Correct- I'd be worthless in conversations in either Greece or Israel today. They're both dead languages, so I really don't know anything about "speaking" those languages (though I did take Attic Greek composition at Wake). I took 4 semesters of Attic Greek at Wake, 1 semester of 1-on-1 independent study of Hebrew at Wake, and then 1 semester of Hebrew in the Div School at Wake (while I was an undergrad), then took several reading classes in seminary for both Greek and Hebrew (maybe 2 of each), in addition to doing a thesis in Biblical studies that involved translation of key texts on discernment (discernment was my topic). Certainly have developed some rust since I graduated from seminary in 2009, but I try to keep it up by translating the passages whenever I preach.
