NationStates Jolt Archive

How many languages can you learn at the same time?
How many do you know?

I thinking of trying to learn 3 at the same time and see what happens. Any bets I'll get them mixed up???

Depends very much on which three.

Try Portuguese, Spanish and Italian and you will get some things mixed up

If, however it was German, Arabic and Japanese, I don't think you would have the same problem.

I met a guy once who could speak 23 languages fluently, and it was either 8 or 9 others on a basic level.

I did French and German AS and GCSE Spanish in a year all at once, so aye.

Technically, I don't think there is a limit. Realistically, as many as I have time for. The truth is it's not really that complicated learning different languages when you learn them for real, it just takes a long time. It's not like translating words in your native language, it's more like adding additional words to the same wordless definitions. Like ocean and sea both mean the same thing, so then you'd be adding even more words to them, and perhaps different pronunciation rules.

Interesting. I've always thought of it as trying to learn a code which I suppose it is. You're learning a language code. Gives it the element of trying to solve a puzzle in a way.
Ever seen those news reports where they say that knowing multiple languages prevents alzheimers and other age related brain diseases?? I wonder why it would appear to have that effect?

Depends very much on which three.

Try Portuguese, Spanish and Italian and you will get some things mixed up

If, however it was German, Arabic and Japanese, I don't think you would have the same problem.

So I should be good with spanish, french, and hebrew? I did a semester of beginning spanish back in college but I never used it and I didn't continue the lessons so I have only a very minute basic knowledge (basic greetings and the like) This is more of refresher plus to add to what is already stored away in my subconscious head. LOL
The other two, I don't know at all.

I'm interested in learning a long-dead language. Something like those Egyptian heiroglyph things. You know, stuff with pictures.

Ever seen those news reports where they say that knowing multiple languages prevents alzheimers and other age related brain diseases?? I wonder why it would appear to have that effect?
Might well be correlation as much as causation. See also women drinking coffee 'stopping' dementia - it might just be that relatively well-educated, rich people don't get mental illnesses as much as thick plebs.

I'm interested in learning a long-dead language. Something like those Egyptian heiroglyph things. You know, stuff with pictures.
Try Sanskrit.

Try Sanskrit.

Not dead enough.

I'm interested in learning a long-dead language. Something like those Egyptian heiroglyph things. You know, stuff with pictures.

i think i saw that on google. Just type in learn Egyptian heiroglyphs online for free. It will show you sites that will teach you to read the heiroglyphs for free.

Might well be correlation as much as causation. See also women drinking coffee 'stopping' dementia - it might just be that relatively well-educated, rich people don't get mental illnesses as much as thick plebs.

Didn't Reagan die of Alzheimers? He was rich and well educated.

Didn't Reagan die of Alzheimers? He was rich and well educated.
Yeah I'm pretty sure that doesn't make you 100% immune. Also I dunno if he spoke any foreign languages.

I couldnt find if he spoke any foreign languages but look at his landslide in the 1984 election. I don't think that even Obama's election even comes close to what Reagan pulled off in that election year. I wonder what it was about Reagan that so united people during that year to vote for him.

btw, all the red states are where the majorities voted for Reagan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ElectoralCollege1984-Large.png

And people think Obama is popular. LOL

I couldnt find if he spoke any foreign languages but look at his landslide in the 1984 election. I don't think that even Obama's election even comes close to what Reagan pulled off in that election year. I wonder what it was about Reagan that so united people during that year to vote for him.

btw, all the red states are where the majorities voted for Reagan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ElectoralCollege1984-Large.png

And people think Obama is popular. LOL

Simple: life sucked under Carter. People believed that his policies made life suck more (rapid inflation+rising unemployment=major suckage) and weakened our military at a time when people believed that the Soviet Union would one day march into the country when it was at its weakest, kill God and Jesus, and make everyone atheist and poor, or in the case of the already poor, poorer.

Reagan offered hope. He made good speeches, asking people if they were better off after four years of Carter than they were before Carter. And so, they voted for the guy promising to fix stuff instead of the guy they think caused all those problems.

edit: stupid Minnisota.

I found this Reagan speech on Youtube. It gives a good clue as to why he was popular.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO4Yy7VRQYk

The idea that Reagan did something great is revisionist history, same with saying Carter did anything actually tangible to damage the economy. He was simply unpopular. It was just the times. All Reagan did was give a speech against a country that was about to implode. He fell asleep during meetings and did screwed up things in the Iran contra scandal.

I found this Reagan speech on Youtube. It gives a good clue as to why he was popular.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO4Yy7VRQYk
Aye "he was a massive christian".