Other languages you would like to learn

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by hypnotik1

I figure that being able to speak English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and brush up a little on my Carribean patua, would allow me to converse with nearly anyone in the Americas.

Lots but not everyone. There are still hundreds of indigenous languages in the Americas, and many of their speakers are monolingual.

[Graziella]

If You Want I Can Help With French Cause I Speak.
Si Voglie Posso Aiudare Con Il Italiano Anche Ma Non So
Molto .
Si Vous Voulez Je Peux Vous Aider Avec Le Français Aussi

[shillwig903]

Me gustaría a aprender la idioma italiana.

[Graziella]

Si No Soy Muy Mala En Espanol ,creo Que Uno Dice El Idioma Y No La Idioma
Es Correcto O No ?

[Iris]

Correcto. El idioma es masculino, pero hay un sinónimo femenino: la lengua.

[writerscramp1107]

Right now I'm happy with speaking English and learning to speak Spanish - but Italian would be nice, too. I've visited Mexico and Italy (they are both beautiful places).

[gatitoverde]

First off, my Spanish is far from perfect. I've only recently attained a level where I don't freeze up, hunting for words, and where I can understand the lion's share of what native speakers say to me. Now I'm concentrating on improving my grammar. But in defense of learning several languages at once, as I am, I believe they all develop that part of your brain in their own subtle ways, and kind of bootstrap one another upward. The two I've been concentrating on for several months now are Mandarin Chinese (I want to teach English in China) and Spanish. As a student of language on the whole, though, each European language I've studied has taught me a great deal about how they evolved and influenced one another, including Old English and Old French. And now, Chinese is revamping what I though I knew even further, as it is in no way related to those I'm familiar with, and operates in a very distinct way. Gaelic is one that I'll someday start picking at, so as to add a familiarity with Celtic tongues to that of Germanic, Romance, and Slavic, and better understand how languages within a linguistic branch divide and develop, and just how different they can be from one another.

East asian languages Japanese, Chinese and Korean are difficult.

[Jessica]

I am learning Spanish; I am Chinese. I learned French but I'm really bad at it. i would like to learn some Latin and more French. And also Italian.

Originally Posted by twalker

East asian languages Japanese, Chinese and Korean are difficult.

Yes, you are correct. It is really easy if you are already Asian, like me. I'm Chinese. Though I'm not an expert in Chinese (and not perfect), I am still pretty good.

[Zwarte Piet]

I have an odd fascination with Japanese for some reason.

[Jessica]

I would like to learn:
1. Latin
2. French
3. Italian

[Topaz]

I would like to improve my Spanish and then, when I have more time, learn to speak Hindi. I'm not sure whether I would ever master reading and writing Hindi. If I had loads of free time I would try Arabic too.

[lee ying]

I speak spanish and
It`s what I aim to learn..
1.-english
2.-french
3.-chinese
I think they are most use around the world,. ^_ ^

[bobjenkins]

Besides spanish I would love to learn german Germany is so close to Spain so it shouldnt be too hard to move there for a year and learn it

[irmamar]

I'd like to learn German too, but I think this is a bit difficult, I know a few words but I'm not able to declinate (?) them correctly.

I don't think Germay is so near to Spain, of course other countries are much more far, but it's not next

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by irmamar

I'd like to learn German too, but I think this is a bit difficult, I know a few words but I'm not able to declinate (?) them correctly.

I don't think Germay is so near to Spain, of course other countries are much more far, but it's not next

I know someone who's been studying german for a couple of years they say that the grammar is really tricky, but he hadn't studied spanish so its hard to compare

Im used to driving so far all the time here in USA, I have to drive 60 miles to my job and 15 miles to the grocery store I like how compact europe seems when I move there Im excited to live close to everything, job, stores ect.

[Tomisimo]

I studied German for a couple of years, (after learning Spanish), and I didn't find it all that hard. It has a lot of similarities with English. The verb conjugation system isn't too hard. I think the hardest things for an English speaker would be (1) The three noun genders, (2) sentence word order (there are some significant differences from English), and (3) noun declension (case system) -- this is largely non-existent in English.

I don't think Germay is so near to Spain, of course other countries are much more far, but it's not next

Even though you have to go through several countries to get from Spain to Germany, they are closer together than California and New York. The difference from Spain to Germany would be similar to the distance from Florida to New York.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

I studied German for a couple of years, (after learning Spanish), and I didn't find it all that hard. It has a lot of similarities with English. The verb conjugation system isn't too hard. I think the hardest things for an English speaker would be (1) The three noun genders, (2) sentence word order (there are some significant differences from English), and (3) noun declension (case system) -- this is largely non-existent in English.

[...]

Haha! "The verb conjugation system isn't too hard" ?!?!

To me, I suppose as a Spanish speaker, the hardest features to learn have been:
1) Conjugation
2) Sentence word order
3) Declinations
4) Pronunciation

Once I deal with each one of them, I can make a proper sentence, although it takes me some 15 minutes to build it.

Anyway, it's a nice language to learn... it keeps the brain working well.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by bobjenkins

I know someone who's been studying german for a couple of years they say that the grammar is really tricky, but he hadn't studied spanish so its hard to compare

Im used to driving so far all the time here in USA, I have to drive 60 miles to my job and 15 miles to the grocery store I like how compact europe seems when I move there Im excited to live close to everything, job, stores ect.

60 miles are about 96 km. and 15 miles are about 24 km. (sorry, I have to translate). As I'd say in Sapnish, "¡qué barbaridad!". I have my job a few minutes from my home, walking, of course, and I'm always complaining because there are very few supermarkets (just one about 5 minutes from my house) where I live, but I go there walking. I only take the car if I have to go to big supermarkets

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by irmamar

60 miles are about 96 km. and 15 miles are about 24 km. (sorry, I have to translate). As I'd say in Sapnish, "¡qué barbaridad!". I have my job a few minutes from my home, walking, of course, and I'm always complaining because there are very few supermarkets (just one about 5 minutes from my house) where I live, but I go there walking. I only take the car if I have to go to big supermarkets

Thats cool Im guessing your in a city? I just went on vacation in the city and its great to be able to walk everywhere! Now I want to move to Madrid so badly!