Fumie Ichikawa
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I’m curious what languages you’ve tried learning. English-started at 7th grade, I am proficient. Spanish-took for a year at college, not much left. Italian-took for a semester, confused w/Spanish vocab. Finnish-bought a book, didn’t get past a couple of chapters. My first language is Japanese.
12:23 AM - Feb 26, 2023
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Peggy H
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French, many y school, conversant; Spanish, self taught, conversant; Japanese & Russian, both in school decades ago, mostly gone; Portuguese, online, few words & phrases remain; Hawaiian now, online + books…to be seen 😎
12:34 AM - Feb 26, 2023
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Fumie Ichikawa
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Thanks-you have tried so many. I was in Hawaii last year and was curious their language. Japanese has imported words from Portuguese but some have bet. japan-ized.
07:13 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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Peggy H
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Yes! Tempura, kabocha, pan, koppu, lots more… this is a fun thing about languages for me.

Also interesting is words for family members…very specific & detailed in some languages but not others. Hawaiian has many many of these (‘brother of a younger sister’ not just ‘brother’, for example)
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01:14 AM - Feb 27, 2023
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