European Languages

[TENGRAM]

The logic is simple: I HAVE to take 4 language courses to get my Bachelors, and might as well learn a language I might actually use. Since I'm not planning on moving to Europe, what else would I be using it for?

No, I mean, it makes perfect sense IF you already know Spanish. Spanish, of course, will be infinitely more useful to you in this region, but if you already know it then, yeah, learn German.

I don't think I know a single person in this area that actually knows Spanish.

Yeah, that's probably true. It's a pretty easy language to learn too. Just not sure about the logic of learning a European language just for vacationing... unless he already knows Spanish.

The logic is simple: I HAVE to take 4 language courses to get my Bachelors, and might as well learn a language I might actually use. Since I'm not planning on moving to Europe, what else would I be using it for?

[TENGRAM]

German is not easy to learn...

I've taken basic Spanish and German courses and I didn't find German to be any more difficult than Spanish. I couldn't tell you about the more advanced stuff, though.

[Cooter]

German is not easy to learn...

my point about Spanish is if you have any exposure to romance languages, you can survive...

just saying that next to English, German is probably 2nd in Europe...

by all means, if you don't know any Spanish learn that first, but most Texans should know very basic Spanish by now

[TENGRAM]

living/working in TX, I'm sure he knows enough Spanish...

I don't think I know a single person in this area that actually knows Spanish.

he's asking about Europe. German will take you farther in Europe than Spanish.

Yeah, that's probably true. It's a pretty easy language to learn too. Just not sure about the logic of learning a European language just for vacationing... unless he already knows Spanish.

[GE]

Do you speak Greek?

*waits for Marisa's interpretation of this*

[Ted]

Hey Derek, sprechen sie dick

[Geor!]

Romanian.

[tex]

living/working in TX, I'm sure he knows enough Spanish... he's asking about Europe. German will take you farther in Europe than Spanish.

True. And having crossed paths with plenty of Spain-ish folk, I've yet to hear of one that didn't speak English, too.

[Leah]

Someone suggested I learn Latin first to make the others easy to digest. Italian was on the tops of my list as well.

Latin is probably one of the best languages to learn because it is a basis for so many other languages. It can also help you tremendously when you need to take entrance exams and things like the GRE, etc. because so many of our 'root words' have a Latin basis.

[Cooter]

living/working in TX, I'm sure he knows enough Spanish... he's asking about Europe. German will take you farther in Europe than Spanish.

[TENGRAM]

Spanish. It will also help you when you're not on vacation.

[SlowLX]

English....French or German in 2nd. Italian wouldn't be of much use outside Italy and Swiss to a degree.

[JimD]

German.

[Cooter]

German!!!!!!!!!!!!