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I think in terms of value, I would pick Chinese. It's by no means an easy language to learn, but you'd be learning the most spoken language in the world, and be able to communicate with what will eventually become the world's largest economy...
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I love to learn languages! My brother is actually pretty gifted at it. He was a linguist in the Air Force for a few years.
As for me…I would say these are the languages I would most like to learn:
1. Spanish…it's so useful and most of the world speaks it. Would REALLY help in the clinical setting.
2. Fluent French…I am semi-fluent now, but only after 1.5 years of a private tutor and several trips to France. But it's getting rusty now and now that I am working with a Spanish population…I am mixed up my French and Spanish nouns!
3. Elvish (okay, I know it's not a "real" language…but Tolkien was AMAZING and the Elvish language is so beautiful!!!
4. Italian…because it's so sexy…and has a bit of attitude
5. Afrikaans…again, it just sounds cool
6. Japanese…sounds cool, not as many letters and symbols as the Chinese alphabet
7. Swedish…because I have some Swedish friends and I wish I could understand them
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OE800_85 Wrote:I think in terms of value, I would pick Chinese. It's by no means an easy language to learn, but you'd be learning the most spoken language in the world, and be able to communicate with what will eventually become the world's largest economy... I'd have to agree. I took 4 years of HS Spanish and 2 years of Spanish at a B&M university. But had I known this global shift of technology and manufacturing was going to occur in the East in the last couple of decades I would've watched more Kung Fu movies with subtitles instead of the dubbed versions. After mastering Mandarin from viewing Kung Fu movies then I would learn Cantonese the same way by watching Hong Kong Phooey number one super guy =)
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Będę trzymać kciuki za Ciebie, Johann! ;-)
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German! I have been lazily learning it for years. I'm probably only at an A2 level currently, but I would love to keep moving up. It's a dear desire for my second degree to study abroad in Germany. I couldn't really explain why I love it as much as I do, but I find the language so much fun and it fits with my internal logic perfectly. Plus it is so widely spoken in Europe and among business and science. Plus it is fun to give people a blank stare who make random hacking noises in some attempt to joke about what German sounds like.
As far as new languages to start:
1) French: cliche, I know, but it's lovely and I really want to work in Africa at some point, so French or Swahili would be most versatile and since French would also be useful in Europe, viola!
2) Hebrew: it's beautiful. That's about it. Also on the critical list.
3) Russian: Exact same reasons as above
4) Dutch & Afrikaans: after I "master" German (ha.) I would like to get at the least a basic foundation in Dutch and Afrikaans. It is my understanding that if you can speak English and German, Dutch is relatively simple to grasp. Afrikaans is supposed to be simple anyway since it has virtually no grammar, and would fit perfectly with my Africa plans.
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ShotoJuku Wrote:tlhIngan jatlh vIneH !!!
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Here's a hint..... "taH pagh, taHbe' " - Shakespeare would be proud![/COLOR]
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ShotoJuku Wrote:
Here's a hint..... "taH pagh, taHbe' " - Shakespeare would be proud!
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ironheadjack Wrote:Klingon....
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anucha45 Wrote:Będę trzymać kciuki za Ciebie, Johann! ;-)
/I'll keep my fingers crossed for you/
Dziękuję! (Thankyou.)
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Getiton1 Wrote:...Japanese…sounds cool, not as many letters and symbols as the Chinese alphabet It's OK, but strictly speaking, Chinese doesn't really have an "alphabet." The pictograms aren't really letters. They're mostly whole words and don't serve the same purpose as letters.
You're right, though. Japanese can be easier to learn to write -- but it's not all that easy!
Japanese does have a "near-alphabet" - well, two syllabaries actually, pretty close to an alphabet, I guess. Katakana and Hiragana (for handwriting.)
But I think you might be forgetting about the 2,200 or so Kanji characters (pictograms originally derived from Chinese, long ago) that all Japanese students have to master by the time they finish high school.
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