Did Nasser really speak 7 languages?

[el numero uno]

Trying to be good at 3 or more it is pretty hard imo.

I've seen some videos where people claim to speak a bunch of languages, but practicing the same stuff over and over it's not same as being eloquent and able to hold conversations.

But don't get me wrong, I know some guys are really good when it comes to learning a new language, so it's easy for me to believe someone can be good at 3-5. But 7 or more languages? I think very few people could do it, even if they wanted, 'cause I don't see the point in learning so many languages but to each their own.

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[hardgainerj]

no only four

english, bosnian, arabic, schmoe & probably a little mexican to get by in baja

[ChuckleHead]

Trying to be good at 3 or more it is pretty hard imo.

I've seen some videos where people claim to speak a bunch of languages, but practicing the same stuff over and over it's not same that being eloquent and able to hold conversations.

But don't get me wrong, I know some guys are really good when it comes to learning a new language, so it's easy for me to believe someone can be good at 3-5. But 7 or more languages? I think very few people could do it, even if they wanted, 'cause I don't see the point in learning so many languages but to each their own.

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i'm fluent in 3. i'm guessing same as you, italian, english and spanish.

so i think you'd agree that if you spent just a few months in france, you'd pick it up fairly easy, that's be 4 right there, then if you worked a bit you'd get german.....etc.

i can believe he was fluent in 7 yes, but not proficient in each and not academically.

i learned 3 without even really trying but just because life circumstance.

with him having Egyptian family, while being raised in germany and former yugoslavia, then moving here and traveling the world, i can see it easy.

[affeman]

Had a university degree, was fluent in 7 languages and chose to inject oil into his arms as his career path....

[el numero uno]

i'm fluent in 3. i'm guessing same as you, italian, english and spanish.

so i think you'd agree that if you spent just a few months in france, you'd pick it up fairly easy, that's be 4 right there, then if you worked a bit you'd get german.....etc.

i can believe he was fluent in 7 yes, but not proficient in each and not academically.

i learned 3 without even really trying but just because life circumstance.

with him having Egyptian family, while being raised in germany and former yugoslavia, then moving here and traveling the world, i can see it easy.

Nope, just spanish and english. But I've started studying french on my own so I think that any more than that would be really hard.

Yeah, I guess if you have the opportunity to live in different places around the world, then it would be easier to learn new languages.

I totally can believe Nasser spoke 7 languages, but just wanted to hear opinions anyway. 

[el numero uno]

Had a university degree, was fluent in 7 languages and chose to inject oil into his arms as his career path....

All useless without overdeveloped hamstrings.

[da_vinci]

His main language was body language.

[Teutonic Knight]

Wiggs can't speak JC lingo 

[ChuckleHead]

Nope, just spanish and english. But I've started studying french on my own so I think that any more than that would be really hard.

Yeah, I guess if you have the opportunity to live in different places around the world, then it would be easier to learn new languages.

I totally can believe Nasser spoke 7 languages, but just wanted to hear opinions anyway. 

being you know spanish and are studying french. italian will come easy to you.
if you talk regular with french and italian people online, you'll pick it up in no time.

[Jizmo]

being you know spanish and are studying french. italian will come easy to you.
if you talk regular with french and italian people online, you'll pick it up in no time.

true
plus all romanic/germanic languages are pretty similar... latin, english, german, italian, french, spanish etc all have similarities because they all root in the same proto language

im german, learned english from age 4 on, had latin from 5th grade on at school, then learned italian and french at school too
so thats 5 languages learned for >2 years and spoken fluently by the time i was 18

its really not that hard when you have a bit of talent regarding linguistics

[HTexan]

no only four

english, bosnian, arabic, schmoe & probably a little mexican to get by in baja

dude is dead, so no jokes.

[Ron Harrigan]

I'm fluent in about a hundred languages with my faithful companion Google Translate.

[Teutonic Knight]

I'm fluent in about a hundred languages with my faithful companion Google Translate.

U don't speak Aramaic  ,

[calfzilla]

Is it advised to learn 2 languages at a time or just one? 

I've been working on arabic and Italian.

[el numero uno]

true
plus all romanic/germanic languages are pretty similar... latin, english, german, italian, french, spanish etc all have similarities because they all root in the same proto language

im german, learned english from age 4 on, had latin from 5th grade on at school, then learned italian and french at school too
so thats 5 languages learned for >2 years and spoken fluently by the time i was 18

its really not that hard when you have a bit of talent regarding linguistics

That's impressive. In real life I know just one girl who speaks three languages (spanish, english and french). Hard to tell how good is french is cause I don't speak it but her english is pretty much perfect (she lived in the US for some years).

[FitnessFrenzy]

Had a university degree, was fluent in 7 languages and chose to inject oil into his arms as his career path....

honestly, that was not a smart move.

[thegamechanger]

i speak the language of love

[Pet shop boys]

no only four

english, bosnian, arabic, schmoe & probably a little mexican to get by in baja

I speak Bolivian, Ecuadorian, Cuban a bit of Dominican, now learning Puerto Rican and Peruvian but I heard  'Mexican" is easier than Salvadorian so I might take some classes this summer  ....
 
Btw,  I speak Argentinian  with Chilean Accent too  lol   



WoooSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHH  los burros

[Irongrip400]

Yes.

[El Diablo Blanco]

English, French, Arabic, German, Spanish, Bosnian and I believe Czech

[Tony Doherty]

I spent a lot of time with him and he definitely spoke about 4 languages fluently, from memory English, German, Arabic, Croatian. Then pretty good at Spanish, Russian and maybe Italian.
Guy was seriously smart in that kind of thing.

[El Diablo Blanco]

He was fluent in American, British, Australian, New Zealand, Scottish, Irish and Wales.

[hardgainerj]

I spent a lot of time with him and he definitely spoke about 4 languages fluently, from memory English, German, Arabic, Croatian. Then pretty good at Spanish, Russian and maybe Italian.
Guy was seriously smart in that kind of thing.

croatian isnt that bosnian with an accent

[ritch]

i speak the language of love

LOL!

I got a masters in "womaneese"

[che]

Nope, just spanish and english.

You type it , you don't speak it. (Shizzo song)