Why do you learn Spanish?
Hey everyone, as I'm new here and I'm always curious to meet new people and to talk about my interests (and learning foreign languages is one of them), I just like to ask you, why did you come up with the idea of learning Spanish?
19 Answers
Yo pienso que cada idioma es un color, quiero mucho hacer un arco iris
I think that every language is a color, I like very much making a rainbow
I decided to learn Spanish because I love learning languages, and I went with Spanish because I love communicating with people in their native language. There are LOTS of Spanish-speaking countries, so it was an easy choice. Take my advice, language-learning people- Spanish is a whole lot easier then Ancient Greek
¡ Incluso yo aprendo un poco más de mi propio idioma con cada nuevo libro que leo !
Yo aprendo ingles... Mi lengua natal es español, y me gustaría poder hablar muy bien el ingles. Hablo poquito ingles pero pienso que mi pronunciación es horrible. Tal vez alguien quisiera ser mi amigo y así practicar ambos idiomas? Un día una persona me dijo: Dicen que el idioma español es como el canto de los ángeles. Alguien ha escuchado eso antes? Para mi fue fabuloso escuchar eso, tanto que en ese momento me sentí como un ángel... jajaja :D
I decided to learn Spanish because I want to sell out my painting in Spain. I love to draw and sketch. Many friends of mine have advised me to become an artist as I am good at drawing And I don't know why, I just love Spain .
Though I am from India , I give equal respect to both of them ,I give equal importance to them
OK. First of all, I am learning Spanish because it is something I have wanted to do since forever and didnt have the time to devote to it before. Now I do. Also, Spanish is a language that has always intrigued me. I also know that it is, I believe, the third most spoken language in the world, so almost anywhere I may go, there will be people speaking Spanish. It is also a great hobby! And, last but not least, I dont wish to lose my mental faculties as I grow older, and I figured learning a new language could certainly help in that direction.
I live in the United States. There are many Spanish speakers here. I hear them speaking Spanish, and I have discovered that I like Spanish a lot. For that reason, I am studying and learning Spanish.
¿Por qué aprende usted el español?
Vivo en los Estados Unidos. Hay muchos hispanohablantes aquí. Los oigo diciendo el español y he descubierto que me gusta el español mucho. Por eso yo estudio y aprendo español.
Hola Machri! Aprendo español para viajar y hablar con mis amigos y mi familia.
Pues, nunca me desperté un día dicidendo aprender el español. Fue hace un año y medio al final de mi primer año de la clase en la escuela secundaria cuando me enamoré del idioma, pero no tenía ni idea por qué. No sabía en ese entonces que fue por una razón que Dios me había una pasión por el maravilloso idioma que es el español, pero sí sabía que me encantaba así que le rogué a mi mejor amigo Jesucristo que usara mi español para sus propósitos. Y, pues, Él sí me dio muchísimas oportunidades para usar el don del español que me ha regalado, tales como visitar un orfanatorio en México. He tenido muchas oportunidades para usar mi español que no habría tenido si no supiera hablarlo, y por eso es que lo aprendo con tanto afán.
Well, I never woke up one day deciding to learn Spanish. It was a year and a half ago at the end of Spanish 1 in high school when I fell in love with the language, but I didn't have any idea why. I didn't know then that it was for a reason that God had given me a passion for the wonderful Spanish language, but I did know that I loved it so I asked my best friend Jesus Christ to use my Spanish for his own purposes. And, well, He has given me tons of oportunities to use the gift of Spanish He's given me, such as visiting an orphanage in Mexico. I've had so many opportunities to use my Spanish that I wouldn't have had if I didn't know how to speak it, and that's why I learn it so diligently.
Aprendo espanol por todos los domincanos que viven en mi barrio.
It is not only the Spanish language I want to learn, but also a new culture, the Latin one.
When I am on holiday I like to travel abroad, especially in sunny countries, like Spain.(You know, here in England rains quite much.). It is my opinion that if I visit a country and I speak the tongue of the inhabitants I would show more respect to them, and also more respect towards myself by doing this.
I know an old Hungarian saying: each language is adding something new to your personality. this means each language you know contributes to your personal growth.
I want to read Spanish literature in Spanish - and when I read it I can already understand 80-90% of it. I am looking forward to read Garcia Marquez, Neruda, Borjes, Llosa in the original language. Probably I will enjoy them more than when I read them translated.
wow I'm very about all those great responses, thanks a lot!
And as some ask me back in return, I won't wait for an answer and tell you my reasons:
I once had Spanish as a subject in school but I was a lazy teen and I didn't take the chance given, but I always loved Spain and the culture, the people, their way of life and the language. My family and I used to spent all our holidays in Spain, far away from where tourists would go so I've always been surrounded by the real Spanish culture. As a child, you manage to communicate with people without speaking nor understanding their language, as an adult, you want to be able to communicate without borders. I spent several weeks in 2011 in Spain doing a intense 101 course in Spanish that helped me a lot and I try to study a bit every day since for myself.
In long term, I see myself living in Spain and I want to speak Spanish like a mothertongue. I know that this is a hard goal to achieve but I'm working hard on it.
I honour my father's mother, to communicate with a growing population y culture in Oklahoma, to be able to read y appreciate the liturature. All be well y SAFE.
Honestly, as a hobby. Just to fill time.
Honestamente, como un hobby, sólo para rellenar tiempo.
I learn Spanish because first my parents made me (and I didn't like it) but now I love it and I want to learn as much as I can. I love foreign languages, and besides that, Spanish is most useful language you can possibly learn (besides possibly English and Chinese). I love the sound, the music, and the culture. I take great pleasure in reading books by such writers as Isabel Allende in their original language. It's great fun.
Aprendo español porque pues primero mis padres me lo hacían aprender (y no me gustaba), pero ahora me encanta y quiero aprender cuanto pueda. Me fascinan las lenguas extranjeras, y además, el español es el idioma más útil del mundo (salvo tal vez el inglés y el chino). Me gusta mucho el son, la música, y la cultura. Me da mucho placer leer libros escritos por autores tales como Isabel Allende en su idioma original. Es muy divertido.
