Languages of NSG

[Valentine Z]

Mother Tongue / Native Language: Burmese.

Second / Most Fluent Language: English. I know a mix of US and UK English, and the colloquial Singlish.

Learning and trying out: German and Dutch! ^^

Knows some words (not capable of understanding conversations, but I can navigate through a computer which is in ): Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Czech, Polish, Norwegian, Danish, Hungarian.

I can count from 1-99 in Chinese.

This time, using a proper scale! I am using ILR scale, alongside CEFR, so yeah.

English: Level 5 / C2. Standard US English, UK English, Singaporean English (both formal and colloquial Singlish).
Burmese, ironically my native: Level 3.5 - 4 / B2 - C1

German and Dutch: Level 1, A1 / very low A2 at best.

The rest of the languages are Level 0 / A1, or I just know sparse amounts here and there: Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Czech, Polish, Croatian, Norwegian, Danish, Hungarian. I certainly can't speak or make conversations with them, but I can definitely navigate around on a computer if it is set in that language!

I know a small tiny bit of Chinese, which constitutes as a low Level 0 / A1, I suppose. Out of the 13+ years in Singapore, I have only learned basic phrases, and counting from 1-99.



Some basic errors might be made, despite me saying I'm a Lvl 4.

[Sildorian Empire]

English: For the most part, I'm fluent enough.
Farsi: My native language. I'm most fluent in this one. I can, in addition, understand spoken Gilaki (though I can't speak it), and can communicate in Urdu even though I don't know much in it.
Arabic: I remember what I remember from High School... which isn't much, admittedly.
I'm also trying to (and failing in the process) learn German.

[Rio Cana]

What languages do you speak? Are you fluent in some and beginner in others? What languages do you wish to learn? How did you learn the languages you know?

As for myself, this is my linguistic knowledge.

English: Fluent

Vietnamese: My parents are Vietnamese and used to speak it to me as a little child, but when I started going to school I had trouble in class because my English wasn't up to par so my parents decided to speak to me in English only from then on. The end result is that my English became great while my Vietnamese greatly deteriorated.

[b]Spanish[/b]: I took Spanish for two years when I was in high school. Frankly, the language sounded kind of ugly to me so I never cared to keep learning.

Japanese: I have taken four semesters of Japanese in university. It's an interesting and beautiful language, but very hard.

Concerning the blue part above, that was kind of insulting. It must have been that your teacher was either lacking in Spanish and or they they were speaking Spanish the way they do in Spain. The way they pronounce some of the words with that "th" sound in Spain tends to sound strange.

Even some of the Japanese love the language. Just see for yourself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn5mH_YGJSg

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Asturian: fluent, it’s my first language and the language of the province I grew up in.

Spanish: fluent as I grew up speaking it too.

French: fluent, instructed in it at an early age.

English: fluent, I was required to learn it at an early age because of my dad’s nationality.

Catalan: fluent but learned later in life.

Gallego: fluent but learned later in life.

I have passing knowledge of Romanian, and can understand both Italian and Portuguese to a large degree (although I do not speak either language). Mild understanding of Japanese. Mild understanding of Hindi. I’m also currently learning Gaelic.

You listed Gallego and I thought, "Yes, she did have to learn to speak to Gallo ..."

Heh.

[Antibuda]

English: not great even thought it's my first language
Russian: I'm just beginning to learn it, so no too good yet.
Spanish: Despite my teacher's best efforts, all I remember is "hola" and "zanahoria", which I don't even remember the meaning of.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

English: not great even thought it's my first language
Russian: I'm just beginning to learn it, so no too good yet.
Spanish: Despite my teacher's best efforts, all I remember is "hola" and "zanahoria", which I don't even remember the meaning of.

Carrot.

[Heloin]

English: not great even thought it's my first language
Russian: I'm just beginning to learn it, so no too good yet.
Spanish: Despite my teacher's best efforts, all I remember is "hola" and "zanahoria", which I don't even remember the meaning of.

Carrot.

No hablo carrot.

[Kowani]

Carrot.

No hablo carrot.

Debe aprender.

[Vistulange]

Turkish: Born in Turkey to Turkish parents, native language.

English: Raised in Canada, without much Turkish interaction, practically a native language.

German: Beginner level ability to read, write, and speak. This one's from my first major, the one I eventually dropped. Still improving, albeit very slowly.

Hebrew: Beginner level ability to read, write, and speak. This one's ongoing, and getting better and better with time. Probably going to be intermediate-level in about a year or so, if I can keep practicing.

Kurdish: Eh, I wouldn't put this here, but it's more than "I can recognise it", so yeah. A few phrases here and there.

There are a number of other languages I can recognise and know simply words from, but I'm not listing those.

[Ko-oren]

Dutch: Native

English: Fluent

French, German, Japanese, Afrikaans (sort of): I can understand and speak enough for daily conversations

[Vivolkha]

:o Concerning the blue part above, that was kind of insulting. It must have been that your teacher was either lacking in Spanish and or they they were speaking Spanish the way they do in Spain. The way they pronounce some of the words with that "th" sound in Spain tends to sound strange.

Even some of the Japanese love the language. Just see for yourself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn5mH_YGJSg

Sorry, what?

Well, just like Spanish in Latin America sounds somewhat strange to us I guess, but that doesn't make it worse. Generally speaking, standard Spanish from Spain (because of course there are different dialects with different pronunciations) is just more conservative phonologically and grammatically (which also means that the spelling of words is more consistent with their pronunciation).

Side note, I find it amusing that Spanish from Equatorial Guinea is closer to standard than the dialects from Andalusia.

[Okeska]

English is the only language I can speak and understand.

I'm learning Finnish, but I just started so I barely know anything.

I know a few words in Japanese, but that is about it

[The Anime Tiddies]

Mother tongue: French, sometimes my level deteriorates, but since I still need to speak French on my day to day life, my speaking stays strong

Fluent in: English (have been learning it at school since the age of 7), for the most part, I master this language, though sometimes I make up sentences assuming they make sense

I used to have a decent level in Spanish but PTSD happened and it's pretty much all gone

If I were to learn a new language, it would be an Eastern European one, like Finnish or Russian

[Trollzyn the Infinite]

Fluent in English.

I know some French, Greek, German, Latin, Russian, Italian, and Spanish words and even a handful of phrases here and there but not enough to hold a conversation.

Tried to learn Russian once but Jesus it's hard. Was supposed to take Spanish classes at some point but never did because I didn't want to. Ironically, I now work with a lot of Puerto Ricans. Go figure.

I'd like to learn Russian and Italian at some point. Might try to learn a few others if I can knock those two out. French, maybe?

[Sapporo Hyperspace Riftgate Laboratory]

Indonesian - Native tongue
Japanese - Second language
English - Third language

How did you end up with that combination and order?

I was born in Indonesia, moved to Japan, and English? Yeah, you know why.

[Stellar Colonies]

English is my native and only fluent language, although I am able to speak and write in pathetically bad German, sometimes.

Listening is mostly hopeless, too quick.

When I'm done with school this year, I'm planning to dive back into learning it from the beginning.

I do know a couple of words in various languages (Bonjour, Da, Nyet, etc.) but they don't really count.

[Kubra]

Fluent in: English (have been learning it at school since the age of 7), for the most part, I master this language, though sometimes I make up sentences assuming they make sense

English is the art of making it up as you go

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Carrot.

No hablo carrot.

You should, being a rabbit and all.

[Heloin]

No hablo carrot.

You should, being a rabbit and all.

I'd rather not understand the screams when I'm eating lunch.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

You should, being a rabbit and all.

I'd rather not understand the screams when I'm eating lunch.

Just wear headphones.

I need to retake my Hindi studies, it’s just that it’s hard not to fall into using Hinglish instead.

[Pax Nerdvana]

I'm fluent in English, I speak some German, although I'm rusty and not at all fluent. I should practice it again. I also know about six words of Spanish.

Wie geht es ihnen? Kannst du mich verstehen?

I understood most of that. I think your post translates to "How are you (unknown)? Do you understand me?"

[Bombadil]

I started learning High Valyrian on Duolingo for absolutely no reason at all - the idea was I might be in a kidnap situation and discover one other of us can also speak High Valyrian and so we formulate an escape plan and save the day.

I can think of no other reason to learn it.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I started learning High Valyrian on Duolingo for absolutely no reason at all - the idea was I might be in a kidnap situation and discover one other of us can also speak High Valyrian and so we formulate an escape plan and save the day.

I can think of no other reason to learn it.

Add some Dothraki to the mix, dear Khal. For the Mother of Dragons shall return!

[The Sladerstan]

I started learning High Valyrian on Duolingo for absolutely no reason at all - the idea was I might be in a kidnap situation and discover one other of us can also speak High Valyrian and so we formulate an escape plan and save the day.

I can think of no other reason to learn it.

Basically me with every language... Literally the only language that will ever be useful is Spanish, yet I don't want to learn Spanish.

I learned some German, though. It may be useful.

[Soled]

I speak Norwegian as my mother tongue and obviously also know English, which I speak pretty well. My lack of any discernible accent in English is the only thing that makes me not seem like a native speaker.
Learnt German in middle school, but I haven't bothered retaining anything and it was mostly boring grammar and reading. I've indulged myself in studying Japanese for the last 6-ish months, but I can't think of any real-life use for it apart from entertainment and that cute Japanese girl in school