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A language you cannot resist? | ||
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| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4861 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes  Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 9 of 94 20 August 2011 at 8:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think we rather cannot resist the things connected with these languages than language alone ;) I doubt I'd be so interested in Croatian if not the Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian music... Edited by prz_ on 20 August 2011 at 8:59pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6472 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 10 of 94 20 August 2011 at 11:53pm | IP Logged | ||
No, for me and Swahili for example, I'm fascinated purely by the language, it's so cute and awesome. I admit I haven't looked much into Swahili music or culture. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| HenryMW Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5176 days ago 125 posts - 179 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, French Studies: Modern Hebrew | Message 11 of 94 21 August 2011 at 2:59am | IP Logged | ||
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German. It's a very weird language relative to an English speaker, yet there is still a familiarity because of that Germanic connection.
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| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5768 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 13 of 94 21 August 2011 at 6:26am | IP Logged | ||
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Korean. I just love the way modulation works in it. Usually I find foreign accents in most languages fascinating to listen to (though I dislike German and English accents that are so strong that they make me think the speaker isn't making any effort), but Korean accents make me wish the person would speak in Korean, because it sounds to me as if the voice was restrained by the other language.
Otherwise, give me agglutination, reduplication of words, few consonant clusters, syllable/mora timing, low contour tones or a pitch accent and I'll be happy. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Magdalene Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5038 days ago 119 posts - 220 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Mandarin, German, Modern Hebrew, French | Message 14 of 94 21 August 2011 at 6:36am | IP Logged | ||
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Turkish has unexpectedly captivated me. A few years ago I asked an acquaintance her
motivation for learning Turkish, only half listening to her lengthy and impassioned response because of course I was never going to learn that language! And now I find myself fascinated by the look and sound of the language and the culture of its speakers. Go figure. I'll be sure to pay more attention next time I swap language stories, since like as not they'll prefigure my next linguistic pursuit... 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| JLA Triglot Newbie France Joined 4899 days ago 25 posts - 33 votes Speaks: French*, English, German Studies: Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 15 of 94 21 August 2011 at 10:06am | IP Logged | ||
I must say, that for me too, it started with the music and some Russian songs I heard. No other music had ever carried so much emotion for me (afterwards,I discovered the Yiddish world and something very similar happened, probably the reason why Yiddish is also in my "to learn list" - here, knowing German [and probably also Russian to some extent] should help). But yes, if the art produced by a community reflects its soul (and it most certainly does), then songs (and heard poetry) are probably play the same role as the eyes and the smile would play on a human face and are probably the most susceptible to conquer our hearts. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| darkwhispersdal Senior Member Wales Joined 6042 days ago 294 posts - 363 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Ancient Greek, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, Japanese, Latin | Message 16 of 94 21 August 2011 at 4:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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Vietnamese I love listening to the language in everday speech and when it is sung. It just has a natural lyrical quality and it has a beautiful way of flowing.
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