How many languages can Conan speak ?

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How many languages can Conan speak ?

Postby MaitreDétective » October 20th, 2010, 3:24 am

Just a random question here ;D

We know of course, Conan can speak English :
http://www.mangareader.net/139-8341-9/detective-conan/chapter-295.html

It seems he can also speak French and Italian :
http://www.mangareader.net/139-8159-4/detective-conan/chapter-113.html

He knows how to count in German :
http://www.mangareader.net/139-8616-7/detective-conan/chapter-569.html

And his father Yusaku can talk portuguese so he perhaps taught his son too :
http://www.mangareader.net/139-8184-14/detective-conan/chapter-138.html


So, is there any other language Conan knows outside Japanese ?
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Re: How many languages can Conan speak ?

Postby GaS » October 20th, 2010, 4:49 am

He also knows Russian alphabet... According to the third movie at least...
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Re: How many languages can Conan speak ?

Postby xpon » October 20th, 2010, 5:03 am

not italian as far as i remember!
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Re: How many languages can Conan speak ?

Postby Freyr » October 20th, 2010, 5:09 am

Shouldnt know Italian
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Re: How many languages can Conan speak ?

Postby Shuuichi Akai » October 20th, 2010, 8:48 am

MaitreDétective wrote:Just a random question here ;D

We know of course, Conan can speak English :
http://www.mangareader.net/139-8341-9/detective-conan/chapter-295.html

It seems he can also speak French and Italian :
http://www.mangareader.net/139-8159-4/detective-conan/chapter-113.html

He knows how to count in German :
http://www.mangareader.net/139-8616-7/detective-conan/chapter-569.html

And his father Yusaku can talk portuguese so he perhaps taught his son too :
http://www.mangareader.net/139-8184-14/detective-conan/chapter-138.html


So, is there any other language Conan knows outside Japanese ?
Don't think he knows portuguese as Yusaku lives in the US while Kudo Shinichi at Japan.
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Re: How many languages can Conan speak ?

Postby Dus » October 20th, 2010, 10:53 am

He also recognized a quote from Beckenbauer, so maybe he knows more German than just the numbers 1 - 11.

I don't think he really speaks French or Italian, at least it hasn't been confirmed.

Yusaku speaking Portuguese doesn't seem likely either, he probably just spoke English with the guy.

As far as the movies are concernec:
He doesn't seem to speak Spanish (Movie 11)
IF he can read the Russian alphabet, then he's not proficient. The had Sergey type Волшебник конца века.
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Re: How many languages can Conan speak ?

Postby GaS » October 20th, 2010, 12:19 pm

Dus wrote:The had Sergey type Волшебник конца века.


Instead of what? ПоÑ
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Re: How many languages can Conan speak ?

Postby Kor » October 20th, 2010, 1:28 pm

This actually depends on what cases Gosho is doing, since Conan is supposed to be a know-it-all (in order to solve the case). If for example, there will be a case that involves arabic, Conan will likely know arabic. If it's a case that involves german, Conan will know german.
This isn't just limited for languages. For example - there was a case with dogs, and suddenly, Conan knows everything about dogs (the way they act, think, etc.)

In the early days Conan looked at the dictionary, but now...........he would probably know it just because.

The movies also use this method, but in the movies we at least get the Hawaii excuse.
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Re: How many languages can Conan speak ?

Postby breva » October 20th, 2010, 2:16 pm

does braile count as a language? ???
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Re: How many languages can Conan speak ?

Postby kkslider5552000 » October 20th, 2010, 2:54 pm

I approve of trying to SPEAK braile.
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Re: How many languages can Conan speak ?

Postby sstimson » October 20th, 2010, 10:31 pm

Also since you did not say what languages Conan can speak in the "Original" Manga and Anime, that means he speaks where ever language the translators speak!
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Re: How many languages can Conan speak ?

Postby Sakina » October 20th, 2010, 11:02 pm

Well, actually knowing some of a language and speaking it fluently are completely different matters.  You can study a language but you don't have to be fluent in order to get the basics down and know the key elements and phrases.  Even if he is only fluent in Japanese and English (even if his voice actor isn't), I have no doubt that he has dabbled in several languages if not at least studied linguistics.

So in answer to your question, I don't think he really speaks anything other than Japanese and English.  I think that he's merely studied linguistics, a hypothesis further supported by his father being a professional writer. 
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Re: How many languages can Conan speak ?

Postby Shuuichi Akai » October 21st, 2010, 6:05 am

kkslider5552000 wrote:I approve of trying to SPEAK braile.
speaking dots... lol
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Re: How many languages can Conan speak ?

Postby breva » October 21st, 2010, 10:13 am

kkslider5552000 wrote:I approve of trying to SPEAK braile.


and then it says any other language Conan KNOWS outside Japanese?
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Re: How many languages can Conan speak ?

Postby Dus » October 21st, 2010, 12:17 pm

GaS wrote:
Dus wrote:The had Sergey type Волшебник конца века.


Instead of what? ПоÑ
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