GERMAN!
It's used a lot, it's easy to use, and it sounds cool.
I've only been in German class for a year, and i've learned an insane amount of it.
Just a hint, when learning a new language, use music to help you, get the song in a certain language, and the ltrics in english, then you can learn pronunciation
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Don't pick Rammstein though, if you start sounding like them you might freak out some old lady ;)

LOL, although they are one of the easiest German bands to understand.
Them and Mega-Herz.
Oh and Die Toten Hosen.
yupp.
:P

The German music I listen to is Rammstein, Die Aerzte (and Bela B), and a little Die Toten Hosen and Fettes Brott.

I don't know much German, but I've been told that my pronunciation is relatively good.

We got French and Spanish at Apopka High.

I wish we had Russian though....

I took German for 3 years before I moved to Florida. Very easy to learn, and was also very fun to learn.

Well, if your goal is to travel, then I don't really see the point in learning several years of a language.

If you are passionate about a language, that's a different matter.

I like Fler, a German rapper, is it a good idea to learn German from him? lol

I enjoy learning German, but it isn't really the most important language to know if you know English. I'm aiming for (mastery) of my English, good German, and passable Russian. I'm also trying to learn Arabic, and I'm a Californian, so I know a very small amount of Spanish...

Spanish is great for the Western Hemisphere, although it isn't necessarily the best language for a businessperson to know, due to the relative lack of funds available in Central and South America.

I'd suggest learning Russian, then German, and if you have to deal with the French, learn French, but it is not as important a language to know as English or German or Russian.

Hee, it seems to me like you Finns just don't like the Russian language. It's perfectly simple to learn, at least it is on the same tree as the Indo-European languages. Try learning Thai or Hmong, then complain=p

I have always wanted to travel out of the USA and I never have (with the exception of Mexico). I just wanted to get some ideas from non-US citizens who actually live outside of the USA. I really want to get out of here for a vacation and wanted some tips of nice places to visit. I don't really want to go to a resort or tourist location because it seems like it would be watered down as compared to the actual culture of the location


Any opinions/advice would be nice. I am really looking forward to doing this in the next year

as long as you can keep up to speed with him and know what hes saying, it might actually be better because you have to listen more and then you will get more from it.
I've used tic-tac-toe to learn a little, and it helped quite a bit
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