Do you read books in your first language?

[MatthewAlexander]

My first language is english so everything I read is in english. I've taken both italian and german, though, and lately I've been interested in buying a favorite book in both languages and seeing if I can read either (a favorite, because then I'd have a general understanding of the book anyway, and have an English reference point).

[1_2_5_am]

Yep. I currently read in my first language, English.
Once I am able to read fluently in another language, I will SO be reading in it, LOL!

[shelley_soetosenojo]

My first language is Dutch. For leisure I do prefer English books, but for work or education I do prefer Dutch.

[fabulasaule]

Most of the books I read is in my first language. I think it is because I understand it best, I can fully enjoy the richness of language, follow the author's ideas properly. I hope that when I improve my other languages it will be the same. At this moment I could say I am stuck in one language

[Chabou87]

I read in both french and english. I love reading in french because there are so many different words and expressions. It is a really rich language. I Also really like to read a book in it's original language when I can so when it comes to Jules Verne, Victor Huga and Emile Zola the choice is made. As for english, the majority of my reading is in english and i find that a read much faster in it then in french even if it's my native tongue.

[Loverockers]

I'm bilingual, but I always prefer reading and writing in English. I don't think I have read any books in my native language which weren't for school.

[zebacarts]

My first language is english, I never read spanish book but I want to read and learn spanish, that why I take spanish classes.

[jungkookblog]

No. I can't even read my first language haha.

[starsealsseo]

Pashto is my first language but i did not read pashto book.

[lily_kh87]

I read in my first language which is Arabic and I read in English. I prefer to read in the original language than to read a translated version because translations aren't always as good as the original.

[karthic]

Tamil is my first languages .I also read english books because lots of reference books in english language. But I respect the Tamil languages ,culture and books.I have read thirukural

[Scerakor]

Almost all of the books that I read are in my native language, English. The only other language that I am fluent in is French and have fortunately been able to attack a couple of books originally written in French, namely "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Little Prince". I think, if one is able, there is something to be said for reading works in their original language.

[Mailis]

I usually read to my children in Estonian, but mostly everything else on my bookshelves is in English. Translated books (from English to Estonian) always seem to have tons of mistakes and weird phrasings in it, so I like to go straight to the source and read it as it was written.

[heliz_t]

English is my first language, and I read a lot of books that were originally written in English, or have been translated into English from languages I do not read. I live in a Spanish - speaking country, and also read Spanish. If a book was originally written in Spanish, I don't like to read the English translation. When I was first learning Spanish, I went through a phase (for a couple of years) of trying to read only in Spanish and not in English. Now I read in both languages, and choose the book more for the content than for the language.

[Camille Turner]

I almost always read books in my first language -- English -- but I also enjoy them in French and my husband helps me with Spanish books and poetry.