Can you speak more than one language?
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Just wondering out of curiosity whether we have any multilingual people here.
I guess for clarity’s sake you should answer 2+ if you have the vocabulary to comfortably hold a conversation in your second language.
I guess for clarity’s sake you should answer 2+ if you have the vocabulary to comfortably hold a conversation in your second language.
Can you speak more than one language? 17 votes
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Just one languageMy second language is nonsense
I did learn German to A-level standard in school, and quite a lot of that has lingered in my mind, so I reckon I could at least get by if I was there on holiday or something.Online Community CoordinatorConcerned about another member's safety or wellbeing? Flag your concerns with us.
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Just one languageUnfortunately not.I did do French to GCSE but I was never any good at languages and came out with an F.
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Just one languageI wanted to do German but I was no good at French so they wouldn’t let me.
In my 13 year old mind I thought German would be more useful as I was into engineering and science so was more likely to go to Germany, I thought France was more arts and cooking.
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Just one language@MarkM88 that’s better than I got, didn’t even make it to GCSE!
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Just one languageThe part I enjoyed most about learning German was the school trips, we went to the Christmas markets in Koln. The language itself was very interesting too, I find it humourous that people associate German with sounding quite angry in general.Online Community CoordinatorConcerned about another member's safety or wellbeing? Flag your concerns with us.
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I can get by in Turkish but it is a very hard language to learn, and the problem is when you speak to them in Turkish they answer back in English. You can't win with them 🙄
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Just one languageYes it sounds like a great country,. I agree it is a silly thought about the language sounding angry. I’m guessing it came from the war, prison officers maybe? I have met several people who use a German accent and impersonate a prison officer when they are mocking rules/regulations. E.g. “you vill not park on ze yellow lines or you vill be shot”.
I quite like how Germans have one word where we have several words. -
Just one language@vikingqueen haha that is funny. I can imagine Turkish being a hard language to learn. Impressive that you could get by over there.
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Globster Community member, Community Volunteer Host, CP Network, Scope Member Posts: 2,369 Disability Gamechanger2 or more languagesI speak Gujarati at home with my parents
Otherwise I speak englishI am a Community Volunteer Host. Please note: if I use the online community outside of its hours of administration, I am doing so in a personal capacity only.
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Just one language@Globster that’s awesome
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2 or more languagesI did O level Punjabi, which was useful at work as I was 1 always asked to communicate. Not that hard really. Also when working with old veterans who were stationed in India they also could count in Punjab etc, they got quite a surprise when I joined in with them. I'm not going to loose it as I use it.
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I'm not sure I 'comfortably' speak one language tbh!
I got a C in French GCSE (got a high written grade pulled down to a C by the poor oral exam, same as my English GCSE, yet no-one had suggested potential ASD at the time!). I believe I could get by in France by reading signs etc but wouldn't be able to understand a fast paced conversation. Though admittedly struggle with that in English too, especially with strong accents.
I've also got a bit of German and Italian but not enough for a conversation.
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Just one languageWe did French at school but I left before O levels so who knows if I’d have passed or not, I think I was average at it so probably would’ve passed.
I like it that a great proportion of the world world speaks English 🤣“This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”
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Just one languageI can speak some schoolboy French and have picked up some Spanish when on holiday, but the answer is not really.2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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Just one languageWhat a coincidence I have just this morning ordered an audio course to learn Spanish as I wanted to do a new course and with the long term plan of moving round Spain thought I would get prepared
Like many I did gcse French at school but only retained a few bits of it -
2 or more languagesI studied some French in High School. Then, I took Scottish Gaelic in my last couple of years.
Nowadays, I’m self taught in Korean which is still work in progress. -
Just one language@OverlyAnxious glad I wasn’t the only one. I got A*-B grades for all my English coursework but this was brought down to a C because I didn’t do well in the speaking or drama sections
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Just one languageI can swear in several different languages, but I'm not sure that counts, lol.
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I wanted to learn Latin, so you had to take it a year earlier than other O levels, & also had to learn Greek(?) tho didn't have to be examined with the latter. Not very helpful with modern languages, but I did pass my Latin exam. I do find it helpful however in understanding the roots/meaning of some words.I also (just) passed in French, altho I would have preferred to do German, which I've studied on & off over the years having basic conversational skills, & was able to help my son when he did German at school.Our English teacher, who was Welsh, also gave some of us who were interested in learning some Welsh, lessons in the 6th form, but unfortunately I hardly remember any.I don't swear (honestly), but can do so fluently in Norwegian, which got me out of a scrape when I was much younger. My friend parked on double yellow lines to quickly go into an Off Licence. Whilst he was inside a Police officer approached....hmmm, so I swore in Norwegian phrasing it as a question. My friend came back, & the Police Officer just waved us on.
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Just one languagechiarieds said:I don't swear (honestly), but can do so fluently in Norwegian, which got me out of a scrape when I was much younger. My friend parked on double yellow lines to quickly go into an Off Licence. Whilst he was inside a Police officer approached....hmmm, so I swore in Norwegian phrasing it as a question. My friend came back, & the Police Officer just waved us on.Online Community CoordinatorConcerned about another member's safety or wellbeing? Flag your concerns with us.
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