Name: SLC 2010-06-23 0:57
I'm having trouble choosing a language to learn. I've decided on either Russian or Swedish. Here's why...
Russian: my friend is learning Russian (albeit at a slow pace). It'd be kind of neat if we could talk to each other in a language other than our native English.
Swedish: it sounds really pretty when spoken, and if I were to learn it, it would be the first foreign language I will have become fluent in.
Those are my reasons, now here are my previous language-learning experiences. I know a little bit of French from a 1-year (so far) French class I've had. I plan on continuing the class next year.
I also have a rudimentary knowledge of Japanese. I can understand the pronunciation and I know some basic phrases. I can read hiragana and a few katakana, and I know one or two kanji.
Sorry for the long post, but I am trying to decide carefully so I won't regret my decision (or get bored and give up) later.
Russian: my friend is learning Russian (albeit at a slow pace). It'd be kind of neat if we could talk to each other in a language other than our native English.
Swedish: it sounds really pretty when spoken, and if I were to learn it, it would be the first foreign language I will have become fluent in.
Those are my reasons, now here are my previous language-learning experiences. I know a little bit of French from a 1-year (so far) French class I've had. I plan on continuing the class next year.
I also have a rudimentary knowledge of Japanese. I can understand the pronunciation and I know some basic phrases. I can read hiragana and a few katakana, and I know one or two kanji.
Sorry for the long post, but I am trying to decide carefully so I won't regret my decision (or get bored and give up) later.