>he only speaks english
Not gonna learn French, sorry Jean-Pierre Mbuku
>>219844457It's pretty fucked up that there are posters here who only know one language. Feels like I'm potentially communicating with Neanderthals. Learn another language for fun EFL Anons, it doesnt matter how niche and irrelevant it is. Just learn something and immerse yourself in the culture. It will improve your mind a lot.
>>219844505learn spanish then
>>219844732Not learning that subhuman language either.
Why do ESL niggas pretend that they would still speak multiple languages, if their mother tongue wasn't the global lingua franca instead? Do you honestly take us for fools?
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>>219844763*was
>>219844457Hindu sirs rise up!!!
>>219844714I learn other languages for fun, but let’s not pretend it’s anything more than a niche hobby. Learning another language isn’t serious when you already speak English.
>>219844763>>219844773I speak three languages alreadySo pretty likely I would But aside from that learning another language contributes very beneficially to neuroplasticity. And more importantly recognizing your place in the world and not just seeing other cultures as disposable subhumans
>>219844763it's a sign of low IQintelligent people are naturally drawn to learning other languages
>he only speaks ONE tamil urdu dialectngmi op
>>219844804I genuinely don't know what you mean by serious. There are Americans learning Chinese fluently and moving to China to make their living there. Are they not serious? It's just a weird way to put it. It's as serious as you make it, if you want to live small you don't need to learn anything and go anywhere.
>>219844714>Trying to immerse yourself in a different language as an EFL >TV shows are subbed in English >Webpages auto translate to English >Talk to native speaker: oh you're from england, let's continue this conversation in english Trying to find the motivation to spend like an hour a day learning another language is virtually impossible unless you live in the respective country
>>219844915Just turn off the subtitles and auto-translate. Change your phone's and OS language to the designated language. Insist on speaking whatever language you want to learn. With all due respect your problems are easily solvable opportunities to do a deeper dive into the language you want to learn. You're just looking for excuses at this point.
>>219844842>>219844846I'm not saying it's a bad thing to learn another language. In fact, I think it's a great thing and would encourage anyone to do it. My point is that there's a STRONG incentive to speak English in the modern world, that goes beyond all the other points you mentioned. Let's not pretend the percentage of Russians and Brazilians who can converse in English wouldn't fall off a cliff, if Russian or Portuguese occupied the same position that English does in our modern world. This has nothing to do with linguistic chauvinism and everything to do with practicality.
>>219845007Ok but why?
>>219845009Ok and? That puts you at an intellectual and humanitarian disadvantage if anything. >>219845029Why what? Why learn another language?Because there is actual evidence it makes you a better person
>>219845095>Why what? Why learn another language? >Because there is actual evidence it makes you a better personI could also spend that time learning an instrument, volunteering, exercising, developing a skill, doing extra hours at work or about a million other things with more practical application
>>219844732I learned Spanish against my will with all the o algo memes.
>>219845171You could. And a lot of that stuff is potentially addmirable. But when it comes to neuropalsticity learning a musical instrument is the closest you're gonna get if you aren't learning a language. But like you do you and whatever is relevant I guess.
>>219844842learning languages actually instilled a hatred for other cultures for me
>>219844457I know some German.
>>219845612So was gibt's neu alter ?
>>219844457>he doesn't speak 20+ languagesngmi
>>219845542I'm no psychiatrist but you night have sociopathic tendencies
>>219845193I thought o aglo was italian...
>>219845635Was gibt es Neues*FTFY
>>219844714>Learn another language for fun EFL AnonsYou can't learn another language "for fun", it won't stick in your brain. Everyone here speaks English because the world is a small place without that knowledge, and if they know another language besides that and their native one, it's because it was forced upon them.
>>219845725other languages are perfectly learnable if they have enough media to immerse in comfortably.
>"Fucking English speakers. They never learn another language.">"Lol look at the English speaker trying to learn another language. What an idiot."You'll bitch either way. Just put your head between your legs and vanish down your own dick hole.
>>219845725>You can't learn another language "for fun"What a strange thing to say>and if they know another language besides that and their native one, it's because it was forced upon themStranger stillThere are people on /int/ that speak 3+ languages because they enjoy learning them. I have friends in real life that speak 5+ languages at native and near native level. Anything you put your mind to will stick in your brain dude. Don't sell yourself short.As someone who lives internationally what you said id a very weird post to process entirely detached from reality. And these multilingual guys I know aren't even particularly smart so it's weird that you think of it as some unattainable threshold.
>>219844457I'm fluent in Esperanto and conversational in Spanish and Japanese.
>>219845709No, "something" in Italian is qualcosa.
