What languages do you speak? read? write?

[StevieG]

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English: nearly fluent - got taught English from early on, have always thought of it as easy to understand, and the Enligh language is very present in the Netherlands


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No kidding. I probably should know Dutch, having lived there for a while. But the Dutch people I knew would just speak English with me. Even with casual acquaintances, they would just switch. There was no penalty for English, it seemed, so I never really got good at Dutch. I can manage small talk, buy train tickets, food, order in bars and restaurants, pick up some words now and then, but that's it.

Some Croatian, because my wife is from Zagreb. Now that she is teaching our daughter to speak it I am learning more and more.