiwanese Hokkien). If you lived in Germany and had parents who grew up speaking Persian but at various points in their lives learned Arabic and Scottish Gaelic, and then later moved to Germany and gained citizenship, would you use the German flag for Persian, Arabic, and Scottish Gaelic?




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Mandarin :roc: native
Taiwanese :roc: not as good as Mandarin
English
better than Japanese
Japanese
basic
Taiwanese :roc: not as good as Mandarin
English

Japanese

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I'm German nativespeaker. My first foreign language is English and though I have learnt it for nine years or something, it is not very good as one may think. I also learnt French in year 7 but I forgot most of it. Now I'm learning Spanish as second foreign language at school. Also I'm interested in Japanse because I like its unfamiliar writing system, sound and grammar. I can already read Hiragana and Katakana and I know 1-10 words, but that's all. ![:D [:D]](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin2.png)
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Point taken.DesEsseintes wrote:And it makes me feel like the person is a mod speaking...![]()
Dear Smappy: get rid of the bold.
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Nevada. There are lots of Basque people where I used to live. Nevada is like 49th out of 50 for education so I'm glad at least something good came out of it haha.shimobaatar wrote:Wow, lucky you! What part of the country did you go to school in, if you don't mind answering?smappy wrote:I took three years of Basque in high school
I'm not trying to hate on the idea of flags, just point out how it isn't necessarily the most applicable to my specific situation— also I don't like how the name of the Chinese flag icon is "zho", which refers to the Mandarin word Zhōngguó 'China' and might not be the most applicable to other languages spoken in China. I like your example a lot but I feel like again, a lot of people emigrated from Iran before the Islamic Revolution in 1979 and might not necessarily identify with the flag of the current, theocratic Iran.GrandPiano wrote: If I use flags, I always include the name of the language as well:
:zho: Mandarin :zho: Cantonese (orCantonese) :zho: Shanghainese
It makes the flags kind of redundant, but I only use the flags in the first place because anyone else does. If you use flags at all, I would either use the Chinese flag for all three or use the Chinese flag for Mandarin and Shanghainese and the Hong Kong flag for Cantonese (there's also a Taiwan flag :roc: that you can use for Taiwanese Hokkien). If you lived in Germany and had parents who grew up speaking Persian but at various points in their lives learned Arabic and Scottish Gaelic, and then later moved to Germany and gained citizenship, would you use the German flag for Persian, Arabic, and Scottish Gaelic?
I"m still impressed by how many languages people from Europe are comfortable with. Also hiragana and katakana take a long time to get used to in my opinion, so congrats for getting this far, and hope learning Japanese and Spanish goes well!Runomso wrote:I'm German nativespeaker. My first foreign language is English and though I have learnt it for nine years or something, it is not very good as one may think. I also learnt French in year 7 but I forgot most of it. Now I'm learning Spanish as second foreign language at school. Also I'm interested in Japanse because I like its unfamiliar writing system, sound and grammar. I can already read Hiragana and Katakana and I know 1-10 words, but that's all.
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Thank you very much :) I hadn't much trouble learning hiragana, to be honest I learnt reading most of them in a few days. It works, though I still cannot read them fluently. Writing works most of the time.smappy wrote:I"m still impressed by how many languages people from Europe are comfortable with. Also hiragana and katakana take a long time to get used to in my opinion, so congrats for getting this far, and hope learning Japanese and Spanish goes well!Runomso wrote:I'm German nativespeaker. My first foreign language is English and though I have learnt it for nine years or something, it is not very good as one may think. I also learnt French in year 7 but I forgot most of it. Now I'm learning Spanish as second foreign language at school. Also I'm interested in Japanse because I like its unfamiliar writing system, sound and grammar. I can already read Hiragana and Katakana and I know 1-10 words, but that's all.
It's something different with Katakana: I cannot write each of them and I have some problems with those which look very similar.
I'm also familiar with a few kanji (very few).
But what about your languages? What's your native language? (Sorry if you've already posted that
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When you say you have problems with katakana that look very similar, I'm guessing you're referring to ン/ソ and シ/ツ?




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According to their signature:Runomso wrote:what about your languages? What's your native language? (Sorry if you've already posted that)
It isn't hard to miss it, so there's no need to be sorry.smappy wrote:Languages: English, Mandarin, Basque, Durv Mendỹ, Shanghainese
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I really do have to check up on the Slavic languages, though; it's been a while since I used them.
Rāhloihnu nōhùš čiha
ipbu ùv avlivùkeih obdo
avçoboe apārha kiha
kù če avçoboe ovha hëho.
ipbu ùv avlivùkeih obdo
avçoboe apārha kiha
kù če avçoboe ovha hëho.
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Я говорю трохи по-українськи.
Mожемо разом говорити по-українськи.
Я також мeшкаю в штаті Пенсільванія -
Чи мене розумієш?
Tambien hablo castellano.
Siempre y cuando le guste, conversemos.
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Mожемо разом говорити по-українськи.
Я також мeшкаю в штаті Пенсільванія -


Чи мене розумієш?
Tambien hablo castellano.
Siempre y cuando le guste, conversemos.
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Пенсільванії, єднайтеся!Lambuzhao wrote:Я говорю трохи по-українськи.
Mожемо разом говорити по-українськи.
Я також мeшкаю в штаті Пенсільванія -![]()
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Чи мене розумієш?
Tambien hablo castellano.
Siempre y cuando le guste, conversemos.
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Я вас розумію. На жаль, я насправді забув більше, ніж я думав, що я мав.
Я дізнався цю мову, щоб допомогти мені під час мого перебування в Україні.
На жаль, я залишився в Криму, де люди не говорять українською мовою.
Як ти навчитися говорити цією мовою?
(Будь ласка, виправте моя мова, якщо є щось не так. Я хотів би, щоб краще моє розуміння українською, якщо це можливо.)
También tengo un gran interés en la idioma castellano, por razones diferentes de mi interés por la idioma ucraniana.
He aprendido esta lengua en el colegio. Por esta razón, no estoy seguro de si he aprendido bien la idioma.
Siempre es mejor tener más idiomas que no, y por lo que me gustaría seguir aprendiendo español, a pesar de que el plan de estudios ha terminado.
(Si eso es demasiado muchas palabras, me disculpo.)
Rāhloihnu nōhùš čiha
ipbu ùv avlivùkeih obdo
avçoboe apārha kiha
kù če avçoboe ovha hëho.
ipbu ùv avlivùkeih obdo
avçoboe apārha kiha
kù če avçoboe ovha hëho.
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I wish I could update this with something new, but alas...
native
competent spoken and written
conversational but with many many vocabulary holes which have accumulated over the past 25 years



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:zho: (Mandarin) I can speak at a basic conversational level and my reading and writing are at about the same level as my speaking, but I have trouble understanding people when they speak at a native speed.













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:fao: Had a class on it, but it (sadly) wasn't a proper language course, but even though I don't really know much about it, it's still one of my favorite Nordic languages.

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I was also thinking of picking up some :gle: or


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