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| weshdim Senior Member Australia Joined 5200 days ago 19 posts - 31 votes Studies: Mandarin, Arabic (Levantine) | Message 17 of 28 11 November 2010 at 1:07am | IP Logged | ||
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1) Mandarin because I like the sound of it, I have contact with many Chinese seafarers in my job and China is fast becming a major global power.
2) Arabic because I like the sound of it and I practice Arabic calligraphy. I am interested in Arab culture and the language is widespread. 3) Next I will learn Russian because it also sounds good to my ears, I have have contact with many Russian speaking seafarers and Russia is also becoming a major power in the Pacific and Asian regions. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| irishpolyglot Nonaglot Senior Member Ireland fluentin3months Joined 5634 days ago 285 posts - 892 votes  Speaks: Irish, English*, French, Esperanto, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Sign Language Studies: Mandarin | Message 18 of 28 11 November 2010 at 3:48am | IP Logged | ||
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For me personally - I don't care how complex its grammar is, how similar it is to languages I've already studied, how many speakers it has, who thinks it's the hardest language in the world, how many people I can impress by showing it off, if it's in some language branch I haven't touched yet etc.
All I care about is if I will actually use it with human beings. Since I travel, the choice is clear - I pick a country for various reasons (culture, standard of living, cost of life, climate, etc.) and if I don't already speak its language, then I will make a point to become as fluent as possible in it in a short time. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6551 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 19 of 28 12 November 2010 at 1:32am | IP Logged | ||
Ditto. These days I like to travel and meet women. I choose countries that I find interesting and am also attracted to the ladies, and learn the language. It's a very enjoyable hobby. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5650 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 20 of 28 12 November 2010 at 1:53am | IP Logged | ||
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Korean - I'm half Korean. I like Korean music (hiphop and pop.) I like the dramas (no, not every single Korean drama is a melodrama. I've hardly watched any melodramas. And there are very few melodramas produced per year.) I love the variety shows in Korea (Asia in general. I hate variety/reality shows in the U.S.) I like East Asian history and East Asian martial arts too.
Japanese - I like Japanese RPGs, anime, manga, dramas, music, ninjas, samurai, etc. For both - the girls. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| pobere Triglot Groupie Germany language-learning-lo Joined 5357 days ago 83 posts - 114 votes Speaks: Romanian*, German, English | Message 21 of 28 12 November 2010 at 12:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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I didn't chose neither English nor German. I learned English in school (it was a must), and now I learn German, because I live in Germany. I didn't chose them, they chosed me. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| RealJames Diglot Newbie Japan realizeenglish.com/ Joined 5125 days ago 37 posts - 42 votes Speaks: French, English* Studies: Japanese | Message 22 of 28 14 November 2010 at 1:33pm | IP Logged | ||
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In my case, the people who speak it, and their culture.
Practicality is a big factor but it wouldn't have been enough. I could've gotten by here just fine with English alone, but throw in the people and culture and I can't resist the lure of it all. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Gorgoll2 Senior Member Brazil veritassword.blogspo Joined 5147 days ago 159 posts - 192 votes Speaks: Portuguese* | Message 23 of 28 22 November 2010 at 10:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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By the culture, literature and relative subjects. I liked to learn Japanese because my
love to mangá. And Russian because chess and books. I want learn other languages for simple trivia: Armenian is a example. But, I like mainly for love to languages. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| darkwhispersdal Senior Member Wales Joined 6041 days ago 294 posts - 363 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Ancient Greek, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, Japanese, Latin | Message 24 of 28 23 November 2010 at 5:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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I picked Russian and Spanish so I could speak to my friends in thir native languages and I ended up studying Turkish because when Borders went under they reduced all of their books and I bought most of the Turkish resources available as they were cheap.
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