Monday, 06 July 2009
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WYD Someone Who Didn't Speak Your Native Language?
It is very common these days for people to know more than one language due to graduation requirements at various schools, cultural/family backgrounds, and for the sake of discovering an entirely new culture different from your own.
Could you see yourself dating somebody who didn't speak your native language?
Could you see yourself learning his/her native language (assuming you don't already know it), and conversing with your SO mostly/entirely in that language?
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Sure. I'm dating someone who speaks two languages, I speak four, and the only one we share is English, which isn't his first.
My mandarin isn't good enough for me to actually have a personality when I speak it, so I could never date someone who only spoke mandarin.
I think this is a general rule when it comes to language and dating...though sometimes guys are generous enough to look past the fact that they can't understand a hot girl, resorting to physical communication. 
Yes. I am quite good at learning other languages. And I tend to fall for people from cultures different from my own, anyway.
Maybe...if he would eventually learn it.
Well since I can only speak English it'd be a problem if they didn't know it...
LOL! I'm dating someone who doesn't understand my native tongue!
Communication is big in a relationship. But I know my friend who went abroad to Paris though she wasn't perfectly proficient in French, she nabbed a boyfriend (not a fling). She did her party to learn French more and he did his part to learn English more. I think the effort put in is important, so I could see myself dating a guy who didn't speak my native language as long as we both put in the time to find a way to communicate.
If it was a guy who didn't speak my language and made no effort or care to, then no. It just wouldn't work for me if I had to do all the work.
: ) Foreigners are hot though (hehehe)
My boyfriend is trying to learn my language and I really commend him for that coz he tries to use it everyday. He's very awesome.
@Drizzles@xanga - I bet he's trying though!
@Schristian@xanga - ^^ Also, you're awesome.
If I could speak one of theirs, maybe.
I would date someone who didn't speak my native language.
Although, to be honest, me learning his/her native language depends on what the language is.
My boyfriend is Afghan but is very good with English. I'm currently learning Dari (Persian), his native language. :)
i dated a Finnish guy for quite a while.
it was great, really. I learned quite a bit of his native language(though most of it was swears and things you can't say in public... >.>) and he spoke english fluently when we met. we got along really well. We only broke up because he moved back to Helsinki indefinitely and it'd be literally impossible for me to fly there more than once a year.
If it hadn't been for distance, we'd still be a couple.
Sure why not.
I`ve always fallen for those, who are not of my native background.
Well the thing is, HOW would I date them if they didn't speak the same language as me? One of us would have to be able to speak the others language, otherwise there's no way that we would be able to communicate clearly.
My current boyfriend doesn't fluently speak tagalog (language from the Philippines.) but he's learning along with me. He can speak chamorro (native language here on Guam) but not fluently but a good amount. He's trying to teach me the basics. So far, everything is working out. =)
yeah i'd be all for =)
No i couldn't imagine myself being in a relationship like that however me and my boyfriend do tend to converse in our 2nd language which is Thai. Our main language is English.
I only had one bf who spoke my native language, I'm Romanian and had costa rican bf, slovakian, serbian, british and swiss so far. If I marry someone who isn't Romanian, I will definitely want to learn his language and I would want him to learn mine as well so we can teach the kids also. I already speak 4 languages so it would be easy to learn anyways and it's also more fun if the SO knows more languages also.
I'm currently dating someone who is learning my native language and I am learning his. We teach each other and help each other alot, I think it's very cute and fun to teach him new words. However, I will admit, sometimes I feel as though we can't have really deep conversations because he may not understand something I am trying to say. But in the end, it's not much of an issue. If anything, it makes the relationship even more exciting!
done and its not that fun~
yeah I can, and would certainly like to try. Only if chances provided.
Yes. My boyfriend speaks my native language perfectly but I don't speak his. He has never said it bothers him. He is used to it because he speaks four fluently. I like learning words from his other languages. :)
i would! it'd be fun!