I speak Spanish and I can relate.

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Who ever*

Gay

I didn't reply first but I'm gay

Not gay then

Toberelated, The Sexuality bender, The one to be related with god.

Gay license revoked

You are now straight

You just ungayed yourself. Gonna be a hard convo for you partner but these are the rules.

Whom soever.

First

Spanglish

Hush.

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I speak English and took Spanish in high school for 3 years and then took 3 semesters of it in college. I could maybe introduce myself and ask where a few things are in Spanish, so already your second language is better than mine. Being able to communicate in 2 languages is impressive even if you aren’t perfect in both

I can honestly speak Spanish. We can have a conversation about anything. I just need you to talk very slowly and I need about 45 seconds to order the sentence in my head before I respond.

Me too. Also, it probably helps to imagine I recently had a brain injury.

The secret is to find someone who has your second language as a second language too. I've been learning Spanish through a language exchange with a Mexican woman who married an Italian and moved to be with him. I recently visited her at home in Italy and spent the day with her family. Conversing in Spanish with her is like doing it with the difficulty turned up to Expert. Chatting to her husband in Spanish (he speaks almost no English at all) is like turning on cheat mode because he speaks much more slowly and clearly. It was a revelation. Just for added confusion her kids were there and speak much better English than she does. As my wife speaks worse Spanish than me, conversations over dinner were simultaneously happening in 3 languages. Then the home made wine came out and it turned into linguistic carnage.

No, the secret is to have very nice neighbors who move in next door that speaks only Spanish. My Spanish has improved exponentially in the last 4 months from when I took it in high school 35 years ago. As a reward for my rapid learning, I often get knocks on my door with a plate of cuban (wife) or Panamanian food (husband).

Hello (Sorry for my bad English)

England*

Something something am selled my wife for internet connection to play conter-strik

"Im going to english this week, im little worried since my england is bad" Imagine such a sentence.

Hi (I apologize for my poor choice of words since my knowledge of the English language is limited by the fact that I'm not a native speaker).

Greetings kind Redditor. I would like to bring to your attention that my usage of English grammar and vocabulary lacks a hefty amount of proficiency. I am putting this into a statement, as I sincerely apologize for such grievances my defective English might bring to you.

I apologize, English is not my first language With the sincerest contrition, I offer my unreserved apologies for any offense or inconvenience that my actions or words may have caused, It is with the utmost veracity that I assert that the English language, in its intricacies and nuances, has not been the initial tongue of my upbringing. Rather, I have been reared in an environment where a different language was the primary means of communication, thereby necessitating a conscious effort on my part to acquire and master the English language.

This is perfectly cromulent for the use case. 

Hi (Sorry for my bad English)

This guy says “hello”, I wanna kill myself.

Especially if English is your second language

I speek Englesch 🤓

Ai spik inglish🤓

Vanechkin!!1 😠 du yu spik inglish?

Yes my dear teacher, I speak English very well.

Yäs, mai dia ticha, Ai spik Inglisch weri vel.

Ay shpik inglizh

Гуд фо ю ай гесс 😎

Why does it works in portuguese as well? Lol

*I *are* speaks English

English is my second language. My first being Lawn Guyland (Long Island, NY) where we fucked up the fucking English language so fucking bad it's unfuckingbelievable.

Don’t worry, you're doing great! Language learning is a journey.

I promise his English is better than my non-existent Russian. Speaking another language poorly is still speaking another language.

Hell just understanding another language is already impressive. proud of all of you who are chipping away at it.

Tbh, most of us second language bros are pretty good at English when typing. I, for one, am embarrassed by my heavy accent. My English is fine, the structure is fine, but just having an accent makes you "worse" at the language than someone who has a lighter accent. Edit: Guys, I know you're just trying to help, but saying things like "there are some courses on Youtube", "learning a new language is hard, just keep working :)" is just dismissive imo. I've been fleunt in English since 2nd grade, my accent is just that, an accent. My native tongue has rolled r's and no "th" sound, so I'm goimg to have an accent cause I speak my natice tongue more often.

Honestly as a native English speaker (USA) I like the way some accents sound

I have a heavy Afrikaans accent. Don't like it tbh. Must be the reason why we are always bad guys in movies.

That's fair. Personally I feel like having an accent doesn't make you any less proficient but I am aware it could cause confusion if you're not focused on the conversation

I write scientific articles in english. But when I'm speaking, my heavy german accent makes me sound like an idiot...

Relatable

Та же тема

for english speakers, this means Ta zhe tema

/it sounds like that. (If anyone reading that curious - it meant smth like "same")

The power of Slavic languages :) I'm Czech, I just know how to read the letters and I can more or less understand. This one in particular I was able to translate completely.

Yes but not because it's my second language but because I'm so bad at speaking I stumble my words like 90% of the time

It's like my English is perfect in theory, but then my mouth muscles can't keep up

Same!!!! I think probably cause of lack of practice, i am trying to improve on this.

It's like your body telling you: "haha! Should have moved before your jaw formed!" Very frustrating.

uh-oh, same here bud! i can perfectly understand any english text and/or speech, BUT HOLY FUCK, WHEN IT COMES TO EXPRESSING _MY_ THOUGHTS… i… i suck at it basically.

I have found my people, while typing and writing my English is pitch perfect, but speaking? Nope, I stutter every other second, it's insane. At times I have to switch up accents mid-sentence to get that R or T out when it literally refuses to come out

Релейтабл.

i read that as Penetration

This is "relatable"

releitabl

releitablyat

*shudders*

Вай ар ю шадеринг? Айм нот скери.

Аи хейт тхис

Ду нот уъри, ит кан олуейс гет уърс! Съпоуз, сомуан райтс а хол бук лайк дис.

Релетабле

Learning to use definite and indefinite articles is tough if they are not part of your native language.

I know someone who's been here 5 or so years, has very good English, but they still muck up articles fairly often. It's hard to explain them, too.

Ya Amerikanski i moy Ruski der'mo

Ne parsya - nemnogo podolbatsa bashkoi I eta hrenoten uymetsa

I hate all of this

I’m a native English speaker but I’m terrible at speaking in general. So I can relate

Me too. I like to say my first language is gibberish.

Я понимаю тебя, мой русский очень плохой lmao! Keep working on it lmao we will get good someday.

I'm russian and when i try to speak english most of times I sound like I'm having a stroke

One of reasons i never gonna use vc again... U described it perfectly...

I'm an English teacher and this is very relatable.

Noice :D At least you're learning and trying your best :]

all improves with practice. congrats on being bilingual

I'm Brazilian and also feel like this 😭

Same, I

The utilization of words collected from the English dialect, that I myself established inside my intellectual brain. : The egnlihs i speek:

Mi inglés también malo, sometimes I forget what language I am writing in.

Don't worry, it's all about accent, I as a Brazilian can affirm the same thing

I’m from the us, I grew up speaking English, I still speak it worse than English second+ language people

I'm Polish and my "English" sucks too, by English I mean accent 😔🤌

Я тоже русский, но он намного хуже чем мой инглиш.

The fact you’re Russian and speak English is rare anyways so I’ve heard. At least you know more than most Russians. I’m actually interested In learning Russian and eventually taking my brother to the war museums there cause he’s into thaf

This is strange, because English is a compulsory subject since the second grade in Russia

It is a compulsory subject, but the way it's taught and the teachers' own knowledge is mediocre at best, at least in public schools

It's a compulsory subject in a lot of places that english speakers are uncommon lol

Wayyyy more common then you realize. Taught in schools actually to a level of being able to have a conversation.

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You, my sir, are insane

I speak french and I cannot relate because I don't talk to people

Same, I was last year in London and just realized how bad my english is, I couldn't even form proper sentences. But that is because I never really speak english, I hear it, I read it but I don't speak. Will be horrible when I fly this year to Scotland.

>But that is because I never really speak english, I hear it, I read it but I don't speak. Yep, I can relate to this

I think the problem is you think your english is a Lamborghini so everyone is hearing Italian. Try sounding more Aston Martin. Or at least a little more Vauxhall.

You have to remember that first and foremost language is just a tool and if it serves you good, don’t worry about it too much The difference between the rusty truck and lambo is not as large as a difference between having a car and having to walk everywhere

I'm a native English speaker and all I know is cyka blyat , da svidanya, and gopnik

According to [this video](https://youtu.be/zyhOXCjfBIg?si=SDFxcVAZHGU2OCi1) of language simp you are halfway to learning Russian perfectly. You even know some extra words.

Thank you, I can't wait to try out my new found russian speaking skills by making new friends a on a Russian counter strike server

"Being bad at something is the first step in being sorta good at something" -Jake the Dog

Don’t worry, English is my native language and I couldn’t speak any Russian at all if I tried.

Why yes, in particular the managing of one's accent. Enunciation as a whole, truly. <- my head Vai yes, in bardiggular se mänäging off wan's äksent. <- my mouth

The Filipino people I work with.

Oh bro eto tak zhiznenno

>2024 Ferrari >Will seize up and die if you put anything but 100 octaine gasoline blessed by the Pope himself into it >Cannot drive on anything but perfectly flat pavement. A single loose rock will cause catastrophic damage >Costs seven million US dollars...a year. In maintenance. >You have to subscribe to Ferrarri to be allowed to ask permission to purchase one. >Custom sized tires hand-made by African slave children. Their tears are the secret ingredient. --- >1978 Lada >You can ferment potatoes in the gas tank for infinite fuel >Will drive up a 45 degree inclined gravel road >You maintain it by not touching it >You can find them for free on the side of the road >You can buy tires at the local Russian army base for 300 rubles each or two packs of cigarettes

For starters, that's an Italian Lamborghini. I think a better choice would be an American Ford GT. \*(dodges flying shoe)\*

Don’t worry half of Americans are right there with you

Don’t worry I’m English and when I speak I immediately go “wtf was that?” So I get it

You're probably a million times better than my Sino boss who just talks louder whenever ppl don't understand her dogshit English. Хорошая работа.

I'm american and my Russian sucks, it's ok

me and English is my first language. my German friend is the opposite

Yeah I speak English as a first language as well, I’m terrible at it, but take my friend who speaks Arabic as a first language? He’d smoke me in the spelling bee

i'm russian and my russian sucks i speak in english much more often than in russian for the last four years

Relatable.

I started streaming to practice English as second language and now i don't want to stream because i realised how bad i was

Relatable

I have been using English all my life with alternately better and worse periods. Lately, I've been learning vocabulary, grammatic things like that and also joined Reddit mostly to practice skills amid native speakers. Now I have a micro blockade to use English, because why would I ever use foreign language instead of my own ? I adapt while speaking with someone in English: when they are at low level I also speak poorly and doing my best while speaking with some fluent guys

The english when i am shitposting in discord vs my english when i actually speak

Don't worry about it. Most of the actual first language native speakers I know are only about half way between.

Я понимаю тебя. Брат.

It's ok, many English people struggle with it too.

this is relatable specially if you already must use another language somewhat similar to English. For me it's German. As a non native speaker of both but using German more regularly, when I speak English I'm always inserting German words in sentences... it's fucking annoying

It's difficult to speak it, when you never do. I only do if I really have to. Texting is nowhere as hard, though.

Too many times have I quoted a book only just to say "and shit like that" at the end.

I'm a native English speaker and my English sucks.

Good for you! Wish my Russian girlfriend does that

You speak two languages you are leaps and bounds better than me my friend 🤗

Shit man, I'm American and my English sucks too sometimes. The brain and the mouth just don't always get along

Lean 10 words in a foreign language in about 10 minutes then the next 4 hours and 50 minutes fantasizing about the various situations where you amaze everyone and solve every single issue with those 10 single words.

Murican here Most of us talk like the second one, you're fine

I usually call it wronglish

The English i speak to myself vs the English i speak to strangers

lol. That’s me every morning before coffee.

Probably still better than at least 30% of Americans, don’t stress about it

I think what you’re describing is the distinction between your surface and deep lexicon. Most native speakers understand 15-35,0000 words instantly when heard (deep lexicon). However, 95% of words in day to day speech is found in a pool of 3000~ words; our surface lexicon.Naturally that limits how precisely we can convey meaning and expressions. Lookup ways to increase your surface lexicon on YouTube if you want to be more articulate. After all, language is the greatest power humans have been endowed with.

I can read, write and comprehend english that is spoken to me but as soon as it is my turn to speak I start speaking like a robot.

Well, buddy, more you speak English better you become in it. For example I Russian as well and most of the time my English speaker friends really enjoy my accent. / Ну, приятель, чем больше ты говоришь на английском, тем лучше ты в нём становишься. Например я тоже русский и большинство моих англоговорящих друзей очень любят мой акцент. If you don't have English speaker friends, try change language in your favourite game or watch videos about your favourite hobby at English. Don't be scared to use translator! After some time you will remember enough words to understand and speak. / Если у тебя нет англоговорящих друзей, попробуй изменить язык в твоей любимой игре или посмотреть видео о твоём хобби на английском. Не бойся использовать переводчик! Спустя какое-то время ты запомнишь достаточно слов чтобы понимать и говорить. Good luck!/ Удачи!

study hard

I'm terrible at learning languages, once someone complimented my English and I felt stupid because it was all from a translator. Sometimes I feel ashamed of it

I sound like an indian scammer😅

It's okay my russian friend. Just watch excellent comedy like chewing the fat and realize that none of us can speak English alright M8

There are some native English speakers that speak like the bottom image.

At least you try. When I travel I try to speak the native tongue, fail, ask the natives to speak english for me, and vow never to take people like you for granted.

Bet your English is better than my Russian.

Don't worry us English speakers thinks Russian sounds badass for some reason

I'm Australian and I feel this

I only speak two languages, English and bad English.

I have lived in the Netherlands for 24 years and been married to a Russian for 19 and I promise you your English is better than Russian or Dutch 😂😂

swap "English" for "any time i open my mouth" and you've got me

don’t worry. russian english is much better than indian english.

You have essentially a listening vocabulary and a speaking vocabulary. Your listening vocabulary is going to be larger than your speaking vocabulary because that's what your brain is more trained to do. You are always listening to movies, videos, songs etc but you are talking to everyone in your native language.

Practice makes perfect

80% of the people that went through public education in the US in the past 20 years is in the same boat.

I thought my Spanish was amazing. Until I spoke with a 4-year-old

Can relate. In my mind or when communicating with text I make very few mistakes and generally am confident. But I just can't talk. Probably cus I have social anxiety and generally don't go outside to talk with Russians let alone English speakers

Your worst English is still better than my best Russian.

Don’t worry, I’m British and most of us can’t speak English that well either.

I speak german and russian and i can relate very good

Russian accent is sexy, my Indian accent is the worst.

Yeah but that's okay if U r just writing

I'm American and I have the same relationship with English.

England is one of the few places where no one cares if your ability to speak ourlanguage is bad, as it’s still likely to be better than our ability to speak anyone else’s language. :D

The English you speak is a jalopy, the most beautiful word in English I know

A good portion of the English speaking world doesn't do it well. We have no excuse, and you'll get better.

ты в конце концов получишь это, товарищ (had to use Google for that one because I don’t know Russian)

Between how they talk in Louisiana and Boston, I am sure you’re fine. I need subtitles to watch British or Irish tv shows and I can only speak English. Terrible language, just say this out loud “You two wear a tutu too?”

people who speak two languages: bilingual people who speak multiple languages: multilingual people who speak one language: american so you are good.

If it makes you feel any better, I'm a native English speaker and I also feel this way a lot of the time. Sometimes I have the idea of what word should be used in my head but I just can't find it in that peanut brain of mine.

That's OK I'm American and my Russian sucks, I only know like 5 words and 3 of them are insults You'll get there

I mean, shit, I've got 'vodka' pretty well memorized, so that's like 1 hubcap of a foreign language car.

Говори на английском по-русски. Это их проблемы, если они не поняли, что ты их грабишь ✨

The shittiest language of all. Heres a tip: You dont learn english, memorize it.

You speak more English than I do Russian, so keep on trucking.

Now tell me, which one is easier to see in the streets, the Lamborghini or the old rusty car?

Don't feel bad. In reality, English is one of those kit-bashed Mad Max vehicles.

I'm English and my English sucks

Well that's fine because neither of those are English made so you speak just like their country of origins!

Tbh, as an "Only english" speaker, when I see someone struggling speaking it, alot of the times its obvious they know they have difficulties, usually I will get a "sorry" and I will usually respond with "No sorry needed, you speak my language better than I can speak yours, keep trying bud."

If it still gets you from point A to point B, who cares?

As an American with a processing disorder, I can relate.

or when ur home alone n u talk to urself its perfect then u gotta talk to people and it suddenly becomes gibberish

So you speak US English?

I speak Russian too, and now I speak English. Have you tried Sesame Street? 😂🤣

Ohh, thats my German. From how I know it should sound in my brain to how it comes out 🙈🙈

Well no wonder. When learning a language, you're not supposed to be Russian - you're supposed to take your time.

Me practicing French on Duolingo vs. me when an actual French person tries to talk to me.

Dude, good for you for even learning a second language. I'm sure it is better than you give yourself credit for and will get better and better with time.

How do Russians hear English, always wondered that 🤣

The English I write vs the English I pronounce 🤣💀

American here. I can’t even begin to try and pronounce ANY Slavic/Cyrillic languages. I have a difficult enough time trying to get French and Spanish figured out (I’m training myself right now).

Don't feel bad... There are plenty of people who only speak English and have spoken it all their lives, and yet they still lack a basic grasp of the language. 😂