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| yawn Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5427 days ago 141 posts - 209 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, FrenchC2, SpanishC2 Studies: GermanB1 | Message 265 of 346 25 April 2010 at 7:55am | IP Logged |
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Here's my personal list, including the language certificates I've obtained thus far:
1) English (native) 2) Mandarin Chinese (native); HSK Advanced -- I think I really lucked out here ;) 3) French (native fluency); DALF C2 4) Spanish (advanced fluency); DELE Intermedio B2 5) German (intermediate); Start Deutsch A2 6) Italian (beginner) 7) Japanese (hit list) 8) Hebrew (hit list) 9) Greek (hit list) 10) Cantonese (hit list) English and Mandarin Chinese are my native languages (I was raised bilingual). Then I'll need French, German, Italian, and Spanish in order to live and work in Europe, and add Japanese and Cantonese on to Mandarin so I could potentially help coordinate trade/law in between Europe and East Asia (very ambitious goal, but I can dream can't I?). Hebrew and Greek are due to my religious background and beliefs, and I want to be able to understand the Bible better. Edited by yawn on 21 May 2010 at 5:25pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| lichtrausch Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5961 days ago 525 posts - 1072 votes Speaks: English*, German, Japanese Studies: Korean, Mandarin | Message 266 of 346 25 April 2010 at 4:40pm | IP Logged |
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My personal 10, in order of priority, that I wish to gain advanced fluency in:
1) German (native) 2) English (native) 3) Japanese (advanced, JLPT 1 kyu) 4) Korean (beginner) 5) Mandarin (beginner) 6) Vietnamese (beginner) 7) Russian (zero) 8) Ancient Greek (zero) 9) Hindi (zero) 10) Latin (zero) If the human life span doesn't increase significantly, I don't think I'll get past number six. In fact, even getting to number six would be quite a feat. More realistically, I might end up with advanced fluency in only the first four and with basic fluency in Mandarin and Vietnamese. The last four languages are basically afterthoughts which I change my mind on every month. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Rabochnok Diglot Newbie Colombia Joined 5611 days ago 37 posts - 59 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Turkish, Persian | Message 267 of 346 25 April 2010 at 5:28pm | IP Logged |
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1 - English
2 - Spanish 3 - Turkish 4 - Persian 5 - Portuguese 6 - Afrikaans 7 - Uzbek 8 - Russian 9 - Japanese 10 - German I'll probably get to advanced fluency in just the top 5, and basic in the next two, the last three would be nice but I won't beat myself up if I don't get far on them. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| rebrafi Pentaglot Newbie Brazil Joined 5330 days ago 18 posts - 23 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Spanish, Esperanto, French, English Studies: Italian | Message 268 of 346 25 April 2010 at 9:27pm | IP Logged |
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As I'm new member at this forum, and this is my first message, I would say that the ten languages would be Portuguese (mother language)
English-most important in communication Spanish Italian French, all three romance languages Esperanto, very easy Swedish (after this one you can learn easy other three, at least Russian Chinese- most talked Turkish- with this one you can go "easily through many others. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5336 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 269 of 346 28 April 2010 at 12:39am | IP Logged |
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I've made lists like this before but I change my mind all the time. Right now my top 10 is:
1. Dutch (native language) 2. English (advanced fluency) 3. French (Intermediate) 4. German (Intermediate) 5. Italian 6. Spanish 7. Greek 8. Arabic 9. Hebrew 10. Russian I'd gladly settle for the first three at native fluency though. Edited by ReneeMona on 29 April 2010 at 3:59am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Tenebrarum Groupie United States Joined 5407 days ago 84 posts - 115 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi | Message 270 of 346 28 April 2010 at 3:09am | IP Logged |
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What I'd be most interested in learning:
1. Hindi 2. Arabic 3. Cantonese 4. Japanese 5. Indonesian 6. Farsi/Persian 7. Spanish 8. Swahili 9. Tamil 10. A click language! (or Russian...) Completely unsure of the ones after the first 3 or 4! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| crackpot Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6302 days ago 144 posts - 178 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 271 of 346 28 April 2010 at 10:21pm | IP Logged |
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As someone said earlier, I may not live long enough to learn 10 languages. I think I may
top out at between four and six languages. In order of importance and my current level: 1.English(native) 2.French(advanced) 3.Spanish(high intermediate) 4,5,6 in no particular order: German(beginner), Italian(hit list), Portuguese(hit list) plus maybe 7, 8, 9, 10: Polish, Russian, Mandarin, Korean 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| PaulLambeth Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5374 days ago 244 posts - 315 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Icelandic, Hindi, Irish | Message 272 of 346 29 April 2010 at 3:13am | IP Logged |
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This is easier than the "So you want to learn 5..." topic that offsprung from it. In order of when I *expect* I will begin tackling (although that ordering method trails off after about number 4):
1. Icelandic 2. German 3. Irish 4. Finnish 5. French 6. Mandarin 7. Welsh 8. Spanish 9. Polish 10. Something natively African. Unspecific I know - possibly Swahili. I haven't given this much thought. It was difficult to come up with the last few. I want to accommodate Romance languages (French, Spanish) for international speech (including German here), local minority languages (Irish, Welsh), and ones for my own satisfaction (Icelandic, Finnish, Mandarin, Polish, something African). I want to source different language families so I'm selecting a range. Finnish and Mandarin have been piquing my interest lately. Edited by PaulLambeth on 29 April 2010 at 7:23pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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