Language.Exchange

Hi! I’m Mia. I have a habit of becoming totally infatuated with things, specifically learning new things, and absorbing as much information about a subject as I can. I love a good book, especially one I have to hunt down and learn a new language for. (Currently, it’s Le rempart des Béguines!)

I would prefer to do a language exchange with a woman, rather than a man. No offense intended! If we get along well, it doesn’t matter as much, but I can be a bit skittish. Sorry!

I keep every single bouquet I receive, and consequently, my apartment is full of dried flowers. Some of them I pick myself! I like to press flowers, too. I’m not trying to brag with my bouquets, frankly most of which represent embarrassing moments of my life, but what I AM trying to do is say I love and appreciate small, beautiful things! These dry flowers that make a mess of every surface in sight are like a souvenir from the future to me. I want to one day live a peaceful life in some old, grubby house in the countryside and perhaps have some goats or something. Catch my drift?

My other interests are just as nerdy as the aforementioned literature, including but not limited to building computers and wasting all of my time at the library. Music is something I always forget to mention because is just such a huge part of my life, that I feel like I don’t even need to say it. I’m on last.fm, that’s how deep in it I am! I’m just as crazy about instruments, as I am about languages. Working on learning the cello right now!

I am planning to take a flight to France this summer and stay there for as long as I am able, and I’d love to learn enough French to survive before then! I’ve been studying it on my own for a little while, but I’m not quite confident enough to say I properly speak it yet. My English is stellar though, and I have a good base for learning French, given that I’ve already studied both Italian and Spanish.

Note that I've added English into both "native" languages and the ones I'm studying! It's because my English is very good, and I am confident in my ability to help others with it, but it isn't my native language, and I'd still be interested in learning more profound, intricate parts of it through language exchange.

Would love to get to know some interesting people and improve perhaps my French and their English?! Let me know! I can also most likely help with your Finnish, given that I’m a native speaker, and I’m more than open to improving a language other than French (as long as it’s on my profile… mostly. :P I’m too curious to rule everything else out though!)

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