Pick a second language

[LordSplodge]

Polish so I can communicate with the girlfriends family a lot easier.

Also Polksi so I can speak to my daughter in law in her native tongue (and the grandchild who's going to be bi-lingual )

 

[Sliver]

I'd invent my own language and learn that. That way I could come onto these forums and go absolutely nuts insulting people without incurring any infractions. Happy days.

 

[adolf hamster]

probably german for me.

 

[FoxEye]

If you could learn any language instantly overnight, no matter how difficult it is, which would you pick and why?

German. I love the way it sounds, how it rolls of the tongue

Achtung! Schnell! Setzt euch!

I occasionally try to learn some German vocab now and again, but my ability to learn new words appears to have deserted me completely.

 

[theleg]

arabic or mandarin

 

[NexusK]

Chinese for when they eventually rule the world.

 

[Freefaller]

If this excludes the languages I can currently speak, then probably Chinese (Mandarin).

 

[Janesy B]

Portuguese, manly just to make sure the GF isn't bitching about me to her Mum/Uncle I'd also like to learn German because it sounds quite angry.

 

[AHarvey]

I'd invent my own language and learn that. That way I could come onto these forums and go absolutely nuts insulting people without incurring any infractions. Happy days.

Isn't there an English only rule on here?

 

[adam cool dude]

Lithuanian as that is my other halfs native language.

 

[Sliver]

Isn't there an English only rule on here?

bugger !

 

[Participant]

Portuguese, manly just to make sure the GF isn't bitching about me to her Mum/Uncle I'd also like to learn German because it sounds quite angry.

ASCHENPUTTEL!

 

[Mynight]

 

[Malevolence]

Ænglisc.

 

[AHarvey]

FYI, everyone raves about this site for learning languages:

https://www.duolingo.com/

And you can add friends on there too.

I'm waiting for the Russian track to be finished

 

[Woden]

Portuguese. My girlfriend is Portuguese but all the languages courses seem to be Brazillian, not European.

 

[LoGiCa]

Spanish

 

[Janesy B]

Portuguese. My girlfriend is Portuguese but all the languages courses seem to be Brazillian, not European.

I'm having the same problem, there's a few subtle differences that can make you seem a little stupid.

 

[Angilion]

Standardised Chinese for practical reasons (number of speakers and global power of the country) and because it's different enough from English to be particularly difficult for a native English speaker to learn.

Latin out of historical interest. I passed an O level in Latin 30 years ago but I was never very good at it and I've forgotten most of it through lack of use. If I was fluent overnight I'd use it more.

Klingon, just because it would be entertaining to me.

Some people have mentioned learning Italian in order to have sex with more women. Some other languages would work just as well for that - they just need to sound fluid and musical and foreign (i.e. exotic). I used to know someone who was fluent in English and Spanish to the extent that they could think in either language and spoke each language with a native accent. The effect of their Spanish was quite remarkable on many English women who didn't understand Spanish. He could talk about anything and it would sound like sex and poetry.

EDIT: Ah, Malevolence chose one I should have thought of - Anglisc, the original English.

 

[Woden]

I'm having the same problem, there's a few subtle differences that can make you seem a little stupid.

Whats weird though is from what I am told, a Brazillian can understand European Portuguese just fine, but not vice versa. So why not just teach european?