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| georgiqg Triglot Newbie Spain Joined 4716 days ago 36 posts - 50 votes Speaks: Bulgarian*, Spanish, English Studies: German, Russian | Message 17 of 31 27 December 2011 at 11:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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My native language is Bulgarian and I'm almost sure I wouldn't learn it if I wasn't Bulgarian, simply because there are a lot of languages which are more useful and popular. If I had to learn a Slavic language, I guess I would go for a language with more native speakers, like Russian or Polish. Besides, how many members of this forum are actually interested in learning Bulgarian? Less than 20, probably. Even languages with less native speakers than Bulgarian, like Norwegian or Danish are being learned by more people.
So, I guess that if I was from any other European country, I would aim at Europe's Big Seven (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian). If I was from any other part of the world, I can't say. Edit: I made a typo... Edited by georgiqg on 29 December 2011 at 10:38pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| tokenrove Diglot Newbie Canada cipht.netRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4533 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Swedish, Mandarin, Japanese, Latin | Message 18 of 31 28 December 2011 at 12:01am | IP Logged | ||
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As an anglophone, I'm, on one hand, disappointed that it is my native language, as it can
often be hard to escape it when trying to learn other languages. On the other hand, it fills me with great sadness to see so many people who feel "forced" to learn English and see no benefit to it -- through studying other languages I've come to feel great pride in the body of English culture and its versatility as a language. I imagine myself growing up Spanish (which almost happened), and can't imagine I wouldn't have been drawn to the same body of literature that inspired Borges so. But I would have loved to have been born to a more grammatically interesting language like Finnish or Hungarian. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6409 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes  4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 19 of 31 28 December 2011 at 12:14am | IP Logged | ||
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As for choosing your native language, well not sure but i'd not want English (unless I could be bilingual) because so many things would be alien to me in foreign languages. I'd pick Finnish or Icelandic or another language with cases (and preferably genders too).
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| kyknos Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5308 days ago 103 posts - 140 votes Speaks: Slovak, Czech*, English Studies: German, Spanish | Message 20 of 31 28 December 2011 at 1:12am | IP Logged | ||
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If I were some completely random person somewhere in the world, I would probably not have any reason to learn Czech. However judging from my family history, if it were still me (just in a slightly alternative history), the most probable native language other than Czech would be German and I would probably live in Austria. I would then probably choose Czech as the locally best accessible Slavic language. And also for the cheap pubs with excellent beer :).
I hope it makes sense, it is too late. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6409 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 21 of 31 28 December 2011 at 2:08am | IP Logged | ||
my grandpa was from Siberia originally and i don't wanna think of ending up in most places in Asia... but there i'd be more likely to learn Russian, i suppose. Edited by Serpent on 28 December 2011 at 2:09am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| lindseylbb Bilingual Triglot Groupie ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4744 days ago 92 posts - 126 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, Cantonese*, English Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 22 of 31 28 December 2011 at 3:24am | IP Logged | ||
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Of course yes. If I were still me. There isnt much language written in characters, right? I love things unique. And I love things difficult so the whole why-chinese-is-so-damn-hard doesn't bother me at all. Not to mention its literature, history, philosophy, politics and economy. it's definitely fun. But the thing is, I wouldn't have known its rich culture if I am not chinese. And I wander if patriotism is working.
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| NickJS Senior Member United Kingdom flickr.com/photos/sg Joined 4771 days ago 264 posts - 334 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese | Message 23 of 31 28 December 2011 at 3:26am | IP Logged | ||
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I'd only learn English for the utility it provides and the fact that it is required for
quite a large amount of things such as popular movies and books. Other than that I probably would not learn it. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4878 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English*, Bulgarian*, Spanish Studies: Danish | Message 24 of 31 28 December 2011 at 3:51am | IP Logged | ||
I second that. It's unfortunate too since there really aren't adequate resources to feed such an interest either. Edited by Kartof on 28 December 2011 at 3:51am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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