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Old 05-14-2009, 02:43 AM   #51 (permalink)
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I can speak English, not Maori! Let's make that clear. I have a very small knowledge of German, and would love to learn French. But I'm really good at imitating accents!
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Old 05-14-2009, 08:00 AM   #52 (permalink)
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I've taken French, and I'm in my 8th semester of German. I'll probably go back to French in college though, I have a much easier time understanding their babble.
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Old 05-14-2009, 08:13 AM   #53 (permalink)
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It means you have Spanish ancestry.
Forgive our traditionally intelligent friend, he knows what it means, he was just queueing up for a dig at me and my ancestry.

Marjin, My grandfather came from Spain, he was born there, and he set down in Miami. Since he left my English grandmother when my father was 2, I know little about the man. I've been digging to try to find out more about who I am, but to date, I know he died in Ohio, and that his name was William Molina.
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Old 05-14-2009, 09:22 AM   #54 (permalink)
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I speak English and fluent German, and am learning Chinese now. And piglatin =)
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Old 05-15-2009, 12:36 PM   #55 (permalink)
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English and a little Spanish, would like to learn German though.
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Old 05-15-2009, 12:37 PM   #56 (permalink)
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i speak english and texan, both east and west texan
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Old 05-15-2009, 12:42 PM   #57 (permalink)
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I think that practice is necessary for listening skills. My high school Latin teacher who majored in French told me that he went to France and could only really converse properly with the locals after about a week of being there.

I don't think I've forgotten much French vocab since high school, but my listening skills have deteriorated... I can't be the only one who finds listening hard. Mind you, French isn't particularly phonetic and the speed/enunciation/elision can make it difficult to understand.
I agree. Listening is very hard for me, too. If I really focus, I'll catch every other word in Spanish. I like to watch movies with caption - Spanish or English. I think hearing and seeing it together really helps me to learn it. I think the only way to truly be fluent is to live in a place where you will be forced to communicate in another language other than English. Culture, to me, is very important in picking up a new language.
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Old 05-15-2009, 04:10 PM   #58 (permalink)
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There aren't, and because there aren't everyone assumed I was super spanish.

I'd get all of my military paraphernalia in Spanish. I ended up not joining the military because all of their good points were in comprehendible.

There were two kids in my school with my last name, and he was ESL and his parents didn't speak English.

to this day I get the "you're Spanish?!?!?!?!" comment from dip****s who think we're all deep brown and dance to mariachi.
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Forgive our traditionally intelligent friend, he knows what it means, he was just queueing up for a dig at me and my ancestry.

Marjin, My grandfather came from Spain, he was born there, and he set down in Miami. Since he left my English grandmother when my father was 2, I know little about the man. I've been digging to try to find out more about who I am, but to date, I know he died in Ohio, and that his name was William Molina.
Indeed I was and here it goes. So really, you're 1/4th Spanish or what I like to call 100% mish-mash American. See, what I assume when someone says they're *insert nationality* is that both their parents are *insert nationality*, they have strong cultural or emotional ties to that nation and hopefully speak the language. That's probably why I wouldn't call Ethan Mexican even though his grandmother was.

P.s. There's no such thing as "in comprehendible" and it's "queuing" not "queueing". See, if we keep working on it, one day you're sure to become fluent in English.

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I agree. Listening is very hard for me, too. If I really focus, I'll catch every other word in Spanish. I like to watch movies with caption - Spanish or English. I think hearing and seeing it together really helps me to learn it. I think the only way to truly be fluent is to live in a place where you will be forced to communicate in another language other than English. Culture, to me, is very important in picking up a new language.
Well, I haven't been forced to communicate in English but I'm pretty fluent in it. I do think it's important to be exposed to as much of the language as you can, through TV or books and such and to continue working on it if you want to maintain a level of fluency. For those of us that can't afford to relocate that is...
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Old 05-15-2009, 04:48 PM   #59 (permalink)
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Old 05-15-2009, 04:50 PM   #60 (permalink)
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