• Question: How many languages can U speak?

    Asked by Maria&Eva to Ned, Aisling, Colin, Laurence, Niamh on 29 Feb 2016. This question was also asked by 953spce38.
    • Photo: Ned Dwyer

      Ned Dwyer answered on 29 Feb 2016:


      English. .. and then Italian and French pretty fluently. I’m learning Portuguese at the moment and I can get by in Spanish. I can dig out Irish to if I have to. I have the basics of German. I learmed some Polish and Chinese too but have forgotten most of those. And I learned some words of Swahili as I was in Kenya s few times

    • Photo: Aisling Shannon

      Aisling Shannon answered on 1 Mar 2016:


      Obviously English, but I also speak Dutch now, not perfectly but well enough to get by. I wouldn’t say I can speak any other languages, but I can understand a lot in French as about half of my project team are French or French speaking (Canadian, Swiss, Belgian), so you pick up a lot just hearing them chat…

    • Photo: Colin Shirran

      Colin Shirran answered on 1 Mar 2016:


      Unfortunately I can only speak English fluently. I picked up some German from working there for 6 months but I never concentrated on it since everyone spoke English in the workplace. I’d like to be able to speak a second language but it’s difficult to motivate myself to unless I have a reason to.

    • Photo: Laurence O'Rourke

      Laurence O'Rourke answered on 3 Mar 2016:


      I speak English (obviously) and Spanish fluently. I also have some French & German (having lived there 6 years).

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