Foreign Language Topic

[Gemini]

Yo estoy muy atrasado, solamente tengo fluidez en dos lenguas. ; ____ ; Tengo que hacer algo!

(I'm so behind, I'm only fluent in two languages. I need to do something!)

[Marizzle]

Oh, hablas Español? No lo sabia! Tener fluidez en dos lenguas ya es bueno! Algunas personas solo hablan una lengua.

(Oh, you speak Spanish? I didn't know [that]! Being fluent in two languages is already good! Some people only speak one language.)

[it means no worries]

Yo estoy muy atrasado, solamente tengo fluidez en dos lenguas. ; ____ ; Tengo que hacer algo!

(I'm so behind, I'm only fluent in two languages. I need to do something!)

Say that again to a randomer on the street

Haha most people only speak one

[Gemini]

Si, lo hablo. No tan bien como un hispanohablante nativo pero tengo fluidez por escribir y leer y yo puedo escuchar bien. Un viaje corto a un pais hispano debe mejorar mis habilidades de hablar. Asi yo deciria que tengo fluidez en el idioma sobretodo.

(Yeah, I speak it. Not as well as a native Spanish-speaker but I'm fluent in writing and reading and I can listen well. A short visit to a Hispanic country should better my speaking abilities. So I'd say that I'm fluent in the language overall.)

EDIT: Ninja'd, but true. Guess I'm doing better than 90% of Americans. xD

[it means no worries]

I thought bilinguals were freaks in America

[Gemini]

Si, es verdad. xD Salvo unas comunidades en Nevada, California, Arizona, etc. Hay muchos que hablan espanol y ingles nativamente y tengo mucho invidia porque no habla espanol bien nadie aqui en Washington.

(Yeah, that's true. Except for some communities in Nevada, California, Arizona, etc. There are many people there that speak Spanish and English natively and I'm really jealous because nobody speaks Spanish well here in Washington.)

[juhouh]

jos sun äidinkieli on englanti niin oot aina yhden kielen meistä jäljessä

(if your mother tongue is English you're always one language behind us)

[it means no worries]

Haha c'est vrai!^

(Thats true!)

[Marizzle]

Si, lo hablo. No tan bien como un hispanohablante nativo pero tengo fluidez por escribir y leer y yo puedo escuchar bien. Un viaje corto a un pais hispano debe mejorar mis habilidades de hablar. Asi yo deciria que tengo fluidez en el idioma sobretodo.

(Yeah, I speak it. Not as well as a native Spanish-speaker but I'm fluent in writing and reading and I can listen well. A short visit to a Hispanic country should better my speaking abilities. So I'd say that I'm fluent in the language overall.)

EDIT: Ninja'd, but true. Guess I'm doing better than 90% of Americans. xD

Que guay! Puedes comprender el Português? Estoy preguntando por pura curiosidad.

(That's cool! Can you understand Portuguese? I'm asking out of pure curiosity.)

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A verdade é que ainda há muita gente que acredita que é desnecessário saber mais do que uma língua, ou seja, a sua própria língua. É triste, na verdade.

(The truth is that a lot of people still believe that it's unnecessary to know more than one language, namely, their own language. It's actually sad.)

[it means no worries]

To be honest most people dont tend to live abroad so they dont need to know another language^