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dore 11-7-2008 01:17 PM

Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
k so I have to take a foreign language. In high school I took Spanish 1 and 2 but I couldn't remember any of it so I still placed in the beginner's course. So, should I take Spanish or French or wait until next year (since beginning classes aren't offered spring semester) to try German or something more exotic?

rzr 11-7-2008 01:27 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
Well, Spanish seems most likely to be useful in today's society of the western hemisphere. However, French is linguistically more romantic and fluent in economically flourishing eastern countries. German is always an interesting language to learn. I hear more positive feedback from German students than any other. Personally, I would chose either French or German. My school offered Latin up until the year when I entered, which aggravated me.

Adamaja456 11-7-2008 01:42 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
take german. its the easiest language to learn.
i took it for 4 years

MystictheHedgehog 11-7-2008 01:59 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
I recommend taking whichever you would feel you could get the best grade in. In all honesty, taking just this one class won't help you as far as understanding and becoming fluent in a language, so take whichever sounds cooler or whichever you think is easier.

rzr 11-7-2008 02:07 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Adamaja456 (Post 2867198)
take german. its the easiest language to learn.
i took it for 4 years

How would you know if you haven't taken the others?

dore 11-7-2008 02:12 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
I'm going to end up taking the language for 4 semesters if that makes any difference... as an English major I'm going to have to take up through Intermediate 2.

welsh_girl 11-7-2008 02:15 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
Take French or German seeing as you couldn't remember any of your Spanish.

Look them up online and see which one looks easier/funner.

Adamaja456 11-7-2008 02:20 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
most of the german language is derived from english. lots of words that are the exact same, easy to understand verb forms, etc.

Kagome 11-7-2008 02:21 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
German

dore 11-7-2008 02:23 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
k German wins thanks I'll get back to you fall '09 on that lol

GG_Guru 11-7-2008 02:27 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
Das ist Gut!

:)

Adamaja456 11-7-2008 02:29 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
sehr gut, fick mich dore<3

dore 11-7-2008 02:50 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
farfenugen

rzr 11-7-2008 02:53 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Adamaja456 (Post 2867219)
most of the german language is derived from english. lots of words that are the exact same, easy to understand verb forms, etc.

All four languages mentioned thus far derive from Latin. So, based on your logic they're all the easiest to learn.

Adamaja456 11-7-2008 03:05 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by rzr (Post 2867251)
All four languages mentioned thus far derive from Latin. So, based on your logic they're all the easiest to learn.

im pretty sure dore isn't fluent in Latin. im pretty sure he is fluent in english. so when i say german is mostly derived from english, that means it will be the easiest to learn because he has knowledge of the english language.

if a different language is simply derived from latin and dore has absolutely no knowledge of latin, it will be harder to learn because he has no prior knowledge of the derived language to help him

at least thats my reasoning

dore 11-7-2008 03:14 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
im fluent in tons of dead languages lol

rzr 11-7-2008 03:23 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
I'm just busting your balls, man. But, really, if your reasoning for why he should learn A is because B is based off C then as long as C doesn't vary you can substitute A and B with any language.

Necros140606 11-7-2008 03:26 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
go learn icelandic

foilman8805 11-7-2008 03:29 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
It's the other way around people. English is a derivation of German (as well as a few other languages), which is a derivation of Latin.

Bye.

Adamaja456 11-7-2008 03:51 PM

Re: Which Foreign Language Should I Take?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by dore (Post 2867270)
im fluent in tons of dead languages lol

pwnd lol quick, teach me Sanskrit ;)
Quote:

Originally Posted by rzr (Post 2867279)
I'm just busting your balls, man. But, really, if your reasoning for why he should learn A is because B is based off C then as long as C doesn't vary you can substitute A and B with any language.

yes your right and im wrong.


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