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By the grace of the Immortal God Emperor! Murrican English . Took German in High School and picked up a bit of Polish while in eastern Europe as a kid but never used so did not retain. Have tried to learn some Spanish, Swedish, Welsh, Esperanto, Anglo Saxon and Dutch since, but since I don't have a use for it where I am and if you don't use you lose it never stuck.
 
I'm at an intermediate level with spanish and I'm honestly considering taking it at a city college because duolingo isn't getting me fluent.
 
I only really speak English, but I know some Spanish and very little German. That said, I'm more interested in learning to read languages than speak them. I love languages.

Duolingo is a good free resource if you want to learn some languages.
 
I don't go to class, I study at home using books and audio programs. Progress is slow.

I use the Pimsleur and Michel Thomas audio programs, and I have a few books. I suggest the Karl Sandberg book German for Reading (he also wrote books for Spanish and French - I have them, too).
 
I speak all the important languages:

Wee now kong bantha poodoo, Solo.

Dif-tor heh smusma.

Elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo.
 
Weeb Japanese

as in, I can read most stuff written in Katakana but not much in Hiragana. And I know like... 20 Kanji, tops.
 
I'm currently learning the Swedish and just getting the enunciations right without sounding like a drunk mental patient, hahaha.

Fortunately, a lot of Swedes are pretty damn kind and wanting to help me out, a lot.

There's still a lot to learn, but I'm getting to the point where I can at least read Swedish and understand it on a basic level. It'll take some time, but I'm determined, haha.
 
I'm fluent in Italian, I speak English, a bit of Spanish, I can translate Latin. I managed to pick up a bit of Japanese autistically watching subbed anime for years.

I'd really like to learn German, since apparently is the most spoken language in Europe.
 
'I only speak two languages English and bad English."

I did take German at the junior college I was attending for one semester, but I felt like I really didn't grasp the language because she was trying to keep the students from dropping out. The majority of the student were taking Spanish, French, and Italian.

I might of learn Arabic and Farsi if the divorce didn't happen.

I always wanted to give Russian a try, but speaking the language is totally different from learning how to read it and write.
 
I can just about get by in French, German and Swedish, although I’m not great at any of them. Some others like danish, Norwegian, Dutch etc I can’t speak at all but you can usually get the gist of what a written piece is about with some guesswork.
I’d love to learn more Russian - I know a tiny bit but nowhere near enough to even get around a city in.
and Latin. I went to a shitty state comp and have always been a tad jealous of never having had a grounding in Latin.
Mate of mine is learning Finnish because his wife is from there and that looks like a mixture of fun and complete madness.
 
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