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| pbromide Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 4548 days ago 76 posts - 98 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish*, French Studies: Russian, Swedish | Message 329 of 346 23 September 2012 at 6:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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Like another user stated here, I'd like to study every natural language (yes, even
Kusunda). But if we want to talk about ones that are very low on the priority list, I'll have to say Italian and German. I will give them the credit of having some lovely opera (especially the Germans), but they feel too familiar for me. Still, it's possible I'll change my mind one day in the future. Once I get a good grasp on Swedish, why not sample another Germanic language? And my knowledge of French and Spanish would be quite useful for Italian (and then I could learn Portuguese and then Romanian and bam, we've got the major Romance languages). Artificial languages, especially artificial languages that don't have some novel grammatical feature, don't really interest me. If the artificial language doesn't have a gimmick from the phonetic or grammatical standpoint, I really don't see a reason to study one. The lack of literature and music in the language would be discouraging as well. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| outcast Bilingual Heptaglot Senior Member China Joined 4950 days ago 869 posts - 1364 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English*, German, Italian, French, Portuguese, Mandarin Studies: Korean | Message 330 of 346 23 September 2012 at 8:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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Esperanto. Not becuase I dislike the language per say, I'm more than curious in it's grammar, vocab, etc (never really dug into it). I just can't get started with artificial languages.
A huge part of the reason of me learning languages is discovering the culture, the history, the quiddities of those who speak it. No disrespect, but in those categories any constructed language just comes up short. Almost as if they are missing a "soul". Sounds stupid, and perhaps mentioned in this thread long ago, just my opinion. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jenne:) Tetraglot Newbie Netherlands polyglotquest.wordpr Joined 4468 days ago 38 posts - 56 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German, French Studies: Norwegian | Message 331 of 346 23 September 2012 at 10:06pm | IP Logged | ||
I agree. I do not think it will ever become a real, spoken language, and therefore, it does not interest me at all. I want to be able to communicate with L1 speakers on such a level that my non-nativeness is not obvious. Only then will I really be satisfied with my knowledge of a language. This is impossible with Esperanto and other artificial languages. Also: one aspect of language that I like is culture - without culture, there can not really be a language because culture determines which words people use, their grammar rules, and sometimes even their accent. Furthermore, I have no desire to learn any non-Germanic and non-Romance languages at the moment. Just a personal preference. I always say "I like Germanic languages and French" ^^. I might add Spanish and Italian to the list one day. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| yuhakko Tetraglot Senior Member FranceRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4633 days ago 414 posts - 582 votes Speaks: French*, EnglishB2, EnglishC2, Spanish, Japanese Studies: Korean, Norwegian, Mandarin | Message 332 of 346 23 September 2012 at 10:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'd go with arabic. I've heard it on a common basis (living in Paris) since I was born,
but never liked the way it sounds nor does the culture attracts me. However, I used to think Mandarin sounded horrible and that the culture was not that interesting and I found myself liking it without any warning and am now loving studying it and the culture that goes with it. So we never know, I might end up studying Arabic too :p 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| happycheeks Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4708 days ago 57 posts - 59 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian | Message 333 of 346 09 November 2012 at 3:23pm | IP Logged | ||
I'm not really keen on french now. I'm also worried french people might be rude to me like they were to you. Plus, some of the learners of french were horrible to me. A belgium person on busuu were mean to me and even a person who spoke french said I can't speak french. It gives me bad memories. I have a good friend who is from belgium and spoke french. I learnt french only for him. But from what I have experienced, I might drop french because I don't feel motivated and plus I don't want to meet more people who like to degrade me. I feel like giving french up now. It's boring me to death. :P Edited by happycheeks on 09 November 2012 at 3:29pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4669 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 334 of 346 09 November 2012 at 6:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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Arabic, Chinese, Thai, Korean.
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| limey75 Senior Member United Kingdom germanic.eu/ Joined 4400 days ago 119 posts - 182 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Norwegian, Old English | Message 335 of 346 09 November 2012 at 7:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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Mandarin. Because of those characters and the tones.
After that, I would probably baulk at Arabic, Finnish, Baltic languages... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| stifa Triglot Senior Member Norway lang-8.com/448715 Joined 4874 days ago 629 posts - 813 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, EnglishC2, German Studies: Japanese, Spanish | Message 336 of 346 09 November 2012 at 11:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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Arabic.
No interest in the cultures it is spoken in, as well as the fact that you have to learn one regional dialect in order to not some übeformal. And any dead languages - Esperanto is actually a cool idea in my opinion. Another idea would be to make a large spelling reform in Englsih.. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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