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| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5206 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes  Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 33 of 61 02 June 2014 at 11:54am | IP Logged |
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I was taught a few French phrases at primary school, but the proper classes started at high school when I was 11 or 12. After school I stopped, and then started self-study at 22. Edited by garyb on 02 June 2014 at 11:54am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Gollum87 Diglot Newbie Yugoslavia Joined 3936 days ago 31 posts - 46 votes Speaks: Serbian*, English Studies: Italian | Message 34 of 61 02 June 2014 at 12:56pm | IP Logged |
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I was 9 when I started learning French, in my primary school... (but the system of learning it, in our school, was kinda bad,.. After all those years of learning it, I am not able to speak.. and now, 7 years passed since I stopped with learning French, so I forgot the most things I knew once..)
I was 11 when I started with English in school, but I had been already used to English thanx to Walt Disney movies).. I was 15 when I started learning Latin (in high school).. and 25 when I started with Italian (on my own)... Edited by Gollum87 on 02 June 2014 at 12:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| yuhakko Tetraglot Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4631 days ago 414 posts - 582 votes Speaks: French*, EnglishB2, EnglishC2, Spanish, Japanese Studies: Korean, Norwegian, Mandarin | Message 35 of 61 02 June 2014 at 1:33pm | IP Logged |
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I was 6 when I first tried Italian (although I had no memory of it, my parents showed
me a paper where I wrote numbers and basic words in Italian) I was 10 when I first started English in Middle school. I was 11 when I started Latin in school as well. I was 12 when I started Spanish in school as well. (although I never really studied it seriously) I was 16 when I first tried learning Japanese but I was 18 when I really started seriously. That was my first language I studied mostly on my own. I was 20 when I started self-studying Korean. I was 22 when I started Mandarin on my own. I was about to be 23 when I started Ainu. I hope I'll be able to restrain myself from starting a new language before my birthday! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Henkkles Triglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4252 days ago 544 posts - 1141 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Swedish Studies: Russian | Message 36 of 61 02 June 2014 at 4:26pm | IP Logged |
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At the age of three when my mother put me in a Swedish speaking immersion-kindergarten. Edited by Henkkles on 02 June 2014 at 4:31pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6908 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 37 of 61 02 June 2014 at 6:34pm | IP Logged |
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I started with English when I was 9-10.
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| VivianJ5 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4261 days ago 81 posts - 133 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 38 of 61 09 June 2014 at 12:22pm | IP Logged |
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I was 12 when I started learning Italian; continued for about 12 years, hope to pick it up again and get fluent one
day... I was 18 when I started learning French at university; only got fluent after marrying a Frenchman, and intense immersion (with mother-in-law's invaluable help!). I was 19 when I started learning Spanish at university; got discouraged due to interference from Italian and French. Hope to pick Spanish up again some day as well. Edited by VivianJ5 on 09 June 2014 at 12:23pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4621 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian | Message 39 of 61 09 June 2014 at 1:46pm | IP Logged |
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I started learning German at 32. I've never believed that adults are any less able to learn than children. If the motivation is there and the learning conditions are good, any human being will be successful at languages.
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| Stolan Senior Member United States Joined 4031 days ago 274 posts - 368 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Thai, Lowland Scots Studies: Arabic (classical), Cantonese | Message 40 of 61 09 June 2014 at 6:49pm | IP Logged |
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Delved into Mandarin on and off since elementary school.
Cantonese was just a few years ago. German has been on and off since High school. I started going mad around 17 when I began comparing things. Edited by Stolan on 09 June 2014 at 6:51pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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