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| 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 9 of 22 14 October 2009 at 6:49pm | IP Logged | ||
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My most pleasant so far has been Italian. It was the easiest, but it's the only one in which I can - sometimes - pass for a native. The culture is so lovable, so rich, so accessible, and with the language you really think you are living some imaginary life in a parallel world for a while.
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 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5967 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 10 of 22 14 October 2009 at 7:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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Here is an amusing little glossary of some Bavarian words:
http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/ Go to the Wiesn dictionary. It made me laugh! I don't have much need for these words, but I liked reading them. We passed through Bavaria and I noticed a change in the sound of the language, but didn't know enough at the time to understand just what was different, only that I was no longer understanding anything. As for which language is most satisfying: I only have two foreign languages at this time, and they have been satisfying in different ways. I've used Spanish to help people and that was great! But German is the first language that I started from scratch and learned all on my own, so that makes me happy. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Rina Newbie United States Joined 5544 days ago 35 posts - 64 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin, Korean | Message 11 of 22 15 October 2009 at 2:56am | IP Logged | ||
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I was rather satisfied the other day when I had my first real conversation in all German. It was so much easier than I expected. I thought I would be stumbling everywhere and forgetting grammar...but I think I was just paranoid^^
I don't know whether I should consider this good or not, but the guy I was talking to said: "Nein, wenn du deutsch sprichst das ist immer sehr niedlich" The only thing I'm not sure about is if he was calling my blunders niedlich or just the fact that I was speaking it. Oh well. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| brian91 Senior Member Ireland Joined 5444 days ago 335 posts - 437 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 13 of 22 29 March 2010 at 11:39am | IP Logged | ||
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Some of my most satisfying experiences have been writing penpal letters completely in German and getting good
grades in school. My least satisfying experiences are listening to German radio and reading German newspapers; I realise that I am actually terrible at German! But, I am persistent and know that I need to work more. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ChristianVlcek Bilingual Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5851 days ago 131 posts - 141 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Slovak*, Ukrainian, Irish, German, Russian | Message 14 of 22 29 March 2010 at 3:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well so far Slovak is the only language I've studied at lengths, but I can't deny that sense of accomplishment every time I learn some aspect of the grammar, and it clicks perfectly. Subsequently making my speaking more eloquent.
Nothing like some good language learning for a self-esteem boost =P 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| 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 15 of 22 29 March 2010 at 4:36pm | IP Logged | ||
Hungarian would count as the most satisfying one so far, even though I'm not fluent in it (at least I don't consider myself so). It has that reputation (quite undeserved in my opinion) of being impossible to learn for anyone outside Hungary. At the same time, it is so very different from the Indo-European languages that I have studied that it made me realize that Indo-European languages (especially the ones spoken natively in Europe) aren't the alpha and omega for a language-learner. My study of Hungarian has also given a big boost to my interest in the cultures and languages of indigenous people living throughout Central and Northern Eurasia. It's doubtful that I would have been as keenly interested in such things if I had not begun studying Hungarian. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Astrophel Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5732 days ago 157 posts - 345 votes Speaks: English*, Latin, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Cantonese, Polish, Sanskrit, Cherokee | Message 16 of 22 29 March 2010 at 6:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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Latin, definitely. It's only after studying it that I realized how very few people really know the language, and there's so much mistranslated Latin from those who only WISH they knew. :) I'll admit it, being part of the very small group of people who know Latin makes me feel really SPECIAL.
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