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Q: Do you speak or are learning another language?

My second language was Spanish, which I use every day. Chinese was my third but I have thinking about going for another. Anyone thinking of going beyond chinese?

10 years 13 weeks ago in  Culture - Beijing

 
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I speak English, my first language, mother tongue. I am also fluent in Mandarin, Malay, and Thai. Basic conversational Japanese as well. I also speak various Chinese dialects like Baihua, Chaozhou hua and Fujian hua. 

 

It's easy to learn if you understand their culture and if you mix around with them on a daily basis. You may be laughed at when you say it incorrectly but they respect that you are trying to learn their language and will help you master it.

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Pudeo hablar espanol! 

 

Along with it is English and Arabic, while currently studying Mandarin. 

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I only speak English.  Learnt a little French at school about a hundred years ago.

This afternoon I'll be spending my time with people who will start with Chinese before descending, like me, into Swahili.  Yes, you guessed correctly.....we're going for a long lunch at the local Peking Duck joint!

 

 

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I speak English, French, some Spanish and intermediate Mandarin. I have studied into Korean, Japanese, Arabic, German and Tagalog. 

 

The hardest to learn I find was Korean. I am not sure why... I think because it sounds overly whiny and gets on my nerves. 

 

I am studying Chinese a lot more now because I decided to buy an apartment here, so I figured if I am investing money here may as well invest more time into the language. 

 

After it, I would love to learn Arabic more. I like the way it sounds and would love to visit some of the countries. 

 

 

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I speak
* French : native language
* English : learned at school, and my everyday language for a few years now
* Vietnamese : learned as a hobby while at the university. Then I lived in Vietnam for a while. Fluent speech and comprehension, but can't really write.
* Mandarin : basics, can follow a simple conversation, bad speech, can't read/write

I tried but completely forgot/failed
* German : 2nd language at school, I just put zero effort into it
* Spanish : lived in Spain for a while as a kid, forgot all of it

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I just bought the Rosetta Stone for Spanish and hoping to learn it by the end of the year. Just enough to get by etc. Have a lot of Spanish friends I can practice with. 

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Hola, I'm Patricia. I have a spanish school in Shanghai near Shanghai Stadium station.
Study Spanish in Shanghai. Spanish courses in group and private lessons.
All Spanish levels: A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2. We also offer DELE preparation courses.
Courses for children, youth and adults. Also courses for official tests for kids (DELE Escolar).
Courses and guidance to study in Spanish universities. Processing of documents.
All our teachers are native and has TSFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certificate.
Group classes are 4-9 students (small groups).
Private Spanish classes can be in our school, in your office or in your home, at the time you wish.
Our school is close to the Shanghai Stadium subway station.

You can contact us by email: directorpatricia@spanishshanghai.com, WeChat mon84106 (chinese and spanish) or liuxiaxia83 (spanish and english) , or telephone: 180-1759-6015 (Chinese and Spanish), 136-6179-4197 (Spanish and English).

We also offer Spanish-Chinese translation.
And courses of French, Italian, English, Catalan, Chinese, Shanghainese, specific business and marketing language courses, painting for children and adults, etc.

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帕特丽夏西班牙语和绘画学校在上海开班了。西班牙语课程包括小班制和VIP  。课程包含各个等级的西班牙语:A1,A2,B1,B2,C1,C2。我们也开设西班牙语针对DELE考试的预习班。

所有的课程都开设幼儿,少年和成人班,以及针对官方考试的课程。开设针对将要去西班牙留学的学员的课程,为学员提供留学方面的咨询和办理留学手续。 我们所有的老师都是母语为西班牙语的老师,都拥有TSFL(教授外国人西班牙证书)的老师小班制课程为4-9人VIP课程为您量身打造,可以选择在我们的 学校,在您的办公室或者在您的家里,上课时候也由您来订。我们的学校坐落在上海八万人体育场边上。您可以由以下方式联系我们:directorpatricia@spanishshanghai.com, 微信:mon84106, 电话:18017596015刘老师(中文和西班牙语咨询)13661794197(西班牙语和英语咨询) 除了西班牙语外,我们学校还提供以下课程和服 务:中西翻译,法国语课程,意大利语课程英语课程,加泰罗尼亚语课程,汉语课程,上海话课程(沪语),书法课程,和所有绘画课程。

 

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I speak 6 languages, all European, one native, 2 of them closed to native, one average, 2 fluently. I would add Chinese and Japanese, no matter how bad, I would say beginner level. Still, I guess Chinese I know much more than Japanese.

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I can speak English Urdu Arabic Persian Spanish and a little of Chinese and a little of German..

plus a couple of local languages of Asia...

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I can speak more than one language.  Chinese is also interesting language.

I am learning chinese.

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