What languages do you want to speak?

[rocko100]

Algonquin, the last person in my family to speak it was my great grandma, although my Grandpa knew a few words, I already know some polish but not much which is my only other "Dominant" culture

 

[Mr. S]

German.
I'd imagine it'd make my future vacation(That I'm hopping for) to the 'ring much simpler if I could speak the language. Also, it'd be a good "storm-off" language. Say something with an angry tone in German and people will know you're pissed.

Indeed but then again, English is being taught to first graders in some states like Bavaria. I doubt you'd have a lot of issues if you couldn't speak German. Now, in France....that's a different story. Even some universitites don't care and finding a doctor, for example, who's speaking English can be quite difficult.

 

[Wiegert]

I've always wanted to learn German, and so do many of my friends actually. My Mum moved near Hanover for a few years in the 1980's, yet I'm surprised she didn't learn any German, then she could have probably taught me the language when I was younger.


Apart from that, I'd be interested in getting to grips with Finnish and Welsh (I already know some Welsh, having lived Wales as a child), Also, I wouldn't mind trying to learn Esperanto.

 

[Driving Park]

Russian and Italian. Then I'd like to finish learning German education, or maybe even redo it. I took 3 years in high school but I was never exceptional at it.

And yeah, one of my friends used to live in Germany and he told me that most people there know English so it's not really a big deal if you don't know German.

 

[Hollow]

I would love to speak French, learned it in school for what, 8 years, and can't even order a coffee

Took French for 9 years myself, all I can manage to say is "Je ne sais pas parler français". It works sometimes but usually people think it's a sarcastic joke. When they start to continue talking in French, they get a blank stare from me.

 

[Alex p.]

Took French for 9 years myself, all I can manage to say is "Je ne sais pas parler français". It works sometimes but usually people think it's a sarcastic joke. When they start to continue talking in French, they get a blank stare from me.

Same here mate, same here...

 

[Mark II Blit]

I'd like to be fluent in Korean, as I really want to move to Busan. But the problem is that a simple little word can have 20 different meanings, depending on context

I also took French some years ago. I know the grammar, but my vocabulary seriously lacks the vital words

 

[homeforsummer]

I can speak enough French to get by (and flirt ) but I wouldn't mind being fluent. I also know a bit of German but not enough to get by, so I'd like to speak more of that too.

Other than that, I'd like to speak Chinese and Japanese, which are two fairly important business languages so both would be useful.

French to the point of fluency (right now I know enough to flirt or fight )

Didn't actually read your post before writing mine! French is definitely a good language to flirt in

(That I'm hopping for)

Is that a sponsored thing?

 

[Minty]

Yes. Yes it is.


I just came here to change that too.

 

[photonrider]

Love.

 

[dxm8975]

Hmm, this question kinda set me thinking for a tad while...

But I do want to speak Russian once in my whole life at least, no matter I'm yet to understand the radical intention of the words/short phrases broadly used in daily conversations - I'm amazed at the way of pronunciation in speaking the tongue(Like speaking the conjunctive sentences with a trill).

I'm still in my process of improving English and Chinese until I can be confident I'm enough fluent in both foreign languages with different characteristics from the Japanese language, being trilingual in Japan is such a proud and factor of being appreciated by other colleagues as a treasure, and earning good results in the company's bargaining accomplishments. Although I'm not willing to have my head in the clouds...

I would like to learn German.

That way I will then know three of my heritages languages.

How many tongues have you leant in your academic years?

Other than that, I'd like to speak Chinese and Japanese, which are two fairly important business languages so both would be useful.

I can be convinced that the Chinese is going to become one of the business languages used in negitoations, but why Japanese? I never imagined or heard it being widespread among other countries(specifically in Europe), or should it be just obligatory to be learned for most of Japanese who're poor at alien languages...

 

[homeforsummer]

I can be convinced that the Chinese is going to become one of the business languages used in negitoations, but why Japanese? I never imagined or heard it being widespread among other countries(specifically in Europe), or should it be just obligatory to be learned for most of Japanese who're poor at alien languages...

When it comes to things like cars and electronics the Japanese are big players, so it'd be a useful language for me to know.

 

[benzoboy]

Japanese for me, it'd help if I ever got to live in Japan, which I've always wanted

 

[Solo]

Mandatory French at GCSE was terrible for me, all I remember is "petit dejeuner" so I answered every question the teacher threw at me with it.

Same here just french and the only german word worth knowing 'shnell' (probably spelt wrong ) meaning faster for when theres some slow peoples skiing in front of me in Austria on holidays

In all honesty a lot of English people (myself included) don't put enough effort into learning foreign languages as we expect wherever we go to speak ours, which isn't good really. I think we should just be tought more from a younger age or have foreign media in circulation more in England. As when I have spoken to people from continental Europe on my holidays they all hear english sung music and english spoken TV programmes, but we don't get any of that here. That would help cure our ignorance.

I want to learn more languages e.g. Italian, German and Japanese but I struggle with picking them up

 

[Daniel]

Apart from that, I'd be interested in getting to grips with Finnish and Welsh (I already know some Welsh, having lived Wales as a child), Also, I wouldn't mind trying to learn Esperanto.

I mentioned it to my friend when I saw it on Wikipedia, now he knows how to say 'That is a chair,' and 'You are a chair.'

 

[Shift2Fan]

My only language is English currently, but I'm very interested in learning German. I guess I need to hire a teacher or download Rosetta Stone or something.

 

[sumbrownkid]

English, cut throat Urdu, and survival Spanish.

@Shift2Fan: The best way to learn a language is to immerse yourself in the environment.

 

[Korza]

I'm currently learning Japanese with plans to learn how to speak fluent Italian and Russian.

 

[theotherspongey]

French! Even though its just a small percentage of my heritege, I want to go to Paris someday.

 

[Wiegert]

I mentioned it to my friend when I saw it on Wikipedia, now he knows how to say 'That is a chair,' and 'You are a chair.'

I have no idea how I'd get through each day without knowing the phrase "You are a chair" in Esperanto

 

[Hollow]

Mandatory French at GCSE was terrible for me, all I remember is "petit dejeuner" so I answered every question the teacher threw at me with it.

 

[DK]

I want to be able to speak Japanese and German. I'm learning German right now, but I'd love to be able to speak it fluently.

 

[Dennisch]

Dexter was awesome.

Ooooh what does this button doooooo?

OT.

I'm learning to speak Spanish. I speak a bit of French. German isn't to hard fo me, and English is easy.

Oh, I would like to learn Arabic.

 

[marluxiaXI11]

I'm currently learning Japanese at my high school.

I really want to learn Norwegian also.

 

[Prince.M5]

I would like to learn German, hopefully by the end of this year I'd be able to start it again. For now, I only know some of the base about the language and a count of 1 until 10

 

[Pyle_PMG]

I would like to be able to speak dutch, as that's where my father's family originated.

 

[Dennisch]

I would like to be able to speak dutch, as that's where my father's family originated.

Nederlands spreken is heel makkelijk, het schrijven is een stuk lastiger.

 

[Ibonibo]

neuken in the keuken.
My first thing i learned in dutch

I would love to speak italian fluently.

I would like to know some programming language (does that count)

And i would like to speak Russian (so gorgeous babes over there),
Japanese or manderin is not really attractive for me, though i wouldn't mind speaking it without learning.

(I already know 7 languages, 4 of them fluently, so that should do the trick till I die)

 

[zedextreme8177]

First thing I should learn is how to fully speak the Addu dialect of my native language. I know basic phrases, and can understand just about everything spoken, but forming long sentences is a tough job. Either I end up getting the meaning completely wrong, or using typical Malé dialect words by accident

Apart from that, Arabic and Russian are the highest priority for me

 

[W3H5]

Woman, I cannot seem to get it

This was my first thought on seeing the thread title. 👍

Chinese would probably come in quite useful to me.
Why I never learnt it properly is beyond me.

I'd like to give Old English ago as it amazes me to no end and I rally enjoyed watching Beowulf in it's original languge. I hear there are very few people that can do it these days and that there's one small town in Holland that speak an almost identical dialect.