I want to learn Italian because my grandpa was italian, also I speak spanish and portuguese so I think it would be very easy, but I also like French, I studied French for 4 months 2 years ago, it was very hard for me but I liked.
I cannot study both because the classes are at the same time, so I have to choose one of them.
Help me please...
2006-06-14 01:04:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
If I could I would like to learn all the languages in the world, the people who doesn't want to learn any language are the ones that think they know it all, stupid people.
2006-06-14 01:15:39 · update #1
I have a degree in French, a B.A., and a minor in Spanish. They are similar in the syntactical sense of the Romance language construction. All five of the Romance languages are similarly constructed. What I find interesting about French has to do with my Cajun French ancestry in Louisiana and the musical flow of the language. It's such a beautiful experience to speak and listen in French. Yet, it is a very difficult language to use for an FSL speaker (French as a Second Language) at first. But, then that very issue became the compelling impulse for me to continue learning it. Like English, it is a life long experience. But, there was a threshold that I crossed when I started to study French as conversation while studying French literature, etc.. That threshold, I discovered, was the doorway that only opens up to the French language scholar when s/he realizes that part of the musical experience of French requires a precision in the use of one's tongue, mouth, cheek and throat muscles that the other languages did not seem to require (I never experienced this problem with Spanish or Italian; even in German, though German is more gutteral than the others). For instance, the use of the Trill in French is extremely difficult to accomplish consistently when these muscles are not used so extensively in the other Romance languages, English certainly included. Think about my being from the South with a Southern drawl and trying to use muscles my face has never used, ever, ever as we slide words out of our mouths using as little energy (and as few facial muscles) as possible. Until I realized I needed to train these muscles to do things they had never done before, I could not speak or think in French, but when this aspect was revealed to me by a Canadian French teacher I had in college, it changed everything for me.
On top of that, my knowledge of French made me able to at least understand the other languages if they are spoken slowly and I know the context of the conversation or the reading. I really believe that French is the key to understanding the other languages of European descent. I hope it is clear that I am not saying any of them is better than the others. When you say it was very hard but you liked it made me think that since you have a family connection to the Romance languages that you might be going through the same thing I did when I studied French. You might be just at that doorway where I was when, once opened, I gained the crucial knowledge about the language that revealed the essence of the difficulty in learning it.
Hope this helps.
utopianwizard/CC Ryder
2006-06-14 02:05:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 4⤋
French will allow you to travel not only to France but to several countries in Africa as well as Quebec. Moreover, French is an official cardinal language of the United Nations, the Olympics and the EU. From a purely practical standpoint it has more uses. But if Italian interests you more, go for it. Both are romance languages that will exercise the lingual sensabilities you developed when learning to speak Spanish. Neither should be too hard for you.
2006-06-14 08:11:17 · answer #2 · answered by The Oregon Kid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am half Native American Indian on my fathers side and I can speak Spanish and English. I would like to learn French but never really got into it, they had it when I was in school but the thought of trying to learn another language just didn't make it. At times I wish I had went on and learned how to speak it so when I get mad at someone I could cuss them out if french. A lot of people speak Spanish so I have to watch out when I get mad.
I can really sling words in Spanish when I get mad.
2006-06-14 08:43:00 · answer #3 · answered by g3010 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Italian
2006-06-14 08:12:20 · answer #4 · answered by bluskygreengrass 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like the sound of French so that's what I'd choose. It helps if you know someone who can speak the language. I like your Hello Kitty icon! Very adorable!
2006-06-14 08:08:17 · answer #5 · answered by Clara Isabella 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. Personally I prefer German!!! But seeing as you're asking, you've got to make your own decision. Italy's a really nice place, but perhaps French is more useful worldwide - could you learn one of them at a later date?
Tim from UK!
2006-06-14 08:10:38 · answer #6 · answered by Tim J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say Italian...only because I like it
2006-06-14 08:07:01 · answer #7 · answered by silverpearl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i can't think of a single reason to waste time learning them, but if you insist on learning one then I would go for Italian
2006-06-14 08:10:23 · answer #8 · answered by Pobept 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
learn italian.
Italian still has some respect, french is a p*ssy language that is so much in danger of losing itself they have to preserve it by banning words in their country like hamburger and email.
2006-06-14 08:10:19 · answer #9 · answered by "EL SANCHO" 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i would go 4 italian.not many people are learning that.french is so common (this is my opinion)
2006-06-14 08:15:24 · answer #10 · answered by alyssa s 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋