non-clicky do you speak Spanish?

mel72 · June 2011

I am sooooo sick of job-hunting and a lot of jobs now are requiring second languages, do most people speak Spanish?

gringa78 · June 2011

Yes, I do.

charmcitygirl · June 2011

Nope. I took 3 years of Spanish in high school, so I can get around. But I wouldn't say I speak it.

laura&dan05 · June 2011

No, but I took 4 years of French in high school and 2 more in college. I'm not fluent but I can get by.

Carrie25 · June 2011

I took 6 years of Spanish and can understand and read it better than I can speak it. Many people here are fluent in Spanish though.

Temp893722312503334 · June 2011

No ,but I wish I did.

I know in the Southwest it is more common and many kids go through K-12th grade learning a language.

Mouseygail · June 2011

charmcitygirl:
Nope. I took 3 years of Spanish in high school, so I can get around. But I wouldn't say I speak it.

this...and then I lived in italy for a bit...so now I speak "Spitalian"...its an awful mish-mash of both languages

pinkcallalily · June 2011

I took 5 years of Spansih in grades 8-12, but I haven't taken any since and have never really had a place to practice it. I remember a little bit and think I could catch on again if I was around it for a while, but I definitely couldn't claim to speak a second language.

schmoodle · June 2011

Not fluently. Probably about at the level of a 3 or 4 year old, if that. Enough to get around in Spanish speaking countries but certainly wouldn't qualify for a job that required that I speak Spanish. Do you live somewhere with a significant spanish speaking population (TX, FL, NYC, CA)? If so, I can see why that might be a qualification for a lot of jobs.

Cassian · June 2011

I took 5 years in high school and a year in college, and that with the month i spent in Mexico, I was almost fluent. Then I just kinda stopped speaking it when I advanced through college and I lost most of it. I can still remember a little, but enough to be considered bi-lingual. I bet it would come back to me though if I had the exposure again.

SeaSoul · June 2011

No, but my DH does (non-native speaker) and he uses it at his job. He'd like a new job in which he could use the skill but sadly there aren't too many around here!

CMM05 · June 2011

Yes, but not fluently.

I took it starting in middle school and had Spanish all the way through college.

I also traveled to Spain after I graduated college, so that helped a bit, but I haven't taken any courses since (it has been 11 years since I graduated college.....).

navyandviolet · June 2011

I took 3 years in college and was pretty fluent, even used it a lot in my OT rotations. But I can barely remember much now. I bet it would come back to me though. I would love to learn sign language too. I love languages. My SLP friend who was also hearing impaired knew sign language and when she would drink she would suddenly forget to talk and would sign. It was awsome. I need to remind her of that.

Funny story: DD is learning spanish in preschool and the other day she came home and said mommy do you know that agua is a type of spanish water. Ha, I laughed pretty hard after that one.

ladychicago · June 2011

I used to be pretty good right after college and a year in AZ. But now I only catch about every 5th word I hear and can order at restaurants. That is about it.

AlissaCell701 · June 2011

Well I live in South FLa...I am the minority cause I am not bilingual and don't speak Spanish. It makes me laugh when we are out somewhere and they automatically speak to me in Spanish..I mean I look like the whitest Jewish girl.

But eveyone down here is biligual or trilingual..we have a huge Hatian population as well..I hope that if we live here for much longer that Jake will also pick up a lot of spanish..

AuburnBride06 · June 2011

I speak it fairly well and understand it and can read it even better. I took 4 years of it which gave me a decent foundation but I've learned more from my DH (fluent-it's his first language) and his family (Spanish is mostly spoken when we are visiting--they live in Miami). I'm excited that DS will be fluent.