Is it worth it to learn a new language?

[Sir Saladin]

I only know one language but I'm not very good at using it yet. This means I won't have enough time to learn how to use a second language poorly.

 

[rejenorst]

Ah... the language of love. 

 

[MickDick]

Only if you intend to use it.

 

[Sir Saladin]

Ah... the language of love. 

Which one would that be? German?

 

[rejenorst]

Oh please no. While I may have been born in Germany and come from a German family I don't want that being yelled in the bedroom kthnksbai!

 

[Gambino]

I use Duolingo when I'm bored and want to pick up basics on another language.

damn great website I just started using it...

 

[-Seher Akıncısı-]

German is one strange language to learn. Seriously why would anyone use different articles changing with different nouns? I'm still a starter at this but even this "der,das,die" case rips me off, i'm not even sure Germans know it all as well.
And btw, Turkish has interesting grammar and pronunciation if you are interested, and it's an Agglunatic language if i'm not mistaken.

 

[Wellenbrecher]

They do.

 

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My German teacher had no idea whether it was supposed to be "der, die or das". She always went "derdiedas gabel" or "derdiedas fûhrer", which led to much hilarity in class.

 

[Paronomasia12]

My language teacher was a dominatrix who knew how to shut us up without saying a word

 

[Kentucky 『 ＨＥＩＧＵＩ 』 James]

Imo exposure, even mild once-in-a-blue-moon exposure is more important than anything for learning and retaining a language. I took japanese as a side course so that I'd only have to do 12 essays per year - i didn't expect to remember much, but Japanese is absolutely everywhere, and i got into the annoying habit of reading every sign/tshirt/misguided tattoo i came across day-to-day.
The sheer amount of vocabulary and grammar always looks daunting at first, but over time you'll take the language for granted - far faster than if you get short bursts of enthusiasm but give up for months at a time.

 

[kurczak]

German is one strange language to learn. Seriously why would anyone use different articles changing with different nouns? I'm still a starter at this but even this "der,das,die" case rips me off, i'm not even sure Germans know it all as well.

Because grammatical gender is a pretty common feature among (not only) I-E languages. The Indo-European world is full of male, female and sometimes even hermaphrodite stuff.

Untitled: Wat, a person who can't assign gender to a word, shouldn't really be teaching the language.

And btw, Turkish has interesting grammar and pronunciation if you are interested, and it's an Agg-lunatic language if i'm not mistaken.

Freudian slip?

 

[Ambalon]

New languages are completely useless, don't even bother. I never learned one and do just fine.

German is one strange language to learn. Seriously why would anyone use different articles changing with different nouns? I'm still a starter at this but even this "der,das,die" case rips me off, i'm not even sure Germans know it all as well.
And btw, Turkish has interesting grammar and pronunciation if you are interested, and it's an Agglunatic language if i'm not mistaken.

Most western languages have genders.

 

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Untitled: Wat, a person who can't assign gender to a word, shouldn't really be teaching the language.

I agree, I'm not really sure how she became a teacher in that subject, especially considering that it isn't as easy to become a teacher over here as in a bunch of other countries. But then again, we're sorely lacking in Swedish-speaking teachers and it's not that hard to pass the required stuff.

 

[pentagathus]

Is it worth it to learn a new language?

Nah only foreigners speak foreign and if you aren't foreign why would you want to speak to foreigners?