Dumbledore the parselmouth?

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 151083

 
> Steven1965aaa:
> 
> If Dubmledore was a parselmouth, wouldn't he have heard and 
understood 
> the basilisk in the pipes throughout COS?


Potioncat:
Well, not if he wasn't near the pipe at the moment the Basilisk was 
there. Harry doesn't hear it every time it strikes. (IIRC) 

I can't remember if DD knew what the monster was or not. He knew the 
Chamber had been opened. He must have had some idea.