I speak fluently both Finnish and Swedish, the latter one being my mother tongue (although I sometimes feel I speak Finnish more fluently). Because of my knowledge in Swedish, I almost completely understand Norwegian, as those two are quite alike. Therefore, I haven't got much problems understanding Latvian either, due to my knowledge in Finnish.
I've read some French, Russian and Japanese in school, but I've forgotten most of it, which bugs me a bit. I really would like to learn Japanese throughly and without any pauses, but that's easier said than done.
My current English, as strong as it seems (or does it?
![Cheeky Tongue :P](./images/smilies/icon_tongue.gif)
), is much thanks to school, computer games and Internet. Although I'm much more comfortable writing or reading English than speaking it. I don't think I've had the need to speak it more than 2-3 times per year, and then only because of tourists asking directions or something like that. In longer conversations, I may have problems to articulate myself and sometimes I even forget the easiest words, just because of a slight nervousness.
![Embarassed :oops:](./images/smilies/icon_redface.gif)