It’s me, PinAngel from Eugene, Oregon, USA! About me: I am a single mother with an adult son. I am a hairdresser by trade and teach Zumba on the side. I really have found a passion for languages and learning as much as I can. I am currently working on learning 6 different languages. I find them so fascinating and I can’t pick just one to focus on.
My native or near-native languages: American English
My C1/C2 languages:
My B1/B2 languages: Mexican Spanish
My A1/A2 languages: German, Romanian, Japanese
I also want to learn or have started to learn: Latin, Sanskrit
Looking forward to talking with you all and sharing our love of languages!
Ohhhh. Yo estudie la historia de esa region, y pude leer sobre Vlad. El fue un dolor de cabeza para Mehmed “El Conquistador” en esos tiempos. Queria ir a Rumania tambien, pero no pude planear ese viaje.
hi, it’s nice to find someone else interested in latin have you ever been in Mexico? hope to meet you online next month or meet you in real life next year at cholula
I’ve only been in Tijuana for a couple of church mission trips. Although, I had a “light bulb moment” while there. It was during high school and I was, apparently, the only person in my group who spoke enough Spanish to do the ordering at a taquería. I had never heard the word “aguacate” and when the lovely lady asked if I wanted some, all I could respond with was, ¿qué?. She finally held up an avocado and I understood. The big moment was suddenly understanding why guacamole is called a such. I would love to travel again once we are allowed to.
I began learning Spanish in high school and then kind of let it fall by the wayside for quite some time. About 2 or 2½ years ago I was attending Zumba classes and had little moments of remembering some words while listening to the music. So, I went on to Duolingo and started practicing. Along with German, Japanese and Romanian. Each one has its own reason why I’m learning them.
Yo entiendo mucho y quiero practicar más. Hablo un poco de español, pero es bien.
Tiffany:
I notice you have listed Japanese, Latin and Sanskrit as languages of interest. Have you ever thought of trying out a Native American language such as Navajo (still spoken by 100,000 strong or more)? If you have been enjoying Japanese, you might find that the mental rewiring required to achieve a Navajo worldview (speak Navajo) is every bit as challenging and rewarding. The way the verbs plug together is somewhat similar to Japanese in that you take a stem and tack things on, but instead of going out the back end (iki–taku–na–katta), you fill in slots in front of the verb stem. For example, 'ałk’iyiistł’in ('ał-k’i-y-ii-s-tł’in) breaks down as: each other : on top of : them(object) : one after another : 3rd person past tense marker : to stack (the stem or root). This one word thus means: s/he stacked them one after another on top of each other (as when Grandmother made pancakes). Pretty compact, don’t you think!
Matt
Es muy interesante que estudias rumano? Por que? 
have you ever been in Mexico? hope to meet you online next month or meet you in real life next year at cholula