Languages are so fascinating!
20 months ago
This is a fantastic goal. I don’t have quite the repertoire of the other folks with this goal, but that won’t make me enjoy it any less :)
Languages to retain and improve- Italian.(5 semesters college, 1 summer abroad) Italian is such a fascinating, beautiful language, and Italy is such an amazing country to visit! I love reading Italian literature, but haven’t done so recently. At one time I would have rated myself at a basic level of conversational fluency. Now that I’m out of college, it’s fading fast…
- Spanish.(3 years high school) Spanish and Italian are so closely related, sometimes I mix them together when I speak! I’d like to regain my knowledge of this lovely language, especially since I’m considering a move to Southern California sometime in the future. My basic network TV offers Univision, so I should start watching and learning.
- Latin. The mother of so many beautiful tongues. I’ve always wanted to learn Latin because it fascinates me from a linguistic perspective. Can’t believe I got a minor in linguistics without ever taking Latin. Laziness? Or lame course requirements?
- Mandarin. For a completely new and challenging experience. Also so that I won’t be totally lost when I finally travel to China someday.
- Russian. The Cyrillic alphabet is beautiful, and the language shares haunting similarities to many English roots.
