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Poll: Beyond your working languages, do you learn other languages for your own pleasure (e.g. Latin)?
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My working languages are more important Feb 12

I learnt Latin (level 4) at university other than the introductory Latin you learn at secondary school in Portugal. It was very difficult for me, but I managed.
After that, I didn't finish Italian at university because the teacher wasn't a good one.
A few years after starting my career, I took lessons with an Arabic teacher, but I gave up because of the time.
I think that if I tried harder and had more time, I might have been able to write and speak reasonably.
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I learnt Latin (level 4) at university other than the introductory Latin you learn at secondary school in Portugal. It was very difficult for me, but I managed.
After that, I didn't finish Italian at university because the teacher wasn't a good one.
A few years after starting my career, I took lessons with an Arabic teacher, but I gave up because of the time.
I think that if I tried harder and had more time, I might have been able to write and speak reasonably.
It's not easy! There are words that are common between Arabic and Portuguese, but that's not enough at all.
I'd rather put more effort into my working languages because they are more important.

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Christopher Schröder
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I hear you Feb 13

Christine Andersen wrote:

I have just come back from visiting family in Italy, where I wished I had worked harder at Italian (and resolved to do so from now on). It seems much more difficult than learning Danish when I first came here!



Given your Nordic background I can understand, but: Come va adesso? Va meglio dopo aver passato del tempo in Italia?.
 
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