What is an easy second language for those who learned English first?

Answer 1

Although I cannot say from experience, I have heard many Americans here in South Korea say that learning the

Korean language is very easy.

Answer 2

Italian and Spanish would be easiest for learning second. French is my second language, and people I have studied with complain and say that Spanish is a lot easier, and I have heard Italian is even easier.

Don't let that mislead you, learning a new language is still no cake walk. I'd advise learning a language that is spoken (even if just a little) most commonly in your area, it can be a lot of help to study when there are more people around that are learning or speak your language of choice. But ultimately, choose whatever you truly want to learn over anything else.

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Answer 3

I speak English, Esperanto, Spanish, and German, Esperanto was far easier to learn than any of the others, and it opened the world to me. I've had conversations with people from every continent, and every country, and I only had to learn the easiest language on earth to do so.

You might ask, why is Esperanto easier to learn than any of the other languages? It's because it is a language designed to be easier to learn than any national language. Most of the time spent studying a foreign language is spent learning the irregularities and rule exceptions ("I before E except after C", " 'sheep' is both singular and plural", etc). Esperanto has only 16 gramatical rules, and no exceptions to any of the rules.

Many people also ask, "Does anyone speak Esperanto? How can I practice it?" Well Esperanto is spoken by an estimated two million people world wide, and it's now growing because of the internet. It's the most widely spoken constructed auxiliary language, with the largest body of literature, music and even a few movies.

And yes, you can travel with Esperanto. To find out how, read this article in Wikipedia about the Esperanto "Pasporta Servo" (Passport Service):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasporta_Servo

If you want to find out more about Esperanto, Start with this Wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto

Answer 4

The easiest one would be of the same language group - that is Germanic (not German). The one I'd recommend is SWEDISH 'cos its grammar is almost the same as English but simpler (conerning tenses). A great many words look or sound (or both) the same. A lot of words are easy to guess.
After I started Swedish I realized I could speak it very soon. And English helps a lot. (My native language is Russian)
I needed to start German last year and found that my Swedish helped learning it, though to start speaking German one needs a lot of time - there are a lot of endings and crazy rules there.
If you learn Swedish you'll understand Danish and Norwegian and even some German - it's all very useful when you talk to Europeans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_language

Answer 5

Swedish is quite easy - same language group and the word order is often exactly like English (unlike German) and the verb forms are really easy compared to German. The pronunciation is not hard either (French is harder).

Also I've heard Spanish is quite easy.

Answer 6

There are many the same things tween French and English. If you have a satisfactory level of English, you can learn French very easily. Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Arab .. are all symbol languages. That 's pretty difficult to learn those language with English basis.

Answer 7

Any other Germanic language would be a good place to start. German, Dutch, or any of the Scandinavian languages are all closely related to English, and so they're fairly straightforward for English-speakers to learn.

Answer 8

English is the hardest language to ever have to learn so really all the other languages are going to have the same difficulty in learning.

Answer 9

my language is german then i learned english 2 years ago but spanish is way easier to learn

Answer 10

german words are very similar to english, although its not a very romantic language. a lot of people pick up spanish easily though. i like it, but if u dont speak it often then it will take you years to learn it.