Do you duo? LINGO that is.

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Flatlander Nov 2016 3:25pm, 10 Nov 2016 636 posts	Flatlander Yes, you're right. Literally it means "to know again" i.e. "to recognise". Norwegian has the same, "kjenne igjen".
Night-owl Nov 2016 3:30pm, 10 Nov 2016 26,226 posts	Night-owl How many languages can you speak Flatlander?
Flatlander Nov 2016 4:14pm, 10 Nov 2016 637 posts	Flatlander Well, Owlie, there's a question! I can just about speak English :-p. I've been to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein several times so German is my 2nd language but I'm by no means fluent. I went on a 10 weeks cycling holiday to Nordkapp, Norway, so I taught myself basic Norwegian and just about got by. That was 23 years ago so I'm brushing up on it using Duolingo and a couple of Norwegian teaching websites. While there, I passed over into Sweden for a week so attempted some Swedish, not very successfully. A less unsuccessful attempt at Swedish occurred when I visited Stockholm for a week another time. Spanish came about during 2 two weeks holidays, one to Spain the other to Mexico, so Spanish is my 3rd language and I'm doing that on Duolingo. I claim not to speak French, but have been known to come out with a few words or short phrases although that's all I can manage. So, the answer to your question is: just one, although I can splutter a few bits of a couple of others, and read some simple texts of some further languages (mainly Germanic ones like Dutch and Danish). It's not really as many as it sounds because several of them are very similar to each other. I'm not in the same realm as GlennR and RichHL who are studying Russian, nor Ceretonia with his Welsh.
GlennR Nov 2016 4:34pm, 10 Nov 2016 22,629 posts	GlennR My Russian was honed haggling with taxi drivers and market traders in far flung corners of the Evil Empire. Since then I've specialised in domestic verbal abuse, receiving end thereof. Theoretically my Spanish is stronger, to the extent that I have written essays on a range of tedious subjects. I wasn't really any good at conversation until I started wrestling with the owl though.
Night-owl Nov 2016 4:38pm, 10 Nov 2016 26,228 posts	Night-owl Thanks both all very interesting Careful with the owl though their beaks are quite strong
jennyh Nov 2016 5:02pm, 10 Nov 2016 1,055 posts	jennyh The Quakers are going to the cafe today (this was in Welsh, under strengthening Clothes. Can't recall having come across the Welsh for Quakers before).
panad Nov 2016 7:45am, 11 Nov 2016 829 posts	panad The guests are showing the kitchen to a man
GlennR Nov 2016 7:47am, 11 Nov 2016 22,631 posts	GlennR She eats a sandwich without chicken.
panad Nov 2016 7:55am, 11 Nov 2016 830 posts	panad I am telling the children i am sleeping
Ceratonia Nov 2016 8:05am, 11 Nov 2016 4,414 posts	Ceratonia Don't think I've seen the word for Quakers either - and I must have strengthened clothes a few times by now.