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lincoln002
04/13/20 12:50:40 AM
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I was learning Chinese but I don't know if it's going to be put to much use given the circumstances with China.

I speak Spanish so Italian and Portuguese would be easy to pick up, but I don't know if I'd put those languages to any use in my life. I was thinking German so I could read the original Faust, but my friend was telling me it's a really hard language to learn, and other than reading Faust there isn't much else I want to do with German.

Help would be appreciated.
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Rika_Furude
04/13/20 12:51:15 AM
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Irony
04/13/20 12:51:35 AM
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Enochian

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teepan95
04/13/20 12:53:04 AM
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lincoln002 posted...
I was thinking German so I could read the original Faust, but my friend was telling me it's a really hard language to learn

It's not that hard if all you want to do is read/understand it

Cases and genders are the hardest parts, but those matter more when writing/speaking
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1337toothbrush
04/13/20 1:18:47 AM
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DevsBro
04/13/20 1:22:35 AM
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Kikongo

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AlisLandale
04/13/20 1:27:20 AM
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008Zulu
04/13/20 1:28:32 AM
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Sign.

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AssGender
04/13/20 1:35:30 AM
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DevsBro posted...
Kikongo
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MarqueeSeries
04/13/20 1:45:12 AM
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008Zulu posted...
Sign.

Actually not a bad suggestion. I need to get around to this, since my fiance has degenerative hearing loss

As far as spoken languages go, TC is there any country's media that you want to enjoy the most, or a most useful language to learn for you career wise?
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Medussa
04/13/20 1:51:59 AM
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German is actually pretty easy for English speakers. They're pretty closely related, though there are some things that German does that English doesn't that take some getting used to.

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Bad_Mojo
04/13/20 1:56:07 AM
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Pinotage
04/13/20 1:57:19 AM
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Te reo

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ASithLord7
04/13/20 11:15:41 AM
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German isnt that hard. Its generally considered, all things equal, tougher than the other Germanic languages and the Romance languages, but after those its the easiest language for English speakers to learn.

But the real answer is learn the one youre most interested in. Motivation is probably the single most important factor for adult language learners, so ignore practical considerations.

Bad_Mojo posted...
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Maybe start with English, buddy.
Shut the fuck up.

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Choco
04/13/20 11:17:28 AM
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when it comes to consuming media, Japanese is the most useful after English

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YookaLaylee
04/13/20 11:20:24 AM
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French

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AssGender
04/13/20 11:40:21 AM
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Choco posted...
when it comes to consuming media, Japanese is the most useful after English
Oshirida!

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SauI_Goodman
04/13/20 11:42:08 AM
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i hate it when people say "oh english and german are related so it should be easy to learn" wtf french looks more similar to english than german does

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SauI_Goodman
04/13/20 11:42:55 AM
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also, portuguese so you can talk to the big booty bitches on the beach when you go to brasil

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RunAwayCaterpie
04/13/20 11:44:41 AM
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SauI_Goodman posted...
i hate it when people say "oh english and german are related so it should be easy to learn" wtf french looks more similar to english than german does
It doesn't look similar, but if you phonetically pronounce German words you can sometimes understand them.

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ASithLord7
04/13/20 12:07:42 PM
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SauI_Goodman posted...
i hate it when people say "oh english and german are related so it should be easy to learn" wtf french looks more similar to english than german does
They are related and pretty similar. Both are West Germanic languages. French is generally considered easier though, all things being equal.

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R1masher
04/13/20 12:10:22 PM
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Chinese, but were all probably gonna have to learn it too

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yunalenne10
04/13/20 12:13:04 PM
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Korean, so I can be very jealous of you.

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