Which languages do you like to learn?Why?

Answer 1

I have been studying a large number of languages all my life, and each one opens a window on to a whole different culture and different way of looking at the world.

I began with English, German, French and Luxembourg as a child. In this I was lucky, and it sharpened my appetite for more. I got interested in history, especially ancient history and archaeology, and I began to study Latin, Greek (classical Greek), Hebrew, and I dabbled with Egyptian Hieroglyphics (but never was good at that).

Along the way, I found I could read Italian and Spanish, and understand both to some extent, thanks to Latin and French.

I studied some Russian. I played with Welsh. I learned enough Saxon so I could read "Beowulf". I learned Thirteenth Century French so I could read the Troubadour poetry and understand the songs--very pleasurable to me.

I helped pay my way through college and beyond by translating books from French to English and getting them published. I began this almost by accident, when I found a wonderful book in Middle Eastern archaeology in French, and Iiked it so much I thought it should be put in to English. So I translated three chapters, sent the French publisher my translation along with a letter explaining my hope to translate the whole book. They wrote back saying they already have somebody working on it, but would I be interested in translating the enclosed book? Would I! That was one of the happiest days of my life.

Then came Aramaic (the language Jesus spoke), and I dabbled also with Arabic, which was not too difficult because of Hebrew.

I am now living in S.E. Asia and am learning Thai, which has proven to be the most challenging of all.

All of these languages, except for Latin and Greek, I learned outside of school--and mostly on my own over many thousands of hours of work. But, as I said, each one has opened up a new world-view to me, and I wouldn't trade all the work and effort I put into this for anything. I can pretty-much go just about anywhere in the world and find someone to speak to.

But more than that: the literature and poetry of these cultures spring to life. It's almost like walking through an endless flower garden. Most of all, though, I feel I have been and continue to be helpful to many people. All this makes my life feel very rich, indeed.

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, 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 and the Esperanto Wikipedia site is the 15th largest, 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 (120 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

English(i'm korean) English is the most globlized language in the world and is so easy to learn

Answer 5

The bad words in every language in the world.

Answer 6

Gaelic and Cree. Ancestral bloodlines are the reasons for wanting to learn these two languages.

Answer 7

I'm Italian and first of all I want to improve my English.
Secondly I would like to learn Spanish

Answer 8

I was teaching myself Czech over the summer when I went to Prague, that was a fun language to learn.......

Answer 9

Spanish beacuse i live in californa where there are a lot of people for mexico who cant speal english

Answer 10

Indian all language b'coz many types of languages are there...