I'm native Norwegian, which means I speak Norwegian and have no problems understanding Swedish and Danish. I'm fluent in English, I took French for five years in school, but can't speak it to save my life. I've learned to count in various languages that I otherwise don't speak (German, Italian, Japanese, Finnish, Thamil) and right now I'm in the process of learning Norwegian standard sign-language (yes, sign-language has languages, even dialects... must be a nightmare for deaf people who wants to travel abroad...)