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| dizzycloud Triglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6596 days ago 88 posts - 109 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Turkish | Message 1 of 204 19 September 2008 at 7:48am | IP Logged |
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Something that's fascinated me about the members on this forum is that there are so many polyglots and people who speak a fair few languages..but how do you all have the time to study and learn these languages? At what ages did you learn these languages and how fluent are you in them? How long did they take you? I think it'll be interesting for people to post their languages, the age they started learning and the level they're currently at..
as for myself... English - (Maternal tongue) French - Started at age 12, still learning (I'm 19), semi-fluent Spanish - Started at 18, still learning, intermediate Thanks for your posts in advance :) 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| John Smith Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6040 days ago 396 posts - 542 votes Speaks: English*, Czech*, Spanish Studies: German | Message 2 of 204 19 September 2008 at 8:32am | IP Logged |
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I'm not sure it's safe to post personal information like your age on the internet.
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| ExtraLean Triglot Senior Member France languagelearners.myf Joined 5992 days ago 897 posts - 880 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 3 of 204 19 September 2008 at 9:37am | IP Logged |
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Bah, if someone wants to haxxor your accountsors they will find a way. Regardless of whether you say your age. Though it is probably about time that you changed your online banking password from your date of birth.
Myself: 22 years old English: Native Tongue French: Advanced(ish) been studying it for two years. Italian: did it from the age of 17-19. Was intermediate, now dodgy. Turkish: Going on 2 months, craphouse. Thom. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Russianbear Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6773 days ago 358 posts - 422 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, Ukrainian Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 204 19 September 2008 at 10:09am | IP Logged |
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Russian -(Native language)
Ukrainian -learned from age 8 to age 15 in school, advanced fluency English -started learning at age 10-11, advanced fluency Spanish -started learning at age 26, advanced beginner/lower intermediate 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Tigresuisse Triglot Senior Member SwitzerlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6003 days ago 182 posts - 180 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German Studies: Russian | Message 5 of 204 19 September 2008 at 10:34am | IP Logged |
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I'm 28.
Italian - native German - about C1-C2 I've started studying it at school at the age of 12 and ended up living 1 year in Germany at the age of 19 and then I graduated as translator with German and English. English - B2-C1 I've started it at 14 at school and "finished" at the university, I've been in the US and UK to practice and study. Japanese - basic knolwdge. Started it at the university (age 23). French - B1-B2 started at the age of 9 at school. Marta 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| zenmonkey Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6550 days ago 803 posts - 1119 votes 1 sounds Speaks: EnglishC2*, Spanish*, French, German Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew | Message 6 of 204 19 September 2008 at 3:21pm | IP Logged |
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40+
My parent speak French, Spanish, English, Portuguese, Yiddish and some Chinese, etc.. None of my brothers speak less than 3 languages. Born in France, left at 1. (Mutt child) Spanish Native language (Mexico until the age of 12) English at 12 - fluent (now my first language, accentless) French at 22 - fluent (lived in France for 17 years, children speak French first) German - living in Munich - dodgy to awful. Working on it, started a year ago. Chinese - awful, started 12 years ago, dropped it, and began again 6 months ago. Italian - basic knowledge, but strong understanding. Just picked it up from travel and friends. Edited by zenmonkey on 19 September 2008 at 3:24pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Javisst Newbie United States Joined 6299 days ago 35 posts - 34 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Italian, Swedish | Message 7 of 204 19 September 2008 at 9:52pm | IP Logged |
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I'm 27.
Italian - Advanced beginner to low intermediate, started March of last year. French - Intermediate, started October of last year. Latin & Swedish - Studied a bit starting last year and I'm a beginner in both. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dutos Newbie Argentina Joined 5911 days ago 35 posts - 35 votes Speaks: English* | Message 8 of 204 20 September 2008 at 12:01am | IP Logged |
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I'm in my early 30s. I grew up in a mono-lingual, but I always had a "thing" for foreign languages since I was a kid.
English - native Portuguese - Very Strong. I don't throw around the "fluent" tag lightly because to me, that means native or someone *who can pass as a native*. French - started young, but lost most of it due to lack of practice. Don't know if I'll ever pick it back up again. Spanish - pretty decent due to Portuguese, but it sounds more like Portanhol. The next language-- probably Russian. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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