Can you speak another language ? Considering learning German and French plus !

[Caveoftreasures]

Can anyone here speak another language other than English ofcourse ?

I am seriously considering learning German and French.
If I can get by enough to speak the basics to get by, I was then going to consider Chineese ?

At 45 years of age in May, is it too late to learn and have a go ?

Has anyone ever had a try as an adult at seriously learning another language to get fluent or half fluent. Lol ?

Any ideas or comments for me ?

Thanks in advance. 

[Pop Bumper Pete]

I have enough trouble with English

[Homepin]

I have enough trouble with English

[Brunswick Brawler]

I speak a da Italian!

My view is that unless you have someone to speak the language with on a regular basis, classes alone will never do it.  So if you can, chose a language of someone you know that speaks a foreign language.

It would be easier if you were in Melbourne, where every second person speak another language!

[pinsanity]

Backpfeifengesicht is the only German word you'll ever need to know.

[Boots]

Does knowing the German swear words count?
I know plenty of them

[Caveoftreasures]

Are u guys telling me you learnt the German swear words watching german porn. Lol 

That German word above looks sneakingly suspicious.
I am thinking it has something to do with the human anatomy ?
Wikipedia didn't give me any search results.

If I ask a German language school what that word means I am sure they will either laugh or shudder. Lol
The only downside to learning German is that I will be able to understand what Hitler was yelling and shouting about during his lunatic speeches. That may not be a good thing.

But at least world war 2 war movies will make more sense when I watch German or French war movies on SBS. Lol 

[solar value]

All you need to know:


Arabic:

الكرة والدبابيس

Bulgarian:

пинбол

Catalan:

Flipper

Chinese Simplified:

弹球

Chinese Traditional:

彈球

Czech:

Pinball

Danish:

Pinball

Dutch:

pinball

English:

pinball

Estonian:

Pinball

Finnish:

Pinball

French:

flipper

German:

Flipper

Greek:

φλίπερ

Haitian Creole:

pinball

Hebrew:

פינבול

Hindi:

पिनबॉल

Hmong Daw:

pinball

Hungarian:

flipper

Indonesian:

pinball

Italian:

flipper

Japanese:

ピンボール

Korean:

핀볼

Latvian:

ķīniešu biljards

Lithuanian:

Pinball

Malay:

pinball

Maltese:

Pinball

Yucatec Maya:

Pinball

Norwegian:

Pinball

Querétaro Otomi:

Pinball

Persian:

شیطان پین بال دزد

Polish:

jednoręki bandyta

Portuguese:

Pinball

Romanian:

Pinball

Russian:

пинбол

Slovak:

Pinball

Slovenian:

fliper

Spanish:

Pinball

Swedish:

pinball

Thai:

พินบอล

Turkish:

langırt

Ukrainian:

пінбол

Urdu:

پنبال

Vietnamese:

pinball

Welsh:

Pinball

[guyricho]

the only time I can speak anything other than English is when I have had to many to drink

[Caveoftreasures]

Solar value, (I don't know your first name) I take my hat off to you for that long post with all the languages, it must have taken you an hour to type up !
Very cool post, thankyou for the different translations.
But I am still trying to work out Pinsanity,s German word. Lol
Any Germans reading our forum ?
We need your translation skills !

[Freiherr]

Any Germans reading our forum ?
We need your translation skills !

[GAP]

the only time I can speak anything other than English is when I have had to many to drink

Is that called fluent drunkinese      

[Caveoftreasures]

Classic !

Schulz ! I knows nothing ! Nigh Nigh. Nothing.

For all those years Hogans Heroes was on TV, I am sure the Germans just loved being portrayed worldwide as complete Bumbling Idiots. Lol.  

[Pop Bumper Pete]

Classic !

Schulz ! I knows nothing ! Nigh Nigh. Nothing.

For all those years Hogans Heroes was on TV, I am sure the Germans just loved being portrayed worldwide as complete Bumbling Idiots. Lol. 

The actor who played Klink was Jewish, and yes, he had fun playing a bumbling Nazi

[studley67]

Backpfeifengesicht. German compound word for a 'face that should be slapped'.