Do you read books in your first language?

[Miss Diz]

My first language is Malay but mostly I read in english and speak bilingual to improve both language

[Shrabastee Chakraborty]

My first language is Bengali, and I used to read almost exclusively in that language since my childhood, and would occasionally read a few English books. In fact I've started one of my most favourite English book series with its translated version. But once I started reading more and more English books, I was exposed to a whole new universe and since then I find myself reading mostly in English. I still love to read in Bengali, but the number of Bengali books I read has declined in the recent years. I mean to take up more books in my first language.

[nikkyteewhy]

My first and only language, English. I know some Spanish, but nothing to read fluently.

Same here too English is my first and only language. As much as I want to learn another language , I don't know enough to read fluently too.

[Alice Thokchom]

Yes. Manipuri is my first language and it has a rich literature. I always read stories, poems, articles in Manipuri. But, no translations from other languages because they miss the real essence.

[dianaterrado]

Books are rarely translated to our language so unfortunately, no.

[Ekta Kumari]

Most of my reads are in English. I used to read many books in my first language, but it has been quite some time since I read one. It's just that English is more accessible. I don't prefer translated books unless it's something I really want to know about.

[spencermack]

I can only read in English and it plagues me that I'm missing out on the pure language on translated books.

[-Bookworming-]

I am an Indian and Hindi is my mother tongue. I read short stories in hindi but I prefer reading novels only in english.

P.S- that doesn't mean that Hindi novels are not good. That is my preference.

[Aniza Butt]

My first language is urdu and i love reading in urdu but right now i mostly read english books.

[ayomie]

I prefer reading in English. But recently, I've been trying to get better at my first language, Yoruba, so I love reading in Yoruba now.

[luz0928]

My first language is Spanish, and I love reading in Spanish, there is this melody in my language that I don't get in others. Reading the Spanish classics is beautiful really, I can't imagine them in other language. I have read a couple of books in English, and I have no problem reading in that language, there are also expressions lost in translation when the original book is written in English, so when that's the case, I read it in English.
I am learning German for almost 3 years now, but I have only read kids books hahaha but I will continue to improve and someday read in this beautiful language as well.

[Maralynx]

Of course I do. In my case, I'm also an aspiring writer, so I need my vocabulary on point. But these days, English is more prominent in my life because of the university and internet.

[magnoparisi]

I used to, but not anymore. I've already read every must-read classic in portuguese. The majority of what I read is English.

[Kister Bless]

I have never read books in my first language because I hardly understand the language but I will train myself and read it one of these fine days as long as I get someone to take me through the process.

[shravsi]

I feel a sense of ease when I read in my first language which I don't feel with English. But I don't read translations though as I feel they don't do any justice.