Do you think people moving to another country should do the same?
2007-08-17 01:40:36 · 26 answers · asked by bluebadger 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Lizzy, please see my other question. It may answer yours.
2007-08-17 01:51:18 · update #1
of course - wherever you choose you live, you have to be able to communicate with your fellows. If only the British (in Spain, France, Morocco, Greece, everywhere I seem to holiday) would do so.
2007-08-17 04:59:16 · answer #1 · answered by susannah2b 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The more you know the better off you will be. I live part-time in Hungary.
When I met my husband 35 years ago he lived in the USA and really needed to learn English fast. I helped him over the course of time the best I could.Even after 35 years he still makes mistakes, mostly when he is nervous or in a hurry.He still hates to talk on the phone as that is the hardest thing to do since the other person can not see your expressions.
Anyways, now we are in Hungary and I quess I am spoiled a bit since my husband does most of the business things we need done. I do go out by myself to a health club and some smalll shopping around our apt.i am not putting as much effort into learning as I should but knowing will be going back to the states and never hear Hungarian for 6 months makes me lazy to learn very hard.I don't work over here so I don't have a problem with that part.Actually I sort of like not having to talk to anyone if I don't want to.I do know enough to ask for help ect.
When we retire here in a couple of years I do plan on attending a language school. Most here are just for short time business people as Hungarian is not a very popular language and most people have never heard it before.
There are about 10 millon Hungarians in Hungary so it is a small country with a very strange suffix language.Not something anyone would want to learn unless you had to.
2007-08-17 02:06:49 · answer #2 · answered by Marilyn T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I think its a good idea to learn at least some of the foriegn language before visiting another country and especially when they're moving there. You definatly will learn the languange alot better when you're there but if you don't know any of the basics of the language, how are you going to survive? You can't communicate with the people and you probably give a bad impression of the country where you came from.
2007-08-17 01:45:00 · answer #3 · answered by SandMan 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, before moving into a country which language is different than the one you speak, yes, you should learn that new language first... As it would be much easier for you to communicate, work etc...
I moved from france to the US, so it's a must to know how to speak the language of your host country
2007-08-17 01:45:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely, it really help if you can communicate with the locals, they will also respect you more for it.
I moved to Greece 5 years ago and tried to learn some of the language beforehand but it was very hard, even after 5 years I can only speak the basics and it really hinders me.
learn as much as you possible can before you go. Good luck!
2007-08-17 01:45:16 · answer #5 · answered by Nickynackynoo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If possible, as it will be to your benefit, but many people immigrate to the US with little or no understanding of the English Language and have to learn it while in the US. As long as you intend to learn the English language once you get here I have no problem with you coming here without knowledge of our language.
2007-08-17 03:47:22 · answer #6 · answered by Drake 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, learning the language of the country someone goes to is not only so others understand what your saying,but it also is a way of respecting their ways.
2007-08-17 01:45:10 · answer #7 · answered by Sorry deleted 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course! So people migrating could understand and speak the language of the natives of the country
2007-08-17 01:44:36 · answer #8 · answered by Bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a good idea.
I'm going to study abroad in China next year in May or June, by then I will already have completed two semesters of Chinese, can't WAIT!
2007-08-17 11:33:30 · answer #9 · answered by rmon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I think you'll learn the language better when you are actually there. I moved to Catalunya (Spain) 18 years ago and learnt the language by living it!
Good luck to you
2007-08-17 01:48:42 · answer #10 · answered by erica 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sitting here ... thining who's worse ... the trolls or those feeding the trolls ...
I'm repatriating. And before I came here they had educated me enough in my home country to have a decent grasp of 2 other languages than my own. Like I said, i'm going back, my partner can learn as he goes along, and my daughter is only 4. She will learn. Groetjes ;-)
2007-08-17 01:47:38 · answer #11 · answered by Part Time Cynic 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋