Which foreign language do you wish you knew fluently?

Answer 1

American Sign Language, which I do know, and Arabic. I hear it's the only pure language left on the earth. I'd love to learn it.

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

I speak English and Arabic. I wish I knew how to speak French and Spanish fluently. That's most of the world in terms of land space, right there.

Answer 4

Wish I knew mandarin,

could speak perfect British english,

wish I knew Russian, Korean, Japanese

Answer 5

Arabic

Answer 6

Mandarin : like this I wouldn't not to always look in my dictionnary or say : " I don't understand or what's the meaning ?"
Japanese : like this I would not need to wait for Eng subbed video to be released
and Finally English : I stll have a lot to learn to be really fluent.

Answer 7

Spanish and French,I'd love to speak these two languages with fluency

Answer 8

German for work. Ä°,m I'm Antalya Turkey a lot of German tourists coming and as i,m working as receptionist i,d like to talk to people their native language. and German very hard it is making it more great and interesting for learning.

Answer 9

Spanish over 50% of the U.S. speaks Spanish

Answer 10

Irish Gaelic. I love Celtic music and many of the
songs are in Gaelic. It would be so nice to
understand the words!