Which language[s] do you speak?

[Darkshneider]

I speak Spanish and English. Im "stoning" Japanese (using Rosetta Stone) but it feels kinda weird. At least now I can say airplane... "hikooki".

[ikke777]

I speak Dutch and English fluently. I understand German perfectly, don't get much of a chance to speak it tho'. I can get by in French and Italian. (I just watched a french subbed anime, 'cause it was the only version I could find, went realy well.)
I actualy prefer dubs in German than in (American) English. The germans take dubbing very seriously and where the americans and even the japaneese original don't worry too much about lips sync, the germans do. When I was a kid I used to watch a lot of german dubs (not only amine & cartoons), it's where I learned my German. And I learned my English from all those English and American programms that are subbed on dutch tv. (Basicaly anything that has a target audience of 8 years and older gets subbed in the Netherlands.) But being dyslectic meant that I couldn't keep up with the subs so I learned English instead.
I hope to learn Japansees the same way (with the aid of some lessons).
At the moment I'm watching anime all by my self, because having to pause every time there is sub of 2 lines or more (or 1 very long line) (or it's superimposed on a squiggled backround) (or... whatever) is going to drive any fellow viewer up the wall. It even drives me up the wall.

[Vladimir]

Originally Posted by ikke777

I speak Dutch and English fluently. I understand German perfectly, don't get much of a chance to speak it tho'. I can get by in French and Italian. (I just watched a french subbed anime, 'cause it was the only version I could find, went realy well.)
I actualy prefer dubs in German than in (American) English. The germans take dubbing very seriously and where the americans and even the japaneese original don't worry too much about lips sync, the germans do. When I was a kid I used to watch a lot of german dubs (not only amine & cartoons), it's where I learned my German. And I learned my English from all those English and American programms that are subbed on dutch tv. (Basicaly anything that has a target audience of 8 years and older gets subbed in the Netherlands.) But being dyslectic meant that I couldn't keep up with the subs so I learned English instead.
I hope to learn Japansees the same way (with the aid of some lessons).
At the moment I'm watching anime all by my self, because having to pause every time there is sub of 2 lines or more (or 1 very long line) (or it's superimposed on a squiggled backround) (or... whatever) is going to drive any fellow viewer up the wall. It even drives me up the wall.

Nice! :O You've got some talent
How did you learn Italian though?
btw, welkom op de forums

[dark_katx969]

Originally Posted by Vladimir

Nice! :O You've got some talent
How did you learn Italian though?
btw, welkom op de forums

hey u kno a lot of langs.....is anime that popular in germany?

[Xyw13]

Hmmm, I decided to contribute a bit...

Fluently: Slovak, Czech, English, German

Understand: Slavonic languages - Russian(and related languages), Serbian, Croatian...(sorry if I missed some) a bit Polish and Bulgarian. I can't speak much, but if you speak slowly, I understand(confirmed on holiday in some of these countries and with friends from this countries)

Learning: Japanese, Spanish, French.

[SubZero]

Originally Posted by Xyw13

Hmmm, I decided to contribute a bit...

Fluently: Slovak, Czech, English, German

Understand: Slavonic languages - Russian(and related languages), Serbian, Croatian...(sorry if I missed some) a bit Polish and Bulgarian. I can't speak much, but if you speak slowly, I understand(confirmed on holiday in some of these countries and with friends from this countries)

Learning: Japanese, Spanish, French.

Oh you understand some Serbian and Croatian? I'm from Bosnia. I speak the language fluently. haha. We may be able to converse a little.

[SubZero]

Originally Posted by ikke777

I speak Dutch and English fluently. I understand German perfectly, don't get much of a chance to speak it tho'. I can get by in French and Italian. (I just watched a french subbed anime, 'cause it was the only version I could find, went realy well.)
I actualy prefer dubs in German than in (American) English. The germans take dubbing very seriously and where the americans and even the japaneese original don't worry too much about lips sync, the germans do. When I was a kid I used to watch a lot of german dubs (not only amine & cartoons), it's where I learned my German. And I learned my English from all those English and American programms that are subbed on dutch tv. (Basicaly anything that has a target audience of 8 years and older gets subbed in the Netherlands.) But being dyslectic meant that I couldn't keep up with the subs so I learned English instead.
I hope to learn Japansees the same way (with the aid of some lessons).
At the moment I'm watching anime all by my self, because having to pause every time there is sub of 2 lines or more (or 1 very long line) (or it's superimposed on a squiggled backround) (or... whatever) is going to drive any fellow viewer up the wall. It even drives me up the wall.

Very true that Germans take that stuff seriously. Many speak English and do not tolerate mistakes made in German, so if you cant speak German, use English with Germans. Otherwise, you will be considered an idiot. On the other hand, Russians are about the most forgiving people with their language.

[Xyw13]

Originally Posted by SubZero

Very true that Germans take that stuff seriously. Many speak English and do not tolerate mistakes made in German, so if you cant speak German, use English with Germans. Otherwise, you will be considered an idiot. On the other hand, Russians are about the most forgiving people with their language.

simple advice, don't try to speak french in Germany and vice versa....

Originally Posted by SubZero

Oh you understand some Serbian and Croatian? I'm from Bosnia. I speak the language fluently. haha. We may be able to converse a little.

we can try I gladly try my language skills. Btw, In Bosna do you write with azbuka or with latin? I know that croatian write in latin but I have seen some serbian writings in latin and in azbuka too, so which one are you really using?

[SubZero]

Originally Posted by Xyw13

we can try I gladly try my language skills. Btw, In Bosna do you write with azbuka or with latin? I know that croatian write in latin but I have seen some serbian writings in latin and in azbuka too, so which one are you really using?

Im actually not familiar with azbuka. Is that supposed to be Cyrillic? Bosnia abandoned Cyrillic after the war in the 90s, and reverted to Latin form, as did Croatia. Serbia however still clings to Cyrillic.
I started school a little after the war ended, and therefore never learned Cyrillic. However, most of the rest of my family can read it and write it.

[Xyw13]

yup... thx for solving my dilema I can read azbuka(or cyrilic, however, there are som differences between russian and bulgarian for example even if it is the same base ) and latin tooo.. and now pretty much from basic hiragana, but compound signs make some problems to me..