lostjeff Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Girls, if you had studied or knew a foreign language and were pretty good at it, would you date a guy who didn't speak it? What if he wanted to learn someday but couldn't at the moment? Would you look down on the monolingual men out there?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Carrot Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Mmm no not at all. LOL there´s nothing wrong with you monolingual man! LOL Is enough for me if he can write properly and be honest in one language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwen Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Never thought about this, but I know it would be very rare here to meet a man that does not speak both English and Dutch at least (in addition to German and some terrible French or Spanish haha). But if I were from the states, I doubt I'd base my partner choice on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newo Ikkin Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 The extent of my fiance's french is 'Bonjour, Merci, Au Revoir'...oh, and he learned, 'Je suis desolée' from myself...but I'm an A Level student and can also speak pretty fluent German. And the odd Italian phrase. Do I love him any less? Hell no, it makes him more adorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siriana Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Arwe you from US? I really think that knowing another language is not imperative for you guys! Besides Croatian I know English and I have passive knowledge of Italian and German - but I live in Europe! If you live in Europe and you don't know English that's BAD. Internet is mostly on English, computer programs... so that would definitelly be a problem. Thare are many other things that say a lot about the person. If this is his only flaw i think you're overreacting - espacially because English is the international language and he knows it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J6hn Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I know a girl who simply will not marry a man who doesn't speak her native language (South African) Some girls like a guy who can speak in other languages. I speak a little French and I started telling my girlfriend that I love her and she's beautiful in French and she laughed at me. It was funny but *shrugs* I guess it's not her thing Although she can speak Hebrew, but that's not exactly the sexiest language out there. Oh, and I used to sign things to her with "Ti amo ab imo pectore" which is Latin for "I love you from the bottom of my chest" or heart. She liked that one. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwen Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 No, I am from Holland. Like in most European countries you won't survive your career if you don't have good skills in at least English. Being from Holland, German is practical since they are neighbours and German is also spoken in Swiss and Austria, knowledge of Spanish is practical because it's spoken in many other countries outside of Spain. Arwen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siriana Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I know you're from Holland Ilse (Arwen). Is Ilse pronunced Ilze? I made spelling mistake while typing so instead of asking "are you from USA", I wrote "Arwe you from Usa" but I was lazy to correct it. I asked the OP is she from US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arwen Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Ah now I see lol. I have always been curious as to where you are from, syrix But about the topic, I think for a lot of people in English speaking countries there is simply a lack of NEED for another language, so I doubt one would judge a person on that aspect. However, my friend is engaged to a Canadian man and since we are so used to learning other languages, we both still don't understand why he is so reluctant in learning Dutch for her. But it's what I say, we learn English from the age of 10 or even earlier, German, French and Spanish from 12 until you decide to drop them and English and at least one other foreign language are obligatory for graduating hs. Arwen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siriana Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I'm from Croatia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophie274 Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I would not really care (ex I speak 4 languages fluently, my boyfriend only one). However, I was brought up in a different country (not the US), and half of my family is from that country, so I would insist that my husband speak this language before we had children, since I want us to be able to speak it together. That is pretty important to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostjeff Posted January 5, 2007 Author Share Posted January 5, 2007 Yep, I'm from California, where learning another language is not required in our school system or encouraged by society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I'm bilingual and used to mostly date French men. Now, it doesn't matter one way or the other if a guy speaks another language. It may be a preference for some, but unrealistic in the US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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