>>2614714
Oh yeah, and here is a list of French newspapers online:

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/france.htm

english is the only language worth learning

Tu es un batarde, personne noir!

since last year i have gotten my gaelic to fluency, gotten pretty good german (to the point that at first i am often mistaken as a german) from scratch, and gotten to a slow but comfortable conversational finnish and spanish

come on faggots beat my record

>>2614730
duh

english is the only language worth learning because it's like the central language. all other languages can be translated into english, which makes english like the "main language"

>>2614759
>gotten my gaelic to fluency

How about being fluent in the other languages instead of knowing this shitty, useless gae language.

>>2614714
awesome thank you good sir!

>>2614730
Not really. Ever gotten free food because you speak English? I got a free serving of soup and some free noodles to go because I practiced a little Mandarin in a Chinese restaurant. Also, speaking in broken Russian got me a few rounds of vodka on the house in St. Petersburg. People see that you took the time and effort to learn their language, even though you don't have to as an English speaker, and they become much more open and friendly with you.

Of course there are about 85 more advantages to learning another language, but this is one little perk that surprised me.

I'd have to say, though, that OP might not get that with French. They're pretty stuck up about having perfect pronunciation and grammar. Speaking in bad French would just get a croissant thrown at you.

>>2614780
have also gotten a job translating to and from gaelic (which is pronounced gah-lick, by the way), but enjoy not knowing anything.

>>2614827
other than the last paragraph, this post should be recited instead of the pledge of allegiance (you still do that?) in american schools.

>>2614846
Spoken as a foreigner? Where are you from, Anon?

>>2614714
can you recommend some movies? slow paced ones

>>2614877
scotland. the situation isn't much better here, most people only speak english.

>>2614714
>>it's spoken in many places around the world outside of France

Not really. If you are an American Spanish would be a better choice or even Cantonese or Portuguese. French is okay if you happen to live in Western Europe and you already speak German, or if you live in Canada since it increases your marketability. French is pretty easy and similar to some other useful languages but unless you have some definitive purpose in mind it's hardly the optimal choice.

>>2614959
Ca suffit! Le francais est parle dans de nombreux pays. Il est la langue officielle de 29 pays, ignorant. Sacre bleu...

This thread needs moar French girls.

>>2615152
Ugh, what are those shit marks on her tits? Fucking gross. Hopefully she gets those removed and maybe a little boob job before she even thinks about coming to America.

>>2615152
>>2614714
What is it with the fucking French and nudity? Don't these people have any fucking shame? Keep that shit in the bedroom, PLEASE.

I'm going to start learning Spanish since there are a ton of spics in my area. It'd probably open up a lot of job opportunities since a lot of the spics don't speak English.

>>2614778
Are you fucking retarded?
Or maybe just some insidious troll?

lolfrancesux

>>2615070

People STILL use sacre bleu? Hahahahahaha.

>>2615427
He speaks the truth. English is the one language that can be translated, making it the ideal trade language.

Fuck you, I'm going to learn a fucking language this year. This will be my first new years resolution I will keep, I guarantee it.

I'm putting my most serious effort toward learning Hebrew this year. Another useful resource that I didn't notice in your list is Byki (byki.com) which is basically a nice flashcard program, probably similar to Anki.

>>2617352
>Hebrew

So, you a Jew?

I need to learn Spanish. Hopefully, I'll be able to give my order at McDonald's by the end of this year.

Ba dum tish.

>>2617396
No, but I'm marrying one. I've visited Israel with her a few times already and even though everyone speaks English, it still seems like a good thing to put time towards learning.

>>2617414
Are you converting? Getting snipped?

>>2617427
Well, she's here in the U.S. for now getting her graduate degree, and we're getting married here, so it's not necessary for me to convert, and she and her family don't really care whether I do or not, either. Thankfully if I do decide to go that route, I'm already circumcised..

>>2615070

Pero en realidad, la mayoria de los paises donde el frances esta un idioma oficial estan en Africa, por ejemplo Cote d'Ivoire. Por tanto no estan un idioma muy util afuera de Francia.

Also, once you know one Romance language you can read the others pretty well, though you can't hear or produce them. Some more than others, of course: Spanish makes Portuguese and Italian pretty easy, though French is still a bitch. Esperanto is perfectly readable with Spanish too, oddly enough.

I'm in it for Italian, Russian, German, Spanish, and French. Thanks for the links, OP.

>>2614759
Where did you learn gaelic. WHERE. Do they have welsh resources?

>>2617540


maybe, but esperanto isn't a real language, it's just a fake game for fagots.

OP, that's a very awesome new years resolution. I decided the same two years ago, but with spanish, and it was extremely worthwhile. Im working on swedish this year though lol.
also, the links you provided are all right on, looks like you got it all covered. you should also try to make a friend who speaks french if you dont have some already. theyll prove to be a big help.
on italki.com you can find language exchange partners over the internet
i wish you good luck with your language learning.

>>2618660


I seriously doubt you learned spanish in just a year. you may have just learnt the basics in that time.

>>2618695
Actually it's very possible to learn Spanish in a year, depending how much time you spend.

The US Language Institute puts Spanish at 6 months of study to get to a competent level, but spending about 25 hours (max) per week of study.

You know what! this fucking thread has inspired me to brush up on my Spanish! My Spanish right now is horribly broken... I can understand the dialect perfectly but when it comes to speaking it, it is difficult for me to form basic sentences; and it gets worse because I don't have an accent when I speak in Spanish so it makes me look like more like a retard than someone who is forgetting his native tongue. Btw Salvadoran Mexican American who recently discovered he has also Spanish heritage-fag here.

Native Language: Spanish
Primary Language: English

Every time we have one of dese threads (at least once a week) at least a dozen people get inspired to learn a few language.

BY NEW YEARS 2010 I BETTER SEE ALL OF YOU FAGGOTS SPEAKING IN YOUR CHINKY/OOGABOOGA/EUROFAG LANGUAGES

sup niggers
im going to argentina on monday. HOW MUCH SPANISH CAN I LEARN IN THIS TIEM

>>2618779
Argies speak funky Spanish with a weird accent and dialect. Mexicans and espeically stupid fucking Ricans especially will not understand you, really.

Fuck yeah there is another torrent with more languages too! I am gonna be exercising and reading and speaking french mother fuckers. I will be sexy for AX!

I'm trying to learn Japanese as my first foreign language. I'm at the end of the first Primsleur thing and it's getting annoying and hard to remember. A lot of similar sounding words and somewhat confusing sentence structure. Maybe I'm just tired right now.

>>2618791


hey, i'm mexican and i love argentina. why can't we all be friends?

>>2614959
oh my god are you fucking retarded
there is a significant population of french speakers in nearly every region on earth, excluding central asia.

I love you, OP.

I have to re-learn French for next year, and you've saved me the five minutes of trouble to look this stuff up.

Going to learn Japanese, relearn French, and work on my Polish this year. Taking Japanese classes at University, reading French newspapers whenever I can, and I'm trying to get my parents to speak more Polish to me in preparation for a trip to Poland sometime this summer.

Je m'appelle Lolita.

>>2621865
Ne pouvons pas nous parlons Francais?

JA! JA! HABLO ESPANOL!

I'm hoping to be able to speak some Mandarin by the summer.

Has anyone read all of that "How to Learn Any Language" book? I got about 40 pages in to it, and it gave some advice, although basically what I took away from it is that the Pimsleur teaching method is one of the best ways, so just learn from their products. Also, don't worry about rules of grammar, they'll come naturally over time. Anything else in it worth reading?

>>2622638

I learned mandarin by just picking up a chinese <-> english dictionary and talking with a few chinese. i think that this method and the rosetta stone method are the best ways to do it.

rosetta stone is shit

I'm learning hebrew via pimsleur

>http://thepiratebay.org/search/rosetta%20stone%20french/0/7/0

There doesn't seem to be anything on Pirate Bay.

Try looking on Demonoid. I did manage to find this:

http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1718202/1550444/

And a few other torrents, but I can't tell which ones are legit. If you don't have an account, I could try giving you an invite.

i always wanted to learn a new language, but i cant decide between german, arabic, swedish, or chinese. anyone have any ideas? i took latin in highschool and did pretty well in it, if that helps at all.

>>2623152
Are you planning on visiting any of the countries where the languages are spoken?

>>2623406
if i got my way, i'd be visiting them all. my brother and i are aspiring photographers and want to do the whole world traveling thing.

>>2622660
That will help you learn how to speak it and understand it, but learning the written language is a bit different. You'll also get dirty looks from Taiwanese and Singaporeans who learned a more complicated version of it.

>>2623456
In that case, I'd probabaly go with Chinese, it's a bigger place so there's more of it to photograph. Unless you plan on visiting somewhere else longer that is.

ooh good thread OP!

I've been learning Japanese for the past year and intend to work on it further when I'm back in Japan shortly for three months.

I'm also hoping to work on some simple french and spanish as I'll be in Paris in a few days time and Spain some time soon.

Languages are fun, just wish they were easier to learn.

So has anyone started to get these? Do they work? Also let's hopfully get this thread archived for future reference.

>>2614714

I'd like to learn spoken English, got anything for that?

I am intrigued by this thread.

How does one pick up a French woman?

>>2623972
It's not very difficult to get a French girl to surrender herself to you.

>>2623598
I've submitted a request, if some other anons would be so kind, if anyone doesn't know how:

4chanarchive.org/
Hit 'request interface' on the left
Select /r9k/ for board
Enter 2614714 for the thread ID
Enter the Captcha
Submit

>>2617843
The Gaelic College on Skye. There are loads of Welsh resources, man. Search for WLPAN.

>>2624012
bumping cuz i saw you posting somewhere else, dr god

I don't care about job opportunities and I find all Asian girls to be quite hot. But I'd be a madman to try and learn all the major East Asian languages.

MANDARIN
CANTONESE
KOREAN
JAPANESE

Which of these would be the best to learn? Also, you can suggest other languages from the general region like Thai or whatever (inb4 ladyboys).

I have a bunch of shit but dont know where to start. So I'm gonna go through the first lesson of Livemocha.

Also, from the looks of it, I may be able to pick up girls off this site...

>>2626301
Japanese girls are the hottest, but for the most part you'll only find them in Japan. There are a lot of Chinese girls in the US, probably a slight majority speak cantonese.

>>2626301

Mandarin is the official language of China. Cantonese is only spoken in Hong Kong, while Japanese and Korean are only spoken in their respective countries. Mandarin would be the most useful. In fact, knowing both English and Mandarin would allow you to communicate with about half the world's population.

>>2626301

best to learn in what sense? picking up dumb hoes?

Korean would probably be the easiest though.

>>2627154
>picking up dumb hoes?

NOT HIM, BUT YES I'D LIKE TO KNOW THIS.

>>2627357

1. Get rich
2. get muscles
3. tan yourself until you become a shriveled up muscular freak prune.
4. ?????
5. GET EVERY DUMB HO IN THE WORLD. Kind of profit.

There are hundreds of millions of women who speak Mandarin. One of them is bound to fuck you.

>>2627465
True, but there are many more who speak English (as a first or second language).

bumping so this is the last thread from 2008 in /r9k/

Just downloaded/signed up for all that shit, OP. Thanks for this.

last 2008 thread still alive.

i should learn french.

Languages = makes you more interesting.

I started learning French back in October. A girl asked me what I was into and I said "languages" and then she found out I spoke a little French. Apparently simple conversational French impressed her and increased my attractiveness in her eyes by at least 250%.

Needless to say, learning French and just having an interest in languages has made seem much more interesting and attractive, even to monolingual native English speakers.

Is livemocha really any good? I'm too lazy to sign up for shit.

If the Prime Minister of Ausfalia can speak Mandarin, you guys can do anythign.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHUD10tVgFg

>>2632717

It's okay. Join to get the experience of talking to native speakers, as opposed to anything else they have to offer.

Since I couldn't troll 4chan I actually studied some French.