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Which language should I learn?
- Thread starter HGS
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That's the one! Though she doesn't look nearly so good in those wikipedia images
I assumed she was the owner's daughter because she didn't look old enough to be the owner, but she actually is part owner.
I voted German. I can't speak it but I love the sound of it. Very powerful sounding language.
You roll out some German in the right situation and ain't NOBODY gonna mess with you!
You roll out some German in the right situation and ain't NOBODY gonna mess with you!
That's the one! Though she doesn't look nearly so good in those wikipedia images
I assumed she was the owner's daughter because she didn't look old enough to be the owner, but she actually is part owner.
I'm awed by the fact how every other thread on OT becomes "talk-about-random-cute-chicks" thread.
Agree strongly. In context, Oliver Riedel of Rammstein apparently commented on how German is the language of anger, just as French is the language of love.
When I was taking French as an optional unit at university I was asked by the TA "Why do you want to learn French?" I replied with "Par ce que c'est la langue de l'amour" only it came out as "Par ce que c'est la langue de la mort". Not quite what I was trying to say...
It was a she and she just laughed in that "oh you foolish Englishman!" kind of way.
I stand corrected,...but it's got to less confusing than Spanish, French or Italian.
Pfff, German verb conjugation is the EASY part, it's all the rest that's difficult
I think there's a lot of truth in that. It was the different cases that I found to be hard; knowing when to use "der, die, das, den or dem" or "ein, einer, einen or einem".
Verb Conjugation in Spanish is super easy, Everything follows a pattern, and there are only a few exceptions.
Take hablar, which means to speak or to say
Yo hablo (I speak)
tu hablas (you speak)
Se habla (they, she, he speaks)
Nosotros hablamos (we speak)
vosotros hablais (with an accent over the second a, this isn't used very often anymore from what I understand)
Ustedes hablan (they speak)
They rules apply for all the regular verbs that end in ar, er, or ir. There aren't nearly as many exceptions to their conjugation rules as there are for English.
close but not exactly.
Se habla (they, she, he speaks)
could be el, ella or ud. (short for usted which is he/she used in a formal situation as if you were talking to your boss)se is just the third person version.
and the last one maybe im just nitpicking but it could confuse people here. its also just the plural version of "el habla" so it could be ellos hablan, ellas hablan,se hablan, or ustedes hablan (once
again formal)
So it can be pretty difficult conjugating, because of all the little details you have to remember, especially if your an english speaker. Norwegian is said to be good for english speakers.
Maybe you don't know it, but Maki is TB's Asian chick expert. So don't even think about arguing with him on this topic. (On a personal level, I think Indian chicks are the hottest of all Asian chicks
yes yes i was aware. but im still sticking to my answer. but i would like to add japanese girls too. to add some music and prove my point about the thai girls, heres a link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgi4HB4Kcw8
There's only like 150 irregular verbs in German. All of the other ones follow the same pattern.
You didn't really say what the purpose of learning a new language was. Someone said Mandarin is hard further up this thread. I disagree. It is actually pretty easy to learn to speak. On the other hand, writing it is extremely difficult. Latin is very relevant to English because 90% of larger words in English derive from Latin. It would help down the road with Spanish, Italian and French too.
If it helps any, Chinese is the most spoken language in the world, followed by English and Spanish. Learn those 3 and you have it made. Seems like you already speak English so you are 1/3 of the way there already!
If it helps any, Chinese is the most spoken language in the world, followed by English and Spanish. Learn those 3 and you have it made. Seems like you already speak English so you are 1/3 of the way there already!
