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| Iolanthe Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5641 days ago 410 posts - 482 votes  Speaks: English*, DutchC1 Studies: Turkish, French | Message 17 of 61 31 May 2014 at 4:29pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Well, I was living in the Netherlands the whole time so it was partially immersion, partially self study and also some formal study at a university. I will add that my passive listening skills were at B2 level after about 2 years so that went a lot quicker. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| tastyonions Triglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/UIdChYRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4665 days ago 1044 posts - 1823 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 18 of 61 31 May 2014 at 4:37pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Started learning for real at 27 years old (French). Not counting the Spanish classes in high school.
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| embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4610 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek | Message 19 of 61 31 May 2014 at 4:56pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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When I was five my best friend lived next door to me. Her mother was American and her
father, Ecuadorian. I remember him teaching us how to count in Spanish. But, since there was little follow-up for many years, I guess it doesn't count. :) I won't count French because I don't consider it a foreign language. The first foreign language I studied was probably Italian which I studied in high school at age 18. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6105 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 20 of 61 31 May 2014 at 5:53pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Well, my poor old brain cells were 48 years old when I introduced them to the wonderful world of Polish. Four years later and they've just about got over the shock.
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| EnglishEagle Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4575 days ago 140 posts - 157 votes Studies: English*, German | Message 21 of 61 31 May 2014 at 6:07pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Polish is very interesting, quite a few people I know speak it as a native language. I tried to teach it to myself when I was about 9 or 10 but I gave up as it was too hard for my brain to comprehend at a young age. I do know a few sentences in Polish and basic pleasantries. How's your learning going? Edited by EnglishEagle on 31 May 2014 at 6:09pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6597 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 22 of 61 31 May 2014 at 6:35pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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English at 4, proper classes at 8.
German at 13, Latin at 14. Finnish at 15 (my first self-taught language). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6105 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish | Message 23 of 61 31 May 2014 at 6:44pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
It's going well (I think! - I have virtually no previous language learning experience to compare it with). I've had to be more persistent that I initially thought, but the rewards have been great. And as you say, there are a lot of opportunities to speak it in the UK, which is another source of motivation. Edited by Mooby on 31 May 2014 at 6:45pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| EnglishEagle Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4575 days ago 140 posts - 157 votes Studies: English*, German | Message 24 of 61 31 May 2014 at 7:05pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Indeed, I am from the UK too and my parents have a few Polish friends as well so if I decide to learn Polish in the future I'll be able to have lots of practise :D 1 person has voted this message useful |
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