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eikoopmit is not online. eikoopmit
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05 Dec 2015 09:01 AM
I'm currently learning Irish on DuoLingo, but I have lots of spare time and my school's done for the year, so I've decided that I might want to pick up a third language. I'm not sure which language to do, though, and so I'm asking you guys for suggestions. If any of you are learning a language or want to learn a language (or are fluent in a non-English language), I'd be willing to learn with/from you about the language in question, and as I have no reason to learn a language aside from me finding it an interesting passtime I have no preferences as to which language I should learn.

Brea, bûter en griene tsiis is goed Ingelsk en goed Frysk
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damagingdaredevilman is not online. damagingdaredevilman
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05 Dec 2015 09:06 AM
I'd recommend German. It shouldn't be too hard, as it's similar-ish to English.

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rockmax2112alt is not online. rockmax2112alt
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05 Dec 2015 09:12 AM
Try Neolithic icelandish.
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Arynz is not online. Arynz
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05 Dec 2015 09:13 AM
I second German because of how easy it would seem to be, though Italian may be a good one too as it's one of the basic Latin-originating languages that has very distinctive rules with few exceptions compared to most languages. It's not useful in terms of the number of people who speak it as their first language, but Italian would be a fantastic starting point that could help with learning things like Spanish (or vice versa if you feel like it).
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eikoopmit is not online. eikoopmit
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05 Dec 2015 09:20 AM
"Try Neolithic icelandish."

That's not on Duolingo, nor is it an actual language.

German is one that I'm considering heavily, although if it's for the sole reason of it being easy, I read somewhere that Dutch is meant to be even better for that. For Italian, I've actually always wanted to go on a vacation to Italy, so it'd be quite useful to me anyway.

Brea, bûter en griene tsiis is goed Ingelsk en goed Frysk
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Arynz is not online. Arynz
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05 Dec 2015 09:27 AM
I suppose it's just a matter of weighing the pros and cons now. Ease of learning, usefulness, coolness... Latin is by far the coolest language (well - in my opinion) but of course it would be very difficult to learn. Not even Google has a complete Latin dictionary.
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eikoopmit is not online. eikoopmit
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05 Dec 2015 09:30 AM
If I could learn any language, I'd choose Icelandic, but as that's not currently offered on Duolingo, I unfortunately can't choose that. At the moment I'm between Spanish, Dutch, German, French, Italian and Norwegian, in no particular order.

Brea, bûter en griene tsiis is goed Ingelsk en goed Frysk
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Arynz is not online. Arynz
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05 Dec 2015 09:34 AM
Are you limited to DuoLingo? Surely there must be some other online course - or even real-life classes! Though I have heard that if all else fails, the best way to learn a language is to read its newspapers. Order some of Iceland's papers from Amazon or whatever sells them and see what you can make of it. The words would stick in your head, as my grandfather once said.
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eikoopmit is not online. eikoopmit
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05 Dec 2015 09:40 AM
I am largely limited to DuoLingo in terms of finding and using a site of reliable quality that falls within my very restrictive budget of "I don't have a job".

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Arynz is not online. Arynz
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05 Dec 2015 09:42 AM
Lol! Well, that's understandable, of course. You seem smart, maybe you'll get a nice job after you finish education and that's when you can handle the languages you can't learn for free. For now... Do whatever you like, I suppose.
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awesomejaydelle2 is not online. awesomejaydelle2
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05 Dec 2015 09:54 AM
Filipino
use google translate
it works
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Danonymous is not online. Danonymous
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05 Dec 2015 10:04 AM
I came back just to say that you shouldn't study Irish as practically no one in the schools in Dublin wants to even study it and that only 15% of the country speak it on a daily basis, excluding Irish teachers.


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Arynz is not online. Arynz
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05 Dec 2015 10:05 AM
Are you Irish or something?
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Danonymous is not online. Danonymous
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05 Dec 2015 10:07 AM
And learn Mandarin so we can have fun times together!


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max1029384756 is not online. max1029384756
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05 Dec 2015 10:30 AM
Stick with Irish, help revive a dying language. I'm learning it as well and it's a pretty great language to learn. Voice translations are pretty awful, so if you're gonna stick with it I'd watch and listen to TG4 and RnaG online to get a feel for it. I can also toss you an Irish-language synthesizer for those tricky words.
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Danonymous is not online. Danonymous
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05 Dec 2015 10:31 AM
lol who watches tg ceithre


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LNG257 is not online. LNG257
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05 Dec 2015 11:03 AM
Chinese. We'll all be speaking it soon enough, might as well start practicing Mandarin as early as you can.
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bebithetuffle is not online. bebithetuffle
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05 Dec 2015 11:07 AM
Irish is not a language, Timtams.

How about Malay?
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Jennasgreat is not online. Jennasgreat
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05 Dec 2015 11:10 AM
Maybe Japanese, Its to me one of the coolest languages, and someday I might go to japan! Anyways, enough with me. I hope you find a amazing language to learn
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Danonymous is not online. Danonymous
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05 Dec 2015 11:11 AM
Irish IS a language, Malay isn't also learn Japanese so you can be my bestest friend forever.


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LeBlaster200 is not online. LeBlaster200
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05 Dec 2015 11:14 AM
Vietnamese

bầu trời rơi xuống
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bebithetuffle is not online. bebithetuffle
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05 Dec 2015 11:25 AM
Malay /is/ a language.

Irish isn't a language.
Sure it's called Gaelic.
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sk8erkiller900 is not online. sk8erkiller900
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05 Dec 2015 12:03 PM
Guys, Japanese isn't on Duolingo yet, nor do I think Tim would want to learn it.

Anyways, I also use Duolingo, I was learning Italian a while back until I realized the I should just learn Latin so I'd pretty much know Spanish, Italian, and French(I've been taking Spanish 1 since last year since I'm in middle school and they offer two years for one high school language credit before I get into highschool.) After my realization, I started German, but I haven't learned much yet.


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vamking12 is not online. vamking12
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05 Dec 2015 12:10 PM
In America your required to take atleast 3.5 months of one language. I'm planning to spend three years learning spainish
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sk8erkiller900 is not online. sk8erkiller900
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05 Dec 2015 12:17 PM
3.5 months is one semester(generally one class, which is one credit), but I'm required two language credits to graduate.


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