Languages :-)

anotherauthor — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:33:45 -0600

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)

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Algae Volvox — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:25:25 -0600

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.

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KatBrown — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:47:29 -0600

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...

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anotherauthor — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:28:17 -0600

I want to learn Faroese & Danish too, as well as Russian. I'd be happy to practise German with you. Oh and sorry in my other post I used the wrong practise.

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arualo — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:59:54 -0600

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.

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WiresInABox — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:40:50 -0600

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

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Gerd D. — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:42:00 -0600

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)

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Halo2 — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:46:15 -0600

1. English 2. German, though I've forgotten most of it due to lack of practise. I'd like to learn Swedish and Italian.

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Iago Grey — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:18:43 -0600

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

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Bella Bonnie — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:23:39 -0600

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.

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smithk654 — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:36:59 -0600

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

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Xiri — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:28:10 -0600

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

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ghostlyhamburger — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:37:17 -0600

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.

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K.iriel — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:40:16 -0600

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.

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Lix H. — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:05:54 -0600

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

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kimberlycreates — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:13:26 -0600

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!

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dk2022 — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:36:04 -0600

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).

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hotaruanne — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:13:40 -0600

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

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cranberrygirl — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:29:45 -0600

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

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Hourglasses0 — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:39:57 -0600

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.

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Hourglasses0 — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:40:53 -0600

live* Not lie there haha.

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Earthsick — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:52:36 -0600

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.

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Emilia Lives Life — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:57:07 -0600

1. English 2. I used to know Spanish near fluently, but I definitely don't anymore. 3. I study Italian at university. I don't know what level I'd say I'm at, intermediate maybe? I'm in my second year of study and am going to Italy next year.

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WitchyRainGirl — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:10:57 -0600

1. English/Spanish 2. German 3. French (level: beginner at speaking; intermediate at reading), Russian (beginner), Lithuanian (beginner), Japanese (beginner; learning 'cause my little sister speaks it), Italian (intermediate; learning because my BFF speaks it), Gaelic (beginner), Swedish (beginner), Finnish (beginner), Hebrew (beginner)

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twistedalyx — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:09:19 -0600

First language English. Basically fluent in Spanish, mas o menos. I can say a few basic things in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Hindi.

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karaozgoy — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:18:22 -0600

1. American Sign Language/English-I was born nearly completely deaf. When I was very young, I went to a school for deaf children where only sign language was used. I have cochlear implants now. 2. Russian-My best friend was born in Russia, and when I was 10 I went back with him and lived in Smolensk for 6 months. I taught him English and he taught me Russian simultaneously. 3. My Lithuanian is considered "proficient," at this point, but I'm still learning. The best friend mentioned above's partner is from Lithuania, and he is teaching me.

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madrugada — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:09:51 -0600

1. English 2. None. I can speak, read, and write at a very advanced level in Spanish, but I'm not FLUENT. I still have to check up on a word or two now and then. 3. Italian--beginner/intermediate; I studied it for three years in college but I don't use it much anymore. - I would love to learn Portuguese because it would be a huge advantage for my job (we get a lot of Portuguese-speaking patients that no one can really communicate with). - French (Canadian French?) would be fun because I travel to Montreal frequently and I always have to be the lame one speaking English. :)

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Lionne — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:32:27 -0600

1. German 2. English 3. I'm not currently learning, but in school I also learned Latin, French, Spanish and Russian. I wish I would know enough of those languages to sepak them because they sound awesome. I love to sing in those languages (except Latin) and love how the words fell like when I speak them.

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MysteriousFlower — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:00:49 -0600

Me: 1. Dutch (though these days English is my first language because I moved to an English) speaking country 2. English 3. Intermediate German, some very minor French and Spanish and some random Makaton Sign Language Would love to do Spanish properly. Who knows, might do a course one day.

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Aeth — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:11:04 -0600

1. English 2. used to be fluent-ish French, suspect it's more conversational now...my uncle is French 3. Japanese, intermediate. my fiance is half-Japanese, but we never use it conversationally... Minor little bits of German, Spanish, Portuguese and Scottish Gaelic. Growing up in the Highlands means that you get to watch a lot of Gaelic-dubbed kids TV when you're a kid, which means that you can't actually speak the language, but when you hear an otherwise familiar cartoon theme tune, you can only think of the Gaelic version.... Case in point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-5hII715_s Enjoy ^_~

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hadeseus — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:47:20 -0600

1. British English 2. ... |D 3. - French - I'm in my sixth year of school/college study now, and either rapidly approaching or just over the intermediate hurdle - Japanese - most definitely a beginner. I'm in my first few months of super-serious study, taking the JLPT on my birthday this year (December), grah... - Korean - studied it for a while last year and the year previous but atm don't really have the time to study it actively, so I keep it all fresh in my head with music, TV shows etc - Italian - studied this one for a year at AS level (ab initio) and utterly hated it, so dropped it as soon as I possibly could. I can't think of a language I hate more. On my hit list currently are Finnish and Ancient Egyptian (got a book for that one! *G* ), and in the past I've dabbled with Latin, Ancient Greek, Hungarian, Swedish and Spanish.

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louizzza — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:09:51 -0600

I'm English and I got an A in Spanish at A level (:

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dancer_kirsten — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:13:17 -0600

1. Dutch 2. English 3. German (fairly good at that), French (advanced beginner).

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heartsace — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:02:55 -0600

1. American English, Korean 2. Err, none. 3. I'm learning Japanese and I'm not too horrendous at it-I'm able to speak a bit and write/read a bit-and I'm learning Spanish at the moment. It's going horribly. :'(

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goldensun567 — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:10:44 -0600

My native language is French and My second laguage is English Embroidery designs

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Red Queen — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 07:09:46 -0600

1. German 2. English (school said C1 of CEFR three years ago, if that means anything to anyone here; I have no idea if I'm better or worse at it now) 3. Huh, that's a hard one.People say I tend to underestimate myself, so my self-assessment might not be entirely correct here... but let's begin. French - I can make myself clear if I use a lot of words, and I can understand if you talk slowly and clearly; schools says B1 here. Finnish - I know the basics, but since there was only the beginner's class at my community college and no-one is around to practice with (and who would pinch me a little every now and then so I'd go on studying by myself), I'm kinda stuck at the European A1 level. Spanish - I can read very simple texts, like the menu at the restaurant. Same applies for Catalan and Italian. I speak neither, though. As for which languages I'll learn in the near future... that's what tempted me into not studying for a Master's degree but for another Bachelor's degree, this time in linguistics. The subject of my choice are Scandinavian Studies, which requires me to learn Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Estonian. Yay for weird languages (no offence, but for someone who grew up with German and English, the latter two need a bit... getting used to ;) ). And though the university of my choice doesn't offer Icelandic (which is absolutely ridiculous and will hopefully change until next year), I have to take online classes. Well, damn. So, if anyone wants to chat a little, feel free to NaNo-mail me :)

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beanza3 — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:50:06 -0600

1-- English 2-- None... *awkward turtle* 3-- Portugese (beginner), Spanish (Intermediate)... I *want* to learn more, but... I'm not a language brain, and my desire exceeds my ability. :D

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AshHadAns — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:50:40 -0600

1- English 2- None that I would be comfortable having conversations in. Pig Latin, maybe? :D 3- I had a year of Spanish in HS and it's pretty common in my area so I still use it occasionally. I had two semesters of French in college and can have a very, very basic convo. I am currently trying to teach myself Korean and am really surprised at how easy it is to learn. After only a few hours of it I had already grasped most of the alphabet. I have a bunch of worksheets and youtube videos bookmarked of it so I am hoping it stays this easy because I am LOVING it. Such a pretty language.

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Outlier- — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:54:50 -0600

1) English 2) Irish. 3) I've been doing Spanish in school for four years... and I have begun attempting to teach myself Swedish. I haven't got beyond a few phrases and really basic grammar yet, though. :P I hope to be fluent in Swedish, German and Russian someday. :)

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Red Queen — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:59:29 -0600

Good luck with German, we have one hell of a complicated grammar ;) And maybe, just maybe, one day I'll find someone who can teach me Irish. I brought this dictionary as a souvenir from my holidays years ago, and it looks like learning it will turn my brain into jelly...

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9393usak — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:44:02 -0600

1. English 2. Spanish 3. Chinese, but I'm freaking pathetic at it. :D

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Itzika — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:54:57 -0600

1. English 2. None, I think? I can hold a decent conversation in French or Spanish, but I don't think I'm technically fluent. 3. Chinese, beginner (seeing as I've forgotten most of it), Japanese, beginner (reading-wise, at least), Russian, way beginner I have a dream (that started in an actual dream) to learn enough languages/get a team of people who speak enough languages to create a truly global language, since I think part of the reason Esperanto failed is that it drew too much from the European languages and not enough from other languages.

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Red Queen — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:37:37 -0600

I dare say there are more people in the world who speak Klingon or Sindarin/Quenya than Esperanto, so why not start there? ;)

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Itzika — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:33:15 -0600

XD Actually, I think there are about 1000 native speakers of Esperanto, plus everyone who knows it as a second language. But if I do this, I'm sticking to the "natural" languages. Which will still be pretty much impossible, because there are several thousand of those and only a couple hundred are written.

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Red Queen — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:47:40 -0600

Actually, Tolkien build Quenya from Finnish grammar, with a dash of Icelandic... just saying ;) But if you ever start that project, drop me a line, if I can manage, I'd be glad to join^^

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harrypoter4ever — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:07:37 -0600

1. English 2. I'm in 7th grade so I can't learn Latin. 3. None yet but it will be Latin.

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MissTheGround — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:13:28 -0600

I speak English fluently. I used to speak Hebrew almost fluently, but I'm rusty and would LOVE to practise with somebody. I also speak a bit of french, but I understand it much better than I speak it.

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Laughing Turtle — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:25:27 -0600

1) English 2) Spanish. I used to be much better at it than I am now though. I haven't had to use it in a bit. Although I can read it fairly easily. 3) French---beginner. I've only started to teach myself the language, mostly by listening to Carmen over and over and picking up on words while writing a book loosely based on it. I managed to get around in Paris without any English, but that was two years ago. Didn't help much. And Arabic---beginner. I'm just starting to learn basic, Modern Standard Arabic, and I've pretty much just learned the alphabet and basic vocabulary this semester. I can't wait to start the second class. :)

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paypete1st — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:42:44 -0600

1. English 2. BASIC, FORTRAN, C++, Perl, ATLAS - don't discount these. When you work around a software project normal conversations are often held within the programming languages - sometimes tongue in cheek and sometimes because the programmer is too tuned in to the language to shift to normal conversational mode. 3. None seriously. Took Spanish in high school, can understand some Canadian French, and know a few words and phrases in various languages associated with cuisine - Thai for example.

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amaltheaa — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:44:16 -0600

1. English 2. French - Quebecois and France French, although I'm better with Quebecois~ 3. Spanish (beginner)

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MissAngelAdorer — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:59:30 -0600

1. American English. 2. None 3. Italian (beginner)

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Horselover150 — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:59:23 -0600

1.English 2. I am almost fluent in Japanese! 3. Japanese-Intermediate/Advanced, Spanish-Beginner, Italian-Beginner, French-Beginner, Chinese-Beginner, and Tagalog-Beginner(I only know 2 phrases! O.O) So for JApanese I have been studying it steadily for almost 1 1/2 years, I took the Level 3 Japanese Language Proficiency Test in December. I think that I passed, but I don't get the results until Feb 22. For the rest of the languages I have some friends that are trying to help me learn the langauges. Oh, and I forgot, I am having another friend teach me Latin! O.o

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ecanusthewriter — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:58:53 -0600

1. English 2. French :D

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Ellipses... — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:34:04 -0600

-English, quite obviously. ^^ -None, yet! -I'm in my third year of French and could probably last two or so weeks in France alone, although I need to work on my speaking. I have trouble thinking of sentences on the spur of the moment. (I have a tumblr on which I only write in French) Despite being 1/2 Italian, I don't speak Italian. Which disappoints pretty much everyone who I tell. So, I plan to learn over the summer. Other languages I want to learn: Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Swedish, and I'd honestly love to learn German. ^^; I'll need to take these in a class, however, for pronunciation. :D I love languages so much~

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Chillibean — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:56:22 -0600

1. English 2. Mandarin Chinese 3. Not... learning... any... *hides in shame* But I know a few phrases in Japanese?

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aliaswriter — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:29:20 -0600

1. Taiwanese 2. Chinese; English 3. French (minored in college); Japanese (minored in college)

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BeeJayCue — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:25:34 -0600

English is my native language learned Greek learning Choctaw studied Armenian, Latin failed at Arabic and Hebrew :(

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RebeccaMolloy — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:32:57 -0600

1) English is my native language. 2) I'm fairly fluent in Spanish. 3) I know some French up to GCSE/AS level, basic German (I studied it for 3 years at secondary school), basic Italian, I can say a few words and phrases in Czech and Swedish, I know a few swearwords in Serbian courtesy of reading "The Good Soldier Svejk" and am currently learning Latin (basic), Irish (basic - I can read and write it better than I can speak it) and Old English (which I have literally just started a couple of weeks ago using the Teach Yourself book/CD course). I can read and understand some words and phrases in Portuguese where it is similar enough to Spanish, but I can't string a sentence together. Yet. In terms of languages I would like to learn, well I have the Teach Yourself Complete Babylonian book waiting for me on my shelf once I have completed the Old English course. I have a keen interest in historical languages as well as modern ones. I would like to learn Ancient Greek at some point as well as its modern counterpart and be able to read ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. Other languages I would like to try and study include Icelandic, Polish, Portuguese, Japanese, Scottish Gaelic and I want to make a proper attempt at Welsh. I have a book and tape set for that, but haven't got round to it yet apart from making a few basic notes. To be honest, if it was up to me, I would spend the rest of my life trying to learn as many languages as I could, it fascinates me seeing the similarities, differences and how they have all developed over the centuries.

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booksntea — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:03:24 -0600

My native language is English, but I studied for Japanese for four years at college. I wasn't fluent, but I knew enough that I would sometimes think in Japanese. And, when the Japanese business men visited my summer job (they owned the company), I could pick up on their conversations. I've been out of college for a year now, and it amazes me how much of the language I've lost since I don't study it every day. I can't understand conversation much anymore, but I can still read and write a little of it (with the aid of a dictionary for the words I don't know yet). I feel so guilty for not keeping with my Japanese studies because it just turned into a really expensive hobby. But, I still have all of my resources, and I do pick them up every so often to make sure I don't lose the language completely.

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aliaswriter — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:57:17 -0600

When I was in college I minored in both French and Japanese, and they were usually back to back. It was really hard switching from one language to another right after, because my brain would still be in that mode. One year I had French right before the Japanese class. And when the Japanese teacher asked me a question, instead of answering, "Hai," I answered, "Oui!" Everyone laughed. Another year, I had Japanese class right before Conversational French, and that was really hard. I remember one time I wanted to say "roommate" (in French), but all I could think was "rumumeito". Ha.

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sv — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:18:30 -0600

1. Native: Finnish 2. Very fluent in English (done academic translations and such), moderately fluent in Swedish (the second official language in Finland) 3. Understand German quite well, especially written, thanks to studies in school 20 years ago, can even talk and produce some written text, but not fluently. Also, have studied the elementaries of French and Italian at some point, but wouldn't do too well with them. And I know some words and phrases in Spanish. Still the two languages I'm comfortable with are Finnish and English.

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EricaShadows — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:12:17 -0600

Native language is English, but I know bits and pieces of French, Spanish, Japanese and Arabic. Would love to start learning Arabic, German, more French, Welsh, both the Irish and Scottish Gaelic, and a few other languages that I can't wrap my brain around this time of night.

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Carramae — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:00:34 -0600

1. Native in English 2. Unfortunately no 3. I was learning Japanese (Studied abroad in Japan) and was taught French in high school and I understand some Cambodian, but my mom was too busy watching Thai dramas to really teach me.

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Akino_K — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:09:40 -0500

Native language: German Fluent in English (currently writing my BA in English Studies, which will get me a C1) Studied: Russian (A2 / 4 years at school, but I forgot a lot), Japanese (2 university semesters), Arabic (1 semester), Sanskrit (1 semester, possibly a second coming up) I started studying Icelandic about a year ago, but my BA thesis keeps getting in the way of study time. I also want to look into Hebrew and Italian.

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Spuggey — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:11:28 -0500

1. Post your native language/s English. 2. Post any other languages you know fluently None. 3. Post any other languages you are learning, your level at them, and if you want, why are you learning them? Italian... I'm a beginner I suppose. I'm learning Italian because *cringes with embarrassment* I am. Well, my dad is and he never taught me so now I have to learn a language that my own family belong to. It's always embarrassing to tell people I don't speak it, and also, I can't speak to some members of my family. I have another house there too, so I really need to learn. But at the moment, Italian is on hold because... Spanish... Again, I'm a beginner. I'm learning this because I'm going walking/driving around Spain for six weeks in September and I need to be able to say basic stuff. To be honest, I remember a bit from school and it's not AS painful as I'd feared (I'm terrible with foreign languages) but with the Italian... It gets terribly confusing because certain parts are very similar but not quite the same, so I currently sometimes have a bizarre amalgamation of the two. D'oh!

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Elinde — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:52:41 -0500

1. English 2. none 3. - French - A-level. I'm sitting my A2 exams in it in April and June, but to be honest considering I've been learning it for 7 years I feel I should be better at it than I am. I'm not even confident enough to put a little thing in French here... - German - learnt it for 3 years but stopped 4 years ago. I can just remember odd bits now. - Sindarin - one of Tolkien's Elven languages. The one they speak in the LotR films, the one based on Welsh. I know the mutations, a fair number of words and can conjugate some forms of verbs but syntax... pffft. Ú-istin. (see, I can write in Sindarin but not in French; what's wrong with me?) - Welsh - I love it! But know odd words and place names from many many holidays in Gwynedd. I know the mutations though because Tolkien lifted them for Sindarin. haha :P I hope to become fluent one day. If RS Thomas can learn it at 30 I still have a fighting chance.

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Wonder — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:48:57 -0500

1. Mandarin Chinese 2. English (well...I came to Australia when I was 5 so I know it better than Mandarin now) 3. French. It's a strange series of coincidences that I'm still studying it, but I know I love learning it. :)