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| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5924 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 9 of 59 27 October 2011 at 7:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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I haven't yet learned a language for love, but I would.
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| July Diglot Senior Member Spain Joined 5273 days ago 113 posts - 208 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishB2 Studies: French | Message 10 of 59 27 October 2011 at 8:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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Definitely. You get to see other sides of people when you understand them in their native
language, and often in my experience people feel that you know them better and on a deeper level if they can speak to you in their original language. I can't imagine that I'd ever be completely happy or secure in a relationship if my significant other didn't understand a word of English. Not to mention that dealing with the rest of their family (if they had one) would be a nightmare if you couldn't communicate. Mothers-In-Law are difficult enough to cope with without added confusions! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| PaulLambeth Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5373 days ago 244 posts - 315 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Icelandic, Hindi, Irish | Message 11 of 59 28 October 2011 at 12:25am | IP Logged | ||
Surely not learning their language would be a great way to avoid any talking with the mother-in-law at all. Of course I agree with the whole sentiment of this thread. One of my family had the same type of story as that on the first page. She went on holiday to Spain, met a guy, stayed there, got married, and learned Spanish, essentially in that order. I imagine she could speak a bit on the wedding day, mind. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5226 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese | Message 12 of 59 28 October 2011 at 2:40am | IP Logged | ||
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Likeliness has nothing to do with it. I can't conceive being truly in love with someone of the opposite sex (call me old fashioned if you like, but that's it for me ;) and NOT learning her language. Shame it hasn't happened so far -- maybe I'll fall in love with a speaker of one of my TL and then I'll have saved a huge amount of time :)
Then again, I imagine it's possible I wouldn't learn it in the end if it turned out to be extremely impractical or something, but I'd certainly try with all my heart. I don't know about others but I'd be extremely wary of a relationship where there's no common real language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jordan152 Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5821 days ago 39 posts - 35 votes Studies: English, Finnish | Message 13 of 59 28 October 2011 at 3:32am | IP Logged | ||
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Yes, and I am. My wife is Finnish and we live in Helsinki so I am learning Finnish. If it wasn't due to my circumstances I probably would not have bothered learning another language. Edited by Jordan152 on 28 October 2011 at 3:35am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| LanguageSponge Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5766 days ago 1197 posts - 1487 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Welsh, Russian, Japanese, Slovenian, Greek, Italian | Message 14 of 59 28 October 2011 at 9:26am | IP Logged | ||
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I actually am. In fact, I'm about to begin learning her family and friends' other
language too (Dutch/Flemish). Before I met my girlfriend I hated French. Now I've seen the light and I find it difficult (bizarrely much more difficult than German or Russian to speak *well*), but lots of fun. I get loads of free practice every day, I get to speak to her friends and relatives too. When she asks me why I want to learn it, my answer is that without French (and as it turns out, Dutch too) I won't/wouldn't be able to speak to her family and friends properly - many of her cousins speak no English at all, however uncommon that probably is - and therefore I'd never have been able to visit where she was born or get to know the people who make her who she is. That's more than enough reason for me. Jack 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5334 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 15 of 59 28 October 2011 at 10:03am | IP Logged | ||
In Belgium, if you leave the Brussels area, that is actually a lot more common than you would think. Peronally I could not imagine not wanting to learn a partner's language, so the answer is yes, absolutely. When I was 20 I would basically fall in love every 2 weeks, so several of the languages I have flirted with are due to romantic interests. Leo's requirements for what the term love would imply would however not be met in my case, but if getting interested in a language because you get interested in a guy qualifies, then I am definitely in. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Iwwersetzerin Bilingual Heptaglot Senior Member Luxembourg Joined 5669 days ago 259 posts - 513 votes Speaks: French*, Luxembourgish*, GermanC2, EnglishC2, SpanishC2, DutchC1, ItalianC1 Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 16 of 59 28 October 2011 at 10:39am | IP Logged | ||
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Of course! As some people in the thread already said, how can you be in love with someone and not learn their language? How some people get married to someone from another country and never show the slightest interest in their language or culture is totally beyond me.
I would even say that love is probably the best motivation to learn a language. Many people who have absolutely no interest in languages learn a foreign language solely for love. The French even have a saying for this "apprendre une langue sur l'oreiller" (to learn a language on the pillow). 4 persons have voted this message useful |
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