From Alexander Krivács Schrøder.NET
Languages, linguistics, phonetics, grammar, syntax, spelling, semantics. All of that has quite a large place in my heart. I love communication, and I love the diversity all the world's languages offer. I am planning on learning quite a bunch of languages throughout my life. I have heard that it is easier to learn languages when you are young than when you are old, so I should get started soon. Here is a list of the languages I like, know and/or want to learn:
Languages I know
This section concerns the languages I know. Since I already know them, I will probably not write much about them.
Norwegian
I am Norwegian. Having Norwegian parents, family and friends made my native tongue Norwegian. Furthermore, since I am from the capital city, my dialect is that of the capital: In my mind flat and boring. Being from the east part of town, from the worker's class, I also use the more vulgar of the two main sociolects in town.
English
I learned English in school. Been speaking English since I was 9 years old. It was not school that made me as fluent as I am today, however, it is a result of my own desire to be good at the language. I consider myself very fluent, and I communicate with others using English typically without problems.
More in-depth stuff concerning English:
Languages I like and want to learn
These languages are my very favorite languages. The reason why I like each language will be put into separate pages later. They are listed in the order I want to learn them.
Languages I like, but do not have immediate plans for learning
One cannot really take time for them all, and I think the four languages I listed above is challenge enough. However, if I am able to learn all of the above, and still feel like learning more, I do not see anything wrong in moving one of these up to the category above. These are listed in the order I like them.
- Chinese
- Polish (and most other slavic languages)
- Icelandic
- Spanish
- Italian
- Swedish
- Danish
Languages I do not like, but want to learn
There is one last category: languages that I do not like, but still want to learn. Currently there is only one of these, and I think there will ever only be one of these. However, it does not belong in any of the other groups, so I needed one specifically for it. It is worth to note that just because I am not a big fan of the languages I mention here does not mean that I hate them.
German
I was supposed to learn German in school. I got off to a horrible start with the worst teacher ever, and since I did not really learn anything on the basic level, I was never able to catch up when we proceeded to the more advanced stages. It is unfortunate, but I am utterly unable to communicate in German today.
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