FabSwingers.com forum: Are you bi-lingual?

By *eardedguy83 OP Man
5 weeks ago

Worcestershire

Just started reading a translated Japanese book and it got me thinking how many languages my Fab friends can speak.

Tell us which languages and how you came to speak them. Studied them. Lived in another country perhaps.

I was taught Welsh at school, but apart from some swear words I’ve forgotten it all😂

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By *rdere OpusCouple
5 weeks ago

Brum - ish

I speak French fluently. My mother taught me as I grew up and I spent time living there.

German and Japanese passably. Learnt German at school and Japanese after getting into it learning the basics for a trip, in hope of knowing more if I get to return.

Sufficient Russian and Italian to get by. Russian I learnt for a previous job and Italian just fancied giving it a go.

I’m picking up bits of Portuguese at the moment and learning Irish.

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By *eaAndBiscuit1989Man
5 weeks ago

Burnley

Fluent in German as I have family in Munich......used to know French however having not used it I can't remember much.

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By *eardedguy83 OP Man
5 weeks ago

Worcestershire

"I speak French fluently. My mother taught me as I grew up and I spent time living there.

German and Japanese passably. Learnt German at school and Japanese after getting into it learning the basics for a trip, in hope of knowing more if I get to return.

Sufficient Russian and Italian to get by. Russian I learnt for a previous job and Italian just fancied giving it a go.

I’m picking up bits of Portuguese at the moment and learning Irish.

That’s very impressive. Japanese is hard to master I’m told.

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By *angtidy42Couple
5 weeks ago

Redditch

For me it's English, German, Canadian and unfortunately American.

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By *issilia AmoriWoman
5 weeks ago

St Albans/ North Welsh Borders

I speak Welsh and English

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By *mileyculturebelfastMan
5 weeks ago

belfast

Unfortunately not.

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By *viatrixWoman
5 weeks ago

Redhill

Fully bilingual, use English and Spanish interchangeably. I even dream in English

My mum lived in San Diego during her teenage years and it was frustrating for her not being able to speak English (yes, even in Cali!) she told me she was dating this gorgeous Marine but the relationship didn’t prosper because of the language barrier. So she vowed her future children wouldn’t face that. She enrolled us in an American school where I grew up and I went to High School in Sierra Vista, Arizona.

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By (user no longer on site)
5 weeks ago

I speak English and Yorkshire.

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By *eardedguy83 OP Man
5 weeks ago

Worcestershire

"I speak Welsh and English"

Did you learn Welsh at school or in the home? My Grandparents were fluent Welsh speakers.

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By *obilebottomMan
5 weeks ago

All over

"I speak French fluently. My mother taught me as I grew up and I spent time living there.

German and Japanese passably. Learnt German at school and Japanese after getting into it learning the basics for a trip, in hope of knowing more if I get to return.

Sufficient Russian and Italian to get by. Russian I learnt for a previous job and Italian just fancied giving it a go.

I’m picking up bits of Portuguese at the moment and learning Irish.

That’s very impressive. Japanese is hard to master I’m told."

Hai,-sodesu

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By *issilia AmoriWoman
5 weeks ago

St Albans/ North Welsh Borders

"I speak Welsh and English

Did you learn Welsh at school or in the home? My Grandparents were fluent Welsh speakers. "

At home, my Mum was first language Welsh

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By *eardedguy83 OP Man
5 weeks ago

Worcestershire

"I speak French fluently. My mother taught me as I grew up and I spent time living there.

German and Japanese passably. Learnt German at school and Japanese after getting into it learning the basics for a trip, in hope of knowing more if I get to return.

Sufficient Russian and Italian to get by. Russian I learnt for a previous job and Italian just fancied giving it a go.

I’m picking up bits of Portuguese at the moment and learning Irish.

That’s very impressive. Japanese is hard to master I’m told.

Hai,-sodesu

I hope that’s clean 😂

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By *hyKentGuyMan
5 weeks ago

sheerness

I can speak enough German to get by.

Notice nobody claims to speak the language of “lerrrrrve”!!!!! 😂

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By *emorefridaCouple
5 weeks ago

La la land

Welsh is my first language, didn't learn English until I was about 5 ish. I can speak conversion French and read it ok, my written is now non existent.

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By *rSuave88Man
5 weeks ago

Mirfield

Most ethnic minorities will be 🤷🏽‍♂️

Although my Punjabi could be better I can understand it well and read and write it to a basic level. Speaking could be improved but I can get by. I can also get the gist of related languages.

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By (user no longer on site)
5 weeks ago

Tri-lingual: English, Mancunian and Bullshit

You could argue the last is interchangable with the first two

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By (user no longer on site)
5 weeks ago

I speak mainly rubbish

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By *vaRoseWoman
5 weeks ago

Ankh-Morpork

Unfortunately not, I wish I was

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By (user no longer on site)
5 weeks ago

Non.

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By *ancashireredheadWoman
5 weeks ago

Up North

Thanks to duo lingo I can say several useful phrases in Italian, such as ….. I am an apple and the bear drinks beer 🙄. Comes in handy when I’m on holiday.

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By *eroLondonMan
5 weeks ago

Soho

English, Punjabi and Makaton.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
5 weeks ago

East Sussex

"I speak French fluently. My mother taught me as I grew up and I spent time living there.

German and Japanese passably. Learnt German at school and Japanese after getting into it learning the basics for a trip, in hope of knowing more if I get to return.

Sufficient Russian and Italian to get by. Russian I learnt for a previous job and Italian just fancied giving it a go.

I’m picking up bits of Portuguese at the moment and learning Irish.

That’s very impressive. Japanese is hard to master I’m told."

It's very difficult. I know ex pats who've lived in Japan for 30 years and although they sound fluent to me and speak Japanese at home claim to be nowhere near fluency. I learned the basics but I've forgotten most of it.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
5 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

I speak English, Afrikaans and German, and I know a little bit of Zulu.

English is my home language.

I grew up in South Africa - prior to the end of Apartheid, it was compulsory at school to learn English if you were Afrikaans, and Afrikaans if you were English. Plus all TV was 50% Afrikaans, and of course I was in the army for a year, and that was dominated by Afrikaans. We also learned Zulu for about 4 years at school. I learned German at university and worked as a research assistant in Germany and traveled for about 5 months after university.

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
5 weeks ago

Reading

No i wish I were as i have a French speaking Swiss mum. Bi lingual people tend to speak both languages better than monom my nephew has an English mum but his father is from cote d'ivorie so speaks French to him and now he understands everything but rarely speaks it.

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
5 weeks ago

Reading

"English, Punjabi and Makaton."

Where's Makaton spoken? I've not heard of it.

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By *eardedguy83 OP Man
5 weeks ago

Worcestershire

"I speak English, Afrikaans and German, and I know a little bit of Zulu.

English is my home language.

Wow

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By *eroLondonMan
5 weeks ago

Soho

"...of course I was in the army for a year, and I was dominated by Afrikaans."

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I'm sure you were, you saucy little minx.

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By *ittleLiaisonsWoman
5 weeks ago

Birmingham

Ive picked up roadman speak over the years if that counts.

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By *rinceless PrincessWoman
5 weeks ago

Gloucester

Not yet but I am currently learning Dutch

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
5 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

"...of course I was in the army for a year, and I was dominated by Afrikaans.

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I'm sure you were, you saucy little minx.

I did say 50% of TV was Afrikaans. My hole was never the same... 😜🌈

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By *aomilatteCouple
5 weeks ago

Midlands

Hola Señor we speak a few words of other languages, but not fluent.

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By *iGuyForCouplesMan
5 weeks ago

Staines

Fluent in English,Czech,Polish and Slovak. Can get by using Russian and German. Studied Spanish but wasn't really keen so forgot a lot

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By *issolvedOrdersMan
5 weeks ago

Bristol

Helemaal tweetalig

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By *eonknifeWoman
4 weeks ago

skegness

si.

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By *ohiMan
4 weeks ago

from bristol

Yo también!

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By *offysmangoMan
4 weeks ago

Colchester

I speak English, some Gaelic , and Bulgarian

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By *annibal_LickedherMan
4 weeks ago

north

I want to learn Nepalese because I work with Ghurka’s occasionally and it’s their native language, they are good people so it seems worthwhile.

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By *ysteryman6998Man
4 weeks ago

essex

I’m bi-myself

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
4 weeks ago

little house on the praire

"English, Punjabi and Makaton.

Where's Makaton spoken? I've not heard of it. "
It's a form of sign language. They use it on children's television

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By *hortyscotWoman
4 weeks ago

Glasgow

"I speak French fluently. My mother taught me as I grew up and I spent time living there.

German and Japanese passably. Learnt German at school and Japanese after getting into it learning the basics for a trip, in hope of knowing more if I get to return.

Sufficient Russian and Italian to get by. Russian I learnt for a previous job and Italian just fancied giving it a go.

I’m picking up bits of Portuguese at the moment and learning Irish.

Impressive! It's my plan to learn a new language, you put me to shame

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By *neteaminDevonMan
4 weeks ago

Bridgwater

I’ve been told many a time that I speak Gibberish most of the time

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By *utoftheBluexWoman
4 weeks ago

London

Spanish, English and French

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By *ugarCumFairyWoman
4 weeks ago

Fuckerville,Oxon

Fluent in English, Afrikaans and Swedish….

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By *eri24Woman
4 weeks ago

Bridgend

French and German from school

My french is better but I get to practise my German visiting friends in Berlin

I lived in Finland so my understanding is pretty good, but I'm not keen to speak it in front of natives

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By *ubadubdubWoman
4 weeks ago

Hereabouts

Irish and English fluently.

Despite the claim that it's easy to learn a third language if you're bilingual that hasn't been the case, but I've tried to learn a few words at least in every country I've visited.

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By *rightonsteveMan
4 weeks ago

Brighton - even Hove!

A bit of French which should be better considering the amount of time I spend there.

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By *UNKIEMan
4 weeks ago

south east

Im straight lingual

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By *ost SockMan
4 weeks ago

West Wales and Cardiff

Welsh and English

Hopefully going to get my French and German back to a reasonable level in the future.

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By *eroLondonMan
4 weeks ago

Soho

"English, Punjabi and Makaton.

Where's Makaton spoken? I've not heard of it. It's a form of sign language. They use it on children's television "

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Correct. 🩶

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By *oeBeansMan
4 weeks ago

Derby

English and Punjabi.

I'm also pretty shocked that no-one over 45 has said Sarcasm and Profanity. I'm proud of y'all! ♥️

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By *agic.MMan
4 weeks ago

Orpington

English German Italian and Romanian 🧛🏼

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By *utoftheBluexWoman
4 weeks ago

London

"English German Italian and Romanian 🧛🏼"

Sei molto bello

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By *eardedguy83 OP Man
4 weeks ago

Worcestershire

We have some very talented people on Fab….im very jealous

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By *otMediterraneanWoman
4 weeks ago

Yes fluent in English either mother tongue being Spanish

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By *alo10Man
4 weeks ago

oxford

I speak english, russian, polish and italian. Understand spanish, but can not speak it. But sarcastic is my first language.

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By *orphia2003Woman
4 weeks ago

Tonypandy.

Just English, despite growing up in south Wales we weren't taught Welsh until comprehensive school and then only for few years. It was one of the language options at GCSE, alongside french and Spanish.

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By * Jason -Man
4 weeks ago

Hounslow

I might be a bit Cunnilingual. When I speak to a pussy in tongues, the pussy speaks back to me, and I seem to understand completely

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By *ustincamebridgeCouple
4 weeks ago

manchester

As a child I (male) spent a lot of time speaking french. I cant remember much of the language now. I loved in Germany and do remember enough to get by. Later in life I learnt some basic Japanese

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By *tsJustKateWoman
4 weeks ago

London

I speak clean and dirty

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By *reachersdaughterWoman
4 weeks ago

Someplace

English, Hindu, Punjabi, Bengali and some Korean

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By *reeneggsandsamMan
4 weeks ago

Perpignan and cap

I speak English, french, often and my mind. I'm Not very good at french.

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By *artfordBlokeMan
4 weeks ago

Dartford

I speak fluent gibberish

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By *ack1971Man
4 weeks ago

Cork

Irish - Native language.

English - Primary language.

Polish - Dated, lived and worked in Poland.

French - Some of my family is French.

Spanish Sone of my family is Spanish.

Portuguese- Brazillian ex girlfriend.

Dutch - Dutch ex girlfriend.

I'd like to learn Welsh as some of my heritage is from Wales, beautiful language.

And I speak a little Italian as I have friends there.

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By *eneralKenobiMan
4 weeks ago

North Angus

I’m Scottish I can barely speak English

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By *ene FairfaxMan
4 weeks ago

Dover

Apparently I am a Cunning Liguist lol

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By *eys00Man
4 weeks ago

have boots will travel

I speak English of course but I’m also completely fluent in Irish. Not sure is it counted as bi-lingual? I suppose it is but I’ve never thought of it like that. It’s a beautifully romantic language!

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By *aven3Man
4 weeks ago

Stoford

"I’ve been told many a time that I speak Gibberish most of the time

Haha.Me too,and something called Utter Bollox 😉

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By *inister_SpinsterWoman
4 weeks ago

Manchester(ish).

I'm bisexual, does that count for anything ?

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By *eardedguy83 OP Man
4 weeks ago

Worcestershire

"I'm bisexual, does that count for anything ? "

I’ll allow it this once

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