Which language should i learn? German or ?French? Explain why please.?

Answer 1

German

"The Germanic languages are a group of related languages constituting a branch of the Indo-European (IE) language family. The common ancestor of all languages comprising this branch is Proto-Germanic, spoken in approximately the latter mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age Northern Europe. Proto-Germanic, along with all of its descendants, is characterized by a number of unique linguistic features, most famously the consonant change known as Grimm's law. Early Germanic varieties enter history with the Germanic peoples who settled in northern Europe along the borders of the Roman Empire from the 2nd century.

The largest Germanic languages are English and German, with approximately 400 and 100 million native speakers respectively. The group consists of other major languages, such as Dutch with 22 million and Afrikaans with over 16 million speakers; and the North Germanic languages including Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Faroese with a combined total of about 20 million speakers. The SIL Ethnologue lists 53 different Germanic languages"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_language

Answer 2

French. It is spoken all over Europe and I found it relatively easy.

Problem: German is the language on which English was based, so even with the backward syntax, you might pick it up most easily.

The most practical language to learn if you live in the US is Spanish. But, if you have to choose between only French and German, you'd be able to travel more places and understand the natives if you learn French.

Answer 3

French

Answer 4

Depends on what you might use it for. I minored in German in college, mostly because my family is German and it seemed more practical to learn. It is most like English in structure. Have never used it though. Not sure if I will ever get to Germany. I have taken 2 French classes too, because I would like to go to France sometime. Being a romance language, it is not comparable to English structure and usage, and many words are from left field so are difficult to make sense of. It's not "ugly" though, like German is very curt and choppy, whereas French is softer and smoother sounding. Depends what you want to do with it.

Answer 5

I learned French, because it was someplace I was interested in. As it turned out, French, Spanish and Italian are so close to each other, (sharing root words, grammatical structure ...) that I actually knew a little of the latter without learning. Now Spanish is easy.
I also learned that a good number of countries speak french, several Caribbean islands, parts of Canada, and it is a second language in numerous European countries, it is a first or second language in most of north Africa

Answer 6

Well, English is a Germanic language, although on the surface german and english don't seem too much alike. Also, Germany is coming up in the technological world and most of france is not too happy with the USA right now.

I would say German, although it is a more difficult language to learn, it may be more useful.

Answer 7

As salaamu 'alaikym, my friend.

Insha'Allah, I would recommend learning French as it is one of the "Romance languages" and thereby will open the door to learning Spanish and Italian more easily, as well as learning to read Portuguese (i.e., a little Latin, even in a "bastardized" form, goes a long way.)

French is spoken in more parts of the world than German, such as Africa, Indo-China, southeast Asia, Canada, etc.

German is, however, a very good , technical language and is often used in scientific papers especially in regards to engineering, chemistry, mathematics and medicine.

If you are learning a language to further your possible business career, you might want to learn Chinese.

Ma'a salaam.

Answer 8

French. Their flow of words is beautiful. Also, it ties into a lot of the food everyone eats today and locations. Think about neighborhoods with the "cote de sac" in it. Sorry if i spelt it wrong. As for food, even "Parfait" (perfect dessert). If you look at some of the products used, on the back there are still some French translation along with Spanish. You would be amazed at how much French is still incorporated these days.

Answer 9

May be. Any language can be easy if you have a strong incentive, a good and sympathetic teacher, and the chance to practice the language--can you visit Quebec? I do not myself like the sound of French, but if you do, then that should be a great encouragement. I found German easier than French, but that is because my mother tongue (English) is also a Germanic language. I knew French before I started Spanish and found it confusing: "en" for instance in Spanish is much closer in how it is used to English "in" than to the French preposition "en" (mostly replaced by "à", which is only sometimes used like "a" in Spanish). Both French and Spanish are modern forms of Latin, but whereas French (like Catlan, Provençal and Italian) are derived from the Latin of around 500 AD, Spanish (like Portuguese and Romanian) are derived from the Latin of several centuries earlier, and it does make a difference. French irregular verbs are far more irregular than any in Spanish, and French spelling is almost as awful as that of English. French nouns have mostly the same genders as their Spanish equivalents, but there are some traps: "El mar" becomes "la mer" and "la gente" becomes "les gens" (masculine plural). Even the cut off point at which "tu" becomes too informal and intimate is much higher in Spanish, i.e. a Spanish speaker might "tutear" a not particularly close friend when he would not dare "tutoyer" the same person in French if his French were really idiomatic. As to accents, the snobbish French look down on anyone who speaks it without a Parisian accent, but this does not bother either the Quebecois, the Walloons (French speaking Belgians) nor the Swiss. However all of them are very picky about the niceties of grammar, seen as a sign of a good education, so expect a heavy does of overly complicated grammar, much of which only applies to the written language. Bonne chance, mon ami (Buena Suerte, amigo)

Answer 10

i think you should learn french. i tried learning some german for a bit and it was way to hard for me. but it really depends on who you are. for some people french is easy and german is hard and other people german is easy and french is hard.

maybe you should try both and see which one is better for you.