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LEARNING LANGUAGES BRINGS US TOGETHER.


If I could speak another language, I would speak Spanish Spanish, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, issuing from Spanish Lake, S Ont., Canada, NW of Sudbury, and flowing generally S through Biskotasi and Agnew lakes to Lake Huron opposite Manitoulin island. There are several hydroelectric stations on the river. . Because Spanish is one of the languages that you really need in California.

- Mehrdad Hooshmand, 11

Calabash calabash

Tree (Crescentia cujete) of the trumpet-creeper family (Bignoniaceae) that grows in Central and South America, the West Indies, and extreme southern Florida. It is often grown as an ornamental.
 Street School

Woodland Hills

I would like to speak spanish because I only know how to say numbers one-fifteen. I hope that someday some·day  
adv.
At an indefinite time in the future.

Usage Note: The adverbs someday and sometime express future time indefinitely: We'll succeed someday. Come sometime.
 I can learn to speak more spanish. The kind of spanish I want to speak comes from Peru. My mother was born there. She knows spanish, she say to me, ``It's better to know two languages than one.'' That's why I want to learn how to speak spanish.

- Renato Andrade, 9

Calvert Street School

Woodland Hills

If I could speak another language it would be German because my Mom and Aunt are from Germany and I'd like to speak that language.

- Lindsey Teson, 10

Danube Avenue School

Granada Hills

My other language that I want to learn is japanese because if you know more than 3 languages you get more money in your job and I always wanted to know that language because when you hear it its interesting. Japan is a very very rich and that Japan is a very powerful country.

- Enrique Diaz, 11

Encino Elementary School elementary school: see school.  

Encino

If I had a choice to speak a different language it would be German because it a beautiful language and Country. I would also like to live in Germany because they have hundreds of castles...

- Anatasia Wagner, 9

Granada Hills Elementary School

Granada Hills

My grandpa was a sioux indian. I would like to talk his language and learn about the indians. I like the way they live because they use everything they need.

- Darell Hobson, 10

Knollwood Elementary School

Granada Hills

If I could speak another language I would speak Chinese. I would want to speak Chinese so when my parents speak Chinese I would understand what they are saying instead of asking my mom or dad. I could also talk to my grandpa in Chinese instead of Thai.

- Hataitip Ussavanarong, 9

Monlux Magnet School magnet school
n.
A public school offering a specialized curriculum, often with high academic standards, to a student body representing a cross section of the community.
 

North Hollywood

If I wanted to speak any language, I would speak African because my mom, dad, brother, sister, and I are going to Africa to go on a tour to villages. If there is something going on, we are not going.

- Joshua Velasquez, 10

Park View Center School

Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969.  

Spanish because my family speaks spanish and I want to understand what there saying.

- Marcel Marcel

the fast ebbing of time impels him to devote his life to recording it. [Fr. Lit.: Proust Remembrance of Things Past]

See : Time
 Marquez, 10

St. Ferdinand School

San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina
San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area.
 

I would like to speak French because I would like to travel to France. I also would like to speak German, because I would like to see Germany. I also would like to speak Hebrew because my sister is Jewish. And last but not least I would like to speak Spanish because I want to travel to Spain.

- Christina Karathanas, 9

St. Nicholas School

Northridge

If I could speak another language I would want to speak Spanish because I have a lot of friends speaking Spanish. And everytime they speak Spanish I can't understand them so I want to learn Spanish.

- Kimberly Umali, 9

Shirley Avenue School

Reseda

I've got relatives from all over the world but mostily in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Mexico, and Austraila. My dad's side is from Mexico, and my mom's side is from Austraila. I already speak English so cross that off, but I would probably learn to speak Spanish because most of my relatives live in Mexico. And because I know more words in Spanish.

- Miranda Aguirre, 12

Stonehurst Elementary School

Sun Valley

I like to speak Spanish I'd like to talk to my friends in Spanish because they almost always talk in that language. I would like to go to Mexico to get a job. I would have to speak Spanish. I would like to teach my mom to speak Spanish. I would like to teach Spanish.

- Joshua Zornes, 12

Sunnybrae Avenue School

Canoga Park

I would want to learn Greek. My dad is Greek and my mom is German, I all ready know that. It would be fun.

- Natasha Bassill, 10

Turningpoint School

Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  

I want to learn Korean so I could talk to my friend in Korean. Her name is Jeanna. She is a second grader A grader, also commonly referred to as a blade or a motor grader, is an engineering vehicle with a large blade used to create a flat surface. Typical models have three axles, with the engine and cab situated above the rear axles at one end of the vehicle and a third . Her family is from Korea.

- Tania
  • Haydée Tamara Bunke Bider, communist revolutionary
  • Tania (queen)
  • Tania was an alias of Patricia Hearst
  • Tania Borealis and Tania Australis, stars in the constellation Ursa Major
  • Tania Emery, actress
  • Tania Lacy, comedian
  • Tania Libertad, singer
 Vivar, 8

Vinedale Elementary School

Sun Valley

I am learning to speak Hebrew. Learning to speak Hebrew is fun. People in Isreal speak Hebre. I think some know other languages. Hebrew is fou to learn.

- Joshua Lee
For the U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, see Joshua B. Lee


Joshua Lee (1783 - December 29, 1842) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Hudson in 1783, he studied medicine and was licensed to practice in 1804.
, 8

Mountainview Elementary School

Saugus

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Photo: (1) Janet Hernandez, 9, of Canoga Park Elementary School would like to speak Italian to find out what the stories are all about in Italian operas The opera company which was commonly referred to as "The Italian Opera" performed at Her Majesty's Theatre in Haymarket until 1847 and from then on at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London

Italian opera
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(2) Iban Colmenero, 8, of Vinedale Elementary School in Sun Valley wants to speak Spanish and visit all the sights of Mexico

(3) Michelle Barnum, 8, of Chatsworth Park School in Chatsworth wants to learn how to communicate with sign language.
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