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| Jadoo1989 Diglot Groupie Joined 5633 days ago 51 posts - 60 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Irish, French | Message 1 of 20 07 April 2010 at 6:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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Which language(s) that you have studied do you believe have been the most culturally rewarding? Edited by Jadoo1989 on 07 April 2010 at 6:45pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7376 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 20 07 April 2010 at 7:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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For me it is Italian. I know there are lots of fine gentlemen here who speak much more exotic languages, but Italian opened so many doors of sweet cultural delight for me.
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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7156 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 3 of 20 07 April 2010 at 7:23pm | IP Logged | ||
BCMS/Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Estonian, French, German, Hungarian, Latin, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian All of them in their own ways have been virtually equally rewarding for me from a cultural point of view. With the passage of time, I'm confident that Finnish, Latvian, and Ukrainian, among others can be included in the list above. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| The Blaz Senior Member Canada theblazblog.blogspotRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5600 days ago 120 posts - 176 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Swahili, French, Sign Language, Esperanto | Message 4 of 20 07 April 2010 at 7:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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It totally depends on the situation.
I have been able to access French literature, TV, and media, which is very rewarding, but I have few connections with French speaking people. I had a wonderful time in Mexico living in Spanish and connecting directly with people in Spanish. Ditto Swahili. While I can't watch Swahili TV or read Swahili books, it was amazing to interact with people who would otherwise be totally inaccessible. I imagine that when I get to high enough levels in Esperanto I will find it very rewarding to connect with that transnational community, and same with ASL. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| pohaku Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5651 days ago 192 posts - 367 votes Speaks: English*, Persian Studies: Arabic (classical), French, German, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 5 of 20 07 April 2010 at 8:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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Classical Persian. Being able to read original works that are poorly known or not known at all in the West has been wonderful. Also, there is simply no way to adequately translate the poetry of Hafez, Ferdowsi, Nezami, Saadi, Rumi, and many other great poets and great minds.
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| Jadoo1989 Diglot Groupie Joined 5633 days ago 51 posts - 60 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Irish, French | Message 6 of 20 07 April 2010 at 8:25pm | IP Logged | ||
I find that interesting. Persian is one of the languages I'm interested in learning sometime in the future. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5381 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 7 of 20 07 April 2010 at 8:31pm | IP Logged | ||
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For me, this was definitely Japanese. By a huge margin. It allowed me to conquer things I thought unfathomable -- to go to a country on the opposite side of the world with a culture and a language that was said to be relatively hermetic and to be able to meet wonderful people, stay with Japanese families and be able to converse with them in Japanese only.
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