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Lightning
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United Kingdom
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58 posts - 70 votes 
Speaks: English*
Studies: Japanese

 
 Message 137 of 204
29 December 2010 at 5:18pm | IP Logged 
17 years old. (18 in April 2011)

Japanese - Intermediate. Began learning when I was 11 and it was mainly to learn the script. Turned 13 realised I really enjoyed being able to read/write a foreign language and so got very into it. 4 years later I've never looked back. Though I really should so I can work out why I've studied for so long (albeit on and off) and am only scraping intermediate.

Korean - Beginner. On and off for years.

Mandarin - Beginner. Same as Korean.

By 20 I would love to be proficient in Japanese, advanced in Korean and conversational in Mandarin and to be working on other languages. :)
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thistledown
Newbie
United Kingdom
Joined 5162 days ago

14 posts - 38 votes
Speaks: English*

 
 Message 138 of 204
30 December 2010 at 1:02pm | IP Logged 
wv girl wrote:
I feel soooo old compared to many others on this forum. I just turned 45!

Ha! I'm 62, so you're a mere youngster ;)

Schoolgirl Latin
Russian learnt in response to Cuban Missile Crisis (and promptly forgotten again once the Russians failed to invade our small English village).
French 7 years at school and 2 at Uni
Anglo Saxon at Uni
Italian at Uni
Holiday German

Now learning Dutch as I am about to have a grandchild who will be raised bilingual English and Dutch.

The only real problem I'm having (which probably is age-related) is the difficulty in pronouncing Dutch correctly at speed. If I slow down to articulate each word separately I have a good accent. To pronounce it at speed I need to train the muscles in my mouth to perform oral gymnastics. At the moment I have to choose between correct articulation at half-speed or slurred articulation to maintain the rythm of normal speech. I guess if I compare it to learning to play an instrument or a learning to type (training my fingers instead of my mouth) I would opt for accuracy over speed.




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Fasulye
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Germany
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Joined 5845 days ago

5460 posts - 6006 votes 
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Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto
Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish
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 Message 139 of 204
30 December 2010 at 8:01pm | IP Logged 
Fasulye wrote:
I am 47 years now.

English: I started learning English when I lived with my family in the USA at the age of 7. (2nd grade elementary school)

Latin: I started with Latin in grammar school at the age of 12. (7th grade)

French: I started with French in grammar school at the age of 14. (9th grade)

Ancient Greek: This language I started simultanously with French in grammar school at the age of 14. (9th grade) After having left school I abandoned this language completley.

Dutch: I started learning Dutch at university at the age of 22.

Italian: I started learning Italian at university at the age of about 24.

Esperanto: I started learning Esperanto with private lessons at the age of 30.

Spanish: I started learning Spanish at university at the age of 31.

Portuguese: I attended 4 courses of Portuguese at university beginning at the age of 33, but after those courses I abandoned this language completely.

Turkish: I started with learning Turkish at the age of 33 simultanously at university and at an adult education centre. Later I had to stop the learning process again and I have restarted learning Turkish nowadays at the age of 46.


Meanwhile I am 49.

Danish: I started learning Danish at age 42 at the adult education centre and restarted learning Danish by doing self-study at age 48.

Fasulye
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sjheiss
Diglot
Senior Member
United States
Joined 5682 days ago

100 posts - 174 votes 
Speaks: English*, Basque

 
 Message 140 of 204
31 December 2010 at 5:00am | IP Logged 
I'm 17 (well, in 15 days).

English: Native language, learned in Washington state, USA.

German: This was the first language I ever started learning, back in April 2008. I used to like it a lot, and could've been fluent in it by now if I had wanted to, and had known better how to learn languages, but I lost all interest I had in Germany, so now I can only understand it at about a B1-2 level. I still like the language, but I won't learn it any more.

Basque: First got interested in it in probably Fall of 2008, but never started learning it. Started learning it in May 2009, but didn't make it far, because of a lack of knowledge of how I learn languages, and a lack of materials. I restarted it in September of this year, and am now learning it seriously and actively, and it's my favorite language. :)

Latin: Started in the beginning of November of this year I believe.

As you can see, I haven't been into languages for very long, and it took me over two years of dabbling with probably 30+ languages to finally find ones I really want to learn. ;)
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FVerschoor
Bilingual Diglot
Groupie
United States
Joined 6347 days ago

44 posts - 44 votes
Speaks: English*, Dutch*
Studies: Spanish, Russian

 
 Message 141 of 204
31 December 2010 at 9:06am | IP Logged 
Age - 19

Dutch - native
English - native
Spanish - throughout high school, some college - still a beginner, because I let it
slide.
Russian - two years and counting in college - my favorite by far, I'd say I'm at an
intermediate level.
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zamie
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Australia
Joined 5251 days ago

83 posts - 126 votes 
Speaks: English*
Studies: German, Modern Hebrew

 
 Message 142 of 204
31 December 2010 at 10:16am | IP Logged 
Age: 16

Language: I started learning German about 9 months ago, and since then have come quite
far. Once I am happy with German I might begin learning French.
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RealJames
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Newbie
Japan
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Joined 5122 days ago

37 posts - 42 votes
Speaks: French, English*
Studies: Japanese

 
 Message 143 of 204
31 December 2010 at 11:16am | IP Logged 
I'm 26

Born In the French Caribbean to English Parents, English at home, French everywhere else.

English: Native
French: Native
Creol: Native - mostly forgotten
Japanese: Started 24, fully immersed in Japan with no English speaking friends.
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gerry
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Newbie
United States
Joined 5248 days ago

22 posts - 23 votes
Speaks: English*, French, Italian
Studies: Spanish, Latin, German

 
 Message 144 of 204
31 December 2010 at 11:30am | IP Logged 
Age: 23

English: Native
French: Advanced, started when I was 14 but took breaks while learning.
Italian: Intermediate, started a few years back.
German: Beginner, started last year.
Latin: Beginner, started last year as well.


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