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| yassi Diglot Newbie Austria Joined 4820 days ago 34 posts - 49 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC1 Studies: Turkish, Slovak | Message 1 of 4 05 September 2011 at 2:58pm | IP Logged |
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Hello,
I just joined the forum today. My name is Yassi, I'm a 28 year old software engineer from Vienna, Austria. My family's background is a mixture of Jewish (Ashkhenazi/Yiddish speaking), Austrian and Dutch. My languages: German - my mother tonugue, the language I use in everyday live (and for thinking and dreaming); English - I learned English in school for 8 years and took two English courses at university. I also went to school in Ireland for a year when I was 16/17 years old ... but my English is really rusty now as I only use it for reading/writing technichal specifications and I don't really speak or write about "normal" topics. I really have to do something about it - on the weekend I started reading an English triller. I hope writing in this forum will also improve my English skills again. French - I learned French in school for four years, quit learning it 10 years ago and have not used it ever since. I can still read a newspaper and understand what it's all about but I don't understand every single word and I can't speak or write French any more, I think. Italian - I learned Italian in school too, for three years and took two Italian courses at the university. I can talk about everyday topic, and e.g. order food or ask for the way, but I'm far from fluent. Currently I don't use Italian in my everyday live - with one exception. I help my mother, who just started learning Italian a year ago. Russian - I learned Russian at the university for two years. The courses were not very hard, just 1.5 hours a week, so my knowledge of Russian is pretty limited. But I really want to improve my Russian in the near future - I'm mor than happy about all the tips in this forum! What really fascinated me and was one of my reasons for learning Russian is the Cyrillic alphabet. I think it's really beautiful. I can read and write it really well and nearly as fast as the Latin alphabet. For practicing I often write German with Cyrillic letters. I'm a bit weird, I know. Yiddish - is the language my beloved Grandmother and other relatives of me spoke as a mother tongue. I heard a lot of Yiddish as a kid, but I never used it actively until a few years ago when I started to learn it with the aid of two very good books. Now I read Yiddish newspapers, websites, etc. without a problem. I'm also good at speaking - but writing Yiddish is still pretty hard for me. I just can't remember how to spell all those Hebrew words. Dutch - is another language my Grandmother was speaking as she moved to the Netherlands with her family when she was a kid and was raised and educated there. She loved the country, the culture and the language very much and taught her kids (also my mother) Dutch. Growing up there was a lot of Dutch spoken in my family so I have a pretty good passive knowledge (understanding and reading) but my active Dutch is really bad. I tend to translate everything word-by-word from German. Currently I'm learning Dutch on a regular basis with the aid of two books, one CD, a couple of Dutch movies & books as well as a Dutch friend who corrects my mistakes. Turkish - I started learning Turkish a week ago with a book and a CD. I bought a book about Turkish grammar a few years ago and was fascinated by it's logic. Also, there are many Turkish speaking people here, Turkish grocers, Turkish bookshops, Turkish restaurants ... Esperanto - I started learning Esperanto when I was 16, my passive Esperanto is quite good, I read books in Esperanto. I can also write Esperanto quite well, but speaking ... When I write, I have more time to think about the correct word. I'm not a member of any kind of Esperanto oranization or anything, I just thought the idea of an "international language" is good and that's why I learned it. I also have some very basic knowledge in the following languages: Latin - learned it for 4 years in school, never used it, forgot nearly all of it. Japanese - I took two Japanese courses just for fun. I can still read/write kana and ~ 50 kanji, introduce myself and ... that's it. Not even beginner's level. Arabic - I can read and write the letters, love Arabic calligraphy (and cooking!) and startet learning Hijazi-Arabic with the FSI couse a year ago. I stopped after lession ten - I'm far from being able to have a basic conversation. But I'd love to continue learning Arabic! I want to learn: Slovak - I love Slovakia, I love Bratislava, it's less than an hour by car from Vienna. So, that's me! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5838 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes  1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 4 07 September 2011 at 8:54pm | IP Logged |
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Yassi, hos geldin (welcome in Turkish), hartelijk welkom (welcome in Dutch) and bonvenon (welcome in Esperanto) to this fascinating language forum!
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| yassi Diglot Newbie Austria Joined 4820 days ago 34 posts - 49 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC1 Studies: Turkish, Slovak | Message 3 of 4 07 September 2011 at 10:38pm | IP Logged |
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Teşekkür ederim, dank je wel & dankegon.
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