Really, I never studied it formally. I just picked it up.
Maelezo kwa mfasiri
I keep getting asked how long I had studied a particular language, or how it is that I can converse in that language. I have a difficult time answering if I never really studied the language.
if I never really studied the language - еÑли на Ñамом деле Ñ Ð½Ð¸ÐºÐ¾Ð³Ð´Ð° не изучал Ñзык.
I just picked it up - Ñ Ð¿Ñ€Ð¾Ñто выучил его Ñо Ñлуха.
Ðо lingvo пишет -> He can only have picked up such excellent English by living in the country for some years — Он Ñмог научитьÑÑ Ñ‚Ð°ÐºÐ¾Ð¼Ñƒ превоÑходному английÑкому Ñзыку только потому, что жил неÑколько лет в Ñтой Ñтране