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If my memory serves me right, English is not mandatory language in Finland, though almost everyone studies it at school and it's difficult to find anyone who doesn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neovia
So. English is not my first language, Finnish is. :)
english is my first language, even though Irish is my native language. i've been learning Irish since i was four but because i speak english everyday, i've more or less forgotting my irish. i've started to use some irishs words in my everyday speach and i'm starting to remember some of it. i also Learnt french in Secondary school but have only ever had to use it once or twice before now.
Heres a small bit of Irish. Egnore the spelling please!
Cunnas ata tu? How are you?
IS mise Niamh. Niamh is anim dom. i am Niamh/ Niamh is my name.
Cead mile Failte. A Hundred Thousand welcomes
Failte do bhaile atha cliath. welcome to Dublin
La Gra. Love
Slan go foill. goodbye for now.
:D
English is my native language and sadly the only one I am fluent in. I was always interested in learning Irish and my ex husband is from Co. Donegal. All his family are still there and we visited one year for a family wedding. My then sisters in law were discussing a party they had gone to and mentioned they had "good craic". I was like "oh my! I don't use drugs!" I thought they meant crack, like crack cocaine. :blush: Yeah, they got a good laugh at me....:lol:
I was brought up in a spanish country but at the same time english was my first language until I was 7 when I began to be taught both spanish and english:)
Italian here :wave:
Nice to meet you Gracie. Welcome to lit net. I'm American of Italian descent. :)
Hehehe! Yup they got you alright! Theres another one that got me. When i went to college i only went about an hour away from Dublin in a place called Dundalk. One night i stayed up to go to the freshers ball and meet up a a few people from my course in the Imperial hotel bar. One of the girls kept on going on about being stoned. Obviously being from dublin i thought she meant she was high and couldn't believe she was saying it freely in a bar full of people. it wasn't till later that i discovered that in Dundalk when someone says they're stoned it means they're drunk! Woops!Quote:
Originally Posted by kathycf
:lol:
arabic is my native lang.:yawnb:
Spanish here
I know english from school and High school, but i don`t practice it at all..., and right now i`m learning French...:blush:
I come from China, so Chinese is my first language.
Now I've been studying English for almost 10 years and i'm continuing the study of English Literature in my college.
I hope my English is not that poor. If so, i won't come into this forum.
Believe me, i can do literrally as well as other native speakers do.
English first
but am doing Spanish GCSE and know some french after studying it for three years
Italian from where?Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
Any other italian around here?
My native language is German, but I've been learning English since I was 10 years old (I'm now 25) and I'm studying English Literature at university, too. :) I speak a bit of French, a very tiny bit of Spanish, and I can read Dutch, but don't speak it, except for some very basic phrases for when I go to a Dutch market in a town close to my parents' home, they live near the Dutch border.
Thank you for your encouraging me! I also believe that everything is possible, so ,OK, I decide to pick it up again next year, Because I really like that language.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by eventide
and I wish you can help me then when I come across a difficulties,that would be very nice of you. :blush:
you are really good at learning languages ! Hope you will get on well with Chinese!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by johnnyboy