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By diutay
@diutay (1327)
Philippines
August 11, 2008 12:55pm CST
If you can afford to have the time and resources to study another language/s what would it be? I learned a bit of Spanish in high school and college not because I wanted to but because it was part of the curriculum. But if given the chance to learn another language, I'd like to learn Chinese? Why? Because there are a lot of Chinese all over the world and if I can speak it, I can haggle or get discounts from the Chinese business owners in my city.
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@sk66rc (4250)
• United States
11 Aug 08
I speak 2 languages now, Korean & obviously english... If I had a chance to, I'd love to learn Italian & French... When I was in high school, I had few exchange student friends & some spoke French & some spoke Italian... Ever since then, I've always wanted to learn them... If I had to pick one of the two, I'd pick French... When I was in college, I knew one girl who were fluent in 6 different languages... I was so envious of her... I couldn't tell in any other languages she spoke but when she spoke English, she had a slight accent... She spoke English, French, German, Japanese, Italian & Spanish... She said sometimes she gets confused what language she's speaking & in the middle of speaking in Italian, sometimes she would throw in few phrases in French without even realizing it... lol...
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Just imagine if she would mix up her words and accent. Just kidding. I find the Korean language a bit of a challenge. Even the Korean word for love has different forms. I get confused. I can pick some words though and ask for somebody on the phone. 
@babykeka80 (2084)
• United States
11 Aug 08
I would learn Spanish first. I need to study it again. I live in Florida which has a high population of hispanic people. You nearly have to speak it down here anymore. If I had a second choice I would learn arabic for an advantage in the job I want. I want to work for the FBI and they are begging for arabic translators and such right now. It would give me a huge advantage of getting the job of my dreams.
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@Valenas (1507)
• United States
11 Aug 08
Well, I have the time, but I do not really have enough resources at the moment. I am doing the best that I can to learn Swedish, but I am not learning much as far as actually saying the words goes. I am learning how to write it, because I am talking to people a lot online, and I have several friends that speak Swedish as a first or second language to talk to while I am online.
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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11 Aug 08
Hi diutay,
I am not fussed really, as I don't travel that much to other country so I'm happy with the language that I speak.
Tamara
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@polaris714 (607)
• Philippines
12 Aug 08
I know. I always regretted that by the time I got to college they removed the Spanish language subject. They could have at least made it an elective subject, but in the state university I went to, it was totally removed from the curriculum. I always wanted to learn Spanish.
But now, just like you, Learning Chinese is on my list of Things To Do If Only I Had Enough Spare Time. Of course, Mylotting is not on that list. Its on Things To Do Even If I Don't Have Enough Time LOL
@polaris714 (607)
• Philippines
13 Aug 08
Wow, you can memorize Mi Ultimo Adios! That's something! Someday, I am going to memorize that IN SPANISH even if I don't know the proper pronunciations. I have a cousin who did the same thing you did, stayed up a few nights to memorize that for their final exams in their Spanish language course.
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@deviliciousamy (20)
• United States
11 Aug 08
well, i know some german.i would love to learn more.my family is german so it would help huh lol
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