#darija

*I would like to preface this by saying that some of these reasons are embarrassing and really have no weight to them besides making me interested in the language*

French and Moroccan Arabic

My best friend and her mom speak them. And her mom doesn’t speak much English

Literally no other reason, I hated French when I first tried to learn it in Middle School

German

My motivation used to be because I had family who lived in Germany. But after they moved I lost that motivation

I started reading Blue Lock and got to the German part and it’s made me want to learn again

Korean

Kdramas - I’m obsessed with them and would love to be able to watch them without needing subtitles one day

Brazilian Portuguese

Haikyuu Time Skip - that’s it, that’s all I needed. Hinata going to Brazil and speaking Portuguese has made me want to do it. This anime has also made me start playing volleyball

It was the only reason until I made a friend who speaks it

Lithuanian

I’m part Lithuanian and I would love to reconnect with that culture

Spanish

My motivation used to be that I worked in a kitchen where Spanish was frequently spoken but after I stopped working there I lost that

I’m thinking of starting Telenovelas to restart that motivation

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There are also a couple I’ve been debating on trying to learn as well

Cantonese

I just really loved Crazy Rich Asians (the book and the movie)

Hindi