What is your mother tongue ?

koko

先輩

31 Jan 2006

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• 20 Mar 2006

• #276

1.Bahasa Malaysia
2.English
3.Curses in chinese
4.Broken Japanese

 

sl0thmachin3

iron monkey

23 Mar 2006

87

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• 23 Mar 2006

• #277

My mother tongue is Filipino. English is a second language for me. I could read write and speak fluently with it. Nihonggo could be my third if I practice a bit more.

 

scieck

先輩

1 Feb 2006

47

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• 24 Mar 2006

• #278

My mother tongue is Italian,
i am currently learning Nihongo, and i can speak fluent English and Spanish, i can easily understand and speak the basic of Portuguese.
Problem with languages is that if you don't keep practicing you soon forget them, for instance even though my first language is Italian i am really rusty when it comes to speak it, when i think up for a word in Italian it comes first in English.
Also it is very hard to switch from one to the other, in example, if i am speaking with Spanish friends, and then suddenly i need to say something to my girlfriend (she is bilingual, Japanese + English) i speak to her straight in Spanish, and often i receive back a surprised look and than is when i realize i have spoke Spanish to her.
Does anyone else finds hard, sometime, to switch between the languages they can speak ?

 

tenderkisses

後輩

16 Mar 2006

3

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• 24 Mar 2006

• #279

my native tongue is english but i'm learning to speak japanese. much harder than i thought . getting better though

 

happyblinker

Miyavi?

23 Mar 2006

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• 24 Mar 2006

• #280

Cantonese... my first language I speak it at home and to my friends who speak cantonese to me. But I speak so much more English...

 

anjusan

先輩

6 Nov 2005

152

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• 25 Mar 2006

• #281

English is my native tongue... but my grandmother taught me a little Welsh...

 

Shikei

後輩

27 Mar 2006

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• 27 Mar 2006

• #282

My mothertongue is supposed to be Irish, its still the official language of my country, but unfortunately its not widely spoken anymore ._. I took up French when I was 11 and Im now much better at speaking that than I am Irish, and of course English is what I was brought up speaking ^^;

 

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yamakawa

Registered

22 Nov 2005

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• 31 Mar 2006

• #283

I`m Japanese and speak Japanese. I want to be able to speak Hindi and Chinese.I`m fascinated in India and China.I`m fascinated in these two countries.I traveled(and was troubled and helped) in India 3months.I also interested in 窶慊ｹﾂ（taoﾂ）.but,I`m not good at studying languages.although I'm studying English for more than 6years,but not hundle very well.

 

Kyoko_desu

先輩

1 Apr 2006

702

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• 1 Apr 2006

• #284

Japanese, some Enlglish, and a little Tagalog

My native language is Japanese and I can understand and speak some English. Recently, I started studying Tagalog because some Phillipino guys joined the company I work at. They are so jolly and nice!

 

Rasputina

後輩

16 Jan 2006

41

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• 4 Apr 2006

• #285

odpowiedź ^_^

My mother tongue is POLISH.
Fluent ENGLISH in 95%.
NIHONGO beginner.
Broken Russian.
Broken German.

any Polish in here (or speaking polish)?

 

Kyoko_desu

先輩

1 Apr 2006

702

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• 4 Apr 2006

• #286

I'm not Polish but...

Oh I know some Polish words/expressions such as "Kocham cie." "Tak" and "Nie". I tried to learn Polish a couple of years ago but gave up quickly. They have too many consonants!!! >.<; Oh well, visiting Poland is one of my dreams, hehehe.
:sorry: (If this post is off the topic, I'm sorry.):sorry:

 

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osias

先輩

4 Apr 2006

260

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• 8 Apr 2006

• #287

good in Japanese and English, (but also feel fluent in neither) .
Advanced in Chinese.

 

Honey Vanity

後輩

29 Jan 2006

1,462

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• 9 Apr 2006

• #288

English unfortunately.. But Ive taken quite a number of language classes. Several years of both Latin and French and now Im studying Japanese as my major so ....

 

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CoolBlue

Yen82

9 Apr 2006

3

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• 11 Apr 2006

• #289

Tempting to learn something

Hi!
Mother Tongue : Cantonese (Because my parents' nation of HK)
Fluent in English & Mandarin.
70% of Malay (Hanging around with Malay's friend which make me getting pro nowaday )
40% of Japanese (Currently work in a Jpn Co. which allow me to communicate with lots of Japanese colleagues who station @ Kyushu, Atsugi, Tokyo, Yamagata, & other countries across the globe)
I feel that my Japanese's writting skill is stronger.
As speaking broken Japanese to Japanese which make me feel....erm.... you know....
I will brush up & keep it up.
Korean - Understand for simple greetings from Korean Colleagues, after resume back from Seoul for a business trip last year November.
Tempting to learn Furansu Languages recently.
May sign up a part-time course beside of Japanese.

 

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AngkorianKnight

bronze squire

29 May 2005

54

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• 11 Apr 2006

• #290

I'm generally an English speaker, but my English still need work (in writing because of fallacies and grammar, grrr). My speak Khmer (Cambodian) and Japanese, like at the fifth grade level. I'll expand more on Khmer and Japanese after college and also take up German, Russian, Spanish, French, Korean, and Thai.

 

The_Nameless

MYV rocks

9 Apr 2006

16

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• 11 Apr 2006

• #291

Spanish!

 

Ebu Huzeyfe

Noone is perfect!

11 Apr 2006

49

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• 11 Apr 2006

• #292

My mother tongue is Turkish, but, I speak English, Arabic and French too.

 

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Yumiko33

後輩

21 Apr 2006

6

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• 22 Apr 2006

• #293

My mother tongue is Croatian, but I also speak English, Russian and I little bit German...

 

Lady_Lena

**Reckless Dark Desires**

23 Apr 2006

9

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• 23 Apr 2006

• #294

I know english, some spanish, and some american sign language.

 

Souske

Oldbie

12 Jun 2003

305

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• 23 Apr 2006

• #295

My mother tongue is Tagalog, wari, and English.

 

Anatolian

Türk Er

11 Jun 2005

14

1

• 25 Apr 2006

• #296

Turkish, but am also fluent in English and hoping to learn Japanese which I hear is easy for Turkish speakers.

 

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Asakusa

後輩

26 Apr 2006

4

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• 27 Apr 2006

• #297

Mothertongue Italian.
Fluent Italian (is not so obvious...hahaha)
poor english
poor french
japanese beginner

I tried ti study russian and chinese. I failed ^_^;

 

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Asakusa

後輩

26 Apr 2006

4

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• 27 Apr 2006

• #298

Question

Souske said:

My mother tongue is Tagalog, wari, and English.

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I had to admit my ignorance. What is Tagalog?
and wari???

 

Kei Kusanagi

The Fang of Fenrir

29 Nov 2005

36

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• 28 Apr 2006

• #299

mm hm

Golgo_13 said:

Japanese is the first language I spoke, but now my English is better than my Japanese.

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yep same goes for me

 

Sesshys_servant

Registered

1 May 2006

4

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• 1 May 2006

• #300

I speak English, but I know French, and some Japanese...