Obvioulsy there are alot of people around the world that vist this website, and I am suprised at how well some people write English here when I find it is not their first language, often better than many for whom it was. So what was the first language you learned, and if it wasn't English, how hard was it to learn English?
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What is your native language?
| English | 47% | 47% - 73 | ||||
| Spanish | 3% | 3% - 6 | ||||
| German | 10% | 10% - 16 | ||||
| French | 2% | 2% - 4 | ||||
| Russian | 2% | 2% - 4 | ||||
| Chinese | 0% | 0% - 1 | ||||
| Japanese | 0% | 0% - 0 | ||||
| Dutch | 9% | 9% - 15 | ||||
| Swedish | 2% | 2% - 4 | ||||
| Other | 20% | 20% - 31 | ||||
| Total: 154 | ||||||
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English. Learning Spanish, and I actually like it.
Dutch as I am living in the Flemish part of Belgium
Belgium has 3 official languages: Dutch, French and German.
English is often chosen as second or third language in school. It's an international language necessary for doing business. The Flemish region of Belgium only has about 6 million inhabitants. Add to that other regions/countries that speak Dutch (or similar, like the Netherlands, South Africa,...) you still have a very limited population you can do business with
Besides we're a kind of people that you'll find all over the world, explorers in whatever sense of the word
Belgium has 3 official languages: Dutch, French and German.
English is often chosen as second or third language in school. It's an international language necessary for doing business. The Flemish region of Belgium only has about 6 million inhabitants. Add to that other regions/countries that speak Dutch (or similar, like the Netherlands, South Africa,...) you still have a very limited population you can do business with
Besides we're a kind of people that you'll find all over the world, explorers in whatever sense of the word
There are a few people from here who I talk to on XFire and MSN somewhat often...and if they hadn't told me that English wasn't their first language, I never would've known. It's pretty impressive how many people not only speak English, but speak it well.
chinese
Georgian
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Yeah alot of them can speak better than us,thats why you never expect them to say"English isn't my first language".ThomasMorgan wrote:
There are a few people from here who I talk to on XFire and MSN somewhat often...and if they hadn't told me that English wasn't their first language, I never would've known. It's pretty impressive how many people not only speak English, but speak it well.
Probally cause they don't abbreviate(sp) words or use slang words.
German.
Learned english in school and from books, music and movies.
I understand a lot, but my abililty to express myself in
english is limited. I wish we had no synchronisation for movies, like
some other european countrys, so my english would be much better.
Learned english in school and from books, music and movies.
I understand a lot, but my abililty to express myself in
english is limited. I wish we had no synchronisation for movies, like
some other european countrys, so my english would be much better.
Where the hell is Finnish??
My native laguage is Finnish, just like over 90% Finnish people.
My native laguage is Finnish, just like over 90% Finnish people.
Igpay Atinlay (Pig Latin)
Russian
Was born and raised in Ukraine. I learned English when came to Canada. Still understand Ukrainian can read it to but can't speak, luck of practice. English was a second language for me when I was in school, but as some of you know once you leave classroom you forget all about it.
Was born and raised in Ukraine. I learned English when came to Canada. Still understand Ukrainian can read it to but can't speak, luck of practice. English was a second language for me when I was in school, but as some of you know once you leave classroom you forget all about it.
french
I'm learning Dutch (as far as I live in Holland), English and Spanish ....
I wanna learn Japanese later ....
I'm learning Dutch (as far as I live in Holland), English and Spanish ....
I wanna learn Japanese later ....
English - I've attempted to learn other languages but failed miserably.
I've recently visited Sweden, where there english was amazing - After going in to a shop to buy cigarettes and was there for half an hour chatting with the shop keeper. I did feel really bad afterwards.
I've recently visited Sweden, where there english was amazing - After going in to a shop to buy cigarettes and was there for half an hour chatting with the shop keeper. I did feel really bad afterwards.
I know three languages. English, Bad English (Engrish) and Advanced L33t 5p34k ( |_33+ 5[]D34|< )
French and I speak English, Italian, Spanish and I learnt Flemish at school but I can hardly talk.
My native language is Danish!!
Learned english in school and also by watching tv shows and movies.
In my job I have to travel to different places in the world so it is necessary for me to talk english!!
Learned english in school and also by watching tv shows and movies.
In my job I have to travel to different places in the world so it is necessary for me to talk english!!
Russian .
Yeah! This thread failed!Jussimies wrote:
Where the hell is Finnish??
My native laguage is Finnish, just like over 90% Finnish people.
Seriously, we're a minority here, and you can't include every language in a poll, BUT WHY THE HELL IS SWEDISH THERE?!?!?!?!111ONEONEQUESTIONMARKx7SEVEN
Off topic:
I speak finnish
Oh yes, and I obviously speak english too, like everyone else on these forums.
I can also understand well and talk some swedish and german.
Hmm... reading the first post I might also tell how I learned english
I kind of absorbed it from games/tv and stuff like that. School taught me grammar but you can't really learn a language well if you don't use it.
I could easily get my swedish and german fluent if I used them as much as I use english.
Just not up for spending a few years abroad as an exchange student...
Last edited by Gawwad (2006-10-02 07:27:26)
Italian.
I speak english and used to speak German VERY well, but I should go to Germany or Austria to refresh my knowledge.
And btw, English is a super-easy language to learn, compared to nordic or slavic languages.
I speak english and used to speak German VERY well, but I should go to Germany or Austria to refresh my knowledge.
And btw, English is a super-easy language to learn, compared to nordic or slavic languages.
Swedish, (Even though I live in Finland i belong to a minority that has Swedish as their native tongue called finlandsvenskar, suomenruotsalaisia (thank you DeathUnlimited )) (finnishsweeds freely translated)
I also speak Finnish, English and German
I also speak Finnish, English and German
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klik klik klik leee oooo lou kloo
seriously though, one of my friends was kenyan, she could do that shit, it was great when we were drunk and she started cussing and people with the clicks and grunts
there are about 5 pretty common languages down there, I can't remember which one clicked
seriously though, one of my friends was kenyan, she could do that shit, it was great when we were drunk and she started cussing and people with the clicks and grunts
there are about 5 pretty common languages down there, I can't remember which one clicked
Last edited by kr@cker (2006-10-02 07:21:19)
ROFL!!!!!!!!!kr@cker wrote:
klik klik klik leee oooo lou kloo
seriously though, one of my friends was kenyan, she could do that shit, it was great when we were drunk and she started cussing and people with the clicks and grunts
there are about 5 pretty common languages down there, I can't remember which one clicked
anyway, mine is Cajun.... err.. French? Cajun.
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English.
