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Help to choose next Language to learn

What Language Would You Prefer to Learn?

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Sochi

Sochi

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After 5 years with Spanish I think I am ready for a new challenge.

Can't decide though - I feel like French should be a very obvious choice but I hate how it sounds and whole pronunciation...

What would you choose out of these published?

Other languages are out of scope... I did try Japanese for whole 2 years in JCCC with natural teachers and failed miserably :( so no Asian Level 10 languages suggestions (Japanese, Korean, Chinese) - I don't think you can learn it properly if you live here...

Thanks!
 
Where do you plan on traveling? That would be my deciding factor. A few of those languages are tough and you don't run into them too often outside of their home territory (like dutch and portugese). Others are (imo) easier and used more broadly (eg french, italian, german). If you don't like how french sounds, I can't see you loving german. You already said you don't really want french so I would go with italian.

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Bonus points are you can pick up a ducati and hold your nose even higher while berating people in italian for their peasant bikes.
 
GreyGhost said:
Where do you plan on traveling? That would be my deciding factor. A few of those languages are tough and you don't run into them too often outside of their home territory (like dutch and portugese). Others are (imo) easier and used more broadly (eg french, italian, german). If you don't like how french sounds, I can't see you loving german. You already said you don't really want french so I would go with italian.

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Bonus points are you can pick up a ducati and hold your nose even higher while berating people in italian for their peasant bikes.
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I don't see language learning as a necessity for traveling, I have a great job which unfortunately not allow me to travel much, I rather see it as a mental gym to keep my mind sharp... We go to gym to maintain our muscles, this is a proper gym for my brain :)

And yeah, Ducati and stuff, lol, I do want to explore Italy one day and do love how Italian sounds... the list I posted is pretty much my preference list, just not ready to commit yet :)
 
Most of my friends are bilingual. I’m the lone anglo.


From a career standpoint, I would say Spanish for US market business is helpful and here in Canada, French.

It is my understanding, French is easier pick up if you already know Spanish and vice versa.

Some of my Italian friends understand French as its close in some words.

I’ve also heard German is easier for English speaking people to learn. However, I never had a need to learn German and wasn’t interested in learning a language. I only regret not picking up French as I’ve missed some good opportunities career wise.
 
Do French. Listen to some Edith Piaff and change your mind about how it sounds (or Serge Gainsbourg for another French classic). Then head off to Quebec and experience things a little differently than you would using just English. Then off to North Africa and order food like a boss then off to Paris where the waiters will be slightly less rude to you than if you used English alone.

There’s quite a few similarities with French and Spanish so don’t mix them up.
 
xfactor said:
I voted Italian, so you can sound like Rossi, " I poosh I pooossh I poooossshhh, but the tires, she no go" and finish off in some cool Italian phrase with all kinds of handwaving.
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Isn't Italian just sign language with sounds?!

Depending on your goals in the end, I'd try something different...like Polish! Hard language to learn, completely useless outside of the country.

I can start teaching you the bad words with @oioioi

In all seriousness...I'd consider Chinese to be a good language to challenge oneself with.

I voted German because I feel that Italian, Spanish, and French are related enough that you can get by in all 3...by knowing 1.

That's what my Italian teaching friend told me anyway...and he's got his Master's in Italian, French, and Spanish.
 
Don't bother with Portuguese. It's a terrible language. I tried to learn a few basic words before going there and I found it very difficult due to it being similar spelling to Spanish/French but a very different sounding. The closest I could come up with was to pretend to be Ricky from Trailer Park Boys doing a Spanish accent. We had a tour boat captain with a Portugese father and Spanish mother and his name was Juan Juan pronounced Jew-on Won.
 
I love the sound of Portuguese, it’s a really pretty language. Words are very similar to Spanish, but the pronunciation is completely different (cerveza in Spanish, cerveja in Portuguese pronounced cervejha).

Spent two months in Brazil and tried my best to learn a bit and got nowhere even with basic Spanish.
 
mimico_polak said:
Isn't Italian just sign language with sounds?!

Depending on your goals in the end, I'd try something different...like Polish! Hard language to learn, completely useless outside of the country.

I can start teaching you the bad words with @oioioi

In all seriousness...I'd consider Chinese to be a good language to challenge oneself with.

I voted German because I feel that Italian, Spanish, and French are related enough that you can get by in all 3...by knowing 1.

That's what my Italian teaching friend told me anyway...and he's got his Master's in Italian, French, and Spanish.
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I don't know about other languages but Polish is hard to learn.
Maybe not as hard if you just want to learn how to speak the words and put a simple sentence together.

Where is gets tricky is writing in Polish and reading it.
We have 32 letters. And technically Q and V are not part of the official alphabet but may have recently been adopted in. Not to mention the letters with accents or the combination of two letter which sound like only one. For example. There is a your standard "H" and also a combo of the letters "C" and "H" which are written as "CH" but both instances make the normal sound of just an "H". Go figure.

I was born in Poland and studied there till I was 10 y/o. I can speak it today, read it and write as well but it is all on basic everyday conversation type of level.

If you want to learn it, start with the basics. Here is a sample of what you would be getting into.
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BTW
I voted for German.
Always thought it would be cool to know. Also probably useless but I like the accent and the way it sounds.

Living in Canada, I wish I knew French. But when I came here ESL was my priority so I got to skip the French classes at school.

Some times it's klear that I am still vorking on mastering the Inglish language.
 
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Not sure if this will influence your choice, maybe just something to keep in mind.


These are the most spoken languages in the world
  • English – 1,121 million speakers. ...
  • Mandarin Chinese – 1,107 million speakers. ...
  • Hindi – 698 million speakers. ...
  • Spanish – 512 million speakers. ...
  • French – 284 million speakers. ...
  • Arabic – 273 million speakers. ...
  • Bengali – 265 million inhabitants. ...
  • Russian – 258 million speakers.
 
just-me said:
Not sure if this will influence your choice, maybe just something to keep in mind.


These are the most spoken languages in the world
  • English – 1,121 million speakers. ...
  • Mandarin Chinese – 1,107 million speakers. ...
  • Hindi – 698 million speakers. ...
  • Spanish – 512 million speakers. ...
  • French – 284 million speakers. ...
  • Arabic – 273 million speakers. ...
  • Bengali – 265 million inhabitants. ...
  • Russian – 258 million speakers.
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Yes, it did influenced me to start with Spanish (obviously after English which was my third language after native 2).
Spanish absolutely wins the competition of the countries where it is the official language - 26 countries - lot's of places to travel :)

NOte, that the picture changes if it organized by Native (born into language) Speakers - English moves to second spot... But obviously English is the most spoken SECOND language because it is the unofficial-official language of the Internet....

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Last time in Europe, the one guy that spoke French saved us a few times. If I were to start traveling Europe again, learning French would be high on my list.
 
I think French would be a natural fit, being another romance language but you would have to put aside your indifference, which in itself could be the challenging part of it. If you don't travel at least you can practice locally. Gov services in French please! Lol.

Portuguese could be fun, I find it nothing like Spanish, actually when I was in Portugal I thought they were speaking some Eastern European language. Italian definitely would be fun, especially if you know any Italians.

Lastly just for fun Tagalog (unless this is 1 of your native tongues, yeah it's not on your list). Also similar to Spanish and a large enough community locally you can practice with or at least listen in.

Good luck, my advice might be worthless I barely can speak English..:rolleyes:
 
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