I love this thread, thank you Kasumi for bringing it back to life! So interesting to see all the languages people here speak!
I lived a good part of my life in the Iberian peninsula, so my native languages are Spanish (castillan) and Portuguese. My family on my mum's side is from South Africa, so we used to speak English at home - she also used to yell at me in Dutch/Afrikaans, but (un)fortunately I never quite learned those
. When I was in my late teens the recession hit Spain pretty hard and my chances of ever finding a job were slim. I thought of moving to the UK, but decided Germany was cooler and cheaper (yey beer! brezels! sauerkraut!). I spent a year learning the language so I could move there but... plot twist! The college I had applied to rejected my application. I was very bummed, so I moved to France and learned French. I'm also learning Russian (currently intermediate-ish level) because I
like vodka find the culture very interesting. I'm also starting Japanese classes in September because I'm a huge fan of
shochu and saké X, obviously!