At age 61 I continue my journey toward becoming a polyglot. I can now sound like a highly educated person in my mother tongue and muddle along in German (though I'm pretty good at singing in German.) I can also sound like a complete idiot in several other languages, some better than others.
Seriously, though, I can follow knitting patterns and prayers in almost any Germanic language. I could probably also make it to a train station or hotel and order something to eat, as well as find a restroom. Time to set a few intermediate goals now:
As of yesterday, Dutch has passed Greek on my leaderboard below. This was inevitable, since Dutch is my 4th Germanic language while Greek requires learning a different alphabet--one I have previously used only in math and science. Spanish is likewise gaining on Russian.
If anyone else is on Duolingo, my name there is Katharina818820
Here's how it is going:
Status on Duolingo on Day 261
German: section 4 unit 13
Italian: section 2 unit 23
Norwegian: section 2 unit 15
French: section 2 unit 3
Klingon: section 1 unit 13
Korean: section 1 unit 11
Russian: section 1 unit 9
Spanish: section 1 unit 8
Dutch: section 1 unit 5
Greek: section 1 unit 4
Hebrew: section 1 unit 1
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