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How many languages do you speak?

English
Potwari
Mirpuri
Bit of Urdu
Bit of Punjabi although not sure which version.
 
Telugu -- Fluent
Hindi -- Fluent
English -- Fluent
Tamil -- 80%
Kannada -- 70%
Can understand parts of Punjabi, Spanish and french (say..25%) -- cannot converse !
 
Haroon786 said:
Bump- anyone ? [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION].
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Sorry for the late reply. No, there is no such reliable tool for learning Pashto online. Why do you want to learn? It serves no purpose. At least not for you.
 
Mamoon said:
Sorry for the late reply. No, there is no such reliable tool for learning Pashto online. Why do you want to learn? It serves no purpose. At least not for you.
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I wouldn't have asked if it didn't serve any purpose. I'll tell you if I get the good news tomorrow why I want to learn it.
 
I can speak English and Urdu
I can't understand Punjabi or pahri

I can read Arabic if there are dots present

I have forgotten most German and French

I have forgotten Latin although I still remember the Narcissus poem quite well
 
Haroon786 said:
I wouldn't have asked if it didn't serve any purpose. I'll tell you if I get the good news tomorrow why I want to learn it.
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So the girl you love is Pathan and you want to learn Pashto to show her how much you care.
 
English - very fluently
Urdu - fluently
Punjabi - understand a fair bit, not very confident in speaking it, but am capable of getting my point across :P
 
Firebreaker said:
I don't know why he wants to learn Pushto when he is living in England and can easily impress her with English
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I'm guessing she would be pretty fluent in English too. It's understandable why he wants to learn the language, and I don't think it's necessarily for 'impressing', but more to do with not wondering what's going on when she's conversing in Pashto with someone. I'm in love with a Sindhi, I know the struggle :P
 
telugu- fluent (mother tongue)

english- just enough (bread n butter)

hindi- good

urdu- ok (wached enough tv clippings from pakistan, now I can understand most of the verbs )

marathi- can understand but can't speak

deutsch and russky yazik- no, but have tried to learn.
 
angrypathan said:
I'm guessing she would be pretty fluent in English too. It's understandable why he wants to learn the language, and I don't think it's necessarily for 'impressing', but more to do with not wondering what's going on when she's conversing in Pashto with someone. I'm in love with a Sindhi, I know the struggle :P
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You understand.
 
Haroon786 said:
Don't think you would have guessed if I hadn't posted in that other thread.
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Still you have to give some credit. Can you tell me the initials of her name, what if she's my cousin (I have plenty British Pakistani cousins)? :inti
 
Mamoon said:
Still you have to give some credit. Can you tell me the initials of her name, what if she's my cousin (I have plenty British Pakistani cousins)? :inti
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The problem is that I have just returned from Pakistan and she is from Pakistan, hence why I don't think you should fret about her and she's also not well off- so it's nigh on impossible that you know her. :afridi
 
Haroon786 said:
The problem is that I have just returned from Pakistan and she is from Pakistan, hence why I don't think you should fret about her and she's also not well off- so it's nigh on impossible that you know her. :afridi
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Yeah, I'm a billionaire.
 
Kashmiri-Quite fluent
Urdu-Quite fluent
English-decent enough
Arabic-can read only......
 
Arabic, Spanish, Malay, and a little Turkish.

One benefit of changing schools to another country after every 5-7 years :moyo
 
English, Urdu, Hindi, Pashto, Hindko, Punjabi and a bit of Spanish.

Hoping to gain proficiency in Spanish in the next few years and perhaps pick up some Persian or French as well.

I know more Hindi than your average Pakistani, but I would suggest that Pakistanis and Indians should add Urdu/Hindi to their résumé because if you know one, you are automatically proficient in the other to a great degree.
 
Can read and write hindi/sanskrit but can't speak.

Understand a bit of hindi and telugu; and malayalam to a good extent.

Okay I tried my best but the answer is zilch.
 
Mamoon said:
English, Urdu, Hindi, Pashto, Hindko, Punjabi and a bit of Spanish.

Hoping to gain proficiency in Spanish in the next few years and perhaps pick up some Persian or French as well.

I know more Hindi than your average Pakistani, but I would suggest that Pakistanis and Indians should add Urdu/Hindi to their résumé because if you know one, you are automatically proficient in the other to a great degree.
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While it is unlikely to ever come to it being tested we can't technically write it on our resume until we know how to read it. Otherwise specifically mention we can only speak it.

Either way it doesn't end up doing much career wise.
 
Slog said:
While it is unlikely to ever come to it being tested we can't technically write it on our resume until we know how to read it. Otherwise specifically mention we can only speak it.

Either way it doesn't end up doing much career wise.
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Yes, but it doesn't hurt either. I was once told by a corporate professional that adding more languages to your résumé can have a psychological impact.

Personally speaking, I can read/write Hindi to an okay level because my grandmother grew up in Delhi and I learned from her.
 
Mamoon said:
Yes, but it doesn't hurt either. I was once told by a corporate professional that adding more languages to your résumé can have a psychological impact.

Personally speaking, I can read/write Hindi to an okay level because my grandmother grew up in Delhi and I learned from her.
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Aren't you pashtun? Or was your grandmother a pashtun from Delhi?
 
Punjabi
Urdu
Seraiki
English

Not very advance level but i can speak:
Hindko/Potwari/Mirpuri
 
Correct me if i am wrong but i think the language you guys hear in Bollywood movies or on Indian channels isn't Hindi it's actually a modern version of Hindi and it's called Hindustani or you can call it Hindi-Urdu too because it's similar to Urdu otherwise the old real hindi is different and have many words from Sanskrit.
 
English, German, 1/2 Pashto (fully understand the language, but cannot speak it properly)
 
English
Hindi
Rajasthani
Haryanvi
Punjabi
Bhojpuri.
I can also understand a bit of garwhali.
 
Lol at the language inflation in this thread. People trying to pass off their knowledge of Hindi/Urdu/Haryanvi or Punjabi/Hindko/Seraiki/Potohari/Gojri as speaking more than 2 languages.
 
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endymion248 said:
Lol at the language inflation in this thread. People trying to pass off their knowledge of Hindi/Urdu/Haryanvi or Punjabi/Hindko/Seraiki/Potohari/Gojri as speaking more than 2 languages.
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I know Seraiki, Pahari, Potohari etc are dialects of Punjabi although now general public count them as separate languages without going into deep details ;)
 
Bengali,
Multiple local tribe language in North East part of India.
Hindi
Russian
Ukrainian

These are fluent ones.

Learnt German and French earlier but can't remember much.
 
WebGuru said:
I know Seraiki, Pahari, Potohari etc are dialects of Punjabi although now general public count them as separate languages without going into deep details ;)
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I have no problem if they are counted as seperate for political purposes but, linguistically, they are mutually intelligible. So no need for people to misrepresent it in a thread like this.
 
Itachi said:
Bengali,
Multiple local tribe language in North East part of India.
Hindi
Russian
Ukrainian

These are fluent ones.

Learnt German and French earlier but can't remember much.
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Did you study in Ukraine?
 
Itachi said:
Bengali,
Multiple local tribe language in North East part of India.
Hindi
Russian
Ukrainian

These are fluent ones.

Learnt German and French earlier but can't remember much.
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What do you do bro? So many languages?
A diplomat travelling places or something?
 
endymion248 said:
Lol at the language inflation in this thread. People trying to pass off their knowledge of Hindi/Urdu/Haryanvi or Punjabi/Hindko/Seraiki/Potohari/Gojri as speaking more than 2 languages.
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Ab yar French to kahaan se sikhe aap ki tarha
 
endymion248 said:
Did you study in Ukraine?
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Yes.

Ukrainian and Russian was compulsory course for first three years. There were 2 hours dedicated to it each day and less for other subjects.

Russian is the toughest language I have found. But our teacher used to say, Spanish is tougher. So my respect to those who learnt it.
 
anakin said:
What do you do bro? So many languages?
A diplomat travelling places or something?
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Had a bengali ex.... SO had to learn it.....

Then worked in tribal areas where they don't speak Assamese. So I learnt 2 for the sake of the job and communication.

Hindi is.... Bollywood lol.

German and French to impress the girls in uni..... But nah.... Didn't work out. I must have been doing something wrong lol....
 
Itachi said:
Had a bengali ex.... SO had to learn it.....

Then worked in tribal areas where they don't speak Assamese. So I learnt 2 for the sake of the job and communication.

Hindi is.... Bollywood lol.

German and French to impress the girls in uni..... But nah.... Didn't work out. I must have been doing something wrong lol....
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What's your mother tongue?
 
Itachi said:
Yes.

Ukrainian and Russian was compulsory course for first three years. There were 2 hours dedicated to it each day and less for other subjects.

Russian is the toughest language I have found. But our teacher used to say, Spanish is tougher. So my respect to those who learnt it.
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So you did your whole medical training in Ukraine? And did you practice there too? How did you find the ukrainian people?

Spanish is a very kulli dulli language, similar to Punjabi. Easy to learn and fun to speak.
 
endymion248 said:
I would but I don't live there. Maybe in a few decades. Besides, didn't you want to enter civil service in India?
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Yeah that's the plan.But its really really really hard and esp for someone from general category.Should always have an alternative in mind .
 
WebGuru said:
Correct me if i am wrong but i think the language you guys hear in Bollywood movies or on Indian channels isn't Hindi it's actually a modern version of Hindi and it's called Hindustani or you can call it Hindi-Urdu too because it's similar to Urdu otherwise the old real hindi is different and have many words from Sanskrit.
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Modern Hindi is largely interchangeable with Urdu and was derived from Sanskrit.
 
endymion248 said:
What's the general category?
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People from supposedly upper castes are included in general category and aren't allowed any form of reservation in education,jobs etc .
Oh and FYI gujjars come under special backward class in Rajasthan :)))
 
endymion248 said:
So you did your whole medical training in Ukraine? And did you practice there too? How did you find the ukrainian people?

Spanish is a very kulli dulli language, similar to Punjabi. Easy to learn and fun to speak.
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I did practice there. But I had to leave due to some family issues.

Ukrainian people are a bit extreme in both ways. Either they will hate you or will become over friendly.

Generally people around and above 50s doesn't like foreigners (except those ones who are working with foreigners)

The young generation in youth is destroyed by drugs and alcohol. Very few are going for higher studies. That's why Ukraine is female dominated workplace.

Due to the same reason above, girls prefer foreigners more than local guys. Domestic abuse is very common with influence of alcohol. Though people judge Ukrainian girls due to their partying, alcohol, smoking.... I found them quite nice. Eager to help to anyone and can goto any extent for that. They are either wild or very conservative.

Do you know Spanish?
 
Itachi said:
I did practice there. But I had to leave due to some family issues.

Ukrainian people are a bit extreme in both ways. Either they will hate you or will become over friendly.

Generally people around and above 50s doesn't like foreigners (except those ones who are working with foreigners)

The young generation in youth is destroyed by drugs and alcohol. Very few are going for higher studies. That's why Ukraine is female dominated workplace.

Due to the same reason above, girls prefer foreigners more than local guys. Domestic abuse is very common with influence of alcohol. Though people judge Ukrainian girls due to their partying, alcohol, smoking.... I found them quite nice. Eager to help to anyone and can goto any extent for that. They are either wild or very conservative.

Do you know Spanish?
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How do you even end up there as a desi? Secondly was your degree from Ukraine even relevant or respected in India ? did you have to give some tests for it to be accepted in India?
 
Itachi said:
I did practice there. But I had to leave due to some family issues.

Ukrainian people are a bit extreme in both ways. Either they will hate you or will become over friendly.

Generally people around and above 50s doesn't like foreigners (except those ones who are working with foreigners)

The young generation in youth is destroyed by drugs and alcohol. Very few are going for higher studies. That's why Ukraine is female dominated workplace.

Due to the same reason above, girls prefer foreigners more than local guys. Domestic abuse is very common with influence of alcohol. Though people judge Ukrainian girls due to their partying, alcohol, smoking.... I found them quite nice. Eager to help to anyone and can goto any extent for that. They are either wild or very conservative.

Do you know Spanish?
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I am not fluent yet so I hope to spend some time there soon and become fluent.

But aren't Ukrainian and Russian languages are very similar?
 
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