French or Spanish?

Question

Spanish is spoken more in America, but French is spoken in over 40 countries around the world. french is prettier, spanish sounds more fun. french is more fun to speak and learn (so is german), spanish is more fun to hear (so is a french accent) I personally am in favor of French, because i plan to live in colorado, not florida or anything, and also to be in other countries around the world alot, so French will be awesome when i go to africa.

Answer 1

i love both of them. when spoken properly they are absolutely beautiful. why not learn both? spanish has many speakers and might be beneficial to you in the US. if you are planning on visiting french countries, french would definitely be good. do whatever you want. they both can be hard at times and they both have their easy moments, but either could benefit you in the future.-

Answer 2

Hi Joie....

Even your 'nickname' is French...

Here is my view.... If you are tempted highly by French, then Now is the best time to study it....
French is much more difficult than Spanish and you have to WANT to learn it to LEARN... You'll have to practice and read, and you will gain a whole new world of pronounciation you never experienced before.... And yes, with French, you can go aroun the world much more widely.... Plus, if you live in Colorado eventualy, you can always lean Spanish easily here in USA... French is much more difficult to acquire in USA, because the teachers often have problems themselves with the pronounciation... So go with French as soon as you can... Then Spanish will only be a breeze......

Good Luck! Bonne Chance!

Answer 3

I'd go with Spanish first. It's an easier language in my opinion and would be good to learn the basics, and the pronounciation is really easy. Once you have a good grasp of Spanish you'll see you can understand a little bit of French if you try to read it just from there similiarites. So I would go for French afterwards and it should be fairly quick and easy to learn.

Answer 4

“Spanish is spoken more in America, but French is spoken in over 40 countries around the world.” If you live in the USA today, Spanish is a useful language to learn.

“french is prettier” French has lots of nasal sounds that don’t exist in English. For pure, sexy beauty to the ear, my money is on Italian.

“french is more fun to speak and learn (so is german)” Ferris wheels are more fun than roller coasters! Apples are better than oranges! This is a meaningless comparison.

I took three years of Latin in high school. I took two years of French in college. Now I’m starting my second year of Spanish study, again at the college level, sixteen years after studying French. Why? Spanish is the second dominant language in the USA after English. I will be infinitely more employable if I am a functional Spanish speaker. I can functionally read other Romance languages if I have a good grasp of even one of them. The French almost universally despise us. The Spanish-speaking peoples of the world are not just tolerant but warm and welcoming toward us ignorant gabachos who speak little to nothing of their language (as evidenced by my travels to Spain and Mexico and my local experiences with Cubans, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans). Last but not least, it’s fun.

Maybe you think that Spanish isn’t as “sophisticated” or “cultured” as French. I would disagree. If you want cultural sophistication, look at the great artists of Spain – Picasso, Dalí, Goya, Velazques, Miro. The Prado holds its own against the other great museums of the world.The work of fiction that has been translated into more languages than any other is Don Qixote – it’s arguably translated into more languages than any other book, save the Bible. Architecture – think Gaudi. Dance – think flamenco, tango, salsa, merengue. Are you a cuisine fan? Think of the diverse cuisines of the Spanish speaking world – from humble to haute, it’s all good!

Obviously I’m biased. I’ve studied French, and I’d like to revisit my French someday. Spanish is definitely easier to learn. If you can read it, you can say it in Spanish. French is fancy, but neither spelling nor pronunciation is intuitive. As I noted before, there are vowel sounds in French that do not exist in English. The hardest thing to get your tongue around in Spanish is rolling your “Rs” and understanding when g is hard and when it is soft. Jota and the letter h give some people problems in Spanish.

That said, if YOU want to study French, study French. If you want to study French, that is enough reason to do it. Maybe your parents are pressuring you to study Spanish because it’s immediately more practical or useful. I’m studying Spanish as a third foreign language. I don’t regret a moment spent on any one of them. I’m studying Spanish now because 1) I can do so at a very fine college for free, 2) it will be useful to me and 3) because language study is the best mind candy I have ever found.

ANY language that you study (including sign language) will add to your overall education in ways that you will never be able to predict. Foreign language study has taught me more about English language grammar and syntax than I ever learned in an English class. Language study has also made the world a richer place for me.

You only get one life. What do YOU want to do with it?

Answer 5

Spanish is a lot easier than French is, and it's spoken by more people, over a wider area, even if it's not as many countries.

Answer 6

From what I understand, Spanish is harder than French mainly because the verb forms are hard to follow and have so many irregularities. Also, I definitely think Spanish would be a more practical language to learn, esp. if you live in the U.S.

Answer 7

I've taken both french and spanish. However, I've enjoyed studying spanish more than french, because its a lot easier to learn. I found french confusing, and I never understood what I was learning.

Answer 8

If you learn one romace language (French,Italian,Spanish,Portugese,Romanian) you can learn any of the others fairly easily as well. I took 3 languages in university and am glad I did.
(my major was in French ...go with that one.. but then again Spanish will soon be Americas' 2nd language)

Answer 9

Personally I'd say Spanish - it's easier and seems to make a lot more sense, ...but you seem to have already talked yourself into French and it sounds like it would be more useful in your situation.

Answer 10

Vive l'Espagne, la Colombie, le Mexique... et Quebec libre!
But go for Spanish. It's way more useful.