For January, I took part in the WordPress #Bloganuary challenge. This meant publishing a post every day, for 31 days. I have never done this before and I enjoyed the experience. We were given a daily prompt to inspire us. Some of these prompts were fun and some were more challenging. I did – to my surprise – manage to produce a post every day. This post was one of the most popular.
I speak French and I love speaking French! I lived in France for two years and I’m fortunate to have a house there. I take every opportunity I can to practise and improve my skills in this language. I feel like a different person when I’m speaking French.
The other language I ‘speak’ is Spanish but not very well! I can get by in a Spanish-speaking country if I’m on holiday, but not confidently.
There are so many languages I wish I could speak, and I’m envious of multilingual people!
However, if I have to choose one, Italian is the language I wish could speak. I love the sounds of Italian when it is spoken. It is like music to my ears!
Italian is a Romance language, derived from Latin and therefore related to French and Spanish. It has an intrinsic beauty that appeals to me. It is linked to art, culture, and history for which Italy is famous.
And the delicious food! If I could speak Italian, it would be so useful when studying a menu and ordering in a restaurant.
Italian is not only the voice of great artists, writers, and poets but also of the world of fashion, cinema and cars.
Last, but not least, Italian is the language of love!
What language do you wish you could speak?
Fancying France 
I’m like you except I do much better in Spanish than French. Italian does sound interesting. I couldn’t imagine learning a language like Chinese or an unusual African language.
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I’m always in awe of people who speak Chinese and other non-Latin based languages, especially if a different alphabet or script is involved. I dabbled in Dutch and Mandarin, but not for long as I found them so difficult!
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I wish I could speak Chinese. My family is part Chinese so I want to be able to eavesdrop when they get together and yell at each other, I mean just talking normally. I don’t understand a thing, ha-ha. French is another language I want to master, at this point I understand some French but not enough really to maintain a conversation. I can eavesdrop with various degree of success : D
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I can understand your wish to speak Chinese, especially with your family connections! Eavesdropping is always useful ha-ha😉. I find it is generally easier to understand another language than to produce it oneself. Thanks for dropping by.
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Italian is also the language of opera, so I can say things like “Crudele” and “Quanto e bella, quanto e cara” — but nothing very useful, I’m afraid.
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The language of opera is beautiful. I wish I could understand more. If I see written Italian, I can deduce quite a lot of the meaning but spoken or sung is another matter and it always seems so fast to me!
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I think Italian would be on my top 5 list of languages to learn 🙂
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Great choice! Thanks for dropping by and taking the time to comment. 😊
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Whatever foreign country I am visiting!
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That’s an excellent comment! When I visit a new country and I don’t speak the language, I try to at least learn a few basic phrases. I used to encourage this in my sons, too.
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In the U.S., I’ve read that the number of Italian speakers is declining. It’s surprising because, like you said, Italian is used for fashion, cinema, and cars (and cuisine, of course!) My husband is learning Italian (due to family connections in Milan) through Duolingo. Inspired by him (and the recent World Cup in Qatar!), I’m learning Arabic through the same app. I’ve started slowly, learning sounds and character shapes, but I’m enjoying the learning and challenge!
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I’m surprised that Italian is declining in the U.S. I guess there are many countries, outside of Italy 😂 where Italian is spoken. Duolingo is a great app I think. I’m impressed that you’re learning Arabic. It must be a challenge but well worth the effort! Bonne chance!
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I wish I could speak French or Italian. I only know a little bit French. I also try to improve my vocabulary in English since my first language is Chinese. I do enjoy learning different languages😉
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I love learning languages too! I did a very short intro to learning Chinese and it was very difficult, for me anyway!
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Learning Chinese is very difficult. My daughter only can speak a little. Many second generation of Chinese immigrants can’t read and write Chinese😭😢
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Understood!
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I never did learn Afrikaans or Arabic when living abroad, but I understood a lot more of it than I realised. I’d like to be able to speak French, but I struggle with understanding what is being said back to me. Vous parlez trop vite pour moi
Thanks for joining in with #pocolo
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Both Afrikaans and Arabic would be very difficult to learn, I imagine. There was research carried out that proved that French is spoken faster than English. It was something to do with recording the news in both languages and noting the speed. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the exact details! Thanks for your comment #pocolo
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Wish? That’s tough. Only one? Icelandic.
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Thanks for dropping by!
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