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does she really speak Spanish, French,Romanian,Itali ano


has anyone heard her speak these languages?
Spanish, French,Romanian and Italian.
Ive heard her English.
Not just saying hello, but having full conversations in the languages ?
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More than likely... It's pretty common for Europeans to speak multiple languages.

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Lol, of course she would.

Most Spaniards understand and learn easily italian as well as portuguese.

She lived with Michael Youn who is french. She acted in some french movie, so she must speak french too, which is probably the second or third language learned at school in Spain.

As for romanian, her mother is romanian-hungarian. So she probably spoke to her daugther in romanian while her father spoke to her in spanish as she was growing.

Also, Romanian, Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese are latin languages, They have the same latin roots with words that are kinda similar and therefore can be easily understood and learned by those who speak one of those.

Most Europeans are at the very least billingual and when parents are from two different nationalities, it usually goes to 3 languages.

Plus european countries are small and many of us work in one country while living in the neighbouring one which could be like 60 to 90 minutes by train. Some work in Brussels, Belgium and go back on weekends to London or Kholn (Germany), for example.

Hence why being multilingual is paramaount in Europe as we don't need a working permit or visa to live in one of the EU countries, but we need the language in order to apply for a job in another european country than our own.

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