I want to master:>Hebrew, Arabic, Persian>German, Danish, English>French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian>Latin, Greek>Chinese (classical, simpl. trad.)>Sanskrit (not Hindi)Is it possible to achieve this using modern technologies, and thus read also the best literature in from each corresponding language?
prioritize and temper your expectations
>>24964396This is my curated list. It has no Japanese, African languages, Turkish, Indonesian, Finnish, Swedish, Dutch, Hungarian, Romanian
>>24964387imagine learning a language in 2025. nigga just use chatgpt lmao
>>24964387Rate my list:French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Latin, Greek (modern and classical), Russian, Chinese (modern and classical), Japanese, Sanskrit/Pali, Hindi/Urdu, Persian, Arabic, Turkish.And yes, I do believe this is possible and I have been working towards this goal for almost 6 years now. I have literacy is most of these languages so far.
>>24964387Latin(which im already decent in), German, Italian, French, and Spanish. Maybe, ill learn Japanese but i probably wont.
>>24964452>have literacy is most of these languages so far.You can read all these classical languages, and the non-European ones? How much time you spend a day? What techniques?
No. If you spread yourself this thin you will fucking suck at every language. To know a language well is a lifetime commitment. Only a handful of greats can truly master a second language, let alone more than two. Those pseuds who say you have to read everything in the original language cannot have intelligent conversations in those languages, they're just posturing.
>>24964387a majority of hyperpolyglots cheat. they learn interlinked languages or similar languages>english dutch >spanish portuguese>serbian-croatian into 7 languages>frenchlearning Chinese, Russian, and Arabic (any dialect) is basically impossible
>>2496450980 iq muslims learn Arabic fluently as a second language by the boatload. the blackpilling on this board is fucking atrocious.
>>24964538samefagging ragefagging…not to mention Indians with English…shall I go on?
>>24964387Whatever language you speak you should pick the ones with the most similar sentence structure to yours to start.
>>24964556No, you should learn the one that will best serve you in learning as many of the others as possible. Therefore start with Latin.
>no finnishPleb.
>>24964387It's possible with a lot of commitment but can I ask you what you'd like to learn them for ?Your motivations matter a lot. If they can't carry your ambition, forget them. This isn't to say you shouldn't try, but it is a good idea to separate the languages you'd like to learn just to be able to say you are fluent in them from the ones that truly inspire you to know more. This way, you will waste the least possible time and focus on those you will get the most satisfaction from. If I had time, I'd love to learn every language on Earth but there is no way, none at all. It's important to know exactly what you want. Some languages are only worth knowing if you plan to spend a significant amount of time in the target country. Imagine learning something like Swahili and never visiting the part of Africa where it's spoken. You're not going to be thrilled by the literature, so take care what you pick. In your case all those languages have solid, prolonged literary traditions and culture to go with them, so you are good.Wish you the best OP and God be with you>>24964452It's a pretty good list and there are many languages where you can get away with just being able to read and write without speaking or listening which will save you quite some time>>24964536They do cheat when it comes to the number of languages they say they have learnt but to say learning Chinese, Russian and Arabic is basically impossible is just asinine.
>>24964763I enjoy literature, language learning, world history, etc. I think I will do the following:>French and German to C2>Hebrew and Persian daily (semitic and 'islamicate' language)>Sanskrit 1+ hour>Chinese 1+ hour
I doubt you’ve even ‘mastered’ your native language as that in itself is very hard to do.
>>24964800I read a lot of Dutch literature and have written some texts. Currently working on a prison dystopia based on Bentham's panopticon. I write in Dutch a little essay or summary when I finish a chapter and book.
>no lisp
How about starting with one language?
>>24964387>>24964411I would really stick to one language as your immediate goal, give yourself 1-2 years to really learn it. The first foreign language is the most difficult, as you're not just learning the language, you're also learning to learn, learning underlying grammar, etc. After that pick up similar languages at a faster pace, i.e if you learned French, try other Latin languages like Latin, Spanish, or Portuguese. For the really difficult non Indo-European languages like Hebrew, Arabic and Chinese, i would leave them for later when you already have the discipline/routines/experience with language learning.
>>24964763this cat is the most level-headed of all replies. well done in life, amigo.
you dont really need to know that much to read a text in its native language with the aid of a translation, even a wrong one, and a dictionary. just approach your work on the text as what it is - a translation in its own right.
>>24964795Looks good, but it's probably a good idea to take one or two off from your daily routine and rotate it. I'd rotate Chinese and Sanskrit, personally>>24965178thanks man
>>24964387Reminder:>"But, as I said before, your young men do well to come to us and learn our language; for, not only does our literature merit attention on its own account, but no one can deny that he who now knows German well, can dispense with many other languages. Of the French, I do not speak; it is the language of conversation, and is indispensable in travelling, because everybody understands it, and in all countries we can get on with it instead of a good interpreter. But as for Greek, Latin, Italian, and Spanish, we can read the best works of those nations in such excellent German translations, that, unless we have some particular object in view, we need not spend much time upon the toilsome study of those languages. It is in the German nature duly to honour after its kind, everything produced by other nations, and to accommodate itself to foreign peculiarities. This, with the great flexibility of our language, makes German translations thoroughly faithful and complete. And it is not to be denied that, in general, you get on very far with a good translation. Frederick the Great did not know Latin, but he read Cicero in the French translation with as much profit as we who read him in the original."
>>24965372Yes I would probably be content if I knew German and French but unfortunately I was born in a third world country and language learning is how I pretend to not be bombarded by ugliness daily.
>>24965420...Jordanon?
>>24964387Why learn 15 languages poorly when you could learn one well?
>>24965438American
>>24965450RIP, I'm sorry.
I still want to learn Icelandic, Old English, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Classical Chinese, Chinese, Japanese and Classical Japanese but recently I've realised that my hobby has shifted from literature to language learning and it's not something I planned for, it just happened because I find the language learning process to be very enjoyableI've decided to renounce my language learning projects and I will stick with my TLs and English from now on because I think it'll provide a richer reward
