Writer's Block: Multilingual

[theoldwolf]

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Aha. Finally a question that actually has meaning for me.

Native Language: English
Approaching native fluency: German, French, Italian
Can communicate easily: Spanish
Can communicate well enough to get thrown in jail: Gaeilge, Croatian, Japanese, Mandarin, Arabic
Can understand most basic conversation, read without a dictionary, and communicate at a basic level: Portuguese, Dutch, Romanian, Norwegian, Catalan, Esperanto
Can read with a dictionary: Danish, Swedish, Greek, Albanian, Bulgarian, Serbian
Currently studying: Hebrew
Have worked with and have very basic ability in: Turkish, Lingala
Would like to learn: Hindi/Urdu, Maltese, Russian

Comments

[messiah-noire.livejournal.com]

Bloody hell. o__o Where did you learn all those languages?! And get you ever confused? oO

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

A lifetime of work as a linguist, 2 years in Austria, 18 months in Naples, 6 months in Switzerland, and very plenty etc. These days it's become a hobby.

And yes, sometimes it's bloody hard to keep it all straight.

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

Why Maltese? What's in Malta?

[dhlawrence.livejournal.com]

Damn...could I borrow the French and German literacy? I promise I'll give them back! Who did you work for as a linguist, the LDS or the government?

I wouldn't mind learning Afrikaans some day.

[chumee.livejournal.com]

O_O) Wao. you're just made of awesome. O_O)

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

Falcons, for starters.

-=Kiyoshi

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

Would you leave me your brains in your will? I struggle enough just to have the BICS down pat in German.

-=Kiyoshi

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

Not chocolates - MALTESERS!
Know how to make a Maltese Cross? poke him in the eye.
And with those deep valleys it's easy to make a Swiss Roll....

Truly, Old Wolf shall speak peace unto nations.

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

Aww...

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

Worked there a number of times. Good people, good food, fascinating history, gorgeous islands and intriguing language.

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

Sure, here you go... handwavium

In industry developing translation software and then for the Church.

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

Sure, but they come with all sorts of other baggage...

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

Baggage is what I'm good at. I the bellhop of Mensa, that's me!

-=Kiyoshi