Is English your first language?

[Ninjaniksel]

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]

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.

[TheGentleArtist]

Yup, it is.

[Iris-Grimoire]

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]

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]

but it's really hard to learn when you don't have the opportunity to immerse yourself.

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]

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

[nagyverse]

Arabic is my first language and English is my second.

[YS_og]

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

[dominioncomix]

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!

[liseeclaire]

Yes and no Bilingual, although my native language isn't English.

[Legendofgenii]

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.

[lomcia]

Nope. My first language is Polish

[AwesomeSoFar]

definitely not my first language but it's always been an easy second language

[Crimson_B]

Thank you so much for your in depth reply! Much appreciated. Yes, for now I'm trying to properly learn my countries' second language that I never paid much attention to in school. I know a few odd words in Hangul and Japanese as well due to the shows I watch so I'm hoping to tackle those languages next. All the best to you though. Knowing so many languages, even on a basic level, is quite the achievement.

[rambog]

English is my second language, my native one is portuguese, from Brazil. Actually, when I planned to publish my novel at tapas I was wondering just about that. I was asking myself if it was worth to publish my chapters both in english and portuguese, trying to reach a higher public. I end up doing this, but I still don't know how efficient this can be.

[summermcallen]

english is my second language. i learned four languages

[KhanSpring]

1. My native language is Bulgarian
2. The first foreign language I studied was English
3. The second foreign language I studied was Russian, but I feel like I have forgotten too much of it and I need to start practicing it again.

[Kirieslawa]

English is my second language the first one is Polish

[Kelheor]

My native language is Russian, English is my first foreign language. I also learned French at school, so I still remember some grammar and vocab, but it's barely anything there. Got my bachelor degree in China and trying not to forget Chinese since 2013. Learning Japanese right now, because dear god I know so much of it thanks to watching anime, it's time to become better xD I would also like to win a battle of learning German, but so far German is winning

@KhanSpring you can use me