I speak russian natively, fluent in english, around B2 in georgian, and around A2 in french. I can also barely understand ukranian, belorussian, czech and croatian, mostly because they’re all slavic languages and I have friends who are fluent. Finally I can “read” the writing systems of armenian and arabic, but I don’t know the languages at all.
Yes, I have a full-time job and hobbies and stuff :D I don’t think it’s that impressive overall, I have friends who speak like 4 or 5 languages fluently.
Russian is my native tongue.
I’ve learned english at a young age mostly by hanging around the (early) Internet and learning to code, and I speak it at work.
I’ve moved from russia to georgia, so pretty much had to learn georgian. It comes quick when you’re surrounded by native speakers and are forced to use it all the time just to get by.
I’ve studied French in school, so parts of that are still around in my brain. I don’t know if I’m still A2, maybe not, but it’s enough to eavesdrop on my French colleagues when they think noone understands them, and get at least some of what they’re saying :)
Other languages are mostly from my friends who spoke it when I was around them. As I said, I can barely understand them, and miss a lot of what they say. It’s probably like A1 or less, not impressive.
I’ve learned to “read” armenian and arabic writing while on holidays to countries that speak those, perhaps ~30 days for each one total. It’s just fun for me to progressively start reading more and more letters on shop signs and street names as I walk around the city; what felt like ancient runes or random scribbles just a week ago becomes understandable, it’s magic! Arabic is a lot more difficult then Armenian in that respect, because shapes of the letters change a lot depending on the context.
Learning spanish right now
I speak russian natively, fluent in english, around B2 in georgian, and around A2 in french. I can also barely understand ukranian, belorussian, czech and croatian, mostly because they’re all slavic languages and I have friends who are fluent. Finally I can “read” the writing systems of armenian and arabic, but I don’t know the languages at all.
Goddayumn! Do you do anything other than study languages all day?
Yes, I have a full-time job and hobbies and stuff :D I don’t think it’s that impressive overall, I have friends who speak like 4 or 5 languages fluently.
Russian is my native tongue.
I’ve learned english at a young age mostly by hanging around the (early) Internet and learning to code, and I speak it at work.
I’ve moved from russia to georgia, so pretty much had to learn georgian. It comes quick when you’re surrounded by native speakers and are forced to use it all the time just to get by.
I’ve studied French in school, so parts of that are still around in my brain. I don’t know if I’m still A2, maybe not, but it’s enough to eavesdrop on my French colleagues when they think noone understands them, and get at least some of what they’re saying :)
Other languages are mostly from my friends who spoke it when I was around them. As I said, I can barely understand them, and miss a lot of what they say. It’s probably like A1 or less, not impressive.
I’ve learned to “read” armenian and arabic writing while on holidays to countries that speak those, perhaps ~30 days for each one total. It’s just fun for me to progressively start reading more and more letters on shop signs and street names as I walk around the city; what felt like ancient runes or random scribbles just a week ago becomes understandable, it’s magic! Arabic is a lot more difficult then Armenian in that respect, because shapes of the letters change a lot depending on the context.