Latin being taken, French vs. Japanese?

Question

I'm going to the 8th grade, and I took French during my seventh grade year. I will take French again in the 8th grade year, so I will have French I for high school. I'm planning to take on Latin in high school (higher SAT scores), along with another language. Should I still take French, or take another?

I particulary like Japanese (I'm Korean by the way-already bilingual), because I love anime and the Japanese culture. But I don't want to waste middle school French. Which language would also help me more in the future? French or Japanese?

(I've already asked this question in a different way, I just want more answers)

Answer 1

take japanese!! i loveee animes and j-drama lol :D

Answer 2

i'd take french. i did japanese for eight years(compulsory) and french for two when i had to choose which of those to do for year eight. i chose french because it's much easier and i enjoy it more.

i like the japanese culture more, but when youre doing two languages as you will be doing, french would be easier and because youve been doing it longer you will know more and get more time to concentrate on latin.

japanese is extremely hard, there are about four different scripts you have to learn, where in french their letters are the same as the letters in english.

in japanese there is katakana, hirigana, kanji, romagi, and the list goes on! it gets really confusing. the sentences are also structured differently,

like in french saying she has blonde hair is:

elle est le chevuex blonde

which transalted structured that way is :she has the hair blonde

which is structured almost the same as english. in japanese the sentence would be structured in a completely different way.

for helping you in the future, they both would, but keep in mind that japan is the only country that speaks japanese whereas french is spoken in many, like canada, switzerland, new caledonia, algeria, parts of tunisia, Democratic Republic of the Congo , Niger, Senegal, Haiti, Lebanon, Martinique, Vietnam, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Rwanda, the Seychelles, Togo, Mauritania, Morocco, Laos, Lebanon, Syria, Vietnam, Cambodia, Mayotte, the Reunion Island, Vanuatu, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia and the union territory of Pondicherry in India (Pondicherry, Mahe, Karikal and Yanam

hope i helped you!

Answer 3

You already know one asian language. Hm..French is quite helpful and would help you around the world, much like French. You already learned some of it, so I'd suggest French. If you are learning purely because you like the culture and anime, whichever you like most. French is cool. =D

Answer 4

you better think of yourself in the long run.

you're gonna choice future job and stuff by your taste after all.

so i think you still gonna take japanese lesson in the future if you really love japanese. but i strongly believe you better keep french ability.

so my answer is take french then study japanese by yourself.

Answer 5

The language you love will help you more in the future and it will be much easier to learn. You probably already know this, but Japanese grammar is much, much more similar to Korean grammar and cognates than French is.

If you're worried about scoring high and following the money, Chinese (Mandarin) is currently the language to learn. But if you're a grammar fan like most Latin learners are, grammar lover's choices of the major Asian languages go in this order:

1. Hindi

2. Japanese/Korean

3. Chinese (grammar is *minimal*)

Consider what you want to do with your new language: work in West Africa where a type of French is spoken or be a translator in Asia? It seems to me that since you already know English and Korean, adding on Japanese that you love will be the trifecta.

The only advantages to French are that you know Latin roots and are used to Western languages like English. The advantage to learning Japanese is that you can access a world of awesome pop culture that will later tie in with both your English and Korean as a possible job opportunity. And since you already love it, studying Japanese will feel nothing like doing French homework.

They aren't kidding when they say do what you love and you will succeed. I say, learn Japanese over French if you're in it for the love of it but Mandarin if you are interested in following the money.