Anglophone reporting.
To learn : French (I have some, but I would like to be fluent), Icelandic (I want to live there) and Russian (so I can read Russian literature in the original).
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Anglophone reporting.
To learn : French (I have some, but I would like to be fluent), Icelandic (I want to live there) and Russian (so I can read Russian literature in the original).
German it is (surprise, suprise), bit of French (used to be good but has deteriorated hellishly), Russian (which I intend to brush up a bit) and Latin (only for reading and writing purposes of course).
When I speak I speak British English which I prefer anyway because I have always loved the sound. My favourite accents are Glaswegian and American as spoken in the southern states (it's almost like Saxon here, it sings). And I can't watch an undubbed Kevin Costner film 'cos I cannot bear his voice and way of speaking at all.
Hindi, is my mother tounge.
I speak and think in Hindi most of the time, and I am able to put across my point in Englisn too, so, I know enough of this language to have a simple conversation. What happens in my case is, since I dont speak English much, unless required in client communication or a professional talk with someone, my thoughts are mostly in Hindi, that have to undergo a translation process and then come out as English. Or shall I say, other people can make sense of my babbling :D
As for writing, I think I am better in writing English than Hindi, as most of our studies and text books are in English (British), unless one studies in a Hindi medium school/college.
And yes, I do understand my native language, I could speak it too, but mostly with my grandparents.
I have also studied Sanskrit, but am not fluent in writing or speaking.
ENGLISH Here,and Zulu. though I can't wait for January when I start French lessons.
I think its such a passionate language :ladysman:
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I'm from Japan. That makes me a native speaker of Engrish.
No, it's Croatian. I want to learn Russian, but it always slips away from me:bawling: . Because of that, this year I'm planing to improve my German; my English is OK, I guess.
I am speaking German though many people in my country wouldn´t agree with that statement. I am living near to the french boarder so my ablities with the french language are pretty good, too.
Hausa here. Do you know this language? It's almost the most propagated language in Western Africa nowadays. I'm pround of my being Hausa native speaker because of this reason and many more e.g BBC, VOA, Dutchwele, CRI, IRAN, EGYPT, etc all these international medias brodcast programs in this language. So, I can here say, in spite of Siwahili, my MT is the giant in our land-AFRICA.
My mother tounge is Swedish, and although I've been reading English in school for about 8 years and watching english tv almost every day, I still don't speak it as good as I would expect me to...!
It's very nice to see so many from different countries and places... When I joined I thought almost everyone would be english/american!
For how long have all of my fellow foreign-language-speakings been studying English?
Arabic is my mother tongue. In Tunisia we use to stufy Frensh at early level in primary school and we speak both frensh and english in our everyday life. English is used to be taught at secondary school. For my case I did choose specialize in English and more specifically in literature. I love both British and American spoken English but deep inside i prefer British one
Thai...and I'm not so good at English too. I've been studying English since I could remember, but I don't think I improve much since I'm speaking Thai all the time. It's funny I want to speak English fluently, but everytime I see a foriegner I'll pretend that I don't know English at all.
I'm from Belgium, so my mother tongue is Dutch, and I learned French, German, English and a little bit of Spanish at school. Right now I'm studying English at university level. I would still like to know Greek, Russian and something Scandinavian, but I don't think I'll ever manage on my own (without a school environment I mean).
Btw, I thought this was an all-american board, It's weird so many 'foreign' people visit it :).
Mother tongue: Malay. My father worked at Malaysian Embassy in Cairo, Egypt and I was sent to international school and went to english summer classes. I wasn't that good in speaking English back then (I was 9-10 years old at the time), but I could write well. And now, I'm 17... I'm getting better at it. I love to participate in something that requires the skill of speaking in English; especially speech and public speaking. But then again, I have my times when I'd be lost for words. :smash:
Another Finnish native here. I speak moderate English, too. But my Swedish is really crap because I only went to those mandatory courses :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Wirhe
To answer Eufrosyne's question, I've studied English for ten years now. And of course I have heard a lot of it in movies/TV shows and used English websites, like most people these days.
No.My mother tongue is Greek.
But I have been studying English for approximately 10!!! years!;p Still..my accent is horrible!:blush: :(
I also speak German which is my favourite language though I hate its grammar ;p and a bit of French.I think I am going to start studying Spanish,because it seems a very easy language and is very useful.Besos!;)