what foreign language is easier to learn; French or Italian?

Question

and what makes you answer the way you did?

Answer 1

The degree of difficulty in learning French or Italian is dependent on the individual who wishes to learn the language. French and Italian both share the same language root of Latin and are categorized as Romance languages, which English is also categorized as. So, they share similarities in grammar and root words. The differences between French and Italian arose from the disintegration fo the Roman Empire and subsequently, the separate emergence and evolution of the two languages.

The degree of difficulty in learning either one of these two languages depends on various criteria. Firstly, is the individual already fluent in a Romance language? It is harder for an individual fluent with a language from a different linguistic family to learn a Romance language than it is for an individual already fluent with one Romance language. Secondly, will the individual enjoy the culture of the language? The difference in cultures account for the difference in how the language evolved and it is much easier to learn when the subject studied is enjoyed.

Thirdly, what type of language curriculum will be used? There are different ways of learning a language and they are not all equal. Deep immersion in a language and culture is the best way to learn the language as that is how all children first learn to speak. For adults learning a second or third or more language, the more effective curriculum needs to approximate this environment in a condensed form. Additionally, people learn best in different ways as some individuals retain more information by writing it down while others learn more through oral or practical drills.

Good luck.

Answer 2

Learning Italian Like Crazy?

Answer 3

they're about the same, although french might be slightly easier because there are a huge amount of words in English which are the same or very similar to their french counterparts (this is because the kings of England only spoke french for five generations). I've also heard that if you speak french you can learn Italian in a matter of months but it doesn't go the other way. something about the pronunciations. and french is more widely spoken

Answer 4

I should think French would be much easier to learn as a lot of modern English is derived from French. Although a lot of English is derived from Latin, the modern Italian language is very different from Latin, whereas French seems to have changed less. When Normans came to live here after the battle of Hastings ordinary folk, who didn't speak much Latin, picked up a fair amount of French and it was, of course, Incorporated into old English and in fact, in day to day life, we seem to use more words that are directly French than are directly Latin which, as I say, is different from modern Italian anyway.

Answer 5

As someone who's had Latin, Spanish, and French...but who would secretly love to learn Italian if given the chance...let me tell you that a lot of how easy or hard learning a foreign language is depends on your motivation. You have to want to learn it. If you have a preference for one over the other....always always go with your preference...even if people tell you it is "harder." If you want to learn it...want being the key word....you won't look at it is hard...you'll look at it as fun and challenging and rewarding.

Answer 6

It depends on what your native language is. If you speak english, the easiest languages to learn are going to be french, spanish or italian. -Vita

I would say French, because Spanish is easy and Frnech and Spanish are extremely similar, but either one could be easier. It depends on which you like more.

Answer 7

Im going to say Italian, it's more like spanish, and spanish is pretty easy to learn.