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Do you speak another language?

I often find myself wishing that I had kept up my Spanish classes when I got to college (since I took 4 years in high school, I tested out of my foreign language core requirement, so I didn't take any).  I just had a student submit an assignment that was partially in Spanish (which wasn't a problem for this particular assignmnt), and I started reading it out loud because I like the sound of the Spanish and I was trying to translate it.  Smile

Do you speak anything other than English?  How well do you speak it?

(Side note: I did also teach myself some Italian a few years ago, but I've lost most of it now because I haven't used it.)

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Re: Do you speak another language?

  • I have also 'lost' most of my spanish, sad since it waI definitely would like to pick it back up. I did OK in Spain last year, but had a traveler's dictionary with me to assist.

    I've also started to try to teach myself French (not easy)

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  • I took french and japanese in hs and college, but really can only say a few things and pick out a few words when i hear fluent people speak. I really wish I had kept up with it when I was younger.
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    I used to be able to speak spanish.  I took Spanish all through HS, and took one year intensive Spanish in college (it was every day, for one full year- instead of taking it spread out in two years worth).  I traveled to Spain and did fine, but the people there are super nice and helpful anyway.

    Now, I can barely speak spanish anymore :(  I just didnt keep up with it. 

  • Spanish and took French in high school.
  • i took spanish all 4 years in hs and college. i use to be able to carry on conversations and read it very well. since i have not kept up with it not so much. i can pick up some things but not enough to carry a conversation with. i really wish i would have kept up with it.
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  • I took 2 yrs of French in HS and I really enjoyed it, but I don't remember much of it now. I'm still semi-decent at translating French to English when it's in writing, but that's not that hard anyway haha.
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  • i speak portuguese fluently i took french in jr high nut forgot most of it
  • I only speak spanish now, but I don't speak it as much as I use to so I am forgetting alot of it.I also spoke French, Italian and Germany and a little arabic. My father spoke 5 languages and wanted us to learn multiple languages when we were little.

  • took 3 years of German in HS and got the opportunity to go to Germany for 3 weeks in HS.

    then took a year of Spanish in college and studied abroad for 5 weeks to take care of 2nd year Spanish - while there i could understand a heck of a lot more than I could speak. Really never picked up on Spanish because every time i heard a foreign language, I thought to answer it in German, hah!

    I have retained a bit of German - though I would love for us to get stationed in Germany where I could practice it more!!

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