Angel is shown to be fluent in several languages other than English throughout the show.
- In 1.10 Parting Gifts, he speaks Chinese
- In 1.16 The Ring, he speaks Spanish, Italian and Russian.
- In 3.08 Lover’s Walk, he reads Sartre’s La Nausée in the original language. Later, in 2.19 Belonging, he speaks French.
- In 5.13 Why We Fight, he speaks German.
- In 5.11 Damage, he is shown to understand (and presumably speak) Romanian.
Related episodes: 1.10 Parting Gifts, 1.16 The Ring, 2.19 Belonging, 3.08 Lover's Walk, 5.11 Damage, 5.13 Why We Fight
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kulak on October 3rd, 2007 at 6:10 pm
And in 3.08 Lover’s walk he reads Sartre’s La Nausée in the original language, which I suppose is a stronger indication of him speaking fluent French than the few words spoken in Belonging.
And hi, by the way. :) I’m new and all. And English isn’t my native language (I’m from Sweden), so please correct me when I’m wrong. ^^
Mel on October 4th, 2007 at 12:39 am
We also see him speaking Latin on several occasions.
jc21269 on January 8th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
He speaks Chinese in 1.10 “Parting Gifts”
HarFang on April 19th, 2008 at 12:59 am
That is rather consistent with all the places he’s visited. Especially since Angelus always took such pains to get to know his victims. Quite the contrary of Spike, who apparently spent years in China and Italy without being able to pronounce or understand a single word ! (oh, sorry. I think he knows “strada” and “presto”).
Wynter on April 19th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Wow, Angel takes pains to learn a foreign language so he can taunt his victims even more and make the torture worse before killing them. How heroic of him.
Mel on April 20th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Its not that it’s heroic. I think that its more that Angelus was more of a bastard than Spike was and probably seen his kills as art.
Where Spike would just kill someone for their blood to feed, as most vampires would do, there were some, Drusilla being the most prominant, that Angelus wasnt happy just killing and turning, he actually felt he had to drive her insane and torture her before doing so.
Angelus probably did see what he was doing as art in some way.
There was also another reference in Amends where The First in the guise of another of his vistims said Angelus had arranged his children in bed, like they were sleeping, much the same as he did for Jenny.
Angelus did not just get off on the kill…..he enjoyed the foreplay (for better choice of words) and the aftermath emotions of his kills too.
Wynter on April 20th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
I know, I was being sarcastic!
Mel on April 21st, 2008 at 12:04 am
I get that you were being sarcastic…..I just misread the sarcasm (which is easy to do when you are typing messages)
Sorry Sad!