Does latin in high school help you learn other languages, such as Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, or Dutch?

Answer 1

It will help you learn all those languages. Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese all all derived directly from Latin, so the words are often very similar. Dutch, as some have pointed out, is a Germanic language, not derived from Latin. However, Dutch does have gender in its nouns, and it does have cases (German even more so). These are not present in English, but are a mainstay in Latin. Learning Latin will let you understand how genders and cases work, and simplify learning another language that uses them - such as Dutch or German.

Answer 2

As previously answered, Dutch has little, if anything, to do with Latin (surely, less than English does).

As to Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, if you are a native English speaker, Latin can give you a little edge, a very little age indeed: you will get some familiarity with words, but grammar is so different that it doesn't worth the effort.
If you can read Latin, you will learn Spanish, Italian, Portuguese a bit more easily.
But this is not a sound reason for learning Latin from scraps.

Answer 3

Only Spanish, Italian and Portuguese (either Brazilian or European Portuguese). Dutch belongs to the Germanic language family which also include languages such as German, English Frisian, and Afrikaans.

Answer 4

Languages as Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and also French have Latin roots. Dutch is a Germanic language as also German, Austrian, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. As South Africa has been a Dutch colony, the main language there, Africaans, has Dutch roots and is thus a Germanic language.

Answer 5

I consistently believed the first-rate manner of studying a language was once to get your self a lover that spoke the language. Cant be real although 'reason the Pope speaks 20 languages. No the first-rate manner is to visit the nation and reside with the men and women. Unless of direction you wish to be trained English.In which case move to Sweden. Neither the English or the Americans talk appropriate English any further.

Answer 6

Well, it doesn't have a lot in common with Dutch, as that is a Germanic language, but it would certainly help with the others you mention, as well as French.

Answer 7

Maybe, Sound Very Italian, And A Little Of Spanish.

FILITA.

Answer 8

Yes.
Latin is pretty much the basis of all languages (Don't listen to the Greeks)
Almost any word can be rooted back to original Latin.

Answer 9

Until middle 60's it was taught on school starting from 5th grade, to help our own language learning .
BTW I'm from Brazil

Answer 10

no.but knowing Italian helped in learnign French to me...