Which language you are most comfortable with ?
By edumate
@rollylolly (2843)
India
November 23, 2011 8:04am CST
Hi friends although English is not my mother tongue but I have been studying and speaking it from a very young age . English was my first language throughout my educational career . My mother tongue was my second language and our country's national language was my third language . Later I studied German as a foreign language .I am most comfortable in speaking and writing in English . I love my mother tongue but I must admit English is my heart and soul . What about you ? Which is your favorite language and why ?
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28 responses
@picjim (3002)
• India
24 Nov 11
The medium of instruction right from kindergarten to my degree was English.After English I am more proficient in Hindi followed by my mother tongue.I did study French in college but never continued and hence have lost touch.English is my favorite as level of proficiency is high and i love reading all topics of interest in that language.
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@rollylolly (2843)
• India
19 Dec 11
Thanks for sharing your views . Good to know you know French too . Are you from Pondy anyhow ? Just curious as you know French .
@shibham (16977)
• India
23 Nov 11
Hi rolly...
I am a Professor by profession and my subject is Modern Indian language and my speciality is Assamese, hence this is my First choice and then English following Hindi and some other Indian language. Apart from it i am learning Spanish....
have a nice time.
@rollylolly (2843)
• India
24 Nov 11
Congrats that you have crossed the ranks of lecturer , reader/asst.prof and now a professor . Good to know your faculties of languages .
Good wishes
@rollylolly (2843)
• India
1 Dec 11
Oh yes I am sorry :p Anyways you belong to a noble profession . Good luck
@macayadann (1235)
• Philippines
25 Nov 11
For sure all of us would be comfortable using our national language but there are those having a hard time when it comes to grammar even with their own national language. I have an experience in my own country that those rich,elite people are using English as means of their communication inside their house and so they struggle hard in school using their own national language most especially the lesson is all about grammar. They believe that getting very well versed in using English is an advantage in adapting the socialite's world most especially they belong to the affluent class.I myself, I am comfortable using my own native language for I can express strongly what I want to impart and point out. But still English is helping me a lot in my interaction that I need to study it better.
@rollylolly (2843)
• India
23 Dec 11
Thanks for sharing your valuable opinion . You are right native language is most comfortable and easily expressible by all than other languages .
@prospectboy (754)
• United States
1 Dec 11
Being that I am born and raised in the United States, all I know is English. Besides the Spanish class that I took while in high school, I don't know anything else about any other languages. That would be probably something to try to learn about though. Glad to hear that you studied English from a young age, and that it's your heart and soul.
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@prospectboy (754)
• United States
23 Dec 11
Merry Christmas to you also rollylolly.
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@rollylolly (2843)
• India
23 Dec 11
Glad to hear you prospect Ya I love English and it's been my most favorite language since childhood .
Have a nice time Merry Christmas !
@brenda1996 (108)
• Indonesia
27 Nov 11
hmm... I like my country language, because it's the very easy language I can speak.
As long as I studied English, Korean, Mandarin, and Japanese, I began to blend them. Hahaha... But, I didn't study Japanese well, so I rarely use them.
I usually use some English when talking, because honestly, there are some words in English that I know better, or hmm... I think the english word first before my country language, so that's why I use them. heheh
FAVORITE LANGUAGE : Korea, because I become a fans on their drama!!
@rollylolly (2843)
• India
23 Dec 11
Great to hear you brenda . OMG you know so many languages . Good to know that you love the Korean language .
@selinachang (55)
•
25 Nov 11
my first language is Chinese ,and my second language is English,the same to you ,i also have studied German as another foreign language .i think English and German have a lot in common.so i decided to learn myself.till now,Chinese is the most comfortable language for me
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@rollylolly (2843)
• India
23 Dec 11
Thanks for your response. Nice to know that we know two common language .
@applefreak (3130)
• Singapore
24 Nov 11
like you, i'm educated in english and my mother tongue is my second language. everywhere we go, most of us converse in english because of the multi-racial society i'm in.
however, i still feel most comfortable conversing in my mother tongue. it's so much more expressive than english. there were so many times i just couldn't find a word in english to describe how i feel or how beautiful the moment is. there are so some local sayings that only my mother tongue can capture the essence of the situation.
as for writing, i must admit that not writing in my mother tongue has made me a less effective 'writer' as i forget how to write quite a number of words. if i have to write something only in my mother tongue, i'd need to use a dictionary for half the time...
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@rollylolly (2843)
• India
19 Dec 11
Yes I agree that we feel more comfortable to express in English . I too have lost much touch in writing in my mother tongue . Thanks for sahring .
@alottodo (3056)
• Australia
24 Nov 11
First of all my favorite language is Spanish I grew up with it, my second would be English I speak it all the time...then I read Portuguese...and Italian and I understand them quite well my parents were born form European parents but grew up in South America that is why my mother language is Spanish., But I have to say I Am comfortable with both Spanish and English I like to read books in the original language they were created and is nothing better than reading Don Quijote in Spanish and Romeo and Juliet in English.
@rollylolly (2843)
• India
22 Dec 11
Nice to hear you sharing your story friend . You are right it is always enjoyable to read the texts in their original language .
Good wishes
@UmiNoor (4522)
• Malaysia
25 Nov 11
I was born in Singapore and lived on this island nation until I got married to a Malaysian man. Malaysia is just across the causeway from Singapore. While I was growing up in Singapore, I studied the English language as my first language even though my native tongue is Malay. Malay is the national language of Singapore but the official language of the country is English so every citizens on the island has to learn the English language as their first language.
The language I'm most comfortable with depends on whether it's written or spoken. I'm more comfortable speaking my native tongue, Malay but I prefer to read English language texts especially technical manuals. I don't understand technical manuals if they're written in Malay because I learn most technical terms in English so when it's translated to Malay, I don't know what it means.
This happened when my daughter was in school. I learned Mathematics in English. My daughter learned it in Malay so when she asked me about a Mathematics problem, I cannot help her because the Mathematical terms used in the text books are all in Malay and I haven't the slightest idea what they mean.
So the language I am comfortable with depends whether it's spoken or written. If spoken, I prefer to speak in my native tongue since I'm staying in a country where the majority of the people speak Malay. When I speak English to them, they don't understand me so I got used to speaking Malay. But where written texts are concerned, I prefer to read English texts.
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@rollylolly (2843)
• India
22 Dec 11
You are right Umi that technical terminologies are all in English and I too cannot understand when they are written in my native language .Thanks for sharing all your story and experiences .
Good wishes
@elisa69 (24)
• Philippines
24 Nov 11
Hi everyone I'm from Phil. but we speak English most of the time. So, for me speaking English sound good and exciting.Here in our country Phil. most of our conversation used to speak English even the small child. So English is our common language.
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@rollylolly (2843)
• India
22 Dec 11
Great to hear you elisa .I am happy to hear that English is so close to your heart as it is to me .
Good wishes
@rollylolly (2843)
• India
19 Dec 11
Thank you cutie for your response . Glad that I met you here .
Good wishes
@bamikalipal (588)
• Philippines
24 Nov 11
English is my favorite language. It is a rich, interesting and beautiful language and it enables us to really express how we feel. I know enough Spanish to be able to converse, but since I am not using it now as much as I used to, I tend to forget some of the words and have to look it up. "If you don't use it, you lose it." I'm trying my best not to lose it by talking to our dogs in Spanish, which they seem to understand.:)
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@rollylolly (2843)
• India
22 Dec 11
Thanks for your response friend . Nice to hear you . That's great that your dogs understand Spanish
Good wishes and Merry Christmas
@rollylolly (2843)
• India
22 Dec 11
I am so happy to meet you friend . Hope you visit U.K or U.S.A very soon
All the best Merry Christmas !
@deliar (609)
• Indonesia
24 Nov 11
my mother language my first.
i am comfortable with my mother language, because it is the first,Indonesian ,and because my country's national language is Indonesian also. It makes me easier in using Indonesian.
My favourite language is English,i have studied about English in school and i can use it, tough not so well like using my mother language. but i like in using English, i think English is really useful because English is universal language.
i also have studied about French, nut it is so difficult to learn.
my tongue cant follw well French. It makes me difficult to use French.
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@rollylolly (2843)
• India
22 Dec 11
Nice to hear you deliar . Yes mother tongue is always the most favorite and near to us and we feel more comfortable . Good to know that you know so many languages .
Good wishes
@sylvia13 (1850)
• Nelson Bay, Australia
24 Nov 11
Spanish is my mother tongue, but I must admit that I feel very comfortable with English, as I have been studying and speaking it for years! I have also studied French and German, but I don't have the command of the language that I do have in English. I must say though that my favorite language is Spanglish, that is a mixture of English and Spanish and that would have to be the best there is for a few in my family!
@rollylolly (2843)
• India
19 Dec 11
Glad to meet you here sylvia . I too do not have that much command over German which I learnt earlier as I do not communicate often . We too speak a combination of English and our mother tongue at home . English is the dominant language everywhere I suppose as they ruled the world at one time . Thanks for sharing your views .
Good wishes
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
24 Nov 11
Of course I love my very own language first and foremost my favorite language is the Pilipino language. There is no sweeter language to use than the language of my motherland. I know English is an important language but still I believe I am happy and more comfortable using my own language instead of the borrowed one.
@rollylolly (2843)
• India
19 Dec 11
I agree and believe too that there is no language sweeter than Philipino . I too love my mother tongue .
Good wishes
@hestylim (1210)
• Indonesia
24 Nov 11
Hi rolly,
English is not my first language, not my second language as well. It is my third language. :P
My first language is my mother tongue. I talk with my friends with my mother tongue. the second language is Indonesian, which is my national language as well. My third language is English.
I write with English, though.. :) My first language is for communication tool. While my second language is used when I talk to local people and when I am working.
@rollylolly (2843)
• India
19 Dec 11
Thanks friend for sharing your ways of communicating and dealing with your language . Although English is your third language but you seem to be quite proficient with it .
@sijabatnaburjut (2171)
• Indonesia
24 Nov 11
I am living in Indonesia and I am only comfortable with Indonesia's language. I also can speak English. I write English as well as speak.
@rollylolly (2843)
• India
19 Dec 11
Thanks for your comment and sharing your views sijabatnaburjut .
@andy4pinoy (298)
• Philippines
24 Nov 11
I am a Filipino and our national language is Tagalog but sad to tell you that I never find it comfortable to use our national language. We are quite fragmented considering Philippines is an archipelago.Each island has its own dialect and all inhabitants were used to their own dialects. But as nationalization is concern we all understands as Filipinos with Tagalog language.
I consider myself multi-lingual. I spoke English ( my most ever confortable and daily language.), Arabic ( for I worked in the middle east and daily with the arab nationals) Spanish ( for my family came from the spanish roots.
@rollylolly (2843)
• India
19 Dec 11
Oh friend that's great to hear you and your story . You seem to know so many languages . Thanks for sharing .
@mmgonzales (882)
• Philippines
24 Nov 11
I am purely PILIPINO and i came from the northern part of the philippines... And so my mother tounge is TAGALOG which happen to be the national language here..but since we have many islands to live by too many dialects was there and i learned 2 more dialect which is VISAYAN and ILOCANO. whenever i am at those island i keep on talking to the people with their dialect..i communicate very well and its makes sense using the appropriate languages or dialect at the place where it is to be use..like in myLot that we need to use english because common in international conversation to use it.. I Love my mother tounge its my favorite languages..but if it will help to communicate better in other tounge..i will study and use their language for our both convenience..
@rollylolly (2843)
• India
19 Dec 11
Thank you so much mmgonzales for sharing your views . Great to know you know and use so many languages for communication .