https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 11:28:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-970882 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 18:19:58 +0000 MediaNaranja 970882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English and Spanish fluently. I can understand Portuguese pretty well, but can't speak it (or read or write).</p> <p>Eta: I also know some very (very) basic phrases in Quechua from when I lived in a small Andean village. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-970531 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:26:27 +0000 VanillaBean 970531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English, Iu-Mien, know some sign language and a little French, Laotian and Vietnamese. </p> <p>My husband is Vietnamese and his mother insist that I learn the language that even her own son cannot speak. ha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-970238 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:12:25 +0000 Alivoo01 970238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. I understand, but speak very little Hokkien, I can do conversational Spanish, but read better than I can speak it.</p> <p>@Yin: @Autumnlove: Same here with my Canto since I don't live near family any more so my Canto is a little rough. I actually have to think about what I'm saying before I say it. Ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-970205 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:48:34 +0000 PurplePumps 970205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: haha, sometimes I'm not sure if it should count since it sounds so close to Cantonese to me. But since HK friends dont understand it, and I have some Toisanese friends who don't understand Cantonese, I guess it's different enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-970135 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 08:35:51 +0000 matador84 970135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English and Spanish </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-970126 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 08:28:38 +0000 creativemomma15 970126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only English :( I wish I knew more, maybe Spanish or sign language </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-970104 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 08:12:05 +0000 Espion 970104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: I wish I was fluent in more languages too! </p> <p>I've been working on Spanish haphazardly for a long time. It would be so useful in my job! I also wish I could learn Yup'ik, but it is supposed to be an exceptionally hard language to learn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-970063 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 07:29:59 +0000 mrs. bird 970063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>english. when i was younger i spoke basic french, much of that is gone now since i haven't really used it, and i speak some baby cantonese. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-970053 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 07:22:36 +0000 yerpie110 970053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English and conversational Mandarin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-970052 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 07:21:48 +0000 jhd 970052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English &amp; French </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-970002 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 06:20:15 +0000 MrsRcCar 970002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English is what I am most comfortable speaking. Although I do sign pretty well (American Sign Language). My father and Dh speak German fluently, I understand it but my speaking skills are lacking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969976 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 05:06:59 +0000 loveisstrange 969976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1.25. Fluent English and basic French. I also know a tiny bit of sign language and a few phrases and words in Spanish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969964 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 04:01:49 +0000 Ginabean3 969964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English, mandarin, and I can understand some Taiwanese. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969959 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 03:29:59 +0000 Sweet T 969959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English and very little French. I know a few things in Vietnamese too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969955 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 03:18:28 +0000 SugarplumsMom 969955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English and conversational Tagalog (Filipino), but my vocabulary is limited; I can't understand most complicated words they use in the news, for instance. I read better than I can write Tagalog, which always requires Google translate.</p> <p>I'm picking up on Swedish, but I still have a long way to go and completely lost any Spanish I learned in school. I picked up a little Korean from when I used to live there and know a few words and expressions. I can sound out written Korean, but not actually know what most of it means. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969948 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 02:33:33 +0000 Penny Lane 969948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English. could maybe carry out a basic conversation in NZ sign, if they were signing slowly, and very patient ;)</p> <p>ETA: that was my 1234th post! awesome </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969947 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 02:23:43 +0000 mynoahbear 969947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>english and japanese. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969914 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 00:41:40 +0000 sarac 969914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English, and some Russian. I took 6 years of French in grade school and came out pretty conversant. Then I never thought about it again and lost it - bah youth! So sad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969893 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 00:12:43 +0000 lamariniere 969893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fluent English and French. Vague Spanish. Restaurant German. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969867 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 23:33:44 +0000 autumnlove 969867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yin: same! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969823 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 22:58:11 +0000 sera_87 969823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One and a half. English and I can understand &amp; read French, and speak it if pressed.</p> <p>Unless you count babbling as a language. That I'm proficient in. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969821 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 22:57:56 +0000 Sapphiresun 969821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only English fluently.</p> <p>I was probably conversational in Japanese at one point, but have forgotten too much to really claim that now. I can definitely understand much more than I can think of to say.</p> <p>My husband's family is all fluent in French, so I try to learn that so I can make sure they're not talking about me.... JK. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969819 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 22:56:23 +0000 yin 969819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Two. My Cantonese is limited but enough to converse with my parents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969815 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 22:54:25 +0000 lilteacherbee 969815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I speak some Spanish. I tend to have a lot of Spanish speaking ESL students in my pre-k classes. Last year, 9 of my 18 kids spoke primarily Spanish and 5 sets of parents spoke no English at all.</p> <p>My kids have taught me more than I learned in my Spanish classes in college. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969813 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 22:52:40 +0000 Beehive 969813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English and French, conversational Italian, basic German and a little bit of Russian. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969760 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 22:15:14 +0000 Charm54 969760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 fluently (English and French). Conversational in American Sogn Languge </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969754 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 22:11:54 +0000 artsyfartsy 969754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just English.</p> <p>Almost conversational Spanish but not quite there. </p> <p>I know quite a few words/phrases in Korean and Japanese. If I had one wish I believe I would wish to be able to speak/read/understand every language in the world. Languages are so cool. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969745 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 22:07:15 +0000 MrsBrewer 969745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only English here </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969659 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 21:36:32 +0000 MamaChin 969659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English, Mandarin and Taiwanese. Written as well, my Chinese writing has vastly improved since my mom got a smartphone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-can-you-speak-1#post-969658 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 21:36:30 +0000 woodentulip 969658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can speak English fluently.</p> <p>I have a good command of French and Spanish.</p> <p>My husband and I always speak in French when we don't want our older (3.5) year old to know what we are saying! </p>