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| Seolyk Newbie United States angelfire.com/scifi2 Joined 7035 days ago 23 posts - 25 votes | Message 25 of 119 27 August 2005 at 10:00am | IP Logged |
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I actually learned German thinking that it would help me learn Icelandic. My reasoning was that, "Hey, they're both Germanic languages, so if I learn 1 then the other should be easy." At the time, I did not know the difference between the Germanic languages and the Scandinavian Germanic languages and how different they are in grammar.
Also, by chance is anyone here from or does anyone know anyone who is from Switzerland and speaks Romanche? I'm just interested in how it looks/sounds. --Seo 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Sir Nigel Senior Member United States Joined 7105 days ago 1126 posts - 1102 votes  2 sounds | Message 26 of 119 27 August 2005 at 11:19am | IP Logged |
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German is a cool language, it intrigues me. After I master a few other languages first, I want to study it. Do most here think German sounds soft or rought to their ears? To me it sounds amazingly like English with a bit more guttural sound.
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| epingchris Triglot Senior Member Taiwan shih-chuan.blog.ntu. Joined 7029 days ago 273 posts - 284 votes 5 sounds Studies: Taiwanese, Mandarin*, English, FrenchB2 Studies: Japanese, German, Turkish | Message 27 of 119 28 August 2005 at 8:42am | IP Logged |
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I'm not learning German right now, but I plan to, after my Japanese and French are stable. In my country, Taiwan, the biggest option after English and Japanese is Korean (due to the recent Korean-boom in East Asia), but to me, Korean is not really an intriguing language. I don't dislike the sound of Korean, but I just think German sounds better (I still can't figure out why someone on the net-from Taiwan-said that German sounds terrible). And I have an interest in the language and its culture, whereas I'm neither into Korean dramas or Korean musics that much; besides, it seems to me that Korean is harder than German, despite all the words that have common origin with Chinese. And if I remember correctly, Germany is a major country of science, isn't it?
Maybe I'll start off another thread: why learn French? I love French, but a fair amount of people in Taiwan want to learn French for daft reasons such as "it's romantic, beautiful", and lots of people say that French is less useful than Spanish (probably true) because the Spanish economic market is rising rapidly. When I want to refute them, I find myself lacking enough information. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| orion Senior Member United States Joined 7022 days ago 622 posts - 678 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian | Message 28 of 119 04 September 2005 at 4:35pm | IP Logged |
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I studied German because I have an admiration for the accomplishments of the German-speaking people. I admire their abilities in the sciences, mathematics, philosophy and engineering. I also like the way spoken German sounds. While I am not a fan of Hitler, or the nazis, I am interested in WWII era history, and enjoy watching German films.
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| timinstl Triglot Groupie United States timsviajes.com Joined 7118 days ago 88 posts - 92 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Italian, Mandarin | Message 29 of 119 09 September 2005 at 1:37pm | IP Logged |
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Strange question. Why learn any language? Why isn't everyone learning Mandarin?
Article-The future doesn't speak French: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7693591/site/newsweek/ Edited by timinstl on 09 September 2005 at 1:41pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Sir Nigel Senior Member United States Joined 7105 days ago 1126 posts - 1102 votes 2 sounds | Message 30 of 119 09 September 2005 at 3:55pm | IP Logged |
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With the world as it is, there is no one language we should all obligate ourselves to learn. That means any language, including Mandarin, German or whatever....
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| timinstl Triglot Groupie United States timsviajes.com Joined 7118 days ago 88 posts - 92 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Italian, Mandarin | Message 31 of 119 09 September 2005 at 4:20pm | IP Logged |
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My point exactly.
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| orion Senior Member United States Joined 7022 days ago 622 posts - 678 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Russian | Message 32 of 119 19 September 2005 at 9:46am | IP Logged |
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I always thought German sounded pretty cool, but my Russian friend says to him it sounds like dogs barking! This may have more to do with world events of 1939-1945.
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