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What languages do you speak? If you can only speak English, what languages would you like to learn? I wanted to make this so we can share our experiences and learn from each other.
The first language I had an interest in learning was Japanese. While I had some exposure to the language through anime, what really got me hooked was when I took a World Cultures class in the 6th grade. It was supposed to be six cultures in six weeks but we enjoyed Japan so much that's what the class became. I enjoyed listening to Japanese music and watching anime in Japanese for many years but it wasn't until a friend who was an English teacher in Korea heard me talking about how much I wanted to learn Japanese and he gave me a bunch of books for learning Japanese and Korean. I've made some decent progress as I was able to learn Hiragana (ひらがな) and Katakana (カタカナ) within two months and I can now write and identify around 60 Kanji (漢字) but I suck at grammar.
I got introduced to German in my freshman year of high school after hearing Rammstein's "Bück Dich" in a Naruto amv. German was the first language that I was tempted to learn in school but unfortunately when I went to sign up for classes for the next year, they canceled German due to the teacher leaving. I know a little of the language but can't hold a conversation. I've experienced the language enough were I can read just about anything put in front of me but I have little to no idea what I'm saying.
Those are the only languages I've put effort into trying to learn but I know bits and pieces of Korean, and Norwegian through music.
Japanese
-Maximum the Hormone
-Flow
-Man with a Mission
German
-Rammstein
-Eisbrecher
-Kraftwerk
Korean
PSY
Super Junior
SHINee
Norwegian
-TIX & The Pøssy Project
-Katastrofe
-Innertier
-HEUX
The first language I had an interest in learning was Japanese. While I had some exposure to the language through anime, what really got me hooked was when I took a World Cultures class in the 6th grade. It was supposed to be six cultures in six weeks but we enjoyed Japan so much that's what the class became. I enjoyed listening to Japanese music and watching anime in Japanese for many years but it wasn't until a friend who was an English teacher in Korea heard me talking about how much I wanted to learn Japanese and he gave me a bunch of books for learning Japanese and Korean. I've made some decent progress as I was able to learn Hiragana (ひらがな) and Katakana (カタカナ) within two months and I can now write and identify around 60 Kanji (漢字) but I suck at grammar.
I got introduced to German in my freshman year of high school after hearing Rammstein's "Bück Dich" in a Naruto amv. German was the first language that I was tempted to learn in school but unfortunately when I went to sign up for classes for the next year, they canceled German due to the teacher leaving. I know a little of the language but can't hold a conversation. I've experienced the language enough were I can read just about anything put in front of me but I have little to no idea what I'm saying.
Those are the only languages I've put effort into trying to learn but I know bits and pieces of Korean, and Norwegian through music.
Japanese
-Maximum the Hormone
-Flow
-Man with a Mission
German
-Rammstein
-Eisbrecher
-Kraftwerk
Korean
PSY
Super Junior
SHINee
Norwegian
-TIX & The Pøssy Project
-Katastrofe
-Innertier
-HEUX