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| BaronBill Triglot Senior Member United States HowToLanguages.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4690 days ago 335 posts - 594 votes  Speaks: English*, French, German Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Persian | Message 185 of 204 11 February 2013 at 5:21am | IP Logged |
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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. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| cwcowellshah Newbie United States Joined 4380 days ago 34 posts - 52 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish | Message 186 of 204 11 February 2013 at 10:24pm | IP Logged |
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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 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sengo Diglot Newbie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4352 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 | Message 187 of 204 12 February 2013 at 12:14pm | IP Logged |
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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. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| AlexUnited Trilingual Tetraglot Newbie Canada language-united.com/ Joined 4309 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: English*, German*, Swiss-German*, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 188 of 204 12 February 2013 at 5:27pm | IP Logged |
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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. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6598 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 189 of 204 12 February 2013 at 6:35pm | IP Logged |
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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 Diglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 5623 days ago 104 posts - 161 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC1 Studies: Italian, Mandarin | Message 190 of 204 12 February 2013 at 11:51pm | IP Logged |
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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). 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| jdmoncada Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5035 days ago 470 posts - 741 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Finnish Studies: Russian, Japanese | Message 191 of 204 13 February 2013 at 12:49am | IP Logged |
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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. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5208 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 192 of 204 13 February 2013 at 10:39am | IP Logged |
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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. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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