Without googling. I managed 8.
I find a gentle hand on the shoulder, a small kiss on the left cheek whilst simultaneously rubbing inner thighs goes down quite well.
5.
6
English
Spanish
Welsh
German
French
Portuguese
Off the top of my head.
also 8
english
german
french
dutch
greek
spanish
norwegian
swedish
Chinese (x4 in different dialects)
Malay
Indonesian
Thai
German
Dutch
French
Spanish
Icelandic
Norwegian
10
I'm crap at (human) languages, but whenever I go somewhere I always try to learn to say at least "please", "thank you", "yes", "no" and "beer" 😀
It never sticks though.
english
welsh
spanish
french
german
japanese
portuguese
arabic
English, French German Spanish, Polish, Dutch Italian. I've forgotten a few as well that I did learn. I always try to learn a few basic words in the language of the country I am visiting - Yes , no, please, thank you, beer. If you can't say " two beers please" "thank you" it is a poor show
English
French
Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Spanish
Welsh
German
Dutch
Italian
Portugese
Swiss
Just the standard 4 for me.
English
French
Spanish
German
Edit: is obrigado (sp) thanks in Portuguese? If it is 5 woo hoo!!
Not sure you can count the nordics as three different ones, or Swiss and German.
Edit: is obrigado (so) thanks in Portuguese?
Yes, I'd forgotten I knew that, so 9.
English
French
Welsh
German
Finnish
Swedish
Italian
Spanish
Portugese
Judging by most people's manners these days, I'd say the average answer to this is zero.
Even a wave of the hand seems to be beyond a lot of folk.
Mange tout
Wow, I'm so uncultured - only 6
English
French
German
Spanish
Italian
Norwegian
For me:
English
German
Mandarin Chinese
Taiwanese
Japanese
French
Spanish
Czech
Dutch
Italian
Funny 'danke' was one of the first words I learnt in German but a word you rarely here in this part of Germany. 😐
English
Spanish
Italian
Icelandic
French
Portuguese
German
Dutch
Flemish
Chechz
Romanian
Rom
Norwegian
Russian
English and Welsh. I feel like I know French but can't think what it is. I don't tend to leave the uk, or wales for that matter...
Portuguese they are over the moon which makes me think how sad it is.
I feel like I know French but can't think what it is.
Murky bucket.
English
French
German
Spanish
Portuguese
Italian
Japanese
(I'll stick at that - I was taught some cantonese by a lad I knew at school but I think my "thank you" is probably more of a "go **** your mum" - possibly literally that)
English
French
German
Swedish
Finnish
Spanish
Portuguese
Italian
Greek
Turkish
Polish
Arabic
Urdu
Tamil
15 without googling.
English
Welsh
French
Dutch
German
Swedish
Danish
Polish
Russian
Italian
Spanish
Portuguese
Gujarati
Farsi
Japanese
Irritated to realise I have forgotten a few more I learnt back along.
English
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Greek
German
Hungarian
Arabic
Russian
Japanese
I knew a few of the central / Eastern European ones years ago, but all forgotten now.
Facial expressions and tone of voice seem to work well, so all languages pretty much. 😀
Does Klingon count?
all of them
[b]THANK YOU[/b]
In the Sakhalin region of Russia, 'thank you' literally translates as 'shoe laces undone'
So no, you don't know all of them.
English
Welsh
French
German
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
Slovenian
Serbian
Macedonian
Albanian
Russian
Swedish
Finnish
14. Blimey, surprised myself!
English
French
German
Czech
Polski
Greek
Hindi
Danish/Swedish
Italian
Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Cheat !!
Think I'm on 7 if you group the Scandinavian languages together:
English
French
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
Norwegian/Swedish/Danish
Korean
English
Welsh
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Italian
German
Arabic
Swahili
Wolof
Bambara
Amharic
Afrikaans
Vietnamese
Forgotten lots of others. Guess where I've travelled most!
[quote=DrJ ]Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Cheat !!
Rumbled 🙂
But I forgot I spent 6 months working in North Africa so can add Arabic to my list too
One less than I can order two beers in, as I assume "Pished" likely doesnt count when trying to thank someone
English
French
German
Dutch
Spanish
Italian
Romanian
Danish/Norwegian/Swedish/Icelandic
Chinese
English
French
Italian
Spanish
Portugese
German
Russian
Japanese
Happyish with eight.
English
Spanish
French
Cantonese
Mandarin
Japanese
Russian
German
Well, you have to say thanks for the beers.
English
French
German
Ukrainian
Spanish
Medieval Latin
Ancient Greek
English
Welsh
French
German
Icelandic
Sesotho
Afrikaans
Portuguese
Spainish
Italian
English
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Russian
Nigerian.
kinyarwandan
9 including English:
Greek
Swedish
German
Finnish
French
Italian
Portugese
Spanish
English
English
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Swedish
Spanish
Urdu
Hindi
Medieval Latin
Ancient Greek
Lolz
Nec minus a te expectant.
If we don't allow Norwegian / Swedish / Danish as 3 then:
English
French
Spanish
Italian
Portugese
German
Dutch
Greek
Polish
Romanian
Hungarian
Russian
Arabic
Scandinavian
Japanese
15.
Shamefully I don't know Welsh or Gaelic and I really should
EDIT forgot Japanese
Diolch
That's 15 for you richmtb.
Loads. So what I can remember in descending order of how much I can speak (and my french is shite):
Eng.
French
Turkish
Russian
Spanish (phrases territory now entered)
Greek (3-4 months of my life, little remains)
Italian
German
Dutch/Flemish? Something like dank you or dank ye? Having that.
Swedish/scandi - tack
Portuguese
Mandarin (general knowledge init, but can't find the Japanese word in my head, somethink like Iranu!?)
Welsh (if everyone else is, I will)
Kurdish (spasi I think, bit like the russian. Travelled through for a few flea bitten weeks.)
Forgotten a few (Sinhala? Sorry gone. Czech? Slovak? Will have known them but gone)
Tells you I've not travelled much outside Europe I guess, and not much eastern europe.
Off the top of my head:
English
French
German
Norwegian/Swedish/Danish
Finnish
Mandarin
Korean
Spanish
Italian
Ones I should know but have forgotten:
Hungarian
Slovakian
Czech
Well I surprised myself with 8
English
French
German
Spanish
Portuguese
Finnish
Arabic
Zulu
English
German
French
Italian
Spanish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Czech (one of my 3 words, along with "please" and "beer"!)
Geordie