My mother tounge is Pilipino but I can speak and undestand English. Im not very good at it but I dont have any difficulties in undestanding this English languange. It would be hard to undestand English of others because thay have different dictions.
Well, that's a great idea... I voted turkish (and I'm the fourth, so I'd like to know who were the three others) because it is my mother tongue. Now I can speak fluently French (je parle trﾃｨs bien le franﾃｧais, vu que c'est ma langue "d'ﾃｩtude"), English (don't I ?!) and Dutch (ja t'is waar, ik spreek ook Nederlands) also. Next year I'll begin studying Japanese.
My mother tongue is Cantonese but I moved to Canada since 7. Surprisingly I can read Chinese newspapers perfectly because I used to sing Chinese Karaoke when I was in HK......that's where I learnt all my Chinese. I am also fluent in English......know a little French.
I hope I can master Japanese as my third fluent language. Gotta start singing Japanese Karaoke !!
Hmm.. when you say "native" language the first thing that pops into my head is the language you think in. In my case that would have to be English but I do think in Arabic sometimes (I'm losing it though).
Although Spanish is coming right next to Arabic right now.
ah...my main language is malay, and the 2nd is english, 3rd is chinese and the last one is japanese..no duh...but im working on japanese and korean now ( i dunno how to speak korean or japanese, but i understand it from heart. ^_^
Hmm.. when you say "native" language the first thing that pops into my head is the language you think in. In my case that would have to be English but I do think in Arabic sometimes (I'm losing it though).
Although Spanish is coming right next to Arabic right now.
heh, i think in japanses... but i can barely speek a word of it ^^;
my laguage skills are limited to say the least... i mean, i manages A's in english... but only cos i know how to give examners what they want... (i hadn't even read the book the exam was on!)
i stank with french, but had no passion for it...
japanese i'm strugglein to teach myself with... having one person to check up against, and even the i don't know if she's right.
i know a little cntonese (tho i refuse to speek it to anoyone other than the one who taught it me, and people who don;t know it, as last time i said something to a friend from HK, he looked at me like i was from another plannet ^^; *ie, pap prenounciation*)
Naturally, there is no need to have exceptional literary abilities when I say "speak a language at native level". Being able to express yourself fluently, read books, watch TV, etc. in that language without difficulty and without thinking or translating from another language is enough.
First, I indicated only Dutch, my mother tongue. But when I read this definition I added English and French as well. My French or English isn't perfect, but I think I can express myself pretty fluently in them, and read books or watch TV in them without difficulty. I also speak a little Italian, German and a very little Japanese
my language is Malay, and i'm capable of using many different dialects and accents of it. English is my second now, and i'm studying Japanese and Arabic at the moment, self-study... so i don't don't when will i master them. i'd like to learn Euro languages such as French, Spanish, Italian etc.... maybe in the future.
My mother tongue is Indonesian language, English is my second language, and Japanese is my third language. And, i'm mastering Japanese at master degree right now.
So technically Mandarin is my first language, but I moved to the US when I was two, so I "know" English millions of times better than Mandarin. I speak Mandarin well enough, but I can barely read and I canNOT write. =_=
in malaysia our national tongue is bahasa malaysia. which is something like indonesian language. but my mother tongue is english. i can also speak chinese.
in bahasa malaysia, "saya nak pergi ke tandas" translates as i want to go to the toilet
English, supposedly learning French in school, but I hate it so much, I sort of... block my ears off and sleep all class. lol I am going to be learning German someday, and am currently, <somewhat> learning Japanese.
My mother tongue is English, but I live in the Southern United States. The people who live around me have killed the English Language. I can hardily understand what some of my peers are saying.
born and raised american, so English and bad english. Speak enough japanese to get by (married to Nihonjin for 8 years now) and trying to learn Italiano (staioned in Italy currently)
English is my native language, but I love to dabble in several others. I know bits and pieces of random ones. I don't know enough to actually have a conversation, but I can translate a word or two. Japanese is the language I've been trying to teach myself though. I'll be starting a Japanese language class this autumn quarter.
Bahasa Malaysia is my national language...coz i'm from Malaysia...
Chinese is my mother tongue and i think i speak good enough english. ^^;;
I can speak Japanese too...not very fluent though, in my opinion. Have been studying the language for two years only.