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Knowing another language wouldn't be much fun if you had no one to speak it with. I had 3 years of German and my Grandpa came from Germany. Since he died I haven't used it much. Pick the one someone you know speaks.

Mike

Last edited by Mike R at 29-Mar-2005 22:37

It isn't common for Latin to be taught in Australia (unfortunately!), so that probably isn't an option for you. Personally I love French, I learnt it for 5 years at school and then a little at uni, and I found it quite easy and fun. However, in Australia Japanese is probably going to get you further job-wise - but only if you get really good at it and/or continue to learn it after high school. Foreign languages only stick if you really keep it up, or spend time in a country that uses that language.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. - Oscar Wilde

Sorry Dude get a good spell check or learn to spell correctly.

The English language though not actually based on Latin it certainly will help in later life when your are trying to work out an unknown word. Select a language that will be beneficial to you, or one that you will pass easily. When you are going for a job the employer will be more interested in your pass rate rather that the actual language you have done. Having said that certain jobs might require a second language.
I think I would be the worst speller on FP it was my worst subject at school as I just could not understand it and I still do not.
I have often said it my brains are my hands in other words I am a trade person.

Thank goodness for MS Spell Checker.


Keith

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Swiss?

no, its German, French and Italian (very similar to French)



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There are actually four languages spoken in Switzerland.

German, French and Italian are the three principal ones (and tend to be spoken most widely in those parts of Switzerland bordering one of the other countries where those languages are spoken). However, there is a fourth, called Romansch. Romansch is a dialect of Rhaeto-Romanic, and is spoken by about 50,000 native Swiss. This site explains a bit more, though the colour choices make it hard to read even in English (sigh, why don't people design web pages better than this?).

Romansch is very definitely a minority language, but has official status in Switzerland. This means that it has a good chance of surviving into the future, unlike some other languages that at the moment are more widely spoken, but do not have official status in their native lands (unless I am mistaken, Basque falls into this category in Spain, unless the situation has changed).

The definitive online source describing the Romance languages is this Wikipedia entry.


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I dont know if this was said I think french...

That is a language where alot of others sound like it and are very close to it...

Spanish, latin so on and so forth....

Its wonderfull to see you have intrests like that. Agrees with wish-ga.


Angel Eel

Last edited by angeleel at 31-Mar-2005 00:32

i know little bits of different languages (just enough to get me into trouble).

including :
chinese, japanese, spanish, italian, a teeny bit of french, and a small amount of hebrew.

I also studied ancient history, so I know a bit of latin also. Also know a little bit of classical greek.

but as i said, enough to get me into trouble

Whats a romance language??

okay...
1)german
2)french
3)latin
4)Japanese

Cuz Ive just remembered that my cousins live in Switzarland & I think they speak german, Is german easy to learn, cus people have been saying that french is easy, but I do want a language that will help me & Im useless with languages...So german or french??

sorry If there are any spelling mistakes

Last edited by dude_dude at 30-Mar-2005 15:14

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10 points for reference

I'll do graffiti,
If you sing to me in French.

Whats a romance language??

French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian.....and,arguably, 30 or so dialects.

Whats a romance language??

Basically, any language that is derived from latin. Most western European languages are romance.

- DJ :88)

Careful choosing German because your cousins live in Switzerland. Swiss Deutch is apparently different not only in vocab but structure. (Austria, Germany, Switzerland all have diff dialects - school variety German may help but they are all different)

I think you are trying to project which is going to be most useful to you in the future. And who knows what is down the track?

The difficulty in being Australian is that we are so geographicall isolated to the countries that speak these languages AND English is spoken in so many places we can get away without a second language. Both these things are a barrier to Aussie studetns continuing with a second language to the end of highschool.

Just to add another thought....
learning another language sets off a process within the brain. You are actually learning to learn. So it may not really matter which one you choose. The act of learning a 2nd lang makes subsequent languages easier as your little brain synapses have been exercised in a way that is unique.

Perhaps this is why so many people with a 2nd language pick up a 3rd, 4th etc.

Just a thought



Last edited by wish-ga at 31-Mar-2005 00:09

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lol I actually dont like beer very much But I think I'll just have to wait & see wich language I like the most

wow, thanx wish-ga, angeleel, I'll try all & depending on wich is harder (french or german) I think i'll make my descision from that..wow, at least I dont have to learn another alphabet for french & german (do I), cuz japanese is soo hard

I studied French at university - you think I can speak it now? not a chance!

Whatever you choose, definitely keep using it or you'll lose it!

I studied French at university - you think I can speak it now? not a chance!

I took 13 years of it from kindergarten to grade 12, then promptly attempted to forget it, but now with my daughter in full French-immersion school, it is coming back to the point were I am almost fluent again. Fortunately, my German, Latin, and Gaelige have remained intact.

Please note Tortis' post above.... see the number of languages reeled off there? What was I saying about the wiring of the brain? Sheesh! That is awsome

kudos to everyone who is multi lingual!!! /:'

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my vote goes to german. or just choose whichever one you enjoyed studying the most....

german. or just choose whichever one you enjoyed studying the most....

yhea, I thiink i'll do just that

Go Japanese because it is so cool and .

-- Gomer

lol gomer I dont want to do it becase its to hard & compicated :%)

i'd go german, just cause i'm doing german the moment
i think it's easy, cause everything is just about the same as english
and if you like beers, go with german