I know Italian, Spanish and English fluently. Now, I'm interested in learning useful languages, I was thinking about chinese, Russian or French. Or maybe the three of them. Any suggestions?
2006-08-26 15:57:09 · 10 answers · asked by kenya_girl007 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
If you want to learn a "useful" language, Chinese would be good, because of China's growing importance in the world, and possible future position as a second world superpower.
If you want to learn a language for aesthetic reasons, French or Arabic would be good. French sounds beautiful, and Arabic is written beautifully. Since you already know Italian and Spanish, French should be pretty easy to learn.
Or, if you want to learn a language just for the hell of it, why not learn a really "weird" language, such as Gaelic, Welsh, Cherokee, or Finnish.
2006-08-26 16:09:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you'd find french the easiest to learn..because of its common roots with italian, and spanish...and some commonality with english...I think Chinese would be a challenge..it's not constructed the same way and it's going to be a very important language (it already is) on the world stage...I find some chinese concepts very simple to understand and others just leave me lost...I've been studying it for years...I'm not so good with the hanzi (characters) but with verbal I'm okay. I know nothing at all about Russian...If I were you I'd try chinese mandarin...just for the challenge and to understand what a tonal language is..and just for a major learning experience...
2006-08-26 16:05:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
French is similar to Spanish and Italian so that might be easier. But seeing as you have mastered three languages, I see that is not an issue for you. Chinese is unlike anything you have ever encountered so that might be a good challenge for you. Mandarin is used more widely than the other dialects. Good luck!
2006-08-26 18:14:49 · answer #3 · answered by bunny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd go with French definitely. On the other hand, I heard that Chinese is disastrously hard to learn, and Russian - ... well, why would you want to learn Russian??? Maybe German would be better idea, or one of the Scandinavian languages, or perhaps Dutch or Portuguese.
2006-08-29 20:31:28 · answer #4 · answered by Petra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'd definitely suggest finnish cuz its very different and not as common...!!!! its also good if ur up for a challenge.... there are 15 tenses in the finnish language as compared to 6 found in latin languages. but if ur more into learning a not so difficult language... i'd say french... i know both spanish and english and im taking my fourth year of french and its very easy to learn...!!!!!! :D
2006-08-26 18:57:45 · answer #5 · answered by faby7avila 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Japanese Japan is the entertianment capital of the world and the 11-21 people in usa england mexico and canada are all going mob crazy over manga and anime and of course almost all the video games come from Japan and esepcially popular final fantasy
2006-08-26 16:04:33 · answer #6 · answered by BlueCherubi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chinese, cuz it's easy. no grammar. less vocab. fixed pronunciation. and many chinese websites are cool and you can get more access to free resources... just note there are so many dialects which can sound as different as two languages. mandarin is easier for most people to understand...
2006-08-26 18:16:08 · answer #7 · answered by kuku 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
French or Portuguese
2006-08-29 16:47:33 · answer #8 · answered by M. Angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mandarin will be most useful for business for the next century.
2006-08-26 16:01:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try french it's very usefull
2006-08-26 16:03:37 · answer #10 · answered by lee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋