I am a native speaker of English, I can understand (but not exactly speak) quite a bit of German and also know fragments of French. I am about to start my A-Levels and would've took German, but I had to choose between that and English Language which complimented my other choices better. Bleh, language education in this country sucks.
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Mainly, Spanish and English. Some French, some Polish and I am starting to follow conversations in German. The problem I have is that when I try to think in German, Polish always comes to help... which doesn't help very much.«The trouble with the world is that the stupid is cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt»
Bertrand Russell.
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I have reached the conclusion that i must be the most un-intelligent forum member I speak English only, enough French to get by and can count to ten in German...not very impressive eh, my excuse is i am a lot older than most of you and my school was so crap when it comes to languagesThe saying is "You dont know what you have got till its gone" the truth is "You know what you had, you just did not know you would lose it" !!
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Originally posted by Jorge View PostMainly, Spanish and English. Some French, some Polish and I am starting to follow conversations in German. The problem I have is that when I try to think in German, Polish always comes to help... which doesn't help very much.
Maybe you could mix French, Polish and German xD
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Originally posted by RICHARDS BIGGEST FAN View PostI have reached the conclusion that i must be the most un-intelligent forum member I speak English only, enough French to get by and can count to ten in German...not very impressive eh, my excuse is i am a lot older than most of you and my school was so crap when it comes to languagesDort wo der Horizont
Sich mit dem Meer verbindet
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^I always thought Dutch = German"Which is better, eternal happiness or a ham sandwich? It would appear that eternal happiness is better, but this is really not so! After all, nothing is better than eternal happiness, and a ham sandwich is certainly better than nothing. Therefore a ham sandwich is better than eternal happiness."
- Raymond M. Smullyan
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^Dutch is the language of the Netherlands (and the north of Belgium). Since early medieval times German evolved signifantly away from the languages in the north sea area. Starting from around the year 750 there's enough difference between the languages to consider them as two seperate ones. Of course, later on the differences became bigger and bigger. Today it's even impossible for a Dutch-speaker to understand a German text or speech without study.Last edited by Waidmann; 08-31-2012, 07:30 PM.Dort wo der Horizont
Sich mit dem Meer verbindet
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