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what is a skill you wish you had, and why? (feddit.nl)

submitted 11 months ago by neidu@feddit.nl to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Ok, I might as well go first: I wish I could draw. Not at the level where I could make photorealistic portraits, but I've always been envious of those who are able to scetch something together in a few minutes that perfectly captures what they want to convey. Sometimes words aren't enough to express what I want to say, and for those situations I would love to have a simple drawing do the talking for me.

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[–] neidu@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Any particular languages?

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Not op, but French, Russian, and Japanese. They're all hard for Americans to learn (vs, say, Spanish or German).

[–] sour@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

am learn french

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 1 points 11 months ago

French is considered just about as hard as Spanish, maybe a little harder on the phonetics. German is harder than French or Spanish. Russian is harder than German/French/Spanish, but Japanese would be significantly harder than Russian.

[–] Aatube@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

China is rumbling in the distance

[–] blackstampede@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Russian actually isn't that bad. It takes time, but I've been learning it because my gf is fluent. She calls it an unga-bunga language because literal word-by-word translation sounds like caveman-speak lol

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Other than ALL, Spanish would be very useful. Japanese so I can watch Anime and not miss half of it because I’m reading subtitles. French so I can cuss at you and sound like I’m quoting a love song. German so I can quote you a love song and sound like I’m cussing at you. And Chinese (mandarin?) because that has a lot of business opportunity.