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are you bilingual?
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devilcake wrote:
jeqn wrote:
devilcake wrote:
jeqn wrote:
but that makes you bilingual no? 

nah bilingual technically means you've learnt both languages growing up, so you have two native languages i guess. We discussed it in linguistics and talked about how it's starting to become grayer and where you would draw the line since people learn a second language at a young age and so on, but by current definition, I'm not bilingual and a lot of people who claim they are aren't : P
huh but google defines it as 'a person fluent in two languages' 

dictionary.com defines it as "able to speak two languages with the facility of a native speaker."

idk man, it's just the definition i've learnt at uni, I don't claim to be an expert on it, I'm guessing it's just used differently in linguistics and day to day speak
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Date: 22-08-2018 19:20
Jeqn
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jeqn wrote:
Nama wrote:
Fluent norwegian and english. Pretty decent german. I can hold convos and talk about some subjects.
that's awesome! you don't hear about combos like this often
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Date: 22-08-2018 19:20
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December wrote:
i speak fluent swedish since i'm from sweden and i think i kinda speak fluent english but i guess i kinda have to think while speaking that so idk. i had german in school for three years but i'm not so good at it but i can understand sometimes in tv shows or something if they have someone speaking german so that's cool, but i often don't understand all the words but i kinda understand what they talk about u know. 
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Date: 22-08-2018 19:22
Jeqn
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jeqn wrote:
devilcake wrote:
jeqn wrote:
devilcake wrote:

nah bilingual technically means you've learnt both languages growing up, so you have two native languages i guess. We discussed it in linguistics and talked about how it's starting to become grayer and where you would draw the line since people learn a second language at a young age and so on, but by current definition, I'm not bilingual and a lot of people who claim they are aren't : P
huh but google defines it as 'a person fluent in two languages' 

dictionary.com defines it as "able to speak two languages with the facility of a native speaker."

idk man, it's just the definition i've learnt at uni, I don't claim to be an expert on it, I'm guessing it's just used differently in linguistics and day to day speak
so being able to speak a language with as much ease as a native speaker 

oh i neither claim to be an expert of any sort hahaha
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Date: 22-08-2018 19:22
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RareRevolution wrote:
jeqn wrote:
RareRevolution wrote:
I'm born in Australia and live in Denmark. So yeah, i'm bilingual :3
ooh nice! how come you moved to denmark??
My parents moved to New Zealand when I was like 5 and we lived there for a while, and then we moved to the states and then back to Denmark. Basically i've traveled a lot
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Date: 22-08-2018 19:23
Jeqn
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jeqn wrote:
December wrote:
i speak fluent swedish since i'm from sweden and i think i kinda speak fluent english but i guess i kinda have to think while speaking that so idk. i had german in school for three years but i'm not so good at it but i can understand sometimes in tv shows or something if they have someone speaking german so that's cool, but i often don't understand all the words but i kinda understand what they talk about u know. 
yeah i totally understand! the english thing you'll get over, everyone has that in the beginning and it's just temporary. just practise loads and you'll be fine.
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Date: 22-08-2018 19:23
Jeqn
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jeqn wrote:
RareRevolution wrote:
jeqn wrote:
RareRevolution wrote:
I'm born in Australia and live in Denmark. So yeah, i'm bilingual :3
ooh nice! how come you moved to denmark??
My parents moved to New Zealand when I was like 5 and we lived there for a while, and then we moved to the states and then back to Denmark. Basically i've traveled a lot
ohh i see! do you enjoy travelling?
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Date: 22-08-2018 19:24
Elowyn
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Elowyn wrote:
jeqn wrote:
Elowyn wrote:
jeqn wrote:
same on the french part! i've studied for 5 years in school but i can only hold a simple conversation lmao
yeah this is my fifth year studying it, but i'm so bad at both writing and talking french :'p 
hahahahaha exactly!!!1!11! i can read and understand but when i need to be able to get a message across my mind just stops working
i mix words all the time, especially if i have to talk freely ... i get better at speaking it if i study a lot beforehand, but my writing is awful 
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Date: 22-08-2018 19:27
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devilcake wrote:
jeqn wrote:
devilcake wrote:
jeqn wrote:
huh but google defines it as 'a person fluent in two languages' 

dictionary.com defines it as "able to speak two languages with the facility of a native speaker."

idk man, it's just the definition i've learnt at uni, I don't claim to be an expert on it, I'm guessing it's just used differently in linguistics and day to day speak
so being able to speak a language with as much ease as a native speaker 

oh i neither claim to be an expert of any sort hahaha
yeah I guess? There's someone else on here who has also read some for of linguistics at some point who also defined it the way I do but I don't remember who. The way I've seen it used is usually is in terms of having been raised in two languages and thus knowing both at the capacity of a native speaker. Because they are native speakers I guess? I dunno I read a bunch of articles about whether it could be harmful to kids to be raised bilingually or not for class so (spoiler, it aint)

I mostly just think it's a pretty fun language fact to throw out haha but word definitions change you know, I have a feeling it's going to be completely accepted as just knowing more than one language at some point, if it isn't already
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Date: 22-08-2018 19:28
Jeqn
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jeqn wrote:
Elowyn wrote:
jeqn wrote:
Elowyn wrote:
yeah this is my fifth year studying it, but i'm so bad at both writing and talking french :'p 
hahahahaha exactly!!!1!11! i can read and understand but when i need to be able to get a message across my mind just stops working
i mix words all the time, especially if i have to talk freely ... i get better at speaking it if i study a lot beforehand, but my writing is awful 
don't worryyy this year i've set my mind to practicing and hopefully enhancing my french so let's do it together!
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Date: 22-08-2018 19:28
Jeqn
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jeqn wrote:
devilcake wrote:
jeqn wrote:
devilcake wrote:

dictionary.com defines it as "able to speak two languages with the facility of a native speaker."

idk man, it's just the definition i've learnt at uni, I don't claim to be an expert on it, I'm guessing it's just used differently in linguistics and day to day speak
so being able to speak a language with as much ease as a native speaker 

oh i neither claim to be an expert of any sort hahaha
yeah I guess? There's someone else on here who has also read some for of linguistics at some point who also defined it the way I do but I don't remember who. The way I've seen it used is usually is in terms of having been raised in two languages and thus knowing both at the capacity of a native speaker. Because they are native speakers I guess? I dunno I read a bunch of articles about whether it could be harmful to kids to be raised bilingually or not for class so (spoiler, it aint)

I mostly just think it's a pretty fun language fact to throw out haha but word definitions change you know, I have a feeling it's going to be completely accepted as just knowing more than one language at some point, if it isn't already
ahh i guess everyone defines it differently then! and what a useless article hahahaha wtf

yeah i agree on the latter since it literally means 'two tongues' 
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Date: 22-08-2018 19:31
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Filth wrote:
Fluent Norwegian and English. I'm KINDA fluent-ish in Swedish aswell. And can understand Danish (but only if written)
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Date: 22-08-2018 19:32
Elowyn
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Elowyn wrote:
jeqn wrote:
Elowyn wrote:
jeqn wrote:
hahahahaha exactly!!!1!11! i can read and understand but when i need to be able to get a message across my mind just stops working
i mix words all the time, especially if i have to talk freely ... i get better at speaking it if i study a lot beforehand, but my writing is awful 
don't worryyy this year i've set my mind to practicing and hopefully enhancing my french so let's do it together!
yes! good luck at your french skills! 
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Date: 22-08-2018 19:33
Jeqn
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jeqn wrote:
Ennui wrote:
Fluent Norwegian and English. I'm KINDA fluent-ish in Swedish aswell. And can understand Danish (but only if written)
the entire nordic region wow im jea l o u s 
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Date: 22-08-2018 19:33
Jeqn
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jeqn wrote:
Elowyn wrote:
jeqn wrote:
Elowyn wrote:
i mix words all the time, especially if i have to talk freely ... i get better at speaking it if i study a lot beforehand, but my writing is awful 
don't worryyy this year i've set my mind to practicing and hopefully enhancing my french so let's do it together!
yes! good luck at your french skills! 
thanks  you too!!!
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Date: 22-08-2018 19:34
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