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BaronBill
Triglot
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United States
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335 posts - 594 votes 
Speaks: English*, French, German
Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Persian

 
 Message 185 of 204
11 February 2013 at 5:21am | IP Logged 
I'm 37.

English: Native.

French: Being originally from Louisiana, I grew up speaking Creole French ( kind of a mix of 70% French, 10% English, 10% Spanish and 10% made up words). I took text-book (proper) French from Kindergarten all the way through 12th Grade. I have been fluent in Creole since about age 7 and comfortably fluent in proper French since about age 12. I am almost as comfortable in French as I am in English. My accent is noticeably Cajun, but I have no trouble communication with regular French speakers. I don't really LIKE French, which is unfortunate, but it is what it is.

Spanish: As a Restaurant Manager for over 10 years with a lot of Spanish speaking employees, I can speak very decent "kitchen Spanish". Basically, if it can be said in a kitchen/restaurant setting, I can talk about it. My vocab is fairly limited and my grammar is bad, but my colloquialisms are extensive and I can get by (maybe A2).

German: I started it last year as a personal challenge, and was able to get up to a comfortable B2 within a year's time. I absolutely LOVE German and would speak it full time if I could. I go to several German Language meetup groups on a weekly basis and I am at my best when speaking German. I hope to reach C1/C2 someday.
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cwcowellshah
Newbie
United States
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34 posts - 52 votes 
Speaks: English*
Studies: Swedish

 
 Message 186 of 204
11 February 2013 at 10:24pm | IP Logged 
I'm 42.

English: native.

Swedish: started 3 months ago to keep my brain limber, and because I'm mildly embarrassed to
be a monolingual American. I'm probably past A1 and in the the middle of A2 now.

Edited by cwcowellshah on 11 February 2013 at 11:31pm

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Sengo
Diglot
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United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name
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Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2

 
 Message 187 of 204
12 February 2013 at 12:14pm | IP Logged 
I'm 18.

Dutch: Native.

English: I can't remember when I properly started studying English, but I've been exposed to it since the age of 4. I
formally studied it for ten years, and I lived in the U.S. for six months. I think my English is between C1/C2. I
actually don't study it actively anymore, I just maintain it

French: Started studying French when I was 10. Right now I'm doing a course in Paris and I think my French is like a
lower B2.

German: Took six years of German in high school. It's probably a lower B1 right now.
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AlexUnited
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Canada
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Speaks: English*, German*, Swiss-German*, Mandarin
Studies: French

 
 Message 188 of 204
12 February 2013 at 5:27pm | IP Logged 
Age: 21
English: (Native Language) Although born in Switzerland, we speak English at home.
Swiss-German: (Native level) Since I was born until today.
German: (Native level) From about 7 years old to 18 years old at school.
Mandarin: (Basic Fluency) Started when I was 18 and lived in China for 6 months
French: (Intermediate Level) Started at the age of 12 until 16 at school
Spanish: (Advanced beginner) Started 6 months ago on and off...understand quite a lot but can hardly speak it.
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Serpent
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Russian Federation
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Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish

 
 Message 189 of 204
12 February 2013 at 6:35pm | IP Logged 
I'm 22. It was important for me to get started with pretty much everything that interests me before 20. Mum started teaching me basic English already when I was 4, I started learning it at school at 8; I started German at 13, Latin at 14, Finnish at 15 (and passed C1 at 20). Can't be bothered to list them all after that :)
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Carisma
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Senior Member
Argentina
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104 posts - 161 votes 
Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC1
Studies: Italian, Mandarin

 
 Message 190 of 204
12 February 2013 at 11:51pm | IP Logged 
I am 19 and a junior in college. These are my languages:
Spanish (native tongue).
English (my major, and I can speak it quite well).
Mandarin (studying it).
Italian (studying it).
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jdmoncada
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United States
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470 posts - 741 votes 
Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Finnish
Studies: Russian, Japanese

 
 Message 191 of 204
13 February 2013 at 12:49am | IP Logged 
I'm not sure if I have ever replied to this before, but I also didn't search every post of the thread to check. Apologies in advance if this is a repeat.

I am currently 38 years old.

English (American dialect) [native]
Spanish - 14 years
Russian - 17 years
Hungarian - 21 years
Finnish - 22 years
German - 23 years
Japanese - 36 years
French - 37 years

I'm not very good at French or Hungarian, but every once in a while I am surprised about how much I actually know from the other languages. I've been considering starting American Sign Language this year.

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garyb
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ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name
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Speaks: English*, Italian, French
Studies: Spanish

 
 Message 192 of 204
13 February 2013 at 10:39am | IP Logged 
I don't think I've replied to this before... I'm 25. My interest in languages is relatively recent.

English: native. My Scottish accent isn't as strong as it used to be, but people from other countries (even English-speaking ones) do sometimes have trouble understanding me...

French: been studying it for about 3 years, plus another 5 at school; needless to say I've learnt a hell of a lot more in these latter three years than the whole time at school. My level's advanced but not quite fluent, somewhere between B2 and C1.

Italian: been studying it for just over a year. I'm intermediate, working towards B2.


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