What's the easiest language to learn?

Question

What's the easiest language to learn?

either learning it as a child or in school, English is probalby harder than spanish due to the many quotations and grammar rules that apply.

So tell me this, what language do you think would be easy to learn?

Answer 1

I think the greatest languages are not easy to learn... But it depends in what is your native language. I mean, I can undestand when Brazil's president talk... and I don't even take a Portuguese lesson! That's not because portuguese is easy, it's because is similar to Spanish. English can be harder for Spanish people than German people. That's what I think

Exactly right! - Beatrice-Codder, May 16, 2011

I know that I wrote with no much sense, please correct me xD - ale_rd, May 16, 2011

unas correcioncitas...depends on what your native language is...president talks...I have never even taken a Portuguese lesson...it's because it is similar... - webdunce, May 16, 2011

"depends on what your native language is" "president talks" "I have never taken" "it is similar" - Sabor, May 16, 2011

(Sí, yo soy de acuerdo contigo. Inglés y aleman tiene el mismo raiz.) Aunque no es perfecta, tu respuesta es muy comprensible sin correcciones. Saludos. - webdunce, May 16, 2011

Your writing does have sense; it is easy to understand. Well done! - Sabor, May 16, 2011

Thanks for correct me, I'll try to do better next time :) - ale_rd, May 16, 2011

Answer 2

Suggestions for Ale rd

I think the greatest languages are not easy to learn, but it depends on what is your native language is. I mean, I can understand when Brazil's president talk speaks and I don't have never even taken a Portuguese lesson! That's not because Portuguese is easy but because it is similar to Spanish. English can be harder for Spanish people than German people. That's what I think

I know what I wrote with no does not make much sense. Please correct me.

Thanks! I still think in Spanish u_u , but I'll be more careful next time :D - ale_rd, May 16, 2011

Answer 3

The easiest language to learn is the one your mother taught you. All others will be a challenge by comparison.

Unless your mother taught you a dead language - Beatrice-Codder, May 16, 2011

Your answer is the one I agree with most. Vote. - pesta, May 16, 2011

Bravo, Joyce! - 002067fe, May 16, 2011

Answer 4

To become fairly proficient in Spanish takes 1000 hours of focused study. French takes 1,500 hours. German takes 2,000 hours. Esperanto takes 150. However, I wouldn't recommend Esperanto because only 2,000,000 speakers are estimated world-wide. These stats are based off of one study. Through research you may find more specifics, but this is a start.

How many hours for English? Is it the same as German? - heliotropeman, May 16, 2011

Hmmm, what if I only expend 999 hours on Spanish? Would hate to fall short of my goal! :) - cristalino, May 16, 2011

You forgot to mention what is the mother tongue of the people for which those figures apply. For a dutch, it would be less than 1000 for sure. - lazarus1907, May 17, 2011

Absolutely right. This is for an English speaker and is just one study. - Beatrice-Codder, May 17, 2011

Answer 5

I would have to say English. Many people who speak English (and only English)speak it poorly,including myself. I believe you can " get by" your entire life with a basic knowledge of the English language in The United States.

Answer 6

((((( The Mother Tongue )))))

((((( La Lengua Madre )))))

Answer 7

I too agree with Joyce. It doesn't matter what language you learn as a child because you have nothing else to compare it with. Your native tongue is the easiest. You simply copy and repeat. The grammar doesn´t come until after you are fluent.

I think the biggest obstacle people encounter while learning a second, third, etc language is that they constantly compare it to their native language.

Answer 8

If you already know a Romance language (one based on Latin), learning any other Romance language should be easy. I know an Italian lady (lots of Italian-speaking people in this area) who went to Mexico on vacation. She spoke to the waiters in Italian, and they spoke to her in Spanish, and they understood each other perfectly.

I can talk to Italian people for hours without a problem. - lazarus1907, May 17, 2011

Answer 9

I read a book by someone named Barry Farber whose title I forget. He is an annoying person that is fluent in 25 languages. His opinion was that Indonesian is the easiest to learn.

The thing I remembered is that for plurals they simply repeat the word!

man=orang men =orang orang: written they put orang2!

He rated Spanish at the easier end of the scale.

Tough: Hungarian and Finnish

Indonesian is not difficult to pronounce and the grammar is one of the simplest ones, but it still takes time to master. - lazarus1907, May 17, 2011

Answer 10

Chinese because you do not need to conjugate

Except there's no alphabet and memorizing 2000+ characters takes forever. - someone09, May 16, 2011

i'd rather conjugate than memorize a bunch of characters that don't help you pronounce the words - MeEncantanCarasSonrisas, May 16, 2011

When I went to China our tour guide told us it takes about 10 years to learn all the chinese language. So they were working to reduce the number of symbols to learn in school. - salsero69, May 16, 2011

And the vocabulary is totally unrelated, plus you have to learn how to use and recognize tones. - lazarus1907, May 17, 2011

Answer 11

I am going to cautiously say Spanish. Not saying the language itself is easy, it's definitely not, but its grammar looks simpler than say Portuguese or French.

It seems to be that Spanish is an extremely efficient language to speak. English may be more functional, but in Spanish, you really only use the words needed. - salsero69, May 16, 2011

Answer 12

For English speaking people Danish is relatively easy to learn (very simple verb conjugations) as are Norwegian and Swedish because they are very similar in most respects - so you get 3 languages for the price of knowing one of them well.

The only real prollem is the pronunciation and therefore understanding the spoken langauges.