What other language would you like to learn?

[boobooq88]

So I just started self studying Japanese a couple weeks ago. And it has me curious.

What language would you like to learn and why?

And/or what languages have you learned and why?

For me... It's a number of things. For starters I like stuff that is different and interesting. I am a native English speaker (like most of you I am sure) and have always found the sound of Japanese rather interesting. I am also interested in the culture of Japan so I plan on studying abroad there sometime in the next couple years... hence another reason for learning the language. Another reason would be job opportunities (of course... kinda a no brainer). I am a computer science major and I feel like being able to speak fluent japanese could really help me out in that industry. However, I ultimately would like to fly for an international airline (probably to Japan). Although.... If for some reason those 2 plans fall through... currently I am working on becoming an EMT and could eventually go on down the paramedic/nursing route in which knowing a second language could help as well. Besides all that though... I am kinda an anime nut and would like to be able to watch anime in Japanese with no subtitles and read manga in japanese as well.

Another reason would be able to show off, of course.


So what about you guys?

[rajko_m]

Interesting question boobooq88.
I would like to speak good all that I learned and spoke once upon a time.

It would be nice collection: English, German, Russian and of course my native, which is a bit complicated to name right now.

Is it Bosnian which I write and speak, or it is Croatian, or it is Serbian. Before last Balkan wars (1991-96) it was considered kind of one language, but after we are all polyglots with 1 native and 2 foreign languages in portfolio :-) . Not bad. What do you think?

[Axeia]

Same, wouldn't mind knowing Japanese.
Picked up a bit from watching anime, but that's never gonna make me fluent in it.. (though it scares me sometimes how much I do understand without subtitles).

I'm from the Netherlands by the way, so that makes Dutch my native language.. can understand some German (similar to Dutch, but sounds even worse imo) and a tiny bit of Japanese. Wont try to say anything in either though as I'll just end up embarrassing myself.
Oh and as you have probably noticed by now, I know some English as well.. watching the Discovery Channel for the Dinosaur specials as a kid works wonders. (even back then it was the only thing remotely interesting on the telly over here)

[boobooq88]

So rajko... basically you're saying that you speak 1 language that is considered 3 different languages? Pretty funny.

Originally Posted by Axeia

Same, wouldn't mind knowing Japanese.
Picked up a bit from watching anime, but that's never gonna make me fluent in it.. (though it scares me sometimes how much I do understand without subtitles).

I'm from the Netherlands by the way, so that makes Dutch my native language.. can understand some German (similar to Dutch, but sounds even worse imo) and a tiny bit of Japanese. Wont try to say anything in either though as I'll just end up embarrassing myself.
Oh and as you have probably noticed by now, I know some English as well.. watching the Discovery Channel for the Dinosaur specials as a kid works wonders. (even back then it was the only thing remotely interesting on the telly over here)

Discovery Channel? Hahaha... that's pretty awesome.

Yea... I'm going the total immersion route... Japanese music only, anime and japanese in japanese & no subtitles, japanese TV, etc

Basically... as little english and as much japanese as possible.

Eventually it will be only reading Japanese (manga, books, etc.)... switching my whole computer to japanese... and so on.

One thing I'm missing at this point is people to speak with...


So yea.... pretty hardcore... but I'm sure it'll be worth it.




And apparently I forgot to mention the other languages I would like to learn which would be Spanish, German, maybe Russian or Mandarin Chinese

[boobooq88]

Oh.. and I'm hittin the books hard... Right now I'm working on memorizing 2,042 Kanji

Something that takes Japanese students 12 years to do... and I'm shooting for less than 3 months

[guhvies]

Ada - but more like relearn.

[boobooq88]

Originally Posted by guhvies

Ada - but more like relearn.

So you would like to speak like a computer?

[orba]

Duetsche. Hmmm, reason? I seem to correspond with a few folks from Germany and I only know a few words in their language. I envy those that can speak more than one language.

The other language I would like to learn is my own - English- as I lack good communication skills, partly due to my parents training, or lack thereof, and partly from the terrible public school systems here in the States where there isn't an emphasis on grammar usage. Not that I want to talk like an academic, but I only have to watch the British television shows to know there is something wrong with American English. We sound so ignorant!
Regards, Orba

[orba]

Shucks, I can't edit my post. I meant, deutsche

[Siminin]

German and maybe Spanish. I studied german in school but i can't understand it. Stuck to the "just can read" part. As you can see i know english and my native language-bulgarian.