Let's make a language survey /int/:
>Native language /languages you speak
>Language(s) you are currently learning
>Reasons to study said language(s)
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Let's keep this thread friendly.
>Native language /languages you speak
Chinese
>Language(s) you are currently learning
Japanese,Russian,Spanish,Korean
>Reasons to study said language(s)
All because i wanna contact with foreign culture
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
English,because i wouldn't need too much certificate for landing a job.
>>60283697
>Native language /languages you speak
Eng heb
>Language(s) you are currently learning
German
>Reasons to study said language(s)
I would like to know German
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Probably Italian, it's a nice language that opens alot of doors to the rest of The Romance lnaguages.
>>60283697
>Native language /languages you speak
Capampangan, Filipino (Tagalog), English.
>Language(s) you are currently learning
Latin, Koine Greek, Japanese.
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Religious reasons.
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Spanish, we should've stuck with Spanish instead of Filipino (Tagalog).
>Native language /languages you speak
English and Japanese
>Language(s) you are currently learning
French and Japanese Kanji
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Go to France a lot/ want to learn a European language
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Continue being a native English speaker
>>60283697
>>Native language /languages you speak
turkish. english
>>Language(s) you are currently learning
i will start learning latin this summer, also i will apply to a french culture center to learn french after summer. also i want to learn adyghe somewhere down the line
>>Reasons to study said language(s)
no reason in particular other than interest
>>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
anything but disgusting sounding languages like indian or chinese desu
>Native language /languages you speak
English
>Language(s) you are currently learning
French, or at least will be getting back at it soon
>Reasons to study said language(s)
It's what I took in high school, and I'll soon be living near Quebec, and I like the sound/country
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
German, maybe Russian because I like their accent and how the languages sound.
>>60284842
>disgusting sounding languages like indian or chinese desu
We do sound like ching chong desu.
>Native language /languages you speak
English
>Language(s) you are currently learning
Japanese (since 2009, have not made considerable progress)
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Anime
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Probably French because muh heritage. Wish I would have asked my dad to help me learn some before he died.
>>60283697
>Native language /languages you speak
Frisian, Dutch, English
>Language(s) you are currently learning
German
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Used to know how to speak German but i never used it a lot and i forgot how to speak the language.
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
English because its the most usefull language
>Native language /languages you speak
Finnish
>Language(s) you are currently learning
None
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Absolutely no reason. I have other things in my life
>If you could choose a language to be your
native one which one would you choose and why?
English or Finnish, since i'm never going to move out of Finland
>>60283697
>Russian
>Blue
>White
>Red
Fuck you, Pablo.
And also, your taco is shit.
>>60284752
>Spanish, we should've stuck with Spanish instead of Filipino (Tagalog).
Bien, bien
>>60284960
absolute madman
>>60284842
you. stop that. Short haired girls are my thing.
>>60283697
>English, Spanish
>N/A
>Money
>English. This language moves mountains.
>>60283697
>>Native language /languages you speak
"Spanish" - I'm a monolingual
>>Language(s) you are currently learning
None
>>Reasons to study said language(s)
Usefulness or infatuation with it.
>>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Latin, I love how it sounds (this based on modern "reconstructions") and its complexity.
>>60285218
The question I thought I was answering is
"Reasons to learn/to study a language"
>>60283697
English: Native
French: I am basically literatue but cannot understand colloquial French and some of the regional accents such as Marseille. I have a feeling I could consider myself fluent if I lived there for a year.
Spanish: took a semester of it for an easy A and find it very easy to understand due to living my whole life in Los Angeles and San Diego. I could easily become fluent but I do not have any Latino friends and have little interest in their literature.
Italian: Took a semester in it for an easy A. I think it is the easiest language an anglophone could learn if you can get around the trilled R. Slightly easier than Spanish.
German: I would like to bring this up to the same level as my French for literacy but I haven't taken any formal classes in the language. After spending so much time in French and not getting the chance to use it I doubt I will ever make a similar effort to learn German. Maybe if I had a job offer in Switzerland I would take it, but I heard their German is different.
I like the thought of learning Russian, but visas are hard to get and they don't seem to like Americans, though I hate to generalize since most Russians I've met online and in the US are chill. I have a pretty sexy penpal from Moscow, after all.
>>60283697
>Native language /languages you speak
Norwegian & English. No problem reading/understanding Swedish or Danish, but can't speak or write them without mistakes.
>Language(s) you are currently learning
German, with the hope of learning a bit of Dutch on the way.
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Objectively some of the easiest languages for a Scandinavian to learn. German-speaking countries (+NL) all seem wonderful, and we get loads of German and Dutch tourists here in the south, so it will come in handy.
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Faroese, special snowflake languages are nice party tricks abroad. Like the sound of it, and we share a lot of history.
>>60284888
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jtiw721RAg
SHI SHI SHI SHI SHI SHI.
>>60283697
>Native language /languages you speak
Japanese
>Language(s) you are currently learning
English and Chinese
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Students in Japan should learn English, I want to go to Taiwan trip, so I chose it.
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
English, because almost things is written in English.
>Native language /languages you speak
English
>Language(s) you are currently learning
Russian, Japanese, will eventually add more
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Just something to do.
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
I'm fine with English. All my foreign friends say I'm lucky because it's a hard language to learn.
>>60284960
>TROSKA TETRIS VODKA
That's what I read
>native languages
English, German
>Languages you are learning
Russian, Norwegian, Irish
>Reasons for learning
Took a semester of Russian, found it easy, now near fluent, Norwegian because that mutual intelligibility with other Scandi languages, and Irish because it looks cool and
>Muh heritage
>Native tongue of choice
German or English OH WAAAIIIITTTT
Also Estonian/Finnish would've been cool being raised on but fuck learning that complex shit now senpai
>>60283697
>Catalan and Spanish / English
>Esperanto, Japanese, German, Russian
>I like them :D
>Spanish and Catalan are good enough to make all the sounds.
>Native language /languages you speak
French / English, Spanish, Italian
>Language(s) you are currently learning
Dutch, German, Norwegian. Just started Chinese
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Dutch to be able to speak a Frankish language.
German because it's important in Europe.
Norwegian because I like the language.
Chinese because I'm going in Australia soon, and then in Canada.
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
I'm good with French.
>>60284693
What's the real reason for learning German?
>Native language /languages you speak
Spanish, English, very little French
>Language(s) you are currently learning
Japanese desu senpai, a little bit of Korean
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Japanese is god tier, the beauty of the Chinese character with smooth sounding syllables, best of both worlds. Korean doesn't sound as pleasant, but it's important in technology. I should learn Chinese, but the way it sounds kills all my interest
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Latin. Latin is beautiful, were it not dead, I would definitely study it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXFSK0ogeg4
>>60286080
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSWgnM_R7Jk
>>60283697
>Native language /languages you speak
Spanish/English
>Language(s) you are currently learning
Russian
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Russia is fucking cool
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Spanish is pretty good tbqh
>>60285598
>english
>hard
>>60285955
I am interested in german
>Native language /languages you speak
english and some french from high school that's almost completely useless
>Language(s) you are currently learning
Russian and spanish
>Reasons to study said language(s)
always have been interested in russia tbqh familia, and russian is just badass in general. As for spanish, I figured it's easy and would help with the latinas m8s.
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
English is pretty much perfect for a native language since everything important is/will be translated into it and everyone knows some of it.
>>60286556
Oh, I agree. I'm generally baffled by why they found it difficult.
I think the only issue they have is sentence structure though. But even that isn't hard.
>>60283697
>Native Languages:
Spanish, Galician / English, Portuguese, German
>Laguage(s) you are currently studying:
Almost done with german, next one will be either latin or italian
>Reasons to study those languages:
Work
>If you could choose ....
I think I got the sweetest fucking deal in the whole peninsula, cause I can speak Spanish of course but through Galician I learnt Portuguese in a couple of months. The grammar is exactly the same the only thing I needed was to expand my vocabulary and learn the correct conjugations. I would be mad if I were born in Cataluña, or even worse the Basque Lands, because those languages are bloody useless.
>Native language /languages you speak
>Finnish
>Language(s) you are currently learning
>none
>Reasons to study said language(s)
>I said none
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
>Finnish because I live in Finland so it's the most practical language to know here
>Native language /languages you speak
Arabic
>Language(s) you are currently learning
Sumerian, Japanese, Korean, Russian
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Culture
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Sumerian, because I'm a nerd and also like to read old shit
>>60290203
>putting everything in green text
Wew lad
>>60283697
>Native language /languages you speak
PT
>Language(s) you are currently learning
French (B1.3 level) and Spanish (just started)
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Professional reasons
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Would switch english with portuguese in a heartbeat.
>>60283697
>Native language / languages you speak
Portuguese / English (fluent), Swedish (conversational)
>Language(s) you are currently learning
Japanese
>Reasons to study said language(s)
I find it very interesting how Japanese is constructed in terms of sentence order and grammar, in general. It's one hell of a language shock.
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
I guess I'd stick with Portuguese, since it makes it much easier for me to learn French, Italian, Spanish, and whatever other Romance languages you might think of (though this might be why I still haven't bothered learning them). Also, Germanic languages tend to be piss-easy.
>>60283697
Polish
English
Cause everyone speaks it.
German, because our joke of a country only deserves to be a German/Russian province.
>>60283697
>>Native language /languages you speak
English native, speak Japanese
>>Language(s) you are currently learning
Korean
>>Reasons to study said language(s)
I love learning languages in general and I think Asian languages sound the most cool so I decided to learn some of them before others.
>>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
English because it's the most useful
>>60283697
>Native language /languages you speak
Upper Carniolan, Slovene, English, German.
>Language(s) you are currently learning
I do a few Irish and Welsh courses on Duoligo from time to time.
>Reasons to study said language(s)
They sound nice.
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
None, Upper Carniolan is my life.
>>60291643
>Upper Carniolan
Isn't that like saying I speak Brazilian instead of Portuguese?
>>60291811
A dialect is a man's mother tongue, you nincompoop.
>>60291867
It's just Slovene, you twat
>Native language /languages you speak
Swedish / English
>Language(s) you are currently learning
Russian (very very slowly)
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Can't wait for Sweden oblast
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Probably English
>>60283697
>Let's make a language survey /int/:
>>Native language /languages you speak
English
>>Language(s) you are currently learning
Spanish (almost fluent)
>>Reasons to study said language(s)
Started learning it in school, I love the language
>>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
English because muh lingua franca
>>60292017
>can't be understood speaking dialect on the other side of the country (or even just a few dozen kilometres away)
>It's just Slovene, you twat
>>60284914
>Frisian, Dutch, English
How similar are they?
>>60292093
I can't understand spoken Portuguese from Northern Portugal for shit either and, still, we don't deem it a different language
>Native language /languages you speak
French
>Language(s) you are currently learning
Ancient Greek, German, English
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Literature
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
French is fine, you have a good grasp on other romance languages without having to learn them. Plus French is quite difficult so it's good to be able to speak it effortlessly
>Native language /languages you speak
Faroese native. Can speak english, scandinavian languages and understand most icelandic.
>Language(s) you are currently learning
German, French.
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Forced by education.
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Would never choose anything other than faroese.
>>60283697
>Native language /languages you speak
Russian only.
>Language(s) you are currently learning
I'm not learning any languages currently.
>Reasons to study said language(s)
See above.
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Russian, of course, since i was born in Russia and it's the only official language here. Why would i ever choose a language other from Russian in that case?
>>60285395
Scandinavian languages are easiest for anglos to learn. Since you are speaking Norwegian dialect
>>60291643
You are worst poster on this board
>Native language /languages you speak
Dutch, English
>Language(s) you are currently learning
German
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Some of the stuff I have to read for uni is in German
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Dutch. I don't want to be a disgusting non-Dutch subhuman.
>Native Language
English/Spanish
>Languages currently speaking
Spanish with coworkers (I work in hospitality at a resort) English everywhere else
>Languages currently learning
Russian
>Reason for learning language?
massive influx of russian workers
>If you could choose any language to be your native one which would it be and why?
French bcuz it's cool as fuck
>>60292600
>mfw a Slow-Wack feels entitled to chime in
Learn Upper Carniolan.
>>60283697
>Native language /languages you speak
English
>Language(s) you are currently learning
Russian (slowly)
>Reasons to study said language(s)
no reason really, i guess tarkovsky flims motivated me a bit
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
english because most media is in english
>>60284693
>>60284842
>>60284914
>>60285429
>>60285947
>>60286080
>>60286455
>>60287719
>>60291281
>>60291643
>>60292034
>>60292418
>>60292609
Where are you speaking English?
>>60284819
Where are you speaking Japanese?
>>60293556
>Where are you speaking English?
I talk to myself all the time.
>>60293556
At university (only one year, though) and on the internet. I once talked to two tourists.
>>60283697
>Native language /languages you speak
Romanian and Hungarian,I'm half-breed,I also speak English fluently
>Language(s) you are currently learning
nothing atm,but I know snippets of german/french/swedish/russian
>Reasons to study said language(s)
memes in foreign languages I could not understand
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Mandarin,because it opens new business opportunities
>>60295130
>Mandarin
https://imgur.com/a/aSFTC#xfkxpH9
>>60295130
Would you recommend learning Romanian? Always had an interest in traveling/studying in Romania tbqh
>>60295535
I mean,I wouldn't recommend it,there's nothing much to do here,but I mean if you want go for it
It's also a little more hard let's say than other romance languages because many of our words are different,despite the grammatical likeness
Russian
>>60283697
>Native language /languages you speak
Latvian, Russian, English
>Language(s) you are currently learning
None, but would like to learn German
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Understand Hitler's speeches, become smarter
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
German, I would sound angry all the time
>>60295753
I see, thanks for the advice mate! Romanian sounds very nice btw so there's that lol
>Native language /languages you speak
English
>Language(s) you are currently learning
Mandarin
>Reasons to study said language(s)
Thought it would be interesting
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
English
everybody speaks it
>Native language /languages you speak
Dutch, German, French, English, Latin and a bit of Spanish
>Language(s) you are currently learning
Italian
>Reasons to study said language(s)
I want to talk to some friends of mine in their native language
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Italian, because that would mean I could have been born in Italy and not here.
>>60296245
>Latin
topkek, I bet you can't speak any language other than Dutch and English.
>>60296281
I bet I can. I just have studied Latin for so long, so I guess I can speak it. And I have Spanish heritage btw.
>Native language /languages you speak
French, Dutch and English
>Language(s) you are currently learning
None
>Reasons to study said language(s)
I have no reasons to study these
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
Mandarin, because of trade
>>60296373
No one can speak Latin, genius
>>60296584
False
>>60295519
Sounds like Poland except not quite that bad desu.
>>60293993
>60285429 #
Oh......sorry man.
Maybe, good thing will happen for you.
Why are you retards picking english as preffered native language. Just pick some euro language you will learn english naturally along the way. I dont even consider myself speaking English to be result of study because it is like second nature to me.
>>60296640
True. No one knows how the real thing is supposed to sound and, thus, no one can pronounce nor speak it correctly. There have been some attempts at reconstructing its phonology, but none of them can be deemed accurate.
>>60296710
You can try to find someone to help you with your English on italki.com
I'm pretty sure there are hundreds of people willing to exchange their English for your Japanese there.
>>60283697
>Native language /languages you speak
english
>Language(s) you are currently learning
japanese. i plan on learning korean later. I don't want to confuse korean vocabulary with japanese vocabulary if i study them at the same time.
>>Reasons to study said language(s)
to understand japanese media without having to read subtitles. I also want to know what it's like to speak a language other than English.
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
korean. I would choose japanese but the writing system is fucking retarded. over 2000 kanji(with multiple readings), 46 hiragana and 46 katakana. fuck that
>>60297015
But if you were native it wouldn't look retarded to you. It would be simple
>>60297015
>I would choose japanese but the writing system is fucking retarded. over 2000 kanji(with multiple readings), 46 hiragana and 46 katakana. fuck that
But that's exactly why you should choose Japanese as your native language. After all, you'd pick it up naturally.
>>60296281
>>60296373
>>60296584
>>60296640
>>60296836
CDXX ARDERE ID HOMOAMATOR.
>>60296836
For my Japanese???
>>60293556
Cos I live in England, nobody. When I go to Japan I speak to my Japanese family and family friends.
>>60297245
そうだよ。iTalkiは言語交換のために
だから、日本語を教えるながら、英語を習うでしょう
>Native Language - English
>Languages learning - Chinese, French
I decided to study these languages due to my interest in their cultures. Chinese is also something nice to have on your resume.
>If I could choose to have any native language of my choosing, it would be English.
>>60297445
Are you a Japanese?
>>60297502
I used HelloTalk.
Is this website convenient?
>Native language /languages you speak
Swedish, English. Though since I've spoken English for so long online and barely used Swedish at all I've gotten incredibly rusty at the latter. Still, Swedish is my native language, but English is what I can actually converse with, without needing to use google translate every few words.
>Language(s) you are currently learning
None really, I'm just passively absorbing some Japanese. The odd word here and there and maybe a kanji or two.
>Reasons to study said language(s)
I like Japanese culture. Yes, not just anime, but the culture as a whole is pretty fascinating to me.
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
You mean as a REPLACEMENT for my native language, meaning I unlearn my primary language, or I learn another language which I achieve fluency in? In case of the former, English, since Swedish barely does me any good. If it's the latter, Japanese simply because I'm a lazy cunt and actually learning the language takes effort, so it's easier to just wish I magically spoke it.
>>60297895
>Half Japanese, Half English.
>tfw product of yellow fever
>>60297895
HelloTalk is pretty good, but I don't think its users focus on speaking as much as those on iTalki do.
People on iTalki will generally invite you for a Skype call so you can better practice your speaking skills and general fluency there.
>>60297937
Does no-one in Sweden speak Swedish or something?
>>60297937
>he needs google translate for his own mother tongue
>>60297937
>getting rusty at his own mother tongue
Jesus Christ. Kill yourself
>>60298008
Oh, I see.
>>60298098
>>60298102
I'm a hermit who barely acknowledges the fact I live here to begin with.
I have no friends in real life and I don't have any Swedish friends online either.
>>60298179
How about you try basically not speaking a language for nearly a decade and then tell me how great your vocabulary is.
>>60298285
With this knowledge, suicide really seems appropriate
>>60298285
Don't you ever interact with people in real life?
>>60298018
I read this website, it looks need to pay some money . I'm a student, so I don't have enough money to pay for this website.
>>60298365
You only have to pay if you want to take the classes they offer. But you can interact with the other users for free.
>>60298349
I didn't say I've COMPLETELY forgotten the language, I just can't remember a lot of words that aren't really fucking common.
Some examples: today I looked up what the words for government and impact were.
In 8/10 cases the longest any conversation that I have goes like this: hi, "would you like a receipt with that?" yes please, thanks.
>>60298435
For example: you?
>>60283697
>Native language /languages you speak
-Catalan (mother tongue)
-Spanish (native level)
-(bad) English
>Language(s) you are currently learning
-Norwegian.
-Icelandic (next one)
>Reasons to study said language(s)
-I like it
-I also like it. þessi hnífur á að vera þungur
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
I guess I'm happy with Catalan (and Spanish as secondary language). But having a english parent or something like that could have also been good.
>>60298491
Du måste bara titta på lite TV eller läsa tidningen, tror jag
>>60298596
Exactly. I don't use it anymore since my mic's broken, though
>>60283697
>>Native language /languages you speak
Polish, English
>>Language(s) you are currently learning
German
>>Reasons to study said language(s)
Cause I used to think it's the most beautiful language in the world and got too far with it to quit
>>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
French cause I wanna learn it but can't be arsed
Spanish/English, Swedish, Danish (not fluent anymore)
Still Swedish
I live in Sweden
I'd still pick Spanish
>>60298754
>Du måste bara titta på lite TV eller läsa tidningen, tror jag
In case I didn't make it clear enough I don't really care that my Swedish sucks.
>>60298754
Oh, it is bad.
But I don't have computer.
I have only iPhone and iPad.
>>60298885
Shameful desu
>>60298885
>the face of Swedish decline
>Native language /languages you speak
Spanish and English
>Language(s) you are currently learning
French and German
>Reasons to study said language(s)
I had 2 years of French in highschool and I want to finish learning the language and I would like to know german
>If you could choose a language to be your native one which one would you choose and why?
None
