krzysiek
Mladshiy Leytenant
Slavic and Proud
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Post by krzysiek on Oct 24, 2007 19:47:02 GMT -5
Now that I have a pretty good knowledge of English (which only took me six years of living in the US). I'm setting my sights on another language to learn. I have a couple to chose from: -Russian - major Slavic language which would also allow me to learn Cirilica (easy to learn since im Slavic  I plan on visiting Russia one day. -Spanish - which I studied for a year in the U.S. I have some Spanish-speaking friends who I could use to help me out with it. Language with the second largest number of speakers after Mandarin. -German - which I was studying back in Poland for 6 years with mixed results and don't remember much now. -Mandarin/Japaneese - maybe I should learn a non-European language for a change? I think in the long run I may try to learn as many of them as I can. But which would you guys start with  |
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TheGoddess
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One day you shall awake.
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Post by TheGoddess on Oct 25, 2007 4:52:26 GMT -5
It depends on what you need it for and what are your future plans.
I somewhat understand the mixed results of German. It's the typical result of school education.
I hear the far east languages are too complicated.
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Vladimir
Mayor
Gospod carstvuje!
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Post by Vladimir on Oct 25, 2007 6:13:36 GMT -5
How about near eastern languages like Arabic?
If you want to learn a real old school Slavic language, my suggestion would be Old Slavic. A marvelous language...
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Post by Alexandrus on Oct 25, 2007 11:45:17 GMT -5
How about near eastern languages like Arabic? If you want to learn a real old school Slavic language, my suggestion would be Old Slavic. A marvelous language... Arabic ? I tried learning it for a few month, all i can remember is (Ahalan Sahalan)يا الصديق, which means ''Hey Buddy''. |
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djuka
Starshiy Serdzhant
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Post by djuka on Oct 25, 2007 12:40:22 GMT -5
yeah arabic is hecka ddifficult language, wallah wallah =)))
ye its absolutley true that it depends what are your future plans...
if u are planing to live in usa 4 the rest of ur life then spanish is most reasonable ofcourse....
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Post by volsebnica on Oct 25, 2007 15:35:38 GMT -5
Romanian languages are easily learned by Slaves, Spanish perhaps being the most beautiful and clear of all of them ( I speak a little bit castillan ).
Russian sounds great. So, one Slavic and one Romanian. No chance of mixing or something. And You are Slav, so it should be an advantage.
It all depends on how good a learner You are. And how often do You practice.
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Post by White Cossack on Oct 25, 2007 17:34:00 GMT -5
I think Spanish is the ugliest Latin language. And by the way, Latin languages don't have declentions, so they aren't similar to Slavic languages at all.
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djuka
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Post by djuka on Oct 25, 2007 18:02:19 GMT -5
well i would not say that spanish is so ugly compaired fex to french..spanish is kinda harmless and easy to learn...
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Srbopol
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Post by Srbopol on Oct 25, 2007 23:11:01 GMT -5
agreed djuka, spanish a moaning language, i personally would learn main slavic languages an dmaybe french or something, France has lot more power going on in western european world and runs lot of things
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Post by Alexandrus on Oct 26, 2007 1:32:20 GMT -5
I think Spanish is the ugliest Latin language. And by the way, Latin languages don't have declentions, so they aren't similar to Slavic languages at all. I thought you'd say that portuguese was the ugliest  . |
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Kuboslav
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Post by Kuboslav on Oct 26, 2007 3:03:26 GMT -5
Spanish - A fe! Deutsch ist die Fremdsprache, die ich am besten gekannt habe ... But I don't think, that in US it will help you in something... maybe in Wesern Poland - Breslau, Posen and Danzig, where you can find many Germans... Russian - I started to learn this language a month ago  ... I don't know how it looks with russian imigrants in Chicago, but if there are so many them like us, then it's the best way ... And if you want to go there and feel really slavic then there is no choice  ... Far East - We don't need Asian languages, they need our! And let it be, don't try to change it .. |
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Post by volsebnica on Oct 26, 2007 15:49:22 GMT -5
I think Spanish is the ugliest Latin language. And by the way, Latin languages don't have declentions, so they aren't similar to Slavic languages at all. I didn`t say they are similar to Slavic languages, but they are easier to learn from German languages (imagine You learn Dutch, I`m not sure how they understand each other). Spanish is language with no "problematic" vowels, and a certain strength in expression. So, easier to apprehend than French, Romanian, or even Italian. |
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krzysiek
Mladshiy Leytenant
Slavic and Proud
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Post by krzysiek on Nov 4, 2007 13:35:59 GMT -5
I also think that learning Spanish would be a breeze. Pronounciacion is very easy for Slavs, because, other than a couple of letters and unlike English, it is pronounced the way it's written. When I was studying it in H.S. Slavic speakers and I had a great pronounciation, whereas Americans were struggling . Plus it's a most widely spoken language in the World. German is really sharp sounding, and I generally don't like Germans for their "Deutchland uber alles" mentality, and a general disregard for Poles. Far-eastern languages may seem like a waste of time today, but who knows where we will be in the future with a grow of China's power and population. |
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Post by kjakrakieta on Nov 7, 2007 17:35:45 GMT -5
what kind of question is this? learn Russian, screw spanish and far east
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Post by White Cossack on Nov 7, 2007 17:51:56 GMT -5
what kind of question is this? learn Russian, screw spanish and far east Exactly my thoughts... |
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I plan on visiting Russia one day.
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... I don't know how it looks with russian imigrants in Chicago, but if there are so many them like us, then it's the best way 
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