Kristina Efimenko

[Edil Legno]

Dear Kristina,
it's  practically possible acquire a new language.
The whole thing depends  on the "mental preparation",I mean the innative capacity for learning(acquiring) the language,the circumstances,parents,motivation and even the drill....
I,for example,was born in ex Czechoslovakia (how I hate  to call it that way - ex !),my parents have spoken (each to other)only Hungarian,with us(children) both languages-Hungarian and Slovak.My grandmother, born in Austria , spoke only German (austrian German).Later she acquired from her husband Hungarian and under the circumstances even the Slovak language (which is rather difficult).My grandpa spoke both German and Hungarian(as native languages)and acquired
Slovak.(without any school-learning).And I spoke naturally Slovak,Hungarian and German
(without any problems),Later - at school I learned German - grammar and begun at the age of 8 study Russian at elementary school.
Russian language was obligatory -learning at that time .I followed my study at college - learning contemporary Russian,German,English and Latin.Finally - for my university studies I moved to Russia (it was Soviet Union at that time),where I lived and studied five  years.
When I was 30 I moved to Italy and "had" to learn Italian,which was completely unknown
field for me. And ,probably,thanks to my innative multi-linguistic approach I had no significant difficulty with Italian.(the only is a light accent.) 
One more thing:my father ,born in 1910 in Austro-Hungarian Impery,in 1918 it became
the first Czechoslovak republic,in 1938 it became the first Slovak State,(fascist)in 1945 it became
Czechoslovakia and after part of Soviet Union,
then- recently Ucraina.The place is Mukacevo.
And nobody asked them if they want to learn once Hungarian,then Slovak,then German ,Rusinsky (it's not Ucrainian),Russian
or Czech.
To learn a new language - means (for me) to learn even the history and traditions and that way you'll really acquire a language,it'll become a part of you. Best wishes.
Katarina

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