How to choose which foreign language to learn

How to decide what foreign language to learn? I've got some tips for you that will hopefully help you make up your mind and decide which language to start learning.

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[drmichaelelinski]

Learning a foreign language is a life-long hobby, which you can continue into your retirement years; it also helps to keep your mind sharp and your cognitive abilities.

[AndyJugglesLanguages]

These days, I learn languages because i work in a shop, and I enjoy speaking with customers in their native languages. So, I'm learning Polish and Kurdish mainly.

[PhelipeBorgesOficial]

I'm from Brazil and I want to learn English. It's my dream.

[abedjay]

I'm from jordan my mother language is Arabic and I speak English +Spanish now I'm learning French

[ЛевонСаркисян-ым]

I'm currently deciding between Korean and Chinese, but I want to learn every single language in this world so I can't decide lol

[Mellyouttaphase]

Excellent advice on all counts 😊

I am a native English speaker/ B1 Spanish learner who realised that I dislike Latin music. My classmates who enjoy the music and watch movies or shows etc definitely have an edge.

I still love the language and I don’t regret my choice, but in hindsight if I heard this advice earlier, I might have begun my language learning journey elsewhere.

When my friends say they want to start learning a second language I always say: learn one that you love the culture!

[tammysegarra]

I have been enjoying your content so much. I live in CT there’s a large Polish community nearby, in a section called “My Little Poland” with one of the most amazing bakeries I’ve ever been at, and since I moved nearby I’ve been interested in learning this language because of that. And you seem like such a genuinely nice person!!! It gives me more motivation to add this language to my list 🤗. In that list I have 8 languages which I plan to study in a 5 year period, starting with Korean, which I am learning now, and this is my mothers native language (my motivation to master it), then I want to learn Italian, French, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, German, and I am deciding between studying Russian or Polish... still haven’t decided! But this will be 4 years from now, so I have time to decide... who knows I’ll probable end up studying both. And then I want to learn Norwegian or Swedish... again 5 years from now so perhaps I may study both eventually. What languages have you studied? Which ones do you actively speak now? And which ones are you planning on learning in the future?

[Abeturk]

21+ tenses in turkish language...
Anatolian Turkish.verb conjugations
A= To (toward)(~for) (for the thick voiced words)
E= To (toward)(~for) (for the subtle voiced words)
Okul=School
U=(ou)=it= (it's that)=(it's about )
Git=Go (verb root)
Mak/Mek (emek)=exertion /process
Git-mek=(verb)= to Go (the process of going=get-mek =to get there now on )
Gel-mek= to Come

1 .present continuous tense (now or soon, right now or later, currently or nowadays)
it's used to explain the current actions or planned events (for the specified times)
YOR-mak =to tire (~ to try, to deal with this) >Yor=~go over it (for the subtle and thick voiced words)
A/E Yormak=(to arrive an idea/opinion onto what's this)
I/İ/U/Ü Yormak=(to arrive wholly on it)
is used as suffix="Yor"
(iaʊr)

positive.
Okula gidiyorsun ( you are going to school)= Okul-a Git-i-yor-u-Sen > School-to Go-to-try that-You=(You try-to-Go to school)
Evden geliyorum ( I'm coming from home) = Ev-de-en Gel-i-yor-u-Men > Home-at-then Come-to-try i-Am=(from home I try to come)
negative
A)..Mã= Not B)...Değil= it's not (the equivalent of)
examples
A: Okula gitmiyorsun ( you are not going to school)= Okul-a Git-Ma-i-yor-u--Sen (School-to Go-Not-it-try that-You) -(You that try-it's-not-Go to school)
B: Okula gidiyor değilsin ( you are not going to school)=Okul-a Git-i-yor değil-sen (You aren't trying-to-Go to School)

Question sentence:
Mã-u =Not-it =(is) Not it?
is used as....suffixes ="Mı-Mi-Mu-Mü
"
Okula mı gidiyorsun? ( Are you going to school?)= Okul-a Ma-u Git-i-yor-u-sen ? (To-school/ Not-it / You-try-to-go)(~Towards the school or somewhere else are you going ?)
Okula gidiyor musun? ( Do you go to school?)= Okul-a Git-i-yor Ma-u -sen ? (To school /Try-to-go /Not-it-you)
(~You try to go to the school (anymore) or not ?) (Do you go to school at some specific times ?)
Okula sen mi gidiyorsun ? (~Are only you that going to school ?)

2 .present simple tense ( it's used to explain our own thoughts about the topic)
(everytime, always or never, at all, often, rarely, any time or sometimes, now on, soon or afterwards, so it's possible of course inshallah)
positive
VAR-mak =~ to arrive (at) ...(to the thick voiced words)
is used as suffixes >"ar-ır-ur"
ER-mek=~ to get (at) ...(to the subtle voiced words)
is used as suffixes >"er-ir-ür"

examples
Okula gidersin ( you go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-er-sen (I think that> you get to go to school)
Kuşlar gökyüzünde uçar ( the birds fly in the sky )=Kuş-lar gökyüzü-n-de uç-a-var ( The birds arrive at flying(get to fly) in the sky)
Bunu görebilirler = (they can see this) = Bu-ne-u Gör-e-Bil-e-er-ler =(They-get-to-Know-to-See this-what-that)>They get at the knowledge to see what's this
Question sentence:
In the question sentences it means : is not it so? or what do you think about this topic?
Okula gider misin? (Do you get to go to school ?)= Okul-a Git-e-er Ma-u-Sen ?>You get to Go to School Not it ?=(What about you getting to go to school ?)

negative
Bas-mak =to dwell on (~ to press onto/into) (~to go by pass so (leaving it) (for the thick voiced words)
Ez-mek = to crush (~ to press down) (~to compress) (~to go quickly passing over)(for the subtle voiced words)
Mã= Not
Ma-bas=(No pass)=Na pas=(not to dwell on)>(to give up)=(vaz geçmek) (in the thick voiced words)
suffix ="MAZ"
Ma-ez= (No crush) =does not>(to skip over)=(es geçmek) (in the subtle voiced words)
is used as suffix ="MEZ"
example
Okula gitmezsin ( you don't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-ez-sen (You no-crush--Go to school)=( you skip of going to school)
O bunu yapmaz (s/he doesn't do this) = Bunu yap-ma-bas ( s/he no-pass--Do this)=(s/he gives up doing this)
Niçün şuna bakmazsınız
= (why don't you look at that )=Ne-u-çün şu-n-a bak-ma-bas-sen-iz (2. plural)= what-that-factor at that you give up looking

3.simple future tense (soon or later)
it's used to explain the events we thought that will happen
Çak-mak =~to fasten, ~to tack, ~to keep beside (for the thick voiced words)
Çek-mek=~to attract, ~to take, ~to bring beside, ~to keep close, ~to want (for the subtle voiced words)

suffixes= ("CAK"-djäk) - ("CEK" -djek)
positive..
Okula gideceksin ( you'll go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-çek-sen (~You bring (in the mind)-to-Go to school) (~You wil -to-Go to school)
Ali kapıyı açacak ( Ali will open the door)= Ali Kapı-y-ı Aç-a-çak (~Ali keeps close to open the door)
negative
A. Okula gitmeyeceksin (you won't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-e-çek-sen (~you don't take to go to school)
B. Okula gidecek değilsin (you're not gonna go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-çek değil-sen (~you are not that to go to school)

4 . simple past tense (currently or before)
it's used to explain the completed events which that we're sure about
Di = now on (anymore) Di-mek(demek) = ~ to deem, ~ to mean, ~ to think this way
is used as...suffixes=.(Dı-di-du-dü)
positive
Okula gittin ( you went to school)= Okul-a Git-di-N
Okula gittin mi ? (did you go to school ?)= Okul-a Git-di-N
Ma-u ?( You went to school Not-it ?)
Dün İstanbul'da kaldım (I stayed in Istanbul yesterday)= Dün İstanbul-da kal-dı-M
negative
Okula gitmedin ( you didn't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-di-N
Bugün hiç birşey yapmadık (We did nothing today) =Bugün hiç birşey yap-ma-dı-K
Beni zaten görmediler (They did not already see me) =Ben-i zaten gör-me-di-ler

5 .storial past tense (which we did not witness)- (just now or before)
it's used to explain the completed events which that we're not able sure about
MUŞ-mak = ~ to inform,
(muş=moush)
means... I'm informed about - I noticed that- I got it- I learned such - I heard that - so they say...or it seems such (to me)
if it's within any question sentence .Do you have any inform about? .do you know..have you heard?.are you aware?. or does it look like this?
is used as suffixes= (Mış-miş-muş-müş)

positive
Okula gitmişsin ( I heard about) you went to school)= Okul-a Git-miş-u-sen (I realized You've been to school)
Hata Yapmışım=Hâtâ Yap-mış-u-men (Seems that I've made an error) Yanılmışım (I noticed I fell in a mistake)
negative
A. Okula gitmemişsin (I heard that) you didn't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-miş-sen (I learned about) You're not gone to school)
B. Okula gitmiş değilsin (I've been informed about) you hadn't gone to school)= Okul-a Git--miş değil-sen (Got it) You haven't been to school.
İbrahim bugün okula gitmiş mi? =do you know /have you heard did Abraham go to school today?
6.Okula varmak üzeresin (You're about to arrive at school)
7.Okula gitmektesin (You're in (process of) going to school) (~you have been going to school)
8.Okula gitmekteydin (You had been going to school)
9.Okula gitmekteymişsin (I learned, , you've been going to school)
10.Okula gidiyordun (Okula git-e-yor er-di-n) (You were going to school)
11.Okula gidiyormuşsun (Okula git-e-yor er-miş-sen) ( I heard that) You are going to school)(2.I learned you were going to school)
12.Okula gidecektin (Okula git-e-çek erdin) (You would go to school after/then)(2.~I had thought you'll go to school)(3.~You'd said going to go to school)
13.Okula gidecekmişsin (Okula git-e-çek ermişsen) (I heard that) you'd like to go to school then)(2.I learned that you'll go to school)
14.Okula giderdin ( Okula git-e-er erdin) (You used to go to school bf) (2.~you would go to school bf/then)
15.Okula gittiydin ( Okula git-di erdin) ( I remember you went to school) (2.~I had seen you've gone to school)
16.Okula gitmiştin ( Okula git-miş erdin) ( I know that) you had gone to school)
17.Okula gitmiş oldun( Okula git-miş ol-du-n) (you have been to school)

Bu bir Elma = This is an apple
Bu bir Kitap = This is a book
Dur-mak=to keep to be present there
Durur=it keeps to be present there
is used as suffixes=(Dır- dir- dur- dür- or Tır- tir-tur-tür)
It's usually used on the correspondences and literary language...
(formal)
Means within the official speeches =(that keeps to be present there)
Bu bir Elmadır= (bu bir elma-durur)= This is an apple (that keeps to be present there)
Bu bir Kitaptır= (bu bir kitap-durur)= This is a book (that keeps to be present there)
Means within the daily speeches =( I think that or I guess that)
(informal)
Bu bir Elmadır= (bu bir elma-durur)= (I think) this is an apple
Bu bir elma gibi duruyor=Looks like an apple this is (~this looks like an apple)
Bu bir Kitaptır= (bu bir kitap-durur)= (I think) this is a book
Bu bir kitap gibi duruyor=This looks like a book
18.Okula gidiyordursun =(Guess that) You were going to school /bf or after that)
19.Okula gidiyorsundur =(I think that) then you are going to school )
20.Okula gidecektirim =(Guess that) I would have to go to school /bf or after that )
21.Okula gideceğimdir=(I think that) ~I'm going to go to school )
21.Okula gideceklerdir=(I think that) they are going to go to school )
22.Okula gitmiştirler =(Guess that) they had gone to school /bf or after that)
23.Okula gitmişlerdir = They have been to school (officially)
23.Okula gitmişlerdir =(Looks like that) they have been to school )
....(informal)
16..."Okula gitmişlerdi"or"Okula gitmiştiler" =They had gone to school
Anlayabilir misin= Aŋı-la-y-a Bil-e-Er Ma-u-sen? =You get at the knowledge to understand not it ?>Can you understand ?
Anlayabilirim= Aŋı-la-y-a Bil-e-Er-Men = I Get-to-Know-to-Understand =(I get at the knowledge to understand)= I can understand
Anlayamam = Aŋı-la-y-a Al-Ma-Men =I don't get (to have something) to-Understand = I can not understand
Aŋ= moment
Aŋı= memory
Aŋıla=get via memory
(save in memory)

[paulaswaim]

That is a very cute sweater! Did you knit it? I love it. Thanks for the video.

[nicholasschroeder]

I really like your straight-shooting common sense vidoes. My advise: learn the one that is the "person" you long to be. I have a friend who completely mastered Japanese in 2 years, and she felt it was her truer self. Btw, I assumed you were native English and had immigrant--or hippie-- parents. NO discernable accent.👍

[erikaivasku]

I would really like to learn turkish and italian language.

[timothydouglas]

Fajnie, że patrzysz na sprawę z różnych punktów widzenia

[neilefc]

Ive been studying Japanese for a year, but Im starting to feel I should have gone with Russian. I dont know whether to switch now or stick with Japanese. Its a big decision. I may give Russian a few months and see how I feel.

[stefanwebdev]

I am a native romanian language also fluent in english so I can go 2 routes : romance languages romanian being so similar to italian, spanish (plus I understand most of those languages without ever studied them), or the germanic languages route going into german, and after dutch (especially if you know both english and german at C1 level it is not that difficult to learn dutch). Kinda like if you speak romanian and italian fluent, then going into spanish or even french should not be so hard. At this moment I am doing hungarian and german, those 2 languages being so different from one another I cannot mixed them in my head so is ok.

[barcde]

Learning 日本語 and 한골... at the same time. :)

[blair]

Ich habe Deutsch seit 2 Jahre gelernt, ich habe ein Jahr in Deutschland gewohnt und bin meist flüssig.

[mabraham]

After watching this video, then for me, they're going to be:

Japanese = Speaking, Cultural and Passion
Russian = Challenges
Italian = Passion
Arabic = Speaking (opportunity)

[NitinKumar-veys]

Which one language is easy to learn and pronounciation German or French please tell me

[mello]

Hi I'm from Brazil. Do u know Portuguese?