People who don't have English as a first language?

[iliketurtles]

Just wondering how many people like this are on here?

Also, if anyone is learning or would like to learn another language, which language and why?

[lory]

i was born in england and everything. im 100% english
but i have this obsession with indonesian culture and nature and everything haha, so yeah..im learning bahasa indonesian, which basically means "language of indonesia" hahahaa! :)

it would be lovely to know indonesians on here..i have lots of indonesian friends already, but to find some on whyeat would be cool :)

anyway, goodluck with the irish! :)

[Dawn]

I'm 0% English (or related), yet I've always been in love with the Isles so much so as my classmates actually nicknamed me "Brit".

Which I love. <3

P.S.: I'd love to learn Celtic languages, too. They sound like the language of fairies or angels! <3

[lory]

I'm 0% English (or related), yet I've always been in love with the Isles so much so as my classmates actually nicknamed me "Brit".

Which I love. <3

P.S.: I'd love to learn Celtic languages, too. They sound like the language of fairies or angels! <3

thats pretty cool! :)
where are you from?? :)

[Dawn]

I live in Hungary.

Not for long, though. :rolleyes:

[Vision Thing]

I am a native english speaker but I've learnt French for nearly four years, can do conversational German and Japanese (not really good though), and I wasnt to learn Russian and maybe Italian for travelling - Italian will be hard though cause there's a lot of local dialects.

Russian sounds good to learn at the moment though and hopoefully I can end up moving to the UK which will get me a little bit closer to nicer places.

[Misfit]

My mother tongue language is german but I moved to the UK 2.5 years ago and learned english since I`m 12 in school and I also learned french for 6 years but nearly forgot it at all. I'd love to learn spanish and italian.

[Sosic.420]

im portuguese!
both parents are 100% and their parents are 100% , etc. lol i understand it perfectly, and i can say some words, but i chose to speak english lol.
i would love to have a british accent though. i cant even describe how much i love british accents lol.

[GoerginaMari]

Italians my first language lol :) But I began to learn english when I went to primary. But I tend to start speaking in italian some times, force of habit :)

[Mist]

I live in Israel, so my native language is Hebrew. :) Wish I knew Japanese or German better... I love them!

[bellefolie]

I speak English and only English
I did learn French for 5 years of my school life but pretty much most of it went out of my head after the exams,I only managed to get a D anyway so I guess that shows you how much I suck at languages.

I really want to learn Japanese though ,I'm going there for my 18th instead of having a massive party.

[Effy MondayMassacre]

I'm from Serbia, so my native language is Serbian..But I know English too and love it..Thinking about studying Italian in a year..Few years I'm learning Germany..and I'm so bad at it.. I'd like to know many languages and since I'm 18 maybe I can achieve that..:)

[nathrakh]

English isnt my first language either. But i am able to speak/type it very well. Im a hardcore gamer. Even tho i live in the netherlands, i prefer talking english over dutch. I even talk to myself in english. I think in english. But, thats probably not a good thing...... more like weirdo thing. Just talking to myself is kinda weird too, but its the best company in the world.

[something-blue]

german is my first language but i tend to avoid speaking/listening to it as much as possible (if you ever heard anyone speak german you probably know why ;) ) english is my preferred language in most things and i can do spanish, twi and latin if i have to

[~butterfly~]

german is my first language but i tend to avoid speaking/listening to it as much as possible (if you ever heard anyone speak german you probably know why ;) ) english is my preferred language in most things and i can do spanish, twi and latin if i have to
English is my first language, but I find it funny that you avoid listening and speaking german because I absolutely love that language. haha I'm trying to learn as many languages as I can.

[nathrakh]

german is my first language but i tend to avoid speaking/listening to it as much as possible (if you ever heard anyone speak german you probably know why ;) ) english is my preferred language in most things and i can do spanish, twi and latin if i have to

Aw. Dont feel too sad about ur own language. I love the way the germans sound. There words sound so funny. Me and my father are always shouting german insults, if things go wrong, just because they sound so hilarious.

[Marialise]

german is my first language but i tend to avoid speaking/listening to it as much as possible (if you ever heard anyone speak german you probably know why ;) ) english is my preferred language in most things and i can do spanish, twi and latin if i have to

Haha! No, I think German is really pretty too... Although English has a lot of diff influences I think that American English sounds VERY diff from German.

In school I studied French, German, and Spanish although I quit German after 4 years when my teacher said I was speaking German with a Spanish accent :)

English is for sure the only language I'm fluent in but I can speak conversational Spanish and understand quite a bit of it, understand a bit of German (act funnily enough, I write German better than I speak it), and understand a teeny bit of French.

I love languages though so I'd love to refresh myself :)

[melochodie]

Haha! No, I think German is really pretty too... Although English has a lot of diff influences I think that American English sounds VERY diff from German.

In school I studied French, German, and Spanish although I quit German after 4 years when my teacher said I was speaking German with a Spanish accent :)

English is for sure the only language I'm fluent in but I can speak conversational Spanish and understand quite a bit of it, understand a bit of German (act funnily enough, I write German better than I speak it), and understand a teeny bit of French.

I love languages though so I'd love to refresh myself :)

lol! i think the same way as something-blue! i learnt german after learning english and found the sound of it very tough and sometimes find it really difficult to understand german grammar...

my first language is english and japanese, because my mum taught me both together when i was young. well, i can't remember how it was like, but once i read a report about how english and japanese utilise totally different parts of the brain and i was actually glad my mum taught me both. haha

i love studying languages too :) comparing the different languages really cracks me up sometimes. i also speak chinese and am trying to pick up spanish! but it's difficult :\ maybe i've already put too much in my small brain. :\

[UsedRomance]

german is my first language but i tend to avoid speaking/listening to it as much as possible (if you ever heard anyone speak german you probably know why ;) )

I absolutely love the German language! I learned it at school and was really good at it. Then, of course, when I left I forgot most of it, which devastates me to this day.

The only things I can say these days are ridiculous things like "Er ist ganz scharf auf Gummibarchen". Oh, and courtesy of my oral exam, I will never forget this (I don't know how to make an eszett on my keyboard so do excuse that):

Letzten Juni habe ich mein Arbeitspraktikum in eine Schule gemacht. Die Schule war ganz gross mit dreihundert kindern und dreizig lehrerin.

Jeez, thanks. That's really going to help me out in Germany!

[neenna]

my first language is swedish lol, wish I could speak english better! I can type, somewhat, but when I speak it I just sound like a frog choking on something.. :c

[shadowgirl]

I'm from Kuwait, so Arabic is my native language. I can speak English and I'm a huge fan of the British accent. I love it!! I can also speak persian but not as good as I can speak English.

<3

[sadderstar]

my first language is swedish lol, wish I could speak english better! I can type, somewhat, but when I speak it I just sound like a frog choking on something.. :c

THIS. hahahahah
I'm Brazilian, so yeah, English isn't my primary language. I'm glad to see I'm not alone!

[fornever]

i'm german but i love speaking english.
there are several things i can't say in english, but there
are things i can't phrase in german, too.

i hope you know, what i mean e,e

[Jenface]

I'm British but I'm learning Japanese. I hope to move out there after I graduate from university.
After my Japanese gets to a level I'm happy with (I'm above a converstational level but below understanding newspapers and stuff) I want to learn Korean.

[greentea]

I'm swiss and Canadian, but my first language was french, then swiss german, then german, and now english lol! i moved back to canada a couple of years a gooo!! any other swiss cheeese on here :D?

[darkStar]

something-blue:

german is my first language but i tend to avoid speaking/listening to it as much as possible (if you ever heard anyone speak german you probably know why )

Word!

[be_noticed]

me too. im 0% English but noone can tell that much because my accent mostly sounds British. i was raised in Britain but born abroad.

[icebite]

*raises hand* I'm born and raised in blondie-land, you know the country where we eat meatballs, dance to abba and hang ourselves on live-webcams. I speak swedish fluently obviously since it's my native language, but I really want to learn German and Russian.

[LM]

my first language is korean =3

[päivi]

I'm from Germany and I grew up there, so my mother tongue's German. My fathers from Finland, but I didnt grow up with him, and after a year of studying in Finland I'm still struggling with Finnish.
I learned English, French and spanish at school, though now Im only studying English and French. I also know quite some Romanian as I worked there for a year and am currently learning Swedish.
I would love to learn Dutch, Norwegian, Danish and Russian...so many languages, so little time:-)
On a site note: I find it amazing how well you all speak English. Must be the practice from posting on WE. I always consider this as 95% for me, 5% for my English skills, haha!

[smalasussie]

Ha, well my first language depends where I'm living at the moment. I'm living in the States now, so I say my first language is English. When I live in Sweden, it becomes Swedish! :)

I learned English first but then also learned Swedish... So the Swedish is so intertwined in my brain that sometimes it feels like it's taken over!

I'm also learning Finnish right now... Opiskelen suomea... :) I have some friends who are from Finland and I think the language is pretty!

I've also studied Irish, Latin, Japanese, French and Icelandic, but I speak none of these fluently.

I say I collect words!

[helplesslyhoping]

English is my first language. I speak Russian and also Spanish :)