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| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5243 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 369 of 580 08 February 2010 at 6:34pm | IP Logged | |||||
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In addition to the languagues I already know well (Norwegian, English, Spanish):
1. French 2. German 3. Italian 4. Portuguese 5. Hmm... I don't really know; maybe Catalan, Icelandic, Dutch or Latin I'm just too lazy and lack sufficent interest in the rest of the world to even think about learning a language that is neither Germanic nor of Latin origin. Of course, love or a fantastic job opportunity could change that. Edited by tractor on 08 February 2010 at 6:38pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Dainty Newbie United States Joined 5275 days ago 38 posts - 53 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 370 of 580 08 February 2010 at 8:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Can I count biblical and modern Hebrew as one language? Pretty please?
1. German 2. Biblical and modern Hebrew 3. French 4. Russian 5. Spanish THe above list is, of course, subject to change by the day hour, minute, or....actually I should hurry up and post this before it changes... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5357 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian | Message 371 of 580 11 February 2010 at 1:03am | IP Logged | |||||
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The five I am studying:
- Mandarin Chinese - Japanese - German - French - Spanish I will die a happy man if I can learn these five languages to an advanced level. EDIT: Reading over the whole thread, I'm surprised only one other person chose the same five languages as me. I thought it would be a more popular selection, given how useful these languages are.
And LatinoBoy84 would speak all these languages plus Russian, which would probably be my sixth choice (I've already studied it a bit).
Edited by Levi on 11 February 2010 at 1:23am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| laya Heptaglot Newbie Switzerland Joined 5187 days ago 6 posts - 7 votes Speaks: German, Swiss-German*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1, SpanishC2, Swedish, Italian Studies: Russian, Japanese | Message 372 of 580 16 February 2010 at 10:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
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1) English
2) Spanish 3) French 4) Russian 5) Japanese 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Delodephius Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Yugoslavia Joined 5193 days ago 342 posts - 501 votes Speaks: Slovak*, Serbo-Croatian*, EnglishC1, Czech Studies: Russian, Japanese | Message 373 of 580 17 February 2010 at 2:19am | IP Logged | |||||
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1. Japanese
2. German 3. Latin 4. Ancient Greek 5. Arabic (for now, I also want to learn French and Mandarin, so once I learn two of the above I'll add these two instead) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Katie Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6508 days ago 495 posts - 599 votes Speaks: English*, Hungarian Studies: French, German | Message 374 of 580 17 February 2010 at 3:04am | IP Logged | |||||
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I think my opinion has changed somewhat over time... I would say now (not necessarily in any particular order)
1. Hungarian 2. German 3. Swedish 4. Mandarin 5. French My choices have nothing to do with economics and everything to do with places and cultures I am interested in! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| robsolete Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5175 days ago 191 posts - 428 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Arabic (Written), Mandarin | Message 375 of 580 26 February 2010 at 7:06pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Well, this is a fun first post. If I had to limit myself to only five?
1. Spanish 2. Arabic 3. French 4. Mandarin 5. Russian This would probably have the best "spread" that I can think of. Except for SE Asia, but I guess seeking out Mandarin and English speakers in that neck of the woods wouldn't be too awful. I guess East Africa would also be a challenge, and Brazil. Edited by robsolete on 26 February 2010 at 7:09pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| hvorki_ne Groupie Joined 5176 days ago 72 posts - 79 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Icelandic | Message 376 of 580 26 February 2010 at 10:04pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I only know US!English, my native language, well. If I could learn any 5 without any other restrictions or acknowledgement of reality:
-Icelandic -German -Tibetan -Tolkein-Elvish -Finnish I apparently have no interest in useful languages. In reality- I'm just going to try to learn Icelandic for me, German for school, see how I do with that, and go from there. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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