banjogirl

How are your foreign language skills ?

124 opinions in 119 threads, created by banjogirl on 26-12-2011
OtherI visit quite a few members who are citizens of other countries and while I can say a few odd things in other languages my skills are practically non existant. The google translater can sometimes be useful but other times is totally confusing. Perhaps you could leave me a few appropriate greetings/thank yous in languages other than english. I have a few to start off off. Hello - Guten Tag, Bonjour Thank you - Danke Schon, Merci, Well that covers french and german !
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heathersmith heathersmith
Opinion by heathersmith, Posted on 02-03-2012
I am not the best, I can get by in verbal Dutch and Spanish as there have been Spanish and Dutch workers in my local town over the years. (I occasionally help out in my parents bar/restaurant). I am pretty good at verbal and written French - c'est vrai! And I know some dirty stuff in German. That is about it.
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frugalfart@hotmail.com frugalfart@hotmail.com
Opinion by frugalfart@hotmail.com, Posted on 26-02-2012
The only language I can speak is English. I took several years of Spanish in high school and middle school but I only remember a few things.
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customer27 customer27
Opinion by customer27, Posted on 25-02-2012
Sorry, I can't add to your list, my language skills are not great. I can understand quite a bit of spoken German but cannot speak much.
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janty68 janty68
Opinion by janty68, Posted on 23-02-2012
i have no skills in languages at all x x
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yonni yonni
Opinion by yonni, Posted on 20-02-2012
I am totally rubbish at learning any other language and believe me I have tried.
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vepenny vepenny
Opinion by vepenny, Posted on 18-02-2012
My French is not bad, my German a bit rusty and I only have "restaurant" Italian & Spanish. Thank goodness for the "translate" button on the computer!
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midas1 midas1
Opinion by midas1, Posted on 16-02-2012
Not as good as I'd like them to be! I do speak passable french german but that's about it.
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Gill O Gill O
Opinion by Gill O, Posted on 15-02-2012
I only have my schoolgirl French. It did come in handy to book a table for dinner a few years ago at a restaurant where the staff only spoke French! Gx
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Vrbas Vrbas
Opinion by Vrbas, Posted on 15-02-2012
I would not complain at all. I have learned to say please, thank you and goor morning on 5 different languages and can speak another language due to the fact that I am a foreigner. I often say to people that money can never make you as rich as the ability to speak another language. I know someone who can speak 6 different languages and also can read and write on them all. What a beauty that is all I can say. I wish I can do it just for one single week, then I would choose to travel around to use them all.
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labelle4 labelle4
Opinion by labelle4, Posted on 15-02-2012
i learnedsome french at college a few years ago, but as i havent had the chance to practice it it has been forgotten, I would still like to learn German and Spanish though.
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