Because you could use that time to do something way more awesome.
That's pretty much the summary of what I said below, but in a lot fewer words.
Anyway, ... Merry Christmas. And a very happy New Year.
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That's pretty much the summary of what I said below, but in a lot fewer words.
Anyway, ... Merry Christmas. And a very happy New Year.
However, if they're already your friends, you probably communicate just fine in (most likely) English.
My (unsolicited) advice: keep it that way, and spend the time you were going to spend learning Romanian by doing something way cooler.
Anyway, ... Merry Christmas. And a very happy New Year.
However, I don't share it. I believe that one should spend most of one's time trying to do something awesome in one language -- as opposed to wasting time by learning 5.
Now, don't get me wrong, the fact that you now 5 languages is very cool; however, I don't think I'll ever use up that much time to gain those particular skills.
You see, I believe that if one were to draw a graph illustrating the relationship between the "awesomeness" of what one has done and the effort one has put in, the effort axis would be on an geometric scale, while the "awesomeness" one would be on a linear one. In other words, one has to put in a hell of a lot more effort to get something just a little more "awesome".
On the other hand, maybe learning languages is an integral part of what you "do"; or, maybe, it helps you relax.
Either way, and as in most arguments between somewhat-intelligent people, I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree -- please note that I'm using the "somewhat" prefix as it pertains to me; I'm pretty sure that you're just plain intelligent.
Oh, and: Merry Christmas. And a very happy New Year.
As for your second point, as far as I know, Romanian's ties to Latin aren't only reasonably strong; Romanian is actually the most like-Latin language that is still spoken -- however, Spanish and French still sound horrible to me (and I took French for 11 years, in school).
Also -- and I just couldn't resist making this point -- do you really think that the French or the Italians are ever going to do something interesting enough to warrant learning their language? -- please note that I'm not saying anything bad about their past (that's awesome); but, if you're forward thinking, I think you're pretty safe assuming that they're glory days are (long) over.
Why in God's name would you want to learn Romanian?
1. It's a silly, silly language -- I've been speaking it all of my life, and, most of the time, I still find I express myself better in English.
2. It's only spoken in a small, god-forsaken country that'll probably never amount to much of anything.
If you insist on learning another language -- it is my opinion that one should try to say something smart in one language, rather than something mediocre in a couple -- you should at least learn something that might actually prove useful -- like Chinese (if you're young and you foresee you'll still be around when they rule the world), or Russian (for more-or-less the same reason)The Commercial domain. The Google host/company. The www service/sub-domain. The path.