My language learning Hello everyone I'm a 22 year old American. I love languages. I eat, breathe, and obsessively think about languages. You could say I should check into rehab lol. My native language is English. I grew up in the Midwest. I will probably write at a later time about different English accents and dialects. In the first entry, I wanted to talk about my language experiences. In march, I will be traveling to Italy, Switzerland, and France. I come from a long line of polyglots (polyglots, for those who do not know , are people who speak more than 4 languages.) so it was natural that I wanted to learn. In elementary school, I was introduced at a very young age to Spanish. I find Spanish a natural speaking language to me. I don't suffer much with it. I studied from about 8 yrs. old to 13 yrs. I gave up because I felt overwhelmed. When i was 16, I studied Latin for a semester but Latin is so difficult with the conjugation, that I gave up again. I dated a Serbo-Croatian for a few years and so I picked up some of the language. I realized I was understanding. I even secretly learned words and phrases to see what he said to his family. Then I finally decided to dedicate myself to learn French at 19 yrs. old after my grandfather had passed away. He was French and his culture was very important to him. I have dedicated many years to achieving a fluency. This guided me to my current obsession. At this time I am learning German and Italian. I learn Russian and Hebrew words here and there. In the future, I want to learn those languages. Then after that I would love to learn Japanese. I like the Japanese culture a lot and enjoy their anime and mangas. So hopefully, we can be friends, practice a language, and learn from each other. Thank you for listening to my story. Next time, I will discuss about dialects in the English language.:)