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I speak a bit of German and a tiny bit of Chinese 

A few of my favourite phrases in German are 

<name> ist gross (<name> is tall)

Sprechen etwas Dutche(I speak a little german)

Und(and)

Ein tasse tee bitte(one cup of tea please)

And does Scottish count?lol

Ah wis on ma way tae the brew right an ah saw a boos parked behind anuva boos and people wis getting off the front boos ontae the back boos ah we got a break doon ah see so i look at the front boos and it ses yoker but I have nae reason to go tae yoker 

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  • Strangely, though I'm the only one in my family with no formal qualification in French, I am the one who is  called upon to speak it, if the need arises. My pronunciation is fairly good but not backed up by very much vocabulary or grammar. I did translate two French scientific papers into English for my work, so my Biological French is OK. I have a little conversational Spanish and even less Italian and Portuguese. Portuguese pronunciation is tricky, who would guess Belem was pronounced 'Blaine'?

    In my youth I tried to learn Anglo-Saxon and I can still make out the meaning of most passages. The line of poetry, "Eala earendel, engla beorhtast, ofer middangeard monnum sended" (Hail Earendel brightest of angels over Middle Earth, sent unto men) was the inspiration for Tolkien's  story of  Eärendil sailing through the skies with the Silmaril on his brow as the morning star (Venus).

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  • Strangely, though I'm the only one in my family with no formal qualification in French, I am the one who is  called upon to speak it, if the need arises. My pronunciation is fairly good but not backed up by very much vocabulary or grammar. I did translate two French scientific papers into English for my work, so my Biological French is OK. I have a little conversational Spanish and even less Italian and Portuguese. Portuguese pronunciation is tricky, who would guess Belem was pronounced 'Blaine'?

    In my youth I tried to learn Anglo-Saxon and I can still make out the meaning of most passages. The line of poetry, "Eala earendel, engla beorhtast, ofer middangeard monnum sended" (Hail Earendel brightest of angels over Middle Earth, sent unto men) was the inspiration for Tolkien's  story of  Eärendil sailing through the skies with the Silmaril on his brow as the morning star (Venus).

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