What languages do you want to learn?

Singapore
June 20, 2009 9:48am CST
Personally, i want to learn the Korean language and japanese and cantonese language. The reason is really a selfish reason. Because i want to be able to understand my dramas. English subs come in a day later or sometimes a week later than the broadcast of the show. And i'm impatient. *grinz* As of now, i can differentiate the 2 languages. But i've yet to really understand. Well, that's me. What about you? What language do you want to learn and why?
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@ryzach (1544)
• United States
20 Jun 09
I want to learn more spanish and become more fluent at it. I studied in school and have a pretty good understanding of it and can speak I just do not feel real confident and am not fluent at all. I can communicate but not confidentally. I have been studying and doing the podcast and my spanish speaking friends at work are helping me our quite a bit. I am hoping by the end of this year i will have more confidence where i can carry on a long conversation in spanish.
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• Singapore
21 Jun 09
i believe that the more you practice and more exposure you get, the better you will become.
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@geniustiger (1694)
• Philippines
20 Jun 09
I want to learn Spanish, French, Chinese and Japanese. But still in my mind , when can I have it sooner or later. Im hoping to have it even one of those things eager to learn. Its so nice to understand different languages.
• Singapore
23 Jun 09
absolutely... happy mylotting =)
• Philippines
7 Apr 11
Hi there regal_aeros! I like to learn a lot of languages. I think this will be advantageous for someone like me who travels a lot. Back in high school, we learned Latin. When I was in the graduate school, I learned Nihonggo. By being with some Chinese friends, I know some Mandarin and a little Fookien. My mom and my grandmother taught me a little Spanish. I really hope to learn more about those Languages I have mentioned. Aside from that, I want to learn French.
@prinzcy (32305)
• Malaysia
20 Jun 09
I also want to learn Korean, Japanese and Cantonese languages. My reason is also like you : to able to understand the dramas without worrying about subs. DVDs will the subtitles cost more than the ones without. If I were able to understand the languages, I can save money in that area alone. Plus, some of the ones uploaded in streaming video sites may not contain subtitles. It's annoying. I want to understand the languages more.
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@XiaoLin (289)
• Italy
6 Jul 09
I soo agree. I actually love Taiwanese dramas and I'm understanding more and more while watching them, and the same goes for Japanese dramas, even if I studied very few Japanese language, compared to Chinese. I acrually would like to learn some Chinese dialects, but I don't know which. I don't have a reson for it, I only like the different sounds. Like the shengyan one, I find it really amusing. It's easy to understand, thought, compared to putonghua. But what I would like more than everything is to learn to speak and write a perfect mandarin. If I were to accomplish this, it would be wonderful.
• Singapore
23 Jun 09
YES!!!!! I'm so with you there...
• Philippines
20 Jun 09
I would like to learn a lot of languages.I would like to learn nihonggo,cantonese,german,french,spanish,and korean.I would like to arm myself with languages.it will be easy if I go to another country.I can understand the locals easily.
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• Singapore
22 Jun 09
nihongo as in japanese? Oh yea... it's true, the more languages one knows, it's easier to get around.
@andresimp (818)
• India
20 Jun 09
i would like to English to write and speak without flaws. after mastering the language, i wanna learn to speak Hindi,french, Spanish. it is more than enough if i am able to understand and speak these languages
• Singapore
22 Jun 09
i must say your english is pretty good as it is. It's understandable. =)
• Singapore
23 Jun 09
yes you are right... being able to write can somewhat ensure you never to go hungry...
• India
22 Jun 09
thank you, yeah i manage to speak and write. so people do understand. actually it depends on days.. some days i speak with the flow, but other day i would be stuck with sentences. probably it is because of my mind. when my mind is clear, it comes naturally.. however i have little grammar issues. and i would be happy if i am able to write articles. there are lots of opportunities for writers. :)
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• Philippines
22 Jun 09
We are the same, I want to learn Korean Language and Nihonggo. I became interested since I had watch their drama on our local television.I even went to Divisoria to buy some drama that aren't aired here in the Phils. I used too look over the net about their language and I learned a little. I want to talk like Korean, its cute in the air, they are seem sweet when talking. I love Nihongo too.
• Italy
22 Jun 09
Arabic and Chinese. I already know 8 different languages and now a days i am interested in Arabic and Chinese. Looks like Chinese is the most difficult language to learn.
@heihong (59)
• China
27 Jun 09
For now I only want to improve my English as soon as possible.Once time allowed,I also want to study German or Spanish.
@jdyrj777 (6528)
• United States
24 Jun 09
I'd like to learn simolian. Thats what i call the jibberish they speak on the sims3 game. Sometimes i think i almost can.
• Philippines
22 Jun 09
Hey there! I personally want to learn how to speak Spanish, German, and Japanese. I took Spanish for my foreign language class in college. That didn't go too well. I tried to learn Japanese and German on my own but I don't have that much time. I think the best way to learn new languages is to immerse yourself in a place where that language is the primary language. If you can't do that, it would be best to make friends with people who know how to speak the language.
• Netherlands
4 Jul 09
I do not want to learn how to speak any other language. I was a good student in school and got straight A's in everything except language as I just could not pick them up as easily as others did. I studied 2 separate languages thinking maybe it was just the one language I could not pick up but it wasn't, foreign languages and I just do not get along. Unfortunately for me I moved from America to Holland many years ago and had to learn the language in order to live here but I guarantee you even after all of these years my Dutch is still very poor. Fortunately for me, most people in Holland speak some English so when they see me struggling so much they will normally automatically switch their language from Dutch to English.
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
5 Jul 09
I am interested in learning Italian and Portuguese and also expanding my knowledge of French and Spanish.
@puqimx (358)
• Malaysia
26 Jun 09
same as you.. i want learn the korean, japanese and cantonese language.. i like drama from asian.. if i have free time i will take a foreign language class.. maybe after i finish my current study...
@gr8life (6251)
• Malaysia
22 Jun 09
Hello regal_aeros, I intend to learn Russian and Japanese languages too. In fact, it was in the wish list of new year resolution for many years by now and still, I yet to learn I want to learn Russian because I am married to a Russian man. For the Japanese language, I think I have a better reason for that - I work for Japanese and still, I can't make not even a single sentence. That is pathetic and I think my reason is worse than yours
@fishpool (186)
• China
21 Jun 09
I love the japaneses cartoon.so i began to learn japanese by myself.but i didnt peresist because of variety of reasons.now i found i not only study english well,but also the japanese.
• Philippines
22 Jun 09
I want to learn Spanish because it sounds good to my ear. Some of there are adopted by Filipino language because of the Spanish colonization.
• Philippines
22 Jun 09
I wanted to learn any language. Spanish or Japanese will do.
• Indonesia
22 Jun 09
I want to learn Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese languages because I think those are sexy languages :) But in a short time, I probably have to learn mandarin or other Chinese dialects because not only English, this language is also important for business communication.
@dknkyle (446)
• Singapore
21 Jun 09
basically no matter what languages you learn will not win the xiaxue theory. you are only xiaswaying yourself. dont waste time on xiasway theory. make full use of xiaxue theory now.