I like listening to songs in languages I don't understand.

[elarbee]

This song, though, I like in every version.

I also love rap in languages I don't understand, but not as much in English.

There are some languages whose structure and sound make sense to me. I listen to them and think, just a little more, and I'll understand what's going on. When I lived in Israel for 4 months, I made no special effort to learn Hebrew, but by the end of my time there, I could understand the gist of what was being said. Same was the case when I happen to be studying a lot about Romania and I realized that I could discern the language pretty well.

And then there are languages where I listen to them, and I can't even tell where one word ends and another begins, much less be able to replicate them. Hungarian is one, Chinese is another... but strangely, Japanese I sort of get.

Generally, I consider myself to be pretty good at languages, I just wish I had more time to study them. Since I best learn them by immersion, that's not so much happening right now.

Comments

[elarbee.livejournal.com]

Обажаю те что ты вывешиваешь! Но даже не надеюсь понять.

[ansci.livejournal.com]

я сейчас так рада, так рада, что понимаю то, что поют и говорят в фильмах, без мучительного вслушивания - я раньше думала, этого никогда не произойдет:))
может быть, в старости, я даже буду бегло говорить:)))