check out this guy, he knew over 60 languages as a proven fact and he was not even completely nuts, but a lawyer and diplomat...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Krebs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Krebs
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
If you could be trilingual....
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"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
3countriesPlan
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lol his brain was 'taken"
that sucks.. anyways he must really have been extremely elite to master so many languages. But, is it possible for people to attain native speaker status in other languages? Or more importantly over 50 others!?
I'm wondering that due to the vast number of words and levels of complexity in languages..
Everyday speech
Formal speech
Professional speech
Formal Writing
Story Writing
My mom knew a guy who had mastered 12 languages and was totally messed up cause of it...anyways had this guy been a PUA he could have literally gotten ass from Australia to Botswana.. pimpin all other the world!
that sucks.. anyways he must really have been extremely elite to master so many languages. But, is it possible for people to attain native speaker status in other languages? Or more importantly over 50 others!?
I'm wondering that due to the vast number of words and levels of complexity in languages..
Everyday speech
Formal speech
Professional speech
Formal Writing
Story Writing
My mom knew a guy who had mastered 12 languages and was totally messed up cause of it...anyways had this guy been a PUA he could have literally gotten ass from Australia to Botswana.. pimpin all other the world!
WaterTiger
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If you live in California, Spanish & Mandrin are the two to know.
The Army is always looking for people that speak Arabic, so that's another that will serve you well.
Hey, doesn't Julio Igalsias the singer know 8 languages fluently??? I think I remember reading that somewhere....
The Army is always looking for people that speak Arabic, so that's another that will serve you well.
Hey, doesn't Julio Igalsias the singer know 8 languages fluently??? I think I remember reading that somewhere....
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I don't know if you can be truly fluent in 50+ languages, but you can definately be fluent in two or three. It's all about speaking the language often enough with native speakers, and hearing the language a lot.3countriesPlan said:
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I think from a business point of view, Russian and Chinese are two languages that one needs to seriously start considering.
"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"
I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.
The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
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i know english, español and Wŏ huì shuō yī dian Hàn yŭ
3countriesPlan
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你會說依點漢語? 現在全球興起學中文的風潮呢..mexican_player2 said:
3countriesPlan
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hmm I wasn't allowed to edit my last post.. anyways the fourth character should be "- "
but the computer changed it to that other one, which has the same pronounciation..
but the computer changed it to that other one, which has the same pronounciation..
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i only know pin yin!!3countriesPlan said:
wootapotky
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Ni3 hui4 shuo1 yi4 dian3 han4 yu3? Xian4 zai4 quan2 qiu2 xing1 qi3 xue2 zhong1 wen2 de feng1 chao2 ne.mexican_player2 said:
I don't quite understand the second sentence though. Something about the whole world rising to the campaign for studying Chinese is my guess. The xue zhongwen de feng chao sounds weird to me. If you could explain that 3countries it would be helpful.
"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
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Once you get a few down, you start to pick up others easily. English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, etc. share a lot of common roots, so learning many of those languages, particularly in the area of audio comprehension, is much easier as you go along.Fred Da Head said:
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English
Spanish
Arabic
Chinese
It's not trilingual, it's quadralingal, but whatever.
Spanish
Arabic
Chinese
It's not trilingual, it's quadralingal, but whatever.
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Great thread!
Here's my list:
1) English -
2) Spanish - written is fluent,still struggle with speech, have a hard time understanding people talking very fast(my teacher)
3) French(canadian) - fluent, learned french all through school, i have a couple french friends to practice on as well. havent practiced it in awhile so i doubt i could carry a long convo.
4) Indonesian - fluent in the written, i can understand speech and can string together sentences, but still rough... not enough practice. I'm learning this one because my family has some business in indonesia and we go there frequently. For anyone who knows the lay of the land down there, it's particulalry jakarta and bali.
5) russian, german, mandarin, those are ones I've yet to get a bite into yet, but want to learn.
Here's my list:
1) English -
2) Spanish - written is fluent,still struggle with speech, have a hard time understanding people talking very fast(my teacher)
3) French(canadian) - fluent, learned french all through school, i have a couple french friends to practice on as well. havent practiced it in awhile so i doubt i could carry a long convo.
4) Indonesian - fluent in the written, i can understand speech and can string together sentences, but still rough... not enough practice. I'm learning this one because my family has some business in indonesia and we go there frequently. For anyone who knows the lay of the land down there, it's particulalry jakarta and bali.
5) russian, german, mandarin, those are ones I've yet to get a bite into yet, but want to learn.
I can speak
Mandarin
Cantonese
English
And I think Chinese is useful, if anyone want to learn Chinese, PM me. And i want to learn Spanish
Mandarin
Cantonese
English
And I think Chinese is useful, if anyone want to learn Chinese, PM me. And i want to learn Spanish
Already partially fluent in Spanish, English is my native language. Originally, I wanted to become fluent in Spanish, Japanese, and Italian but recently there's been a growing interest in Arabic for me as well. I'll be well in my 40's before I can claim fluency in at least the original 3.
"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
Cloudtopsun2100
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lol this is hilarious... this thread is back.. Im still.stuck being bilingual, need another language, spanish or japanese.most likely
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Russian
Japanese
Arabic
Japanese
Arabic
Next to my native Language and English... well I would very much like to learn French, Japanese, Portuguese and Russian.
It depends it depends, of course it depends.
What you think is going to be "business" gold is not really relevant, it depends on where you want to be.
These are all countries I want to be in some way. Granted, the most interesting Frenchmen(girls) speak English quite well, but most of them don't. Japanese people all want to learn and speak English if they can, are very interested, but their level of mastery of the speech is usually quite limited. Most can't afford good English education, I think.
It is nice to curse in Russian.
And Portugal, there is something about Portugal.
It depends it depends, of course it depends.
What you think is going to be "business" gold is not really relevant, it depends on where you want to be.
These are all countries I want to be in some way. Granted, the most interesting Frenchmen(girls) speak English quite well, but most of them don't. Japanese people all want to learn and speak English if they can, are very interested, but their level of mastery of the speech is usually quite limited. Most can't afford good English education, I think.
It is nice to curse in Russian.
And Portugal, there is something about Portugal.
Atom Smasher
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It's more fruitful to become sublingual.