TriLink wrote:The school I went to taught German, Spanish, AND Latin.
My high school had all those, plus French.
What languages do you know?
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My high school had all those, plus French.
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No idea if I already wrote in this, but oh well:
~Polish due to my family speaking it. (I can understand it but not speak it that well.)
~English since I was born in the States though my family's from Poland.
~I learned some Spanish in Middle School and High School though I forgot most of it by now.
~Some Japanese. I can write/understand Hiragana/Katakana and speak some basic Japanese, though Kanji makes me cry. (Being left-handed sucks in this case!)
~Polish due to my family speaking it. (I can understand it but not speak it that well.)
~English since I was born in the States though my family's from Poland.
~I learned some Spanish in Middle School and High School though I forgot most of it by now.
~Some Japanese. I can write/understand Hiragana/Katakana and speak some basic Japanese, though Kanji makes me cry. (Being left-handed sucks in this case!)
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Spanish is an important language mainly because its widely spoken, albeit I can't really say Spanish speaking nations wield much influence in today's political arena.
As a natural Spanish speaker I have to say what I dislike the most about the language is how long-winded the sentence structure is in comparison with say, English.
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As a natural Spanish speaker I have to say what I dislike the most about the language is how long-winded the sentence structure is in comparison with say, English.
e: If you think Kanji is hard never try to learn Chinese.
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English and French, and even then my french sucks
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in the United States what languages are taught varies from school system to school system, but over time less "useful" languages tend to get cut from the program; i.e. Latin, Greek, Italian, etc. used to be taught more but now are only taught in some districts.
German is taught a bit more, but still many do not teach it.
It's not just Spanish: more or less, most schools teach either Spanish or French and you get to choose which one you want to do. This isn't so much due to practical concerns about spanish speakers (for which many simply have no tolerance, but lets not get into that...) but simply the matter of that France and Spain spread around the world a lot and thus many more countries speak Spanish or French as opposed to German (i.e. French and English are the two official languages of the Olympics, etc.) again, it varies from school to school.
German is taught a bit more, but still many do not teach it.
It's not just Spanish: more or less, most schools teach either Spanish or French and you get to choose which one you want to do. This isn't so much due to practical concerns about spanish speakers (for which many simply have no tolerance, but lets not get into that...) but simply the matter of that France and Spain spread around the world a lot and thus many more countries speak Spanish or French as opposed to German (i.e. French and English are the two official languages of the Olympics, etc.) again, it varies from school to school.
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My dad's German, so I learned to speak it at a young age, and I spent time in Germany over the summer in 2007. I'm more than fluent enough to translate all of Asuka's German lines. I'm taking French in school, and I have had 3 years of it. I can speak Russian and Japanese somewhat, but it's not enough to be of much use.
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In fact, I never realized how catchy English really was until I started taking German classes.
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