Is it normal to study foreign languages for fun?

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I'm currently learning Arabic and Hebrew. They're great, and very related. I've also learned Spanish and Portuguese. I am familiar with Norwegian as well.

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  • paramore93
    6 years ago

    I can write in anglo saxon and ancient egyptian runes, that's pretty fun ..

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    • Joaozinhos
      6 years ago

      Wow, let's see some Anglo Saxon writing!! How do you write John?

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      • Murun
        6 years ago

        http://washingtonlass.com/FutharkRunesDecoded.html

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      • paramore93
        6 years ago

        Sadly there is no anglo saxon runes option on my phone xD

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        • Murun
          6 years ago

          I think there are Futhark writing apps around.

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          • Murun
            6 years ago

            https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.blackenvelope.writeinrunic

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            • Countess_Kittycat
              6 years ago

              Awesome!

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            • paramore93
              6 years ago

              Oooh I'll check it out, thanks!

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        • Joaozinhos
          6 years ago

          That's OK. Sounds like fun.

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  • Tealights
    6 years ago

    NICE!!

    I'm currently trying to learn Latin, French, and German. I know Latin is a dead language, but I don't care.

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    • Joaozinhos
      6 years ago

      That's wild. Let me know how the Latin goes! Lots of declining.
      Take care.

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  • _Mehhhh_
    6 years ago

    Some people do just like languages... I'm one of those people too (currently learning Spanish and Portuguese, coincidentally).

    I do plan to work using them though. I'm a qualified English language teacher and hope to travel and work soon. Once I get fluent in something else I'll be able to find even more work :)

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    • Joaozinhos
      6 years ago

      That's great! Good luck, and have fun.

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  • bob7
    6 years ago

    I heard if you master either Arabic or Japanese, all the earth's languages will become a piece of cake for you

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    • Joaozinhos
      6 years ago

      What about Russian?! That's a hard one.

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    • BlackCatsAreAwesome
      6 years ago

      Except Chinese I think, the different pitches that are difficult to distinguish unless you learnt from childhood, and the 50,000 characters you need to know if you want to read/write too.

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      • Joaozinhos
        6 years ago

        Wow, that would be a life time's work! Are you studying it? I guess the grammar part is pretty easy. It's the pitch and writing that are the killers!
        Take care.

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        • BlackCatsAreAwesome
          6 years ago

          No I'm not learning it, have thought about it on occasion but because of the reasons above focused mainly on Hindi and maybe soon Arabic, which are at least manageable in a lifetime lol.

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  • Ethel
    6 years ago

    Ofcourse it is

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  • Lisakimmie
    6 years ago

    Yes! I have tried learning French, Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Swahili and Greek. It's fun!

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  • Countess_Kittycat
    6 years ago

    I think that is pretty normal, lots of people love languages for the most different reasons. I love them too. I'm currently learning Hebrew, Latin and Greek. I'm thinking of learning Arabic as well, once I'm better at Greek. I even started reading a very good grammar of Quranic Arabic, but I'm having a lot of trouble remembering the vocabulary, since I don't have the time to focus on Arabic right now. It's very interesting, though, and the grammatical system is already becoming familiar to me. I believe I would have found it much more difficult if I were not already advanced in Hebrew once I started reading the book, however. They share some very similar semitic patterns, so I got used to the first difficulties of Arabic much faster than most people from an Indo-European background would be able to.

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  • [Old Memory]
    6 years ago

    It’s normal but it doesn’t seem worth the trouble to learn new languages as an adult. Why? Because adults are not like children. Children's minds quickly and easily pick up new languages, adults' minds cannot.

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  • rayb12
    6 years ago

    How are they related?

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  • McBean
    6 years ago

    Normal. I went to Quebec. French soaked into my brain.

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  • [Old Memory]
    6 years ago

    Absolutely! I do the same! I grew up in a Russian and Mansi speaking household, learned Chinese as a child, and took on Mongolian in my early teens. English is my 5th language and it’s the language I’m worst at speaking (I have a heavy Siberian accent) I’ve been thinking of taking in a new language but haven’t found the time yet

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  • ritter1234
    6 years ago

    I am a native Arabic speaker, so if you need any help just hit me up buddy ;) I am learning German currently haha

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  • RoseIsabella
    6 years ago

    I think studying a foreign language for fun is very normal, but I've only ever studied German and Spanish.

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  • wigz
    6 years ago

    I used to when I was a kid. I'd ask every person I met if they spoke another language and I got any book I could find on the subject...it was the early 90's and I lived in a very small town so there wasn't much available. One library had an Italian course that was on records. My best friend's sister gave me her French book and I still have it almost 30 years later.

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    • Joaozinhos
      6 years ago

      I love it! You sound similar to me. That's what I did too.
      Take care.

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      • wigz
        6 years ago

        Keep at it! I wish I did. I don't know if you are in the US or not but there is a university in Vermont, Middlebury College, known for its language programs.

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        • rayb12
          6 years ago

          By whom

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  • thecatcherintherye
    6 years ago

    Yes it’s awesome!

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  • Pumpurrnickel
    6 years ago

    Learning languages is pretty cool. I myself am fluent in English and Russian. I'm learning Spanish as well.

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    • Joaozinhos
      6 years ago

      Wow, Russian. That must be fun. I love the sound of Russian.
      Take care.

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