amandagmu Posted May 3, 2014 at 08:32 AM Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 at 08:32 AM - English - native (two 100% American parents) - French - fluent to bilingual (I lived in Paris as a child and two short times in Toulouse as an adult, where I lived with my surrogate French mother!) - Mandarin - advanced (although I often find myself humbled and when not in China I'd definitely say my speaking ability is more "upper intermediate" ... on a good day. I did pass the HSK 5, but not sure how much that actually says because the test was so unrealistic for what I mostly read: history and politics! no surprise.) - German - intermediate (B1, but far better comprehension than ability to produce grammatically correct anything... but I live in a German-speaking environment these days and it's probably slightly better than I think) - Spanish - low intermediate, but higher comprehension (thanks to French background and being in a relationship with/married to/have a child with a Spaniard whose parents speak nothing at all but Castellano - proud that when I enrolled in a two-week course at Instituto Cervantes last summer to finally formally study some Spanish I was noted as at a B1 level during the initial placement exam - awesome!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie1989 Posted July 13, 2014 at 08:05 PM Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 at 08:05 PM Digging up old threads... Maybe i would dare to say my 普通话 is at a basic conversational level, but other than that i can speak a little French, Italian, Spanish and Croatian.... But i haven't set out to learn those others, i just picked up a few things working and living in Birmingham. But Croatian is definitely a language i would like to improve on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterpromise31 Posted September 6, 2014 at 03:46 AM Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 at 03:46 AM What a fun thread. English - native Latin - 1 year in high school Spanish - 2 years in high school Japanese - 2 years self-study Mandarin - 1 year and counting Goals: Mandarin - Continue learning until I reach fluency Japanese - I want to return to my Japanese studies after becoming conversationally fluent in Mandarin. Spanish - Maybe go back to it? High school was 10 years ago so I've forgotten most of it. Korean - Hopefully! I love watching Korean dramas and would love to understand them without English subs. Biblical Hebrew Yup, I think I'll be busy for awhile. I love studying foreign languages and hope to always have at least one in progress! My main challenge is that I need to stick with one long enough to become fluent, rather than recognizing words and basic sentences on TV or in books. ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liuzhou Posted September 6, 2014 at 09:59 AM Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 at 09:59 AM English (native) French (native) I was raised bilingually by a French mother and Scottish father. Mandarin Chinese (advanced, fairly fluent) Southern Zhuang (I'd say intermediate) Italian (intermediate to advanced Russian (used to be good; now rustyCan read Spanish but can't really speak it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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