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sorible
Jun '21

Korean is my first language and so when we moved states and I went to school, I learned English from books, games, other people, etc. It was a lot easier for me to pick it up because I was younger. Even living in America for so long, I still mispronounce words like "pomegranate" and "latte".

Sometimes I go back into my korean accent again without realizing it which sometimes makes others(strangers) think I'm bad at English. I remember giving a presentation in an online class and I'm pretty sure everyone was super confused.

NickRowler
Jun '21

My first language is English but I have dyslexia, so I am not the best at it.

I do also know some Japanese and German but not enough to hold a conversation.

GGOkumura
Jun '21

English is my second language. Spanish is my primary language.

Crusoe
Jun '21

Nope, it's my second, my first is my native language Dutch!

GGY
Jun '21

Languages with me have always been an uphill battle. English is my first language and the only language I can speak well. I learned Spanish in uni but have forgotten most of it XD

I can read and write French and a bit of hiragana but I can't speak Japanese and I can't speak French for the life of me and I grew up learning French for most of my life XD

I also have Ghaninan parents who speak Twi fluently and I can only understand it lol. I'm much better at understanding languages than speaking them myself cause I grew up in such a diverse place : )

maseba
Jun '21

No, in fact my level of English is low, but even so, I speak two maternal languages: Spanish and Catalan.

starless
Jun '21

My first language is Korean and English is my second one. I went to a college in the USA. I don't speak Chinese and Japanese though I can read and write a bit of them since I learned Chinese alphabets when I was a kid.

Ninjaniksel
Jun '21

No, my first language is Dutch. I've been mostly self-taught in English until I was 11 and learned it in school but never consumed much English media online until a few years ago. I've only been writing in English for about a year and a half now.

Caro
Jun '21

English was my second language. Spanish is my first, French is my 3rd but i’m only comfy reading so I’m not 100% fluent. And I’ve been learning Japanese for the past year n a half.

Iris-Grimoire
Jun '21

Nope, my first language is (Brazilian) Portuguese! I'm very fluent in english though, because I used the internet as my socialization space during school, and the more I learned there the more I could understand my friends. Now, if I could direct that drive into spanish...

Kaydreamer
Jun '21

English is my first language. I don't have a second, which is pretty common among English speakers, especially in Australia where you don't share borders with any non-English speaking countries. It's a shame, because knowing more than one language has enormous mental benefits, but it's really hard to learn when you don't have the opportunity to immerse yourself.

I'd love to live in a non-English speaking country for a couple of years, so I could pick up another language. I always fancied the idea of Japan, since I know a tiny bit, and Japanese is quite easy to learn. But I never got around to it, and I'm no longer in a stage of my life where it's particularly realistic. Maybe it's something I could do much later on, though!

Scarlet_Cryptid
Jun '21

THIS. The closest I ever came to immersion learning was the semester I spent in Italy in 2004. (I was an art major studying Renaissance and Medieval art history. Absolute score of a semester.) They taught us Italian in the classroom, and we had to use it on the streets in the town we were living in. I still remember a handful of phrases and words that got a lot of use. By the time we left, after being there almost four months, I was on the cusp of being somewhat conversational. I think if I'd been there another month, it would have clicked.

And then I came home to America, and knew absolutely zero people who spoke Italian, other than my college roommate (who was on the same trip), and she wasn't fluent either. And, like, why would we talk to each other in our limited Italian when we were both native English speakers? So yeah... it's been around 17 years since then. I know fragments of it are still in my head, but to say I'm rusty would be a gross understatement.

KUUPID
Jun '21

Nope, my first language is Korean ^^ Which is ironic since I was born in the States but, eh.

YS_og
Jun '21

Yes. 1st - English, 2nd - Japanese, language of my household, 3rd - Spanish, but egh I completely lost whatever fluency I had years ago :\

dominioncomix
Jun '21

Nope! My native tongue is Italian. But i learned english when i was little, and use it every day, so i like to think i’m pretty good at it!

Legendofgenii
Jun '21

English is my first language (Northern English and Southern English lol). I was taught French and German at school, but only really remember/understand German. :sweat_smile: