I only speak English and I don't give a FUCK about your meme language.
Who proud monolingual here?
I only speak English; but don't have any strong feelings one way or the other on the subject.
>>61494812
>tfw you will only get a reply you understand from 4 other nationalities
Jealous of polylinguists 2bh. Especially since most Americans can't even speak one language correctly. I feel like I need to compensate for that.
Pourquoi les anglos sont fiers de ne parler que anglais mais deviennent maloculs dès qu'un français ne parle quand français ?
>>61494922
>I need to compensate for the behaviour of people I have no control over
Well it sounds like you're on your way to learning German or Swedish
i don't speak any foreigh languages
>>61494922
Same here. Unfortunately, I'm mostly interested in meme languages instead of anything useful
I, too, am a monoglot but I can be persuaded to learn a second language with economic or sexual incentives.
>>61494922
Why be jealous of people that had to take time out of their lives to learn a real language such as English and not their native meme one?
Leck meine Hoden, du genetischer Abfall.
>>61494984
>sexual incentive
If you don't learn Swahili niggers will rape you.
>>61494944
>quand
>>61494965
lol
I'm just saying, as an American I can't help but be a bit embarrassed at how bad we are at communicating. It's too late for me to learn another language anyway
>>61494944
Because in your case it's literally nothing more than petulance.
>>61494965
*behavior
>>61495006
i was fluent by the age of 13+- and i spent no time actively learning it. When you are kid its really easy to pick up 2 or 3 languages at the same time.
I know Slovak woman with French husband and their kid speaks Slovak,French and English at the age of 7
>>61495052
J'ai merdé, j'ai hésité entre que et qu'en et mon cerveau a dit juste baise ma merde haute et voilà le résultat.
>>61494979
Latina, frater?
>>61495059
Actions speak louder than words and you communicate through force and economic sanctions. I'd say you communicate well enough.
>>61495114
Nah. Spanish is considered useful to most people but I'm not interested in it
Like I said, I usually end enamoured with some small language that's either irrelevant, on the way to irrelevancy, or damn near all of them speak perfect English
>tfw you will never have a good reason to learn Swedish or Dutch
>tfw learned German and still can only use it to read and shitpost online
>tfw you will never get enthusiasm for a useful language
>>61495304
> tfw you know Latin, Ancient Greek, Quranic Arabic, and some Sanskrit
> tfw only school French and German
I literally cannot learn a useful language.
>>61494812
>Who proud monolingual here?
>english """"""IQ""""""
>>61494812
as long as you can shitpost on a jamaican blunt rolling forum it's ok
>>61495175
i see your point, but I'm referring to communication on a strictly verbal level, amongst each other. Most Americans on 4chan speak English just fine because we're autists who pay attention to that sort of thing, but most Facebook normies including some adults can't spell past a 3rd grade level
>>61494812
>proud monolingual
>>61495304
"Latina, frater" is Latin, not Spanish.
>>61494812
Idiot
I speak 2 other languages and it is worth it. It's summer now you might have some more time, why not look into one that interests you?
>>61495416
>Latin
>Ancient Greek
>Quranic Arabic
>Sanskrit
Jesus Christ dude, how the fuck did you manage that? Is it easier since you don't have to worry about pronunciation?
Also, is Latin worth the effort? What I've seen looks gorgeous and it has a pretty good library of stuff to read. Not to mention the advantage you get for Romance languages
>>61495525
Sorry, I'm retarded
>>61495524
>LOL UR SO DUMB YOU ARE ONLY FLUENT IN THE ONLY LANGUAGE THAT MATTERS!!!
>>61495570
Why waste my time with utterly pointless shit?
>>61495574
Latin pronunciation is pretty much known, but it is written phonetically.
I'm 38. I've been learning since childhood.
I did originally learn Irish Gaelic, Arabic, and Russian for... security purposes, but I've forgotten most.
>>61494944
not all of us
>>61495625
Ah, thanks. I've heard Latin spoken and sung before but I wasn't sure if it was accurate or if they were just making up shit to make it sound as appealing as possible
And damn man. I hope I can end up a polygot of that magnitude by the time I'm that old. Currently I just speak German with a fast-fading understanding of Japanese and basic French.
Maybe Latin could be a fun project. I think I recall the library having some books on it
>tfw monolingual because Brits systematically oppressed your language
>>61494965
As a matter of fact, I actually am learning German and Swedish.
Salut, copain à une seule langue :^)
>>61494812
I only speak English and am working hard to learn French using library books, audio CDs, youtube lessons, duolingo, and /fr/ threads. I live in New Brunswick and feel kind of obligated to learn it; not obligated in a bad way though.
Who proud monolingual here?
>tfw anglophone
>tfw in french immersion for 12 years
>tfw still awful at french
end my life pham
>>61495574
>>61495574
Latin is worth the effort, if you wish to learn or improve existing knowledge of a Romance language. Though a shortcut can be made there. The crucial part is the vocabulary with classical Latin. The grammar of modern Romance languages looks much like Vulgar Latin one. All of them drew grammar from Vulgar Latin, so even knowing the Vulgar one is a big bonus n grasping Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Romanian (in that order)
Jusg to give you an example: Italian and Romanian drew their plural suffixes from the Vulgar Latin nominative (-i) while Spanish and Portuguese for example, drew from its accusative (-os)
Or the way the "il/le/o/ul" (male definite article came to be from the Vulgar Latin pronouns actually being classical Latin pronouns ille/Ila/illud)
And so on...
Just don't be a deadbeat like me and stop halfway. Don't start if you can't reach a satisfying level. I. All sincerity...
I can read and understand all Romance languages, but I ca only put together half assed Spanish sentences... it's crippling. Same for Greek. Understand it, and it looks like an eye balm as opposed to ancient Greek, but I can produce dog shit sentences....some mehanism is stuck in my head
>>61496092
I was mostly looking at Latin for Latin's sake, the romance language understanding is just a bonus.
But it is enticing to be able to get a shortcut through French and Spanish vocabulary. Learning something useful while still having fun with my dead language meme bullshit
>>61496045
I was talking to a local librarian about French immersion a couple days ago. She said the older style, like we would have taken, has been completely discredited and basically everything concerning the way it was taught is now considered counterproductive. Apparently the old way gave rise to Frenglish/Françanglais because it did nothing to change the way students thought in language. So most can read French/English fairly well, write it poorly, understand it barely, and speak it pretty much not at all outside a few common words and phrases.
In the last couple few years they have completely revised the teaching methods so that students automatically learn to start "thinking" in either language rather than stuggling to translate it in their heads as they go.
>>61496261
This is pretty interesting pham. What kind of new teaching methods do they now use?
>>61496198
I had a science professor in college that convinced me to take a Latin course. Said she thought anyone planning to take any life science or medical major would greatly benefit from it. She was right, it also helped with my English and the etymology was kind of fun.
>>61496261
How do the two compare? It sounds interesting, the way I was taught also tried to eliminate the internal translation thing
>>61496304
Etymology is fun and I can definitely understand where it'd make science easier. it sounds like a fun project to take on desu
>>61496301
She didn't say and I haven't looked into it yet, but she did say that all in text or verbal translations are gone. They recommend students not use them because it teaches you to think through translation. Now they do a series of numbered books, increasingly advanced, entirely in French, with pictures within the story and natrative (rather than just a pictute of a cat next to caption le chat) that correspond and help kids to start seeing and thinking in French. I plan on looking into it some more
I don't mind monolinguals, but why would you be proud of it? It's like being that kid with autism who can only focus on one very narrow specific topic, only it's self-imposed. Why would you purposefully be close-minded to the idea of learning other languages, even if you don't ever learn one?
>>61494979
Tolkien was only interested in meme languages as well and he was an actual linguistics professor.
>>61494812
I speak 4 languages, so fuck you.
>>61494812
Festa om Jungwoney Novyar
Svetlana fon Vladivostok (Rusia) es hostina de
kindapleilok namen "Vila Kokina". Bu es ouranney nam: es
ya nam de vila, deskriben in kitaba om Peppilongesok, bay
Astrid Lindgren.
Oni ga bu mog faenoi pa toy pleilok! Walaa Svetlananey
rakonta om komo oni festite Jungwoney Novyar pa vila.
>anglos will NEVER EVER know how to learn a language
kek
if youre not bilingual youre not even human
I can order a beer in 4 languages.
>>61496470
Because it means we are in a superior social position where we don't need to learn any other languages because all our needs are met in our own.
>>61496599
i cab do it in every language
>put up one finger
>say the name of the drink
>>61496595
If you don't know English, you're not human.
ftfy
>>61496198
We will see how enticing you find it when you get to Salustius and Cicero
No, just joking. Press on, don't give up
>>61496470
It goes like this I assume:
>Be sperglord loser
>never achieve anything of merit on your own
>be too narcissistic to blame your failures on your own weak mind and/or body
>start becoming increasingly proud of achievements you had nothing to do with but feel a connection to because of circumstances of birth
>suddenly your country, language, etc are superior and everything else is drastically inferior
>be proud monolinguist even though this "achievement" is innate to every person and can be nearly mastered by toddlers.
It doesnt really seem that necessary to learn another language. Spanish could be useful I guess, but really only to talk to gardeners and fast food cashiers.
>>61496629
but i do
my children won't however
>>61496624
>say the name of the drink
sort of falls apart when you're not dealing with the latin alphabet though
>>61496621
No reason to learn a musical instrument, or how to ride a bike, or anything useful and interesting, after all, my basic needs are being met whether or not I learn them.
>>61496695
what?
くそくらえ、 英国人!
>>61496708
That dude's argument was pretty week, but I'd say learning a language isn't very useful, even in comparison to learning an instrument, unless of course you live or frequently visit areas where many people speak that language.
It can be interesting, but it's too tedious and difficult to be a purely recreational hobby the way learning guitar and bicycling are to many people.
>>61496861
Woops lol *weak
>>61494979
You are a native English speaker already, any other language is literally tips fedora tier for you
>>61496714
Pedro is teaching them Spanish... Well, you know, if he was ever going to start a family that is.
>>61496861
>but it's too tedious and difficult to be a purely recreational hobby
Then you haven't met somebody that's autistic enough yet.
>>61496922
It's fun though. Etymology is neat, you can meet new people and make new friends, and you can read a broader array of books without relying on a translator
Some of them are useful too
Monolingual English speakers are gonna be disadvantaged in the job market and beat by hard working immigrants. It's the circle of life, fall of the roman empire, the western world will be second tier to asia for years to come.
>that feel when passively watching anime for years has turned you into a basic level speaker in Japanese without effort
>that feel when shitposting on 4chan for years has made you proficient in this language with minimal effort
I still cant believe when reading people who can speak more than two languages.. I can barely speak and write in English and there are people who can speak more than three!? bullshit.
I mean, when they are 20s or 30s years old...
>>61494812
No. I wish I spoke Spanish.
>>61497021
Not sure if bait or Toronto/Vancouver citizen
>アホブリカスはこれを読めない
monolingual=知恵遅れ
>>61496861
>unless of course you live or frequently visit areas where many people speak that language
What about communicating online? Literature? Film?
Other languages aren't just English with other words you know.
>>61494944
Ils sont terriblement autistes pour être honnête, famille
>>61497125
The non-Anglophone internet is boring as fuck. Only Ylilauta has any potential.
This is semi on topic.
Why does Russian sound so bubbly and cute when women speak, but men speak like if a lumberjack and crabber fucked, and their baby was a voice?
>>61496861
>too tedious and difficult to be a purely recreational hobby the way learning guitar and bicycling are to many people.
I disagree. It's only tedious at the beginning, then it consists on
>watching movies
>traveling
>listening to music
>shitposting online
While playing an instrument is also tedious at first when you learn the notations, how to place your hands, etc
>>61496961
my children will only speak irish
>>61497162
How would you know?
>>61497540
Because 90 percent of the internet is Anglophone.
>>61497592
what about 2ch and KC
most of the internet is shit tb h
>>61497592
You consume less than 1% of all content available on the internet, so even if what you claim is true that's still an awful argument.
>>61497946
No it isn't.
If 90 percent of everything is shit, why waste my time on foreign shit?
>>61497975
I should not have expected more from someone that would so readily argue from a point of complete ignorance.
>>61497227
Using movies, music, and shitposting to enjoyably learn a language probably works way better for English than anything else
>>61497162
>I don't understand it, thus it must be terrible
>>61498652
>only America produces enjoyable content lol
>I mean... probably
I speak two languages
>>61498765
Australian English and English English?
>>61498728
The sheer volume and rate of the ideas being exchanged online in English makes for far less autistic and more advanced banter, I'd wager. Wishing I knew another language fluently to say for sure though lol.
As for movies and literature, the volume of things produced means there will be a lot more things worth consuming. For example, even if only 5% of English language films are excellent and truly worth watching, and 20% of French language films are as good as those 5%, that leaves far, far more excellent English language films. The same would apply to all media.
This is all speculation. I'm just going to assume that the difficulty of learning French would outweigh whatever enjoyment I'd get from consuming French language media.
>>61498765
Wog or Asian?
>being monomlingual
lmao, inferior cuck, I speak Russian, English and Spanish
>>61496534
>4 languages
3 of those are Portuguese Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Galician
>>61499382
The quantitative approach is wrong IMO.
First, because what constitutes "worth" or "quality" can differ widely in another language. That's pretty much the whole challenge of discovering new cultures: you realise your tastes aren't universal, and your judgement adapts to the new culture.
Second, because the quality gets lower when the volume gets higher. It's true for art, culture, ideas, anything.
Think about a normie invasion of 4chan: millions of moms and dads from Facebook spamming their normie-tier humour here. The quality of 4chan would go downhill, as the interesting content would be stifled amidst oceans of bland stuff.
It's the same thing with culture. Low volume can stem from an interesting insularity, and from high standards. But high volume means normies are dumbing down the whole thing.
(Most of the French web is quite boring desu, but I've seen things on the French Twitter, often posted by immigrants, that left me in awe. No equivalent in English. Also, some French blogs are amazing and unthinkable in English. And specialised forums can go deeper than the English ones, because the community is tighter, and less trying to show off.)
>>61500686
Creo que te he visto antes en los hilos de lat.
Que haces?
