What would be a harder language to learn for an English speaker: Spanish or Sweidsh?

Question

oops..."Swedish"

Answer 1

That's a tough question to answer. Swedish is obviously closer to English linguistically (as they're both Germanic languages), and much of the vocabulary is very similar to English (hus=house, ha=have, drink=drink [noun], flyga=fly [verb] and many more), but the grammar is a bit more complex. Also, Swedish is not as easy to practice, and we aren't exposed to it very often (assuming you live in the U.S.), so in that sense it is more difficult to become fluent in. Listening to spoken Swedish, an English speaker should find it relatively easy to understand some words and often to get the gist of the message being communicated, particularly after some exposure to the language.

Spanish is a Romance language, so it's different in many ways from English; however, there are indeed many cognates, and there are several grammatical forms that are very similar. Spanish grammar is also fairly straightforward and easy to learn, so I don't think it's a particularly difficult language to master. It is also spoken very widely in the U.S., which is a big help in learning the language since there are plenty of opportunities for exposure to and practice in the language.

Having said all that, I think that it really depends most on how motivated the learner is. If someone is motivated to learn any language, he/she will have a much better chance of success.
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Answer 2

no doubt about it...Swedish would be about 10 times more difficult than Spanish. There are lots of words that are practically the same in English as is Spanish called "cognates"..That's only 1 reason that Spanish is easier.

Answer 3

I'd probably say Swedish
I don't know much about the language, but I'm learning spanish now and it isn't too difficult

Answer 4

Sweidish is more difficult to learn.

Answer 5

spanish it's hard I think so