Now I've reached the half-way mark of this semester so only a few more months till I can officially stop taking French. I've been thinking of learning another language(s) instead. Currently these are the 3 I'm thinking about.

1. German
Why?: English sister. If you know English, then you pretty much know a quarter of German. (ex: July in German is Juli). That should be the easiest to learn. The only thing is, German uses all those accent marks which can be annoying. Also plan on having work relations in Germany.

2. Italian
Why?: Alot of italians in my community so I pick up on some of the influence. Better then french. I also like to speed up on some words and italian is all about that. Also plan on taking alot of vacations to Italy in the future and speak to someone about wine there for some reason.

Woops. Forgot to mention getting hired by Italians. They're friendly people.

3. Japanese (Includes speaking it and reading it)
Why?: All the best, unedited stuff are in Japanese. Some japanese communities in my area. Also plan on taking trips to Japan in the future. Correct me if I'm wrong but I heard it takes 10-15 years to learn the language if you are not native to it. Maybe because all the letters are symbols of everything.

And possibly a 4th language to learn if I have some language space left in my brain...

4. Hebrew
Why?: Bar mits vah, bitch!

Comments on my choices and other languages to learn is appreciated.. I've also been working on my own linguistic since 2004.

Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on Apr 17 2008, 10:15 pm by JordanN.

I would recommend Japanese because of how helpful it can be in future jobs and German because of ease, 1337 awesomeness, and it really sounds nice.

I hate French. Sadly, I'm going to have the same insane French teacher for another year once this one's over. AP class, forced three years .

I reccomend you learn Spanish, because it's easy and you pretty much need it to get a job , and you need it to pass school . I'm not really sure if that was what the topic was about .

EDIT: 666th post, in JordanN's topic, I hope you all learned something .

Egh. Even though I wish I had chosen Spanish instead of French, it's mostly because of the teacher thing. There are more Spanish speakers in NY then French speakers, so the teachers are worse. Plus, in case you didn't know, you don't need it to get a job anywhere except possibly Mexico and Spain. And you don't need it to pass anything. Except if you take it.

However, there's more french restaurants in NY than in France, so I guess it just depends on where you live.

I can already speak German, I can piss someone off in Spanish and can already understand some Japanese, such as listen to people speak it and comprehend, but nowhere near reading it.

I would say take Italian. For the lulz and ability to pronounce Wine correctly on your first try.

You could take Latin. >.> <.<

I already know spanish, valencian and english.
I'd want to learn japanese and maybe german. But language courses are not really cheap >.<

What about English... in British or Australian accents?

You could have the Japanese language down to a science, learn all 10,000 kanji and every particle of speech, and still fail miserable when conducting business.

I'd suggest one of the major dialects of Chinese. I've considered taking a class on it before, along with Arabic and Hebrew.

Latin, if there is.

Particle? And what makes you think Chinese (any type) is even an option to him?

particle of speech? did I spell it wrong? In Japanese its 'wa' 'ga' 'no' ...wrong term?

Lojban is what all the cool and attractive people use!


Seriously.

Learn Mandarin. Lots of people speak it.

Learn Sphenisciformes language.

Learn English first.

I want to learn German because I really love Germany and I've been there. I read German was the 3rd or 4th most spoken language in the world, so that's useful.
I need to learn spanish for the spanish regents so I can get a advanced regents diploma along with my math b regents. Spanish is the 2nd most spoken language in the United States and there's a whole continent and a mid part that speaks spanish, except brazil and such.
Chinese is a good language to invest on. Since China is a rapidly growing nation and it is the most spoken language in the world, if not mistaken.
I grew up thinking colleges like people who are bilingual or trilingual, or even quadlingual. I think its a bit too late for me to learn now since I'm getting old, but im going to try anyways.

Winner.

German is actually closer to tenth. China's first, with Spanish and English following up, so Spanish is, of course, a good choice.

My #1 choice would be Russian, of course. Get away from those latin letters, be a man!

http://www2.ignatius.edu/faculty/turner/languages.htm