Who is multilingual? What languages do you speak?

I studied French for 5 years, but it's been so long that I can't converse anymore.  I can read it pretty well and speak a little.  Similar thing with Spanish.  I lived in L.A. (lincoln heights) which was kinda trial by fire learning spanish.  Of course it wasn't Castillian or Mexican spanish, it was Angeleno spanish which is akin to learning English in Ireland.  Lots of pronunciations that were different and colloquialisms that you wouldn't hear in most spanish-speaking countries.

And, obviously, English.

ShawnG said:

We had mandatory French in school because Canada.

Not useful French but the kind they use in Quebec.

J've managed to retain none of it but I seem to remember that it sounded like gargling with air.

Right?  I spend every summer in Canada which is why I chose French in school.  Learning French-french and then going to Quebec is like learning British-English and then going to Texas.

In reply to Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) :

I can still read a bit but there's no way I could write properly or hold a conversation. 

In reply to Duke :

I love Les Miserables and the Phantom of the Opera - but I've only known them from their English translations. I got to give them a read in French and maybe that will change my mind. 

914Driver said:

English and bad English.  In Spanish I can count to 15, order beer and tell you you have beautiful eyes.

and not where is the bathroom shame on you?...."donde esta el banjo"  .....de nada (you're welcome)

759NRNG said:

and not where is the bathroom shame on you?...."donde esta el banjo"  .....de nada (you're welcome)

Careful with the pronunciation, and definitely don't spell it that way, or you'll get sent here:

My Spanish used to be decent but is probably rather crusty by now. Also a bit of French...

Also a few computer languages, including PHP, which is exactly this:

English and German fluently.

French badly.

Greek at one time fluently, but it's so out of practice.

Enough Malagasy to shop at a store and ask for things, get directions, and make things in a small factory.

I can read and speak French fairly fluently, although some Canadian dialects trip me up if they speak too quickly. 

I can read a surprising amount of Spanish, just from studying French for six years.  

And much like Hillary Flammond, I know a little German...

1. English

2. Spanish

3. Italian is a work in progress - currently learning it with the green owl app and by attempting conversations with friends of the family who are fluent.

Other than that, I know a few very basic phrases in German and enough HTML to make the websites and the emails do the things.

I'm fluent in English and 19 dialects of Sarcasm 

English and Spanish, but my Spanish is getting weaker. 
 

My problem is I have an amazing Spanish accent. When I open my mouth, Spanish speakers assume I am fluent, and can actually identify which region of the Dominican Republic they think I am from. So they immediately treat me like I am fluent and start talking at 100 mph. At which point, I am totally lost. 
 

I can use different Spanish dialects. I know the difference between Mexican, Guatemalan, Dominican, etc. 
 

Mexicans swear a lot. In Guatamala "bolsa" means bag. But don't ask for a "bolsa" in the Dominican Republic unless you actually have an interest in male genitals. 

SV reX said:

My problem is I have an amazing Spanish accent. When I open my mouth, Spanish speakers assume I am fluent, and can actually identify which region of the Dominican Republic they think I am from. So they immediately treat me like I am fluent and start talking at 100 mph. At which point, I am totally lost. 
 

I can use different Spanish dialects. I know the difference between Mexican, Guatemalan, Dominican, etc. 

Hahah, 

This reminds me of advice from my brother years ago. I had taken some semesters of German in college. He had lived in Germany for a minute and he picks up languages really fast. So one day I bust out something in German and he told me " you need to make your accent worse" he said if I went to Germany people would hear my accent and talk to me like a local. I already spoke French and English and I'm good at picking up accents in either. 
 

Moral of the story , sometimes you gotta sound like a doof. 
 

Edit: I also once had to explain to a former work colleague who was from rural Newfoundland that he needed to be real careful with his pronunciation between poutine and putain when in French areas. 

I speak North American English and some Deutsch, and SWMBO is currently teaching me Dansk.

My SWMBO has an anthropology degree with a minor in linguistics and is Fluent in English, Español, Dansk, Svenska, Norska and is ok i ln ĺslenska and Suomi . In contrast this morning I put the cereal box in the fridge and the milk in the cabinet. I have no idea what she sees in me.

On the topic of accents, my German is pretty good but I also speak Dansk with the German Accent, which makes Danes think I'm from Iceland.