Harlow Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 I recently decided to go to French lessons so I could try to add a third langauge. Something that, not only I wanted, but also that it'll work for me later in my career, where any language learned counts. What if you had to learn or decide to learn a new language? Which would be your first choice regarding your definition of utility and your own will to want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroberson Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Oohhh..as much as it pains me to say it since I kind of dislike Chinese government and culture as a whole, I would have to say I would like to learn Chinese if I had the choice. Their rising status of a world power and increased power in international business puts Chinese on the top of the list of languages to know in my opinion. European languages would be nice to learn, but I don't see it being as important to know French or Italian in the global scheme. Can't get myself to learn Arabic, in the unfortunate occasion I get to learn more about their culture - I will inevitably get more confused about the region as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlow Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 Well, I chose French mainly because of it being commonly labeled as one of the "universal languages" with Spanish, English and Portuguese. French is used even on places it doesn't seem to fit. At least I saw that on some occasions As I heard once: "English's fundamental, Chinese's the future, German's the present and French will land you a job" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjakob42 Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 I hope to be able to speak fluent Norwegian. My future plans are to eventually move to Norway since I have a lot of family out there and I've never been outside of the States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrypticQuery Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 I've always wanted to learn Russian for some reason; perhaps it is because the written form of the language looks so interesting? Or maybe saying vodka in an authentic dialect/accent would be cool. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlow Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 The idea of having to learn another type of alphabet tires me. Damn Greco-romans who migrated east and mutated into Cyrilic DX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarFoxfan-FUR_ever Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Russian, because it is the closest language to Greek (which i know) from that list you provided, hence making it easier to learn than other foreign languages (hopefully). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlow Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 Well, apparently, from what I know, Germanics are easier for the Englsih speaking population (German, Dutch, Scandinavians...) and the Latin family's easier for the Spanish speakers like me (French, Italian, Portuguese...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gestalt Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Brazillian Portuguese has always incapsulated me. i feel the need to know that language and its culture...if i had to move out of country (USA) it would be to Brazil. In a sense, their culture is a lost part of me. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderflare Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 I wish to learn German, I will be teaching myself for now, and may take a class in the future. I've always wanted to visit Germany, and I want to learn a new language, I think it would be neat to speak German for some reason. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Stelar Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 I'm torn between Mandarin, Japanese, and French Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fana McCloud Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Japanese culture has always influenced my life, whether through anime or my zen buddhist father who has some very eastern attitudes towards things. So yeah, I'd want to actually become fluent in Japanese, though Chinese would be second due to it's sheer utility given China's place in the world as the other major power. Firefly had it pretty much right: in the future everyone will be bilingual in English and Chinese. XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjrathbun812 Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 I'll probably have to learn at least one other language, so I'd chose Spanish, because that's the language I run into most on the Internet. I wouldn't really have much use of any other language, to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conaly Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Hi, already speaking German, Russian and English (and some basic knowledge in Latin). Next to go would be Japanese to understand all the animes and games from there^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutus Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Spanish is one of the most useful languages in the world now, and will be even more so in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlow Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 Well, l heard Spanish speakers (of every kind, including learners) actually outnumber English speakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russiandog38 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Russian, all the way. I don't know why, but Russia has always interested me. Plus I heard it is hard to learn and I like challenges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Elite Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Well, l heard Spanish speakers (of every kind, including learners) actually outnumber English speakers. Not quite. In terms of Native Speakers, Spanish has more speakers than English. But in terms of any speakers, English has the most speakers. Mandarin is the most Natively spoken language in the world. All the same, I'd pick Italian due to my heritage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Being part Greek I'd like to learn more of Greek than just some of the swears. But I'd also like to learn Japanese, Italian, German, Russian, and Finnish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarita Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 I speak enough Spanish to be at least able to talk to a native speaker, I just need a little more immersion to get my vocabulary built up. This summer I'm going to self-teach myself some Japanese. Katakana and Hiragana at least, and some Kanji if I can manage it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redeemer Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 GERMAN. For obvious reasons. XD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlow Posted May 26, 2012 Author Share Posted May 26, 2012 GERMAN. For obvious reasons. XD "R3dFive..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos_Leader Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Pretty close between Japanese and Russian. I've already studied some Japanese This summer I'm going to self-teach myself some Japanese. Katakana and Hiragana at least, and some Kanji if I can manage it. Hiragana and Katakana are fairly easy to learn. It's more the sentence structure and grammar that (I feel) are really important to a foundation. Japanese simply isn't put together the same way as western languages, but simply learning the "math" of Japanese sentences/phrases will go a long way toward being able to read/hear and translate things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkyway64 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 I wanna learn German. It's an angry sounding language, so it'd be cool to yell it at random people just to freak them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlow Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 I wanna learn German. It's an angry sounding language, so it'd be cool to yell it at random people just to freak them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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