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| Tally Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Israel Joined 5601 days ago 135 posts - 176 votes  Speaks: English*, Modern Hebrew* Studies: French | Message 273 of 346 29 April 2010 at 6:14pm | IP Logged |
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I will not include the languages I already know, because It's a waste of space on the
list :) Italian French German Spanish Dutch Portuguese Swedish Japanese Polish Greek I want so much more but you asked for only ten so what can I do :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Saif Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5605 days ago 122 posts - 208 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Levantine)*, French | Message 274 of 346 29 April 2010 at 6:40pm | IP Logged |
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I won't include the languages I know also. :D
If I can get through the first 5, I'll be very happy! 0. English, Arabic, French, Spanish, German (in order of priority) 1. Russian 2. Persian 3. Turkish 4. Greek 5. Italian 6. Malay 7. Mandarin 8. Japanese 9. Swedish 10. Aramaic Edited by Saif on 19 May 2010 at 6:56am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Emerald Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom languagedabbler.blog Joined 6238 days ago 316 posts - 340 votes Speaks: Hindi, Gujarati*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 275 of 346 01 May 2010 at 1:34pm | IP Logged |
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I want to speak ten languages:
Besides the three I know MY DEFINITE LIST INCLUDES: Spanish - because I like it, and also because it is one of the most widely spoken language in the world, so could be useful in more than one country. Well, my real incentive kick was because I am going to Tenerife in December so decided to give myself a challenge. German - because I like Germany and have wonderful German friends, though guttural sounds are a nightmare for me. Italian - because I really love the language, I can pronounce it too, and I love Italy. Latin - because I really love the sound of it. FOR REMAINING TWO/THREE (might go for 11) I HAVEN'T DECIDED BETWEEN: Japanese or Mandarin - I prefer the sound and writing of Japanese more than Mandarin Greek - great history Russian - very different from anything I know Arabic - beautiful language, also probably very useful since it's spoken in so many countries 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| polyglossia Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5397 days ago 205 posts - 255 votes Speaks: French* | Message 276 of 346 14 May 2010 at 2:12pm | IP Logged |
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hi to everyone!!
I already answered to this thread, but i'd like to add something... I just dont know whether I should set up a new thread or not!! Many of us got certificates in languages (rated A1 to C2 according to ALTE criteria) but how about rating ourselves?? Since Claude Piron in his book (le défi des Langues) rated himself less than 80 (scale : 0-100) in English and since he was a professionnal translater, I might be interested knowing what you think about it... Here's my personnal ratings: French 99 (well... let's say 100 since I'm native!!:) Italian 35 English 30 (TOEIC 875) Spanish 18 (DCL 2) German 15 Russian 10 Portuguese 10 Greek 5 Edited by polyglossia on 14 May 2010 at 2:13pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| JPike1028 Triglot Senior Member United States piketransitions Joined 5390 days ago 297 posts - 337 votes Speaks: English*, French, Italian Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written), Swedish, Portuguese, Czech | Message 277 of 346 15 May 2010 at 11:11am | IP Logged |
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My 10 are as follows:
1.) Italian 2.) French 3.) Spanish 4.) Portuguese 5.) Russian 6.) German 7.) Czech 8.) Hebrew 9.) Arabic 10.) I do not really know, my goal is 10 total by the time I'm 40 (15 years) counting my native tongue but let us say that 10 in this survey would be either Swedish or Hungarian. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| LittleBoy Diglot Groupie United Kingdom Joined 5303 days ago 84 posts - 100 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish, Mandarin, Esperanto | Message 278 of 346 15 May 2010 at 10:36pm | IP Logged |
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My ten are an odd mix of obvious and ridiculously obscure, including one that this forum doesn't seem to know! Anyway, the list:
1. French - Already reasonably proficient, would love complete fluency. 2. Spanish - I could just about manage at an Intermediate level, would like to improve. 3. Chinese 4. Japanese 5. Esperanto 6. Icelandic 7. Hittite (!) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hittite_language although fluency is out of the question. 8. Maltese 9. Korean 10. Polish Then there are others, eg: Russian, Welsh, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Basque etc interest me, the number 9 and 10 spots were chosen almost randomly from a selection. Also, 4 to 8 are kind of interchangeable, as is 2. And I don't want fluency in all of them, just a decent intermediate working knowledge. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| JS-1 Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5976 days ago 144 posts - 166 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), German, Japanese, Ancient Egyptian, Arabic (Written) | Message 279 of 346 16 May 2010 at 1:24am | IP Logged |
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Sumerian Arabic French German Italian Chinese Japanese Irish Persian 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6054 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 280 of 346 21 May 2010 at 4:03pm | IP Logged |
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Interesting lists.
I would recommend: I. For communication purposes: 1. English => explanation not needed 2. Mandarin => idem 3. Spanish => ibidem 4. French => still important in many countries + a language of culture 5. Arabic => 300+ million native speakers & sacred language for many more 6. Portuguese => 200 million native speakers / 8 countries II. For cultural purposes: 7. Sanskrit => huge amount of sacred texts to a large part of humankind 8. Latin => explanation not needed 9. Ancient Greek => idem III. Just for fun: 10. German / Farsi / Aramaic / Navajo / Japanese / Basque Just some notes: First: I put some languages under the "culture" umbrella, which does not mean that the other ones are less "cultural" (for lack of a better word) Second: I did not list languages such as Hindi, Urdu or Bengali, because I have the impression that in that part of the world (which I had the privilege of visiting) English will suffice as means of communication. And Sanskrit would definitely help... Third: "just fo fun" can mean several things: culture (including literature, of course), complexity, etc. Edited by Luso on 21 May 2010 at 4:14pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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