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Poll: If you could instantly speak any language fluently, which would it be? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Christopher Schröder wrote:
Just to see 😂😂
PS Why isn't English on the list?
[Edited at 2024-02-23 09:22 GMT]
English is usually given 😂😂
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Alex Lichanow
Germany
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Baran Keki wrote: Alex Lichanow wrote:
From what I hear nowadays, many if not most people's first contact with actual spoken (well, sung) German is Rammstein My first introduction to sung German was this song, and it's still a kick-ass song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGXeJS8jIeM
I sure wish Sodom had been my introduction, instead of the horrible Schlager stuff my parents and grandparents exposed my 7 year-old self to when we had just freshly migrated to Germany.
Also, "Introduction to sung German" sounds like a potentially hilarious episode of Community.
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Zea_Mays 
Italy
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Member (2009)
English to German
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| "speak any language FLUENTLY" | Feb 23 |
Iulia Parvu wrote: Christopher Schröder wrote:
Just to see 😂😂
PS Why isn't English on the list?
[Edited at 2024-02-23 09:22 GMT] Because if it were, they wouldn't have been able to read the question anyway 🤭
I don't speak English fluently. I understand it well when written.
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I would love to learn Corsican. Unfortunately, there aren't many materials.
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Michael Hughes
United Kingdom
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Japanese to English
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| Pleasantly surprised to see Japanese...... | Feb 23 |
....at the top. I wonder why.
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| Chinese because it's a different planet | Feb 23 |
The more you think about it, the more you realize you don't understand anything about how things work there. We have a professor who's more Chinese than the Chinese (he translated I Ching into Russian). His lectures never cease to amaze. However, I'll share a fun story I heard elsewhere (many might know it already). There was a noodle shop owner, and a poor guy who visited his shop from time to time. The owner would give him free noodles because he was so poor. The noodle shop didn't have a name... See more The more you think about it, the more you realize you don't understand anything about how things work there. We have a professor who's more Chinese than the Chinese (he translated I Ching into Russian). His lectures never cease to amaze. However, I'll share a fun story I heard elsewhere (many might know it already). There was a noodle shop owner, and a poor guy who visited his shop from time to time. The owner would give him free noodles because he was so poor. The noodle shop didn't have a name, so once the owner asked the guy for a return favor. The guy happened to be a scholar and knew how to create logograms, so he was supposed to make a signboard for the shop. And so he did: he created one of the most complex Chinese characters ever, a beautiful one at that. The character pronounced as "Biáng" and expressed the sound you hear when a noodlemaker slaps noodle dough against the table. In English, you can instantly come up with a bunch of such onomatopoeic words—and you'll have no problem writing them down (Russian is even more flexible in this department). Imagining a language where it's impossible is already tough, but that's just the tip of the iceberg ▲ Collapse
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Liena Vijupe
Latvia
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Member (2014)
French to Latvian
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I was going to click on Arabic, but then thought Spanish would be useful too. Also I am less fluent in French now compared to when I lived in France, and only half fluent in Russian, but I don't enjoy speaking it anymore. My German could be greatly improved and I can manage with some broken Italian, but it hardly counts as "speaking". Not to mention all other interesting languages I would love to speak instantly, without having to learn them...
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Iulia Parvu
United Kingdom
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Member (2022)
English to Romanian
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Michael Hughes wrote: ....at the top. I wonder why.
In my sister's case, it's the Anime
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| Yes, that was my point :-) | Feb 23 |
Zea_Mays wrote:
I don't speak English fluently. I understand it well when written.
You write it very well.
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Pablo Cruz
Local time: 15:19
Member (2013)
German to Spanish
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Tanya Quintieri wrote:
I would love to learn Corsican. Unfortunately, there aren't many materials.
I have sometimes seen an Assimil method with several CDs (Le corse sans peine). Never tried, but it could be interesting...
[Editado a las 2024-02-23 12:31 GMT]
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Wolfgang Schoene wrote:
Yes!
Klingonian love it
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Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Member (2009)
English to Croatian
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ASL, I think it’s fascinating.
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Canada
Local time: 09:19
Member (2009)
English to Korean
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| Native Indian, Japanese, Korean, American English, Candian English | Feb 23 |
I’m a native Indian, Japanese by DNA, Korean by home country, American by school and Canadian by residence. I can start with these languages.
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