2006-07-31 07:26:59 · 21 answers · asked by el macho 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
I have found the both German and French were very difficult to learn just out of a book. This is because their pronunciations were not intuitive for me. I needed to have an instructor and other people to talk to to even hope to get it right.
Even though German and English are similar in their roots, opening up a German text book can be quite overwhelming because it looks so different. You will probably get over that quite quickly, but there is a strong danger of just giving up before you get to that point.
With French the pronunciation is very important. I think if you tried to learn at home, and then actually went to a French speaking country, you might have a very hard time actually communicating. Maybe if you had a program that included tapes or something like that it would help.
Spanish was much easier, maybe because in the United States I run across Spanish much more in daily life. As for pronunciation and spelling, I was much more likely to get it right on a guess the first time. The language rules seemed to be more consistent and made sense right off the bat. Of course it gets more complex, but I think Spanish would be the easiest for you to gain a basic knowledge of by yourself.
2006-07-31 07:46:09 · answer #1 · answered by freckle 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-08-28 15:03:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could say that the easiest to learn would be spanish. The first language I spoke was Spanish and to me learn english was not that big of a deal, so I guess it could be the other way around.
2006-07-31 07:37:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a little partial to Spanish. Not only is it simpler because of all the cognates (words that sound similar in both English and Spanish) but it's probably the most useful in today's United States. If you ever want to do any traveling abroad though, especially in Europe, French would be more much more useful.
2006-07-31 07:29:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
German. It is the most like English, both are germanic languages. Besides it will take you farther then the other two. Germany, Switzerland, and even Austria are bigger players than France or any Spanish speaking nation. Germany alone is the main economic engine in Europe.
2006-07-31 07:34:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I speak three languages, one of them being French... you are better off learning German, it's easier then French and Spanish...The only difference is that it doesn't roll of your tonge as much as French or Spanish...
Never the less, I like spanish a lot more.....
2006-07-31 07:33:37 · answer #6 · answered by Jojo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
id say spanish because pronounciation is the easiest......ive taken french and german and the problem is the words and the accents....its hard to prounce an a like a z or whatever ....in spanish its spelled like it sounds.....plus their are more spanish speakers close to the USA.....so if yr going to visit u dont have to go overseas
2006-07-31 07:30:10 · answer #7 · answered by SJ9867 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it depends which one your moist interested in. Donnt take a language that you are not interested in . But i say spanish. It is closet to the english language.
2006-07-31 07:30:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Esta Castanada.
2006-07-31 07:29:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on your mother tongue, if it's english, german might be the solution, but if it's a latin one, spanish would be the first choice, then french
2006-07-31 08:08:57 · answer #10 · answered by Oanna 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋