Comments on: Polyglotastic! http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2008/06/25/polyglotastic/ Germany 101 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:04:58 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: 42317 http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/2008/06/25/polyglotastic/comment-page-1/#comment-333 42317 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:55:00 +0000 http://www.miss-verstaendnis.com/?p=216#comment-333 Hm... I'm fluent in English and, of course, German, and I speak enough Japanese to live over there and have friendly relationships with my neighbors. The next point would be my "passive" control of Dutch - which means I can understand WRITTEN Dutch, but I can neither understand spoken phrases nor can I actively take part in any form of discourse in Dutch. ... and when it comes to French, well, I can ask for directions and buy goods in a supermarket without being completely lost. Hm… I’m fluent in English and, of course, German, and I speak enough Japanese to live over there and have friendly relationships with my neighbors.

The next point would be my “passive” control of Dutch – which means I can understand WRITTEN Dutch, but I can neither understand spoken phrases nor can I actively take part in any form of discourse in Dutch.

… and when it comes to French, well, I can ask for directions and buy goods in a supermarket without being completely lost.

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