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What languages can you speak?

maple

russian translator
Apr 18, 2018
69
Russia
My native language is Russian.
In school I studied German. Then, at the biginning of last year of education, I took few lessons of English.
Main foreign language was English in institute. We studied technical English text translation very hard for four years. Then I choosed German as second foreign language, but at that time I haven't enough diligence, so I know Geman 10 times worster than English. That was 20 years ago.
After institute I dealed many with computers, so I know English text translation very well.
 

GreenFantasy64

カイミク || Len English || Arsloid || V5/Piapro
Staff member
Moderator
Apr 9, 2018
655
soundcloud.com
Main language is English (though I can't speak proper and amazing in It; English why you hard??) :ring_lili:
Slowly learning Japanese (Got a small ongoing playlist in YouTube where I can hear some songs of that language (like the hiragana, the colors, etc.) another playlist of English -> Japanese songs which is right now mostly of Disney songs) But I know that I need to see the Hiragana words so I can also read them and know how to write them.
I used to have Spanish classes in High School (I hated it, barely pass them) plus I kind of live near Mexico
No, not that close where I touch the border!
and have parents that can speak Spanish
But they were raised to learn and speak only English from their schools, but I have a grandmother and grandfather that they only speak Spanish. Oh how times have changed to where it is required to learn Spanish in middle/High School
, so I know a few words and can kind-of understand few words. Can't even really speak written words since I will go slow -- very slow and stumbled on few hard words. Can't even roll the 'R's'. But I made a joke in VocaloidOtaku that if Kaito or Miku would get a Spanish voicebank I will relearn Spanish. :ia_lili:
In fact, fun fact about me! One time, someone told that they thought I was a white person! X D
 
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Pomelo

In 2D hell
Apr 8, 2018
190
I'm Swedish so I can speak that tho now that I'm in America I very rarely do unless its muttering under my breath at work and also speak English have been studying with a friend of mine who was native to Mainland China for Mandarin tho
Hej hej! I know like...6 Swedish words lol because I have relatives who moved there a few years ago. I really like visiting!
 
Main language is English (though I can't speak proper and amazing in It; English why you hard??) :ring_lili:
Slowly learning Japanese (Got a small ongoing playlist in YouTube where I can hear some songs of that language (like the hiragana, the colors, etc.) another playlist of English -> Japanese songs which is right now mostly of Disney songs) But I know that I need to see the Hiragana words so I can also read them and know how to write them.
I used to have Spanish classes in High School (I hated it, barely pass them) plus I kind of live near Mexico
No, not that close where I touch the border!
and have parents that can speak Spanish
But they were raised to learn and speak only English from their schools, but I have a grandmother and grandfather that they only speak Spanish. Oh how times have changed to where it is required to learn Spanish in middle/High School
, so I know a few words and can kind-of understand few words. Can't even really speak written words since I will go slow -- very slow and stumbled on few hard words. Can't even roll the 'R's'. But I made a joke in VocaloidOtaku that if Kaito or Miku would get a Spanish voicebank I will relearn Spanish. :ia_lili:
In fact, fun fact about me! One time, someone told that they thought I was a white person! X D
Better get some workbooks. I have one that is full of tasks where you have to write answers in romanized Japanese and it thought me more Japanese in a single day than videos could ever do. Studying hiragana and katakana is even easier. Just set a Japanese keyboard and type whatever phrases you know in letters, so that the keyboard types them in hiragana/kana. The more you repeat a character, the easier you will remember it - and it's easier and faster than it sounds.
You can listen to songs to see if you understand the speech, but listening only is as weeby as watching anime is. Both aren't translated word-to-word and sometimes even context-wise only, depending on the phrase.
You don't have to try it this way since I'm not a pro either. Just saying that you can save a lot of time.
 
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GreenFantasy64

カイミク || Len English || Arsloid || V5/Piapro
Staff member
Moderator
Apr 9, 2018
655
soundcloud.com
Better get some workbooks. I have one that is full of tasks where you have to write answers in romanized Japanese and it thought me more Japanese in a single day than videos could ever do. Studying hiragana and katakana is even easier. Just set a Japanese keyboard and type whatever phrases you know in letters, so that the keyboard types them in hiragana/kana. The more you repeat a character, the easier you will remember it - and it's easier and faster than it sounds.
You can listen to songs to see if you understand the speech, but listening only is as weeby as watching anime is. Both aren't translated word-to-word and sometimes even context-wise only, depending on the phrase.
You don't have to try it this way since I'm not a pro either. Just saying that you can save a lot of time.
I have been thinking of looking up Romaji lyrics and then writing them down as Hiragana. Then once I get at Kanji level, go back and write them with Kanji letters.(^_^) But, yeah I guess will buy some workbooks later on too. Thanks, Zar. :anon_lili:
 

uncreepy

👵Escaped from the retirement home
Apr 9, 2018
1,618
No matter if it's your 2nd, 3rd, and so on language, being able to use it requires diving in and hard work to maintain it. And a sprinkling of embarrassment. x__x Use it or lose it, I guess.

I will never speak english again, it always doesn't end well
Maybe you should look into learning IPA (it's kind of UTAU/Vocaloid related, after all! Just transformed into X-SAMPA), I read all the articles on a site called Antimoon about how the authors learned English and they seemed to have good advice. (I just really like English, even though it's my native language, okay? I know I type like a hillbilly on here, but I'm just being lazy. I used to spend tons of hours watching videos and reading blogs on how to learn languages in general, including English. >_<)

I have been thinking of looking up Romaji lyrics and then writing them down as Hiragana. Then once I get at Kanji level, go back and write them with Kanji letters.(^_^)
Kanji's not linear at all, there's too many of them (2,000ish). Just learn them as you go, the more frequent ones will be seen so much you'll have no choice but to learn them (ex: ones in important verbs or really easy kanji from nouns). You should print out a kana chart and put it by your computer. Also, nothing works better than attempting to write stuff like "My name is __, I am __ years old." That'll REALLY force you to learn kana through Japanese IME fast!
 
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Pomelo

In 2D hell
Apr 8, 2018
190
I have been thinking of looking up Romaji lyrics and then writing them down as Hiragana. Then once I get at Kanji level, go back and write them with Kanji letters.(^_^) But, yeah I guess will buy some workbooks later on too. Thanks, Zar. :anon_lili:
Two resources that have helped me a good deal (back when I was actually trying to learn, anyway) were the Genki workbook and Anki with a Kanji/core deck installed. I especially liked the Anki deck because it's like a flash card that's also voiced, and the kanji has furigana so you know how it should be pronounced in that sentence. Genki costs money obviously, but if you're tight on cash then Anki is free. Good luck!
 
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Kona

Avanna's #1 Fan
Apr 8, 2018
813
USA
I speak the obvious, English, and Spanish! I also know intermediate German and hopefully will be fluent one day and beginner Japanese (my extent is bassic stuff because I suck at vocabulary...but I know lots of grammar! )
 

LeahC54

New Fan
Apr 16, 2018
17
My native language is English. I used to study German in school, but I didn't particularly enjoy it.
Now I've recently started learning Mandarin in my free time. I'm really enjoying it. ^^
 

Lille

Aspiring Fan
May 3, 2018
38
Native Portuguese, fluent English and currently learning Polish! Yay. I also have high interests in Norwegian and Lithuanian... and a bit on Spanish and Japanese.
 
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Salt

New Fan
Apr 8, 2018
6
I'm a native english speaker but I'm also learning Danish, Polish, Korean and Dutch (Plus Japanese due to school, But I'm not really studying it outside of school tbh) Jeg kan tale bedre Dansk som det er sproget jeg ved de bedste, men dansk er sjovt at lære. men utdale er virkelig dårlig Altho I'm still not good at it and just started studying (I won't even attempt to say something in my other 3 due to the fact I'm still really bad in them)
 
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Jun 3, 2018
31
I'm a Turkish person so naturally I speak Turkish. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
English is my second one but good god I speak it better than English sometimes...
I know a bit of Japanese, comes from watching Japanese media for 10 years or more. Maybe If I put on some effort to learn I might speak everyday Japanese, though I don't have the time for it currently. I don't know much about alphabets though. Hiragana is like the easiest one I can recognize. Katakana... Katakana is weird. I don't think I see Katakana that often. Either Hiragana or Kanji. About Kanji... Only thing I can read in Kanji is Touhou and even then, It isn't in my memory enough to write it down.
 

Pomelo

In 2D hell
Apr 8, 2018
190
I'm a Turkish person so naturally I speak Turkish. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
English is my second one but good god I speak it better than English sometimes...
I know a bit of Japanese, comes from watching Japanese media for 10 years or more. Maybe If I put on some effort to learn I might speak everyday Japanese, though I don't have the time for it currently. I don't know much about alphabets though. Hiragana is like the easiest one I can recognize. Katakana... Katakana is weird. I don't think I see Katakana that often. Either Hiragana or Kanji. About Kanji... Only thing I can read in Kanji is Touhou and even then, It isn't in my memory enough to write it down.
! My dad is Azeri. He never taught me the language, though. I only know ' necəsən' and 'tezol' lol.
Idk how different Azerbaijani Turkish is from regular Turkish though (he seems to be fine when he goes to Turkey).

Edit: also know my own name can't believe I forgot that one lmao
 
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Mika

crying over Rune Factory 6
Jul 5, 2018
278
25
Germany
German is my native language, then I learned English. I can speak a bit French but I'm way better at understanding it, when I try to write it it's horrible haha. My parents and grandparents tried to teach me Dutch when I was younger but I forgot everything. Maybe I will ask them to teach me again.
 

summers50

01010011 00110101 00110000
Apr 9, 2018
86
MA, USA
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German is my native language, then I learned English. I can speak a bit French but I'm way better at understanding it, when I try to write it it's horrible haha. My parents and grandparents tried to teach me Dutch when I was younger but I forgot everything. Maybe I will ask them to teach me again.
from what i hear german natives are really good at being multilingual from upbringing.

I'm half viet from america so i speak some vietnamese and of course FREEEDOM

Of course i mean NA English accent
 

ramencup

trashlord of the shadow realm
Apr 11, 2018
55
my room
I'm native English, and I speak Australian, British, Canadian and Irish.
I picked up French in high school and it actually stuck.
 
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