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    Default Recommend me a Language

    So I (by mother tongue) speak English. Simple. After living in Frankfurt, Germany can speak German. I am in a sense tired of the two languages a wish to learn another. Now I hope someone can point me in the right direction, and maybe even teach me, but I want to learn another language. French at school is just the same. Passed.

    I aspire European languages, and see learning languages, strangly fun.

    Now I am being slightly picky. I want to learn a language that has no:

    • No Male & Female business (when speaking that is)
    • A Central/Eastern European Dialect
    • Uses accents
    • You could (possibly) teach me it


    Thanks in advance.
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    A language? Why not Welsh?

    • No Male & Female business (when speaking that is)
    • A Central/Eastern European Dialect
    • Uses accents
    • You could (possibly) teach me it

    It passes half of your requirments . But trully, a great language. Welsh is my second, and it is a really beautifull sounding one. It is also the oldest active language in Europe. It ties in with lots of Latin, if you know some of that.

    As for the No Male & Female business, atcually it does pass that, apart from mutations. Mutations? Easy buisness, its just like when Americans speak English they change cerain letters so you can say it easier, like: 'Do you wanna..'.

    As an added bonus if you have digital you could tune in to Welsh TV from North England (I think, you can from Kent anyway). It is also one of the only languages to use a Cynghannedd, a type of complicated Metre you use in Poems which is one of the oldest ways of poetry and sounds beautifull. The only other language you can use a Cynghannedd in is Somalian.

    It is also Phonetic, as in you say it as you read it and spell it as you say it, making speaking and writing easy. You don't get none of the silly English 'C' sounding like 'S', and silent letters e.t.c.

    The only drawback is that its accent and the letter pronouciating gets a while to get used to, and then later on Mutations. But I would recommend Welsh.

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    Finnish fits that category, so does the Gaelic languages. But I think you'll need a bit of an accent for the Gaelic ones, but since it's similiar to the German ones with the "ch" and stuff it won't be a problem.

    As to where you'll learn these languages, I don't know.


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    Maybe Flemish (the version of Dutch Flemings speak) ? The male/female business isn't that hard and there are just a few words using accents. There are many twc members with Flemish as native language, who can help with learning flemish, but the problem is that Flemish is quite difficult to learn for non-flemings, although you've got a good start, you already speak German

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    Swedish fits all the demands, except it's not Central/Eastern European. Knowing German is certainly a benefit if you want to learn it though, as it's a Germanic language.
    Also, I've heard from foreigners that it's a beautiful language (I can't say this for sure, as Swedish is my mother tongue). Just a suggestion.


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    Romanian? not sure about mutations and the like though...
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    Learn a Scandinavian language. It mostly fits your terms.

    Despite Danish being what I speak, I don't recommend learning it because the pronunciation is hard to a foreigner. What with the D's that sound like L's and stød.

    You should try Norwegian or Swedish. You will probably like them, and they will not be as hard for you since you know German.






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    Easy, Dutch. If you have learned German and English, Dutch can't be a problem.
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    Yeah, but then he knows three very closely related languages. What's the point then? Especially since all Dutch-speakers know English, French or German as well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maraud View Post
    Yeah, but then he knows three very closely related languages. What's the point then? Especially since all Dutch-speakers know English, French or German as well.
    i corrected that for you, i can't understand a word of french, and my German isn't that good either.
    i think Dutch would be no problem for you, as you speak both English and German. How about Russian?
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    lol...how about Turkish?
    No male female business

    She/he= O
    it's no European either...it's altaic.
    And accents are not important, the language they taught is the same....
    Can I teach it?
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    I would love to teach you Greek!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Romanos IV View Post
    I would love to teach you Greek!
    well teach me!!! Seriously I'd love to get some basics...I'm going to become an agent and infiltrate Greece
    "Orthodox Marxism, therefore, does not imply the uncritical acceptance of the results of Marx's investigations. It is not the "belief" in this or that thesis, nor the exegesis of a "sacred" book. On the contrary, orthodoxy refers exclusively to method. It is the scientific conviction that dialectical materialism is the road to truth, and that its methods can be developed, expanded, and deepened, only along the lines laid down by its founders"
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    Quote Originally Posted by dogukan View Post
    well teach me!!! Seriously I'd love to get some basics...I'm going to become an agent and infiltrate Greece
    Don't do that.

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    well teach me!!! Seriously I'd love to get some basics...
    We're starting when ever you want! I'm a PM away.
    Don't do that.
    Well, I can teach you French.
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    Who wants to learn albanian? Just kidding. U will never learn it, unless u dont live here for minimum 5 years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romanos IV View Post
    I would love to teach you Greek!
    I did infact consider Greek and am currently doing it as well as Macedonian!
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    Lol, so many languages... I recommend that you should learn Urdu!

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    You don't want to learn Greek. Trust me on this one. However when our country dematerialises you will be the only one who speaks it.
    So:
    Learn Greek
    Greeks become extinct
    ????
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    Why the necro?

    I wonder though, how did Guy's learning go.

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