I can get by in French and Malay,get myself into trouble with Italian and Vietnamese ,and know about 100 words of another half a dozen languages. So I'm not bilingual. I only attempt to speak another language if the other person does not speak English. I started studying Vietnamese about 20 years ago,but gave up; it's a tonal language and I don't have the ear.
I think Spanish would be a great language to speak in many parts of the US. Portugese arguably not as practical, but no learning is a waste.Perhaps THE great benefit of being fluent in other languages is being able to think in that language and therefore able to read their literature and enjoy their songs,in the original.
I think Spanish would be a great language to speak in many parts of the US. Portugese arguably not as practical, but no learning is a waste.Perhaps THE great benefit of being fluent in other languages is being able to think in that language and therefore able to read their literature and enjoy their songs,in the original.
