Viggo Mortensen Speaking 7 Languages
Or Prince, who played 27 instruments on his debut "For You" album
Prince – all vocals, all instruments
Prince – all vocals, all instruments
As a Dane he almost certainly speaks Swedish and/or Norwegian as well. They get Swedish television there so they grow up with it.Jensrsa wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:27 pm ...with jealousy
Viggo Mortensen Speaking 7 Languages
Or Prince, who played 27 instruments on his debut "For You" albumPrince – all vocals, all instruments
By the end of his life, Burton had mastered at least 26 languages – or 40, if distinct dialects are counted.[57]
1. English
2. French
3. Occitan (Gascon/Béarnese dialect)
4. Italian
a. Neapolitan Italian
5. Romani
6. Latin
7. Greek
8. Saraiki
9. Hindustani
a. Urdu
b. Sindhi
10. Marathi
11. Arabic
12. Persian (Farsi)
13. Pushtu
14. Sanskrit
15. Portuguese
16. Spanish
17. German
18. Icelandic
19. Swahili
20. Amharic
21. Fan
22. Egba
23. Asante
24. Hebrew
25. Aramaic
26. Many other West African & Indian dialects
Most likely speaks German tooMog The Almighty wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:59 amAs a Dane he almost certainly speaks Swedish and/or Norwegian as well. They get Swedish television there so they grow up with it.Jensrsa wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:27 pm ...with jealousy
Viggo Mortensen Speaking 7 Languages
Or Prince, who played 27 instruments on his debut "For You" albumPrince – all vocals, all instruments
I dunno how people do it, it just blows my mind. I've been struggling with Swedish for seven f-cking years and still can't have a proper adult conversation in the language.
Sounds like a teacher's pet.danny_fitz wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 10:00 am Richard Burton (no not that one) was no Globus but he was pretty useful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_F ... _languages
By the end of his life, Burton had mastered at least 26 languages – or 40, if distinct dialects are counted.[57]
1. English
2. French
3. Occitan (Gascon/Béarnese dialect)
4. Italian
a. Neapolitan Italian
5. Romani
6. Latin
7. Greek
8. Saraiki
9. Hindustani
a. Urdu
b. Sindhi
10. Marathi
11. Arabic
12. Persian (Farsi)
13. Pushtu
14. Sanskrit
15. Portuguese
16. Spanish
17. German
18. Icelandic
19. Swahili
20. Amharic
21. Fan
22. Egba
23. Asante
24. Hebrew
25. Aramaic
26. Many other West African & Indian dialects
According Wiki he spent part of his childhood in Venezuela and ArgentinaWoddy wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 10:46 am He'll very likely be able to speak Norwegian, given that it only formally diverged from Danish in the 19thC. And I'd be surprised if he could not speak in German too.
His Spanish sounds South American (Columbia or below) - I'd be interested to know where he picked that up. He certainly sounded very fluent in that, French and of course English, and pretty comfortable in Italian. The Arabic and Catalan speeches sounded "learnt", though with French and Spanish already, the latter would be pretty easy for him.
I'd much rather watch Audrey Hepburn speaking five including Dutch