Does DD understand parseltongue? (was: Saving Ginny (was Re: Lockhart's incompet

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 143827

 
> Geoff:
> Why should he know that the monster was a Basilisk? The only person 
who 
> heard it was Harry and he didn't tell Dumbledore at the time...
>

Potioncat:
In one of the Harry/DD lessons, toward the end of the book (I think) DD 
says something sort of off hand. It's along the line of "you've seen 
that Parseltongue can be spoken by great and good wizards..." I'd love 
to provide that canon, except I can't find it. Does anyone else know 
what I'm talking about? I may have completely mis-remembered it, of 
course, but I don't think I made it up.

DD understands Mermish, he appeared to understand the Parseltongue 
memories, and he speaks in a language that Harry doesn't recognise. I 
believe these examples would at least indicate that he did  
speak/understand Parseltongue.