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I speak Dutch as native language, English as secundary language (you wouldn't have know, would you!) and some German and only a few words of French.
I used to get English in 5th grade and 6th grade. And on high school (we don't have junior high, but something much more difficult to explain, but high school could be used as name) I had English and French for the first 3 years and add German at the second year.
French I just never could understand. I always got fail grades for it. I know a few words, but I managed to store away two sentences (which, I think, are very important), so I can make clear I don't speak French and if they speak English?
My German is slightly better (always has been, our grading system works from 0 to 10, with a 6 being a pass grade and everything below fail. I usually got a 3 for French and a 5 for German). But I also use it more often, as we generally go to German speaking countries for holiday (Germany, Switzerland, Austria).
I've never been good at learning languages, even my Dutch never got good grades.
Having said that, I can read all four languages fairly well (even French), but don't expect me to speak them very well (except for Dutch and English).
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