Languages
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:
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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, which most people actually consider not having an accent at all. 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 started learning English in elementary school. I've been speaking English since I was 9 years old. Although it started in school, it was not school that made me as fluent in English as I am today. No, it is a result of my own desire to become good at the language. I consider myself extremely fluent, and I communicate with others using English without problems. I've heard from several Americans that my English is better than the average American's. All jokes aside about how dumb Americans are, I think that's a very flattering thing to be told by people who speak English natively.
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.
