Languages

[Majed]

Which languages do you speak ? Which languages do you want to learn ? What is your favorite language ? 

Personally, i speak 4 languages, arabic, french, english, and italian. My favorite one is italian. And i wish to learn spanish or japanese, it's tricky to decide which one to learn first. 

[LastThursday]

I speak English fairly well, and my first language was Spanish. I would say I'm nowhere near fluent in Spanish any more, but my comprehension is much higher, say 85%. I think if I were to live in a Spanish speaking country for six months or so, I'd be fluent.

Because of my Spanish I find French quite comprehensible especially written down, and to a degree Italian for the same reason. Catalan and more so Portugese are less comprehensible to my ear, but Brazilian Portugese is a lot easier.

A while ago I thought I'd delve into a non-romance language, so Swedish was my gateway to the nordics. I enjoyed that, mostly did Duo Lingo and a lot of Scandi TV Noir. I eventually got an ear for it, and could get phrases here and there. I find German a lot harder to grok despite the similarities to Swedish and English.

I'd love to learn something completely whacky like Basque or Navajo or Welsh, but source material is scant.

I don't have a favourite I think all languages are equally interesting in their own right. But, English is kick ass because of it's giant lexicon.

My advice for you? Learn Japanese, something completely different for your brain to master.

Edited 13 hours ago by LastThursday