What languages do you know/want to know

[Yedtarts]

Re: What languages do you know/want to know

Armenian, English, Arabic: read, write and apeak
French: read , speak, write not so well (damn it's hard)
Turkish: can understand it and speak a little
Italiano: understand it just a little (know bad words too)

[jgk3]

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I know English, French and Armenian but I don't write in Armenian, and I'm slowly assimilating the letters overtime again, it's still in the phase of recalling the sounds, it's not at a comfortable enough level to read a book.

I'd like to learn Russian (I took an intro course where I learned some basics and I can read cyrillic letters now) because I want to see many of the regions in Russia.

I wouldn't mind learning conversational Greek either, my area is full of them.

[Hye_Psycho]

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know: armenian, turkish, english
would like to know: italian

[Mos]

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why do armenians learns turkish?

[MrHyeSev]

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Some Armenians pick up the turkis languag from there parents, thank God my parents know a little Turkish & I dont know it at all. =)

[jgk3]

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my parents speak fluent Turkish, they lived the early part of their lives in Istanbul afterall, but I didn't pick it up for whatever reason, even though they used it frequently enough at family gatherings or when keeping secrets from my generation. I always found it so strange sounding.

[Federate]

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why do armenians learns turkish?

No wrong in learning the language of your enemy.

[vasbourakan1]

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english, french, arabic, armenian - read, write and speak fluently.
understand turkish well, picked up from grand parents, but need a lot of practice to speak. same for the italian, picked up from the tv, it's close to french but need some practice to speak
however would like to learn russian since it is the second language in armenia

[ara87]

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why do armenians learns turkish?

Many Armenians knew Turkish before the genocide, and carried it with them when they left turkey, and thier kids picked it up as well as armenian. Also many Armenians that moved later knew Turkish just like many know Russian, Farsi, Arabic. Many Armenians also have family in turkey or may have to do business there so it is good to know.

The Armenians in my community that know a 3rd language usually pass them down to their kids, and many know Turkish, as well as Arabic and Russian. They use them as a way to secretly communicate things when they don't want everyone else to know, mainly gossip.

[Hye_Psycho]

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my grandparents can speak kurdish aswell. my parents didnt pick it up, just like my future children will not learn turkish. its a generation thing which will soon end for most.