what is your native language??
By dhia eddine
@didinedhia (8470)
Algeria
January 28, 2019 5:45am CST
hello everyone !! hope you're doing well and healthy ,
it's 12.39 am in my country right now and little bit cold not too much no rain no snow nothing , just anormal day ....
just wondering ,every one here is speaking english, and of course it is not the motherlanguage of every one here?? just wondering what is your motherlanguage and can you tell us how did you learn english ???
my motherlangue is arabic
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31 responses
@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Jan 19
I only speak English but am trying to learn French and I speak a tiny bit of German. I think learning English when your mother tongue is Arabic would be very difficult because you'd have to learn all the letters as well as how to speak it. I admire you for your efforts.
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@didinedhia (8470)
• Algeria
28 Jan 19
thank you so much , but we learn frensh in school from the 2nd grade
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Jan 19
@didinedhia Oh that would make it a little bit easier.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
28 Jan 19
I do only speak English but this is a very interesting discussion. =)
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@didinedhia (8470)
• Algeria
28 Jan 19
ohhh i didint know that , thank you!!! that's nice
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@Sreekala (34312)
• India
28 Jan 19
@didinedhia India is a country for unity in diversity.
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@anil02 (24688)
• India
29 Jan 19
@didinedhia India have more than thousand language. Here languages and eating habits changed after every 100 KM.
@resukill22 (25050)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
28 Jan 19
My language is Tagalog, bisaya and hilonggo
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@resukill22 (25050)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
28 Jan 19
@didinedhia because only Philippines has many more language to speak
@isweartokira (3460)
• United States
28 Jan 19
I only know English, I think it's amazing that people know multiple languages
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@didinedhia (8470)
• Algeria
28 Jan 19
yes it is amazing , and you also should learn another language
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
28 Jan 19
Only English here. A few words of French.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
9 Feb 19
@didinedhia yes, and a little of Spanish and German
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@didinedhia (8470)
• Algeria
9 Feb 19
oh that's nice !! and you can speak english too!
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
28 Jan 19
We have a different language for various states and dialects within them.i can speak 4
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
17 Feb 19
My native language is - Serbian
English I learned the most watching movies and on the internet.I learned English and in school too,but I did not learn anything from the school,unfortunately.
And the first word I learned in English was - Cat It's true!
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@didinedhia (8470)
• Algeria
17 Feb 19
llooooooooooll , i forgot my first word i learned
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@didinedhia (8470)
• Algeria
17 Feb 19
@LowRiderX i really dont remember a thing
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
17 Feb 19
@didinedhia Pity,but probably was a shorter word...hmmm,maybe word of some color?
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
1 Feb 19
I'm originally from Italy and therefore it is Italian and learned English and French when I came to Canada. Marhaban!
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
2 Feb 19
@didinedhia Yes, I know a few words in Arabic and when I use them with Arabic speaking people it makes them laugh.
@didinedhia (8470)
• Algeria
1 Feb 19
marhaban!! looooooollll it means welcome or hello!! yes italy i love italy
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
22 Feb 19
My mother language is Kikuyu one of the 42 languages in my country.
We learn in English ans Swahili languages in schools
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@porwest (90876)
• United States
31 Mar 19
@didinedhia I can speak Spanish. But really, I see no reason to learn anything else. Our language here is English and around the world English is probably THE most common language. ¿Por qué molestarse con lenguajes que no importan? Quiero dedicar mi tiempo a aprender cosas que importan.
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@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
28 Jan 19
My native tongue is actually Scots Gaelic but everybody in my country speaks English and we use that for everything. Gaelic isn't even taught in Schools anymore. For an example of Scots Gaelic listen to this speech from a member of the Scottish Assembly (our governing body):
Kate Forbes SNP MSP delivers a speech in Gaelic in a debate over whether UNESCO status for the language should be pursued
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@ThreeTeddies (2038)
• United Kingdom
28 Jan 19
@didinedhia Nothing in Scotland is in Gaelic except some road signs in the north of the country. There are a couple of Gaelic newspapers but all government forms are in English some of which are also available in Gaelic but they have to be specially requested. There is a Gaelic Society which tries its best to keep the language alive but it's fighting a losing battle. Out of a population of about 5 million there are less than 60,000 native Gaelic speakers left most of whom are in the north or on the western islands. Because of immigration there are probably more people in Scotland who speak Polish than Gaelic!
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@didinedhia (8470)
• Algeria
28 Jan 19
@WiseGhots yes that's cool,i love my motherlanguage too
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@WiseGhots (14606)
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28 Jan 19
@didinedhia It really is. I love my mother tongue.
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