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Gets harder the older you get.
Manchester based original indie band Random White:
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I play guitar and take photos of stuff. I also like beans on toast.
Somewhat to my chagrin that neither of my kids has done a language as far as GCSE. On holiday in France we ended up speaking to French, Dutch and Polish people all with great English and we couldn't do much beyond ordering a coffee and you do feel an idiot.
I learnt beginner's German when I thought I was moving that way but that's about it.
Other than the languages of love and music.
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The singer in my band is half-Taiwanese, half-English and speaks English and Mandarin fluently, as well as a fair bit of Japanese and (I think) some Cantonese (doesn't that share a fair amount with Mandarin?).
We're planning to write an EP with lyrics in Mandarin, to see if we can break into the Chinese market. Seems a smart move to me.
Probably easier to study Japanese than geordie.
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Yeah, German fluent, like. 'S my job, n'all.
Wor lass is Dutch, and I can get by in conversation, but can't read anything complicated and really struggle with broadcasts. Couldn't write it for toffee.
Schoolboy French is a distant memory. I can remember lots of vocab, but couldn't use it to communicate with. Or to really understand it, I was trying to watch this the other day:
It was a hoot, and @DLM's_Girl cracked up at "le Stratocasteur", but if I hadn't a general idea of what he'd be saying from the visuals, I'd not have understood anything.
That's me. Disgrace, really, given that I clearly have the knack. It does take a lot of effort, though. Immersion for me was easier than learning rules, though I did chew through a lot of vocab on a daily basis for several years to get going.
As for kiddiwinks, if they can have meaningful relationships, they can pick up about seven languages at the same time if they start early enough. I know several families with trilingual kids.
It amazed me when he told me he dreams in all three languages I would have thought asleep you'd default to your native tongue?
My mum was ace at languages, she did French, Russian, Spanish, Italian and Latin in Education. At 14 she went on an exchange trip to France and her French was so good that people thought she was a native.
Worked with a lovely woman who was fluent in French and English, as was her daughter. She preferred English but her daughter preferred French. She said that they would get funny looks when out and about as they would converse with eachother, one speaking French and the other answering in English.
I got an A in French at GCSE, but I can't remember much anymore. It's a shame as it would be a nice asset to have.
Many cousin has lived in Spain since her early 20s (she married a Spanish bloke), and all her kids are bilingual. It's strange to hear them talk to each other as they mix and match both languages.
I'd love to be able to speak Spanish. Such a pretty language.
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to