I know a guy who, if I remember this correctly, is half Lebanese, half Italian, was raised in Germany and now lives in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

I know a guy who, if I remember this correctly, is half Lebanese, half Italian, was raised in Germany and now lives in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. From that he speaks French, Arabic, Italian, German and English. Another fellow I also met in Switzerland says he speaks six languages. He speaks English, French, Serbian, Russian and Romanian that I know of. I don't know what the other one was. His advice? Date women from different countries and learn their language. Of course, being an anglophone Canadian who only knows a paltry amount of French despite studying it in school for nine years, people like this are just amazing.