Why Do I Learn Spanish

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I am Jasen Danilo Cotrina Tarazona I was born in Lima, Peru on the 22nd of August 2005 I enjoy playing sports and video games. My mother and father are named Roxana Tarazona Salazar and Anibal Cotrina Micha. In Peru I lived with my mother ,grandmother and father until I was 3. Later that year I flew to Australia and lived in a little unit with two bedrooms and I still live there to this day. i speak two languages I learned Spanish as my first language and English as my second language. Luckily I managed to learn both fluently due to always speaking Spanish at home and speaking English outside and with other people. I only had one friend when I came to Australia and we always played with each other, but soon after he moved far away and I never

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