mellonamin Member Posts: 119 From: Maryville, TN, United States Registered: 11-16-2004 |
Anyone know any foreign languages? I am currently taking French and I've had 2 years of Latin(I know I know...you think Latin is dead...however, it isn't). One of my goals in life is to learn 6 languages fluently (besides English of course): I am also currently learning ASL as well as C/C++ and Python ------------------ |
Max Member Posts: 523 From: IA Registered: 09-19-2004 |
French and English Don't want any more than that. ------------------ |
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mellonamin Member Posts: 119 From: Maryville, TN, United States Registered: 11-16-2004 |
I just love different languages and how people communicate with each other... I forgot some... Sindarin and Quenya...you will probably be familiar with these if you know LOTR, but if not, they are languages invented by J. R. R. Tolkien(one of my favorite authors) ------------------ |
Klumsy Administrator Posts: 1061 From: Port Angeles, WA, USA Registered: 10-25-2001 |
languages i know in order of proficency: where the ---- seperates sufficent ability to communicate in,and double line means ones i've dabbled a little in English
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D-SIPL Moderator Posts: 1345 From: Maesteg, Wales Registered: 07-21-2001 |
French and English --D-SIPL ------------------ |
CoolJ Member Posts: 354 From: ny Registered: 07-11-2004 |
I've never spoke in tongues. That would be cool, but I know its gift from God and not something learned. Sometimes I can think of words that sound like words that people speak in tongues, but I never speak them because I don't want to fake it. I want it to be real. I just think its cool that God can give a language to speak that we don't even understand so our spirit can communicate with his. |
Simon_Templar Member Posts: 330 From: Eau Claire, WI USA Registered: 10-25-2004 |
When I was in highschool I hated foreign languages, I took both spanish and norwegian. When I was in college I was required to take a foreign language so, since history was my specialty, I went with Latin. I really enjoyed latin. Learning Latin also greatly increased my understanding of how language works in general. Now I teach beginning latin to younger kids, I'm still not as proficient as I'd like myself.. my vocabulary isn't really great. I however would like to learn ancient greek, hebrew, and aramaic as well.. I've bought a book introducing biblical hebrew so thats probably next. I also would like to learn Quenya and Sindarin, however the real historical languages take prefrence despite my rabid tolkien fanness. ------------------ |
Brandon Member Posts: 594 From: Kansas City, Mo, USA Registered: 02-02-2004 |
That's great simon, I too am studying ancient greek. And I plan on getting a greek new testament bible quite soon! I tried studying ancient hebrew, but it's just so wierd though (no vowels!). So I'll tackle it later on! ------------------ |
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Simon_Templar Member Posts: 330 From: Eau Claire, WI USA Registered: 10-25-2004 |
from what I'm told ancient hebrew is alot easier than ancient greek.. In latin for example there are literaly nearly a hundred forms of some words, but they all follow pretty easy to remember paterns.. in greek there are literaly hundreds of forms of a word.. but they don't necessarily follow any discernable pattern. ------------------ |
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Klumsy Administrator Posts: 1061 From: Port Angeles, WA, USA Registered: 10-25-2001 |
and thus English is born  ------------------ |
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Simon_Templar Member Posts: 330 From: Eau Claire, WI USA Registered: 10-25-2004 |
lol ------------------ |
outcast Member Posts: 40 From: Guatemala City, Guatemala Registered: 12-08-2004 |
I'm fluent in English and Spanish (as I live in Guatemala  ) Jeff------------------ |
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mellonamin Member Posts: 119 From: Maryville, TN, United States Registered: 11-16-2004 |
I love Latin...I plan on taking 2 more years of it in highschool and maybe minoring in it in College... ------------------ |
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Max Member Posts: 523 From: IA Registered: 09-19-2004 |
why? just to say you did? ------------------ |
CobraA1 Member Posts: 926 From: MN Registered: 02-19-2001 |
I took some spanish, and forgot most of it . . . I am, however, fluent in several programming languages ------------------ Switch Mayhem now available! Get it here |
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Simon_Templar Member Posts: 330 From: Eau Claire, WI USA Registered: 10-25-2004 |
Latin is very good and useful. First, it is essential to anyone who wants to study the classics, or have a "classical" education. Secondly, it is one of the best languages for learning about language itself and in my experience has made it much easier to understand how other languages work. Also, along with that, I understand english my own language, far better. After learning latin I've gone back and remembered the stuff I learned in english class and suddenly it all begins to make sense. On top of all that, Latin is one of the cooler languages.. anything said in latin sounds intelligent and positively mysterious.. so it'll come in handy when I start my secret society ------------------ |
bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
latin does sound cool when i hear it, and mysterious. i'm just not into studying languages, to many details, or i'm just not into it. i think programmers like complex stuff, with lots of details, and like figuring it out. hence all the people here who speak several languages and program several languages. ------------------ www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs |
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mellonamin Member Posts: 119 From: Maryville, TN, United States Registered: 11-16-2004 |
There are many reasons to learn Latin.... Learning an ancient tongue helps you to understand many other things quite well. Many of the words in English have roots in Latin...I can almost bet that almost any word you can give me in English, I can give you, or find out, the Lating root for it (science="scio" meaning I think and "scientia" meaning knowledge. Latin also helps you in learning other languages because you can see how a language works instead of just learning vocabulary...you also learn many things about English that you just take for granted normally... ------------------ |
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Simon_Templar Member Posts: 330 From: Eau Claire, WI USA Registered: 10-25-2004 |
scio would actually be "I know" I think is cogito (from which in english we derive cognitition, cognitive, and so on) ------------------ |
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mellonamin Member Posts: 119 From: Maryville, TN, United States Registered: 11-16-2004 |
Yeah, that is what I meant...sorry bout that. I think is either cogito or puto...not sure what I was thinking ------------------ |
That_Guy Member Posts: 30 From: TN,USA Registered: 02-26-2005 |
quote: I would like to learn German, if we both did maybe we could post private commets to each other and baffle people. I know a little latin such as: Ego amo te. I think thats right. I haven't studied it for almost two years, I wish I had work harded/memorized more. ------------------ [This message has been edited by That_Guy (edited February 27, 2005).] |
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mellonamin Member Posts: 119 From: Maryville, TN, United States Registered: 11-16-2004 |
actually, you don't really NEED to use Ego...you can just say Amo te. Ego just stresses the "I" part of it. So you could use it better in something like this: Is non amat te, sed EGO amo te. "HE doesn't love you, but I love you" ------------------ Sciuri non sunt boni edere. |
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mellonamin Member Posts: 119 From: Maryville, TN, United States Registered: 11-16-2004 |
I'm so happy, we actually started learning verbs today in French! ------------------ Sciuri non sunt boni edere. |
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Max Member Posts: 523 From: IA Registered: 09-19-2004 |
Je suis tres heureux pour toi! Les verbes ont bien! Bon Chance mon ami, francais est tres chouette! C'est la vie! ------------------ |
cyberseth Junior Member Posts: 6 From: Doncaster, UK Registered: 07-05-2002 |
I agree that Latin is very useful. You can use it to decipher meanings of words in many European languages, and really comes into play when you want to learn other languages. My favourite language is French; I can also speak German and can read Latin and (ancient) Greek. Not fluently, but to GCSE standard, though I'm a bit out of practise. I get very interested in the whole concept of language, it really makes me chuckle when I hear people arguing over English vs American terms and spellings, because they are simply different languages. If I can understand a French person speaking French I wouldn't complain that he should be speaking English. So it doesn't matter what language you use as long as the listener can understand it. ------------------ |
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
Klumsy, you know Korean? that's tight! so do I. chaud-ee-so. ------------------ |
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mellonamin Member Posts: 119 From: Maryville, TN, United States Registered: 11-16-2004 |
It is so easy right now because I already took Latin so I know everything we've gone over. I was the only person in my class who knew what an Infinitive was or how to Conjugate something... ------------------ Sciuri non sunt boni edere. |
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Max Member Posts: 523 From: IA Registered: 09-19-2004 |
Say something in the French that you've learned! Come on, anything. Here, I'll give you some questions. Bonne Chance! ------------------ |
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mellonamin Member Posts: 119 From: Maryville, TN, United States Registered: 11-16-2004 |
Ca va tres bien, merci! Et toi? Je m'appelle Anthony et j'ai seize ans. (Un grand homme n'aime pas chanter de chien vert.) I don't know what acheter or foche is, but oh well... ------------------ Sciuri non sunt boni edere. |
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Max Member Posts: 523 From: IA Registered: 09-19-2004 |
Je suis bien. A tall man does not like to sing to a green dog? Acheter = To buy Will you buy me a seal? Was the question. Tres bien, mais tu est jeune. Babelfish translater is a good one, but it is not always totally accurate. ------------------ |
en972 Member Posts: 562 From: NOT TELLING! Registered: 08-27-2004 |
Foreign Languages? I KNOW c++ AND jAVA.... ------------------ |
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Klumsy Administrator Posts: 1061 From: Port Angeles, WA, USA Registered: 10-25-2001 |
VIVA LE ROI. ------------------ |
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en972 Member Posts: 562 From: NOT TELLING! Registered: 08-27-2004 |
VIVA LA BAM ------------------ |
Klown Member Posts: 78 From: baraga, mi , united states of america Registered: 11-10-2004 |
Languages I wanna learn are German, Latin and Soumi I know some spanish, a lil french tho ------------------ |
Jari Member Posts: 1471 From: Helsinki, Finland Registered: 03-11-2005 |
quote: Actually that's Suomi. Finland in English. English is the only one I know. But if I would learn a new language it would be German or maybe Russia. |
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Max Member Posts: 523 From: IA Registered: 09-19-2004 |
There is a man that subs at my school who is perfectly fluent in 6 languages! It is crazy to hear him switch between them! ------------------ |
Matthias Member Posts: 23 From: Spencer, Iowa, USA Registered: 07-28-2004 |
I know the following with the ones bleow --- being what I hope to learn in college or on my own. English (native) I totally understand that you would want to learn Latin, I do too. I don't really have a clue what state of 'aliveness' it is in, but I don't really care about language in the way of usefulness, I just love language. Aside from that, I know some BlitzBasic, Java, Little bit of Pascal (although I have forgotten most of it). ------------------ [This message has been edited by matthias (edited May 15, 2005).] |
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