If you could learn the spoken language instantly, which would you pick? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 9 months ago by balderdash9@lemmy.zip to c/casualconversation@lemmy.world

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Disclaimer: full fluency, no studying required, but knowledge of the written language is not included.

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[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

compared to not learning written Italian (like you 😜), not learning written Chinese seems kinda worthless. ofc that's an exaggeration but the written part is the hardest part!! and the best part

[-] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Would knowing the spoken language make learning the written side easier? Or does it likely depend on the language?

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

depends on the orthography. I find Chinese much harder to read than Italian. part of that is because of me, and part of that is because of how their writing systems are designed.

so I think you'd be getting a better "deal" out of Chinese if you could magically learn the writing too. but without that, well... students pour thousands of hours into learning them, and I'll still have to do that too

Italian i can just bibbity bop my way to the future, hello see ya later