what are the other languages that you want to learn rather than your language and why?

Answer 1

I know English, French and Hebrew, but I would love to learn Italian because no matter what you say in Italian, it sounds sexy.

Answer 2

In addition to my native U.S. English, I've already learned:

Esperanto - I learned it as a language learning experiment, because I wanted to find out if I could learn a foreign language.

Spanish - Because I failed it in High School, leading me to believe for many years that I couldn't learn a language, and it became a vendetta. I had to master it before I could go on.

German - because it is an ancestral language of mine.

Esperanto surprised me quite a bit. When I began learning it, I had the same opinion about it most of us in the U.S. have. I thought that since it was a "made up" language, nobody spoke it and it was practically useless, but once I had learned it, I was pleasantly surprised that it is spoken by people all over the world, an estimated 2 million people. I've had conversations in it with people I would never have met were it not for Esperanto. I've read literature and listened to music in it that I would never have been exposed to had I not taken the few months it took to learn. Learning Esperanto has been the most enriching Language experience I've had yet. But I'm not finished yet.

In the future I would like to learn:

Mandarin - because I would like to travel in Asia, and Mandarin would be a very handy language to know for this travel.

American Sign Language - Just because it interests me.

Answer 3

I'm a native English speaker, yet I much prefer speaking in Esperanto. (Still learning, but I can get along well).

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 4

An obvious reason to learn a new language is to be able to communicate with the people who speak it. This includes both the people you meet when traveling as well as people in your own community. Your trip to another country will be greatly enhanced in both ease of communication and friendliness if you speak the language. Speaking another's language shows respect for that culture, and people in every country prefer it when tourists make an effort to speak the local language, even if all you can say in it is "hello" and "please." In addition, learning another language can also help you to communicate with local immigrant populations at home.Speaking a new language helps you to get to know another people and culture, as language and culture go hand in hand. Because language simultaneously defines and is defined by the world around us, learning another language opens one's mind to new ideas and new ways of looking at the world.m gona start my mandarin learnin clases 4m next week onwards..it'z cz..Obviously, speaking chinese is only useful when dealing with chinese people, but there are about a billion of them and the country is opening up. You can argue that this is the language of the future, with huge untapped markets for so many things that the need for Western people speaking chinese can only go up.n im 4m malaysia.it'z cynis mixture country..1 of d main reason actually is that.italy-Probably the most beautiful spoken language I know, chanting and colorful and yet every word is clearly pronounced.n oso wana learn french-Some people say it's the most beautiful language.I'm sure if you look around and evaluate your life you will see lots of opportunities to use different languages. We are all surrounded by people who use other languages, or opportunities we could benefit from by using other languages. The possibilities are there if you look for them.

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Answer 5

Spanish to get a raise at my job.

I'd also like to learn Hindi because it is my husband's first language and Arabic or Chinese because I could have my pick of jobs. But I won't learn any of those because they are crazy difficult and I don't have the time or the motivation.

I am doing a good job of learning Spanish though.

Answer 6

American Sign Language. Most of the gestures are so poetic. I know a little but want to learn more.

Answer 7

I am native Spanish speaker and I think that I am fluent in English, I can speak a little of French but I would like to learn German because I think is another rich language and I began to realize that is useful in my work area (Food Industry).

Another interesting (but I guess very difficult to learn) is Chinese in the business area.

¡Saludos desde México a todos! (Greetings from Mexico to everybody!) Qué bueno que te gusta el español Tina, yo que lo hablo coincido contigo en que es un hermoso idioma. Ojalá lo puedas aprender un día. (It is good you like Spanish Tina. I agree with you that Spanish is a beautiful language so being my mother tongue. Hope someday you can learn it)

Answer 8

I`ve always wanted to learn French.
Don`t know why, but something about the language has always facinated me. I`ve tried a couple of times, but haven`t really ahd the time or motivation to really go for it. But one day....

Answer 9

i'd love to learn spanish because it is similar to the languages i already know so it might be easier to learn. oh, and of course it sound nice

Answer 10

i want to learn "the language of the white house"

i swear they dont speak english in american governments

'iraq has weapons of mass destruction'

translates to

'america has more weapons of mass destruction than the entire world put together'


IM LEARNING!


now to teach american voters ;-)