I am going to try and learn a new language using the new award winning Rosette Stone software. Which language from the list below do you think I should learn and why? Which is the most sexiest, or do you speak a foreign language yourself and think that it has benefitted your life. My choices are:
Arabic
Latin
Chinese
Pashto
Polish
Danish
Portuguese
Dutch
Russain
Spanish (Latin American)
Spanish (Spain)
French
Farsi (Persian)
Swahiki
German
Swedish
Greek
Tagalog
Hebrew
Thai
Hindi
Turkish
Indonesian
Vietnamese
Italian
Welsh
Japanese
Korean
Please tell me which ONE you think I should learn and why? Thank you
2006-09-28 23:13:11 · 12 answers · asked by susanradford18 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I know a LITTLE bit of French, but only a little bit. My favourites are Latin (I don't know why because no one speaks it), French, Chinese, both Spanish, Greek, Italian and that Persian one.
2006-09-28 23:16:11 · update #1
I want to learn it because I don't want to go to be a person who is too lazy to learn a language. And plus it means that I could go to countries and be able to communicate without having the hold a book or play charades.
2006-09-28 23:29:12 · update #2
This is a difficult question as we don't know the reason you want to study a another language. Out of your list the most important one's are German, French, Italian and Spanish. I believe the other languages are not so important and are not commonly used world wide.
If I were to choose between German, French, Italian and Spanish, I would choose German as this is a more popular country and you could use this language in Germany as well as in Switzerland as the Swiss people speak German too.
Also other counties like Spain, Sweden, Belgium also speak German language so this maybe more useful for you.
2006-09-28 23:23:59 · answer #1 · answered by Shaks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should consider something that you could actually use, as if you are not going to use it on a regular basis, you will soon be forgetting the new language. I guess you are from the UK , therefor, try and learn a language of your closest neighbors, which would be France, and or Spanish.
In my case i had to learn quite a few languages as i have been working in many places around the world, amongst others , Japan, China, Iraq, etc etc. I am now trying to get my Arabic to a beter standard, as i am currently working on a contract in the Sudan.
Point is, in many cases, if you want work abroad, you will not be considered for the position if you don"t speak the language
2006-09-28 23:28:23 · answer #2 · answered by african lion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would learn or I should say will learn Japanese. The reason I picked it is because I have been around a lot of Japanese people in snowboard camp and trade shows and they are pretty cool. Also they are ahead of the USA as far as high tech goes. I cant believe you would want to learn a whole language just because its "sexy" but if thats your thing I think French is best.
2006-09-28 23:23:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spanish is the second most used in the world (after Chinese).
Italian is sexy and easy, but used only in Italy.
Latin is used in many sciences
I' d go for Spanish.
2006-09-28 23:23:32 · answer #4 · answered by maja 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Persian because it's a beautiful, poetic language. also, it's indo-european, and easier than others to learn. plus, as you learn it you're bound to discover a lot of the depth and beauty of persian culture..... go listen to some persian songs and see how you like it: www.bia2.com, good luck : )
2006-09-29 20:48:15 · answer #5 · answered by BeKkY87 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
French because if you go there thats the only one they know how to understand, there realy proud of there language
2006-09-28 23:17:45 · answer #6 · answered by GOOCH 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
greek coz many languages in the world derive from greek
2006-09-29 02:09:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make up your own language!
2006-09-28 23:15:50 · answer #8 · answered by CrazyCat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
French... coz it's quite dominant in the world...
2006-09-28 23:22:26 · answer #9 · answered by phoenix noir 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What? No Gaelic? Gaelic is fun and there are different types and dialects you can choose from.
2006-09-29 09:45:52 · answer #10 · answered by andi b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋