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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5134 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 33 of 53 11 November 2011 at 12:38pm | IP Logged | |||||
Amen to that. Though getting older doesn't seem to help the very least... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Mani Diglot Senior Member Germany imsprachendickicht.b Joined 4705 days ago 258 posts - 323 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Swedish, Portuguese, Latin, Welsh, Luxembourgish | Message 34 of 53 11 November 2011 at 2:36pm | IP Logged | |||||
Dear me! Solfrid Cristin don't say so - now another hope is vanished... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| jasoninchina Senior Member China Joined 5031 days ago 221 posts - 306 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Mandarin, Italian | Message 35 of 53 11 November 2011 at 3:00pm | IP Logged | |||||
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When I am 64, I wish to speak Chinese indistinguishably from a native. Nay you say? I'll prove it...in 36 years.
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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6709 days ago 4250 posts - 5710 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 36 of 53 13 November 2011 at 11:07am | IP Logged | |||||
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If I can use any of my target languages as well as English (or anywhere close) in another 26 years, I'm happy. Safe bets would be German and Spanish. Edited by jeff_lindqvist on 13 November 2011 at 11:08am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ljones29 Triglot Newbie United States Joined 4597 days ago 35 posts - 59 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Arabic (Written), Greek | Message 37 of 53 13 November 2011 at 4:35pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I don't like to set my goals too high because I know it's important to be realistic.
I'd really love to achieve basic fluency in French. I'd like to get back to my German studies and get to a solid B2 in that language as well. I'd also like to deepen my knowledge of Arabic and Hebrew. Lately Spanish has been interesting me since it's pretty widely spoken here and I'd enjoy picking that up as well. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4659 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 38 of 53 13 November 2011 at 5:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
Blah, blah, blah. Mind the fact that many famous people seemed to have unrealistic goals. And what? They have, more or less, but achieved them! The only thing we have to remember is that there won't be a fortune teller who will wave a magic wand and voilà - only our hard efforts will decide about our success. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5385 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 39 of 53 13 November 2011 at 6:10pm | IP Logged | |||||
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"Set your goals high enough so that if you fall, you fall among the stars."
Just figured I'd say that :P Welp... I have 44 years until I hit that mark... Hopefully: Advanced fluency in Spanish German Russian Italian Portuguese ^^In order of importance. Basic: French Japanese That should be more than enough to keep me busy. To be a little more defined... I want to be able to know them well enough so that if I wake up and have to move there, I can: Read damn near anything, watch tv, listen to radio/music, etc without it being a chore. French and Japanese, enough to enjoy myself, meet others, talk about cars (Japan <3) read, I'll allow myself to make mistakes, I'm not looking for absolute perfection, just enough not to have a barrier at all. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| mrwarper Diglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Spain forum_posts.asp?TID=Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5026 days ago 1493 posts - 2500 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2 Studies: German, Russian, Japanese | Message 40 of 53 13 November 2011 at 6:34pm | IP Logged | |||||
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You may be disappointed, but the only goal I've set for myself for when I'm 64 is have two or three kids that didn't become serial killers. I guess I should get hands-on before time runs out... :)
By that time, all of my languages should have been put to some real use or forgotten, so I'd like to set a closer goal. How about when I'm 44?, or in 4 years' time? That has the advantage of being the same for everyone, and my language dreams are not that far... 4 years hence I should be officially (as in exam-earned pips on my uniform) at C2 level in English, German and Russian. As for Japanese, I'll probably drop it completely before getting anywhere. I don't think I'll take up any more languages (or retry Japanese) unless I fall in love with a wonderful woman, or something else goes in completely unexpected ways. See you back here to check in 4 years? :) Edited by mrwarper on 13 November 2011 at 6:39pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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