English - native
French - fluent, took french immersion from grades 4 and up, all the way through high school and got my certificate and all that bullshit. i can speak the language well, but a lot of the grammar got to me. i can put up a convo easily, but if i was to write an essay itd be full of mistakes, and usually was during school.
English (second native)
Mandarin Chinese (native)
German (beginners mode, A 2-1)
The reason I say English is my second native is because it's as fluent as my Chinese. If you were to speak to me on the phone you wouldn't be able to tell that it's not my native tounge.
The reason I say English is my second native is because it's as fluent as my Chinese. If you were to speak to me on the phone you wouldn't be able to tell that it's not my native tounge.
Indeed, you can have two natives. Very impressive, though.
English (native language)
Spanish (have degree in Spanish, been living in Spain for past 3 years)
French (have degree in French, studied it for about 9 years in total, although I don't do a lot to try to practice it unless I have time)
German (studied for 2 years at university, way behind my French and Spanish levels though)
First language: English
Second: Spanish. I don't know what beginner/intermediate/expert/god means exactly so I'll just say that I completed year 1 but learned, independently, a lot more grammar than I should know for my vocabulary, so I can usually know how to put together what I want to say (even if it sounds funny because I don't know usage convention) but I might need to look up words.
And then I know a few essential things in various languages, usually the basic greetings, where is the bathroom, I need water, I love you, fuck you, where is my vodka, I don't speak _____, etc.
First language: English
Second: Spanish. I don't know what beginner/intermediate/expert/god means exactly so I'll just say that I completed year 1 but learned, independently, a lot more grammar than I should know for my vocabulary, so I can usually know how to put together what I want to say (even if it sounds funny because I don't know usage convention) but I might need to look up words.
And then I know a few essential things in various languages, like fuck you
Spanish (fluent). I have an MA in Spanish and Latin American Lit, taught basic Spanish for 2 years at a university while doing my MA. By fluent I mean I can read/write/speak/understand the language proficiently.
Portuguese (beginner). I took a semester of it and learned a lot, but I didn't practice so I lost some of the ability. I know a few basic phrases but I'd be able to learn it quickly if I actually practiced. The problem is it's not a very useful language outside of Brazil and I really don't have much opportunity to practice it. The grammar is very similar to Spanish, but there are some major differences like tenses Spanish doesn't have and minor things like differences in the gender of articles. The accent is also somewhat difficult to get down at first. I'd be able to pick up Portuguese and be good at it with a year of study and practice.
French (basic reading knowledge only). Grad school requires that you have reading knowledge of 3 languages for an MA and at least 4 for a ph d. I took a course on how to read French, but I really skated by without doing much work and got an A. I never practiced much after that course as I never had a use for it. I plan on improving my reading knowledge soon.
Anyone have languages they plan to learn later? I have like, a list of languages I want to learn kinda one at a time (but later on I'm sure I'll do two at a time to speed up the process). In order (because I already know Spanish decently, I'll leave it off):
Learning beaner could be useful. I'd like to learn russian as well but that would be hard as shit since they have a different alphabet. For now I'll just focus on getting my German speaking ability's better.
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French - fluent, took french immersion from grades 4 and up, all the way through high school and got my certificate and all that bullshit. i can speak the language well, but a lot of the grammar got to me. i can put up a convo easily, but if i was to write an essay itd be full of mistakes, and usually was during school.
When you say beginner, how much do you actually understand? Can you hold down simple conversations, or just know like 10 words in each?
English (native)
Polish (lower-intermediate)
French (beginner)
As in, "I'm just starting out and the grammar is confusing the fuck out of me!" Though I can do some conversational stuff in Romanian.
Mandarin Chinese (native)
German (beginners mode, A 2-1)
The reason I say English is my second native is because it's as fluent as my Chinese. If you were to speak to me on the phone you wouldn't be able to tell that it's not my native tounge.
Indeed, you can have two natives. Very impressive, though.
German - 2 years of study, semi-fluent
Japanese - Basic Conversational
French - Basic Conversational
Spanish (have degree in Spanish, been living in Spain for past 3 years)
French (have degree in French, studied it for about 9 years in total, although I don't do a lot to try to practice it unless I have time)
German (studied for 2 years at university, way behind my French and Spanish levels though)
Second: Spanish. I don't know what beginner/intermediate/expert/god means exactly so I'll just say that I completed year 1 but learned, independently, a lot more grammar than I should know for my vocabulary, so I can usually know how to put together what I want to say (even if it sounds funny because I don't know usage convention) but I might need to look up words.
And then I know a few essential things in various languages, usually the basic greetings, where is the bathroom, I need water, I love you, fuck you, where is my vodka, I don't speak _____, etc.
Oh that's quite essential. Lol
Spanish (fluent). I have an MA in Spanish and Latin American Lit, taught basic Spanish for 2 years at a university while doing my MA. By fluent I mean I can read/write/speak/understand the language proficiently.
Portuguese (beginner). I took a semester of it and learned a lot, but I didn't practice so I lost some of the ability. I know a few basic phrases but I'd be able to learn it quickly if I actually practiced. The problem is it's not a very useful language outside of Brazil and I really don't have much opportunity to practice it. The grammar is very similar to Spanish, but there are some major differences like tenses Spanish doesn't have and minor things like differences in the gender of articles. The accent is also somewhat difficult to get down at first. I'd be able to pick up Portuguese and be good at it with a year of study and practice.
French (basic reading knowledge only). Grad school requires that you have reading knowledge of 3 languages for an MA and at least 4 for a ph d. I took a course on how to read French, but I really skated by without doing much work and got an A. I never practiced much after that course as I never had a use for it. I plan on improving my reading knowledge soon.
Russian: Fluent
Lithuanian: so-so
German: Okay to get by.
Swedish/Danish: Okay to get by.
And Greek and Latin (learnt both in school).
Gaelic; Somewhat badly!
Russian - Fluent
Japanese - Intermediate
Arabic - Beginner
Sign Language: Native (parents are deaf)
I also took 4 years of German and 1 yr of Spanish in high school, thats been a while though.
German - Beginner
German-beginner
Chinese-I hate people who speak it because they're chinks
spanish - fluent
i wanna learn jap. from that rossetta stone thing if anyone haz a copy let me know!
demonoid.me has a copy
Spanish - ~native
French
Romanian
Japanese
Swedish
Italian
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