Including your native tongue, how many languages do you speak well enough to read a newspaper or have a conversation with another person in that language?
(Please consider multiple dialects of the same language that can be mutually understood as one language, whereas those that cannot be mutually understood -- such as Cantonese and Mandarin -- count as two languages.)
Wow... I wish I could say that. I can for English and Arabic (read, write and converse very basically). And Urdu- conversing only. How can you read Urdu? It's impossible! Can't do it without harakaat (as you have in Arabic).
Urdu I dont think has any harakaat, ever. Unless it's a book for children and does? No idea, but when you're taught it you're taught without the harakaat so you get used to it. I think *scratches head* unless I'm mistaking it for Arabic.
But I know that when you're learning a language from scratch, the harakaat are vital. Like when doing arabic at uni, I could only read some workds without the harakaat. Can only read urdu because I'm used to it.
Really? Somalia is not in the arab league anymore?!
No not since the great war. However, some people say we are still in the arab league but i never understood why doesn't change the fact we are still at war with each other so....
I really do envy all of you. I am sad to say I only speak my native language and even then not so good . I do wish that the American education system really pushed foreign language especially in the youth. I would love to be multi-lingual.
Urdu I dont think has any harakaat, ever. Unless it's a book for children and does? No idea, but when you're taught it you're taught without the harakaat so you get used to it. I think *scratches head* unless I'm mistaking it for Arabic.
But I know that when you're learning a language from scratch, the harakaat are vital. Like when doing arabic at uni, I could only read some workds without the harakaat. Can only read urdu because I'm used to it.
Yeah that was the point I was trying to say, that Urdu has no harakaat, so that's why on some of the words I find it really hard.
‘Say: If the ocean were ink wherewith to write out the words of my Lord, sooner would the ocean be exhausted, even if We added another ocean like it.’~Al Qu'raan (18:109)
I really do envy all of you. I am sad to say I only speak my native language and even then not so good . I do wish that the American education system really pushed foreign language especially in the youth. I would love to be multi-lingual.
truest me it's not that fun when you speak different languages in your dreams. People find it quite annoying. I move to us not that far ago and they aren't that bad. some of the children channels do try to teach Chinese <- i think thats how you spell it. As well as Mexican, they are doing far better than some of the Scandinavian counties.
Well i speak urdu & english fluently..
but i also know Sindhi, Pashto & easily understand Punjabi "these r provinces languages"
& now m trying to learn arabic for Understand meaning Of our HOLY Book QURAN
How are the people trying to learn languages going about learning them?
I speak Urdu (Punjabi/Hindi included), English, French, Turkish, Latin fluently...Mandarin and Japanese not so fluently (Ive been known to tell people I eat flowers :S) Really need to work on that...
^I only speak one language: English. I can understand simple Afrikaans but I'm not comfortable with it. I can understand the just of a lecture, article in Arabic.
Same here...my Arabic is a bit weaker than BintAbee's though
Asalamullaikum, saudara, saudari.
Saya orang Indonesia yang bertempat tinggal di Pasundan, artinya 'tanah orang Sunda'. Maka, sehari-hari saya berbicara dalam dua bahasa, Indonesia dan Sunda. Saat ini saya sedang belajar bahasa Inggris. Sayang sekali saya tak punya kawan untuk berbicara dalam bahasa Inggris . Tapi, setidaknya saya masih dapat berkomunikasi tulis dan baca dalam bahasa Inggris dengan anda.
(Indonesia)
Asalamuallaikum, akang, ceuceu.
Abdi urang Indonesia anu linggih di Pasundan, hartina 'tanaeuh urang Sunda'. Janteun, sadidinteun abdi nyarios dina dua basa, Indonesia sareung Sunda. Ayeuna abdi nuju diajar basa Inggris. Hanyakal abdi teu gaduh rencang kangge nyarios dina basa Inggris . Ngan, saeunteuna abdi tiasa keneh nyeuratan sareung maos dina basa Inggris sareung anjeun.
(Sundanese)
Asalamuallaikum, brother, sister.
I am an Indonesian who living in Pasundan, that's means 'land of Sundanese'. So, everyday I speak in two languages, Indonesia and Sundanese. Now I am on learn English. Unfortunately I have no friend to speak in English . But, at least I can make a communication in writen and read with you.
(Guess, what language is it ?)
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