No.31
Why did you pick the language(s) you're studying?
No.32
>>31I chose mandarin because I liked it's exotism and because china is becoming a powerful economical partner to Argentina.
I actually wanted to study Japanese (because I'm a weeb) but it's not a useful language here.
No.36
because I'm a bit of a Brazilboo
I also really like their music (think 1960's-70's) though that's not why I learn Portuguese at all. Speaking English I perfect but I still can't understand shit when somebody sings
Also it sounds nice
No.38
>>31I chose Japanese because self-study resources were (and still are) the most accessible to me.
No.43
I study Japanese and I learn it by myself because of two things
1- Is a language that I always wanted to learn (because of movies, culture, animu, manga, VN, etc)
2- I want to live in Japan because where I live politics, economy, society. etc, are becoming down and down as time goes by.
No.92
>>31i picked japanese because im a weeaboo and i like rpgs.
No.101
>>31Well I'm learning Russian because I'm a bit of a Slavaboo; there's a very rich cultural and artistic heritage to Russia that I'd like to involve myself in.
No.102
>>31I'm learning German because by blood I am German so I feel like I should learn it. Also I enjoy speaking what little I know.
I'm also wanting to learn Japanese because it's always seemed like a fun language to me and the Japanese culture definitely stands out compared to pretty much every other culture that I know of, so I'd like to visit there one day. My only problem with learning it is that it's pretty much impossible. I've asked tons of people, they all say some bullshit like "oh well you have to know someone from Japan who speaks English". That's apparently THE ONLY way to learn it, at least according to the tons of people I've asked that know it.
No.105
I chose French while in High school because it's the only language that my school offered that I didn't already know (The other one was Spanish, and I'm a Colombian immigrant so yeah), and I went to one of those schools that required 2 years of a foreign language. Will be trying to keep learning French on my own. The French classes in high school got me interested in French culture, so that's why I wanna continue with French.
Gonna be starting Japanese classes next year in college because I'm a weeaboo, it's always seemed like a fun language to learn, and I like Japanese culture because of its uniqueness, and I'm a huge Nintendo fan.
No.109
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>>31trying to learn korean because i want to teach english in that country , but eastern languages are weird , picked up german for high school
No.130
>>36High five. I'm guessing you like Os Mutantes and general Tropicalia stuff? Never actually seen a german learning portuguese, kinda interesting.
I learned French because I've always unconditionally loved it, and still do. Now I'm gonna follow my other unconditional love and learn Swedish.
I also started learning Japanese 'cause I wanted to learn a hard language, and I was missing an asian language. Kinda aligned with my interests, although I barely watch anime when I really should just do it.
No.139
>>130Conheço Os Mutantes mas não são nos meus favoritos. Gosto de Milton Nascimento, Chico Buarque, Baden Powell, Novos Baianos, Jobim, Gilberto etc.
Comecei a aprender português antes de três semanas portanto provavelmente tudo isto é incorreto haha
No.140
Korean: Because it's really easy and I like the way it sounds.
German: Because I have German cousins.
Italian: Because I want to go there in the future to learn some things
French: Because I like it.
No.145
German because I needed to pick a second foreign language (English being the first) out of German and French and my stepdad already knew German (and almost never actually helped me with it). German does not go well for me, because I have zero interest in the culture. Perhaps local Bernds could prove me wrong and give me motivation to keep going.
Japanese because I am a massive fucking weeb.
No.147
>>145Man, i love slavic women, especially… nvm
Anyway, i'm planning to start learning ukrainian as well, just for the gals u know ;)
No.148
>>147Most people in Ukraine speak or at least understand Russian. Same goes for most of post-Soviet countries.
You could learn Russian and have several times more potential poon.
>tfw national identity destroyed by Ruskies and their insatiable lust for clay No.149
>>148Nice, i am actually learning russian currently. I haven't progressed a lot though.
But ukrainian seems useful to me as well if i'm planning to visit ukraine one day.
No.156
I chose Swedish because it's beautiful and it feels like a natural language to me.
No.168
>>147>>148>>149Well, learning one would make learning the other a breeze (in the same fashion as Portuguese, Spanish and Italian), so it isn't really a dichotomy. Just make sure to NOT mix both [surzhyk].
No.172
>>148>tfw 2nd generation ukrainian diaspora learning ukrainianshit's difficult as fuck because there's not nearly as many resources out there. can't wait for that duolingo course tho, oooh yes.
No.175
>>172Small suggestion: Yar Slavutych's
Conversational Ukrainian.
No.176
Japanese, because you already know why. But it's so strange, I feel like it's more of an obligation to learn it rather than a legitimate passion, since the majority of my identity is rooted in everything that comes from there. It's more of a logical choice than anything. A tribute to everything I've done in this life up to this point.
Sometimes (every other day), I feel like it's pointless and want to abandon it forever and move on with life. But then, I've come much too far. Being able to read a foreign passage that I've come across randomly in some corner of the internets feels really satisfying. So things like that pick me back up again.
No.182
English to search for titties when I didn't know how to erase the search history. Then, to search for music, and then to watch movies that hadn't been subbed nor dubbed.
Italian because my family's Italian, but I'm pretty shit at it. There's nobody alive or close enough to chat with, anyway.
I'm learning German because I'd like to work in neurosciences and they got great institutes and doctoral programs. I may also end up in Switzerland if I can, and most of them speak German.
No.211
German and Polish.
My reasons are rather… complex.
I'm aiming for Indo-European studies, so it's convenient for me to know at least some languages from the major IE branches. I already know Portuguese, English, some Latin and some French; so the logical approach would be a Slavic, an Indo-Iranian and another Germanic language.
Why German: English is rather "exotic" grammar-wise when compared with other Germanic languages, so learning German would still be fruitful for my IE studies. And in the event shit goes horribly wrong for me, I can become a language teacher for a language with expressive demand but non-oversaturated market.
Why Polish: among the Slavic countries, I'm interested in Polish culture and history the most, and learning my grandpa's second language wouldn't hurt either.
No.245
Picked Mandarin and Japanese because I had Orientalist inclinations since I was a kid.
Picked German because I have a general/vague interested in the culture and I'm partly south German from my father's side of the family (pretty much an extinct community in this country since WWII; I don't blame the ones who left because this place is a shithole).
Picked Russian because they have some awesome (in the old meaning of the word, not the internet one) literature.
I was taught English and French in school. Apathetic to English; I slowly acquired some interest in French because they too have a a huge pile of great literature.
No.246
French and German, because it's one of my goals in life to learn as many European languages as I can, and it made sense to start with those two, for various reasons that should be obvious to anyone.
Japanese, because although I don't watch anime nowadays, I grew up with Tiger Mask, Saint Seiya, Captain Tsubasa, Fist of the North Star, and many many other great anime from that glorious country. Without them my childhood would have been poorer, and it's no exaggeration to say that I would probably be a different person now. It just feels like I owe it to them, you know?
No.289
>>130>>139JORGE BEN
VAI
CONFIA
No.321
>>314He's suggesting an artist named Jorge Ben Jor.
Vai, confia = go! trust [me]!
No.326
>Japanese
animu
>Esperanto
Interesting concept, relatively simple, connects you to many cultures
No.333
Icelandic and Danish because those are two countries of great interest to me. Plan on relocating to Iceland eventually.
No.339
Welsh because I live here and want to take the opportunity to learn a language that I could actually use in real life, that might make it easier since I'm shit at learning languages
No.341
french is the language ive kept coming back to for about 5 years, tried to learn japanese, farsi, spanish, Portuguese, but can never get past an A1 level on anything but french.
No.343
Well, Swedish is mandatory here in Finland as is English, but I enjoy both of them so no problem
No.352
>>343>tfw yuropoors learn at least 2-3 languages manditorily and have easy access to all of them
>tfw the only language i have access to is mexican No.353
No.354
>>352that's complete bullshit
No.358
I tried some Latin out of boredom and for some reason it resonates with me. I dunno why. It just feels nice to say. It's incredibly comforting to read and I have no clue why.
No.360
>>358Latin is beautiful. Specially the grammar… it's an easy language to express oneself succinctly.
(I just wish marking the long vowels was a current thing.)
No.487
>>360>he needs macronsgo back to latin 101 you fucking babby
No.494
I'm a weeb and a lot of the things I'm interested in aren't likely to be translated or translated poorly. I wanted to learn a second language and it's one where its entertainment was something I was interested in.
I enjoy mainland European films and shit but those usually get a proper translation and the way Japanese works feels better to me than my experience with French (which was a disaster).
>>343Swedish always seemed pretty easy from my experience (which was in Finland and guessing from my basic grasp of Norwegian).
>>358I keep coming across it academically, always pleasant. Though my pronunciation is horrendous.
No.495
I chose Mandarin for my Chinese heritage. Though my family actually spoke Hakka, there are almost no resources for learning it in English, and Mandarin is much more practical for reading Chinese and speaking to Chinese people. Hopefully I can use it as a stepping stone to Hakka eventually.
French because I'm Canadian and figure that's the most practical thing in general. I'd like to be able to communicate with all my countrymen (I don't think there are many First Nations who exclusively speak their native tongues, but maybe I'm wrong).
No.500
>>495>mandarin chinese for my heritage>canadasomehow im not surprised
No.504
/pol/itical reasons
Future employment
Historical interest
Has become the country I would flee to
Like the women
Useful
>Warum nicht Sie sprechen Deutsch?
No.530
>French
Because i would like to live ina francophone European country once i become independent, probably France or geneva if i'm lucky enough.
>weeb
I really like the language, in spanish you always sound like an asshole, in french you always sound like a fag, in german you always sound angry, in russian you always sound stupid, but i feel that in japanese you can truly sound however you want so that got me more interested hope you got what i meant, also i would enjoy their media more if i didn't need subs to understand and i would love to live in Japan for while.
No.531
>French
Because i would like to live ina francophone European country once i become independent, probably France or geneva if i'm lucky enough.
>weeb
I really like the language, in spanish you always sound like an asshole, in french you always sound like a fag, in german you always sound angry, in russian you always sound stupid, but i feel that in japanese you can truly sound however you want so that got me more interested hope you got what i meant, also i would enjoy their media more if i didn't need subs to understand and i would love to live in Japan for while.
No.536
>>504Why would you want to live in Germany? It's small and full of Germans and it's basically just an American colony. It would be especially bad for a /pol/ack since you wouldn't be able to find anyone brave enough to speak ill of the chosen people and every city has at least one holocaust monument.
>Like the womenGerman women (and Nordic women in general) have a reputation for being slutty and cold-hearted…
I think German is a great language, but you're learning it for the wrong reasons.
No.537
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>531Ever since watching this video, I've been curious about this. How do Italians sound to foreigners?
No.542
>>495Look up the videos of Moses 'Laoshu' Moses McCormick on youtube. He taught himself Cnatonese through Mandarin.
No.768
>Russian
FUCK YEAH RUSSIA
>Spanish
im a burger
No.782
>French
Because France is a pretty country and it's not very hard.
First started with spanish, but I'm never gonna go to a latino country, so yeah. Should have taken french in school rather than latin…
>Icelandic
Its ancient sound and how it's still pretty unchanged from 1000 years ago just appeals to me.
Also fuck yeah vikings.
No.783
>>782>but I'm never gonna go to a latino countrySame here, América not even once
No.812
No.823
>>31Japanese because someday i hope i can travel to Japan and maybe get some friends, or just can read the signs and dont need to asked to people about something
Also because i like japanese culture and how it sounds, i think it's cute and not in the weeabo way
>>139i just have started to learn portugues with a shitty book but i'm sure i cant undersant what you're saying but i don't think i can answer you correctly lol
>>140Korean is easy?
i think that because of the sounds it make it difficult, like chinese/mandarin , maybe?
>>360i want to learn Latin too, but i think there's not much resources?
>>530In Japanese you sound kawaii
No.888
>French
It's my heritage, and I'm a massive Francophile.
>Cajun French
I don't have the proper resources, but I intend to at least learn one sub-dialect of French.
Maybe Quebecois, too.
No.931
>Mandarin
China is becoming very economically relevant, and will probably take over the US as the next major world power. Also, it's strange and cool af. Praise Jeebus I have good handwriting.
>Spanish
Southern California, neighborhood full of beans. Mi padre me enseñó.
I'm white, btw.
No.934
>>932
Goint to a chan to complain about weeaboos is like going to a brothel to complain about whores.
No.935
>>934
Replying to multyreply post is fun yet meaningless.
No.959
>>931
>Spanish
>Southern California
>neighborhood full of beans
same (except NORCAL)
No.977
>>31
Current language:
Japanese: For a variety of reasons, some of them being the same reasons as what other anons in this thread had said (like >>245 among others), but the main reason is I like the idea of teaching a foreign language and, from the way it seems, the amount of Japanese people that want to know English outweighs the number of Japanese people that actually learn it. Plus, it can be a sort of excuse to travel and see some places outside my hometown that's innawoods innahills
On hiatus:
German: Because I "feel" German the most (German blood is apparently on my father and my mother's side)
French: Reading about what the French in history classes really softened me up to them. Now I think they're kind of cool
Latin and Koine Greek: Basically for bragging rights
>tfw you hope to surpass the weebs in Japanese
>tfw you hope to succeed in French, unlike college students who study it because "It's so bohemian"
>tfw you hope to succeed in German, unlike Neo-Nazis who do it for "muh Third Reich"
One day
No.978
I didn't choose Ung, Ung chose me. Not really studying it since I'm bilingual since birth, born and raised in the forest in central Borneo where my parents studied the language and culture of a handful of tribes that speak it. It was the perfect childhood, though coming to the US when I was 15 for the first time was a pretty big culture shock. I've been trying to get the native speakers to open up to the world (my parents tried it too without success) but they prefer isolation, which makes it pretty hard to record the language. I've been compiling a dictionary (on paper for now), including the stuff my parents learned, and it's coming along pretty well. It's a pretty simple but weird language so I have no idea how to explain the grammar a lot of the time… I'm gonna make a new thread about it in a minute. It won't be useful and it's impossible for anyone to become fluent in it, I think, but I guess maybe some people are into really obscure languages with few speakers.
No.980
Japanese - Anime
German - I had classes on it up until I was 12. So I might as well continue learning more of it now.
Sign Language - General Education requirement. Also, I was the only guy in the class.
No.983
Nip due to weebness but I'm trying to decide on a second because I need to emigrate the fuck out of here. Everywhere in Europe is fucked though it's the easiest to move to.
No.1052
I decided to start learning Spanish because it was the only language course that was offered at my school. I would have chosen it over other languages though because it's one of the most spoken and useful languages in the world. I very much enjoy learning it.
No.1059
>>1052
Well, then congratulations for hitting the holy trinity.
-You have an affinity for the language
-You are surrounded or live in close proximity to communities of speakers
-the language is also useful on a macro scale
No.1086
>>980
I've been meaning to learn sign language but I'm worried that it'll make me look stupid, since it makes use of body language and facial expressions…
No.1088
>>1086
>since it makes use of body language and facial expressions
Can't be much worse than Italian tbh.
No.1090
>>1088
I have no idea what you're talking about…
No.1092
No.1132
>thread full of weaboo virgins
No.1134
>>363687
Now that Germany has opened its borders for the Syrians do you still hold on to this?
No.1138
I started to learn Russian primarily for getting around rutracker but later found out I had an Russian ancestor so I decided to go deeper. Now I listen to Leningrad non stop and swear my head off in public, good thing there are yugos around
>>1134
probably not since he deleted his post :^)
No.1143
>>1138
I have 404chan.i2p open and all I see is txt like
Но даже я пользователь самой великой системы and i'm like
'que?'
No.1144
>>1143
Yet even I (the) user, self pity (the) great system or
But even I am a user of the great system
Sounds like a Russian meme
No.1146
>>1144
the second line is from google translate, the piece of shit
No.1153
>Spanish
I mostly want to be able to speak to my grandparents about their old stories and other my heritage shit before the graveyard shifts and tobacco kills off both of them
>Mandarin
I hope that I'll be able to make jew gold by making "high quality" (read: slightly better than whatever shovelware they make) mobile and PC games, aswell as other /tech/ related software
No.1155
french because i learned a bit in middle + high school and i want to learn more.
japanese so i can read untranslated porn comics.
No.1156
>>959
>>341
>>>768
>>105
>>168
>>341
If you anons are interested in learing espanol, please visit >>>/spanishclass/, por favor. There is a good teacher there but we do need more people (those that know spanish, and those that want to learn).
Stop by and have a chat.
No.1157
Japanese
>Weeb
>japan is a nice place to live and I have relatives there so I could try and move there in the future
>weeb
Russian (though I'm just kind of learning the Cyrillic alphabet right now)
>sounds cool as fuck
>Russia is already less shit than my country and it's getting better so it might turn in a good place to go in the future
>Putin is pretty based
>All those fucking torrents
I'd also like to learn a north european language like swedish or norwegian, but I don't think I'll get used to writing from right to left :^).
No.1158
>>1157
Are you a Brazilian with Japanese heritage or did a part of your family move there recently?
No.1159
>>1158
>a Brazilian with Japanese heritage
No.1160
>>1158
The second one. A relative(I think it was my grand aunt) married a nip who came here to work and went back to Japan with him.
>>1159
There are a shit ton in south eastern states like São Paulo.
No.1161
>>1159
>The first Japanese immigrants arrived in Brazil in 1908. Brazil, alongside the Japanese American population of the United States, is home to the largest Japanese population outside of Japan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Brazilian
The more you know.
No.1162
New World countries in general have some pretty funny demographic quirks.
No.1166
>>1159
Where do you think Brazilian jiu-jitsu came from anon?
No.1180
No.1188
Picked Ænglisc for fun mostly.
No.1337
taco because my entire family is puerto rican and can all speak it except me and my siblings.
after that it would be probably be a good idea to learn chinese.
No.1360
>Russian
A) because I'm an incorrigible slavaboo
B) because I have ancestors from Latvia and Lithuania
C) so I can actually understand everyone in STALKER who isn't a story character
at the moment, i only know a few basic words and phrases, plus most of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. but i'm going to actually do an online course or something once I find time.
No.1361
>>1360
>Russian
My nigga.
>or something
If you don't yet know how you are going to learn try downloading some books from library genesis( http://93.174.95.27/) and see what you like. PDF related is pretty good grammar IMO.
No.1362
>>1360
>so I can actually understand everyone in STALKER who isn't a story character
I thought that was in Ukranian, or are that and Russian just super mutually intelligible?
No.1363
>>1362
>Strelok (Стрелок), also known as the Marked One (Mеченый)
Mеченый is russian according to google translate, so it's probably just russian.
>or are that and Russian just super mutually intelligible
I googled it some time back. IIRC it has some words and particles in common so some phrases might be mutually intelligible, but most aren't. Kind of like portuguese and spanish.
No.1364
>>1360
Why not learn Latvian, it's pretty much Russified Lithuanian :^)
No.1365
>>1363
>Mеченый is russian according to google translate
Yeah it's Russian. Ukrainian doesn't use ы, it uses и for the sound represented by that letter in Russian and uses i where Russian would use и.