Language Introduction thread!

[Krisse Kovacs]

:hungary: Magyarország az én hazám, itt nevelt fel apám anyám, itt ringattak a bölcsőbe, e szép honnak szent ölébe~
:uk: "Hungary is my homeland, here I was raised by my father mother, they rocked me, in this beautiful land's saint lap (?)" (this is a song lyric!)

:hungary: Magyar vagyok, Magyarországról, kicsit uncsi hely, de a nyelv édekes és vicces. am fogalmam se nincsen mit írjak
:uk: I am hungarian, from hungary, it is a bit boring place, but the language is interesting and funny, anyway, I have no idea what should I write

:germany: Ich bin martti. ich sprechen deucht nicht. Ich lernte deutsch in der schule aber ich habe es vergessen.
:uk: I am Martti I don't speak german. I learnt german in school, I forgot

:sweden: hei, jag heter Martti fråm ungarn, jag kan prata ungerska oh engelska men jag kan förstår lite svenska men jag kan inte patar det. jag behöver utöve (?), om du skriver kan jag läsa, ochså jag kan förstår lite norska eller danska eftersom jag lär mig svenska
:uk: hi, I am Martti from Hungary, I can speak hungarian and english but I can understand a bit of swedish however I can't speak it. I need practice, if you write I can read also I can understand a bit norwegian or danish since I am learning swedish

:finland: moi, minun nimeni on Martti, olen unkarilainen. kiitos, anteksi, en puhu suomea
:uk: hei, my name is Martti, I am hungarian, thanks, sorry, I don't speak finnish

[misea]

Oh wow, I totally didn't see this thread o.0 Uhhhh here we go

:china: 在中文。。。你们好， 我是 “叫” Misea。我的父母是从中国来到美国，和我是生在加州。我现在是上大学。我是先讲普通话，可是我的英文是最好。 我是可以讲普通话；我可以读一些，那后我只记得怎么写几个字。打字还可以。我的法语比我的中文好 T_T

:france: En français... Bonjour! Je "m'appelle" Misea. Je suis chinoise-américaine et je suis née (et j'habite) en Californie. Mes parents sont venus de la Chine. Je suis une étudiante à l'université. Euh... Je parle l'anglais, le chinois (plus précisément, mandarin), et le français. J'ai appris le français au lycée et un peu à l'université (je n'aime pas les classes, alors je continuerais avec Duolingo). Ma première langue est le chinois, mais je ne parle pas comme chinois est ma langue maternelle; j'ai un accent américain quand je parle mandarin et si la conversation est trop technique, je ne peux pas la suivre. Je peux lire et taper un peu, mais je peux écrire seulement dix à quinze caractères au plus. On voit que mon français est meilleure que mon chinois ._. J'apprends l'espagnole, l'italien, le suédois, et le norvégien (j'ai dû utiliser Google translate pour les noms des langues scandinaves <-- et ça aussi; mon français n'est pas bon) et je révise mon français avec Duolingo maintenant. Cependant, je ne peux pas dire rien avec une signification conversationnelle dans aucune de ces langues, sauf le français.

:usa: In English (finally! God my brain hurts...): Hello! My "name" is Misea as some (a lot? idk I don't post a tooooon) may know. I'm a Chinese American born in the States, currently a college student. Both of my parents came from China. I speak English, Mandarin, and French; Mandarin is my first language, but I only have native fluency in English (it's really hard to maintain heritage languages in the Chinese American community, since we're so freaking small (in the northern Bay Area) and all the kids culturally identify somewhere between Chinese and American). My French is better than my Mandarin, hahaha. I can speak Mandarin fine, except when conversations get technical or idioms get thrown in without much context, and I can read and type a little. Writing is pretty much out of the questions--I can write maybe ten to fifteen characters off of the top of my head, and not very well. Uhhh I'm learning Spanish, Italian, Swedish, and Norwegian on Duolingo and reviewing my French on there as well, but I can really only say anything with conversational meaning in French whoops. And I'm totally mixing up Norwegian and Swedish. That's what I get for taking on too many languages at once on top of art and things that I actually need to do, like prepping for next semester's classes  ("7_7)

:spain: Hola! Yo hablo un poco de español. :usa: No I don't. Well, I mean, I can, but it's nothing really that I can hold a conversation with.

:sweden: Hallå, jag talar inte svenska.

:norway: Hei. Jeg snakker ikke norsk.

I can actually say words and stuff in the last three languages but yeah I think you catch my drift, I don't really know anything aside from a little (I mean really little ) bit of kinda random stuff.

[Russet]

:uk: Hey there! I'm Russet, I'm from Malaysia and I speak English, Chinese and Malay. Chinese is my native language but I'm probably more fluent in English because I've had a lot of English influences in my life due to books, movies, etc. (p.s. Hi Misea remember me from the Chinese forum? haha)

:china: 嗨，大家好！我是来自马来西亚的 Russet （不知道这名字该怎么翻译成普通话，哈哈），我能使用英文、普通话及马来文沟通。我母语是普通话（这儿称中文），但我说英文会比较流利，因为我一直以来都在读英文书、观看英文电影等等。

(there's no malaysian flag. sigh.) Helo, apa khabar? Saya Russet dari Malaysia, dan saya dapat bercakap dalam Bahasa Inggeris, Bahasa Cina dan Bahasa Melayu. Bahasa Cina merupakan bahasa ibunda saya tetapi saya lebih fasih bercakap dalam Bahasa Inggeris kerana dipengaruhi oleh buku, wayang, dan lain-lain. (p.s. in english: my malay sucks. i'm sorry. it's compulsory because i live in malaysia but half the time i feel like an awkward foreigner)

[misea]

Hi Russet! Yes I remember you!

[videovance]

:china: 大家好，我“叫”videovance！我是澳洲人，美国人和中国人。我实际上从诞生学中文，可是我的中文非常不好。虽然我的中文水平越来越提高，但是我认识我还没流利的。我从来没有学别的语言，可是我跟瑞典文和西班牙文很有兴趣！

:uk: Hi everyone, I’m videovance! I’m Chinese, American and Australian. I’ve basically been learning Chinese since birth but I am certainly not fluent in it (I'm really bad, actually, but gradually getting better at it). I have never learnt another language apart from Chinese, but if I did, I’d love to try learning Swedish or Spanish!
[quietly high fives Russet and Misea] chinese thread represent

[misea]

@videovanceEeeeyyyyyyyy *bro fist* I feel really weird posting three times on one thread in a day but I woke up 'cause my cat vomited on my floor and I can't sleep until it's aired out

[videovance]

@misea: oh jeez what ;A; that's nasty. i hope your cat is alright though (and that the smell goes away soon so you can get some sleep)! + post to your heart's content, i reckon no one will notice if we write real small-like //ahahahaha

[misea]

@videovance at least the food we've been feeding her doesn't smell that terribly? XD me too; I went downstairs to get stuff to clean up the mess and tried to find her but I think she's hiding out in the garage right now and feeling miserable, poor thing :c gonna switch up her food tomorrow and see if that'll do her stomach/health good

[Russet]

your poor cat! D: and poor you! both of you (you and your cat) should drink lots of water and have a good night's rest. /quietly fist-bumps chinese thread people

[misea]

*fist bumps Russet back* Thank c: I can't find her D: Maybe she's just outside...

[Russet]

organise a search team! rally the troops! find that vomiting cat!

[misea]

She popped out of nowhere yesterday a little after noon o.o I have no idea where she hides anymore. She seems fine, which is good. c: Still weaning her off of that rich stuff we've been feeding her for the past couple of weeks though

[Cliodna]

In my defence, it's been about seven years since I last studied finnish and I barely passed german, but I'll give it a try. =) (in order of fairness, no google translate or dictionaries have been used here)

:estonia: ESTONIAN
Tere hommikust! Mu nimi on Cliodna ja ma olen kakskümmend kaks aastat vana. Ma elan Eestis ning õpin praegu Tartu Kõrgemas Kunstikoolis ehk Tartu Kunstikolledžis. Mu hobideks on kunst, arvutimängud, rollimängud, folkloor ja paleontoloogia.

Good morning! My name is Cliodna and I am twentytwo years old. I live in Estonia and am currently studying in Tartu Higher School for Art aka. Tartu Art Colledge. My hobbies are art, computergames, roleplays, folklore and paleontology.

:germany: GERMAN
Guten morgen! Mein name ist Cliodna und ich bin zwei-und-zwanzig Jahre alt. Ich lebe aus Estland. Ich studiere ins Tartu Kunst College. Meine Hobbies sind Kunst, computerspielen, rollenspielen und folklor und paleontologie.

Good morning! My name is Cliodna and I am 22 years old. I live in Estonia. I study in Tartu Art College. My hobbies are art, computergames, roleplays, folklore and paleontology.

:finland: FINNISH
Hyvä päivä! Minun nimeni on Cliodna ja olenko kaksikymmentakaksi vuosi vanha. Olenko virolainen.

Good day! My name is Cliodna and I am 22 years old. I am an estonian.

[Laufey]

:estonia: ESTONIAN
Tere hommikust! Mu nimi on Cliodna ja ma olen kakskümmend kaks aastat vana. Ma elan Eestis ning õpin praegu Tartu Kõrgemas Kunstikoolis ehk Tartu Kunstikolledžis. Mu hobideks on kunst, arvutimängud, rollimängud, folkloor ja paleontoloogia.

Good morning! My name is Cliodna and I am twentytwo years old. I live in Estonia and am currently studying in Tartu Higher School for Art aka. Tartu Art Colledge. My hobbies are art, computergames, roleplays, folklore and paleontology.

:finland: FINNISH
Hyvä päivä! Minun nimeni on Cliodna ja olenko kaksikymmentakaksi vuosi vanha. Olenko virolainen.

Good day! My name is Cliodna and I am 22 years old. I am an estonian.

Tere! No problems with the Finnish, just drop the -ko ending because it turns verbs into questions: olen virolainen = I'm Estonian, olenko virolainen = am I Estonian?

Plus there's one good false friend here, ehk. It sounds a lot like the Finnish ehkä which means maybe, so on a quick read it's like... "maybe I study at Tartu Art College". 

[Krisse Kovacs]

In my defence, it's been about seven years since I last studied finnish and I barely passed german, but I'll give it a try. =) (in order of fairness, no google translate or dictionaries have been used here)

:estonia: ESTONIAN
Tere hommikust! Mu nimi on Cliodna ja ma olen kakskümmend kaks aastat vana. Ma elan Eestis ning õpin praegu Tartu Kõrgemas Kunstikoolis ehk Tartu Kunstikolledžis. Mu hobideks on kunst, arvutimängud, rollimängud, folkloor ja paleontoloogia.

Good morning! My name is Cliodna and I am twentytwo years old. I live in Estonia and am currently studying in Tartu Higher School for Art aka. Tartu Art Colledge. My hobbies are art, computergames, roleplays, folklore and paleontology.

it was funny try to read and understand, it is rare to see estonian!
all I got was that "good morning, my ame is Cliodna and I am 20 2 old" and I got a little how the number is written

Tere! No problems with the Finnish, just drop the -ko ending because it turns verbs into questions: olen virolainen = I'm Estonian, olenko virolainen = am I Estonian?

my first reaction to that was that maybe she got unsure about her nationality while writing in more languages xD
sorry ;3;