I hаνе tο take a 101 аnd a 102 level foreign language course аt mу University. I tried Spanish bυt I аm nοt really digging іt, whаt language іѕ thе simplest tο learn whеn English іѕ уουr native language?
I hаνе tο take a 101 аnd a 102 level foreign language course аt mу University. I tried Spanish bυt I аm nοt really digging іt, whаt language іѕ thе simplest tο learn whеn English іѕ уουr native language?
okay i would say spanish cuz it is, but i guess french or italian
german. its the closest to english.
but spanish is probably what you’ll see more in usa. perhaps italian or french may even be more to your taste, in view of the fact that many words do come from those latin bases. many words were borrowed from french, especially.
again, i’d recommend german, i took that too and for me it was the simplest to learn.
Well, the simplest one is the one you are not digging.
By the way, any language is made that much simpler to learn if you have opportunities to practice with REAL people, not teachers focusing on grammar and theory.
For example, Chinese or Nahuatl would be far simpler to learn for anyone if that person could become immersed in the language and culture.
That being said, if you live in the USA, Spanish is your best bet. It’s honestly straightforward, not that hard to pronounce (only 5 vowel sounds) and provides tons of REAL, EVERYDAY people with which to practice.
Personally, I took both German and Spanish in college. Both were hard in their own way, with German being slightly more hard because I had to learn the case logic concept. But, without German speakers to practice with on a daily basis, I had to drop it in favor of Spanish (1/2 of the people I worked with in college spar it).
Now, I’m fluent in Spanish, married to a Mexican, and living in Mexico (and working on Portuguese). I wish I could have kept up the German, but it just didn’t happen.
So remember–go with the language that provides the most opportunities to practice.
I say go to your library or community DVD rental place, look at the foreign movies section, and see which ones look the most fascinating. Choose to learn the language that has fascinating movies. The language will not only be simpler to learn, it’ll also be more fun!
I had a friend who liked anime and chose to take Japanese. I studied German and I despised it – I didn’t reckon it was hard, it was just too heavy and masculine for me.
Hmmm, I’m not sure what to say. Most would argue that Spanish is the simplest. I would recommend either French or German but both of these are hard in their own right. French grammar gets pretty crazy at times and the pronunciation is pretty wicked when you start realizing that half of the letters in the words you write are not pronounce. As for German, they have a case logic which takes some getting used to.
But honestly, you are going to encounter difficulties in whatever language you choose. So for that reason rather than choosing your language based on ease/difficulty why not try picking it based on interest? Pick a language with a culture that interests. This will give you more desire to learn as well as to practice outside of the classroom which is essential for becoming fluent.
Best of luck
I had an English teacher who said that Dutch is the simplest because it has the most common roots. It’s also a Germanic language.
I’m honestly conversational in German too, and I listened to some Dutch and I understood simple sentences honestly easily because it’s similar to German, but it seemed simpler in the grammar. I don’t reckon they have genders either.
I would say French. It has a lot of words like English so you won’t struggle as much. It really is very simple if English is your native language.
German, they are very similar allegedly.
I tried French and it didn’t work quite as well, you may also want to give portuguese or italian a try if you were attracted in Spanish.
Dutch is the closest national language to English and a whole lot simpler to learn than German.Next I reckon is Spanish and it is much more useful.I speak Spanish every day.