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nobbyken
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Location: Yongin ^^
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English Native
Scottish Gaelic (Learner, but grew up in native area although my father never spoke it)
Low-level Korean conversation, but learning faster these days.
After an accident, I was in a local hospital where everyone spoke mainly Gaelic for conversation. I then spoke Gaelic only for 6 days, which bemused my parents as they had never heard me speak it before. |
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steveinincheon
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: in The Shadows of Gyeyangsan
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Englishee - Native
German - Fluent a few years ago when I lived there, now near Fluent
French - Conversational
Dutch - Never studied it, but after spending a month in Holland was able to understand 80% and speak a bit back although with bad grammar.
Korean - Less fluent than I wish |
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kirsi
Joined: 29 May 2009
Location: dongtan
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Wasn't going to reply but just found this so funny....I have no clue what many of these distinctions mean (native, near-native, fluent, conversational, and so on...but enough with the unnecessary enema).
1. English (American)
2. French (force-fed as a child; can understand but usually cower in the corner when it sounds either like whining or yelling--blame my mother)
3. Chinese (HSK--National Proficiency Test High Level 10)
4. Korean (TOPIK Level 6)
5. Japanese (JPT Level 1--first time in 1997; only Level 2-the second time on the JLPT in 2008)
6. Esperanto (I still think this one is funny...)
Strange...I dream in Chinese and Korean more than English. That's just weird.
I also had a major problem when I was getting busy in China....The next day I was seriously accused of having another love named "Jo-ah." Puhaha....it took me some time to figure out what the problem was...
Anyone else have that mistake?  |
jlpt 1, that is rough! i only passed level 2. how long did you live there/study for it? |
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rchristo10
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
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Wasn't going to reply but just found this so funny....I have no clue what many of these distinctions mean (native, near-native, fluent, conversational, and so on...but enough with the unnecessary enema).
1. English (American)
2. French (force-fed as a child; can understand but usually cower in the corner when it sounds either like whining or yelling--blame my mother)
3. Chinese (HSK--National Proficiency Test High Level 10)
4. Korean (TOPIK Level 6)
5. Japanese (JPT Level 1--first time in 1997; only Level 2-the second time on the JLPT in 2008)
6. Esperanto (I still think this one is funny...)
Strange...I dream in Chinese and Korean more than English. That's just weird.
I also had a major problem when I was getting busy in China....The next day I was seriously accused of having another love named "Jo-ah." Puhaha....it took me some time to figure out what the problem was...
Anyone else have that mistake? |
jlpt 1, that is rough! i only passed level 2. how long did you live there/study for it? |
I lived there for two years. I was studying at Kyushu Uni on a Fulbright (for one year...rest was from the pocket...). It's a bit expensive, but I think you should perhaps consider that school if you want to further your ability. They're awesome. |
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