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stoy ,

Swede here, at school I learned both English and Spanish, I consider myself to be Swedish/English bilingual, but even after six years of proper in-school Spanish classes I have only a brief surface level knowledge of the language, it is about 20 years since I last took classes in Spanish, and I never used it outside of class.

My English however, I have used that daily for the last 20+ years, both at work and at home, over the years I have learned common expressions and slang, and have been told several times that I speak excellent English.

My point is that I would recommend prioritizing learning one or at most two languages outside of your native language, but learning them well, rather than trying to cram in as many languages as possible.

One thing that has served me well however, is understanding pronunciation of foreign names, pronouncing other people’s names properly when other’s wont bother to will grant you a lot of respect and help you work together.

d00phy ,

Can’t agree with this enough! This is not exactly what you’re talking about, but similar: I (in US) work with people all over the world, and I’ve found that folks not from my home country are more likely to call me by an abbreviated version of my name instead of the name I introduced myself as. Like if I said, “Hi, my name is Michael.” They will almost always call me “Mike.” Annoys the crap out of me. Because of this, I try to make it a point to ask if I’m not sure how to properly pronounce a person’s name.

tkk13909 ,

I found Esperanto to be pretty fun to learn. It only took me a couple months to get reasonably good with it so if you’re looking for a language that’s pretty easy and has a fun community then Esperanto is a good option.

Sunforged ,

I just watched this video on toki pona. Really interesting in how it’s easy to learn but the difficulty comes from trying to communicate complex ideas.

tkk13909 ,

s/difficulty/impossibly/g

karashta ,

Latin. I would have suggested it before you started learning two Romance languages.

Fizz ,
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You must be some kind of savant to learn 4 languages at once. I can barely wrap my head around English.

marron12 ,

The ones that interest you the most will be easiest to stick with. I find things just through my general interests and poking around.

Favorite music genre? Listen to bands from different countries and see how they sound. TV shows, movies, and documentaries from other countries are another big one. Listen to the original language, see if it sounds interesting, maybe read a little about it.

Or maybe you know someone who you’d like to be able to talk with in their language. It could be anything. Pick one or two things to try and you’ll get a feel for what you like.

sik0fewl ,

I would say that you already have enough on your plate and you should focus primarily on just one of your languages. But if you’re just looking to dabble, I think a South East Asian language like Mandarin would shake it up a bit.

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