I applaud anyone who learns Danish. Danish to me is like math to most people.
That’s awesome!
Copenhagen is an awesome city… and I love math. Dutch on the other hand… I just don’t get it.
Are girls really impressed by guys who know multiple languages tho?
Totally depends on the girl. In particular Chinese and Japanese have the misimpression of extreme difficulty so people think anyone studying it is a genius. Some girls may find that impressive and think you are a genius.
This strategy has backfired on me. Spending my time on Korean and Czech… only to find myself in a neighborhood with only spanish speakers and at a university with mostly Chinese students.
The small language I’ve been most curious about is Georgian. Not sure if we’ll ever see enough material on lingq though.
Wow that article by Jahrene was very motivating, thanks for sharing!
Many people choose to learn a new language what take many things, for example, work, benefits…and many other things. But, in my opinion, I like learn a new language. I like to find traditional, people, cultural … of other countries. Although It is a small language, that isn’t the problem. Just only I like, I will learn it.
Just watched him. Professor at Columbia University but a very impressive guy indeed. Thanks.
BTW, talking about useless languages. How about Latin and Ancient Greek? I’m trying to get them out of the academic world and back into the mainstream of European languages, so I’ve put a Beginners Latin Course onto LINGQ if anyone’s interested.
Its a bit off topic, but how many books need to read to become fluent?
I have been read in one forum it must be around 100 books in target language.
boom! languages open doors!
Since you mention Swedish as an example, I could say that Swedish is far from a “useless language” to me, even though it’s spoken by a relatively small population on a global scale. It’s the second official language of my homeland, and there are plenty of monolingually Swedish areas in the country. But that’s not the only reason why I study it - I’m also partially Swedish, so I want to feel more connected to my roots and true to my national identity, which is spread between Finnish and Swedish.
As motivation is the most important thing in learning anything, I would say that it’s definitely worth it to learn whatever language interests you, whatever language you feel passionate about, instead of something “useful”. I could personally never study a language simply because it’s useful, I need some personal reason in order to feel at all motivated.