Are you interested in learning a foreign language?
By Curlann
@annierose (21977)
United States
October 30, 2017 7:36am CST
My mind has been busy digesting all the information that I get to master the foreign language I have been studying for a month now. It is not easy as its grammar structure is very much different from English. But I have a goal and I want to be able to talk to my boyfriend someday using his native language. I would like to at least talk to him even in simple sentences before I get busy finishing my graduate study.
Are you learning a foreign language? What keeps your from studying it?
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17 responses
@annierose (21977)
• United States
30 Oct 17
@YrNemo I guess Italian words are somewhat similar to Spanish if I am not mistaken. How long have you been studying Italian?
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@LadyDuck (502189)
• Italy
30 Oct 17
If you want you can practice Italian with me, I can even understand several dialects, my Mom is from a different region, my husband from another and his parents from two more different. You see, I am lucky. Anyway if you talk "Italian" and not dialect every Italian should understand.
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@YrNemo (20254)
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30 Oct 17
@LadyDuck 
'talk' with your hands and facial expressions? 
An Italian postgrad student often showed us how it should be done, and we had a good time laughing. He came from the south.
I will try learning Italian at the end of this year (right now, we are running prepare for the Christmas break). Will try it out with you. 
'talk' with your hands and facial expressions? An Italian postgrad student often showed us how it should be done, and we had a good time laughing. He came from the south.
I will try learning Italian at the end of this year (right now, we are running prepare for the Christmas break). Will try it out with you. 2 people like this
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
30 Oct 17
Yes, I want to learn new language, I want to learn languages of Indians so I can understand their movies, and so with Koreans, Japanese and Chinese. I also want to learn Malaysian language.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
31 Oct 17
@ilocosboy Are you studying any of those languages at present. I studied Spanish and Mandarin Chinese before but it didn't progress. I have friends who can help me learn Spanish and Mandarin, unfortunately, it hasn't became my priority.
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
31 Oct 17
Its hard to study through apps, all i can memorize is anneongheyo
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
31 Oct 17
@ilocosboy I was reluctant to study Korean before. Since my boyfriend can speak English, I thought that it would be enough. But I have realized that sometimes it is still difficult for him to express himself in English. That is why I decided to study his language to break the language barrier.
@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
30 Oct 17
Yes! I love learning foreign language but of course I have to master the native language here in my place 
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
31 Oct 17
@m_audrey6788 You have a point in there. My tagalog is not that good. I wonder if it is because I have grown mixing English and Tagalog when I am speaking.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
31 Oct 17
@toniganzon It is Korean language. :)
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
30 Oct 17
@JudyEv I am studying a Korean language. Did you enroll in language schools where you were learning French and German? I am just studying Korean by myself. It is my boyfriend whom I talked Korean and he has been the one correcting my errors.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
31 Oct 17
@JudyEv Yes, it is but I think that with a strong determination, everything can be achieved. Actually, I think now that Mandarin Chinese is more difficult than Korean.
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Oct 17
@annierose I was able to choose French and German as subjects at school. Are you finding Korean hard to learn?
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
31 Oct 17
@JustBhem Have you tried enrolling yourself in Korean or Japanese classes? I am now studying Korean and I must stay it is not easy. My family thinks I am planning to marry my boyfriend because I am studying his language. But aside from that, my reason for studying Korean is I want to be able to create another job opportunity for me in the future.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
31 Oct 17
@JustBhem It will be a month now that I started to study Korean. I started with their alphabet, writing and reading. For one month, I have memorized some Korean vocabulary words and basic expressions. My boyfriend has been my Korean teacher. By the way, why do you want to learn Korean?
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
31 Oct 17
@annierose
Wow. So that means your boyfriend is a Korean? Yay. I envy you. Lol
And how was it?
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@cttolledo (5459)
• Legaspi, Philippines
4 Nov 17
I am interested to learn chinese because I think as filipino I need to know it now a days. As we noticed, a lot of random chinese people living or doing business here in the philippines and language is one of the barriers of communicating with them.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
5 Nov 17
@cttolledo That is so true. Have you tried studying their writing system. I have observed that when I studied hangeul before and I just dealt with romanization, it was too hard for me to still understand hangeul. However, when I started with their alphabets first, then things becomes easier.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
5 Nov 17
@cttolledo Same here. I only know few Chinese words. Maybe once I succeeded in Korean, Mandarin Chinese will be my next language to study.
@cttolledo (5459)
• Legaspi, Philippines
5 Nov 17
@annierose No. I haven't tried it yet.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
31 Oct 17
@LadyDuck That is amazing Anna! How did you learn those languages? Did you enroll in language classes? And how long did it take for you to learn each one of them?
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
31 Oct 17
@LadyDuck I would like to be a translator too. I am thinking that learning a foreign language will open doors for me for more opportunities. How was your experienced being a translator? I think I should do what you did once I finished my graduate study.
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@LadyDuck (502189)
• Italy
31 Oct 17
@annierose I enrolled in Language college to become a certified translator. I studied English and French 8 years in Total, 3 Spanish and German. I lived 30 years in France before moving to Switzerland. French is my second language.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
5 Nov 17
@just4him I understand but it is fun to learn another language. By the way, are you writing another book?
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
6 Nov 17
@just4him Wow! You are really amazing! Are you also a member of writers' group in Facebook?
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
5 Nov 17
@annierose Yes, I am. I started one the first of this month for the National Novel Writer's Month - NaNoWriMo 50K challenge. I already have 10K+ words written in 4 days. I put an excerpt of it here.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
6 Nov 17
@paigea Four years is such a long time? Why give up on a sudden?
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
7 Nov 17
@paigea Have you tried studying with a group or having a someone close to you to become your partner in that language?
@paigea (36143)
• Canada
6 Nov 17
@annierose I am hopeless at learning a language
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
31 Oct 17
@TheInvisibleMan That's great! I don't know any single French word. I find their pronunciation very challenging.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
31 Oct 17
@TheInvisibleMan I think so. What are the French words that you already know?
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@almostoveryou (4954)
• Philippines
31 Oct 17
I studied Spanish and Nihonggo in high school but got nowhere near oral fluency. I would like to take Spanish again and hopefully learn Italian and French as well.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
1 Nov 17
@almostoveryou I wish the high school curriculum will include foreign language subjects too. I have seen some people who love it very much to study a foreign language just like us.
@annierose (21977)
• United States
1 Nov 17
@almostoveryou Really? I would love it very much. In fact, I am planning to teach in the Senior High soon.
@almostoveryou (4954)
• Philippines
1 Nov 17
@annierose I think more private schools in the Philippines will now offer foreign languages in Senior High. That's a good start. In my case, I attended a school that combines traditional and progressive education. Our teachers were always experimenting with ways to improve our learning and skills.
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@Montecristodog (787)
• United States
2 Nov 17
I am studying French and Duolingo is the way to go. It makes learning a language fun.You can download it on your android or I-Phone. Hope this helps.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
2 Nov 17
@Montecristodog I have heard it before when I was studying Spanish. Is it free?
@annierose (21977)
• United States
3 Nov 17
@Montecristodog Thanks for that information. I will look for it. By the way , are you a Filipino residing in United States?
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
31 Oct 17
@nangayo How many hours do you work in a day. I think spending even an hour each day can make a difference. What foreign language would you like to learn?
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
1 Nov 17
@nangayo Are you working in an office? I work as a teacher and sometimes 8 hours is not enough for me to do so many tasks given to us. Anyway, I hope you can find time to do what you love.
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@nangayo (2290)
• Nairobi, Kenya
31 Oct 17
@annierose I work for eight hours I would like to learn french and Germany
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@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
31 Oct 17
Yes, I am. Trying to study Spanish as well as Mandarin. No luck yet as I have yet to fully concentrate on it.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
31 Oct 17
@allen0187 I love Spanish. Actually, it was the language I studied when I was in college. Unfortunately, until now, my vocabulary is still limited.
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@JESSY3236 (22199)
• United States
30 Oct 17
I had been wanting to learn French. But I have just had other things to do lately.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
31 Oct 17
@JESSY3236 I understand you. Same here with my Spanish and Mandarin.
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@rubyriaz007 (4187)
• India
1 Nov 17
Yes, I am interested to learn a foreign language. It is good to learn different languages. I like to learn different languages. When we travel to different countries it is really very helpful.
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@annierose (21977)
• United States
5 Nov 17
@rubyriaz007 I agree with you. What are the other foreign languages that you already learned?
