Do you read books in your first language?
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Re: Do you read books in your first language?
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Ever since my French has become are advanced, I have taken to reading French books that were originally written in French. I think that reading in other languages definitely improves your fluency.
-- 04 Dec 2013, 11:21 --
Ever since my French has become are advanced, I have taken to reading French books that were originally written in French. I think that reading in other languages definitely improves your fluency.
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No... I must say i don't. I find my native language books boring.Misaela wrote:I live in Puerto Rico, and my first language is Spanish. I can read some things in Spanish, but the bulk of my reading is in English. I also dislike highly to read books that were written in another language, but translated to spanish. So much is lost in translation...
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but some in english and french. For example there are some authors that i love to read in French. Like Patrick Modiano or Muriel Babery.
I read faster in spanish so I use to
And Catalan, Of course. It's my second Mother tongue.
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Even though translations have driven me mad on numerous occasions, I would still prefer the English translation (if the book's in Spanish, for example) rather than the Bulgarian one.
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