I might start by introducing myself. I speak Finnish (it's my mother tongue) Swedish (my second mother tongue) English (studied it for 10 years and then lived in the UK for almost ten years) studied Japanese at university, studied German, Italian, Latin and French at upper secondary school, etc etc. My hobbies are cooking, Cartoons (especially Donald Duck and Carl Barks in particular), reading (anything from Harry Potter to Political History), and writing.
I would be great as a language buddy for someone who is thinking about studying Japanese or English in the UK, and anyone who is thinking about Japanese studies in general. I don't know much about J-pop, though, .

Hello.
I am studying Germany and English.
I speak Serbian language, too.
But I want to know English perfectly.

MiriamX - Great topic!

This is a wonderful idea MiriamX!

I want a language buddy who could teach me some Hungarian. I will study in Budapest next semester so it would be really useful to know something before I arrive there, and to get some practise and have someone to ask questions.

I would also like to practise Russian and Estonian, if there's anyone who knows these languages still on MB... Can I have many language buddies?

My native language is Swedish so I could help anyone who wants to learn it or just wants to practise. I studied French in university, and I speak some Estonian, I'm not really fluent but if anyone is curious about this beautiful language I would love to try and help
I study general linguistics now so I could also be a buddy for anyone who studies a language, when it comes to the more theoretical parts of it.

LolaLoveheart wrote:

I'd like to be a buddy and to also have a buddy

I can help anyone who needs some help with English as it is my mother tongue. I'm very good with the more colloquial side of English, so I can help in that area. I can also help with more formal English, or if people are interested in the English culture etc.

I'd like a buddy to help me with my German studies. I have been studying German for 2 years and sometimes struggle with it. I will be studying German for at least another year, possibly even the next two years. I'd like some help speaking some more colloquial German (I feel as if I speak the sort of German old people speak at the moment ). It would also be helpful if my German buddy could help me look at German universities, as it is currently something I really want to look into for my future

Hey, I need some help with English.

Thanks to all of you for your thumbs-up for this thread, and especially MianaE who gave me a mod approval for starting it.
I'll try to scout for mentors. Russian is pretty impossible (and many of you know why... ) but I know one person - I'll try and scout her for you, if she's still here! And we need a Finnish metal fan for Vampie. But your Finnish is soo good that you should just come by our Finnish thread more often.

Cute_pink: I'm interested in Hindi! I just spent three weeks in India (Delhi, Kerala, Jaipur, Agra). Could I PM you about some basic stuff?

Don't forget to also check out the threads in the languages or cultures you are interested in.


I've pared up myself and cute_pink (on Hindi) and

Adrianaa and LolaLoveheart (English)

They don't have to be into metal... I have enough simple metal vocabulary from my favourite band. I know how to summon the metal warriors and whatnot, but I need to improve normal Finnish
Actually I've been taking some lessons, but the beginnings are always so sloooow.

I could really need a friend for basic french, I am really bad in grammar, like how to use être and Avoir, in passé composé etc...

I can help with a little english, otherwise I speak fluently danish, because I am a Dane But I do not think, that there are many people, interested in the danish language.. I can also tell about the culture in Denmark, which is very interesting for some people, and I am very interested in the cultural differences around the world, so if anyone is interested in exchanging cultural differences, just mail me

sweetykat wrote:

I could really need a friend for basic french, I am really bad in grammar, like how to use être and Avoir, in passé composé etc...

I can help with a little english, otherwise I speak fluently danish, because I am a Dane But I do not think, that there are many people, interested in the danish language.. I can also tell about the culture in Denmark, which is very interesting for some people, and I am very interested in the cultural differences around the world, so if anyone is interested in exchanging cultural differences, just mail me

I'm studying French, and I would be happy to tell you how to use Etre and Avoir, and then many more such as Aller (if only its necessary)

I think this is a great idea, MiriamX. Let's give it a little more time. 

Ahh, this thread pleases me! haha

Native: English
Intermediate: Spanish
And I know basic French.

I'd like to improve my Spanish and French. I'm also really obsessed with most languages (I was planning to be a linguist as my profession ) I'm also pretty interested in Arabic and Hindi. French is what I've really been hoping to improve on, Spanish isn't as enjoyable to me and it's embarrassing because I've got this Spain-Mexico dialect going on but I'd love to talk to anyone who'd like to.

If anyone would like to learn English or some basic German, I'd be happy to help

OK guys! Sorry for the delay in everything! I've just gotten my connection up and running again, after much trial and tribulation.... I'll do some pairings in a bit !!!