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No it's not, what are you talking about? I've met thousands of young Europeans and ones that speak 4 languages are extremely rare. Unless they're from countries where they get 2 languages "for free" like Holland/Belgium/Switzerland. Definitely not "pretty normal".


I am swiss and the only Languages I speak are German and english. I should have learned french as well (and had it for a few years in school), but things tend to not stick if you're beeing forced to learn it against your will.




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