Do you find it interesting to devote your free time to know more and more about foreign culture, language and people?
2007-01-09 23:18:17 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I would like to learn Greek because I want to visit Greece next year and be able to communicate with the locals. Plus I already know French and Spanish. I love learning new languages.
2007-01-09 23:26:04 · answer #1 · answered by Lov'n IT! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll answer your questions in reverse order.
Yes, I find it very interesting to learn about foreign cultures, languages and people. I've devoted large amounts of my free time to this exploration. I speak my native English, as well as Esperanto, Spanish and German. I've also studied Polish and Mandarin. 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.
As for the language I would like to learn, and why. I want to go back to learning Mandarin and become conversational in it. Because I would like to tour China some day.
2007-01-10 04:40:07 · answer #2 · answered by rbwtexan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've studied Italian, Japanese, and American Sign Language. If I had time, I'd like to become fluent in each of these.
I've also always wanted to learn Portuguese because it has both the cadence and vowel sounds of a romance language like Spanish or Italian, but also has unique soft fricatives that give it a hint of French or perhaps Russian flavor.
2007-01-10 06:35:40 · answer #3 · answered by JD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Swiss-German, because it ISN'T foreign here.
Other than that, I actually prefer to learn ABOUT languages (how they're structured, what other languages they're related to) than really get around to communicating with people. If I knew perfectly all the languages do in fact need, I think I'd go for Hungarian or Estonian (very different plus I do know people who speak them).
PS @ JimmyG: Brazilians speak Portuguese not Spanish.
2007-01-09 23:46:36 · answer #4 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. I am trying to learn Italian. I think it is a beautiful and musical language and I like the country of Italy and its food, people and culture
2007-01-09 23:22:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I ever had the time to devote to it, I would love to learn Japanese so I can watch more anime that has not been horribly dubbed into English
2007-01-09 23:27:01 · answer #6 · answered by Erika 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Japanese. I like the sound, and the accent of this laguage.
think it is an interesting language that, only is known in Japan, no one elses speak it.
2007-01-10 03:09:12 · answer #7 · answered by answers4evry1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spanish cos I've loved watching Mexican telenovelas and listened to Spanish songs since young. So I guess I've always wanted to take up Spanish.
2007-01-09 23:29:37 · answer #8 · answered by serenada 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spanish because my little World Vision guy is from Brazil
2007-01-09 23:26:01 · answer #9 · answered by Jimmy G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
French, cus i wanna pay a visit to france myself, not on the tour.
2007-01-10 00:30:19 · answer #10 · answered by euphie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋