Franka Potente Quotes

I have a one-question language test that people who have lived abroad do better on than those who studied in a classroom. Try my test yourself: In a foreign language you've studied, how do you say 'doorknob'?

I might move to Finland, at least for a while, to learn the language a bit better, 'cause you don't learn any language better than in the country itself.

Study a foreign language if you have opportunity to do so. You may never be called to a land where that language is spoken, but the study will have given you a better understanding of your own tongue or of another tongue you may be asked to acquire.

When I was a senior in high school, I went to Ireland to study Irish Gaelic. And after one semester at Trinity College, I went way out to the west coast of Ireland and rented a little house by myself.

I've never been in any country for more than four years, and I'm learning different languages all the time. It gives you a different attitude.

I'm pretty good with languages. I know a bit of French and actually want to live in France some day so that I can get fluent. I think it'd be tragic to go through life only knowing one language.

I studied German at school. I lived in Berlin for two years and had a German girlfriend for five years, so I don't find speaking German particularly difficult. Singing was slightly more difficult.

Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.

I always try to learn a few words from a new language wherever I go.

When I was in high school, I was lucky enough to be an exchange student to a small town in Argentina called Goya.

I learned my French through school. I was lucky in that the tutor on 'The Wonder Years' set spoke fluent French.

I know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot of Japanese friends and being there over the years.

I took about four or five years of French in high school, but I definitely don't speak French as well as I thought I did then.

When I was 12, we began hosting exchange students from Norway, Sweden, Japan and Spain. I soon realized there was a whole world out there. I was determined to spend my sophomore year in high school abroad. My school taught only Spanish, but I wanted to go to France, and I did.

The benefits of studying abroad are huge. You can pick up a new language, develop a love for another culture, and pick up new skills, hobbies and work experience to boost your CV.

I had the opportunity to come to the United States of America as an exchange student, so I had to come for four months, work, and then go back.

When I was at Yale, I was one of the students chosen to go to China. I lived there for 1-1/2 years and I can speak Mandarin fluently.

I want to play in Europe and learn another language. Spain and Italy are options.

When I go to different countries, I want to know how to at least say hello and thank you. Language is a great hobby.

When I was in high school, I started learning English as my second foreign language, but my level of English at that time was very average.

I can speak a bit of German.

I studied in Kerala, so learnt to read and write Malayalam.

I learned to say 'hello' in German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Chinese, Indonesian, and Italian - languages of the countries I've visited.

I've studied Spanish, but I need to improve. I'll probably improve when I work in the country one day. For most people, when they travel to a country, their language becomes better.

I'd love to master another language properly.