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| Carisma Diglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 5434 days ago 104 posts - 161 votes  Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC1 Studies: Italian, Mandarin | Message 1 of 31 27 December 2011 at 7:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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If your native language weren't your native language, would you be interested in studying
it? Why or why not? Let's just suppose that you're pretty much the same except for the different native language. I think I wouldn't choose to learn Spanish, I would just learn it if it was obligatory at school. Otherwise I would choose to learn something more 'chic', like French or Italian. Edited by Carisma on 27 December 2011 at 7:46pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6471 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin | Message 2 of 31 27 December 2011 at 7:50pm | IP Logged | ||
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Probably not, it’s a minor and in my opinion not very culture bearing language.
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| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 4868 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 3 of 31 27 December 2011 at 8:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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Probably no.
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| a3 Triglot Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 5068 days ago 273 posts - 370 votes Speaks: Bulgarian*, English, Russian Studies: Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, Finnish | Message 4 of 31 27 December 2011 at 8:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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This really depends too much on your hypothetical native language.
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| Carisma Diglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 5434 days ago 104 posts - 161 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC1 Studies: Italian, Mandarin | Message 5 of 31 27 December 2011 at 8:32pm | IP Logged | ||
Or more on the location of your hypothetical native language, but go on, explore all the hypothetical languages, that's kind of the idea! Edited by Carisma on 27 December 2011 at 10:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Fortwenster Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4797 days ago 24 posts - 36 votes Speaks: English*, FrenchC1 Studies: Arabic (Written) | Message 6 of 31 27 December 2011 at 8:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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I most certainly would have learned English, not necessarily because I'd be captivated by it, but because it would almost be a necessity in this English-lingua-franca world.
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| Gosiak Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4938 days ago 241 posts - 361 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, German Studies: Norwegian, Welsh | Message 7 of 31 27 December 2011 at 8:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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No, I do not think so but I wouldn't rule it out. It would depend on the other culture
associated with my new native language and probably also on the location of my new home country. Plus, I could find out about my Polish ancestors and start studying Polish. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Humdereel Octoglot Groupie United States Joined 4790 days ago 90 posts - 349 votes Speaks: English, Spanish*, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written), Turkish, Persian, Urdu Studies: Russian | Message 8 of 31 27 December 2011 at 9:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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I actually think I would study Spanish. Yes, it's not as chic (especially here in the southern United States) as French and Italian, but I'd likely still be interested. Plus, it's worth considering that most non-natives that "speak" Spanish never get to a high level of proficiency, so finding a non-native who is highly competent in Spanish is not as common as one initially believes. I'd still learn it probably because of the wide cultural arch it supports.
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