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 July 13 2007, 19:13 PM |
Aibigéal
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| Amharc wrote: |
Just some curiosity...
You mentioned that you were learning (or did learn?) Latin. Besides Irish, what other languages do you speak? |
None really. I can read Latin, some German, some Gaelic and a smattering of other languages, but I can't actually hold a reasonable conversation in anything but English or Irish.
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| July 13 2007, 20:18 PM |
Pwyll2
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| July 13 2007, 20:59 PM |
mhwombat
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| Pwyll2 wrote: |
That's more than most Americans, so it's all right  |
Well, most adult Americans speak more Spanish than Irish people speak Irish. (Gaeltacht excepted)
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| July 13 2007, 21:04 PM |
Redwolf
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| mhwombat wrote: |
| Pwyll2 wrote: |
| That's more than most Americans, so it's all right |
Well, most adult Americans speak more Spanish than Irish people speak Irish. (Gaeltacht excepted) |
Yep...especially in California, the Southwest, and Florida, where a large part of the population has Spanish as their first language. We gringos have to pick up at least some Spanish, or we're stuck! In California, it's difficult to get a job in public service or in most offices if you're not bilingual.
Most American high schools require a foreign language, but when you never have a chance to travel to where that language is spoken, you tend to lose it pretty quickly. I had three years of French in high school and two in college, and was at the point where I was reading novels and could hold a reasonable conversation...but all that was 30+ years ago, and I would be in big trouble if I were in a situation where I HAD to speak it.
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| September 26 2008, 13:36 PM |
omaint
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| Táim ag iarraidh teacht ar Aibigéal. An bhfuil tu fós in Indiana? |
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| September 26 2008, 14:10 PM |
springpaws
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It's amazing where you've come in 3 years! It's hard to believe all that came from 3 years! Although, in class, speaking with others, I suppose you'd get more. Advice from one who took 4 years of French and 3 years of Spanish--and speaks neither 33 years later: Always find somebody to talk to. Keep wearing that nametag. Thanks for the interview.
BTW, since you have hymns laying around.....if you had any in Irish.....would you consider sharing?
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| September 26 2008, 14:24 PM |
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Stop!
This thread is a year old. Please don't reply to it.
omaint, is féidir leat teangmháil a dhéanamh léí tríd PM (private messaging).
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