is french easier to learn if u already speak english? i heard it is and i want to make sure?

Question

& is that the case with spanish also??
im trying to decide which language to learn

Answer 1

French and English are very different languages, I don't know who told you that. The same goes with Spanish and English, pronunciation and grammar in these languages are very different. So you can try with either one. Why don't you try both?You can start with Spanish.

Answer 2

I took Spanish and it was a piece of cake for me, but I am already bilingual so Spanish was my third language. Also I'd suggest you go with Spanish if you live in the U.S., it's the second language and they can never have too many Spanish speakers. I have been on a job search for a while, and looks like most places are looking for Spanish fluency. Just an idea. I think French is easier for an English speaker because Spanish has more accents and just a total different way of speaking and pronounciation.

Answer 3

No. If you know Spanish then it will be easier. Both French and Spanish are two languages that derive from Latin and thus are what they call "Lenguas Romances" (Romantic Tongues? I'm terrible with this type of translation.) Those include Spanish, Portuguese, French, Romanian, I think Catalan, and maybe another. My history is a bit rusty. All those tongues are very similar to one another so it's easier to learn them. NONE of those are related to English. English derives more from German than from these.

Answer 4

If you plan live in the US, your practical use of the French language will serve to impress your friends, but is not really a requirement for any type of job, etc. If you live in Canada, you are probably going to need to start learning French ASAP, it is a requirement for any type of government job, at any level, and is the law in Quebec.
It is easy to learn in the sense that the sentence structure is the same, however, there are many, many, many exceptions. Mastery of the French language is difficult, but most francophones do understand the complexity of it and are willing to forgive mistakes. They appreciate an attempt, even if you do end up saying the wrong thing.

Answer 5

I have to say that French is a hard language compared to English. I'm a French speaker myself since I'm from Quebec and Freanch are the mother tongue in this province of Canada. Still, I speak English fluently since grade2. Both langage sound different if you speak very well. Be careful to pronoce very well the in French

3 remakes that French is hard langage for English people.
Accent: école, garçon. maïs, ancêtre. sorcière.
Connection: les avions. You need to prononce the artcle and the nouns together. Like Lesavions.
Grammars: there a lot to apply then in English esp the plurars and gender.

Also, if you are English and want to speak German. You would have a hard time. Since two langage are close related
The same for French and Spanish ( often used from latin words)

Answer 6

French is easier if you already know spanish or viceversa, but if you are english native speaker, it would the same to learn french or spanish both languages have hard verb conjutation and grammar

Answer 7

Both French and Spanish are relatively easy to learn but not because you speak English. I would recommend studying Spanish first because you will have more of an opportunity to use it here in the US. If Latin is available at your school then I encourage you to take it.

Answer 8

The grammar is different but once you pass it, it becomes very easy since the vocabulary is much shorter. There are around 40,000 usually used french words against 120,000 English ones.
Latin languages as French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese need less words because its grammar is more versatile.
English structures itself with a very simple grammar but uses lots of similar but subtly different words.
The worst of the French language is the pronunciation. The logic of how to pronounce something is very intricate. For that the best ones are Italian and Spanish, both with very easy pronunciation and writing rules.

Never mind which one it is, the first one is more difficult. I am Hispanic and learnt English all my life and I still do a lot of mistakes. But I learnt French 3 years ago and I speak it fluently.

ETA
To Alula: English derivates from germanic langues but also from Latin so there are a loooooot of similar words.

Answer 9

if english is your first langauge, then a germanic based language would be easier. french and spanish are close to each other, but not really to english. i learned french at a young age so it was easier for me then say someone who is an adult. but there arent that many similarities between english and a romance language.

Answer 10

No, it's not. It will be easier to learn French if you speak any of the other latin based languages: Spanish, Italian or Portuguese.