I want to learn either of the two languages. I speak fluent French. I know a little Italian. I live in America and it seems that Spanish is more useful here. I'd like to read Borges, Marquez, and Neruda in Spanish. On the other hand, I go to Europe a lot, and I am in love with everything Italian. So which should it be?
2006-07-05 01:38:34 · 15 answers · asked by browneyedgirl 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Hello,
That is a hard one for you. Since you speak French that is helpful. you can concentrate on Spanish right now and learn Italian later on. Since you live in the United States Spanish is very wide spoke there.
You could also learn the two languages, but iyt will take awhile in comparison to learning one language at a time.
Overall from what you wrote right now i would have to say Spanish. Remember that French, Spanish,Italian are very similar.
2006-07-05 02:55:05 · answer #1 · answered by kida_w 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the one you feel most comfortable learning the language of. you can always go for both. spanish is spoken throughout the world, which would make it useful when communicating with people around you. the italian language is something that would be of interest to you seeing as you are in love with everything italian. if u can speak spanish, you'd be able to understand the languages spoken from countries like argentina, spain, brazil, uruguay, venezuela, mexico, cuba and many others. its up to you really. whatever you decide.
2006-07-05 01:49:31 · answer #2 · answered by kristyb872001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you learn one, it will be a piece of cake to learn the other one, especially if you are fluent in French.
Spanish is more useful in the US and spoken in more countries so if you are hoping to read Latinamerican authors in their own language (and I suggest you add Allende to your list), I would suggest to go for Spanish.
I speak Spanish and whenever I go to Italy can communicate quite well and understand almost everything (I also speak French)
2006-07-05 02:25:54 · answer #3 · answered by funstory101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both languages come from Latin, and are very similar. It doesn't make a difference. Begin with Spanish
2006-07-05 04:50:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not do both? They are very similar languages. Learn one, then the other later.
2006-07-05 01:41:54 · answer #5 · answered by Andrea F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for learning language, learn spanish and for eating eat italian. For eating, knowledge of language of that country is insignificant.
2006-07-05 01:41:51 · answer #6 · answered by Gurvinder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
learn both. and then, if you can learn other languages such as German (great writers in that language too such as Goethe, Rilke, Berthold Brecht) or even Mandarin Chinese (China is the country with the most population in the world) or Japanese.
2006-07-05 01:47:32 · answer #7 · answered by Dulcinea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spanish is more useful plus it's alot like french so it wont be so hard to pick up.
2006-07-05 01:42:33 · answer #8 · answered by ~Pebbles~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spanish first and then Italian. Don't limit yourself to one.
2006-07-05 01:42:07 · answer #9 · answered by Dark Light 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Learn both. Both are romantic and hold some similarities, which means it be easy to learn both.
2006-07-05 01:42:48 · answer #10 · answered by Cali Dude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋