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| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5008 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes  Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 9 of 19 31 August 2014 at 4:17pm | IP Logged | |||||
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All of them are great choices for many purposes. From my experience, it is the best to follow your heart. The one, sound of which makes you happy and curious, will be much easier to stick with through the rough and boring times as well.
By the way, Hindi is in the same category as Swedish or Irish because English is a commonly spoken language in India, it is the language of education etc. All the rest seems to fit your criteria perfectly. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| JClangue Newbie Canada Joined 3755 days ago 15 posts - 20 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Catalan | Message 10 of 19 31 August 2014 at 7:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
I think that French would be a good option for you since it's an official language in so many countries. You could learn a lot of languages quickly since it would be related to Spanish also. But the language you study should be the one that you will actually want to learn. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Enrico Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 3744 days ago 162 posts - 207 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Italian, Spanish, French | Message 11 of 19 31 August 2014 at 7:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
lately I'm starting to incline to this approach in everything. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Mutant Groupie United States Joined 3910 days ago 45 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German | Message 12 of 19 31 August 2014 at 8:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
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French would be my vote. Knowing Spanish helped me quite a bit, and French has opened up so many doors for me. Plus there's tons of resources...I live in the U.S. too and most every film I bought for Spanish dubbing also has French, meaning I've got hours and hours of practice materials for both. And if you want to become a polyglot, French will give you access to some excellent learning materials. I still drool everytime I look at Assimil's collection, for example :-) Edited by Mutant on 31 August 2014 at 8:07pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Enrico Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 3744 days ago 162 posts - 207 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Italian, Spanish, French | Message 13 of 19 31 August 2014 at 8:35pm | IP Logged | |||||
What doors and resources do you mean? I'm just trying to choose now between Spanish and French. What opportunities French gives when you are in U.S.? Edited by Enrico on 31 August 2014 at 8:35pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Mutant Groupie United States Joined 3910 days ago 45 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German | Message 14 of 19 01 September 2014 at 2:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
Oh, if you're choosing between Spanish and French and you live in the U.S., go for Spanish! I misunderstood completely. I thought you already spoke Spanish. I just meant that French has introduced me to a lot of literature, films, music, and friends that I never would have been acquainted with before. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Enrico Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 3744 days ago 162 posts - 207 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Italian, Spanish, French | Message 15 of 19 01 September 2014 at 7:14pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yes that's why I'm interested in French and it does not get out of my head :-) I'm also interested in French literature, films and I would like to travel along the Mediterranean. Besides, French and Italian are studied not so frequently like Spanish nowadays and perhaps more valuable to study more rare languages than for example Spanish which is widely studied in U.S. :-) But i like the sound and the spelling of Spanish more than French :-) So sometimes I incline to Spanish and sometimes to French. I tried to learn a little bit from each but still can't decide finally :-) Edited by Enrico on 01 September 2014 at 7:17pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Mutant Groupie United States Joined 3910 days ago 45 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, German | Message 16 of 19 01 September 2014 at 9:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
Well, I didn't have a choice since I was forced to learn Spanish in school, but honestly if I had to do it over again (and Spanish wasn't so important, especially here in Texas) I would've liked to have started with French. It's not too difficult, it's a good starting point for the would-be polyglot...lots of reasons. But as others have said, unless you absolutely MUST learn a language for practical reasons, listen to your heart, not your head. I started learning French just so I could have access to Assimil and other quality language learning products. Luckily, the language grew on me and now I actually enjoy studying it, or I would've probably burned out. But passion has to be there, or you're just not going to have any fun. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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