Hey you, where are you from!? And what's that language?

[Artila]

• Native Language: German
• Other spoken languages: English, French 
• Home country: Austria
• Country of residence: Germany
• Parents' home country?: Austria

Still a citizen of Austria but I was socialized as a German but also I don't really feel any emotional ties to Germany yet Austrians always assume I was German so.... If someone asks me where I am from I never really know what is the honest answer lmao. 

 

(Out of convenience I often say Germany tho just to avoid the Austria =/= Australia accident XD)

[Forest Spirit]

- Native language: German

- Other spoken languages: Italian, English, tiny bit of Japanese

- Home country: Italy

- Country of residence: Italy again for some time

- Parent's home country: Italy

 

@Artila can relate to the "not knowing what to answer"-feeling🙈 ^yey^ for being a minority

[Guest]

• Native Language: English
• Other spoken languages: Unglish
• Home country: USA
• Country of residence: USA
• Parents' home country?: USA

[Andrea KF]

I was certain I had posted in this thread, but it seems I didn't, so...

 

Native language: Swedish

Other spoken languages: English, a bit of German, can understand various languages

Home country: Sweden

Country of residence: As above

Parent's home country: As above

[weird elf]

- Native language: German

- Other spoken languages: English, bit of French, tiny bit of Danish and Italian, used to know some Quenya but forgot due to lack of use

- Home country: Germany

- Country of residence: Germany

- Parent's home country: Germany

 

Goodness, I'm boring. ^^

[Zebigbos]

- Native language: Portuguese

- Other spoken languages: English, C#, bit of Italian

- Home country: Brazil / Italy (I have double citizenship)

- Country of residence: Brazil

- Parents' home country: Brazil

[fooledbysecrecy]

Native language: finnish

Other spoken languages: english, tiny bit of swedish

Home country: finland/UK

Country of residence: UK

Parent's home country: finland

[Libellule]

Native Language: German

Other spoken languages: English and French fluently, Spanish conversationally

Home country: Germany

Country of residence: Germany

Parents' home country: Germany

[Onomatopoet]

• Native Language: Finnish
• Other spoken languages: English, Swedish, very basic Latin. Once had a full minute-long conversation in Czech by using two phrases, some sign language and the universal language of pretending I understand what I'm being told.
• Home country: Finland
• Country of residence: Finland
• Parents' home country?: You guessed it: Finland!

[Osiyo_Waya]

• Native language: English (American)
• Other spoken languages: Haitian Creole (was once conversational, not so much anymore), French (studied for a few years; don't remember much), would love to learn Cherokee one day
• Home country: USA
• Country of residence: USA
• Parent's home country: Haiti, USA

[Guest]

• Native Language: Romanian
• Other spoken languages: English, some German... at some point French, Korean and Chinese, but I kind of forgotten them, to my shame.
• Home country: Romania
• Country of residence: Czech Republic
• Parents' home country: Romania, although my father is kind of a German descendant

[kenny.]

• Native Language: English
• Other spoken languages: Some German... Korean and Russian have unfortunately slipped my mind
• Home country: USA-ish
• Country of residence: Currently USA
• Parents' home country: USA-ish

[uniQChick]

• Native Language: Russian
• Other spoken languages: English
• Home country: USSR (Kazakhstan)
• Country of residence: Canada
• Parents' home country?: USSR (mother (Ukraine) & father (Russia))

[Blueberry Pie]

• Native Language: English
• Other spoken languages: French, I suppose. I studied it for a long time, but I'm unfortunately far from fluent.
• Home country: USA (State of Massachusetts)
• Country of residence: USA (State of Massachusetts)
• Parents' home country: Massachusetts, USA (I am of Greek, French Canadian, English, Irish, and Azorean Portuguese descent... these European ethnicities are common in New England. I am like a European soup, I guess.  )

[a little annihilation]

• Native Language: English
• Other spoken languages: Not fluent in any but I've studied German, French, and Latin.
• Home country: The U.S. (Oregon)
• Country of residence: The U.S. (Oregon)
• Parents' home country?: The U.S. my mom was born in Maryland and grew up in Alabama, my dad was born in California and grew up in Oregon. 

[Piotrek]

8 hours ago, 𝓁𝔬v𝕖Łу said:

Other spoken languages: Not fluent in any but I've studied German, French, and Latin.

I can relate to that. The only language that I've learnt to the level of being able to have an unimpeded spoken conversation is English, although even in that case I have very few opportunities for that, so my speech is often halting.

 

I studied German, French and Spanish in school (either elementary, secondary or at uni) but, again, very little practice (and, in the case of German and French, active dislike) has made it so that I wouldn't risk having a full-blown spoken conversation. I studied Italian mostly on my own, and it's probably the only one of those four that I feel somewhat confident in. Overall though, I'm not much of a talker, even in my native Polish.

[Calliers]

• Native Language: English
• Other spoken languages: None sadly
• Home country: Canada
• Country of residence: Canada
• Parents' home country: Uganda

[Piotrek]

4 hours ago, Calliers said:

• Native Language: English
• Other spoken languages: None sadly
• Home country: Canada
• Country of residence: Canada
• Parents' home country: Uganda

Aren't people in Canada required by law to learn French in school? I realise that it may not be much use if you move farther west, beyond the traditionally predominantly French-speaking areas, though.

[Calliers]

10 hours ago, Piotrek said:

Aren't people in Canada required by law to learn French in school? I realise that it may not be much use if you move farther west, beyond the traditionally predominantly French-speaking areas, though.

LOL!

 

I forgot all my french, was never good at it anyhow.

[J. van Deijck]

Belgium and Dutch, not gonna say more, except that I know two other languages and one of them is English.

[Lord Revan]

Spain, but I learned Spanish, English and French at the same time

[MinnieMouse]

Native language: Swedish

Other spoken languages: English, Ukrainian (a little, started learning a couple of months ago)

Home country: Sweden

Country of residence: Sweden

Parents’ home country: Sweden