 Is Anyone's First Language Other Than English? |
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 Sep 1 2006, 11:46 PM
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Hidden Secrets can't be told threw just words. One must feel what the other feels to truely understand...  Group: Members Posts: 1,523 Joined: 8-January 06 From: Sacramento California Member No.: 16,756  |
i have to do this project for english, and the basic question that i have is....
Who here on trap17, did not have a first language of english?? if your first language is different thatn english, and you had to learn english PLZ post here, and i will PM you... what will be in the PM is 20 or so questions that i will ask you to answer  they will not be personal, just basic stuff thats not personal for ex: "What did you find the hardest about learning english" keep in mind, trap17 holds my A in their hand if i dont get the answers from trap17 member (i only need one) i will fail this project, because i know no one who's first language was other than english. so please post if the above is true.
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Sep 2 2006, 12:10 AM
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Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 503 Joined: 18-August 06 From: My Computer, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Member No.: 28,463  |
Well, my first language is Hindi and I had to learn English, but actually I didn't face any grave difficulties but I would be lying to say that didn't face any difficulties while learning English.
I learnt it at the age of I think 3 or 5 and now I speak English better than Hindi. I guess this is because all of the studies are based on English anyways. 
This post has been edited by sylenzednuke: Sep 2 2006, 12:18 AM |
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Sep 2 2006, 12:14 AM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 31-May 06 Member No.: 24,594 |
My first language was Chinese, but I speak better English now than I do Chinese. I think it's because I learned English when I was three. I don't speak as much Chinese now as I should..
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Sep 2 2006, 04:01 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 230 Joined: 19-August 06 From: Mexico Member No.: 28,534 |
My first language IS Spanish. I'm living in Mexico and I had to learn english... well, i still need to learn how to hear and speak it correctly but oh well people can understand me
 but i guess spanish will be always my language of every day.
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Sep 2 2006, 04:38 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 201 Joined: 20-March 06 Member No.: 20,365 |
My first language is luxembourgish and I learned german and french before learning english, so basically english is only my 4th language (5th really since I also had some latin but I suck at that). I didn't find it too hard to learn but then it is pretty close to german and luxembourgish.
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Sep 2 2006, 10:04 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 343 Joined: 16-April 05 From: Wardenburg/Northern Germany Member No.: 5,763 |
you're getting mroe than you need
 My first language is German, my second is english ... now go ahead and PM me if you still need someone to help you =) |
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Sep 2 2006, 11:33 AM
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Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 542 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Ziya's Heart Member No.: 28,693 |
My first language is Hindi and second one is English than third is Bangla(Bangladesh's Official Language).
I usually don't speak English, but use it in writting, because the place where I live in doesn't have too many English knowing people. I have started learning english at the age of 4-5 when I got admitted in a english-medium school. Waiting to get your questionnaire, it will be interesting to give the answers (I guess)
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Sep 3 2006, 03:48 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 245 Joined: 11-June 05 From: india-mumbai Member No.: 8,095 |
my first language is hindi..
did my schooling through english school so dont actually face any problem speaking ansd writting it. |
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Sep 3 2006, 12:03 PM
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The Bogey Princess Group: Members Posts: 639 Joined: 25-April 05 Member No.: 6,138 |
Heh... interesting. :/ I live in a country where there's a common language other than English, but surprisingly... my first language is English. My dad spoke to me in English since I was a baby. I was surrounded by English literature since the beginning. I learned Tagalog easily anyway... well... I live here... it shouldn't be hard to pick it up from everyday life, is it? Not to mention the mass media...
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