2006-12-01 12:36:29 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Spanish, so I could communicate better with so many of the immigrant people. I really enjoy them, but would like to be able to talk with them more.
2006-12-01 12:44:11 · answer #1 · answered by Papa John 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Like the Texan said, Esperanto. I'm not as advanced as he is, but I'm coming along well. Furthermore it has enabled me to better understand English (which is my mother tongue) and has demonstrated repeatedly that learning Esperanto first opens the door to other languages later since it teaches language structure. Hence the reason I understand my English grammar better. In quite a few studies they took two classes. The first they taught a year of Esperanto, and then three years of french. The second class got four years of straight french. At the end the first class was AS far, if not further, than the second class and had a third language to boot.
2006-12-02 17:15:34 · answer #2 · answered by Jagg 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I already made this decision. I learned Esperanto (I speak English, Esperanto, Spanish, and German) Esperanto was far easier to learn than any of the others, and it opened the world to me. I've had conversations with people from every continent, and every country, and I only had to learn the easiest language on earth to do so.
You might ask, why is Esperanto easier to learn than any of the other languages? It's because it is a language designed to be easier to learn than any national language. Most of the time spent studying a foreign language is spent learning the irregularities and rule exceptions ("I before E except after C", " 'sheep' is both singular and plural", etc). Esperanto has only 16 gramatical rules, and no exceptions to any of the rules.
And before you ask, yes you can travel with Esperanto. Read this article in Wikipedia about the Esperanto "Pasporta Servo" (Pasport Service)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasporta_Servo
2006-12-01 22:42:54 · answer #3 · answered by rbwtexan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would try Spanish again. The Hebrew suggestion is cool as that would help me understand the Bible better maybe but then there's Lexicons for that! I suppose if I had the chance to travel extensively or were called to a mission field, that's the language I would learn.
2006-12-01 20:58:10 · answer #4 · answered by Lovin' Mary's Lamb 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I've already learned Spanish to a very proficient level.
My German is coming along.
I've got a few phrases in Serbian, and hope to learn more.
It might be helpful to me to learn some Czech soon.
After that, I think it would be neat to learn a non-Indo-European language, like Korean or Arabic, maybe.
2006-12-02 02:57:24 · answer #5 · answered by drshorty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Russian
2006-12-01 22:07:52 · answer #6 · answered by vonmindenjackson 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Korean
2006-12-01 20:57:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say Spanish first. This way I could easily get a career using my language skills. Second choice would probably be French.
2006-12-01 21:23:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would have to say Japanese. I kind of enjoy watching anime in the original format (eng. subs, of course), and it seems to be a musical language.
2006-12-04 10:25:33 · answer #9 · answered by Kenneth w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm already learning French and Japanese, currently. I'd like to learn Italian next.
2006-12-01 23:04:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋