Languages Bucket List
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Ideas to Add to Your Language Bucket List
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“Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe”
Language Ideas For Your Bucket List
2. Become fluent in French.
3. Learn conversational Spanish.
4. Be able to read German at an 8th grade level.
5. Be able to communicate on simple and basic everyday topics in Japanese.
6. Learn four European languages.
7. Learn the Arabic alphabet.
8. Learn to say "hello" in 50 languages.
9. Learn 100 basic ASL (American Sign Language) signs.
10. Learn fluent ASL.
11. Learn 800 Chinese characters.
12. Learn Latin.
13. Choose a country and learn not only the language that is spoken there, but also study its customs, its cuisine, its art, and its history.
14. Learn your grandparents' native tongue.
15. Learn enough Italian to be able to understand Opera.
16. Become a United Nations Interpreter.
17. Teach English in a foreign country.
18. Learn Esperanto (constructed language meant to serve as a universal second language to foster peace and international understanding).
19. Learn to interpret body language.
20. Learn to read Braille.
21. Learn Klingon (Star Trek).
22. Learn Elvish (The Lord of the Rings).
23. Learn to pray in Hebrew.
24. Teach your baby sign language so that you can communicate with him/her before they have the ability to talk.
25. Translate a great work from its original language to your native tongue.
26. Work as a personal translator for a diplomat.
27. Catalogue a dying language to help preserve it.
28. Become a world renowned linguist.
29. Learn to speak the Kuna language, spoken by the indigenous people of Panama and Colombia.
30. Start a conversation group in the language of your choice.
31. Be able to read Greek Mythology in Greek.
32. Learn Korean.
33. Learn the 500 most commonly used words in Russian.
34. Start a blog in a language that you're trying to learn.
Participate in This Duel
Is Esperanto a good idea?
Yes! It's a good idea to have a neutral, universal language so we can all communicate with each other.
crystalwriter says:
It's something I want to learn, because of its simple construction. I think it's a good idea since English has taken in so many words from other languages, and since it has words that break rules and rules that keep changing. I've heard that you can usually find someone who speaks Esperanto almost anywhere you can go.
Gwilym says:
Esperanto works! I learned it in my late teens, and I've used it in speech and writing in a dozen countries over recent years. As a planned auxiliary language, it is easier to learn and use than national tongues.
No. Most people speak English, so there's already a "universal language".
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crystalwriter
Nov 11, 2011 @ 8:40 pm | delete
- I want to learn conversational Spanish, Hebrew for Bible study, some Greek for Bible study, basic ASL, and Esperanto. I love words, it's that simple.
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rwarxitsrobb
Jul 24, 2011 @ 7:06 am | delete
- nice page!!
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TravelingRae
Jul 14, 2011 @ 1:35 pm | delete
- I'm so fortunate to have been raised bilingual French/English! I can also get by in Spanish and understand the other Romance languages like Italian, Romanian, and Portuguese. I have a smattering of Mandarin and German and I am presently learning Japanese. The more languages I am exposed to, the more the world makes sense!
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