I speak fluently both Finnish and Swedish, the latter one being my mother tongue (although I sometimes feel I speak Finnish more fluently). Because of my knowledge in Swedish, I almost completely understand Norwegian, as those two are quite alike. Therefore, I haven't got much problems understanding Latvian either, due to my knowledge in Finnish.
I've read some French, Russian and Japanese in school, but I've forgotten most of it, which bugs me a bit. I really would like to learn Japanese throughly and without any pauses, but that's easier said than done.
My current English, as strong as it seems (or does it?
), is much thanks to school, computer games and Internet. Although I'm much more comfortable writing or reading English than speaking it. I don't think I've had the need to speak it more than 2-3 times per year, and then only because of tourists asking directions or something like that. In longer conversations, I may have problems to articulate myself and sometimes I even forget the easiest words, just because of a slight nervousness.