NationStates Jolt Archive

Inspired by Fass' relentless war on people who only speak one language, I thought it might be interesting to test our language skills. I'll jump onto the chopping block first.

i'Xhosa nosi bo'ha sosa oi
(in speaking)Xhosa my skills are decent

Ich spreche(sp?) kliene Deutche
I speak little German

Ma Afrikaans es ne grosse
My Afrikaans is not great

Soy medio Indiano y medio Colombiano. Tambien, hablo muy pequeno espanol.
I am half Indian and half Colombian. Also, I speak very little Spanish.

Ich vestishe(sp) keine Deutsch.
I understand no German.




Obviously, I barely have a small grasp on German and a much firmer grasp on Spanish.

well this is my second year trying to learn spanish, but i dont want to insult thoses who can actualy speek the language so i am not going to post in spanish :)

well this is my second year trying to learn spanish, but i dont want to insult thoses who can actualy speek the language so i am not going to post in spanish :)
Give it a shot, maybe this is a good opportunity to brush up on your skills. I'm hoping to scam some free language tidbits, myself.

this is my second year of french so

je parle un peu de francaise
I speak a little french

ich spreche ein bisschen deutsch
I speak a little german

by the by what is xhosa

by the by what is xhosa
One of the gazillion official national languages of South Africa. The ' are a palatial click.

Yo hablo poco espanol.
I speak a little Spanish.

I'm taking my second year of Spanish right now, so I can't say much.

Yo quiero taco bell!

je parle français.

are you south african rotovia?

Eu falo português.

I speak english.

Yo hablo espanhol. (only not really, but I understand it a bit)

Je ne parle pas francais. (can't lie...)

are you south african rotovia?
Born in South Africa, grew up in Australia.

Mit Deutsch komme ich relativ gut zurecht....

Born in South Africa, grew up in Australia.

sounds interesting

Mit Deutsch komme ich relativ gut zurecht....
na und?

sounds interesting
Sure, why not. ;)

Я довольно хорошо говорю по-русски.

(I speak Russian fairly well)

Je sais le français. Je l'apprend pour quatre ans pendant l'école secondaire. C'est très utile mais, personne ne parle français ici.

Ich spreche Deutsch.
Yo hablo Espanol.
Je parle Francais.

I am also too lazy to use the proper accents, even though the effort that I am expending to type this sentence is much greater then the effort that simply doing it properly would have entailed.

Oh, and I also have a vague command of Russian and Latin, but not good enough to actually talk through it.

Give it a shot, maybe this is a good opportunity to brush up on your skills. I'm hoping to scam some free language tidbits, myself.
lol ok....here are a few phrases that i know

Esta aqui-- come here
no hey de que-- dont mention it
Cual es tu numero de telefone?-- what is your phone number
Quien es el/ella?-- who is he/she
te amo-- i love you
como te llamma-- what is your name?

Je sais de français. Je l'apprend pour quatre ans pendant l'école secondaire. C'est très utile mais, personne ne parle français ici.

je sais le français

Yltneulf sdrawkcab epyt I.

Yltneulf sdrawkcab epyt I.
Ressot, egaugnal ton s'taht.
Dreaht siht nepaehc t'nod.

Dreaht siht nepaehc t'nod.

You should work on your grammar. You did very well up until that point. I guess you're not a native speaker?

You should work on your grammar. You did very well up until that point. I guess you're not a native speaker?
No, and for that I am filled with shame, I would commit Seppuku if I could find a frisbee and some butter.
Elbirret taht etiuq t'nsaw ti os, gnisrever neht dna nwod ti gnitirw ot desoppo sa, hguoht gnisivorpmi saw I

*dedrater era syug uoy

* corrected my grammer

na und?
:p
Du hast angefangen!

Iway ancay eakspay igpay atinlay. :D

Iway ancay eakspay igpay atinlay. :D

atsthay eetsway. osay ancay iway udeday :D

Soy medio Indiano y medio Colombiano. Tambien, hablo muy pequeno espanol.
I am half Indian and half Colombian. Also, I speak very little Spanish.Si usted es medio Colombiano, por que no hablas tanto espanol?

If you're half-Colombian, why don't you speak that much Spanish?

Je parle un peu de Francais, mais je parlay le Franglais tres goodly.

I used to be able to count to 20 in ancient Mayan, but I can't any more.

:p
Du hast angefangen!
:P

Si usted es medio Colombiano, por que no hablas tanto espanol?

If you're half-Colombian, why don't you speak that much Spanish?
Born and raised American.

Habla Espanol un poquito.

nous parlons francais chez nous.

wanatakalamou al3arabia kadalik.

Born and raised American too! ;)

僕は少し日本語を話します。
でも僕の日本語は下手です。

I speak a little Japanese.
But my Japanese is bad.

Born and raised American.Y yo tambien. Pero, yo aprendi' porque necesite' aprender una lengua para la escuela secondaria. Cuando estaba aprendiendo al espanol, me gustaria mucho.

Ahora, puedo hablar bastante bien, pero necesito practicar.

Je parle un peu de Francais, mais je parlay le Franglais tres goodly.

I used to be able to count to 20 in ancient Mayan, but I can't any more.

Canadian? I <3 Canada. :D

Canadian? I <3 Canada. :D

Not Canadian, unfortunately. I'm just learning French because it's amusing. Hence le Franglais.

Deus Meus! Securis in capite meo est.

Not Canadian, unfortunately. I'm just learning French because it's amusing. Hence le Franglais.

Aw. <mildly disappointed>

Ninihiyawan ayiman.
(I speak Cree, it is difficult.)

Hablo mucho mejor en español, aunque hablo con acento chileno.
(I speak much better in Spanish, though I speak with a Chilean accent.)

Je parle français. Je comprends plus que je peut parler. (I speak French. I understand more than I can speak.) Actually, my spoken and written French is trash, I can read it and hear it just fine:(

Born and raised American.
Learn a goddamn language

I noticed some of you are hoping to learn a bit of Spanish, and perhaps practice it....here is another shameless plug for my SPANISH FOR NSers (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=438943&highlight=spanish+lessons+NSers) thread:) If I get any interest, I'll continue updating it.

Mi espanol es bueno pero no es perfecto. Ha estudiado espanol por siete anos y dos mezes. Estoy en el clase A. Me odio mi profesora de espanol del ano pasado porque...Ai! No me pegar senora, soy u n nino buenoooooooooo!
HOLA

I've also been taking arabic for a year so far but I'm not great at it.
Saalam Alaikum

Also I learned to read hebrew for my bar mitzvah but i don't understand.
Shalom Malechem

Learn a goddamn language

:p

Daca cineva poate ca sa inteleaga ce scriu acuma, vreau sa stiu.

Spittzer Zwilling.

Mporo na milaso ligo elleniko.
[I can speak a little Greek]
(An kai oen echo to plektorologio gia to)
[(Though, I do not have the keyboard for it)]

Learn a goddamn language
*jumps back*

Holy Christ, I am in my second year of Spanish!

And just because I was raised American doesn't mean I've known jack about Spanish. My pronounciation is as good as any native Spanish speaker.

Y yo tambien. Pero, yo aprendi' porque necesite' aprender una lengua para la escuela secondaria. Cuando estaba aprendiendo al espanol, me gustaria mucho.

Ahora, puedo hablar bastante bien, pero necesito practicar.
Claro. Espanol esta' muy facil y rapido para aprender, verdad? Un an~o y yo se` tan mucho.

*jumps back*

Holy Christ, I am in my second year of Spanish!

And just because I was raised American doesn't mean I've known jack about Spanish. My pronounciation is as good as any native Spanish speaker.
So you say, 'eh cousin at the end of every sentence?

hehehe...sorry...native...aboriginal...in-joke...never mind

So you say, 'eh cousin at the end of every sentence?

hehehe...sorry...native...aboriginal...in-joke...never mind
It's "eh, cuz"

And I also say "Yeah that's mine's" :D

Je parle Francais assez bien.
I speak French well enough.

I am semi-fluent, I can get by in a French speaking nation with a minimum of difficulty.

Ich kann Deustch, und, gewohnlich gut.
No hablo espanol.
Je parle un peu Francais.

I can understand a bit of Dutch and Swedish because of German.

Ich kann Deustch, und, gewohnlich gut.

Zuerst dacht ich ja 'och, der hat wohl die ¨ Taste noch nicht gefunden, aber dann hab ich erst realisiert, dass du ja Deustch sprichst, und da kann ich nicht mitreden :p

*jumps back*

Holy Christ, I am in my second year of Spanish!

And just because I was raised American doesn't mean I've known jack about Spanish. My pronunciation is as good as any native Spanish speaker.
Learn another goddamn language...

French, maybe?!

*shakes finger conflictingly*

aunque mi espanol no es perfecto, puedo communicar con hispanohablantes bien
although my spanish isnt perfect, I can communicate well with spanish speakers (4 years of spanish instruction, plus lots of conversation with spaniards and south americans)

boku no nihongo wa yokunai to omoimasu ga, kyoukashou to zembu wakarukoto ga dekimasu.

I dont think my japanese is any good, but with a dictionary I can understand anything. (2 years of japanese)

vorrei parlare l'italiano, e frequente un classe di italiano ogni giorno, ma, sta mi anno primo di studiare.
(I would like to speak italian, and I go to italian class every day, but this is my first year of study)

I can translate things into french if I have books, I took it for a year long ago.
je adore la francais, et je voudrais parlere parfait.
i may be mistaken, but it should say "i adore french and I would like to speak it perfectly

Jag lära mig svenska nu. Jag kan prata lite och läsa lite och förstår lite. Jag har varit i en SFI kurs för nästan tre månader nu. Min man säger jag är ganska duktig.

I took a few years of Spanish in high school also, but I never got a chance to practice it so 'yo te amo' is all I remember. My little brother is learning japanese, does that count? :p

My.. my.. my.. wait i'll get it
My name is Harlesburg.:)

My little brother is learning japanese, does that count? :p
Maybe. More importantly, why don't I know you?

My.. my.. my.. wait i'll get it
My name is Harlesburg.:)
I refer to your signature. Yet again I make slightly more sense...;)

Well, I speak English reasonably well.

Deutsch ist meine Muttersprache
German is my mother tongue

Et je parle un peu de francais, puisque j'ai passee 6 moins a Montreal.
And I speak a little French, as I spent 6 months in Montreal.

Un a boaae Dialeggde kunn ich aa nuch... zoeschd amoll Franggisch, oewae a bisserl Niederoesterreichisch aa nuch

(that's just dialect ;) )

Je parle le Francais. Je suis passe mes vacances en France cette annee (quatre semaines), sans probleme. Mais je ne peux pas faire les accents sur l'ordinateur! Quelle dommage!

Ich spreche ein klein deutsch.

Another german mothertongue...
Deutsch als Muttersprache

English for the forums :p

Also quiet fluent in latin
Ut desint vires tamen est laudanda voluntas

And a wide variety of german dialects :D

Ich kann Deustch, und, gewohnlich gut. :confused:

I can understand a bit of Dutch and Swedish because of German. Häh :confused: :confused:

Yo hablo espanol, pero no muy bueno.
[I speak spanish, but not very well]

I took spanish in school for 4.5 years, in the middle of my fifth year (senior year of high school) I developed a significant degree of mutual animosity towards my teacher and dropped the class.

It's been over five years since then, and I don't remember much, but I'd like to think that if I was dropped off in the middle of a Spanish speaking country that I'd be getting along fine in a couple of weeks.

I also took a very small amount of French and German, but that was more than a decade ago...I don't remember any of it.

I can also count to ten in Japanese...thanks to taking Judo in elementary school. :p

I refer to your signature. Yet again I make slightly more sense...;)
I challenge you to prove it!
Post something similar.

Hey, guess what, I can speak Enlgish! What a frakkin' surprise!

Hablo un poco espanol. <--Arrgghh! I used to know so much more before I...

...pratar Svenska värje dag. Ja, jag är bättre nu, Fass! Jag klandra på mig, varar en engelsktalande (?). Och jag kan kan prata lite tyska, men bara ord från de Rammstein (-a?) albumet. Mitt tysk inbegripar om "du hast" och "buck dich." :p Den här svenska språket är lite svårt, men sitt är mycket lättre är finska. Jag måste säga den svensk bastun är inte så bra som en finsk bastu! Har de bra!

(?) = kanske fel
*folds open lawnchair, and waits for a Swede to swoop in and tear apart the paragraph*

Mitt Norsk er ikke så slet

Ich sprechen Deutch

Me Afrikaans es na shite

Yay, two Scandinavian speaking people, yay!

Yay, two Scandinavian speaking people, yay!
Jeg prater en smule Svenska ochså

Jeg prater en smule Svenska ochså
Va bra! :D