Hablo español de forma nativa. I can read, write and understand by ear English, but I refuse to speak it because the pronunciation rules of English are shit.
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Or are they shite? You're right we're fucked.
Native German, fluent English, full working proficiency in Norwegian, (understand Swedish and Danish as a direct consequence), somewhat proficient in Dutch and French, and my Chinese is enough to get by. Couldn't hold a longer conversation though.
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Us paraprau ite te reo Tahiti.
Native English speaker. I learned some French in school and enough Japanese to get through a judo match. I struggle to retain other languages. Everywhere I go everyone speaks English and it's hard to justify learning a new one even everyone in a 1000 mile radius speaks English.
I mean. im not so good at english as a native speaker. near the end of college my friend and I traded transcripts and his comment was. you get pretty good grades. oh except in spanish. when I had classes that were straight up english classes I similarly did not do well.
straylian, and that's about it
Swedish and English.
I know a few phrases in Spannish as well.
I speak English, I studied Latin but have not kept up, and I know a tiny bit of Japanese and French.
Yo Greek (native), English and some German (B1 level). (Might learn Spanish or Portuguese too :) )
Fluent in English.
Español es mi primer idioma.
日本語は少しだけ話せます。漢字のお陰で、読むの事はまだ難しいと思ます。
At least I know the two Kanji and it's spelling nihongo to know it's japanese. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
I’ve mostly got English and Japanese. English is pretty hard. I’m just a turtle.
英語と日本語が話せる。日本語は簡単だ。亀だけです。
हिन्दी(Hindi) and Shitty English.
Was learning spanish but dropped it.
English Spanish Portuguese
I want to learn Russian and Chinese
Only truly fluent in English.
Tetapi aku bisa bicara bahasa Indonesia. Ada komunitas bahasa indonesia dalam lemmy? Aku tidak bisa cari apa-apa.
J'ai etudié francais a l'université, mais maintenant j'ai oublié beaucoup.
I speak a little Chinese, but am fully illiterate in it.
انا بتهكي عربي شواي
Estonian, English and a couple of the simplest words in Russian.
I am a native Tigrigna speaker, fluent in English, conversational in Dutch and Tigre. I have learned Arabic and Chinese but I don't speak it very well.
Native Brazilian Portuguese speaker, speaking English fluently, also speak Spanish with some moderate success and Japanese with a bit less.
Mon français n'est pas mauvais, und mein Deutsch ist ziemlich schlecht.
Je ne sais pas si mon allemand avait un sens.
Also English lol.
Spanish as my native language, English, intermediate Portuguese and currently learning French.
Polish (my native language) and english (duh). I also want to learn lojban for fun, but I keep procrastinating