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What languages do you speak/what languages are you learning if you can't quite speak it well?
Why did you choose to learn it?
And if you could choose any language that has existed to learn what would it be?
For me I took three years of German in high school cause for the longest time I thought it sounded cool and wanted to learn it as a second language. Then I got into it and really didn't like it so I kinda sucked at it for lack of care/studying. Then I switched languages to Japanese this year basically on a whim cause I didn't really speak German good enough to do anything beyond 101 and I wanted something new.
As for any language to learn I would say something like ancient Greek or Egyptian just because they seem like something cool to learn. Modern Greek might be kinda cool to learn too though just cause it sounds kinda cool.
Je parle français. Ich spreche Deutsch. Io capisco un po 'italiano
My spelling in the latter is completely off so I have to look up spellings usually. My best friend is Guatemalan so I can understand some spanish from being at his house so much. I understood when it was time to eat and we talked about food. giggle;
i suck at them all
I know a little Spanish. Italian would be fun to learn.
I've taken several classes of French and German and am horrible at them both unfortunately
Quote from: FAMY2 on October 06, 2009, 02:37:44 AM
I know a little Spanish. Italian would be fun to learn.
Vaffanculo n_u
Very light Spanish, and like 6 words in French. n_u
I'm in my 5th year of French, and I've been to France twice. I really love the language...I just don't tend to be good at it. Still, I'm a tiny tiny bit fluent, which is getting better. I also took 3 years of Latin, and I can still remember most forms and figure out sentences (that'll go soon, I hope).
Quote from: Echo on October 06, 2009, 02:27:24 AM
As for any language to learn I would say something like ancient Greek or Egyptian just because they seem like something cool to learn.
Ancient Greek....I have a few friends taking it. It's hard and labor-intensive and archaic. Some concepts of it are really cool, like having another voice besides active and passive, but it builds quite a few concepts from the ground-up, and you don't have the convenience of knowing a language which is very similar (like Latin, or any romance language, or German even).
Well, currently I'm in my fourth year of French. I really need to stop making the silly mistakes I make, though from looking around at the others' [even those in French IV] the number of errors I make are insignificant. Most of them come up though when I begin to second guess myself, which is how I typically make errors in every class [Especially in government when my teacher starts asking me if I'm sure and I begin to question my original response akudood;]. Also, I guess having a 99.46% in French isn't bad either. n_u
Quote from: ДавиÌд on October 06, 2009, 02:43:30 AM
Well, currently I'm in my fourth year of French. I really need to stop making the silly mistakes I make, though from looking around at the others' [even those in French IV] the number of errors I make are insignificant. Most of them come up though when I begin to second guess myself, which is how I typically make errors in every class [Especially in government when my teacher starts asking me if I'm sure and I begin to question my original response. akudood;] Also, I guess having a 99.46% in French isn't bad either. n_u
You speak amazing french you bastard baddood;
Oh to answer your question I've tried to teach myself Italian on multiple occasions but get ADD and lose focus and forget about it for a while.
I also took french from 6th-10th grade but I had a horrible teacher and knew I wouldn't pass French IV so I switched to German. I should have tried. I liked it and was pretty good at it. Right now I have trouble remembering which accents go where and different conjugations.
Quote from: FAMY2 on October 06, 2009, 02:46:29 AM
Ma vattelo a pigliare in culo! n_u
preservativo <3
I know English and Spanish pretty well. I'm ok with Arabic (Can read fluently and could hold a short small talkish conversation with someone, but nothing more than that) and I know some French and Italian and Urdu words D:
Quote from: YPR on October 06, 2009, 02:44:13 AM
You speak amazing french you bastard baddood;
Like wise, I bet your German can't be too bad. baddood;
Quote from: Alyssa the Glowing Sole on October 06, 2009, 02:41:03 AM
Ancient Greek....I have a few friends taking it. It's hard and labor-intensive and archaic. Some concepts of it are really cool, like having another voice besides active and passive, but it builds quite a few concepts from the ground-up, and you don't have the convenience of knowing a language which is very similar (like Latin, or any romance language, or German even).
Yea that would really be the problem with most ancient languages they sound cool and all but they would be a crazy amount of work and time to learn and really get good at.
Quote from: Ensign Halibar on October 06, 2009, 02:45:38 AM
Oh to answer your question I've tried to teach myself Italian on multiple occasions but get ADD and lose focus and forget about it for a while.
I would probably do the same if I tried teaching myself a language even if I loved it.
i know a tiny bit of spanish akudood;
i think it'd be nice to learn german and latin and russian giggle;
Quote from: Echo on October 06, 2009, 02:51:17 AM
Yea that would really be the problem with most ancient languages they sound cool and all but they would be a crazy amount of work and time to learn and really get good at.
And learning them would be pointless because there's no one to talk to.
Quote from: ДавиÌд on October 06, 2009, 02:50:59 AM
Like wise, I bet your German can't be too bad. baddood;
Oh, it's atrocious, I can't even remember most of it. baddood;
Also why don't you use all of your french to pick up some guys, I hear they love that stuff sillydood;
I took French for awhile and retain some knowledge of it although I'm far from fluent
Quote from: Ensign Halibar on October 06, 2009, 02:48:44 AM
preservativo <3
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Quote from: FAMY2 on October 06, 2009, 02:57:47 AM
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Oh, silly Ms. Rae. giggle;
oh hey i get to talk about this again maps;
My main everyday language is French, my performance with the English language is up to you guys' judgment. n_u
i'm also learning xhtml css and javascript right now at school but i don't think that counts maps;
There's a few languages I'd like to learn. Spanish, German... I'm not the biggest weeaboo around, but Japanese could be interesting too.
Quote from: YPR on October 06, 2009, 02:53:59 AM
Oh, it's atrocious, I can't even remember most of it. baddood;
Also why don't you use all of your french to pick up some guys, I hear they love that stuff sillydood;
idk atrocious people skills lol sillydood;
Quote from: Thyme on October 06, 2009, 03:04:20 AM
oh hey i get to talk about this again maps;
My main everyday language is French, my performance with the English language is up to you guys' judgment. n_u
i'm also learning xhtml css and javascript right now at school but i don't think that counts maps;
There's a few languages I'd like to learn. Spanish, German... I'm not the biggest weeaboo around, but Japanese could be interesting too.
NIHONGO RESSON GETO? n_u
Also, this isn't about me. But today, I learnt that there's a girl at my school who's actually able to speak both English and German. I don't know why, but I found it pretty surprising. Though, I wonder if Belgian German is as silly as Swiss German. n_u
Quote from: ДавиÌд on October 06, 2009, 03:27:49 AM
Also, this isn't about me. But today, I learnt that there's a girl at my school who's actually able to speak both English and German. I don't know why, but I found it pretty surprising. Though, I wonder if Belgian German is as silly as Swiss German. n_u
You should date her so you can practice your german
Quote from: Echo on October 06, 2009, 02:27:24 AM
What languages do you speak/what languages are you learning if you can't quite speak it well?
Why did you choose to learn it?
And if you could choose any language that has existed to learn what would it be?
I've taken three semesters of Spanish in high school. I will be taking a fourth next semester. I am also taking German I this semester cuz dere wuz nuttin elss LOL.
Because I do not know.
Esperanto j/k like maybe one that isn't derived from Latin or is Germanic, like maybe JAPRANESE.
Quote from: YPR on October 06, 2009, 04:04:20 AM
You should date her so you can practice your german
idk n_u
I wonder how fluent she is, I assume all she uses it for is to talk to her mom. befuddlement
Quote from: Spa-Peggy and Meatballs on October 06, 2009, 04:04:58 AM
I've taken three semesters of Spanish in high school. I will be taking a fourth next semester. I am also taking German I this semester cuz dere wuz nuttin elss LOL.
Because I do not know.
Esperanto j/k like maybe one that isn't derived from Latin or is Germanic, like maybe JAPRANESE.
why not russian n_u
also, why do you have a semester off from spanish? that's rather odd
Quote from: ДавиÌд on October 06, 2009, 04:07:58 AM
why not russian n_u
also, why do you have a semester off from spanish? that's rather odd
will you teach me it? n_u
idk that's how they scheduled it
Latin. Yum.
I want to learn Ukrainian. <3
I'm going to my next Certamen (Latin competition) on Halloween morning. <3
Quote from: Spa-Peggy and Meatballs on October 06, 2009, 04:10:22 AM
will you teach me it? n_u
idk that's how they scheduled it
idk 'да' would probably get you far, and if they start to sound angry [but then again this is russian lol] change it up to 'не'‚' lol n_u
Quote from: ДавиÌд on October 06, 2009, 04:14:53 AM
idk 'да' would probably get you far, and if they start to sound angry [but then again this is russian lol] change it up to 'не'‚' lol n_u
wow how do you even pronounce that
Latin was cool for 3 years, and I knew that the whole translation thing would be totally badass and artistic and thing...like, friggin' taking original Vergil and working with it must be godly. But...I would not recommend Latin as something "cool to learn." It's demanding.
speak german...
i like it