learning a new language

[Minister of Truth]

i don't know yet. Spanish is the obvious answer. Mandarin Chinese or something would prob be way more difficult but have the most future potential.

Spanish is good because its useful in American social life, and Mandarin and Japanese are great for American business life.

If you just want to charm the ladies, then obviously you should go with French or Italian.

 

[Cancel5]

Spanish is good because its useful in American social life, and Mandarin and Japanese are great for American business life.

If you just want to charm the ladies, then obviously you should go with French or Italian.

You got that right, but Spanish, if in the right timbre is also very nice.

 

[Cancel5]

My sons speak and write in Japanese. i have encouraged them to take Chinese and Korean.

 

[Minister of Truth]

My sons speak and write in Japanese. i have encouraged them to take Chinese and Korean.

Meh, I can't see Korean as ever really being all that useful, but Mandarin and Japanese are great languages to know. I'm not sure about Cantonese because Mandarin seems to be where its really at these days...

 

[FUCK THE POLICE]

Yeah, wouldn't it be kind of neat to walk into Chinese political forums?

"PRAISE THE LEADER!"
"SOCIALISM FOREVER!"
"I don't think this is a good idea, we should change this policy..." (user banned)

 

[cancel2 2022]

thinking of picking up a second language cause im not learning much right now so have the time.

Is Rosetta stone worth the 700bucks it costs?

I recommend BYKI

 

[Minister of Truth]

Yeah, wouldn't it be kind of neat to walk into Chinese political forums?

"PRAISE THE LEADER!"
"SOCIALISM FOREVER!"
"I don't think this is a good idea, we should change this policy..." (user banned)

LOLZ, but I'm quite sure you would not be the poster that got banned. The other two posts, however...

 

[Mott the Hoople]

I thought it cost about $250. *shrug*

Yea that's what I thought.

 

[DamnYankee]

Yea that's what I thought.

I guess that's for lesson 1 which is probably all I'd do anyway to prepare for a 6 month retirement vacation in the German and Swiss Alps.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

its free if you pirate it.

And yes it's useful, my friend used it when he went to japan and he can speak it at least enough to get by now. I also listened to it in his car one time, the way they teach you is pretty natural, I would get it if I wanted to learn another language.

Concerning learning spanish first, damo I think you are a bit off on this one. Yes learning spanish will greatly help you learn italian (considering like 70% of the two languages are nearly identical in structure and root words), but mandarin is a different beast. Learning a latin based langugae probably wont get you very far for learning mandarin.

Well there's Tagalog then. It's a mish mash of Native Filipino, Malay, Spanish and American English.