"Vi parolas nek la francan, nek la germanan."

[puffdrawer]

Thanks for rubbing it in, duolingo!

[ActualGoat]

Je peux parler un petit peu de français :D

[truelefty]

Und ich kann ein wenig Deutsch sprechen XD

EDIT: Or "ein bisschen"?
EDIT2: Actually it's "ein wenig", "ein bisschen", or "etwas"

[Mathso2]

Do you mean "ein bisschen" instead of "ein wenig"? I'm pretty sure that "ein wenig" means a less (which doesn't seem to mean much at least not to me).

[Criculann]

"ein wenig" means something like "some" or "a little".

[truelefty]

Oops, yes, it's ein bisschen XD

(But I've seen it as "ein wenig")

[Criculann]

They're pretty much synonyms. You can use both to say exactly the same thing (but don't forget "ein" as this would change the meaning to "I speak little German")

[truelefty]

Vielen Dank Circulann :)

[JackBond]

Ich kann Deutsch. Ich weiß nicht, worüber du sprichst.

Mi ne parolas la francan, tamen.

[Ungewitig_Wiht]

Das ist nicht wahr, ich spreche doch Deutsch! Duolingo erzählt euch Lügen!

[Laffesta]

Shouldn't it contain "ne"? "Vi NE parolas nek la francan, nek la germanan." It would have more sense, cxu ne?

[JackBond]

That would be "You don't speak neither French, nor German". That doesn't make sense.

You could, however, say "Vi ne parolas ĉu la francan, aŭ la germanan", changing "neither...nor" to "either...or" and avoiding the double negative.

[Laffesta]

Well, I see that it doesn't make sense in English where the double negation is impossible, i.e. all the sentences should contain only one negation. But as Esperanto mainly derives from the Roman languages (like French or Italian) I guessed it might contain the double negation. For example, in French you would say "Je ne parle ni le français ni l'allemand" ('ne' negates the verb).

[Kaduin]

Sed, mi parolas Esperanto.

[Far-quaad]

why put la if the isn't acceptable i the answer? Isn't that a literal translation?

[JackBond]

English speakers would more likely just use the name of the language ("nor German"). A literal translation ("nor the German language"), though valid, wouldn't be quite as natural a translation. A totally literal translation (nor the German) wouldn't even convey the same meaning at all.

The idea of translating is to say something natural in your language that conveys as close to the same meaning as is meant in the original language. Being literal can sometimes be your enemy.

Furthermore, teaching translating often requires some judgment calls, because some technically valid answers can mislead learners into misunderstanding the greater meaning of a word or phrase. I'd say "nor the German language" could be accepted, but if it's not (which I don't know), Duolingo might be trying to stress to learners that "la [lingvo]a" is most often translated as "[language]"

[legov7]

Mi parolas la germanan! Mi nur ne parolas la francan :c

[Thalie-O]

Ĉu vi venas el Germanio?

[Thalie-O]

Mi parolas ambauxaijn lingvojn.

... Sed tre malbone la germanan. :)

[kholden83]

I did take a brief stab at them on duo years ago. I understood French vocab better, but I couldn't pass the pronunciation exercises. I could pronounce German, but not understand it