[nabs-l] my introduction

Lillie Pennington lilliepennington at fuse.net
Fri Jan 24 01:21:53 UTC 2014


Wow. How do you know so many languages?

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> On Jan 23, 2014, at 8:49 AM, Ryan Silveira <ryan.l.silveira at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Welcome to the list, Sami.  I am pretty familiar with Nyack--I'm
> originally from Newburgh, New York which is pretty close to Nyack.  I
> moved to Connecticut in 2002 when I was 12, but I've been through
> Nyack a number of times and my father still lives in that area.  I'm
> glad you like attending NYSe for school; I've heard some pretty good
> things about it.  I'm also glad to hear that you're a language
> enthusiast.  I, myself, have a goal of being fluent in at least five
> languages (including English).  Of course, if I can gain fluency in
> more, that would be even better.  I speak fluent Spanish (I studied it
> in school up to the advanced placement level), I speak some French,
> some Italian, some German, good conversational Greek and I also know
> bits and pieces of Bosnian, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic (both of which I
> want to study more), Zulu, Xhosa and Welsh.  I also know Latin fairly
> well, but no one actually speaks Latin conversationally.  Well, I
> would because I'm a geek, but that's beside the point.  Anyway,
> welcome to the list.  I am sure you will enjoy all our discussions.
> 
> Ryan
> 
>> On 1/23/14, Helga Schreiber <helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Sami, this is Helga Schreiber. Welcome! to the NABS list!!  That's cool!
>> that you speak three languages! Specially the Spanish language. Just to let
>> you know, I Speak Spanish fluently. I'm actually from Peru, and I came to
>> the United States 9 years ago, almost 10, at the age of 12 years old. And
>> when I came here to the U.S. I didn't know any English at all! So I actually
>> learned English here. So my first Language is Spanish, and my second
>> language is English! Also, just to let you know, when I came to the U.S. I
>> was low vision, but 6 years ago! I lost my sight, due to the fact that I
>> lost my sight because my Retina got detach, and even though I had many
>> surgeries in the past, the doctors could not restore my sight. But I
>> actually know that even though I'm going through many bad circumstances, I
>> will nevr give up, and I know that these circumstances will not stope me to
>> fulfill my dreams! Actually, I'm actually a college student! Hope to talk to
>> you soon! Thanks so much for listening to me, and God bless!! :)
>> P.S. By the way, I'm very interesting in learning the French Language, since
>> some day I would like to go to France, and visit the place, where Louis
>> Braille, the inventor of the Braille code lived! I just wanted to ask you,
>> who taught you French? And do you know who can teach me, or where can I
>> learn it? Just curious!! I will really appreciate it a lot, if you could
>> give me some suggestions regarding this. Thanks again! for all your time! ;)




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