What languages do you speak?

[MHDNURSE]

The thread about the ESL issue got me curious about languages. I am bilingual English/Spanish. I use it constantly here at school and am so glad I have that skill. Our population is about 80% Spanish-speaking. The other 20% is a mix of English, Haitian Creole, Cambodian, several dialects from various African countries, Portuguese, Mandarin...so many languages represented by students.

[Eleven011]

Klingon.

Jealous!

[FNP2019, MSN, APRN]

Spanish and French here. Just trying to figure out what to do with them in Vermont!

[SunshineNRainbows, BSN, RN]

English, Greek, and Italian Fluently.

Moderate French and Turkish.

Written language fluency - Ancient Greek, Latin, and Old English (legitimately, and my friends find it hysterical, I'm the hit at parties!)

Soooo... nothing useful.

[Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP]

English & Spanish fluently. 17 years OJT, living & working with migrant farmworkers on the East Coast has done its job. I took a language proficiency exam a while back as a job interview prerequisite and scored expert to native in written, spoken, reading, and Spanish comprehension.

I've been working with Haitian patients in my clinical rotation and have brushed the cobwebs off the Haitian Kreyol I learned ~20 years ago in a trip to northern Haiti. I can speak a little, but I can understand a lot more.

[Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP]

English & Spanish fluently. 17 years OJT, living & working with migrant farmworkers on the East Coast has done its job. I took a language proficiency exam a while back as an interview prerequisite and scored expert to native in written, spoken, reading, and Spanish comprehension.

I've been working with Haitian patients in my clinical rotation and have brushed the cobwebs off the Haitian Kreyol I learned ~20 years ago in a trip to northern Haiti. I can speak a little, but I can understand a lot more.

[skylark, BSN, RN]

Acceptable French and "tourist" Russian.

We have a large Ukranian community and I can usually muddle along in Russian with them, although nothing medical, just directions and hospital info.

French only gets used when we have patients from African countries where its their first language.

I keep meaning to learn Spanish, but where I grew up in Europe it was English and French, so I haven't grown up with it like so many of my coworkers have.

[hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I]

I just speak English - I can read and write Middle and Old English - but you don't find many speakers to practice with outside the local Renaissance Faire. I have been thinking of trying to learn Gaelic as I am 50% Old Country Irish and plan on going to Ireland after I retire. If I like it well enough I might just stay. Still only about 20% of the Irish population still speak the old tongue.

My original liberal arts degree was in Arts and Letters with a minor in 19th Century European History (Try landing a decent paying job with that) I toyed with being a professional student for a while but had to start putting food on the table at some point.

Hppy

[Dranger]

I speak English and almost fluent German.

Most Germans speak better English than us...it's not that useful lol

[beurxelf]

Tagalog

[Amethya]

Klingon.

Jealous!

UGH! I know right?! I wish I took this in High School! D:

[kidzcare]

Conversational Spanish and fluent Pig Latin.

[Running Cat Lady]

I grew up speaking Spanish but my Mexican born mother but the kibosh on that once school decided that bilingual = remedial learner. She was insulted. My grandparents didn't really know English so they spoke to me in Spanish and I had to answer in English.

Long story short I understand a lot of Spanish but my recall is awful. I can muddle through a conversation but I would never use it in a professional context. Also, I seem to only remember the slang term for body parts which can be awkward or hilarious depending on who I"m talking to