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Hey TL, I've always wanted to learn a European language but I haven't had the time to learn any. I want to get at least started on something during this winter break and try and learn as much as I can. I'd like to get some thoughts to see what language yall think I should try and pick up. =]
I was kinda leaning towards French or German. I've tried a couple lessons with both using Pimsleur/Rosetta Stone and think they're pretty fun, but it's always nice to get more thoughts ^^.
I grew up speaking Korean and English if that info helps any.
Poll: Which Language?German (14) 56% French (6) 24% Other (Please State!) (4) 16% Swedish (1) 4% Italian (0) 0% Dutch (0) 0% 25 total votes Your vote: Which Language? (Vote): French
(Vote): German
(Vote): Swedish
(Vote): Italian
(Vote): Dutch
(Vote): Other (Please State!)
 
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German is still the master of european languages. It's difficult as hell for a foreigner, but rarely any language beats German in logic and precision. If those two characteristics outweigh phonetic beauty (Spanish, French) for you then go for it.
GL HF
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On December 16 2011 12:31 Mattchew wrote:korean
Haha I'm already learning Korean right now. I mean this as on top of learning Korean this break =]
On December 16 2011 12:32 Spekulatius wrote:
German is still the master of european languages. It's difficult as hell for a foreigner, but rarely any language beats German in logic and precision. If those two characteristics outweigh phonetic beauty (Spanish, French) for you then go for it.
GL HF
Mmm, yeah I actually had a thought like this but I couldn't quite put it into words lol. Thanks for the info ^^
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Learning japanese by myself and taking mandarin classes
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Lol guys read the OP. He's talking about picking up a European language...
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On December 16 2011 12:32 Spekulatius wrote:
German is still the master of european languages. It's difficult as hell for a foreigner, but rarely any language beats German in logic and precision. If those two characteristics outweigh phonetic beauty (Spanish, French) for you then go for it.
GL HF
German is actually one of the easier foreign languages for an English-speaker to learn. You can see the Foreign Service Institutes (U.S. State Department) ranking for relative difficulty and average necessary class time to learn a language. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Language_Learning_Difficulty_for_English_Speakers
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I am slightly (only slightly) biased to German because I lived there for a year 
Also if you look at the top 10 cities in the world to live in, around 6 are german-speaking cities
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i can speak a little bit of German i really like the language and i think the amount of cognates make it a lil easier to understand for an English speaker
with all that said if anyone is interested in learning German its defiantly worth your time ive never looked back
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On December 16 2011 12:43 Ansalem wrote:Show nested quote +On December 16 2011 12:32 Spekulatius wrote:
German is still the master of european languages. It's difficult as hell for a foreigner, but rarely any language beats German in logic and precision. If those two characteristics outweigh phonetic beauty (Spanish, French) for you then go for it.
GL HF German is actually one of the easier foreign languages for an English-speaker to learn. You can see the Foreign Service Institutes (U.S. State Department) ranking for relative difficulty and average necessary class time to learn a language. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Language_Learning_Difficulty_for_English_Speakers
People keep telling me German is a pain in the ass. Maybe it's slightly different for English speakers since both languages share some similarities. At least English is more related to German than to the Romanic languages which, in itself, are easier to learn though. Considering this, the chart you linked might actually be accurate.
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There's this site called Memrise that might help.
It helps you learn vocabulary in a sort of game-like way that is at least better than flashcards :D
It's for vocab mainly, so you might want to pair it with those grammar ones. Even other TL people use it :o
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Seems like German is the way to go ^^
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A lot of German vocab looks and sounds like the English equivalent, but the grammar and sentence structure can be a bit strange from an English-speaking point of view. French is the opposite. I stuck with German over French when I had the choice.
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