Language Learning / Bilingual / Polyglot Thread

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.
 
Speak english. I can speak spanish but i fucking hate the way it sounds.
Can read english,spanish and a little of Japanese and German.
 
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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.
 
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Weeb Japanese

as in, I can read most stuff written in Katakana but not much in Hiragana. And I know like... 20 Kanji, tops.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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'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.
 
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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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