Español is a Problema
Is it only me or is Español really much more difficult than English and even French?
13 Answers
Gerda is right in saying that there is a certain correspondence amongst the Germanic languages. My native language is English and I reached a reasonable level of fluency in German after having lived there. Now that I am learning Spanish, I am constantly surprised by its organization and logic. To me, it makes English seem like an inconsistent mixture of a lot of other languages. Which, to some extent, it is.
Learning any new language takes time and effort, but I think learning Spanish is well worth the effort. It will teach you many things about your native tongue--and you will meet some great people along the way!
English has GOT to be much more difficult to learn than Spanish.
Is as difficult as English.
Think about this. Spanish and English speakers alike have problems with: ( and I am going to list this in English, but it is the same thing...)
Should, have, must
To be
prepositions
subjunctive
and this what I have for the moment... I am sure more will pop up. 
Same difference (?!*&%) 
No way, English is the hardest to learn from what I've heard. All of the pronunciations are different than the spelling and the way we actually speak is so detached from what is actually grammatically correct. And from an English speaker's perspective, Spanish is easier to learn than French just because pronunciation and spelling come more easily to me. In Spanish, the way it's spelled is the way it's pronounced
I think if I grew up using Spanish I might think English was harder but as it is I'm not getting anywhere fast with Spanish so you figure it out.
I'm learning English and I have some issues regarding to the vowels pronunciation. In Spanish the vowels are always pronounced at the same way, in English the sound always changing. 
You're right Fifuentesh. Spanish makes more logic in that regard than the insane English and the out-of-this-world French vowels.
I'd rank French ahead of Spanish, and English ahead of both of them, but not by much. I really think English is overrated when it comes to difficulty.
@ TheSilentHer
That's true! English is my second language and let me tell you, it's one of easiest languages on earth. Try learning Chinese or Arabic or even German! Oh boy
As far as spelling is concerned, Spanish is definitely easier and more consistent than either French or English. For the rest, much depends on one's background. English is probably easier for people whose mother tongue is another Germanic language, if one's primary language is another Romance language Spanish or French will be easier to learn than English, German, Dutch or Swedish. And whoever studied Latin will have fewer difficulties with Spanish, Italian or Portuguese. At least, if they don't try to study Spanish and Italian or Portuguese at the same time.
I would say, No. Having no personal reference other than hearsay regarding English (whatever that's worth), I've never heard anything but that it is among the most difficult of languages to learn from scratch. (That may vary greatly depending on one's native language, with German, Dutch and related language speakers having a slight advantage over those coming from Romance languages, but that's just a guess.)
Based on my own sometimes ill-fated experience with language, dating to my high-school and college efforts, I would rank French as the most difficult, followed by Russian, then Spanish and finally, German.
Taking a second stab at Spanish, though, I find it much more yielding to effort, and I attribute that mainly to motivation brought on by changing demographics and the ever more certain benefit of knowing it and the absolutely certain opportunity to use it. As with Yeser's plaster bag, it is all about us today and I believe it foolish to ignore it.
Motivation.
Spanish makes much more sense!
Spanish - Come en el comedor. Cocina en la cocina. Duerme en el dormitorio.
English - Eat in the dining room. Cook in the kichen. Sleep in the bedroom. What??
Spanish has more verb tenses but, other than that, it doesn't seem to me to be more difficult than French. It also doesn't seem more difficult than English -- but English is my native tongue so I'm probably not the best judge of that.
