How many languages u r speaking?

Hey everyone 👋
I’m from Germany 🇩🇪 — a multicultural country with one main language (German), but most people here speak at least one more (usually English). Many, especially those with roots in other countries, speak two, three, or even more languages.

I’m curious: Which languages do you speak fluently, and which ones do you only understand or speak a little?

Here’s me:

• Native: German
• English: Learned in school — I can read/write almost like a native, but phone calls are tough. Accents like African, Australian, or Texan English can really throw me off 😅
• Dutch: I understand a lot if people speak slowly and clearly. It feels faster than German, and I still have to translate in my head. Some words are similar to German/English, but the grammar is quite different.
• French: We never became friends. I forgot nearly everything from school, except a few words, because I can often guess the meaning from Latin. The pronunciation? Impossible for me 🙈.
• Russian: Had one year in school. Forgot most of it. The Cyrillic alphabet? 🤯 And so many cases — way more than in German.
• Other bits & pieces: I know a few phrases in Turkish, Arabic, and Polish.
• Latin: I often reasearch for word roots and meanings. That helps me a lot building bridges to other languages based on it.

I’ve realized I’m not great at learning new languages, especially speaking… but I love hearing how others do it. So — what’s your language story?