I'm curious as to what languages are known by ZI members. Besides English, I'm rather decent with Spanish and have recently started learning Mandarin Chinese. I learned Spanish through 4 years of high school and a few fluent Mexican friends. I'm using Rosetta Stone for Mandarin.

i know engish and hindi and sanskrit.........

Romanian as mother tongue, English first foreign language, I plan to get a Cambridge degree for it.

French they tried to teach me that for 4 years but nothing could stick to me

German well at the end of 8th class it was even better than English but during high school (now I'm 11 class) because i stopped use German on internet and between friends i forgot almost everything.

Conclusion: Romanian and English (shh it's about surviving not about being grammatically accurate when it comes to English ^^)

mother tongue: English
Others: spanish & dutch. I learned dutch as a kid but Im better at spanish (wife doesnt speak too much english and I've been speaking spanish EVERYDAY for the past 3 years.) and I have a low vocabulary in dutch but I forgot a lot. I know one word in Russian. lol.

I speak English. I am fluent in Tagalog as well. Lived in the Philippines for a few years and picked it up as their English sucked and I couldn't talk to anyone. I am not a fluent in Tagalog now as I used to be when I lived there. I used to think and dream in it. Now I can understand and speak, but its tough and I have to think first before I speak.

My native language is Spanish and my second one is English.
I used to be able to read Hebrew fluently but, couldn't understand half of the things I was reading.
I can read and understand a lot of Portuguese (written only).

for example if u wana go and study in a specific country it helps better if u know the foreign country language (even there are few courses in english)

Also romanian is based on latin too ^^
Example:
Latin: Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliadae
Romanian: Se naşte ceva mai mare decât Iliada

Also, learning foreign languages usually enhances your understanding of your native tongue.

I learned English reading hacking forums and translating some Chritmas Carol's chapters. I tried to translate Hamlet, but it's the hardest book I have ever read.
Also I understand spoken English because I watch series like Terminator, Big Bang Theory, Firefly among others without Spanish subtitles... I have to admit it was pretty hard at the begining...

Also I learned Portuguese because my father and my grandparents are Portuguese and they speak Portuguese very often. Although I had to study Portuguese grammar and pronunciation for 3 years.



I know Esperanto is useless, but I wanted to speak Esperanto with my friends xD



Everything you can learn is useful. Google's success is because it wants to know everything. Knowledge is power. Never forget that...

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xD Don't worry I'll fix it...
[Fixed :D I think I have an exceptional memory xD ]

Now I understand why everybody says that using always the root account in Linux is dangerous xD

And thank you about your comment, I'm glad to see another Browncoat Alan Moore Fan :) I read the book... Awesome book... The movie is also shiny, but in its own way... They are so different...
Also Firefly is the best series ever made... I really love it... I watched the movie in High Definition and it was orgasmic... The best orgasm I have ever had (just kidding xD)