Languages :-)

Hello everybody.

I love languages. Is anyone else with me? I'm sure NaNoWriMo has billions of languages, so here's a fun thing to do while procrastinating like me:

1. Post your native language/s
2. Post any other languages you know fluently
3. Post any other languages you are learning, your level at them, and if you want, why are you learning them?

Me:
1. English
2. none yet, but I'm close
3. Dutch, advanced, German, intermediate, French, intermediate, Icelandic, beginner, Swahili, beginner, Braille, beginner, Sign Language, intermediate

:-) So, what languages can you speak? And is anyone willing to do a Nanomail language exchange to practice? (hint hint, I need help with Icelandic)

I love languages too! English is my native language and I don't speak anything else fluently. I used to be pretty good with German, but having no one to speak it with has not been helping my skills there. I've also taken some lessons in Spanish, but I'm really bad with that, so I gave up. I would like to learn Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faeroese, and maybe Finnish too. I can say a few things in most of those languages but it's just like a few lines from songs and not anything actually useful.

English
American Sign Language
And I know enough French to survive a summer in Paris but I'd like to knoe enough to have a smooth conversation with a cute french bartender in his native tongue...

My native language is Finnish. Besides that, I'm fluent in English.

I studied German for five years because I like the language. It was too hard for me, though, and I'm very bad at it. I'm hoping to start studying it again some day.

I have also studied Swedish for six years because Finnish people have to :( I'm very bad at Swedish and sick and tired of learning it. I have nothing against Sweden, though. I just don't like learning a language I have no interest in.

In the future I'd maybe like to learn Japanese but I might be too lazy to actually start studying it.

1. Swedish
2. English
3. German (beginner), Japanese (beginner)

1. German
2. English (well, enough to hold a sensible conversation anyway)
3. Spanish (bloody beginner, reason why I want to learn it: It's a damn sexy language)

1. English
2. German, though I've forgotten most of it due to lack of practise.

I'd like to learn Swedish and Italian.

1. English (although I spoke Catalan more frequently when I was little).
2. Catalan
3. Spanish (GCSE level), Italian (GCSE level), French (beginner).

1. French
2. English
3. Danish (basic stuff only - it's my husband's language, I'm trying not to learn, but it seems to seep in), Arabic (intermediate), German (intermediate), Spanish (not good at it at all), Russian (use to be ok, now crap)

I write in English.

1. English
2. Spanish
3. Arabic (beginner), French (studied it for a couple of years), German (now a few words)

1. Lithuanian
2. English, maybe?
3. Russian basics, Italian can 'read', German can 'read' - kinda. Would love to learn Polish, Japanese, Mandarin... oh well ><

My native language is English, and I'm almost fluent in French as well. I rarely use it but when I need to I can get into it without issue.
I don't speak anything else.

1. American English
2. Spanish
2. Mandarin Chinese, I can listen but can't talk, Japanese, same as Chinese, and I'm learning a few words of Italian, French, German, Taiwanese, and Portuguese from friends.

I love studying languages. ^.^ I intend to keep doing it all my life. All my money shall be spent on Rosetta stone software for languages like Lithuanian, Russian, and such.

1. Spanish
2. English
3. French (beginner-intermediate), Italian (beginner), German (beginner)

Native language is English. Not fluent in anything else currently, but I've been able to hold my own in ASL in the past. I don't have anybody to talk to anymore, so I'm sorely out of practice. I studied Spanish off and on in school for several years. I could probably become fluent again within a week or so if you dropped me in the middle of Mexico. Studied French for two years in high school. Tried to teach myself Russian, Japanese, and Maori, but never got very far with any of them. The problem with languages is if you don't use them, you lose them, and I never had anybody to practice with outside of school. I'm fascinated by language though and love learning!

1. English and Welsh
2. See, this is where I have to pick my first language correctly, but both are first language so none.
3. French (was at GCSE level, but as I haven't spoken it for years it's probably back in beginner stages again), Japanese (total beginner).

I'd love to learn any language I could get my hands and ears on. There was a Hungarian girl who used to work with me so she'd give me little things like, 'Thanks' and 'Bye'... Dog is kutya, which sounds like Kuja, which made me think of Cujo. I learn like that (randomly).

1. English. I guess you could say Tagalog is also a native language since I grew up understanding it and then in grade 4 I learned how to speak it.

2. Sadly I'm not proficient in any other language at the moment. I learned French in elementary and high school but it's been a long time and it was a little frustrating towards the end when I took it. I also learned how to translate Russian to English for my MA but I'm not speaking or reading proficient; still need the dictionary and a few hours to get through a passage ;)

3. I'm going to be continuing my Italian next week (whoo-hoo!). I started learning it last year when I went to Italy for a semester exchange; I didn't want to lose everything I learned so I was determined to continue. So I'm still at the beginner level but I hope to improve. I'm also hoping to pick up French again in the new year and continue reviewing my Russian during my spare time xD

I have 3 native languages*L*
a) French
b) Cree (aboriginal language)
c) English


proficient in
SIgn Language


also speak sprinkling of
Korean
Japanese
Shushwap (Native Language)
Low German

Not learning anything new at the moment- but am brushing up on German

1. English
2. None yet.
3. I've been learning French for 5 years now, I'm a bit slow though. And I just started with Japanese. We were required to take a language in 7th grade, and I decided to take French instead of Spanish like everyone else, because I think it's one of the most beautiful languages. And I've always wanted to learn Japanese, because I love the culture, many of my interests come from Japan, and I want to visit or lie there one day.

1. German
2. English - I guess!
3. I don't know my level. /: I guess intermediate? I never really had the opportunity to talk a lot in English so I can't say much about my conversation skills but I guess I get the hang of it after struggling for a little while. :') I'm better with written text though.
I'm not currently learning any other languages. I tried learning French in school but failed miserably. /: I'd like to learn Italian one day though.