Can you speak a language other than your first language?

[Babygirl_S]

I can 😊

[The_Shadow_Dweller]

As millions of Indians, I am able to speak three languages. My mother tongue, Marathi, then the languages that were taught in our school. They being Hindi and English.

We were also taught Sanskrit and French, but did not give even 1% of attention to French. Sanskrit was cool to learn, but forgot about it now.

[Babygirl_S]

I love how French sounds. I couldn't become fluent in it.

[The_Shadow_Dweller]

Yeah, its amazing to listen to French, but I really was not interested in it.
But I watch French web series.👍

[HighlyVolatile]

Mainly English to some degree (Japanese is my first). I also studied Spanish and Mandarin but I barely remember them.

[TransAm85]

I know a lot of Spanish, but I'm not fluent in it. It's hard to learn another language when u get older. I hear Spanish all day everyday b/c my husband, but I still haven't become fluent! The slang I know very well though.. strange how our brains work. We catch on to the bad words faster than the necessities!

[muscularbumblebee]

I speak English and Turkish fluently


Moderate amount of French from GCSE, same goes with Latin but that’s a dead language (hence my Latin tattoo)

But that’s about it really

[2facedfa1ry]

I speak some german, Spanish, korean and chinese (not even close to fluent in any of them though but i can have a conversation alright but with some mistakes, minus chinese where i'm really at a beginner level)

[Squaresquirrel]

Other than my mother tongue? English, German, Spanish, and a little Russian and French. I'm learning French now.

[Guy__]

How do you learn, you speak to people?

[Squaresquirrel]

@Guy__ I learn the grammar first. Unpopular but I need to know how to build a sentence. Then a lot of practice, translating sentences, watching movies etc and yes, I try to speak as much as I can. Even to myself.
For example, I would say what I am doing out loud. Probably my flatmates think I'm mental but whatever.
Also, what really helps when after a while, I go on a holiday to that country.
I'm planning 2 weeks in France now, where I will attend a language course too to consolidate my knowledge.

[Smoke-n-Growls]

Yeah, French, English, and a bit of Spanish. I've learned some ASL but have mostly lost it. I'm also studying Hebrew.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Georgian is my 1st language
Russian is my 2nd
English is my 3rd
And I learned Mandarin Chinese at 22

[Razp_Sorbet]

Not fluently but it's in our school curriculum to learn a bit, plus there's just a bunch of place names etc

[AviatorTom]

I can converse in French and Spanish, and know a little bit or German and Mandarin Chinese, enough to get me in trouble.

[Julie_TS]

Je parle Francais, en peu
I think I said that right, lol

[Julie4]

Pas mal 😉

[Julie_TS]

@Julie4 merci, lol

[FancyPantz]

I speak 3, English, Hindi and Telugu and I'm learning a fourth, Spanish.

[Agagagagaga]

Spanish is very useful to know. A huge portion of the world is Spanish speaking. Growing up in school I was required to take Spanish. I never really focused on it or took it that seriously, but later as an adult I ended up traveling to several different Spanish speaking countries. The Spanish that I had learned was very useful and while I did make some mistakes the knowledge that I had went a long way.

[FancyPantz]

@Agagagagaga That's nice 👍

[Rahul8124]

@FancyPantz are u Indian though you mentioned Indian language above..

[menina]

Yes I do. English is not my first language. I can also speak Spanish and a little bit of French.

[SaintsSinners]

First language German, second is Russian, I learned Spanish bc of my former girlfriend and English because I needed it for work.

[Guy__]

Святой грешник

[Guy__]

Heiliger suender

[ohshee]

A lot of people say I speak in tongue what is the language you speak

[WonderBell99]

yes. I'm trilingual.

I can speak a bit of broken German, I'm learning it

[WonderBell99]

**Im still learning**

[SueShe]

Wie geht's heute?

[WonderBell99]

@SueShe Mir geht es gut, nur ein wenig müde, danke!

und dir?

[WonderBell99]

Excuse my grammar (German grammar is terrifying!)

im not sure if it's "und du?" or "und dir? by the way. Although, I think it is "und dir?" I may be wrong

[SueShe]

"und dir" is correct.

Congrats, no mistake at all :-)

[SueShe]

Übrigens, mir geht es ebenfalls gut!

[Tootsieroĺl555]

@SueShe are you german?

[SueShe]

@Tootsieroĺl555 No but I grew up trilingual

[WonderBell99]

@SueShe Ich bin froh das zu hören! XD

[SueShe]

Finally, your German is not as rusty as you pretend!

[WonderBell99]

@SueShe Thank you very much, Sue. You're very kind :)

I still have a long way to go though, haha

[Bklynbadboy12]

Yes I can. What other language do you speak and what's your first language

[Babygirl_S]

Hindi is my first language.

[Bklynbadboy12]

Nice and what's your second English

[Babygirl_S]

Yes it's English.

[Bklynbadboy12]

Nice I like that

[Phoenix98]

I can speak a little German and French. Not much though.

[penteractgaming]

To some extent I can communicate in ASL, German, Japanese and Latin.

[bolverk]

Yes first Language English, with Welsh, German, Spanish at a good enough level to order a meal.

[Vendela]

My French is as rusty as a1942 Ford truck unfortunately.

[Anonymous]

Fluently? No. But I speak enough Spanish to get by and I can read it pretty well. I also know some German, French, Russian, and Latin.

[moonpie89]

Haha yes. Technically English is my first language but I speak something else too

[SmokinAces2000]

I can speak 3 other than my first language, Spanish, French, and Yoruba

[Hanrej]

Yes, English.
Then I know some tourist-spanish. A few words of french, japanese.

[Zygum]

My first language is Punjabi,
2nd :Urdu (Hindi)
3rd:English,
4th :Arabic

[Zygum]

Thanks

[sattii2607]

Yeah I can speak a total of three
Mother tongue is Telugu
2) English
3) Hindi

[Grond21]

I'm learning another one

[Babygirl_S]

Cool! Which one?

[Grond21]

Spanish. And after that I would like to learn Telugu and Hindi

[Babygirl_S]

That's great!

[Grond21]

Thank you! And what languages do you know?

[Babygirl_S]

English and Hindi.

[Grond21]

Do you know the language of your state?

[Babygirl_S]

I am from Delhi and Hindi is a widely spoken language. Punjabi is another language that's really popular and I can understand it.

[Grond21]

That's pretty cool. Can you speak Punjabi at all?

[Babygirl_S]

Not very fluent in it but I can. Are you Punjabi?

[Grond21]

I am emulous. I have always wanted to speak more languages. And no, I am American

[Chiarac2003]

Italian Dutch, French, German and Portuguese

[TruthBringer]

I'm doing it right now, yes.

[Vikkrram]

Yes i can speak 4-5 languages of mine country.

[NathanDavis]

English is my second language

[Raphaëlle]

Yepp, English is my third one.

[qwert1234]

Yes, English is my 2nd language.

[genericname85]

i'm doig that right now :D

[genericname85]

aaaand typo... as if to prove my point xD i wish this site would allow corrections.

[Fromdusktilldawn]

Yea German, French and English

[Xrrdftgyhuji]

English is my second language

[TamaraHenningsen23]

Danish, Spanish and English.

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

English very fluently..

[EaterPeter]

Of course I am from same country as you so

[EaterPeter]

Thanks for like!

[EaterPeter]

We talk how many not if

[htmndg183]

Yes. And im really glad for that.

[Rahul8124]

Hindi , Gujarati, English

[BLP11520]

German, a little Spanish

[User_69]

Yes that's why im here :)

[Adam1978]

Yes English.

[whereismyjohnny]

Yep.

[JuanV]

I only speak Spanish.

[Miristheiss]

Yes, but only one.

[Agape93]

Yeap

[SlothySlob]

Yes, yes I can.

[talka20]

Yes 2 more

[BruceJender]

I speak 5 languages.

[DeadlyCreed]

No I can’t

[Cubus]

Yes. English

[TrillXHippy]

Nope

[Luckycharms12]

I can speak 3

[Twalli]

Icould

[This_Is_My_Opinion8]

Yes I can.

[Amur8711]

Nope

[Berhudarol]

Yes.

[Tstrbrainer]

I can 😃

[Hardman07]

Just litlle English

[Hardman07]

And very very litlle german

[Sarvesh1515]

Yess

[Erron_Black]

yeah a little