Friday, 6 January 2023

Languages I Have Learned—Prologue


   
Five years ago, I created a bucket list for myself. Of the things I listed, one of them was to learn a new (or previously studied) language. On the bucket list I wrote “learn one or more of the following languages” followed by a list of what languages I wanted to try: Hebrew, Urdu, Arabic, Greek, Korean, an indigenous language (Cree, Dene, Inuktitut, etc.), Russian, Turkish, and Swahili. Then threw in other languages I have studied (to some measure) that I would like to pick up again: French and Mandarin Chinese.

The languages I have studied, experienced, or even attempted to use were Japanese, French, Mandarin Chinese, Mongolian, Bengali, and Hebrew. In this next series, I will talk about the languages I have studied.

I hope it would be an encouragement for those who are learning a new language or struggling with the one they use in their everyday lives.

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