How many languages do you speak fluently ?

[gavroche]

I will start and in my case , two. French and English.
As you all know, French is my first language and first came to England in 1966 with only basic school English.
I met this English girl then and fell in love with her which gave me the desire to come and settle here because it was different from France and a new experience.
So, I did my military service and came over for good in 1970.
To test the progress of learning a new language, my goal was to be able to understand the lyrics of a song as it was sang. The day i did, I felt I had made it.
Of course, it was only the start but 55 years later, I now find it quicker to think in English than in French, sadly.
When I go to France, it takes me a couple of days to re-adjust but my heart is still in my home land.

 

[Dave7]

Only English for me. The sec.mod school I was dragged up in didn't teach any languages.
At one time, as I worked in Germany a bit I went to night school for German but only learned enough to eg ask directions.
My Bro took French but it has never been of use to him.

 

[further]

English with some Greek

 

[figbat]

English - mother tongue.
French - I can get by and if immersed I pick it back up quickly.

 

[mistyoptic]

English with a legacy of schoolboy french which gets me by. I have a GCSE (my only one) in Portuguese and a smattering of German. Really only fluent in English and #%^*€

 

[glasgowcyclist]

English as a first language and Italian as a second. Sometimes when I get really involved in a discussion (in English), Italian words and expressions can suddenly come out. It’s weird. I also sometimes forget the English words for certain things and have to ask my wife stuff like, “What’s carciofi in English?”

 

[TheDoctor]

I can usually on-a-good-day hold down a conversation in French.
Possibly a simple one in German.
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese I have at reasonable holiday level.
Flemish, Turkish and Greek, I can ask for things and say please, thanks and a few other polite phrases.
Arabic, Japanese, the Celtic and Nordic languages I've just got the odd phrase.

 

[JtB]

English my first “first language” which I learnt in English from my parents and Spanish my second “first language” which I learnt in Spanish from my wife who at the time didn’t speak English.

 

[wafter]

Arguably none..

 

[Donger]

I used to be really good at French ... and I still get by pretty well when we go to France. But since covid & Brexit my opportunities have reduced and I know I'm now getting rusty. I've always been better at reading French than listening to it in a variety of wildly varying strong local accents. When I'm doing the speaking, I seem to be widely understood and have been complimented several times. My teacher (46 years ago) was married to a woman from Lyon and I was told as recently as 10 years ago that I spoke with a Lyon accent! Sadly I'm gradually forgetting much of the grammar through lack of use, but I have always enjoyed speaking it.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Arguably none..

The correct answer

 

[Dogtrousers]

Fluently? English only.

I can speak a couple of other languages badly, and not understand much. I've got bits and bobs of yet other languages as I always like to know a few phrases wherever I go.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Two. The King's English and Lanky (Lancashire dialect) ! 🧐 https://nikkiwordsmith.com/the-lancashire-dialect-top-ten-keywords/

 

[Brandane]

Where is @Pat "5mph" , aka Google-Translate? I think she speaks English, Italian, French, and German; possibly more. Glaswegian has got her stumped though.

I can only speak English. Did French at school and have tried to improve that over the years by doing a CD course by Michel Thomas. I can get by when ordering in a French restaurant or booking a hotel, but my vocabulary is severely lacking for general conversation.

 

[Marchrider]

None really -

Irish Geordie then 40+ years in Scotland