Poll: Favorite Foreign Language

[pluizig]

English. Beautiful language, and very useful to speak if you're not native.

 

[Lonely Swordsman]

Italian. A lot of people say French is the sexiest language but I beg to differ.

 

[Owlslayer]

English is pretty fun, and really useful these days. And thanks to the Internet and TV, I'm able to speak it quite fluently.
Also, i think German is a cool language. Don't really know why, but nevertheless it is.

 

[spartandude]

Français

parce que le singe est sur le branche

 

[standokan]

French

parce que le singe est sure le branche

Oui, l´ours a une barbe rouge

OT German, because I can slightly understand it and that nazi jokes are bound to be made.

 

[deshorty]

Chinese. When you grow up in Shanghai, its hard not to pick up an appreciation for the language. Also, you learn to despise Japanese and ,if you travel to the south of China, Russian.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Was going to say Russian, then I saw Both German and Russian.

 

[putowtin]

Other, Italian, beautiful language!

 

[adderseal]

Definitely Portuguese. It sounds exquisite and I'm learning it at the minute, it's great fun.

 

[adderseal]

I won't vote, because I'm not from a english-speaking country.

My native language is Portuguese, and I speak english, took classes of Japanese and Italian, worked with an Uruguayan (Spanish speaking) and want to learn Russian, German and French.

I bet no one is gonna say "Portuguese" as his/her favorite... *sad*

Hey, a native Portuguese Speaker!
Estou aprendido a tua lingua, eu gosto muito dos sons. Conheces a algumas bandas de musica portugueses o brasileiros? Eu quero expandir o meu conhocimento da lingua!
Obrigado e saudacoes!

 

[Ch@Z]

I don't know all the languages but I'll say Swahili since I like the Baba Yetu song from Civ 4
Also no such thing as "Indian"

 

[Sion_Barzahd]

Japanese, but italian is a close second, they're both just beautiful languages in my opinion. Also i like japanese and italian music, regardless of me having no idea what they're singing about.

 

[eggy32]

French is the best language ever. It's easy to learn and it sounds so good.

 

[Anchupom]

"Es tut mir leid, aber es ist zeit zurückgeben auf Die Mutterschiff."
(that's grammatically correct, too.)

"Es tut mir leid, aber es ist Zeit zurückzugehen auf das Mutterschiff."
Or, less awkward: "Es tut mir leid, aber es ist Zeit auf das Mutterschiff zurückzukehren."

OT: To me it has always been the language I didn't really understand. First it was English, when I knew that it became Japanese and when I learned that it became "Chinese" i.e. Mandarin.

As I understood it, "die" was the feminine form of "the" and seeing as it was "mother" feminine seemed a logical conclusion. The capital on the Zeit was just a typo, and I didn't know about the existence of or correct translation to "zugehen" as opposed to "geben", and for those reasons I retract my statement about it being grammatically correct. I thought I did quite well as that was pieced together quite a few years ago, over about 20 minutes using a 14 year old british boy's logic and a English/German dictionary that appeared to be from a museum.

 

[Chefodeath]

Spanish or Italian, because I can speak both of them fluently.

Ah, you're double dipping. The only difference between spanish and italian is that one likes to end with vowels, the other with S's

 

[superdude22]

Italian and spanish I've had experience speaking both.

 

[KimberlyGoreHound]

Finnish. Such a sexy language.

 

[Staskala]

As I understood it, "die" was the feminine form of "the" and seeing as it was "mother" feminine seemed a logical conclusion.

Yes, but the word "Mutterschiff" is a compound word, and for compound words the last word is the deciding one. Here it's "Schiff" which is neuter, so "das" has to be used.

I didn't know about the existence of or correct translation to "zugehen" as opposed to "geben"

"geben" - (to) give
"gehen" - (to) go

The second "zu" in "zurückzugehen" is because verbs are used in their infinitive form in subordinate clauses starting with the words "um", "ohne" or "anstatt".
Note: Although the "um" can be left out in certain sentences (like this one), grammatical rules still apply.

I thought I did quite well as that was pieced together quite a few years ago, over about 20 minutes using a 14 year old british boy's logic and a English/German dictionary that appeared to be from a museum.

I thought you were still learning (are you?), so the correction was intended as a favor.
And hey, you didn't seriously expect a German to not go Grammar Nazi on you?

 

[Snoody]

I'm lovin' this thread.

 

[Exterminas]

English. But I don't get to vote.