scallywell Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Watching th champions league draw the presenter is speaking them all,for me it's a bit of German and French,still struggling with English like,what about the rest of yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 The problem with thinking about which foreign language to study is....which one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L/H White Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I'm to lazy to learn another language Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 The problem with thinking about which foreign language to study is....which one? Mandarin would be the logical one business wise, failing that probably Spanish I reckon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarian1979 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Not for Me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C86 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) Mandarin would be the logical one business wise, failing that probably Spanish I reckon. Spot on with Spanish, soon be the primary spoken language in the US. Edited August 28, 2014 by C86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny G Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Arabic is the One to go with these days. There is so much cash to be made in the Middle East and speaking their lingo goes a heck of a long way. Â I was half decent at Spanish at school, a regret of mine was not taking it further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Little Whittian will be taught in secondry schools nationwide in a few years. Â Bloons,darkies and orangles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter only1swanny Posted August 28, 2014 Site Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2014 can just about get by in French, and Russian, Â Struggle with English... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoopJohnnyJohn Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Spot on with Spanish, soon be the primary spoken language in the US. Â Definitely the one to learn if you live where I live. 25-30% I reckon. Â Learned French and Russian in school, same as Swanny. Went to night school to learn Spanish and Japanese (didn't complete the course, but can speak a little). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big City Girl Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I did German at School, but can only remember bits. Â I would probably learn Spanish if I had the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted August 29, 2014 Members Share Posted August 29, 2014 Italian the simplest.  Learning Spanish at the minute. Not very difficult, especially if you just want conversational. Begin everything with "Quisiera" (I would like to...................)  "Quisiera pagar con tarjeta de credito". "I would like to pay by credit card". She'll tell you to piss off and demand cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_darby Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I did German at School, but can only remember bits.  I would probably learn Spanish if I had the time. Can't expect to remember 40 years ago to be fair I'm actually exactly the same on both counts. I bought a Spanish book and audio thing a few years ago, but when I'm back from the office I just want to relax these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomski Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 To my shame everyone can speak a different language bar me in my family varying from French Italian and Spanish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 I don't normally like this type of thing, and most have probably seen it already, but a quick vocabulary refresher here... Â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlATOHGj9EY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter superjohnmcginlay Posted August 29, 2014 Site Supporter Share Posted August 29, 2014 I'm inspired to do Spanish  No idea how that's come about though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big City Girl Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Can't expect to remember 40 years ago to be fair   Bitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny G Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Which language is the easiest to learn? Â I would have thought German for us English speaking lot however Spanish seems far simpler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted August 29, 2014 Members Share Posted August 29, 2014 Which language is the easiest to learn? Â I would have thought German for us English speaking lot however Spanish seems far simpler. Â Â According to a few cunning linguists I have know, it is Italian due to the smallest amount of verb conjugations and irregularities etc. Â Â In rough terms, half the world speaks Spanish and the other half English (please overlook China) so it makes sense to me that Spanish should be the one. Esperanto anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted August 29, 2014 Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2014 According to a few cunning linguists I have know, it is Italian due to the smallest amount of verb conjugations and irregularities etc.   In rough terms, half the world speaks Spanish and the other half English (please overlook China) so it makes sense to me that Spanish should be the one. Esperanto anyone?  Arabic won't be far behind mind  for me, wish I knew more French, but that's because I've spent most time in France than other country in last 10 years, and hate speaking shit broken English with a daft accent whilst wheeling out GCSE shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 My Dad speaks decent Spanish. He was browsing in a shop on his holidays once and he overheard two shopkeepers talking about him. Â 'Don't worry' he said confidently in Spanish after paying for his stuff 'The foreigner might look like a shoplifter, but he isn't one'. Â He once also gave a speech in front of some dignataries from Paderborn on an exchange trip and accidentally used words which sounded perfectly innocent to English ears, but when translated into local slang went something along the lines of 'we would like to thank the Mayor for wanking us off all week'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiledwhite2 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Arabic won't be far behind mind  for me, wish I knew more French, but that's because I've spent most time in France than other country in last 10 years, and hate speaking shit broken English with a daft accent whilst wheeling out GCSE shit On my hols there at the minute in basque country. Speaking exactly as you describe. Would love to be able to speak a bit more.  What has struck me is that down here they are much more friendly and accommodating about it, we exchange pigeon French and English, laugh about it, and they seem appreciative of just saying bonjour, Merci, using French numbers etc.. In northern France before I swear they've deliberately pretended they cannot even get the gist of what I'm saying. Maybe they speak English more here, maybe it's cos I'm older now with small kids in tow rather than a young scrote buying bottles of vodka and takeaway.  Or maybe they are friendly because I'm flashing 50 euro notes about, buying all the tat the kids want and paying mental prices for ice creams and drinks at the beach etc ... it's just monopoly money when you go abroad isn't it?!  Give it a few days back and I'll quickly get back to not thinking it worth the effort to learn.  Wouldn't mind I spent five fucking years learning it and still walked up to someone the other day and said 'Merci' instead of bonjour. You're supposed to soak things up like a sponge as a kid, I can only assume you drain knowledge like a sieve when you start drinking and whatnot as an adult Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted August 29, 2014 Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2014 i fancy learning welsh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Carlos Posted August 29, 2014 Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2014 Tried Welsh, problem is there's too many versions and they just argue amongst themselves. Plus they all speak the Queen's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Tried Welsh, problem is there's too many versions and they just argue amongst themselves. Plus they all speak the Queen's. Woop woop sound of the heddlu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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