Humdereel Octoglot Groupie United States Joined 4977 days ago 90 posts - 349 votes Speaks: English, Spanish*, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written), Turkish, Persian, Urdu Studies: Russian
| Message 473 of 580 19 November 2011 at 1:10am | IP Logged |
Mine would be:
1. Swahili (one of many beautiful African languages, sounds exotic, and I've always had an interest in the countries where it's used
2. Pashto (not well known beyond its native speakers)
3. Hausa (another African language that interests me)
4. Igbo
5. Yoruba
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On_the_road Diglot Newbie Sweden Joined 4755 days ago 23 posts - 29 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish
| Message 474 of 580 20 November 2011 at 10:20pm | IP Logged |
I would choose the following ones:
English
German
French
Russian
Spanish
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xuxakat Tetraglot Newbie Germany Joined 4747 days ago 15 posts - 17 votes Speaks: German*, Italian, Spanish, English Studies: Turkish, Arabic (Levantine)
| Message 475 of 580 28 November 2011 at 10:31am | IP Logged |
I would choose the following:
Arabic
Turkish
Hebrew
Persian
Portughese
If I had to limit myself to 5 languages...
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birthdaysuit Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4816 days ago 48 posts - 101 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, Swedish
| Message 476 of 580 06 December 2011 at 10:42pm | IP Logged |
This one is tricky, but I would say:
German
French
Russian
Arabic
Mandarin
Can't really go wrong there, can ya? Lol
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Jonás Diglot Newbie United States jake.wasdin.net/Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4735 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish
| Message 477 of 580 10 December 2011 at 4:54am | IP Logged |
German
French
Portuguese
Tagalog
Scottish Gaelic
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kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4888 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish
| Message 478 of 580 10 December 2011 at 6:42am | IP Logged |
If I could magically become fluent, my choices would be:
Arabic
French
Russian
Spanish
and one of either Japanese, Portuguese, or Italian
This is mostly based on being able to enjoy the humanities - the poetry, the novels,
the operas, and the movies - in their native tongues. Except for Portuguese, which
would be all about the men ... though I'm sure there are some good books in Portuguese
too.
In reality? I really am hoping to be functional in five more languages by the age of
50. But my real life choices are to be
fluent in:
French
Spanish
functional in:
Arabic
Turkish
Italian or Portuguese
Edited by kanewai on 10 December 2011 at 6:45am
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Tecktight Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member United States Joined 4975 days ago 227 posts - 327 votes Speaks: English*, Serbian Studies: German, Russian, Estonian
| Message 479 of 580 12 December 2011 at 5:49pm | IP Logged |
Well, these are what I'm actually aiming for in real-life, but if I can get a sprinkling of fairy dust to help me on my
way, I won't object:
German
Russian
French
Spanish
Finnish
Also, Estonian would be on there, but I'm going to learn that magic or not, so I figured I'd leave it off the list.
;)
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razorfin Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4656 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 480 of 580 01 March 2012 at 3:59pm | IP Logged |
Spanish
French
Italian
Portugese
One from; Mandarin, Arabic and Russian.
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