https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:25:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1467965 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:08:12 +0000 cheesetomywhine 1467965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just English for us both. I can understand a bit of Spanish (wee amount) from school but that doesn't count. Wish I knew another! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1467912 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 19:48:18 +0000 Turd Ferguson 1467912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Juuuust English. </p> <p>I took a few yeahs if Spanish in high school and can count to 10 in Arabic, does that count for anything? No? :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1467887 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 19:40:18 +0000 Mamasig 1467887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We both speak and Spanish and English, though I probably speak Spanish better. We definitely want our kids to learn Spanish. My mom watches DS and I've told her to only speak Spanish to him. I speak mainly English and throw some Spanish in there sometimes. I need to get better at incorporating more Spanish in our every day life. But it's hard because I "think" in English. </p> <p>At least DS gets lots of exposure from us and his grandparents. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1467845 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 19:21:11 +0000 Katrocap 1467845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The variety of languages represented on HB is extraordinary!</p> <p>I speak English, French and Spanish. I've also studied Portuguese, Russian and Korean but remember very little of each language. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1467529 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:38:55 +0000 anandam 1467529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We both speak English natively.<br /> He speaks Czech and Italian near fluently.<br /> I get by in Spanish, use it a lot for work. Not fluent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1467524 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:36:33 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1467524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just english and its something i really regret. Spanish would be really helpful living in new york. But we are going to try to learn korean in preparation for our adoption. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1467459 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:16:11 +0000 heartonastring 1467459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I speak English and French. DH only speaks English. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1467451 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:12:56 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 1467451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just English for both of us. I took Spanish in high school and wish I'd kept up with it! It would be handy to be bilingual! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1467430 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:00:59 +0000 Arden 1467430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH speaks English and Albanian fluently, and Spanish decently.</p> <p>I speak English and Albanian.</p> <p>We both want to learn Bosnian and Arabic fluently, but I'm also interested in French and Farsi. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1467426 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 16:57:19 +0000 Ms.Pumpkin 1467426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I speak English, and at one point was pretty conversant in Swahili, although it's really gone downhill in the past few years, as there aren't a lot of opportunities to practice! :sad: </p> <p>The Mr is a high school French teacher, and he speaks Vietnamese with his family. He swears his Vietnamese is really bad, but I always think he know way more than he lets on! :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466777 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 14:12:14 +0000 mlm2934 1466777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: @coopsmama: does high school french count? :P </p> <p>another English only boo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466772 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 14:10:50 +0000 lamariniere 1466772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We both speak English and French and speak French at home. DH also speaks some German. Our LOs are bilingual and our son is learning German at preschool. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466470 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 12:56:19 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1466470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I speak English and Tagalog (my reading and writing needs major work). I also speak very basic Swedish (I read/write better than listening/speaking). I studied Spanish in school but I've pretty much lost most of it. I also understand bits of conversational Korean (I can also read/sound out Hangul, just not understand most of it).</p> <p>DH speaks English and Swedish. He took German in school but lost most of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466438 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 12:47:47 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1466438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I speak English and some French. I'm trying to get better at French so I can speak it to future LOs. DH speaks English. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466412 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 12:40:20 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1466412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH speaks English and Spanish. I speak English and some Spanish. We try to speak Spanish in the house, but only end up doing it about 60% of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466411 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 12:40:20 +0000 Alivoo01 1466411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Me: Cantonese and Mandarin and English, limited Fujian and Khmer, and I took quite a few years of Spanish, but would need to brush up on it. </p> <p>DH: English and Khmer.</p> <p>I'm hoping DS will pick up Canto and Mandarin. I speak to him mainly in Canto, but will send him to Mandarin school/daycare when he's a bit older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466234 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:39:30 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1466234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: I know! He worked in Beijing for a few years before we met. I looove when he uses it, nobody expects it from him! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466193 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:31:02 +0000 snowjewelz 1466193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: lol :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466188 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:29:45 +0000 looch 1466188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: not any more, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466176 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:25:52 +0000 HabesBabe 1466176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hubs speaks good old 'Merican and I speak English and Vietnamese. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466173 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:25:18 +0000 snowjewelz 1466173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Wow! Do you find it sexy when he speaks in another language you don't understand? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466155 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:21:49 +0000 swurlygurl 1466155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We both only speak English. I can speak Spanish well enough to communicate when we're out of the country, but I wouldn't count it as a second language. I almost completed a Minor in Conversational Spanish, but my Major was taking too long :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466134 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:17:12 +0000 Charm54 1466134@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I speak English, French and ASL Dhs French is just conversational </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466125 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:13:36 +0000 Aria 1466125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only speak English, but my husband speaks English and Mandarin. I would love for him to teach it to our kids (and me too!). He doesn't think he knows it well enough, but he manages to carry on entire conversations with his parents, so I'd say he does! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466124 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:13:16 +0000 coopsmama 1466124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha. We both only speak English. This thread is making me feel about myself. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466123 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:13:16 +0000 twodoghouse 1466123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just English. I have a minor in Spanish and my husband took years of French, so we can at least order food/drink and say thank you when we're out of the country... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466122 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:13:01 +0000 MediaNaranja 1466122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I speak English and Spanish, and dh speaks Spanish and a little bit of English. We plan to teach any kids both. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466117 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:11:59 +0000 pui 1466117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I speak English and Quebec French. DH really only speaks English. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466114 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:11:49 +0000 looch 1466114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband speaks:<br /> Swiss German (dialect), German, French, Italian and English. He can also communicate in Romansch (one of the 4 official languages of Switzerland).</p> <p>I speak English, Italian and some German. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-many-languages-do-you-amp-so-speak#post-1466110 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:10:29 +0000 chopsuey 1466110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>korean and english fluently. a little bit of french </p>