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I take Latin at school, and I know a handful of phrases in a few other languages: Spanish, Italian, Modern Greek, French, Polish, German (Welch Dunkel hier!), and Ukranian (ironically, the phrase I say whenever anyone asks me to say something in Ukranian literally translates to "Written rock")





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I'm fluent in english and american sign language!
Et je parle francais aussi!(:
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so i know a little Swahili. its really cool, only nobody else speaks it, so its quite pointless. I learned in pre-school and i've always remembered it.
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how long does it take to learn the full chinese language?
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depends-if you dont know ANY at all whatsoever, it'll probably take forever. even for someone like me who speaks it fluently, im still learning a whole bunch of stuff. i mean, it IS one of the hardest languages after all...
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I remembering hearing my school was considering adding a Japanese class. Considering all the budget cuts, tons of teachers laid-off, I don't think that will be happening anytime soon. If it does, I'll try to fit it in my schedule.
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I can only speak English fluently. However, I'm currently learning Spanish and conversational Hebrew. I also took Chinese for a few years in elementary school (not that I remember anything), and I plan on learning Latin in the summer for several years.

I would love to learn French and Italian, but alas, I don't have the time right now. :|
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I'm just fluent in English, but I know quite a bit of Latin, and a little Conversational Hebrew.
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Fluent English because of the whole...America thing... And also a basis of german
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german is such an angry sounding language.
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