/lit/ - Literature

The best thing about learning Italian has been the effect it has on my English. A lot of vocabulary suddenly starts to make sense. You see words in a different way. This first clicked for me when I saw the English word "olfactory fatigue" and instinctively knew what it meant because "olfatto" is Italian for the sense of smell. Reading the works of English authors who are notorious for having a difficult vocabulary is a lot less frustrating if you have a good level of Italian. The only problem is, after so much exposure to Italian, my English has also started to change and reflects a more Romantic word order and choice of vocabulary.

It's because of how satisfying learning Italian has been that I am now struggling to decide what language to learn next. What language could compare? A language that's rewarding in itself and can enrich one's English?