leroc Senior Member United States Joined 4312 days ago 114 posts - 167 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German
| Message 49 of 76 10 April 2013 at 6:11am | IP Logged |
If you can't get a date in your native language than good luck stumbling twice as awkward as regular through your L2.
The language that I recommend is that of 'confidence'. As a non IE language you may run into some trouble but it is well worth the time invested, you can practice it with over 7 billion people so there is no excuse ;)
Although a good language to learn after confidence is Tagalog. I've met more Tagalog speakers in my area then that of any other language and most Filipinas are pretty easy on the eyes.
Edited by leroc on 10 April 2013 at 6:16am
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Zarmutek Newbie United States twitter.com/manueljoRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4726 days ago 28 posts - 74 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 50 of 76 10 April 2013 at 7:20am | IP Logged |
James29 wrote:
For example, if a non-Spanish speaking American went to Latin America could/would
he have just as much success as a Spanish speaker? If a French speaking American went to France
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I'm very interested in hearing an answer to this.
Edited by Zarmutek on 10 April 2013 at 10:13pm
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Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5382 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian
| Message 51 of 76 10 April 2013 at 2:37pm | IP Logged |
1) Find the right woman.
2) Learn her language.
That seems to me like a much more efficient method and worthwhile endeavour than spending months learning a language *just in case*.
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ling Diglot Groupie Taiwan Joined 4587 days ago 61 posts - 94 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Indonesian, Thai
| Message 52 of 76 10 April 2013 at 2:49pm | IP Logged |
If you like Turkish women, learn Turkish.
If you like Thai women, learn Thai.
If you like Hungarian women, learn Hungarian.
Etc. etc.
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vilas Pentaglot Senior Member Italy Joined 6961 days ago 531 posts - 722 votes Speaks: Spanish, Italian*, English, French, Portuguese
| Message 53 of 76 10 April 2013 at 4:17pm | IP Logged |
ESENTIAL WORDS
# I love you - English language
ag älskar dig - Swedish language
Ek het jou liefe - afrikaans language
Te dashuroj - albanian
# Ana Behibak (to a male), Ana Behibek (to a female) - arabian language
Nere Maitea baskiskan language
# Jeg elsker dig - dannish language
# Mi amas vin - esperanto language
# Mina armastan sind - estniska
# Minä rakastan sinua - finska
# Je t'aime - franska
# Tha gradh agam ort - gaeliska
# (Ego) Philo su - gammelgrekiska
# S'ayapo - grekiska
# Asavakit - grönländska
# Mein Tumse Pyar Karta Hoon - hindi
# Aku cinta kamu - indonesiska
# Io te ama - interlingua
# Eg elska thig - isländska
# Ti amo - italienska
# Aishiteru - japanska
# Ikh hob dikh lib - jiddisch
# Wô ài nî - (standard-)kinesiska
# bangwI' SoH - klingon
# Ja te volim - Croatian language
# Ez te hezdikhem - kurdiska
# Te amo - latin
# Kocham ciebie - polska
# Eu te amo - portugisiska
# Tye-mela'ne - quenya
# Ja tebja ljublju - ryska
# Ja älskar daj eller Ja älskar di - skånska
# Techihhila - sioux
# Te ljubim - slovenska
# Je elska du - somiska
# Te quiero - spanska
Nakupenda - swahili
Chan rak kun - thailändska
Miluji te - tjeckiska
Ich liebe Dich - tyska
Dwi'n caru ti - walesiska
Ngiyakuthanda - zulu
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beano Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4623 days ago 1049 posts - 2152 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian
| Message 54 of 76 10 April 2013 at 4:17pm | IP Logged |
I'm a happily married family guy so I don't view languages as a tool for picking up women, but there are
definitely females out there who love to hear a foreign man speak their language. With some of the less-
commonly studied languages, even a basic knowlege can create a good impression. I'm working at A1 level
in Hungarian and Serbian and I've had attention from women on the strength of that.
Last year I was in a bar when I overheard a group of girls speaking German. I walked straight over,
introduced myself and got along fabulously with them, despite me being double the age of some of them. If I'd
been looking to get laid that night, I may well have succeeded. But if I had approached them in English, my
chances would have been around zero. Just another bloke nearing middle age, out on the pull.
Of course, many women won't care much either way, but with those who do, knowledge of their language
gives you an entry point.
Edited by beano on 10 April 2013 at 4:56pm
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vilas Pentaglot Senior Member Italy Joined 6961 days ago 531 posts - 722 votes Speaks: Spanish, Italian*, English, French, Portuguese
| Message 55 of 76 10 April 2013 at 4:20pm | IP Logged |
Sorry
Digitation Error
ESSENTIAL WORDS (Not ESENTIAL )
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patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4534 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German
| Message 56 of 76 10 April 2013 at 5:08pm | IP Logged |
The Language of Love?
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