Hi! I speak Georgian and I want to learn a new language. I think Finland is a cool country and Finnish and Georgian have similar agglutinative grammar. <o:p></o:p>
I'm worried that if I go to Finland, I'll never be able to use my Finnish, and all the Finnish people will just talk to me in English straight away since the English proficiency in Finland is so high.<o:p></o:p>
What are your thoughts on this?<o:p></o:p>
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This question should apply to any language.
So I speak Chinese and English, and am learning Georgian. I know thousands of Chinese words so obviously I can understand native speakers but with Georgian it's different. I can't understand everything that is being said even despite knowing a pretty high amount of words to be honest. Aside from my relatively weak listening skills, I think part of it is that I'm not learning the right vocabulary.
- What kinds of words would you say are the most important for any conversation?
Aside from specialist vocabulary (vocabulary relating to one subject area), what is important? I know a few filler words in Georgian but I don't know which verbs would be most useful to learn and I need to choose wisely as Georgian verbs are a nightmare.
- Is there a list of such words?
To be honest I'm just after a list because it'll let me easily go through and pick out some words I should learn.
Thanks!
