What languages is good to learn..chinese..Italian..french..and why??
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mmmm, depends on what you are searching a second language for. Spanish is useful as well as French for getting along with people around the world. This 2 languages along with English are great for traveling or having relationships with people of other countries. Mandarine is good aldo, but very difficult to learn, so, I think that with Spanish, French and English you are done. Besides, once you have them you get the basics of lots of other languages like italian, german, etc.
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Whoa!!!\nSome incredible answers...\n\nJapanese is definitely the easiest language you can learn to speak. Writing comes from Chinese, so if they are saying it's hard just because of the characters, then Chinese has at 50 times more characters.\n\nChinese/Mandarin is not correct. Mandarin is Chinese. There are many dialects of Chinese, but characters are the same when written, no matter what dialect. Sounds may take a while to learn, but grammatically Mandarin is easy, compared to some other languages.\n\nRussian is very hard. They have an alphabet, but it is different than Latin alphabet. Grammatically, there are many things that are hard to learn. It is the hardest language I can speak (I can speak 4 fluently and learning 3 more), but not the hardest language to learn in the world.\n\nTurkish, rather easy, has a Latin alphabet, with few letters missing such as x, q and w, and has few extra letters. There are no dipthongs in Turkish, unless . There are also no gender, so he/she/it are all the same word, and no irregular nouns or verbs, which makes Turkish very, very easy.\n\nEnglish, in my opinion, is the easiest of the European languages. Unlike Romantic languages, it only has one definite article, and 2 undefinite articles. Some other features of English also make it easy.\n\nSome people agree that Hungarian is the hardest language, but I don't have any experience speaking it so I cannot say.\n\nMalayalam, which is spoken in Southern India, might be hard to learn. They have an alphabet, but it is very confusing, especially to a beginner. The language is aggluginative, which means you can add multiple suffixes to a word and make it much longer. Sounds are hard to make, because they are rolled out of your tongue, similar to other Indian languages.
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I'm sure that with some determination and a lot of hard work, you can teach yourself just about anything, including basic conversational Italian.\n\nIf you can afford it, I've heard great things about the Rosetta Stone software and they are able to apparently teach you very quickly.\n\nLove as always,\n\nSebastian
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Spanish, Italian and French.... I would also add Portuguese to the list...
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paix french\npeace italian\npaz spanish\nvrede dutch\nειρήνη greek (try to read it:P)
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All I can do is tell you how I learned Italian, on the streets of Italy, being immersed in it I picked it ups in no time, (forgot it because I haven't used it in decades.)\nI would say if you want to learn a language then go to the country and pick it up off the streets.\nWhen I learned Italian I was only 8 y/o at the time.
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italian is fun, and after you know the rules it comes alot eaiser! http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/index.shtml   is a great site to help you! I also have a few books, maybe check a discount bookstore. of course I had my family to help, but this should at least get you started!! ;)
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I was told that the best language to learn right now is Chinese because China is become more and more important. My good friend is currently studying Chinese and I want to keep in touch with him when he graduates so he can help me if I need help!\n\nI'd like to learn Chinese one day, but I'm working on Korean right now :)
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Depends upon what you think is beneficial to you or maybe your job. \n\nSpanish-It's different from country to country, but that is the language that we hear more often in the USA and it's good to know it.\n\nChinese-China will become the next world power. It's up there with India. If you want to get chosen from a lot of colleges, jobs, and know one of the most spoken languages in the world, go for it. Might be hard to get in a highschool. So if you want to learn it you would have to start in college, or go abroad for a year(which is amazing!) Also, knowing this language wows everybody\n\nFrench-Same as spanish. They speak in Africa, France(duh), it's a pretty funky french in Canada, and some islands have it.\n\nThen I would say Hindi, Arabic, German, American Sign, and Russian Languages, would all go to the next spot, because not only are they unique, but they also will get you a high spot in jobs someday. Problem. You are still in highschool. My school is fortunate enough to offer German, but some don't. \n\nIf your mom could teach you the philipine language while you are learning another language, that will better inhance a big plus sign with the colleges. As long as you're doing a good job with them. The more languages you know, the better the chances are that you will get more money. :-) hope this helped!!
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Hi Jildikoo,\n  Besides english, I would strongly suggest learning chinese as China is quickly becoming the largest trading partner to many countries on the planet. My guess is that anyone who is fluent in chinese in the next 5-10 years can write their own paycheck. A business background would enhance that paycheck considerably. Make no mistake about, China will be the next superpower within the next 15-20 years. My second language would probably be Indian for pretty much the same reasons. In both cases choose the most spoken dialect.\n As for learning Russian, I can definately recommend it if your looking to score some of those tall hot looking blonde Russian babes and ordering Beluga caviar and vodka all night long. \nпозволяет стороне (lets party in Russian)
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Italian ---- because I love the language and the people
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Hello,\n\nMandarin, more people speak that and Cantonese is the next popular dialect of china. \n\nI wouldn't say that you should go to a country just to study a language i am living proof that self study works,. I am 22 yaers old and speak more than 9 Languages which are Mandarin,Japanese,Cantonese,Korean,Spanish,Portuguese,Arabic,Italian,Tagalog and a few others like Indonesia well on an intermediate level and also some Ancient languages.\nIf you want some good books i'll recommend some \n\nTeach yourself Cantonese\nTeach yourself Chinese ( Mandarin)\nLiving language chinese\nUltimate chinese\nColloquialm Cantonese\nColoquial Chinese\n\nPimsleur Recorded Books are very goos because they are like recorded conversations and it is also similar to the Rosetta Stone software, both a costly. i would recommend you checking it in your local library. \n\nHere are a few websites, that might help you out. \n\n1. http://chinese.rutgers.edu/class_content_simplified_chinese/level1/class1-to-9/class1/dialog_en.htm\n2.http://www.hanyu.com.cn/\n3.http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chinese\n4.http://www.minmm.com/\n\nThese above are for Mandarin. \n\nYou could also try talk now cantonese it is designed for begineers and also travelers. \n\nIf you are really in a hurry like for travel try,\n\n1. Berlitz Cantonese chinese\n2.Berlitz Mandarin Chinese\n3. Rough guide to manadarin, this book is great because it has alot of cultural information and also the pronunciaion guide for non chinese speakers great buy though!\n4.Say it in chinese\n\nTake care and good luck
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Pick something from a different family instead.  Russian or Greek.  It would be more challenging than any of the ones you mentioned because it isn't Germanic (like English) or Romance (like Spanish).\n\nBut if you want something easy, go for Italian.  If you speak Spanish, you will learn Italian in no time--assuming you don't get confused and start using words of one when you mean the other.
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u can learn portughese!! it's pretty similar to spanish!! // italian sounds good too/ FRENCH  it's like HARD GURL!! so stick to those 2!!:)
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http://www.chinesepod.com/\nhttp://www.mylanguageexchange.com/Learn/Mandarin.asp\nyahoo chat china room, just say you want to learn mandarin and see who's out there!
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French is a lot easier. Take it from a singer. I've had to learn Italian and German. Those where the two hardest for me. Chinese from what I've heard from people is a little tougher. Choose what u think is comfy for u.
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It depends on how you plan to use the language.  If it's just for travel and getting around then simplified Chinese will be adequate.  If you intend to go into business, work for the government, or do translation work, or do advanced studies, then traditional Chinese will be more useful to you.