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For those who's country's national language is NOT English, how fluent is your English compared to your country's language? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I was just wondering about all the Europeans (excluding UK)... like do y'all understand... say, an American movie or TV as well as those in your national language?

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[–] 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Pretty fluent I guess. Most of the media I consume are in English and I never have issues understanding things (at least for US and UK content). I also think in English about half of the time. The main problem is my accent, which is terrible and trips me up a lot when trying to speak. This is one of the parts you don't train too much when most of your communication in English happens with other non-native speakers.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Haha, it also leads to odd quirks of English shining though. Although media is plural and "are" would be used, as you did, most would use it as a collective noin and say" media is". It's one the rules to break as a native speaker.

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