What language should I learn?

AcidRaZor said:
Want to learn a new one. Any ideas?
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why do you want learn another language ?
what are you going to use it for ?
what are you interested in ?


...its a lot of work you know ;) :D
 
Was thinking French. Want to maybe go work in Paris and the job requires English and one or more European language. I don't think Afrikaans counts
 
Japanese: Its easy, You can watch anime without subtitles and you can get japanese contacts to organise you cool technology.

If you want too learn a europian language. go for german. germany is a big economic power and its a bit simalar to afrikaans.
 
Tpex said:
Japanese: Its easy, You can watch anime without subtitles and you can get japanese contacts to organise you cool technology.

If you want too learn a europian language. go for german. germany is a big economic power and its a bit simalar to afrikaans.
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Then I would go with Chinese. A guy told me a while back that if you speak with them (Chinese) about bussiness deals in English then the minimum order limit apply but when you switch over to Chinese then he will send you any "small" requirement. LOL.
 
French!

I studied French for a year and wish I carried on with it. It's an awesome language to learn. Everything just flows naturally off the tongue. It can be quite daunting in the beginning with everything either being male or female, inanimate objects etc. Also the verbs are tricky. But once you get past the barrier, everything just comes to you, and you want to learn more and more.

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Chinese would be my second choice. It is quite hard. But then again everything is ;) Or do both hehe.
 
Learn Czech, it's one of the hardest languages in the world. And you'll get to slightly understand all the other slavic languages.
 
I would say it really depends on your reason for learning the language: personal enrichment, you think Romanian chicks are hot or because of your career (i.e. economic gains). For the first two reasons, I cant make any recommendations (although Romanian girls are hot).

If you would like to learn a language to advance your career/possibilities the obvious choices for modern European languages are German, French and Spanish.

German is very advantageous in engineering (especially mechanical, chemical) and science. German is the most spoken language in Europe. It is not the easiest language to learn but since you seem to be Afrikaans (?) it should be a bit easier than (say) French.

French is still the Diplomat's language. The fact that they hate talking English makes it rather important to learn the language if you plan to regularly interact with French companies/colleagues. I personally find French to be a bit overrated....and it is quite difficult to learn.

I think Spanish isn't always given the status it deserves; the whole of South America except Brazil speak Spanish (oh and Spain of course). This creates (theoretically) many opportunities to apply the language. Of the three, I think Spanish is the easiest to pick up.

I wouldn't ignore the fact that you can speak Afrikaans. Although, contrary to popular belief, you can't simply walk into Amsterdam and talk away without any "eksuus!?" you'll obviously adapt very quickly (few weeks). Flemish (spoken in the Nothern regions of Belgium sounds much more like Afrikaans than Dutch (go look for some news report on the net - you'll be amazed).

To help you in your decision, consider the number of people talking the language, the geographic regions where the language is spoken ans also the associated culture of the language/country. There is no use in spending lots of time, money and effort in learning German if their punctuality and organisation fetish simply pisses you off.

You get some CDs to get a basic idea of the languages. Michelle Thomas' CDs work quite well (if you can find them somewhere ;-) )

Official institutes are very expensive but at least all certifications are internationally recognised:
German: Goethe Institut; French: Alliance Francais
 
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