language learning hobby
hi everyone!
i'm wondering, are any of you learning a language as a hobby? which one? and why?
language learning is my hobby. i haven't been able to do it for some time because school and other things got in the way. i want to get back on this hobby though, because lately i haven't been doing anything i enjoy (except watching tv).
anyways, i'd love to see if anyone else has the same hobby! also, this is my first thread (sorry if this has already been done recently), hope it's okay!
:)
@faron
Yay for your first thread and it's great, no worries. ❤
Learning new languages sounds quite fun, I'd like to try also hehe, maybe French or Spanish.
Any languages you're considering to try soon? :D
@Sunisshiningandsoareyou yay thanks!
French and Spanish would be cool to know for sure! I’ve been working on Spanish for years, and I like a lot of French music so it would be so cool to understand it
I’m not sure what to pick, but I’m thinking of doing a Spanish 3&4 class over the summer, and another language on my own time.. maybe Japanese? I tried before and stopped but I’d love to go back to it
thanks for responding :)
@faron
Oooh yassss, so nice we can enjoy music from other languges too hehe.
Japanese is pretty cool specially with all the anime and stuff. xD I hope you can get to Spanish and Japanese sometime. <3
@Sunisshiningandsoareyou thanks!
@faron
Hey, im learning Japanese because I want to go visit some day and I would love to just go there without the need to hire a translater. 😊
@noliii awesome! i'd love to learn japanese too and that's a good reason, especially because it is very hard to get around japan if you don't know the language or have a translator with you
@faron
Korean because I love K-pop and K-dramas, as well as Korean culture in general. I'm planning on taking a trip there!
@Jaja25 impressive! hope you get to go soon :)
Me too! 💜✨ Not sure about the tripbut would love to visit there ☺️
@faron i am trying spanish.
@ambitioushope1234 awesome, i wish you luck!
@faron
I am learning Portuguese because we have retired to Portugal. I learned Spanish in school and French, and a bit of Italian. I also love languages.
@kacky wow, that's a lot. and it's nice to see someone else with the same love for languages :)
I want to learn the same languages. I actually started learning French and i just remembered a few days ago and started up again. I’d been using duolingo and French pod.
I’d like to learn Spanish and Japanese too. I’d also like to learn tigrinya and amharic and geez. Not sure about Latin and Greek for the prefixes and root words and such.
i was using French music. I’m kinda in love with stromae :) i know he’s belgian but still haha. I was using the raccine carriere concert and the song santé to practice and watching french stuff on netflix.
@Aleksandros
hi aleksandros - that's cool we have the some of the same target languages! i had never heard of tigrinya or geez before and had to look those up. hadn't heard of stromae either, i'll put him on a to-listen-to list!
@faron I am currently trying to learn more French as a hobby. I'm trying to learn French, as I feel that this will allow me to communicate with more people, given that they're are many millions, upon millions of people who speak French.
@Celc so cool, and that's a great reason. learning a new language totally opens up so much more- talking to people you wouldn't have otherwise been able to talk to, enjoying arts (film, music, writings) in their original language, news from other countries, etc
@faron
hii, i used to learn spanish and korean a few months ago but lost interest unfortunately. im planning on restarting next month though
@prettylilstar i had a similar problem, with spanish and japanese. it can be really hard to keep yourself motivated with a language. you got this :)
@faron
I guess I wouldn't really call it a hobby, but I am learning German. I'm not sure why that language fascinates me. But I think that I'm part German do that might be why I started learning in the first place. I have a 256 day streak on Duolingo😁
@conscientiousSpring8273
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@conscientiousSpring8273 cool! i know someone who is also learning german, just because he's interested in it. wow 256 day streak is impressive
@faron
Congrats on your first thread! I absolutely love language learning too, actually! ^^ I've been learning Japanese and French for a few years and it's been absolutely lovely
@wonderfulNutella thanks! so cool, i would love to know japanese and french