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Other languages - platy - 03-18-2017 Does anyone here speak any languages other than English? I'm guessing LPC might speak French? I'm still learning Spanish and I need to practice! RE: Other languages - LPC - 03-18-2017 To answer your question, yes I know French, as I have lived in France for many years. I also know Russian well (plus a little Belarusian). The only other language I know is Latin, which - do not believe all you hear! - is actually very useful. It has helped me on countless occasions figure out words in European languages which I don't know (e.g. Spanish, Italian), plus when visiting Rome many years ago I was able to read all the inscriptions! Regarding Spanish, I can't help you - sorry! But maybe Catherine can.... RE: Other languages - platy - 03-18-2017 Oh wow, Latin is a language I wouldn't have thought of, even though we use it all the time in science! RE: Other languages - Catherine - 03-19-2017 I speak a some French. I can read it better than speak it, but my accent is not too bad. I spoke better French when I lived in Alberta. I use it less here. I did Latin in university. I need a dictionary for vocabulary, but I still remember the basics. I agree with you LPC, Latin has helped me understand the root of big English words and key words in other Latin based languages. I love Latin. It has a beautiful structure. I can read the Cyrillic alphabet slowly and know some Ukrainian and Polish words. I have a small number of words in Italian. Greek, Portuguese and Spanish, but I don't know the structure of the languages. I can understand some German if it is simple and in context with what we are doing. Toronto is very multilingual so I know random words in languages like Urdu. French is the only one I can speak other than English. I wonder if anyone else speaks Spanish. It would be a good language to learn. |