How long have you been speaking English?

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  1. samantha pia

    samantha pia Prominent Member

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    #21
    Danish/Swedish are my native languages Danish more than Swedish
    Born in Denmark but mom was Swedish
    Daddy was Welsh but spoke English and poor Danish/Swedish, he was also no home very much, we lived on a farm with farm hands, but Daddy worked for NATO.
    it wasn't until we moved to Sweden that i started to speak English more (age 11) then we moved to New York at age 13, to Washington DC at age 14, to the UK at age 15, to Canada at age 16, Daddy was killed in Canada by a drunk driver when i was 17, and i have been in the UK ever since, well i go to Denmark for a few months a year, but thats all.

    i have lost most of the ability to write Swedish, i am losing the ability to write Danish (i still speak and read both) Icelandic and Norwegian i can understand and read, and speak but limited on the Icelandic.
    English started of as my last language, but is now my 1st language. and i am 25 in 2 weeks time.
     
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  2. homodar

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    #22
    speaking english a few weeks after birth, i guess.

    it's a second language. aint going to say my first language, as i like having the ability to type without an accent :)
     
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    #23
    I have been speaking and writing english since I was in grade school. It is a subject taught in our school.
     
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    #24
    I have never left the USA, so I have used it almost all of my life. I started speaking English a little later that my sister did (10 years older than me) but when I did start speaking, I spoke in complete sentences, like "The ball went over there."
     
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  5. hamzah

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    #25
    all my life ! I speak it better than my native language
     
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    #26
    Since I was 3!
     
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    Zerosleep Established User

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    #27
    I'm from India Hindi is primary language in here but I'm learning English since 1st Grade
     
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    #28
    all my days - but not very well :)
     
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    #29
    Ever since my Mum taught me.
     
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    #30
    Since I were a child.
     
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    #31
    6 years
    if we use language often ...it will be easy
     
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    #32
    Ever since I was old enough to do so as it is my naive tongue. Not sure how I learned it aside from my parents so many years ago. I doubt they had 'Hooked on Phonics' back then. I bet Sesame Street played a small role in it!
     
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    #33
    I speak English at school (we have to, and I hate it.. but I'm actually thankful), I speak my native language at home and at some other places (except school). :)
     
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    #34
    as long as I could speak
     
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  15. nickstan

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    #35
    from the day I say mummy, daddy, catty, doggy and yeah lappy :)
     
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    #36
    You said catty?

    Its kitty.
     
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    #37
    my entire life. still trying to learn spanish though
     
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  18. nickstan

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    #38
    what do you expect from a 1 year old :D
     
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  19. Correctus

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    #39
    Ever since I was born, when I popped out and the doctors looked at me, I said "Yo Homies wassuppp"

    IT
     
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    #40
    I started speaking English in 1998. Still do not feel like I can express myself clearly in it.
     
    baumann93, Oct 28, 2007 IP