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124. Thanks very much, LearnedHand! I appreciate it. n/t

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What forgeign language would you like to learn? Why? [View all] debm55 Mar 24 OP

Wish I was fluent in French. Took 3 years in high school about 60 years sinkingfeeling Mar 24 #1

Thank you sinkingfeeling. Spending time in Paris would be great. debm55 Mar 24 #5

DITTO did in high school AND college, ##### years ago, then drove around France with family; elleng Mar 24 #10

Duolingo French is pretty good for brushing up OnDoutside Mar 25 #79

Spanish, but I'm still working on English. Joinfortmill Mar 24 #2

Thank you, Joinfortmill., Basic Spanish is quite easy. Good luck debm55 Mar 24 #6

Italian, I love the SOUND of it. elleng Mar 24 #3

Thank you, elleng. It is a beautiful and romantic language. debm55 Mar 24 #8

Same. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 24 #15

I saw him. Unforgettable. /nt bucolic_frolic Mar 25 #51

I have some small envy for people who can speak several. bucolic_frolic Mar 25 #52

I have been learning Norwegian for the past few years. Ocelot II Mar 24 #4

Thank you, Ocelot II, I hope you learn it. My husband knows Finnish as his mom was born there and all his aunts only debm55 Mar 24 #12

Finnish is a tough one. Finland is a Nordic country, but the language isn't related at all Ocelot II Mar 24 #16

Yes, I remember that my MIL and her sisters had double vowels in it and I found it hard to pronounce. TY Ocelot II Good debm55 Mar 24 #22

I had to learn some choral music in Finnish. Ocelot II Mar 24 #23

Second that! LearnedHand Mar 25 #30

Much easier than German, too, which I took in high school and college. Ocelot II Mar 25 #32

I grew up speaking Estonian, closely related to Finnish Wicked Blue Mar 24 #21

Thank you Wicked Blue. My MIL had the same problem After she learned English, she did very well. She went to Nursing debm55 Mar 25 #53

Jeg lrer norsk ogs! LearnedHand Mar 25 #25

Interesting LearnedHand Mar 25 #26

Det er moro, ikke sant? Ocelot II Mar 25 #27

Ja! LearnedHand Mar 25 #29

I klassen min leser vi noen ganger kriminalromaner. Ocelot II Mar 25 #31

Klassen? LearnedHand Mar 25 #35

Nett og klasserommer, her: Ocelot II Mar 25 #36

Lithuanian/Latvian - the Baltic languages DBoon Mar 24 #7

Thank you, DBoon, As I child I knew Yiddish, lower Russian. some Ukranian. Haven't spoken it in years, so mostly in debm55 Mar 24 #17

Well I know a good dose of Spanish and Russian. Xolodno Mar 24 #9

Thank you Xolodno. Arabic is one I would like to learn. Good luck in learning Mandarin or Arabic. debm55 Mar 24 #19

Thanks! Xolodno Mar 24 #24

Actually, Latin. grumpyduck Mar 24 #11

Thank you grumpyduck and good luck learning some. I went to Mass that was in Latin and grew up knowing some words. Can't debm55 Mar 25 #57

Muscogee, Navajo limbicnuminousity Mar 24 #13

I'd like to learn Ojibwe. Ocelot II Mar 25 #28

Good luck to you learning Ojibwe. Ty. debm55 Mar 25 #65

I'll never learn it - it's way too hard, even harder than Finnish. Ocelot II Mar 25 #67

Thank you limbinuminousity. Good luck learning the two languages of our Native Peoples. debm55 Mar 25 #58

French because I think it is beautiful. nt LoisB Mar 24 #14

Thank you LoisB. French is a very beautiful and romantic language. debm55 Mar 25 #66

at one time I was fluent in German, French gopiscrap Mar 24 #18

Ty gopiscrap. Good luck learning Spanish. debm55 Mar 25 #68

thanks gopiscrap Mar 27 #120

I would love to be fluent BlueSky3 Mar 24 #20

My library offers online language courses LearnedHand Mar 25 #33

TY LearnedHand, I will have to look into that. debm55 Mar 25 #71

Ty BlueSky3 that is so true. debm55 Mar 25 #70

Ty Blue Sky 3 debm55 Mar 25 #81

portugues brasileiro enid602 Mar 25 #34

TY enid602 and good luck to you in Brasilian Portuguese. debm55 Mar 25 #72

I wouldn't mind learning some French. It sounds pretty, I know a teeny amount, and I was gifted a trip to Paris(!)... electric_blue68 Mar 25 #37

Ty electric_b;ue 68. Wonderful post.Yes, when I was young I spoke Ukraine and Russian. Different alphabets. I think when debm55 Mar 25 #64

Oh, yeah, it's often much easier to pick up on electric_blue68 Mar 25 #104

I used to be fluent in 4 languages, now back to one, English. Behind the Aegis Mar 25 #38

Wow. Behind the Aegis. Good luck learning all of those languages. debm55 Mar 25 #55

Nuevos estudios cientificos muestran que los cerebros GreenWave Mar 25 #39

Thank you, Have you spoken since childhood or did you just learn.? debm55 Mar 25 #50

Indonesian - I like to travel there Phoenix61 Mar 25 #40

TY Phoenix , I have always wanted to travel there too. Good luck on learning Japanese. debm55 Mar 25 #49

Italiano, Spanish, German, and ASL. Niagara Mar 25 #41

Thank you , Niagara. Wow you know alot of languages. Sometimes when you don't use it you forget how to speak it. debm55 Mar 25 #48

My foreign language skills are minimal, Debbie. Lol! Niagara Mar 25 #75

I'm trying to learn German but it's tough. Elessar Zappa Mar 25 #42

Ty Elessar Zapper. I always wanted to learn Japanese. Good luck on your German. debm55 Mar 25 #45

Old Norse. Harker Mar 25 #43

TY. Harker. That sounds great. I wish you luck. debm55 Mar 25 #44

Thanks, debm55... it'll be something to do. Harker Mar 25 #46

Free instruction online Dear_Prudence Mar 25 #60

Thank you very much, Dear_Prudence... Harker Mar 25 #62

Pronunciator language learning offers icelandic LearnedHand Mar 27 #121

Thanks very much, LearnedHand! I appreciate it. n/t Harker Mar 27 #124

All of them. Because I'm weird like that. n/t malthaussen Mar 25 #47

Thank you. Mal. Good luck. debm55 Mar 25 #54

Hindi Dear_Prudence Mar 25 #56

TY. Dear_Prudence, Yes, Hindi is a beautiful language. debm55 Mar 25 #59

I'd like to learn one of those languages that no one has ever heard of. Midnight Writer Mar 25 #61

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH, Ty Midright Writer. Good luck learning. debm55 Mar 25 #63

After 2 years of highly unsuccessful Spanish classes in college yellowdogintexas Mar 25 #69

Ty, yellowdogintexas. All the languages that you mentioned sound great to learn. I wish you luck debm55 Mar 25 #73

I am very happy my baby girl will grow up with many cultural influences yellowdogintexas Mar 25 #74

Yes, some languages can sound angry and sinister, but it is just how certain words are pronounced. debm55 Mar 25 #91

In my case it's an Indigenous language, Cherokee. Runningdawg Mar 25 #76

So sorry that happened to you ---the family should have welcomed the diversities, Did you check ounline? Best wishes for debm55 Mar 25 #86

Oh yes, I found a class, at a library, near me. Runningdawg Mar 26 #114

Ty, Runningdawg. Could you get one of your relatives to teach you? debm55 Mar 26 #115

As of 2017 I am the last one. Runningdawg Mar 27 #116

Sorry. debm55 Mar 27 #117

Espaol: en el dialecto de Costa Rica. LakeArenal Mar 25 #77

Ty LakeArenal, Would you say you are fluent? Just thinking you have to be exposed to the language everyday to be fluent debm55 Mar 25 #83

Very few expats are what you might term fluent. LakeArenal Mar 25 #84

Thank you LakeArenal. You have been living there awhile.So I was guessing you are fluent. debm55 Mar 25 #87

I'm dyslexic so tenses have been difficult as well as the irregular verbs. LakeArenal Mar 25 #96

TY LakeArenal. You and your husband are blessed to have each other. debm55 Mar 25 #110

Portuguese maptap22 Mar 25 #78

Thank you maptap22. Have you been studying? Good luck and happy times in Portugal. debm55 Mar 25 #88

I spent 14 years learning Irish and 5 years learning French OnDoutside Mar 25 #80

TY OnDoutside.. Continue with success on your French. debm55 Mar 25 #89

Thanks 😊 ! OnDoutside Mar 25 #99

Mandarin, I like the people but not the govt RainCaster Mar 25 #82

TY RainCaster, I must have been fantastic to visit China. Good luck to you learning the language. debm55 Mar 25 #85

It was fantastic and scary at the same time RainCaster Mar 25 #93

Always wanted to learn Russian and Latin.... lastlib Mar 25 #90

Ty you lastlib. I am glad they are safe. debm55 Mar 25 #94

French Cartoonist Mar 25 #92

TY Cartoonist. You still have time to learn. debm55 Mar 25 #98

I'd like to learn (better): Tagalog, Albanian, Turkish, Farsi, Polish, Japanese, Arabic and Mandarin DFW Mar 25 #95

TY, DFW, What a beautiful post. debm55 Mar 25 #97

Walang anuman! DFW Mar 25 #100

TY DFW, Wonderful post again. debm55 Mar 25 #111

Mandarin ... Because it can be difficult. lpbk2713 Mar 25 #101

Ty lpbk2713. Maybe try again at a slower pace when you have time. I wish you success my friend. debm55 Mar 25 #109

Portuguese. drray23 Mar 25 #102

Ty drrray23. I hope your journey into learning Portuguese is successful. Portugal would be great to retire to. debm55 Mar 25 #108

Learning Spanish and French would go a long way toward being able to travel almost anywhere in the world without much Aristus Mar 25 #103

TY Aristus. My MIL was born in Finland. and talked only Finnish at home. It was a Finnish community outside of Boston. debm55 Mar 25 #106

Definitely Spanish -- so many Spanish speakers have settled in California, I'd like to communicate better! Hekate Mar 25 #105

TY Hekate, That would be great to communicate with Spanish speakers. Many of the older folks and the younger folks still debm55 Mar 25 #107

All of them, with all the requisite dialects Mr. Scorpio Mar 26 #112

Thank you debm55 Mar 26 #113

Spanish Emile Mar 27 #118

Thank you Emile. debm55 Mar 27 #119

That would be spanish, living in California. Mr.Bill Mar 27 #122

Thank you Mr. Bill debm55 Mar 27 #123

Something Asian ProfessorGAC Mar 27 #125

Thank you ProfessorGAC, I always wanted to go to Japan. would love to learn the language. debm55 Mar 27 #131

Spanish Hope22 Mar 27 #126

Thank you, Hope. Spanish was easy the first two years. after that it became more difficult for me. I wish you luck. debm55 Mar 27 #132

In the US it isn't really "foreign." But, Spanish. Lunabell Mar 27 #127

Ty Lunabell. debm55 Mar 27 #134

Latin Traildogbob Mar 27 #128

Ty Traildogbob. The only Latin I had was going to mass for years and hearing it for years. My missal was English on debm55 Mar 27 #133

Spanish and Korean leighbythesea2 Mar 27 #129

Ty leighbythesea2. Wish you luck. debm55 Mar 27 #135

I would like to learn some language that uses characters that are not used in the English language. Different Drummer Mar 27 #130

Ty Different drummer, Hebrew is read from right to left. I did know Russian , Hebrew and Yiddish when I was younger. debm55 Mar 27 #136