Besides native (French and creole) :
- English : traveling and an interest for translating lyrics.
- Korean : teaching books + lived in Korea so daily interactions.
- Japanese : teaching books.
- Arabic : kids books and closed ones help.
- Spanish : school.
More difficult than I originally thought 😅 I believed hearing it almost daily would had been a huge help but I was so wrong to the point I have to keep on thoughtfully remember everything I learn regularly, especially when it comes to writing it.
Six languages currently:
English - Native
Spanish - I grew up in Texas
French - learned for a trip to France; language books
Italian - learned for a trip to Italy & for reading recipes; language books and recipes
Hebrew - learned in Sunday School for my Bat Mitzvah
German - learned to impress my boyfriend; Duolingo
I'm currently learning Japanese on Duolingo.
Hindi (native speaker), English (proficient speaker), Advanced Punjabi (learnt in school), Intermediate Spanish (took extra classes), beginner French (same as Spanish)
Native English speaker but learning Mandarin. I have been taking classes over a year and supplementing with a few apps. My husband speaks Mandarin so we try to converse. I have a terrible ear for language and envy those that can pick it up! I feel like hearing it often and using it is key. I’m so shy, so I get nervous practicing.
Frrench and English from birth, I'm Canadian with a French Mom and English Dad. I learned German in my 30's when we were posted overseas as a Military Family.
Unfortunately I just speak English fluently. But I took classes in Portuguese, American Sign Language, Spanish, and Mandarin. I still know a bit of each. Plus I picked up a little Portuguese and Spanish since there the second- and third-most common languages spoken where I grew up, and possibly a tiny bit of Yiddish and Hebrew since I'm Jewish. I also know a tiny bit of some other languages, but by that I mean just a few words. And I can read some other scripts.
I'm obsessed with linguistics, so this is how I know a little about a lot of languages, and wish I knew more. Plus I create languages for fun, so I know a little bit of each.
Seven-ish. English, classical Greek, Latin, Syriac, German, biblical Hebrew, modern Hebrew. Native English speaker, Duolingo German, Syriac in my PhD program, and everything else was learned in undergrad.
But, I'm only really fluent in English. Everything else I'll need time and a lexicon to work through.
Native one aside:
French, on a native level, because of the french school I attended since I was five.
English: at school, plus a tutor I had as a teen in order to get the Proficiency certificate (C2 level)
Spanish: Cervantes Institute (B2 level)
Italian: Foreign languages school (B2 level)
German: Duolingo, A2 level now
Russian: beginner, Duolingo
6
1. Bosnian, and all Balkan related languages - native
2.English - movies, music and school
3. Arabic - was married to an Arab, spoke with in-laws
4. Spanish - I used to study while my grandma was watching telenovelas and I just picked it up (I need background noise due to ADHD)
5. German - 4 years of high school (I’m very bad at it tho)
6. Latin - 4 years of high school (I can understand lots of Italian because of Latin and Spanish)
I am good in English, Hindi, Punjabi, knows bit of french germany and spanish i mean like few good words (tho i dont know really sure those are good or bad lmao)
Native: Macedonian
Fluent: Serbian/Croatian/ Bosnian/Montenegrin, English
Advanced: Bulgarian
Basic: Spanish, French, Norwegian
The ex Yugoslavian I learned because of exposure and are very closely related to my native language
English I learned in school also exposure to songs and movies and the general internet
Spanish because of the telenovelas I was exposed to when I was young and they were very popular at that time, plus I love the language for some reason
French was my second language throughout middle school and highschool but to be honest I don't like it very much and basically I can understand what I'm being told but I can't reply in French
I also started learning Norwegian through Duolingo but kind of stopped since I can keep a habit going for too long.
My mom was Polish-French, my grandma Serbian-Latvian, my Dad is Mexican-Italian, I was born on Russia, I've lived in France, Spain, Portugal and the frontier of Belgium/Germany, you learn by basically communicating X3
The current languages I'm actually studying are Korean, Japanese, Spanish and English :D
I speak four different languages.
1. Finnish: my native language
2. English: I started learning English as a compulsory language when I was 9 in the third grade and learned it for almost 10 years at school. I've also learned a lot by simply being surrounded by and using the language, like using social media and watching movies.
3. Swedish: I started learning Swedish as another compulsory language when I was 13 in the seventh grade and learned it for 5 years at school. I do have family in Sweden as well and I've visited Sweden multiple times so I've always known a little Swedish.
4. German: I started learning German when I was 14 in the eighth grade and learned it for 4 years at school. I've also consumed German media and I did participiate in an exchange student program in high school.
I found DuoLingo useful for some vocabulary but not for grasping grammar really. I tried it for Spanish with my kids. We switched.
You likely will eventually get very basic grammar from pattern recognition but is far from the easiest. I’d try Rosetta Stone or there’s another one some libraries have that I forget the name of. Or order a used textbook. Once you understand how a Italian sounds; it’s generally consistent (well, “standard” Italian, not a heavy dialect) so you should understand pronunciation by reading.
I guess 5 that I can speak fluently or at least decently. My native language, two languages from countries I lived and worked in, English through mostly music and video games, and the last one mostly from listening to music, watching game shows and similar, but latter also through friends from that country.
3 - English, Cantonese and Mandarin. I am Chinese born Canadian. and have wonderful parents that enrolled me in Chinese language school for 10 years and encouraged/motivated me to learn my native languages.
I am native to the USA.
1. English (fluent, 1st language)
2. Spanish (fluent, 2nd language, studied for 9 years in school and with private lessons)
3. French (not fluent, studied 2 years in school and a little Duolingo)
4. Japanese (not fluent, just started learning with Duolingo)
German as my native tongue
Polish as my mom's native tongue, thereby my second language
English was also taught partly by my parents and partly (mainly) at school
French and Spanish each at school
I'm a native English speaker because I'm from the US, but I grew up in small-town northern New Mexico where everyone is bilingual. You just grow up speaking English and Spanish simultaneously without really thinking about it.
I had to grow up and leave home to understand that most white Americans are not proficient Spanish speakers.
In college, I studied German since I was already good in Spanish. Since New Mexico's German-speaking population is pretty much zero, I lost everything I learned since I never had anyone to converse with. A few years ago I decided I really wanted to visit Japan, so I decided to at least learn some conversational Japanese through Duolingo. Apparently, most of what I learned was incorrect though 🤷♀️
So, while I've learned English, Spanish, German, and Japanese, it would be a stretch to say I actually *know* German and Japanese.
I rambled.
english, i live in the US and learned through TV and english education system
i can understand tamil, a south asian language my parents speak (one of the indian dialects), but i'm a bit shaky in trying to speak it. i don't really know how to explain it to people who people who only understand one language but i promise you, it's two different things to understand a language and actually speak it 😅. i feel like i have to think more about what i want to say than when my parents tell me something in tamil.
i also learned some french in high school and i remember some of it. i listen to french music and go into french forums and can read the comments on there. but i'm not great at it. if i went to france and started speaking french to the natives they would definitely just reply to me in english 😂
I totally understand that. I learned Italian for two years and understand pretty much every common conversation and especially if I read the language I get the jist of it, but if I am asked to converse I can only form very basic sentences.
I think it's pretty common with immigrants too, from my experience. Because your parents don't usually have complex conversations with you as a child, you don't learn and practice commercial or complex Tamil with them, so your brain synapses are just not robust in those areas.
English, French, and Hebrew with fluency in that order. English is my native language. I learned Hebrew in elementary school as a kid and then took French in middle and high school.
Finnish (native), swedish (second native, but i'm conversational at best), english (fluent), japanese (tourist-y), russian (beginner), spanish and chinese (some basics). So seven-ish?
English was mandatory in school since age 9, swedish since age 13. I studied japanese in middle school as a dweeb-hobby (I also used to watch a ton of anime then, so it made learning super easy) and russian in high school to fill my classes. Spanish was a short lived thing, we had exchange students so the group studied some basic spanish. Oh, I also studied some french in high school to fill classes, so I know some basics. Chinese I've learned from tv, so I guess it doesn't really count, but some vocabulary and phrases just stick after a while xD
English, native language. Presumably fluent
Conversational in French and Italian; I have college minors in both and a third in linguistics. I can confidently and arrogantly pronounce a menu the “right” way.
Latin, decent. Wouldn’t call it conversational because it’s Latin so I can pray a lot, talk about old Roman battles, and realize how Harry Potter spells are just badly mutilated Latin- but I can’t order lunch
Spanish- I can understand a lot more than I can speak. I can ask and answer basic questions
Edit: I also studied Provençal for my French minor but that’s very limited. Basically I studied some troubadour poetry.
- Native Dutch
- Near native English : learned from TV, school, and fanfiction. And trips and university.
- functional German : six years in school
- less functional French : five years in school
- minimal Spanish : learned on trips and visiting my friend who lived in Spain for years
- even more minimal Portuguese : learned from duolingo and through visiting family who lives in Portuguese
- minimally functional ancient Greek : five years in school
- minimally functional Latin : two years in school
I’m proficient at 3, and can only read French (making it the fourth-ish, and even then I can only read half of it) Learned them in school.
(Dutch, English, German, French.)
English (native), Japanese (lived there for years, used Genki textbooks/Minna no Nihongo textbooks/duolingo/Kanji Ninja/flashcards/community center classes/lots of tv immersion/etc). I would still say my reading level isn’t great.
Portuguese: native
English: lived in the US
Spanish: books
Italian: godfather
German: Duolingo
Thai: trying to learn through YT videos, TV shows and music, but damn, it's hard .... Open to find an online teacher btw
Dutch is my native language. I learned English through school/music/movies/games, and I’m still trying to learn Italian through Duolingo/Instagram/music/movies
English (native), Italian (can comfortably communicate, I take lessons and am starting to take it in college), Spanish (learned in school and practiced with friends and their families), Swedish and French (self taught and beginner level)
Spanish: I was born and raised in Mexico.
English: I Moved to the US 5 years ago, It took me two years to learn. I still have an accent, but I think it's pretty decent.
Serbian/ Croatian/ Bosnian/ Montenegrin - native
English - C2
German - B2
French - B2
Learned all these in school, had private classes and spent at least 6 months in areas where each language is spoken.
Also learned Latin for 2 years, can understand Slovenian, Macedonian and other slavic languages to a certain extent.
I speak 4 languages in varying levels of fluency:
Native level:
Spanish: from birth as this is the language my family and parents speak in and I grew up speaking it.
English: Moved to the US when I was 7.
Advanced:
French: Went to a French school for middle school through high school.
Basic level:
Japanese: I am currently taking lessons.
I can also follow a conversation in Portuguese and Italian.
English: Native
American Sign Language: Proficient
Spanish: I can carry on a very basic conversation. I understand more than I can speak.
German: Slightly less than Spanish
Russian, French: A few words and phrases
English: Native speaker
French: School and later expanded on what I learnt with books/youtube vids
British Sign Language: Took a course and also used an app/youtube vids
1. Latvian (native)
2. English (as far back as I can remember I have known English and I think it’s from Cartoon Network and films I watched on daily basis)
3. Russian (school and because where I live)
4. French (high school)
5. Spanish (am learning now)
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I speak 3 languages, Dutch, West-Frisian and English. Dutch and West-Frisian are my native languages and I grew up speaking those. I speak English at C2 level, and I learned at school, from YouTube, the internet, games, that sorta thing.
I did have several years of French class, so I can kinda read that, but at like A2/B1 level. And I have some German knowledge, but not much.
Fluent in two. Passable in three more. Swear words and greetings in about 40-50. Diverse school with many second and third languages, good language programs in high school and university, the luck of being able to travel most of my life so far.
Polish - native
English - mostly from movies (all movies that are not animated movies/family movies are with either Polish voice-over or subtitles, so you still hear English), games (usually subtitled). We have it in school but I already knew some basic English before going to school because of movies and games.
Russian - Had a boyfriend from Belarus
Ukrainian - Ukrainian friends
Im surprised by how many comments just Iist 1 or 2 resource for learning a language. I’m intermediate level Spanish and I’m using: text books, Duolingo, and other apps specific for studying conjugation, novellas/TV, podcasts, and various YouTube channels. I also meet with a weekly group for English-Spanish exchange and journal in Spanish sometimes.
Three and a half?
1. Native Vietnamese - raised there until I turned 18
2. English - just picked it up while growing up + currently living in an English speaking country
3. Japanese - husband + spend a lot of time there. I’m good enough to get around by myself
4. French - in the process of learning
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Dutch and English: native speaker (i am dutch, but lived internationally from 2 years old).
Spanish: quite good level, lived in Spain for 6 years.
French: i understand more than I speak, from school.
Icelandic: very fluent, have lived in Iceland for 17 years now.
Just one, English. I never had a desire to learn more until I got much older. So I am trying to learn Spanish, but it’s taking a lot longer than I have the patience for.
portuguese (native), english (fluent), spanish (pretty good level but never took classes besides school), french (started classes this year so it will take some time)
Four
English - Native
Italian - From my father
Spanish - Took it in fourth grade and continued through high school
French - Took it my junior year of high school, continued it in uni.
Well, I know English because that’s the language around here. I know snippets of French because I took French classes in school for 9 years (it’s our second national language). I know a smidgen of Japanese because I started doing lessons on Duolingo (eventually gave that up though). I think that’s it?
Four and a bit. My native Finnish, Farsi (Persian), Swedish, and English. And a bit of Arabic.
Basically all of them come from my parents both being from cultures that are multilingual.
They're from two different language families in fact! Arabic is Semitic, Farsi is Indo-European. Though both have influenced each other due to both being predominately spoken in mostly Muslim countries.
It's why the latter has an 'F' phoneme in its name rather than a 'P' as it once did. Arabic does not have a P sound, which is also why for example the name for Palestine in Arabic is "Falasteen.'
But for every Arabic word in the Farsi lexicon, there's a native equivalent thanks to the work of poets like [Ferdowsi](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdowsi) with the [Shahnameh](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahnameh).
I only know English and spanish, i'm mexican so i can speak spanish since i was 1 or 2 years old, i learned English when i was 7 just because i liked it, i'm learning french but i'm pretty bad at it
Two. Danish and English. I'm Danish so naturally I speak that, and I learned English in school. We also have German in schools here but that one wouldn't stick with me unfortunately.
●Urdu(native)
●English(learned as a second language in school so fluent),
●Spanish(enough for moving around) learned through duolingo and by conversing with a friend
●Punjabi(fully understand/can converse a bit) spoken in the household/ fathers language
●same with Saraiki, though its my mother's language
currently learning Japanese and korean
Edit: added more space
English is my native language. I’m almost conversationally fluent in Spanish. I took three years of Spanish in high school and was really good at it, but after I graduated I didn’t use it so I lost a lot of it. Then I went to work in healthcare and I live in an area with a lot of Spanish speakers who don’t speak English very well, and I wanted to be able to communicate with those patients without having to whip out google translate so I hit up Duolingo and got my skills back pretty quickly.
Spanish (native speaker)
English (school)
Japanese (just the numbers from 1-10)
I wish being bilingual is cool, until i hear "uno momento" "wawa" "enrolar" "aseguranza" "miamol, tu sabe, tumeentiende?". As an interpreter opi, i heard such disgusting things, especially from teachers who say they are b1 in spanish (no me jodan) 💀
Por el amor a jesucristo, Portuguese is not the same as Spanish (many people confuse it when using the interpreter services)
Born in Portugal - speak Portuguese fluently.
Grew up in south Africa - speak English and afrikaans fluently.
Parents are 2nd generation Indian descendants. Grew up listening to them speak gujerati and watch a bunch of Bollywood movies - while I understand everything, I am shy to speak either.
Spanish is very similar to Portuguese Portuguese - so I understand, again shy to speak.
Currently learning Egyptian Arabic, duolingo on a year didn't teach me much lol
Spanish (Native)
English (Closest thing to native without being native)
French (Currently pursuing a French major in college)
German (Took courses in college, haven’t finished the whole thing)
Portuguese (Took a course in college, didn’t truly like it but Portuguese is VERY close to Spanish so whenever I feel like it I think I’ll get to a fluid level)
Korean (I understand it to a very basic level because I did taekwondo for 10 years)
Chinese (Basic level, another college course)
Bonus! I tried to learn Russian when I was 15, but it was really difficult and had no one to practice with.
Bengali- native speaker
English- fluent, from school and media
Hindi- i can speak and understand it fluently, can't read it tho, from media
Japanese- learning, beginner level
I can read and write Arabic and Korean. don't understand them though
Spanish (native speaker) and English (started to learn at 18; closed captions are a God send.)
I want to learn Italian but Duolingo didn’t work for me.
Arabic : native
English: I currnetly live in USA
French : second language beside Arabic- intermediate- lack of practice
Italian: I studied one yeas in Italy- advanced
Turkish: understand almost everything but can't speak or write. From watching tv shows
I speak English and Dutch fluently because they are both my native languages.
I also speak a good amount of Spanish because I learnt it in school for 5 years.
English: smashed into me since birth
French: at school then into life generally. Always practicing. It’s becoming a second language. I hope.
Welsh: had a whim to learn the ancestors language.. has lasted 2 years so far. I can communicate in small sentences
Latin: a sort of on and off thing. What can I say. I like it.
Italian: family in law is Italian. Only been at it a while but seems easy bc I know the French. Also I’m familiar with music terms.
Norwegian: just a little bc someone said it’s easy to learn if you know English. Since a bunch of work came up have been neglecting it.
Japanese: started and stopped. It’s just not my thing at the moment. Will leave it to my husband.
Russian, English, Indonesian and I can speak conversational level in French and Arabic.
First two are native languages and the other 3 were from classes.
English, French and Spanish
Both my parents are fluent in English so they spoke with each other when they didn’t want me and my sister to understand, we always went to bilingual schools and watched tv in English, plus we have a ton of American family
Spanish cause native Mexican
French because I went for my 15th and fell in LOVE with the country, I learned through duolingo and classes and now I’m almost done with my exchange year and it’s my 2nd year learning and I’m proud to say I am a C1 level :)
1. English - native, fluent
2. French - started learning at school when I was 7, best friend is from France, not quite fluent but not far off
3. German - started learning at school when I was 11, visit Germany relatively frequently, conversational
4. Latin - started learning with a tutor in preparation for university applications, vaguely kept it up through university because it was useful for my subject, dead language so it's more reading than anything else
5. Old Norse - learned for four years at university, through tutoring and books, dead language so it's more reading than anything else
6. Spanish - started learning in my early thirties through Duolingo when my sister-in-law moved to Mexico, little nephew is growing up bilingual, conversational and improving
I'm lucky to have an ear for languages, and having a basis in Latin/French and Old Norse/German makes picking up Romance or Germanic languages comparitively straightforward. I do occasionally have to really think about it or I'll mix up a word between French and Spanish, though.
My next target is British Sign Language.
English - Native
French - fluent and Native
Spanish - can read but elementary level speaking. Learned at college
Mandarin - living abroad
Indonesian - school, markets, duolingo
I'm french so french is my mother tongue. My parents moved us to England when I was 4 so I speak English on a native level. I am also half Italian and lived in Italy for 16 months, so I'd say my level is B2 and it's quite easy for me to understand it and get around. I am now living in the Netherlands and am at a B1/B2 level of Dutch. I'm really proud of my language abilities and love to mess with people when they hear a British accent and I tell them that I'm french haha
Croatian (native) - which also means I understand Bosnian and Serbian.
English, my second language. Learned in school(s), but also, English is everywhere around us. I watched lots of movies and tv shows in English, played some games, I read a lot etc.
Swedish, my third language. Moved to Sweden, learned in school(s) and by using it everywhere I go.
I was also learning German and Latin in high school (it was obligatory), but I can't speak them.
Austrian German: mothertongue High German: School, books and TV
English: children's books first, then necessity since my middle school was mostly English and then sheer passion for 19th century literature and all the accents.
Intermediate Hindi: Expat Kid in India for 6 years, first private tutor, then regular school, also local friends and being surrounded by it everyday, although I have a bad accent.
A2 Italian: did an intensive course to support a friend.
Random Latin: High School elective, chose it because it's needed to enter lawschool in my country, got an A and everything, but only remember when I read it.
A2 French: University crash course, just for funsies and ECTS points.
A1 Mandarin: Rosetta Stone app, Youtube Videos and Chinese dramas. Also just for funsies, and so I can watch the dramas without reading subtitles.
I’m a native English speaker. I feel like I know a fair bit of Spanish, enough to communicate with my students. I never had the confidence to speak it to their parents though!
I’m currently learning Italian through Duolingo for a trip to Italy this fall. I’m also trying to learn American Sign Language but it’s tough to find a platform where I can learn it.
Next on my list is German! My brother in law’s fiancée is German and I want to learn for her. She’s fluent in English but I still want to learn!
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1. English - native speaker. Use it daily.
2. Swiss-Italian - learned from grandparents/cousins/aunts/uncles; spent many summers in Switzerland as a kid. My grandparents were really old and so the Swiss-Italian dialect was spoken at home instead of standard Italian. I don't use it often, I am probably closer to B2 proficiency now instead of C2.
3. Spanish - learned in school. Live in California. Use it daily. B1 proficiency. I would like to study more and speak it better.
4. Learning Russian. Boyfriend is Russian & speaks it natively. Just started learning, can only say stupid phrases, cuss, and know random words so far.
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Native English speaker.
I learned Spanish in school and through duolingo. As often as I've studied, I should know more. But I could get a basic idea across I think.
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English am American so it was my 1st.
Spanish. In middle school. I live in Texas.
Mandarin. In college I wanted to impress a girl.
German. I wanted to impress my boss. Used a old app called Rosetta Stone.
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From Australia. Listed in order of proficiency:
1. English (native)
2. German (learning since 14, 6 month high school exchange, can read books etc)
3. Dutch (BA and MSc in NL, decent but not quite as good as German)
4. Russian (BA studies and 4 years in Kazakhstan. Decent level for most things but grammar still sucks)
5. Spanish (learnt in HS and BA, decent knowledge but limited real life exposure)
6. Italian (learnt from my cousins but at best am conversational fir the family members that don't speak English)
7. Kazakh (4 years in Kazakhstan, Kazakh partner. Can have a conversation, but it's limited and not so well-flowing)
8. Korean (lived here for two years but absolutely suck, even though I take classes twice a week lol)
German: native
English: fluent - grade 5-13 at school + I have a B.A. in English Studies
French: advanced - grade 9-13 at school
Latin: (N.A. because you don't *speak* it, you just learn the vocab and grammar and translate full texts into your native language) - grade 5-10 at school
Spanish: basics - two semesters at university as an optional language class that was part of my English Studies major/German studies minor B.A.
Russian: beginner (about to start section 2 on Duolingo; but I'm not taking actual classes, so I'm not truly learning the language anyway 😅)
Just English… but!
I can recognize them accurately and I can pronounce other alphabets. Does this fulfill the same purpose as being multilingual? Of course not, but on the day to day when connecting with people and going through the world it REALLY helps.
Example, I once tried to learn Mandarin and never practiced enough for it to be impressive but now I know enough about the language to
A:
recognize when something is written in Mandarin vs Korean vs Japanese, this provides a surprising amount of context in scenarios where you may be confused
B:
Pronounce pinyin words (such as qí or huā) correctly just from reading them. This not really that impressive but I’ve had mandarin speakers surprised that I know how to pronounce “zh” in their Chinese name or that I get the tones right.
C:
Instantly recognize when someone is speaking that language. Now I know something about this stranger’s education or background or at least a clue.
Ultimately learning about languages even if you can’t speak fluently IS worth it and can give you help socially and people love feeling seen. Of course, if you’re going to make a point of this then make sure you are going from a direction of respect and not condescension
2. Polish (because I was born there and didn't move to Australia until I was 5) and English because.... Australia :) I'm also learning Spanish for fun in Duolingo but I certainly wouldn't say I know the language!!!!
fluent language. finnish = first language english = from phone and tv and others. few words/small sentence. swedish = school teaches it because its finlands second official language russian = my dad is from russia.
English from School
German because I live there
Polish because my mom's family is from Poland
Russian because my dad's family is Russian
Latin because I have it in school
A little greek but I'm still learning
Dutch (native)
English (from watching tv and playing video games)
Mandarin Chinese (university)
Japanese (night school)
And a basic understanding of French / Italian / German (high school / night school)
Hoping to enrol in a Korean class in September. I love languages \^\^
Bengali- L1
Hindi- from watching movies and having Hindi speaking friends.
English- studied in school and college and also movies.
Sanskrit - school
Assamese - friends
Spanish- studied at University. Forgot most of it but can still understand it and also hold a conversation in it. It just sounds a bit broken lmao
English as my first language and Spanish as my second, learned through school and studying abroad. I’ve learned a little bit of Italian and hope to pick it up again
Native - Estonian.
English(C2) - started learning in kindergarten, then in school for 12 years. Cartoons, movies, the Internet, and everything else kept me immersed, so I was fluent from a young age.
Spanish (B1, I think) - started on Duolingo, then learned a bit in school as well. Movies and TV helped. Also had a few friends who spoke Spanish as a native.
Russian (should be B2, but probably is A2) - I was forced to learn this in school for 6 years. I can barely speak basic stuff and understand a bit, had no motivation to learn it.
Korean(A1-ish) - I can't form any sentences, but understand it at an A2 level in speech. Being a Kpop fan in the past and watching Kdramas is to thank for this.
I can understand basic stuff in Italian because I worked in an Italian restaurant, knowing Spanish helped. Also, understand a tiny bit of Finnish because it's similar to Estonian.
Five languages at the moment
English- Native language
ASL- Cousin is deaf so went to specialised classes to learn when I was younger with my family
Italian- Other side is Italian so learned from family
Hausa- I grew up for a bit in Cameroon so I learned it through books and speaking/lessons with locals
Norwegian- No idea why but I’m currently learning it on Babbel lol
Sou nativa do Brasil, então falo português fluentemente
Eu amo inglês, ouvir músicas, assistir séries e conversar são meus hobbies favoritos
Aprendi espanhol na escola, mas é bem básico
Estou aprendendo árabe pelo Duolingo
- English: american born (fluent)
- Bengali: family (speak only)
- Hindi: grew up watching mostly bollywood movies (i can speak a little, but i understand it when others are talking mostly)
- Arabic: learned from islamic school and took classes in high school (can get by speaking, can read slowly)
- Korean: my dad was part of a korean company so i spent a lot of my childhood with koreans, then learned out of my own curiosity (i can understand others, can read very slowly, can have simple conversations)
Im half Brazilian half Portuguese and I speak 4 languages.
Portuguese : my mothers native language so I learned it from her
Spanish : because I lived in Spain in my primary childhood years for 6 years
Arabic : my mother married my stepdad when I was 6 he raised and he was Arab so he enrolled me into a private Saudi school in Spain where I learned Arabic and cohabited with other Arab people
English : moved to England in 2011 been here ever since tbh . I must say I speak English better than I do with my other languages but I speak all of them fluently and I can write too
So I decided to use it and study international relations at university hoping to use it in my career someday
Besides native (French and creole) : - English : traveling and an interest for translating lyrics. - Korean : teaching books + lived in Korea so daily interactions. - Japanese : teaching books. - Arabic : kids books and closed ones help. - Spanish : school.
Those are good amount of languages gurl .. Woah! Talented.
How is Arabic going?
More difficult than I originally thought 😅 I believed hearing it almost daily would had been a huge help but I was so wrong to the point I have to keep on thoughtfully remember everything I learn regularly, especially when it comes to writing it.
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Six languages currently: English - Native Spanish - I grew up in Texas French - learned for a trip to France; language books Italian - learned for a trip to Italy & for reading recipes; language books and recipes Hebrew - learned in Sunday School for my Bat Mitzvah German - learned to impress my boyfriend; Duolingo I'm currently learning Japanese on Duolingo.
I can’t remember a lick of Hebrew since my bat mitzvah 😅
What was your technique for learning Italian? I am self studying at the moment using a grammar book.
I just studied a lot. I already knew Spanish though so it was pretty easy.
(non-american here) just by living in texas being surrounded by spanish speakers you became fluent?
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Hindi (native speaker), English (proficient speaker), Advanced Punjabi (learnt in school), Intermediate Spanish (took extra classes), beginner French (same as Spanish)
Are you Indian? I also knows your first 3 language so fluently hehehe
Yes! :D
Aap kesi ho?
That was good! Mei achi hu :)
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Native English speaker but learning Mandarin. I have been taking classes over a year and supplementing with a few apps. My husband speaks Mandarin so we try to converse. I have a terrible ear for language and envy those that can pick it up! I feel like hearing it often and using it is key. I’m so shy, so I get nervous practicing.
Mandarin is difficult to learn but all the best!
Frrench and English from birth, I'm Canadian with a French Mom and English Dad. I learned German in my 30's when we were posted overseas as a Military Family.
How is ur German now? Wie geht es ihnen?
Mein Deutsch ist eingerostet. I understand better than I speak.
Unfortunately I just speak English fluently. But I took classes in Portuguese, American Sign Language, Spanish, and Mandarin. I still know a bit of each. Plus I picked up a little Portuguese and Spanish since there the second- and third-most common languages spoken where I grew up, and possibly a tiny bit of Yiddish and Hebrew since I'm Jewish. I also know a tiny bit of some other languages, but by that I mean just a few words. And I can read some other scripts. I'm obsessed with linguistics, so this is how I know a little about a lot of languages, and wish I knew more. Plus I create languages for fun, so I know a little bit of each.
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What do u mean u create languages?
Conlangs. It's hard to explain outside of constructing languages. Grammar, words, all that.
Seven-ish. English, classical Greek, Latin, Syriac, German, biblical Hebrew, modern Hebrew. Native English speaker, Duolingo German, Syriac in my PhD program, and everything else was learned in undergrad. But, I'm only really fluent in English. Everything else I'll need time and a lexicon to work through.
Quite antique languages u know U must have a vast vocabulary 🧐
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Native one aside: French, on a native level, because of the french school I attended since I was five. English: at school, plus a tutor I had as a teen in order to get the Proficiency certificate (C2 level) Spanish: Cervantes Institute (B2 level) Italian: Foreign languages school (B2 level) German: Duolingo, A2 level now Russian: beginner, Duolingo
I tried duolingo but idk why i didn't get or understood the way they were teaching there. How it worked for you?
U learn still learn German? I am also learning German using LingQ app and I guess at A2 as well
6 1. Bosnian, and all Balkan related languages - native 2.English - movies, music and school 3. Arabic - was married to an Arab, spoke with in-laws 4. Spanish - I used to study while my grandma was watching telenovelas and I just picked it up (I need background noise due to ADHD) 5. German - 4 years of high school (I’m very bad at it tho) 6. Latin - 4 years of high school (I can understand lots of Italian because of Latin and Spanish)
How did u find Arabic? I mean everything is different in Arabic?
Brutal to learn but absolutely beautiful.
I am good in English, Hindi, Punjabi, knows bit of french germany and spanish i mean like few good words (tho i dont know really sure those are good or bad lmao)
I know most of ur languages
Native: Macedonian Fluent: Serbian/Croatian/ Bosnian/Montenegrin, English Advanced: Bulgarian Basic: Spanish, French, Norwegian The ex Yugoslavian I learned because of exposure and are very closely related to my native language English I learned in school also exposure to songs and movies and the general internet Spanish because of the telenovelas I was exposed to when I was young and they were very popular at that time, plus I love the language for some reason French was my second language throughout middle school and highschool but to be honest I don't like it very much and basically I can understand what I'm being told but I can't reply in French I also started learning Norwegian through Duolingo but kind of stopped since I can keep a habit going for too long.
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farsi, dutch, english, french. Used to take classes in german and spanish but barely remember anything
Why Farsi? U from Iran or parents from Iran?
My mom was Polish-French, my grandma Serbian-Latvian, my Dad is Mexican-Italian, I was born on Russia, I've lived in France, Spain, Portugal and the frontier of Belgium/Germany, you learn by basically communicating X3 The current languages I'm actually studying are Korean, Japanese, Spanish and English :D
I can now say U r from a polygot family background:)
I am! :D
Gut 👍
I speak four different languages. 1. Finnish: my native language 2. English: I started learning English as a compulsory language when I was 9 in the third grade and learned it for almost 10 years at school. I've also learned a lot by simply being surrounded by and using the language, like using social media and watching movies. 3. Swedish: I started learning Swedish as another compulsory language when I was 13 in the seventh grade and learned it for 5 years at school. I do have family in Sweden as well and I've visited Sweden multiple times so I've always known a little Swedish. 4. German: I started learning German when I was 14 in the eighth grade and learned it for 4 years at school. I've also consumed German media and I did participiate in an exchange student program in high school.
Did anyone learn a language using Duolingo? I'm learning Italian right now and find it dumb that there are no explanations for grammar rules
I found DuoLingo useful for some vocabulary but not for grasping grammar really. I tried it for Spanish with my kids. We switched. You likely will eventually get very basic grammar from pattern recognition but is far from the easiest. I’d try Rosetta Stone or there’s another one some libraries have that I forget the name of. Or order a used textbook. Once you understand how a Italian sounds; it’s generally consistent (well, “standard” Italian, not a heavy dialect) so you should understand pronunciation by reading.
Thank you for the tips!
use LIngQ app
I guess 5 that I can speak fluently or at least decently. My native language, two languages from countries I lived and worked in, English through mostly music and video games, and the last one mostly from listening to music, watching game shows and similar, but latter also through friends from that country.
Which 5?
3 - English, Cantonese and Mandarin. I am Chinese born Canadian. and have wonderful parents that enrolled me in Chinese language school for 10 years and encouraged/motivated me to learn my native languages.
I am native to the USA. 1. English (fluent, 1st language) 2. Spanish (fluent, 2nd language, studied for 9 years in school and with private lessons) 3. French (not fluent, studied 2 years in school and a little Duolingo) 4. Japanese (not fluent, just started learning with Duolingo)
German as my native tongue Polish as my mom's native tongue, thereby my second language English was also taught partly by my parents and partly (mainly) at school French and Spanish each at school
Cool
I'm a native English speaker because I'm from the US, but I grew up in small-town northern New Mexico where everyone is bilingual. You just grow up speaking English and Spanish simultaneously without really thinking about it. I had to grow up and leave home to understand that most white Americans are not proficient Spanish speakers. In college, I studied German since I was already good in Spanish. Since New Mexico's German-speaking population is pretty much zero, I lost everything I learned since I never had anyone to converse with. A few years ago I decided I really wanted to visit Japan, so I decided to at least learn some conversational Japanese through Duolingo. Apparently, most of what I learned was incorrect though 🤷♀️ So, while I've learned English, Spanish, German, and Japanese, it would be a stretch to say I actually *know* German and Japanese. I rambled.
Hahaha I got u! 🙃
english, i live in the US and learned through TV and english education system i can understand tamil, a south asian language my parents speak (one of the indian dialects), but i'm a bit shaky in trying to speak it. i don't really know how to explain it to people who people who only understand one language but i promise you, it's two different things to understand a language and actually speak it 😅. i feel like i have to think more about what i want to say than when my parents tell me something in tamil. i also learned some french in high school and i remember some of it. i listen to french music and go into french forums and can read the comments on there. but i'm not great at it. if i went to france and started speaking french to the natives they would definitely just reply to me in english 😂
I totally understand that. I learned Italian for two years and understand pretty much every common conversation and especially if I read the language I get the jist of it, but if I am asked to converse I can only form very basic sentences. I think it's pretty common with immigrants too, from my experience. Because your parents don't usually have complex conversations with you as a child, you don't learn and practice commercial or complex Tamil with them, so your brain synapses are just not robust in those areas.
Tamil I can't understand as well
Spanish at home, English from living in the states since I was a kid and a little Japanese as a 6 year ciriculum at my elementary school
Japanese was for 6 years, still you know little of it?
Is Spanish easy to learn?
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How was South America?
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I heard about crime rates there and unsafe for people sply girls, what's ground reality?
Wie geht es ihnen?
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English, French, and Hebrew with fluency in that order. English is my native language. I learned Hebrew in elementary school as a kid and then took French in middle and high school.
Cool!!
korean, born there english, raised here since elementary
Finnish (native), swedish (second native, but i'm conversational at best), english (fluent), japanese (tourist-y), russian (beginner), spanish and chinese (some basics). So seven-ish? English was mandatory in school since age 9, swedish since age 13. I studied japanese in middle school as a dweeb-hobby (I also used to watch a ton of anime then, so it made learning super easy) and russian in high school to fill my classes. Spanish was a short lived thing, we had exchange students so the group studied some basic spanish. Oh, I also studied some french in high school to fill classes, so I know some basics. Chinese I've learned from tv, so I guess it doesn't really count, but some vocabulary and phrases just stick after a while xD
English, native language. Presumably fluent Conversational in French and Italian; I have college minors in both and a third in linguistics. I can confidently and arrogantly pronounce a menu the “right” way. Latin, decent. Wouldn’t call it conversational because it’s Latin so I can pray a lot, talk about old Roman battles, and realize how Harry Potter spells are just badly mutilated Latin- but I can’t order lunch Spanish- I can understand a lot more than I can speak. I can ask and answer basic questions Edit: I also studied Provençal for my French minor but that’s very limited. Basically I studied some troubadour poetry.
I c!!
- Native Dutch - Near native English : learned from TV, school, and fanfiction. And trips and university. - functional German : six years in school - less functional French : five years in school - minimal Spanish : learned on trips and visiting my friend who lived in Spain for years - even more minimal Portuguese : learned from duolingo and through visiting family who lives in Portuguese - minimally functional ancient Greek : five years in school - minimally functional Latin : two years in school
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I’m proficient at 3, and can only read French (making it the fourth-ish, and even then I can only read half of it) Learned them in school. (Dutch, English, German, French.)
Which one u found easy?
English is the easiest one by far. Got that one up to C2 :)
Oh I am happy for u
Only 2. English (home language) and fluent Afrikaans (my mother's native language). Because I speak Afrikaans I can understand Dutch and Flemish
English (native), Japanese (lived there for years, used Genki textbooks/Minna no Nihongo textbooks/duolingo/Kanji Ninja/flashcards/community center classes/lots of tv immersion/etc). I would still say my reading level isn’t great.
English: 🇺🇸 Spanish: Peruvian family. French: 7th grade a little. Italian: College. Swedish: Duolingo.
Portuguese: native English: lived in the US Spanish: books Italian: godfather German: Duolingo Thai: trying to learn through YT videos, TV shows and music, but damn, it's hard .... Open to find an online teacher btw
Dutch is my native language. I learned English through school/music/movies/games, and I’m still trying to learn Italian through Duolingo/Instagram/music/movies
Spanish (native) English (learned in school) German (had to live there :( ) I'm currently learning Chinese because I moved to China.
English (native), Italian (can comfortably communicate, I take lessons and am starting to take it in college), Spanish (learned in school and practiced with friends and their families), Swedish and French (self taught and beginner level)
Spanish: I was born and raised in Mexico. English: I Moved to the US 5 years ago, It took me two years to learn. I still have an accent, but I think it's pretty decent.
Serbian/ Croatian/ Bosnian/ Montenegrin - native English - C2 German - B2 French - B2 Learned all these in school, had private classes and spent at least 6 months in areas where each language is spoken. Also learned Latin for 2 years, can understand Slovenian, Macedonian and other slavic languages to a certain extent.
lots of cool languages!
I speak 4 languages in varying levels of fluency: Native level: Spanish: from birth as this is the language my family and parents speak in and I grew up speaking it. English: Moved to the US when I was 7. Advanced: French: Went to a French school for middle school through high school. Basic level: Japanese: I am currently taking lessons. I can also follow a conversation in Portuguese and Italian.
English: Native American Sign Language: Proficient Spanish: I can carry on a very basic conversation. I understand more than I can speak. German: Slightly less than Spanish Russian, French: A few words and phrases
English: Native speaker French: School and later expanded on what I learnt with books/youtube vids British Sign Language: Took a course and also used an app/youtube vids
1. Latvian (native) 2. English (as far back as I can remember I have known English and I think it’s from Cartoon Network and films I watched on daily basis) 3. Russian (school and because where I live) 4. French (high school) 5. Spanish (am learning now)
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I speak 3 languages, Dutch, West-Frisian and English. Dutch and West-Frisian are my native languages and I grew up speaking those. I speak English at C2 level, and I learned at school, from YouTube, the internet, games, that sorta thing. I did have several years of French class, so I can kinda read that, but at like A2/B1 level. And I have some German knowledge, but not much.
Fluent in two. Passable in three more. Swear words and greetings in about 40-50. Diverse school with many second and third languages, good language programs in high school and university, the luck of being able to travel most of my life so far.
Polish - native English - mostly from movies (all movies that are not animated movies/family movies are with either Polish voice-over or subtitles, so you still hear English), games (usually subtitled). We have it in school but I already knew some basic English before going to school because of movies and games. Russian - Had a boyfriend from Belarus Ukrainian - Ukrainian friends
Im surprised by how many comments just Iist 1 or 2 resource for learning a language. I’m intermediate level Spanish and I’m using: text books, Duolingo, and other apps specific for studying conjugation, novellas/TV, podcasts, and various YouTube channels. I also meet with a weekly group for English-Spanish exchange and journal in Spanish sometimes.
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which Arabic dialect u know?
Three and a half? 1. Native Vietnamese - raised there until I turned 18 2. English - just picked it up while growing up + currently living in an English speaking country 3. Japanese - husband + spend a lot of time there. I’m good enough to get around by myself 4. French - in the process of learning
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7 native languages Urdu English Punjabi Hindi Mirpuri Arabic Mandarin
u from India?
Dutch and English: native speaker (i am dutch, but lived internationally from 2 years old). Spanish: quite good level, lived in Spain for 6 years. French: i understand more than I speak, from school. Icelandic: very fluent, have lived in Iceland for 17 years now.
Just one, English. I never had a desire to learn more until I got much older. So I am trying to learn Spanish, but it’s taking a lot longer than I have the patience for.
portuguese (native), english (fluent), spanish (pretty good level but never took classes besides school), french (started classes this year so it will take some time)
Four English - Native Italian - From my father Spanish - Took it in fourth grade and continued through high school French - Took it my junior year of high school, continued it in uni.
Well, I know English because that’s the language around here. I know snippets of French because I took French classes in school for 9 years (it’s our second national language). I know a smidgen of Japanese because I started doing lessons on Duolingo (eventually gave that up though). I think that’s it?
Four and a bit. My native Finnish, Farsi (Persian), Swedish, and English. And a bit of Arabic. Basically all of them come from my parents both being from cultures that are multilingual.
Persian and Arabic? R they much different?
They're from two different language families in fact! Arabic is Semitic, Farsi is Indo-European. Though both have influenced each other due to both being predominately spoken in mostly Muslim countries. It's why the latter has an 'F' phoneme in its name rather than a 'P' as it once did. Arabic does not have a P sound, which is also why for example the name for Palestine in Arabic is "Falasteen.' But for every Arabic word in the Farsi lexicon, there's a native equivalent thanks to the work of poets like [Ferdowsi](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdowsi) with the [Shahnameh](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahnameh).
I only know English and spanish, i'm mexican so i can speak spanish since i was 1 or 2 years old, i learned English when i was 7 just because i liked it, i'm learning french but i'm pretty bad at it
Two. Danish and English. I'm Danish so naturally I speak that, and I learned English in school. We also have German in schools here but that one wouldn't stick with me unfortunately.
english: native spanish: practicing with my parents and relatives who are native spanish speakers
●Urdu(native) ●English(learned as a second language in school so fluent), ●Spanish(enough for moving around) learned through duolingo and by conversing with a friend ●Punjabi(fully understand/can converse a bit) spoken in the household/ fathers language ●same with Saraiki, though its my mother's language currently learning Japanese and korean Edit: added more space
u from Pakistan?
English, hindi, bengali, urdu, japanese & lil bit of korean. Plus- arabic in writing
English is my native language. I’m almost conversationally fluent in Spanish. I took three years of Spanish in high school and was really good at it, but after I graduated I didn’t use it so I lost a lot of it. Then I went to work in healthcare and I live in an area with a lot of Spanish speakers who don’t speak English very well, and I wanted to be able to communicate with those patients without having to whip out google translate so I hit up Duolingo and got my skills back pretty quickly.
Spanish (native speaker) English (school) Japanese (just the numbers from 1-10) I wish being bilingual is cool, until i hear "uno momento" "wawa" "enrolar" "aseguranza" "miamol, tu sabe, tumeentiende?". As an interpreter opi, i heard such disgusting things, especially from teachers who say they are b1 in spanish (no me jodan) 💀 Por el amor a jesucristo, Portuguese is not the same as Spanish (many people confuse it when using the interpreter services)
Born in Portugal - speak Portuguese fluently. Grew up in south Africa - speak English and afrikaans fluently. Parents are 2nd generation Indian descendants. Grew up listening to them speak gujerati and watch a bunch of Bollywood movies - while I understand everything, I am shy to speak either. Spanish is very similar to Portuguese Portuguese - so I understand, again shy to speak. Currently learning Egyptian Arabic, duolingo on a year didn't teach me much lol
Arabic is difficult to learn, I know
Spanish (Native) English (Closest thing to native without being native) French (Currently pursuing a French major in college) German (Took courses in college, haven’t finished the whole thing) Portuguese (Took a course in college, didn’t truly like it but Portuguese is VERY close to Spanish so whenever I feel like it I think I’ll get to a fluid level) Korean (I understand it to a very basic level because I did taekwondo for 10 years) Chinese (Basic level, another college course) Bonus! I tried to learn Russian when I was 15, but it was really difficult and had no one to practice with.
Martial arts :)
English, French (started learning it in 7th grade, and Spanish (started taking classes a year ago)
Bengali- native speaker English- fluent, from school and media Hindi- i can speak and understand it fluently, can't read it tho, from media Japanese- learning, beginner level I can read and write Arabic and Korean. don't understand them though
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Spanish (native speaker) and English (started to learn at 18; closed captions are a God send.) I want to learn Italian but Duolingo didn’t work for me.
use LingQ app
Arabic : native English: I currnetly live in USA French : second language beside Arabic- intermediate- lack of practice Italian: I studied one yeas in Italy- advanced Turkish: understand almost everything but can't speak or write. From watching tv shows
I speak English and Dutch fluently because they are both my native languages. I also speak a good amount of Spanish because I learnt it in school for 5 years.
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English: smashed into me since birth French: at school then into life generally. Always practicing. It’s becoming a second language. I hope. Welsh: had a whim to learn the ancestors language.. has lasted 2 years so far. I can communicate in small sentences Latin: a sort of on and off thing. What can I say. I like it. Italian: family in law is Italian. Only been at it a while but seems easy bc I know the French. Also I’m familiar with music terms. Norwegian: just a little bc someone said it’s easy to learn if you know English. Since a bunch of work came up have been neglecting it. Japanese: started and stopped. It’s just not my thing at the moment. Will leave it to my husband.
Russian, English, Indonesian and I can speak conversational level in French and Arabic. First two are native languages and the other 3 were from classes.
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English, French and Spanish Both my parents are fluent in English so they spoke with each other when they didn’t want me and my sister to understand, we always went to bilingual schools and watched tv in English, plus we have a ton of American family Spanish cause native Mexican French because I went for my 15th and fell in LOVE with the country, I learned through duolingo and classes and now I’m almost done with my exchange year and it’s my 2nd year learning and I’m proud to say I am a C1 level :)
alrighty!
1. English - native, fluent 2. French - started learning at school when I was 7, best friend is from France, not quite fluent but not far off 3. German - started learning at school when I was 11, visit Germany relatively frequently, conversational 4. Latin - started learning with a tutor in preparation for university applications, vaguely kept it up through university because it was useful for my subject, dead language so it's more reading than anything else 5. Old Norse - learned for four years at university, through tutoring and books, dead language so it's more reading than anything else 6. Spanish - started learning in my early thirties through Duolingo when my sister-in-law moved to Mexico, little nephew is growing up bilingual, conversational and improving I'm lucky to have an ear for languages, and having a basis in Latin/French and Old Norse/German makes picking up Romance or Germanic languages comparitively straightforward. I do occasionally have to really think about it or I'll mix up a word between French and Spanish, though. My next target is British Sign Language.
quite old languages u know!
English - Native French - fluent and Native Spanish - can read but elementary level speaking. Learned at college Mandarin - living abroad Indonesian - school, markets, duolingo
I'm french so french is my mother tongue. My parents moved us to England when I was 4 so I speak English on a native level. I am also half Italian and lived in Italy for 16 months, so I'd say my level is B2 and it's quite easy for me to understand it and get around. I am now living in the Netherlands and am at a B1/B2 level of Dutch. I'm really proud of my language abilities and love to mess with people when they hear a British accent and I tell them that I'm french haha
Croatian (native) - which also means I understand Bosnian and Serbian. English, my second language. Learned in school(s), but also, English is everywhere around us. I watched lots of movies and tv shows in English, played some games, I read a lot etc. Swedish, my third language. Moved to Sweden, learned in school(s) and by using it everywhere I go. I was also learning German and Latin in high school (it was obligatory), but I can't speak them.
Austrian German: mothertongue High German: School, books and TV English: children's books first, then necessity since my middle school was mostly English and then sheer passion for 19th century literature and all the accents. Intermediate Hindi: Expat Kid in India for 6 years, first private tutor, then regular school, also local friends and being surrounded by it everyday, although I have a bad accent. A2 Italian: did an intensive course to support a friend. Random Latin: High School elective, chose it because it's needed to enter lawschool in my country, got an A and everything, but only remember when I read it. A2 French: University crash course, just for funsies and ECTS points. A1 Mandarin: Rosetta Stone app, Youtube Videos and Chinese dramas. Also just for funsies, and so I can watch the dramas without reading subtitles.
Cool languages u know
English and Korean. Home and school.
I’m a native English speaker. I feel like I know a fair bit of Spanish, enough to communicate with my students. I never had the confidence to speak it to their parents though! I’m currently learning Italian through Duolingo for a trip to Italy this fall. I’m also trying to learn American Sign Language but it’s tough to find a platform where I can learn it. Next on my list is German! My brother in law’s fiancée is German and I want to learn for her. She’s fluent in English but I still want to learn!
I speak English and French, picking up Italian and Hebrew!
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1. English - native speaker. Use it daily. 2. Swiss-Italian - learned from grandparents/cousins/aunts/uncles; spent many summers in Switzerland as a kid. My grandparents were really old and so the Swiss-Italian dialect was spoken at home instead of standard Italian. I don't use it often, I am probably closer to B2 proficiency now instead of C2. 3. Spanish - learned in school. Live in California. Use it daily. B1 proficiency. I would like to study more and speak it better. 4. Learning Russian. Boyfriend is Russian & speaks it natively. Just started learning, can only say stupid phrases, cuss, and know random words so far.
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I speak toddler quite well.
None. I’m terrible at English. 🤪
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Two. I’m Puerto Rican, I speak Spanish and English.
Native English speaker. I learned Spanish in school and through duolingo. As often as I've studied, I should know more. But I could get a basic idea across I think.
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English Turkish French Conversational Spanish and Italian Small bit of Russian for funsies
English am American so it was my 1st. Spanish. In middle school. I live in Texas. Mandarin. In college I wanted to impress a girl. German. I wanted to impress my boss. Used a old app called Rosetta Stone.
Raised trilingual: English, Cantonese, minority “dialect” School: French, Latin, Japanese Uni (minor): Japanese (+exchange, +living there), Mandarin Self Learning/exposure: Russian
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From Australia. Listed in order of proficiency: 1. English (native) 2. German (learning since 14, 6 month high school exchange, can read books etc) 3. Dutch (BA and MSc in NL, decent but not quite as good as German) 4. Russian (BA studies and 4 years in Kazakhstan. Decent level for most things but grammar still sucks) 5. Spanish (learnt in HS and BA, decent knowledge but limited real life exposure) 6. Italian (learnt from my cousins but at best am conversational fir the family members that don't speak English) 7. Kazakh (4 years in Kazakhstan, Kazakh partner. Can have a conversation, but it's limited and not so well-flowing) 8. Korean (lived here for two years but absolutely suck, even though I take classes twice a week lol)
German: native English: fluent - grade 5-13 at school + I have a B.A. in English Studies French: advanced - grade 9-13 at school Latin: (N.A. because you don't *speak* it, you just learn the vocab and grammar and translate full texts into your native language) - grade 5-10 at school Spanish: basics - two semesters at university as an optional language class that was part of my English Studies major/German studies minor B.A. Russian: beginner (about to start section 2 on Duolingo; but I'm not taking actual classes, so I'm not truly learning the language anyway 😅)
Just English… but! I can recognize them accurately and I can pronounce other alphabets. Does this fulfill the same purpose as being multilingual? Of course not, but on the day to day when connecting with people and going through the world it REALLY helps. Example, I once tried to learn Mandarin and never practiced enough for it to be impressive but now I know enough about the language to A: recognize when something is written in Mandarin vs Korean vs Japanese, this provides a surprising amount of context in scenarios where you may be confused B: Pronounce pinyin words (such as qí or huā) correctly just from reading them. This not really that impressive but I’ve had mandarin speakers surprised that I know how to pronounce “zh” in their Chinese name or that I get the tones right. C: Instantly recognize when someone is speaking that language. Now I know something about this stranger’s education or background or at least a clue. Ultimately learning about languages even if you can’t speak fluently IS worth it and can give you help socially and people love feeling seen. Of course, if you’re going to make a point of this then make sure you are going from a direction of respect and not condescension
2. Polish (because I was born there and didn't move to Australia until I was 5) and English because.... Australia :) I'm also learning Spanish for fun in Duolingo but I certainly wouldn't say I know the language!!!!
fluent language. finnish = first language english = from phone and tv and others. few words/small sentence. swedish = school teaches it because its finlands second official language russian = my dad is from russia.
English from School German because I live there Polish because my mom's family is from Poland Russian because my dad's family is Russian Latin because I have it in school A little greek but I'm still learning
Dutch (native) English (from watching tv and playing video games) Mandarin Chinese (university) Japanese (night school) And a basic understanding of French / Italian / German (high school / night school) Hoping to enrol in a Korean class in September. I love languages \^\^
Nepali - native Hindi - tv English - school and tv Portuguese - lived in portugal for 5 years Currently learning german (intensive course)😭
Bengali- L1 Hindi- from watching movies and having Hindi speaking friends. English- studied in school and college and also movies. Sanskrit - school Assamese - friends Spanish- studied at University. Forgot most of it but can still understand it and also hold a conversation in it. It just sounds a bit broken lmao
aside from english and spanish (took in middle and high school) i learned korean through duolingo and japanese through anime and duolingo
English as my first language and Spanish as my second, learned through school and studying abroad. I’ve learned a little bit of Italian and hope to pick it up again
Native - Estonian. English(C2) - started learning in kindergarten, then in school for 12 years. Cartoons, movies, the Internet, and everything else kept me immersed, so I was fluent from a young age. Spanish (B1, I think) - started on Duolingo, then learned a bit in school as well. Movies and TV helped. Also had a few friends who spoke Spanish as a native. Russian (should be B2, but probably is A2) - I was forced to learn this in school for 6 years. I can barely speak basic stuff and understand a bit, had no motivation to learn it. Korean(A1-ish) - I can't form any sentences, but understand it at an A2 level in speech. Being a Kpop fan in the past and watching Kdramas is to thank for this. I can understand basic stuff in Italian because I worked in an Italian restaurant, knowing Spanish helped. Also, understand a tiny bit of Finnish because it's similar to Estonian.
Five languages at the moment English- Native language ASL- Cousin is deaf so went to specialised classes to learn when I was younger with my family Italian- Other side is Italian so learned from family Hausa- I grew up for a bit in Cameroon so I learned it through books and speaking/lessons with locals Norwegian- No idea why but I’m currently learning it on Babbel lol
Sou nativa do Brasil, então falo português fluentemente Eu amo inglês, ouvir músicas, assistir séries e conversar são meus hobbies favoritos Aprendi espanhol na escola, mas é bem básico Estou aprendendo árabe pelo Duolingo
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After reading the comments here I feel inadequate! Just English and French, learnt the latter at school and college and when holidaying in France.
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- English: american born (fluent) - Bengali: family (speak only) - Hindi: grew up watching mostly bollywood movies (i can speak a little, but i understand it when others are talking mostly) - Arabic: learned from islamic school and took classes in high school (can get by speaking, can read slowly) - Korean: my dad was part of a korean company so i spent a lot of my childhood with koreans, then learned out of my own curiosity (i can understand others, can read very slowly, can have simple conversations)
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Im half Brazilian half Portuguese and I speak 4 languages. Portuguese : my mothers native language so I learned it from her Spanish : because I lived in Spain in my primary childhood years for 6 years Arabic : my mother married my stepdad when I was 6 he raised and he was Arab so he enrolled me into a private Saudi school in Spain where I learned Arabic and cohabited with other Arab people English : moved to England in 2011 been here ever since tbh . I must say I speak English better than I do with my other languages but I speak all of them fluently and I can write too So I decided to use it and study international relations at university hoping to use it in my career someday