Wow, how many languages do you speak? 👀
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Only Dutch and English proficiently. Understand Frisian very well, understand German if spoken slowly in simple terms. If immersed I could maybe get by in German. After 2 weeks in Noumea years ago, I could get what I needed in French in the super simplest ways. I think that having even 2 well developed languages and having learned another couple at school and uni (now forgotten due to lack of use), then it seems easier to pick up new languages. Immersion and frequent use is key. I've noticed too that I'm very good at understanding new migrants in Australia who have very strong accents. Better than my husband or friends. For all the reasons above, I think it's really beneficial for children to be fluent in two languages. It improves their ability to learn their own language too. 🧡✨🤗
I'm very envious, because I speak English only as foreign language (my mother tonguenis Hungarian as I mentioned earlier). And you are right, the frequent use - and the environment with native speakers - are the key (unfortunately it was decades ago when I was in native environment for weeks). I was tautht to French is high school (completely forgotten), and Russian for many many years (it was mandatory "thanks" to we are in the Eastern - communist - Block). I forgot this language too (sometimes I can catch some words). And I learled Hebrew and Zulu in autodidact manner, but it was a "kiss for a dead".
Some people, like you has special talent to easily learn languages. E.g. my daughter's mind is like a sponge, it sucks any language in very short time and she can actively use them, from English to Korean.
I think it the "sensibility" for languages depends on some special layout and wiring in brain.
So you are very lucky, cos you can move and get any job, and/or living quasi anywhere in the world.
And yes, I know Hungarian is a world language, but the world doesn't know about this fact 😁