French is your langue maternelle? Oh, je veux te parler! J'apprends le français depuis deux ans et je l'aime!

Ça me fait plaisir que tu apprennes le français C'est une langue difficile mais n'abandonne pas!!

I am a southerner and i dont know any other language except English and Spanish.

German is my mother tongue, I learned English at school. And I should know some French (but I don't remember much )

I have a definite interest in other languages, but the only language apart from English that i can "speak" with any fluency is ASL. I'm not exactly fluent in that either, but i've taken a number of classes and with enough patience, i can communicate fine. I'm thinking about working toward becoming a certified interpreter.

Like unto ASL, i've studied Spanish on again/off again for several years, and with some guesswork i can read most labels. An actual conversation, unless it involves princes and princesses playing drums in the tower (thank you, Spanish course), is beyond my capabilities, unless the other person also speaks some English.

I understand a very little French/German/Latin (could get the gist of the earlier French conversations), and while i would like to learn French, i've never taken any kind of class in it. I have a couple books on learning German, but i've lost the earlier one. Studied Latin a little in school, but again, largely guesswork.

I was fortunate enough to take two mission trips - one to Zambia, one to Brazil - and picked up some language while i was there. They learn English in primary school in Zambia, so mostly i picked up songs there. We had an interpreter in Brazil, but she couldn't be everywhere at once, so we made do with a mixture Spanish, English, and Portuguese, with some help from a 100-word dictionary designed for tourists. I have some very fond memories of conversing in this mixed dialect.

Anyone ever hear of Esperanto? I've looked into it once or twice (you can learn it on-line from several different places), but while i'm interested, self-motivation has never been one of my strengths.

Someone mentioned accents - i think the South Africans have a beautiful one. I tend to pick up accents if i hang around someone long enough, but i'm not very good at remembering them, and they usually fall apart if i try and speak with one for too long.

So, yeah. Like i said, a definite interest (and some natural talent) at languages, but not much actual skill.