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I can speak & understand English and Mandarin Chinese.

I studied Spanish for seven years in school, but if someone wants to converse with me in Spanish, I would need a Chinese or English interpreter.

I studied French for half a year in school, but found it rather difficult. However, I do remember a few basic phrases which I also found online later on, and I plan on using these phrases in the event I travel to predominantly French-speaking regions (e.g. Quebec).

I never studied German in school, but I do have a second cousin who is currently studying in Germany, and who came to the US for a single semester as a visiting scholar at a US-based university. She visited my house on two occasions, and for those visits I looked up the German phrasebook online and memorized a few greetings so that I could greet her in that language.