Hey Yea Forums, what language should I learn in Uni?
>Latin
>Attic Greek
>Russian
>Japanese (only good study abroad option)
Mostly looking for something that I'll read and write with, but "practicality" is a significant bonus.
Hey Yea Forums, what language should I learn in Uni?
Josiah Reyes
Cooper Turner
>Japanese
based
>Russian
based
>Greek
cringe
>Latin
cringe and bluepilled
Adrian Richardson
learn an actual language, so either jap or russian
Colton Evans
How are Japanese and Russian based? They are two of the world's worst cultures.
Camden Gray
t.anglocuck
Nathan Lopez
>Latin
Not a spoken language anymore, but you can read old texts.
Latin has been translated for centuries though, so I doubt you would gain much additional meaning by reading the original
>Greek
Same, but you could actually speak to Greeks.
>Russian
Russian translations aren't that good and Russian literature is really good, so a better option than Greek and Latin.
Also, it would allow you to experience Russian internet culture which isn't too bad I heard.
>Japanese
Best one I think. Translations are horrible and a lot of meaning is lost, since some stuff is untranslatable.
Very big world of internet culture as well, which you could experience way better.
I'm currently learning Japanese myself, so my answer is biased.
Hudson Jenkins
thank you so much comfy user
Wyatt Nelson
Talking to modern Greeks in Attic Greek would most likely result in confused stares and laughter.
Xavier Gutierrez
I thought only the writing was different. Is the spoken language different as well?
Mason Wood
Matthew Myers
How about Spanish? Mexicans expect me to just know it almost every day of my life... it’s ridiculous!
Elijah Diaz
The grammar of Modern Greek has been greatly simplified, and the vocabulary and pronunciation have also evolved. In fact, the alphabet is about the only thing that hasn't changed.
Ian Johnson
huh, looks like I had that really wrong in my mind.
Logan Perez
It'd be like taking to an Italian in Latin
Brayden Cook
you said what I actually wanted to say minus the shitposting
Jack Robinson
Even Italians have problems talking to Italians. I constantly see Italians online complaining about not being able to understand people from Naples to the point where they have to talk in English to understand each other.
Nathaniel Gomez
Chinese. Language of superpower + great cultural legacy.
Nathan Diaz
Latin. Ovid, Horace, Dante, Shakespeare, Joyce all knew it.
Jonathan Johnson
Chinese: great cultural legacy of ripping off of their neighbour 50 years ahead of them, how the tables have turned
Sebastian Richardson
>t. user of Phoenician letters and Arabic numbers.
Aaron Hall
Unironically Polish
Anthony Wood
literary canons are strong
Carson Jones
For literature all these are good, but keep in mind just how difficult japanese and russian are. As an anglophone currently learning mandarin, I can tell you that getting a literary level of understanding for the more difficult languages is really arduous.
Japanese and Russian will give you the literature of those two nations, Greek has of course an excellent literary legacy, but Latin was the intellectual lingua franca for a thousand years. I can't see how the others compare to Latin. None of those are particularly practical.
Asher Perry
tfw polish people spend 9 months pregnant only to name their kid Damian
Daniel Cook
learn whatever you will be motivated to learn outside the classroom and continue on when you are done with university. your motivation is the most important factor in language learning. that being said, latin will give you a better command of english words and grammar.
Brody Parker
learn Latin and then learn every other language with ease
Jace Rodriguez
Polish
Ayden Peterson
>Best one I think. Translations are horrible and a lot of meaning is lost, since some stuff is untranslatable.
This is a very good point. Also, think about all the kinky h-games you can play.
Jace Cruz
the best part is how p*lish is censored