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Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently? | Speak fluently

Michael Newton — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 07:30:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently?
Poster: Michael Newton
Post title: Speak fluently

Two fluently and perfectly: English and Japanese. Japanese because I lived in Japan for eight years, attended a Japanese university (Todai) for four years and how speak it at home. Truth be told, I speak more Japanese than English.

Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently? | Two

Samuel Murray — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 19:45:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently?
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: Two

...but the one is a bit rusty (having relocated to a country where no-one speaks it).

Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently? | Two

Laurent Mercky — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:45:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently?
Poster: Laurent Mercky
Post title: Two

Chinese and English
Fluent in Chinese language, especially southern part of China and Taiwan.

Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently? | Two - and I've lost one

Christine Andersen — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:57:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently?
Poster: Christine Andersen
Post title: Two - and I've lost one

Two, English, my native language, and Danish, my language of habitual usage.

At times I have been able to speak French fluently, but I have lost it from lack of practice, although I can follow a French film on TV or read French. My German was never that fluent, but I can ´find´ what I have far more easily than French. I need the subtitles in German to get all the finer details of a film. I am very text-oriented, and if I am struggling with a language, I try to envisage how it would be written, and then I often recognise it!

Now we have a new Italian branch of the family, and I am trying hard to learn Italian. School Latin helps, even after fifty years, and oddly enough, my French pops up at the wrong moments. At least the grammar is a help sometimes.

Mercifully, our guest from Finland this Christmas spoke excellent Swedish and English... I don't think I could manage another completely new language!

[Edited at 2020-01-16 16:58 GMT]

Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently? | 0-3, depending on situation

Kaisa I — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:32:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently?
Poster: Kaisa I
Post title: 0-3, depending on situation

[quote]Jean Dimitriadis wrote:

Fluently spoken languages: probably none

Fluently written: three

Thankfully, translation is about the latter. [/quote]

I hear you. For my citizenship application, I have to do a speaking test. My husband and in-laws think I'm crazy for worrying, but it's not the language but the possibility of freezing mid-sentence that gives me anxiety, especially in a test situation.

Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently? | Still learning English

Guofei_LIN — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:06:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently?
Poster: Guofei_LIN
Post title: Still learning English

I'm still struggling to learn English. If I can achieve the degree of fluency I'm aiming at in English, then I will be able to speak two languages fluently. Currently I speak just one language fluently, my native Chinese.

Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently? | Only 2

Tom in London — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:31:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently?
Poster: Tom in London
Post title: Only 2

Only 2 (English and Italian) perfectly (bilingual written and spoken as working languages). French: very good for conversation and day-to-day use but not for work. A smattering of German. I have an aspiration to learn Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Classical Arabic.

An Italian hotel manager recently asked me "what part of Tuscany are you from?"

[Edited at 2020-01-16 12:32 GMT]

Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently? | Almost 3

Muriel Vasconcellos (X) — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:46:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently?
Poster: Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
Post title: Almost 3

English is my mother tongue and my Portuguese is near-native. I've been speaking Spanish for 70 years, lived in Mexico, and hung out with native Spanish speakers in my office for several decades, but I still hesitate when I speak. Hardest for me are household words because Portuguese keeps creeping in. When people give me a blank stare, I usually know why.

Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently? | Speaking vs writing

Jean Dimitriadis — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 10:30:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently?
Poster: Jean Dimitriadis
Post title: Speaking vs writing

As a bilingual introvert having a hard time expressing myself orally:

Fluently spoken languages: probably none

Fluently written: three

Thankfully, translation is about the latter.

Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently? | Almost 2 (1 + 3/4)

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 09:24:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Almost 2 (1 + 3/4)

For me, "fluently" means that I speak that language without having to look for words or hesitating because I'm unsure how to express myself. This being said, I’m fluent in 1 + 3/4 languages, 1 being my native language (Portuguese) and 3/4 being French. I lived in Belgium for 30 years and I used French on a daily basis, so I was quite fluent, but after returning to Portugal I find that my fluency is going down through ageing and lack of practice. I’m not that fluent in English but I manage. My oral Spanish and Italian are as rusty as ever.

Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently? | Two

neilmac — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 09:18:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently?
Poster: neilmac
Post title: Two

Apart from my native English (UK) I speak my source language, European Spanish, at bilingual level, but still with a bit of an accent and the odd mistake. My other languages are a bit rusty but I can have a conversation in French, although. I wouldn't say fluently. And my German and Russian have dwindled to basic levels through lack of use/practice.
I understand Valenciano/Catalan, but don't usually speak more than the odd phrase, which is quite common in my area, where many people speak "Valenciano apitxat" and often switch from Spanish to Valenciano in mid-sentence.

Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently? | 4

Yetta Jensen Bogarde — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 09:14:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently?
Poster: Yetta Jensen Bogarde
Post title: 4

Four fluently, but only 2 perfectly.

Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently?

ProZ.com Staff — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 08:10:02 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: How many languages do you speak fluently?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

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