So happy! (about language)

[Tooki]

Oooh smart move, you should stay in Brazil esp. for the Rio De Janiro olympics in 2016. You can hustle and make a lot of money during the games!! The olympics in Brazil is gonna be epic EPIC!! Also I wonder if you can rent out your place or your SO's place during the olympic games if possible too for more money.... You can also be a tour guide once you know the setting!! MONEY MONEY AND MONEY

Screw that! 2014 FIFA World Cup FTW.

[TwoThree]

No no no! Screw THAT! I hate it when the World Cup is not in my time zone :P

[differentcountries]

Good for you!

My SO is very curious about my Turkish. I understand more than I speak. I know a lot of words but the grammar is slower. I am less shy as the time goes by, though. Sometimes I dream in Turkish sounds.

His Norwegian is worse than my Turkish, he can only say phrazes like "You are the most beautiful girl in the world ".

[GuineaPunk]

That is so cool! Congratulations

My SO speaks almost fluent English, so we converse in English at the moment, but I am trying to learn Swahili. It's very difficult mind you, there aren't many learning aids out there for Swahili, I contacted the School of African and Oriental Studies in London requesting what they could help me with, but they wanted to charge me £70 an hour just for very basic lessons! I think I'll stick to the phrasebook and the internet for the mean time If anyone knows of any good webpages that also do some of the more obscure languages, please let me know!

I know a few words already, and have texted him some goodnight messages in Swahili before. When I visited him on New Years I managed to crack a joke (albeit a one-liner) in Swahili which caused the room to explode with laughter, and earn me some serious girlfriend points. We hadn't been together long at this point, so I think it went down well that I was trying.

I'm hoping that I can speak a few clumsy sentences before he gets here to visit my family, as it would be lovely to surprise him. But well done to you (and everyone else) who is already well on their way there.

[TwoThree]

I'm really looking forward to the day I'd be able to converse with my SO in his language. It's not gonna happen for a long, long while, though.

Aww, the innocence of youth. Two years later and I have given up completely on Finnish.

[Schlafmütze]

Aww, the innocence of youth. Two years later and I have given up completely on Finnish.

Hahaha TwoThree, that made me laugh. which is good, after having an stressful day.

[farandaway]

My SO speaks English but has learned Chinese at adult age so there is hope that he will learn Finnish, too! My ex, also American was living here for 16 years and learned his Finnish okay. He doesn't really need it anymore. Shame language skilled cannot be transferred between persons... but luckily my kids speak both languages so that's at least good for them to learn to know each other.