What language does Kim and Justine use to communicate?

one speaks dutch, the other one speaks French, do they communicate in English or???

Interesting topic. I used to wonder if Monica Seles would speak to any of the Hungarian players etc. in their language when they played, and also with players like Dokic.

Back to the topic, they're both competent in all three languages but my guess would be Dutch.

Interesting topic. I used to wonder if Monica Seles would speak to any of the Hungarian players etc. in their language when they played, and also with players like Dokic.

Back to the topic, they're both competent in all three languages but my guess would be Dutch.

Monica speaks Hungarian with Hungarian players and Serbian with Dokic :D

Interesting topic. I used to wonder if Monica Seles would speak to any of the Hungarian players etc. in their language when they played, and also with players like Dokic.

Back to the topic, they're both competent in all three languages but my guess would be Dutch.
Definitely not Dutch.
I think they use English and sometimes a bit of French.
See, in Belgium, most of the Flemish people speak French as their second language but the Walloons don't speak Dutch at all.

interesting

Definitely not Dutch.
I think they use English and sometimes a bit of French.
See, in Belgium, most of the Flemish people speak French as their second language but the Walloons don't speak Dutch at all.

Thanks Glenn. Is it compulsory to learn at least some of it in High School?

Thanks Glenn. Is it compulsory to learn at least some of it in High School?

Walloon students have the choice between Dutch, English and German and most of them choose English. French and English are compulsory in Flemish schools and German is optional.

I had them all: French, English, German! But yeah, I don't think Juju is able to speak Dutch! Wich is a pity! I think it's very sad that the Walloons expect us to know how to speak French, but most of them don't speak or understand dutch at all!

So I definitly think they speak English!

Perhaps they have a secret language?

Walloon students have the choice between Dutch, English and German and most of them choose English. French and English are compulsory in Flemish schools and German is optional.
They don't even have to learn Dutch? That's shit.

They don't even have to learn Dutch? That's shit.

;)

dutch is compulsory from 10 to 12. In every single school.

then we have the choice between dutch and english( and german ), and most of us choose for dutch, as surprising it may be for you! I remember watching a tv-program somes months ago, and it wa said that for the first time since the new school-organisation was established ( in the seventies ), english became first-choice for second language in 2 out of 5 walloons provinces. Which means than in the 3 others, dutch was still the first choice.

Sure we don't speak dutch as well as flemish speak french, but saying that we don't speak dutch at all is exagerrating.

Yeah , they probably use a secret language...like JusKimmish or something like that. ;)

methinks French or English cos Kim definately knows french (she gave her speech at RG in 2001 in french) and i dont think Justine is that fluent in Dutch...

Belgian ;) :p :D












...but seriously probably english or french

Lucky belgians ;), you' re probably the ones in Europe who speaks a lot of differents languages very well ;).

I seriously think that Justine will speak in french this afternoon, and I think that Kim will speak a little bit in french and in english.

I' ve just read thiw morning on Aol France :

Qui supportez-vous chez les femmes ? ( Who do you want to win the ladies final ? )

74% Justine Henin 5 137
26% Kim Clijsters 1 810
Vote(s) exprimé(s) ( Numbers of voters ) : 6 947

also swiss speak different languages cos they have 3 official languages there.

Walloon students have the choice between Dutch, English and German and most of them choose English. French and English are compulsory in Flemish schools and German is optional.
No!!

We are obliged to study both dutch and english!!

In the first and second year of secundary school, you have to choose between english and dutch (80 % of the students choose dutch) and from 3rd year to the end of the secundary school, the language we haven't chosed in the first year of the secundary, we are obliged to take it!

Anyway, Paris is today Belgium' s capitale, speak french ,dutch, or english isn' t really important. All the Belgium will win today :) !!!!!

also swiss speak different languages cos they have 3 official languages there.

4 I think :)

They speak in English, because Kim which come from a specific place does not speak french and Justine don't speak the language spoken by Kim

They speak in English, because Kim which come from a specific place does not speak french and Justine don't speak the language spoken by Kim

Thank you! It's an interesting question and I'm glad somebody answered it! Two women from the same country with 2 official languages have to communicate in a third to be understood. Sounds somewhat similar to my Chinese friends who speak either Mandarin or Cantonese but not both who rely on English to make up the difference.

Actually Kim does speak French, not perfectly but she can make herself understandable. Like someone said, she gave her finalist speech in French in 2001.

but I heard this week on tv that kim didn't had much attention towards her french lessons in school;)
why when people have succes they always go back to the primary school the person was on:D

No!!

We are obliged to study both dutch and english!!

In the first and second year of secundary school, you have to choose between english and dutch (80 % of the students choose dutch) and from 3rd year to the end of the secundary school, the language we haven't chosed in the first year of the secundary, we are obliged to take it!

I don't think that's the case in every school. My niece goes to school in Gembloux and chose Dutch but I'll have to ask her what would have happened if she hadn't chosen it.

I know I already had French class in primary school at age 9 but that's because I went to school in Brussels. I think that in other Flemish schools French class starts from age 11.

I had it to from age 9 and I didn't went to school in Brussels!

I was surprised how separate the two communities are in belgium. You go to Bruges or Antwerp and you see hardly anything in French. All the signs, everything are in Flemish. Everyone speaks Flemish. You go to Liege, the reverse! I expected to see everything bilingual. It's like two different countries.

I was surprised how separate the two communities are in belgium. You go to Bruges or Antwerp and you see hardly anything in French. All the signs, everything are in Flemish. Everyone speaks Flemish. You go to Liege, the reverse! I expected to see everything bilingual. It's like two different countries.
Well there's also alot bilingual and that costs alot more!

I was surprised how separate the two communities are in belgium. You go to Bruges or Antwerp and you see hardly anything in French. All the signs, everything are in Flemish. Everyone speaks Flemish. You go to Liege, the reverse! I expected to see everything bilingual. It's like two different countries.

I totally disagree! Why can't people see, we are one country, we belong together! It's also Kim's and Justines opinion! It was in the newspapers today: they are proud to be Belgian, just like I am!

If its english thats sooooooooo weird, haha!!!

GO JUSTINE!!!!!!!!!!!! YOUR MY QUEEN ON CLAY!!!!!!

I had Dutch from 1st primary to end secundary

kim speaks french well. did u see her speech today?

You know when they were younger they used to communicate using sign language.

They let their rackets do the talking. ;)

Interesting topic. I used to wonder if Monica Seles would speak to any of the Hungarian players etc. in their language when they played, and also with players like Dokic.

Back to the topic, they're both competent in all three languages but my guess would be Dutch.

lol sorry, but that's funny! Juju competant in Dutch? :eek:

also swiss speak different languages cos they have 3 official languages there.
*cough* 4 *cough*

lol sorry, but that's funny! Juju competant in Dutch? :eek:

She speaks it better than I do.

*cough* 4 *cough*

French, German, Italian and???????

Are you counting Schweizerdeutch as a language?

Kim's three-language speech was very impressive today! :)

French, German, Italian and???????

Are you counting Schweizerdeutch as a language?

Romantsch/Romanche is the 4th language in Switzerland, so says my husband!

Romantsch/Romanche is the 4th language in Switzerland, so says my husband!

Your husband is right :)

Actually many more people speak Romanche in Italy where it isn't recognised as an official language.

what is flemmish? is that just another word for dutch?

Not an easy question to answer I'm afraid ;)

Some say it's the same language, others say it is different. Anyway they tell me that Flemish drama series are subtitled in the Netherlands so that tells me that there are at least quite a few differences.

thanks for trying...:)

French,
Irish,
Dutch,
German,
English.