What language would you rather speak?
I persoanlly would rather speak dutch, becuase it's less common in the United States than dutch.
French is a pretty lanugage but I personally like dutch more.
Which would you rather speak?
2007-12-27 17:10:10 · 10 answers · asked by angel cage 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I would rather speak dutch becuase it's less common in the United States that french...you know what I meant. xP
2007-12-27 17:17:57 · update #1
French
It is the most widely spoken language in the world.
It is one of the main languages in the Olympic games.
Many English words are derived from French terms.
It is a helpful foundation for learning other romance languages.
2007-12-27 17:58:09 · answer #1 · answered by Lilly Jones-Fair 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dutch people speak a lot of English, so I think there might be less of a need to learn Dutch. However, there is a lot of great literature going back to the first millenium that's available in the local libraries. Spoken Dutch has a lot of /ch/ sounds like you're trying to clear your throat a lot.
French has plenty of literature, too. I think French people speak less English than the Dutch. Spoken French seems to have less variables among the different political areas that are French-speaking: West Africa, Quebec, and France. Belgium is a bit on its own.
If you're looking for a less-common language in the USA, find something that's not European.
2007-12-27 17:22:20 · answer #2 · answered by going_for_baroque 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
French....more use of it.....
".....I persoanlly would rather speak dutch, becuase it's less common in the United States than dutch...."
what does that mean? the above sentence....makes no sense...
language of sciences??
hahahahha that's a joke.....
why speak a language less common in the united states??
the only place in the united states I can think of is....Holland michigan that speaks dutch fluently....and pennsylvania dutch isn't dutch....it's german....
why the hell did you ask us if you were just going to pick dutch anyway?
2007-12-27 17:14:11 · answer #3 · answered by aberfitch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hallo = Dutch for Hello, :-)
Nobody seems to know that also in Belgium, Dutch (=Nederlands) and Flemish (its variant in Flanders) is spoken in the north and French and Wallon (its variant) in Wallonia in the south, next to German (Deutsch) in the eastern part. These are the 3 official national languages of our country.
Dutch indeed is not commonly used in the US, neither is French, but on a world scale a lot more of course. For speakers of English, Dutch is closer than French as it is also a germanic language, hence easier to learn. And eventhough almost half of English vocabulary is of French origin historically speaking, the meaning of a lot of words has changed and grammar is completely different.
Anybody wants to discuss this any further? I'll be delighted to answer your questions, remarks, suggestions etc.
2007-12-27 20:57:04 · answer #4 · answered by Miryam Van 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To aberfitch...
Dutch is hardly spoken fluently in Holland Michigan. It's spoken by a few, but certainly not to the extent you imply.
2007-12-27 23:47:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dutch, it is the language of the sciences. French use here in the states is of little use.
2007-12-27 17:17:48 · answer #6 · answered by t. 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
French
It's better for business, travel, arts and culture.
And easier for english spoken, a lot of words came from french, and a lot of english words gone for french.
2007-12-27 17:23:57 · answer #7 · answered by sky 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to learn the one you want to .It will be more easy than learning another one so just learn Dutch
2007-12-27 21:28:03 · answer #8 · answered by me 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why to learn a language which not many people speak it
better to leran french
2007-12-27 18:12:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
if you want to speak a language that isn't used much, then study latin
2007-12-27 18:07:34 · answer #10 · answered by justmemimi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋