Learning other Languages

[ProudToBeMuslim]

I am afraid but I talked with few peoples on net in last few days who think learning language other than English is useless.What do you people think??? :roll:

 

[Red5]

I don't think it's useless at all. English might be a popular language, but there are many reasons to learn languages other than English. ;-)

 

[Masfer]

Nowadays, some people are "almost" forced to learn English, and this is because of the Globalization, I guess.
At least English is not very difficult to learn, is it ?

Anyway, the more languages you can speak, the better.

ByE!

 

[Tdol]

I am afraid but I talked with few peoples on net in last few days who think learning language other than English is useless.What do you people think??? :roll:

It depends- English is the most important second language, but that does not mean that other languages are a waste of time. However, the growth of English internationally does seem unstoppable. ;-)

 

[ProudToBeMuslim]

Nowadays, some people are "almost" forced to learn English, and this is because of the Globalization, I guess.
At least English is not very difficult to learn, is it ?

Anyway, the more languages you can speak, the better.

ByE!

Forced to learn English.

:roll:
I am not learning English because of any type of force.
I am learning it to enjoy talking with those who speak english, I am learning ( or better to say trying to learn as I am not ESL student) to read good things written in English.I am learning English so I am able to talk with people like you.

:wink:

 

[Red5]

;-)

 

[Tdol]

I can't think of a better reason. ;-)

 

[Masfer]

I am not learning English because of any type of force.
I am learning it to enjoy talking with those who speak english, I am learning ( or better to say trying to learn as I am not ESL student) to read good things written in English.I am learning English so I am able to talk with people like you.

I am learning English because I like it and I love talking to people from other countries, otherwise, I will not be here in Denmark (Danish is my weak point :roll: ). BUT, there are a lot of people who are learning it just because they have to (work, studies, ... )
Anyway, I think nobody can learn another language if they're not motivated.

 

[Tdol]

I otherwise, I will not be here in Denmark

Don't forget to correct my mistakes!


OK- that should be would! ;-)

 

[Masfer]

Yes, definitely !!!
Sometimes I just translate from Spanish into English, but this time it doesn´t make sense either in English nor in Spanish :lol:
It was a lapsus calami, I guess.

 

[Tdol]

 

[johnny_bdn]

How can it be useless learn other languages than english. The more languages you know the best.

Some english people thinks that the others will learn english and so is unnecessary to understand other languages, but i think this is a mistake.

:lol:

 

[green_summer]

I have a question, do you think it is difficult to learn Italian ? Because I found some Italian pronunciation sounds like English. It is very interesting

 

[Masfer]

I have a question, do you think it is difficult to learn Italian ? Because I found some Italian pronunciation sounds like English. It is very interesting

Since I am Spanish, I kind of understand Italian. I think it is not very difficult if you know another Latin language. Otherwise, it may be a little bit harder to learn. Anyway, I think Italian and English might have some coincidences in pronunciation, but not many. Can you give some examples ?

 

[green_summer]

I have a question, do you think it is difficult to learn Italian ? Because I found some Italian pronunciation sounds like English. It is very interesting

Since I am Spanish, I kind of understand Italian. I think it is not very difficult if you know another Latin language. Otherwise, it may be a little bit harder to learn. Anyway, I think Italian and English might have some coincidences in pronunciation, but not many. Can you give some examples ?

Hi Masfer, I failed to give some example :roll: Do you think the Italian can understand Spanish ?

 

[Francois]

I've had English-speaking colleagues that could speak some French and Italian, but they could get understood more easily in Italian, while French-speaking people would often ask them to repeat what they've said :roll:

FRC

 

[green_summer]

Because I plan to learn some Italian, but I don't have time to take some courses, do you think I can learn it by myself ? :?: :roll:

 

[Masfer]

I've had English-speaking colleagues that could speak some French and Italian, but they could get understood more easily in Italian, while French-speaking people would often ask them to repeat what they've said

I can hardly understand French when I listen to French-speaking people. it is easier when I read it. I guess that's because "we write what we say", we only have one way to pronounce letters (I hope you get what I mean )
I think that Spanish, Portuguese and Italian are closer, phonetically speaking. The sounds in these languages are similar. French pronunciation is more difficult. For example, I cannot say "Je regrette". G and French r together... Impossible for me. :wink:
Do you agree with my remark?

Because I plan to learn some Italian, but I don't have time to take some courses, do you think I can learn it by myself ?

I think you can learn Italian by yourself. It would be easier if you knew another Latin language because there are a lot of similarities amongst them.

Ciao !

 

[Francois]

I can hardly understand French when I listen to French-speaking people. it is easier when I read it. I guess that's because "we write what we say", we only have one way to pronounce letters (I hope you get what I mean )
I think that Spanish, Portuguese and Italian are closer, phonetically speaking. The sounds in these languages are similar. French pronunciation is more difficult. For example, I cannot say "Je regrette". G and French r together... Impossible for me.
Do you agree with my remark?

Yeah, there are several sounds that might be hard to pronounce for non-native speakers, but even if you pronounce it like 'regret' in English you would be understood. I think it's probably more of a rhythm problem.

FRC

 

[Silentium]

I have a question, do you think it is difficult to learn Italian ? Because I found some Italian pronunciation sounds like English. It is very interesting

Well, it depends on your mother language...it is true that many words have similar spelling and pronunciation but be aware, because most of them are the so-called "false friends", that is to say words that apparently look the same but have a totally different meaning.
For example: abstemious/astemio, casualty/casualità, confidence/confidenza, sensible/sensibile, library/libreria, fabric/fabbrica etc...
Despite being pratically the same they don't have the same meaning at all, but of course there are other English words that have a latin etymology and have a common use and meaning with italian ones, like words in the medical field (dermatologist/dermatologo, acupunture/agopuntura, accelerator/acceleratore, fortune/fortuna, complementary/complementare etc...)

About learning italian by yourself...go ahead! I basically learned all the languages I know by myself, if I had relied on my old English teacher I would be still trying to figure out when to use hello and when bye in a conversation lol :lol:

Do you think the Italian can understand Spanish ?

Sure we do understand Spanish. When I went to Spain in march I spoke Italian and I could easily be understood and viceversa. Even when there are unfamiliar words in Spanish sentences it's not that hard for me to understand their meaning, for instance in Spanish to say "A glass of water" you use "Un vaso de aqua"; in italian it is "Un bicchiere d'acqua". Even if I didn't have a clue what vaso means, the structure is so similar to the italian one that it wouldn't be hard to guess vaso means bicchiere. :wink: