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| CS Groupie United States Joined 5128 days ago 49 posts - 74 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Icelandic, Latin, French | Message 105 of 141 06 January 2011 at 8:11pm | IP Logged |
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My current languages:
French: large literature, strong influence on English, and widely spoken. Latin: I'm a classical and medieval history buff so there's a lot I'm interested in here. Between French and Latin I also can get some idea of how the Romance languages evolved and lay a good base for Spanish and Italian. Others that I've dabbled in and will probably return to: Classical Greek: given my historical interests this one's a good choice. German: a lot of secondary historical sources and linguistics references are in German. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| wenevy Bilingual Pentaglot Newbie China Joined 5077 days ago 28 posts - 36 votes Speaks: Spanish, Mandarin*, Cantonese*, Catalan, EnglishC1 Studies: French, Italian | Message 106 of 141 09 January 2011 at 1:16pm | IP Logged |
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I think usefulness is a important factor.
I would choose languages which are important in the whole world. Or It is important for me(maybe beacause i want to live in X conutry in the future.) Then, if a languege is similar to one of the languege that I already know, I will find it more interesting(Not because there are probably more easy, but because they are related, the culture and the history of thoses coutries are related) Por example, I speak chinese, and for me, Japanese and Korean are much more atractive than Hindi. Finally, I would consider the difficulty, of course. Korean is easier than Japanese, even Japanes if more useful and popular. So probable I will learn Korean. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| polyglHot Pentaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5066 days ago 173 posts - 229 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, German, Spanish, Indonesian Studies: Russian | Message 107 of 141 17 January 2011 at 8:02pm | IP Logged |
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I didn't choose Norwegian and English.
I chose German because my junior high school didn't offer French or Spanish. I chose Spanish because it Spain was cheaper to live in than France. I chose Indonesian because I stumbled upon the country while backpacking. I chose Russian because it is my exotic neighbor in the east. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| dearwanderlust Newbie United States youtube.com/dearwandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5271 days ago 38 posts - 39 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, French | Message 108 of 141 05 February 2011 at 3:51am | IP Logged |
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I chose Spanish because I live in Florida and it's almost impossible to get a job without
some type of intermediate/advanced Spanish speaking ability. Plus it's a pretty language and useful for travel. I chose French because I'm pretty much a Francophile and I love all things French. It's a BEAUTIFUL language and I dream of someday living in Paris. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| 98789 Diglot Groupie Colombia Joined 5043 days ago 48 posts - 55 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English | Message 109 of 141 05 February 2011 at 3:19pm | IP Logged |
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I chose English because is the world's lingua franca and because is the only foreign language taught here in Colombia.
I chose Portuguese because is pretty similar to Spanish and I guess will be easy to learn. I chose German because have a relatively easy pronuciation and I've heard is useful for engineers... also I asked for help here and most of the users suggested me that one. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5847 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 110 of 141 05 February 2011 at 4:31pm | IP Logged |
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Why did I choose my target languages?
1. English: I had no choice because my family moved to the USA and I went to the American school there. 2. Latin: I had the choice between Latin and French at school and my parents recomended me to take Latin. 3. French: I myself wanted to learn another modern language at school. 4. Ancient Greek: Was offered to me at school and I was curious about the different alphabet. 5. Dutch: There was a cable TV pilot project with "Nederland 1" and I thought I could pick up the language by watching TV. 6. Italian: There was a university course offered. 7. Spanish: This language was also offered to me at university. 8. Esperanto: There is an Esperanto-group in my city and I found somebody to give me private lessons. 9. Turkish: There are 25,000 Turks living in my city and I am a regular customer in Turkish shops. 10. Danish: I visited Danmark in 2003 and got interested in the language and Scandinavia in general. Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 05 February 2011 at 5:21pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6865 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 111 of 141 05 February 2011 at 11:27pm | IP Logged |
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One thing determines my desire to study a language: interest. If you find a language interesting, you will work at it. All I then do is decide what level I wish to learn it to. But interest is the key
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| RealJames Diglot Newbie Japan realizeenglish.com/ Joined 5124 days ago 37 posts - 42 votes Speaks: French, English* Studies: Japanese | Message 112 of 141 06 February 2011 at 2:45am | IP Logged |
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Practicality dictates language selection for me.
Where I live and where I intend to live, that's about it. And so that covers Japanese and Korean. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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