Languages. How good are we?

[joecool]

Wow. I couldn't understand a word. I guess there are a lot of ppl here that speak interesting languages. That is cool.

Is there a russian speaker that can explain the pronounciation of the letter like a w with the line off it on the right, that one that looks like an x with an extra line, that letter like a u with a line off the right, and that one that looks like a b and an l? Also, can anyone tell the difference between the a and the letter that looks a little like a three, but not exactly? Thanks. Hope this made sense.

 

[menagerie mama]

I wish I could learn another language. I tried to do the books on tape to learn French but it was hard! I took Spanish from 7th grade up, and I could get myself through Mexico as long as all I did was go out to eat and ask where the bathroom was! Other than some basic sentences, I don't speak it very fluently. I do love to listen to people with Irish accents and such, and for a man to speak French to a woman....well...

is all I have to say 'bout that!

 

[joecool]

Sorry, i accidently let this thread get cold, lol


Shannon, all you have to do is give each hard pronounciation a break down in american. Like the rolled r is like an hr, etc.

Il n'est pas trop difficile! It isn't too hard!

 

[katielv]

Originally Posted by joecool

Is there a russian speaker that can explain the pronounciation of the letter like a w with the line off it on the right, that one that looks like an x with an extra line, that letter like a u with a line off the right, and that one that looks like a b and an l? Also, can anyone tell the difference between the a and the letter that looks a little like a three, but not exactly? Thanks. Hope this made sense.

I am a russian speaker. I do not understand what you ment by the above. If you explain a little better, I'll be able to help

 

[joecool]

I will try to find pictures of them.

 

[lillekat]

Jeg tror at vi er meget god med andene sproger.... fra russisk og tysk til spansk eller intaliensk - vi taler alle sammen en meget virkelig sprog.... KAT!!

(I think that we are very good with other languages... from russian and german to spanish or italian - we all speak one very important language... CAT!)

 

[agent_haun]

Taking German here. Es macht spaß!

 

[babyharley]

I took 3 years of Spanish in high school...and I don't remember a word!

I wish I could speak that...or French

 

[hell603]

I am fluent in German...

 

[phenomsmom]

i can speak a little german and a little spanish

Mi gusta el bano is what we would always tell the teacher if we needed to go to the bathroom( it mean i like the bathroom)

i always started doing german and spanish together so i gave up because it was getting all screwed up!

 

[bren.1]

English and Spanish. I use Spanish almost daily, I am an English as a Second Language teacher, and all my students are native Spanish speakers. Between them and their families, I get lots of practice.

I can also make sense of some written French and Italian, I pick out the words that are similar to Spanish ones.

 

[kai bengals]

I'm fluent in German. I took 3 years of Spanish in high school, but without using it, I'm sadly lacking in that dept.

 

[chelle]

I can speak some German but i am still learning

 

[lillekat]

I also learned German - I took 5 years of it in school and was fluet by the time I finished. Can't recall most of it now!!

 

[lakeriedog]

American Sign Language...both my parents are deaf, so you could say it's my first language. I would like to learn to speak Spanish some day.