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King Juan Carlos of Spain speaks six languages Spainish,English, French,Italian,Portuguese,And Catalan
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Henri M. said:Princess Máxima's Dutch is beyond belief when you take into account that she has never lived in a Dutch-speaking country before and succesfully mastered it in no time.
Mari_* said:I've read Queen Sofia speaks many languages, spanish, english, german, greek.. which else?
...sOfIa.... said:Does she also speak French?
I hear that her German is very good. Does anybody know if this is true? I've never heard her speaking it.
Doña Metizia said:Don't forget that she went to school in Germany (run by an uncle).
infanteleonor said:i ask me if letizia speak the dialect of asturias??
lula said:I do not believe it, the "bable" it is not a dialect that is official or that one speaks habitually in the whole Asturias; she can know words, expressions, or she will be able to understand the texts written in "bable" (It seems that her grandmother reads books in "bable"). Only in the last years it has started recovering and studying this dialect, it is possible to study in the school and in the University ... but its use is not widespread.
...sOfIa.... said:Schloss Salem I think. I wonder if her German is still good?
Really he said so? .. hahadonnaK said:At the 2004 PoA awards, Felipe commented that he only understood 50% of what his wife said in the conversations with other Asturians. Did Letizia speak 'bable' ?
lilytornado said:I have a question. As a royal you have to be educated and this includes knowing some languages (I know that how many are appropriate will probably depend on the country, for example I got the impression that the british royals tend to speak less languages than the other royals), so what is about the royal-by-marriage ones? I know that Letizia improves her English, but when she has done this, is she supposed to study more, like french? The same with the others, though it seems logic, that Maxima and Mary would focus on their Dutch/Danish as it is not their mother tongue first. But when they have done this, will they learn more? I know no one can see in the future, but is it expected from them?
Second, when do the royal children start to learn other languages ?
As they should get a good education, i would suppose, they would studying like english and french etc earlier than teenage age.
Does anyone has background information? Thanks!
lilytornado said:To answer my own question a little bit: Danish Royal watchers are saying that Mary must be learning French now Danish Royal Watchers: Happy birthday Crown Princess Mary!
and they quote this biography in this article Fra tasmansk pige til dansk kronprinsesse - Indland - Nyheder - Berlingske Tidende
Also, since the Lech photosession, we know now that Máxima speaks also spanish to Amalia and Alexia, next to Dutch.
Also, I don't remember where right now, but I read that Felipe said that Leonor will start to learn English as soon as she mastered spanish, and then French.
Roshanah said:The late Tzar Nichoaiovich Alexandrovich Romanov II of Russia (Nicholas II) spoke, Russian, English, German, Polish and French.
I've read somewhere that she speaks German as well and that she also speaks mid level french.jspate said:i was curious to know what languages Princess Madeleine speaks besides Swedish and English.
ysbel said:I heard an interview with Willem-Alexander and Maxima at Lech and it appeared that Maxima was learning German. It was bad but she was speaking some.
Yes, but it is highly unlikely that she actually spoke German in her time working there- we Americans like to have our documents translated...and Maxima working in the US...Verde Esmeralda said:I believe she spoke German from before...don't forget she used to work for the Deutsche Bank in NY before getting married to Alexander.
crisiñaki said:I believe nowadays the "in-languages" are english, spanish and mandarin, so good look to all our beloved royals learning chinese