ThaHoward Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Hope I'm allowed to do this, too. ^_^ Native Language: English Other spoken languages: none, but learning Spanish and want to learn one (or both) of the Norwegian languages Home country: Canada Country of residence: USA (but want to live in Europe, preferably somewhere in Scandinavia ;) ) Parents' home country?: Canada, but ancestors are from England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and (I think) Norway No you are not allowed! ^_^ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
minnie Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Native Language: FrenchOther spoken languages: English, Spanish and a little (very little) Italian, Arabic and Hebrew.Home country: Canada (Quebec)Country of residence: UAEParents' home country?: Cameroon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sound_the_bugle Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Native Language: US English Other spoken languages: German, more or less fluently Home country: USA Country of residence: USA Parents' home country?: um... USA. Mom is half German, half Lithuanian, Dad's a mutt. Looking at this, I realize how sad it is that I hate stereotypical Americans and often complain about American-ness. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K!m Posted May 15, 2013 Share Posted May 15, 2013 Native Language: Filipino Other spoken languages: English (I'm actually more fluent in English) Home country: Philippines Country of residence: Philippines still. (I think I want to migrate, to be honest.) Parents' home country?: Mom's from here, Dad's from China (Hong Kong actually, but now it's part of China.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EdenRose Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Native Language: French Other spoken languages: English, German, e un poco italiano Home country: France Country of residence: Germany Parents' home country?: France Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Salyiha Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Native Language: German Other spoken languages: English fluently, a tiny bit French Home country: East Germany (doesn't exist anymore XD) Country of residence: Germany Parents' home country?: Germany (wow, I sound really boring if put like that XD) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NinjaRobot Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Native Language: EnglishOther spoken languages: Bad German, due to German relatives and learning it in high school.Home country: AustraliaCountry of residence: Australia, I've lived in the same house my whole life.Parents' home country: Both are Aussies, but my dad's parents moved here from Germany, and he and his brother spoke German around the house, but stopped speaking it due to being teased or thinking it was lame or something, so he doesn't remember it anymore. Which is really sad, because I would have loved to grow up being bilingual! D: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adrian0015 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Native Language: CzechOther spoken languages: English, some German, basics of other Slavic languagesHome country: Czech RepublicCountry of residence: Czech Republic - maybe I'm crazy, but I like it hereParents' home country: Both my parents are Czechs - nothing unusual here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Agenory Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 - Native Language : French - Other spoken languages : English , Mandarin , Tamazight , I know a few words of Hindi , Japanese and Arabic - Home country : France - Country of residence : France - Parent's home country : Algeria for both of them ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Uranium Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Native Language: Czech (oh look there's actually a Czech two posts above me, ahoj *waves*) Other spoken languages: English (duh), understand Slovak but can't speak it well, basic German, a few words of Finnish Home country: Czech Republic Country of residence: still here Parents' home country?: still Czech, nothing to see here :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blood-of-Cherries Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Native Language: spanishOther spoken languages: english, some germanHome country: chileCountry of residence: chileParents' home country?: italy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
albajos Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Native Language: Norwegian (New Norwegian) Other spoken languages: English, German (basic). Can read a couple more too, like Dutch (basic), Russian (very basic), Swedish, Danish. Home country: Norway Country of residence: Norway Parents' home country?: Norway, and I have found ancestors born on the exact same place as me in 1600, so I'm quite homebrewn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
heatherzyx Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Native Language: MandarinOther spoken languages: EnglishHome country: ChinaCountry of residence: Hong Kong (not permanently)Parents' home country?: China Quote Link to post Share on other sites
icelloe Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Native country/live in: USA Native Language: English Other Languages: 一点儿中文 (manderin) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fllay Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Native country/live in: Indonesia (I want to go to North Europe and Netherland someday...*coughstalkingmetalbandscough*) Native language: Bahasa Indonesia (My English is better somehow, wtf) Other language: English Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Captain DDR Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Native Language: Finnish Other spoken languages: English, Karelian, Spanish, Estonian, Italian, French, Swedish and counting. Home country: Finland Country of residence: Finland Parents' home country: Finland with a strong karelian heritage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robin L Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Other Languages: 一点儿中文 (manderin) Looks more like Simplified Chinese. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
UraNepu Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Native Language: Ελληνικά (Greek) Other spoken languages: English,日本語(Japanese) Home country: Greece Country of residence: still Greece sadly <_< Parents' home country?: Greece Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tuonenkalla Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Native Language: Finnish Other spoken languages: English... Swedish. And I can read Northern Sami a bit. I swear I will learn that language one day. Home country: Finland Country of residence: Finland (and forever will be) Parents' home country: Finland Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy Alien Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Native Language: English Other spoken languages: some French, pigeon ASL Home country: US Country of residence: US Parents' home country?: US - paternal grandparents Irish; Italian / maternal grandparents British of Eurasian descent; of German/Scandinavian descent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darknight Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Native Language: German Other spoken languages: English and a little bit of French (emphasis on little bit) Home country: Germany Country of residence: London, UK Parents' home country?: Germany D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twilightace Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Native language: EnglishOther spoken languages: French, understand Swiss-German, a little Spanish and Russian Home country: USCountry of residence: USParents' home country?: US and Switzerland Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Safran Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Native Language: German Other spoken languages:English, bit Dutch ( just a tiny little bit, but I could understand it ) Home country: Germany Country of residence: Germany Parents' home country?: Both German Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheLysQueen Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Native Language: French. Other spoken languages: English, basic Spanish, Japanese, Beginner in Polish, Russian and German. Home country: France. Country of residence: France. Parents' home country?: France. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smitty Werbenjagermanjense Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Native Language: ASL Other Languages: Learning Japanese Home Country: USA Country of Residence: USA Parents' Home Country: USA 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calcifer Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Native Language: Italian Other Languages: English, learning Japanese Home Country: Italy Country of Residence: Italy Parents' Home Country: Italy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
susann Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Native Language: Finnish Other Languages: English, Swedish Home Country: Finland Country of Residence: Finland Parents' Home Country: Finland Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vuhhuur Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Native Language: Finnish Other spoken languages: English (+very poor Swedish, shouldnt actually be mentioned here) Home country: Finland Country of residence: same Parents' home country?: same (would be great to do some search to find out if theres anything surprising there) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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