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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina  I took 3 years of French in high school and placed 4th in California for the National French Contest (7th place in the Western USA). But since I haven't used it much in 20+ years, I don't remember very much (un tres petite peux seulement). I'd have to relearn a lot of vocabulary. |
With all your kick-a** memory techniques? I think it wouldn't take you a long time
With all these language differences, makes you wonder how much our language shapes the way we see the world.
An alien culture might view our language as being completely illogical and incapable of conveying meaning, which I couldn't disagree with completely, given the weird debates that arise in some threads on this forum