What foreign language would you like to learn and why?

Question

Do you find it interesting to devote your free time to know more and more about foreign culture, language and people?

Answer 1

I have been looking at Greek. This way I would be able to study the New Testament in its original language.

Answer 2

I'm a native English speaker, yet I much prefer speaking in Esperanto, even though I'm still learning (do we ever stop learning?)

Designed to be learned easily, Esperanto is the gateway to many other languages and cultures. The structure is regular and has only 16 gramatical rules with NO exceptions. So instead of learning rule after rule and which ones don't apply here or there, I spend my time absorbing the vocabulary. Check the site below for information on Esperantos' value in learning other languages.

I frequently make this next statement, and I live by it.

"If you can't learn Esperanto, you can't learn any language."

At the very least, if you learn Esperanto, which by the way can lead to the enjoyment of meeting new friends and traveling to new places, you'll at least have that under your belt regardless of how far you decide to take any other languages.
It's not uncommon for a student of Esperanto to become fluent inside of a month, maybe less, if you've the desire.

I really enjoy listening to the original music, clasical, folk, rock, rap, lullabys(sp), Christmas songs, you name it. The folk tends to be the best. Track down groups like Kajto, Merlin, or Kore for starters.

Esperanto is the 65th most printed language in the world, which when you think about it, with only 2,000,000 plus speakers is quite remarkable. There are translations of the classics, and not so classic, as well as a wealth of original material.

The most depressing aspect of dealing with Esperanto is the constant unsupported claims that it has no value. As with anything else, it's use is dependant on how you decide to use it. With over 2,000,000 speakers in the world, there aren't too many places where you won't find it, you just need to look. The internet is the best place to start. The sites below are the best intitial places to investigate the language and it's history. (Yes, it has a history (119 years) and a culture as mentioned above.)

Where Esperanto stands to make its biggest success is in international communications, primarily at the UN and EU, where each respectively spends in excess of $500 million USD annually on translation services alone. Esperanto currently holds observer status at the UN and UNESCO.

The World Esperanto Association (in Esperanto UEA: Universala Esperanto-Asocio) is the largest international organization of Esperanto speakers, with members in 119 countries (as of 2000) and is the official relations office with the United Nations and UNESCO. In addition to individual members, 95 national Esperanto organizations are affiliated to UEA.

Research and make your own conclusions.

Ĝis!

Answer 3

Lene Lenape

It represents one of a multitude of Native American languages that currently are dying. This is a shame because with language, culture is also lost.

The "grandfather people" of the Algonquins have many great stories to teach others. I would be honored to be among the few that could help carry their culture into the future.

Answer 4

Probably. The UK is in Europe, so flights might require you to be capable to talk within the language of the nation you are going to, principally because you are going to be in that nation to fly again to the UK. Well, I do not know the specifics however you will not best have English speakme passengers. Going from side to side from France and the USA, all of the air hostesses have been capable to talk English and French from what I might see/listen principally once they make bulletins. They mentioned the equal factor in each languages. In Paris, nearly all people who labored at Charles de Gaulle was once capable to talk English as good, even supposing it wasn't their local language which I might inform.

Answer 5

I'd learn korean, as it is a language a lot of my close friends regard to as their mother tongue-yes, it would be interesting to learn about their culture and being multilingual. I speak english, chinese, german, japanese and russian-want to make it 6 languages

Answer 6

France is the greatest country in the wolrd !! :-)
Sorry... I'm just saying that 'cause I'm french !
Canada or USA could be interresting to learn.
And all countries from Scandinavia because they've got the best heavy music ever !

Answer 7

Japanese. I really like everything about Japanese culture, especially the language.

Answer 8

Very interesting. I like Japanese - just it's sound is poetic.

Answer 9

I am liking to be learning the English. For me, it is the one learing that I need to be having.

More beans please.

Answer 10

japanese so i can understand the anime