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| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5560 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 289 of 346 24 May 2010 at 6:51am | IP Logged | ||
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I don't even know if I've already posted in this thread or not, but as of the current moment...
1) French 2) Spanish 3) Italian 4) Portuguese 5) Dutch 6) German 7) Swedish 8) Russian 9) Mandarin 10) Japanese Edited by Levi on 20 July 2010 at 7:21am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| motanz Diglot Newbie MexicoRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5292 days ago 5 posts - 6 votes Studies: Nahuatl, Spanish*, English Studies: Russian | Message 290 of 346 24 May 2010 at 9:27am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm a native Español speaker, and already fluent in English, so I don't feel necessary to include them.
My "serious" options are: 01. Nāhuatlahtōlli * 02. Русский * 03. Deutsch 04. Français/Italiano 05. Dansk/Norsk 06. Türkçe 07. Magyar 08. Gaeilge 09. Svenska/Íslenska 10. Português/Català Not sorted by preference, but actually the order I pretend to study them. *Actually studying Also interesting for me are: Čeština, 日本語, Maaya ta'an, Nederlands, Românește, Polski, Esperanto, Diidzah, Ελληνικά, Latīna & Gutiska. But these would be just for fun... Edited by motanz on 24 May 2010 at 7:01pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Fanch35 Triglot Newbie France Joined 6144 days ago 19 posts - 32 votes Speaks: French*, English, Spanish Studies: German, Mandarin | Message 291 of 346 24 May 2010 at 1:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hi! Native French speaker, 23 years old.
First, my Top 5 which includes the languages I already speak or study actively. I have dozens of reasons to learn those languages (communication, personal history, travels, friends). My goal is to reach advanced fluency in English and Spanish, and basic fluency in Chinese, German and Breton. 1) English 2) Spanish 3) Chinese 4) German 5) Breton I really have to focus on those 5 languages above but I sure have interest in many other languages and as a language lover, wanderlust often occurs ! I like to see how a language works and learn the language just for fun. I have a collection of Assimil books and for many of those books, I have just been through the lessons 1 to 7 to see what it feels like learning this language. So, I would like to continue those ones hopefully ! 6) Russian 7) Japanese 8) Turkish 9) Italian 10) Arabic I am eager to start (not exactly the appropriate verb as I would not be a perefct beginner in any of those languages) Russian or Japanese soon ! Also interested in learning another Celtic language to see how close it is to Breton language, Greek, Farsi, Finnish, Euskara seems very interesting languages too. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ubik Senior Member United States ubykh.wordpress.com/ Joined 5309 days ago 147 posts - 176 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Latin, Arabic (Egyptian), German, Spanish | Message 292 of 346 10 July 2010 at 12:45am | IP Logged | ||
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1. German. Still #1 in my book. Still a beautiful language. Frustrating to learn, but that will be overcome eventually
2. Spanish. Beautiful language, highly highly useful as Spain is on the short list of places to eventually move to 3. Basque. One of the most unique languages. I love everything that Ive studied about it so far. Of course its almost a guarantee that I *will* have to move to Spain in order to learn it as there dont seem to be ANY classes for it in the US or a lot of self-study material available. 4. Finnish. Call me crazy, but the longer the words the better and the more noun cases the better too. I would MUCH rather learn a language with giant agglutinative/inflecting affixes than learn a language where >50% of the words are 2-3 letters long or rely on many diacritical marks/punctuation/word order to be understood 5.Welsh. Welsh currently scares the crap out of me because my eyes blur seeing what appear to be words comprised solely out of W,Y,C,F,E,and Ns, but the more I learn about it the more Im intrigued to give it a shot. Its the newest on my list so given some time, it could move up or down from here. 6. Latvian. Welsh and Latvian are really a tie, but whatever. Latvian has intrigued me for years. I think it sounds beautiful and rhythmic; the grammar seems sensical, and I already like some of the culture/people Ive experienced from there. 7. Xhosa. Realistically Ill probably end up learning Swahili or Zulu before I learn Xhosa plus Ive heard that this and the latter are virtually the same, but for some reason Ive heard more Xhosa than Zulu and maybe its just my mood or the speaker, but it sounds heavenly and learning an African language or two is definitely in the gameplan 8. Swahili. One of, if not *the* most important/useful of the native African languages 9. Korean. Not a big fan of East Asian languages overall, but I want to learn one before I die and the only one that sounds the best, is popular enough to matter AND doesnt have tones = Korean 10.Quechua. In trying to be as diverse as possible, I dont want to discount tribal/native languages of the Americas, etc so I pick Quechua because it intrigues and fascinates me and has a great history. Not sure which dialect yet, but probably Southern as it is the most widely used. *Honorable mention*: Maori. One of my top picks for a non-US place to live would be New Zealand and if that ever becomes a reality, regardless of where I am at on my learning path, I will take time out to learn Maori. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| aarontp Groupie United States Joined 5260 days ago 94 posts - 139 votes | Message 293 of 346 20 July 2010 at 1:43am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm not sure if I understand this thread completely--or at least how the responses
agree with the OP's question. But concerning 10 languages I feel I have some possibility of eventually learning; I include the following. 1. Spanish--for use in my native country; travel, literature, culture. 2. French--for travel, literature, films, culture. 3. Russian--for use with immigrants in my native country, and travel, literature, films, culture. 4. German--for travel, literature, films, culture. 5. Portuguese--for travel 6. Italian--for travel, use with Italian speakers in my area. 7. Turkish--for variety, literature, possible travel. 8. Persian--curiosity, fascination with the culture. 9. Swedish--for films, travel, curiosity. 10. Danish--for literature; Kirkegaard mainly. I don't expect to ever get this far to be honest. Edited by aarontp on 20 July 2010 at 1:44am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| mrhenrik Triglot Moderator Norway Joined 6072 days ago 482 posts - 658 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, French Personal Language Map | Message 294 of 346 20 July 2010 at 1:59am | IP Logged | ||
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I can't find my first post, but here's today (not included Norwegian+English):
1. French - want to live in France. 2. Urdu - spoken by a large amount of the Norwegian immigrant community, always wanted to speak this language. Basic Hindi comprehension is a great bonus. 3. Japanese - everything about it and Japan is awesome. Except for the fact that it's so bloody difficult. Most likely never going to be fluent unless I get given a proper and practical reason to learn it. 4. German - this would be quite easy for me I believe. Always enjoyed the language. 5. Spanish - this is the first language I began studying on my own. Fascinating language, should be easier with French, and I have friends from Spain. 6. Zulu/Xhosa/Swahili - I really want to learn an African language. Depends on which language is spoken by the immigrant community in France when I move there. 7. Old Norse - heritage. 8. Arabic - very useful. Fascinating language. 9. Esperanto - community, events look brilliant. 10. Dutch - for awesomeness. Also probably easy if I speak German. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| arturs Triglot Senior Member Latvia Joined 5264 days ago 278 posts - 408 votes Speaks: Latvian*, Russian, English | Message 295 of 346 20 July 2010 at 7:14am | IP Logged | ||
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1. French - because I love everything that has to do with France, and chicks just adore the sound of this language.
2. German - because I like the sound of it, very strong and powerful, it associates to me with military stuff and I like military stuff. 3. English - you can communicate with nearly every person on this planet. 4. Swedish - because the language is so melodic and there are pretty much blondes in Sweden. :) 5. Arabic - the culture and the language is very fascinating. A challenge with a different script. 6. Finnish - ancestry comes from there, and I like the long words. 7. Danish - it is a challenge to learn and understand a language with so many mumbling. 8. Dutch - somewhat a combination of English and German, like the sound. 9. Japanese - the second language in my list with a different writing system. 10. Spanish - because you can understand what the hotties in Mexican telenovelas are sayin'. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Ubik Senior Member United States ubykh.wordpress.com/ Joined 5309 days ago 147 posts - 176 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Latin, Arabic (Egyptian), German, Spanish | Message 296 of 346 20 July 2010 at 7:27am | IP Logged | ||
Im seeing kind of a theme going on there Arturs.... Oh, and I agree with you on your Finnish reason. Danish...good luck with that. Its like the Germanic version of French with its unarticulateness LOL. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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