Can you speak a second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth language?

I think that might be the least of your problems, OP.

I speak five languages...

Russian: оставить деньги на комоде

Slovak: nechajte peniaze na komode

Arabic: اترك المال على الخزانة

Croatian: ostavi novac na komodi

English: leave the money on the dresser

A little Spanish, but I wish I’d learned French, because I don’t like Mexicans.

I don’t like the French either, come to think of it, but at least I would have gotten domestic social points.

Something that passes for fluent:

יידיש

עברית

English

Espanol

Something that passes for get the idea:

Italiano

Francais

Deutsch

I can read/write and know words/phrases:

Русский

I know words/phrases: عربي

Mandarin was next on my list, but it's tonal and I just couldn't quite catch it.

aside from English, I can read, write, and speak some French

Pungey is real classy-type!

I learnt Latin at school, but I think my knowledge of it is a bit rusty.

I might get away now with just asking for the way to the station or nearest newsagent.

I have native fluency (reading, writing, speaking) in English and Spanish, can read French, and can understand spoken Portuguese. Latter two are pretty piecemeal but they’ve helped me before.

Once I learned to read Russian, not only did Slavic languages - both those written in Cyrillic and in Latin characters - become easier to understand, but some Greek characters also became familiar. I was surprised at the number of Greek letters that made it into Cyrillic.

How do you say “What are your rates, sir?” in Portuguese?

Se você tem que perguntar, eu sou muito caro para você!

Yes, I can.

Learning new languages is still fairly easy for me.

I’m considering German next.

Thanks, r11.

- International, uh, businessman

Snap, I ran r11 through Google translate.

W&W, you sly fox.

Obrigado!!

OP, that seems like a lot of work when you could just go to a different ATM.

Are you sure you have enough cash to hold you over until you've mastered the language?

3 in a pinch.

Are you foreigners trying to make us Americans look stupid in front of the other guests??

Because it is working! And I’m quite put out!

R12 Learning German is not recommended because you will soon have to know Turkish and Arab speak in order to communicate there.

I studied Spanish in HS, and French in college, and started studying Italian right before the pandemic, which constrained my ability to go to classes. Thankfully, I was able to switch to a Zoom class. Mi piace parlare e ascoltare italiano.

then how do you know it's Chinese character, and "Mandarin" to be specific, if you have never learned to read or speak any.

English and as a second, Spanish.

Usually I can read French, Italian, and German well enough to understand the big picture and some details, and I can follow some conversations a bit or okay, even, depending.

My partner speaks five languages and I have a number of friends who speak 3 and 4, and a couple (diplomats) who know 6, 7, maybe more.

Ebonics, Jive, Spanglish, Pig Latin, Gullah, and Esperanto. The latter is all one really needs. The rest were so I could trick better.

R7, where do you ask those questions in Latin?

Polari

OP there was an option to change the language. You are just too stupid to find that option in Mandarin.

[quote]Recently, I went to an ATM in Vancouver BC and the screen was presented in Chinese characters. There was no option to change it.

This didn't happen. 0/10

You mean you couldn't find the option to change it, OP.

I'm a translator, so yes.

Herro! Hay!

I speak the seven languages. Dollar, Canadian dollar, Euro, Ruble, Peso (just little speak. Mainly about donkey stuff), Bitcoin, and cocaine.

Last wife only speak two. Stupid whore. Hope she RIP.

I speak the language of love.

I’m fluent in German, and I can read and write French. My French speaking skills have atrophied somewhat though, after a longish period without any visits to France.

It’s the most irritating thing about learning languages: I need to keep using them or my knowledge degrades very quickly.

I speak pig latin

Pig latin in my 2nd language

I think homeboy’s on the kitchen counter!

I can read and play music (it's a language!) and read some French and Spanish. I can hunt and peck a little spoken Spanish, since my in-laws speak it.

That's about it.

I can eat ass for hours!