Italian or Spanish? I like them both...?

Question

Which one is easiest to pick up on? In Spanish, I have the mentallity of a three-year-old---you know---learning how to form sentences . . . but I also can read it and understand it. But I want to learn Italian, too . . . I just need some advice. Also, Italian seems more relaxed and speak slower.

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Answer 1

It depends on what you want to do with the language. Chances are in the US that Spanish would be the more useful of the two to learn in general since there are far more Spanish speakers than Italian speaker. But if you love Italian movies or music and have always wanted to understand what the people are saying, the Italian would be better for you. The same goes for Spanish.
Look at which fits your interests better and go with that one. They have pretty much the same level of difficulty to learn, so that shouldn't really come into play. Both are going to sound fast to you when spoken at a natural pace, but you'll get used to it. Either way you go, once you learn one, any other Romance Language (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Romanian, Catalan) will be much easier to learn, so you can't really lose! Good luck!

Answer 2

Italian

Answer 3

Mine is not an answer to yr question.I'm Italian and you know already which is my favorite language.But I would like to stop for a while the logorrheic answer given here above by the user Answerfinder 1360 -. At a certain point of his answer he writes about Spanish Literature. I don't have the patience to read all the rest but my blood started to boil in my veins when I read these lines "The Spanish language boasts a literary history that includes authors such as Miguel de Cervantes of Spain, Gabriela Mistral and Pablo Neruda of Chile, and Octavio Paz of Mexico. See Spanish Literature; Latin American Literature"
This would have been not an argument to support the Spanish language as I could never ending to list the famous names of all the Italian authors and artists.
I can understand you like Spanish better,my dear Answerfinder 1360, but please support it with anything different since with this one you'll loose....!!

Answer 4

I think Italian sounds prettier but if you live in the US, learning Spanish is more practical.

If it makes you feel better, both Spanish and Italian are Romance languages. So, if you know how to speak one, picking up the other is no sweat.

I say: do a coin flip.

Answer 5

Do you live in America? If so, you'll find more opportunities to use Spanish throughout your life. I took Italian in high school, for 3 years, and I kick myself for not taking Spanish instead. I wound up with a hispanic husband and a bunch of in-laws who only speak Spanish. There aren't that many Americans who only speak Italian.

But, don't go with Spanish if you don't think you'll enjoy it. It's important to enjoy what you're learning.

If you don't live in America, where do you live?

Answer 6

Spanish

Answer 7

I could say Dutch seeing that it has phrases very similar to English and the grammar isn't tough in any respect. I'm presently finding out Dutch as a moment language. I can talk Spanish a little bit bit as good seeing that it was once taught in prime university

Answer 8

If you know french, then it will help you in spanish but you may get muddled up a bit with spanish and french. So in this case Italian would be better.

Answer 9

Spanish, after that learn Italian, there are somehow similar.

Answer 10

Well once you lean one fluently, it will be easy to pick up the other one because they are very very similar. Spanish is more common so you would be able to practice it more often than Italian.