I wish I could speak Finnish. But, actually, there are tons of languages I wish I could speak. All of them, really, but Finnish is the first one I thought of just now.

I’m in the US and English is my my primary language. I studied Russian but have forgotten a lot of it. I know a few words of German and French, but very few.

Edited to add: Please tell me what your primary language is. It would also be interesting to know what other languages you speak, if any, and where you currently live.

  • Godort
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    All of them. Although the only one that I’m actively trying to learn is Japanese.

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      1 year ago

      another one for the trying to learn japanese - my problem is i start and then stop. rinse & repeat so i never get very far 🤣

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        I also had this problem. Eventually I realized there isn’t a time limit and if it takes me 10 years to become fluent, I’ll still be fluent at the end.

        Using that logic, I stopped trying to cram lessons like I’m studying for finals again and just do like 10 minutes a day. And if I miss a day or two then thats fine.

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        Maurugoto has free Japanese online self study courses for beginners. It has helped me commit to actually learning Japanese and I’m currently somewhere in between N4 and N5.