The Joy of Learning a New Language.

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  • freeride53
    R3V OG
    • Jul 2007
    • 11972

    #1

    The Joy of Learning a New Language.

    Has anyone else felt this?
    As corny as it may sound, I find it simply awesome.
    I was raised in a Persian-American household, and pretty much learned how to speak farsi at the same time that I learned english. While my farsi may not be completely fluent, I can get by pretty well.
    This quarter at school, I enrolled in a 'heritage language' course for Farsi, that would fufill my GE Language req, and while it has only been 2 weeks so far, I have suddenly found myself reading and writing a language that has seemed so alien to me my whole life.

    Just felt so moved by this, that I felt a cool story bro was necessary.
    That's all, have a good night y'all!

    1991 BMW 318i (Old Shell RIP, Now Being Re-shelled & Reborn)
    1983 Peugeot 505 STI
    1992 Volvo 240 Wagon
    2009 Toyota 4Runner SR5 Sport 4WD
  • jasonbk
    E30 Addict
    • Aug 2011
    • 555

    #2
    English is my second language, which I never enjoyed learning.
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    • freeride53
      R3V OG
      • Jul 2007
      • 11972

      #3
      What is your first?

      1991 BMW 318i (Old Shell RIP, Now Being Re-shelled & Reborn)
      1983 Peugeot 505 STI
      1992 Volvo 240 Wagon
      2009 Toyota 4Runner SR5 Sport 4WD

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      • Threehz
        E30 Fanatic
        • Oct 2011
        • 1480

        #4
        I'm finishing my second semester of Japanese right now and I love it. I never thought I would pick up any language so easily let alone Japanese. It truly feels great to be able to have real conversations and express myself in another language. One of my favourite parts of learning Japanese is finding a totally different understanding of their culture.

        Good stuff.
        Different strokes for different folks.

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        • jasonbk
          E30 Addict
          • Aug 2011
          • 555

          #5
          My first language is Korean. Well I've been in Canada for 8 years now..I'm pretty comfortable using English daily but my pronunciation and accent makes me kinda annoying (I don't realize it until I hear myself talking).

          For us Japanese would be the easiest second language to learn, similiar grammer structure, easy pronunciation, similiar vocabulary, etc.
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          • RondoAcapriccio
            E30 Addict
            • Jul 2011
            • 524

            #6
            romanian at the moment. would love to visit/ live in the country for atleast half a year to master the language.

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            • 'e30love'
              E30 Modder
              • May 2010
              • 893

              #7
              english was my second. its been ten years at first it was all spanish little english as far as thought process, but now its the other way around funny how that works. im fluent in both, but i need to shape up in my spanish. easiest way to learn is go somewhere youll be spoken to in the language you want to learn.

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              • b*saint
                No R3VLimiter
                • May 2006
                • 3794

                #8
                Come si dice?
                Ma che cazzo state dicendo? :|

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                • Kershaw
                  R3V OG
                  • Feb 2010
                  • 11822

                  #9
                  get a job with the DoD.
                  AWD > RWD

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                  • dannyyisntt
                    No R3VLimiter
                    • Sep 2008
                    • 3141

                    #10
                    Est-ce que?
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                    • freeride53
                      R3V OG
                      • Jul 2007
                      • 11972

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Kershaw
                      get a job with the DoD.
                      hahaha, we know of people that have never been heard of again after going to Iran.
                      I think I'll stick on my current path of economics/enviromental studies ;) although working for the gov would be pretty cool...
                      I could recklessly drive around in a Crown Victoria all day

                      1991 BMW 318i (Old Shell RIP, Now Being Re-shelled & Reborn)
                      1983 Peugeot 505 STI
                      1992 Volvo 240 Wagon
                      2009 Toyota 4Runner SR5 Sport 4WD

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                      • Wschnitz
                        R3V OG
                        • Dec 2011
                        • 8089

                        #12
                        My second language was german, first being english. Im dutch/german heritage so it came naturally to me. However its been too long and I've lost my touch. Id really like to learn dutch now though.
                        1989 BMW 325is | 2019 Ford Ranger FX4
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                        • Fourbanger
                          Grease Monkey
                          • Jul 2011
                          • 335

                          #13
                          I'm learning JavaScript, it's pretty awesome.

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                          • RondoAcapriccio
                            E30 Addict
                            • Jul 2011
                            • 524

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Fourbanger
                            I'm learning JavaScript, it's pretty awesome.


                            I am fluent in Mathematics.




                            ;)

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                            • FunfGan
                              R3V Elite
                              • Jan 2011
                              • 4958

                              #15
                              I must say, I've always hated learning new languages. I love different cultures, traveling etc, but I just can't pick up new languages for the life of me. German was the only other language that came to me pretty easily.


                              Go here be happy!

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