Solution: re-learn Spanish. Then you could say you have Sephardic ancestors. :thumb: Besides, that will help you to learn Italian, since the two languages are very similar. :)

Talent for languages he may have, but I'm a little sceptical about the level of knowledge he posseses....:/

Aditional query, how many languages can an average person learn to speak...fluently?

It's possible that I do have Sephardic ancestors, since my mother's ethnicity is a mixed bag of European countries. Maybe way, way, way down the line somewhere :D

i only have hanyu pinyin at my fiancee's so I can't type whatever mish-mash of chinese I know

I have heard that a person could learn about 7 languages fluently, don't remember where though. Of course they will always be better at some of them than at others. I have an uncle who speaks 5 languages (English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish), and he does fine with all of them.

It depends on that person's age. If I'm not wrong, according to psychologists, children are able to learn several languages at the same time.

and they forget all that by the time they reach adolescent period

I'm just good at languages. Hell, I did two years of Latin, ancient Greek and also tutored French and English whilst at uni, all at the same time.

TBH I've likely forgotten most of my sign languages and Italian, although I still use the Italian from time to time during band practice (sheet music uses Italian words a LOT).


I'm also female FYI. :-)

I'm not surprised. Even English isn't a Geordie's first language.

:d