Which language is easier to learn based on your experiences? English or Spanish?

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Answer 1

Spanish hands down. The pronunciation is much easier than that of English, along with the orthography in English leaves much to be desired. Also there are so many unpredictably irregular verbs in English. Spanish is much more predictable, and as a result easier. Not that Spanish is not hard to learn; any language is, but Spanish is a more logical language in many respects.

Chinese, Russian, and English are the 3 most difficult languages in the world. English is almost a conglomerate of different languages stewing in one big pot. - SaigeSmith, Apr 23, 2012

Agreed. - PumpkinCalabaza, Apr 23, 2012

Answer 2

I can't really answer this from the perspective of someone who has learned both languages as a foreign language. I can say however I love languages and the easiest ones to learn are the ones that you have access to the most resources for. I wanted to learn French along with Spanish, but I know zero people around me that speak French, so Spanish has gone a lot easier.

Also, consider that by not using the new Language regularly, it's very difficult to keep it going. If you have no one around you that speaks Spanish, it may be wise to learn English, or vise-versa.

I have heard, though, that it is more difficult to learn English because of all the varying grammatical rules. Hard to say for me though, since I speak English natively.

Answer 3

Spanis of course!! Is more rigorous in keepin structure and not take words an spellings from different languages. Silhouette? Corral? Enchilada? Google? Could you spell them with certanty if you never new the spelling. Another thing is a lot less times letters an have more than one pronunciation (A as in apple or as in taste?, E as in elephant or bee? O as in Ozone or as in loop, pasta, physics.....). Hends down spanish!!!!!

Answer 4

If you think you can do it, then you will. If you think that you can't do it, then you won't. It all depends on how you see it.
As a native English speaker, I studied my own language to find out which rules I could bend or break to flavor my writing style. It wasn't until I visited South Georgia (U.S.), that I got a real handle on breaking grammar rules. The way some folks talk in the deep South makes you wonder how they made it through school, or if they went to school. You could ask someone at a fruit stand, "How much are the tomatoes?" about 20 times and they still would look at you wide-eyed. But say, "How much tomatoes is?" at the same vendor, and they'd rhyme off not only the tomato price list, but try to sell you watermelons, cantaloupes, peas, okra, and whatever else they had. It fascinated me so much that I picked it up almost immediately.
If you're looking at the grammatical end of things, Spanish wins hands down.

Answer 5

Creo que Español es mas fácil, porque no tiene muchas idiomas y sólo tiene 17 tiempos y 6-7 conjugaciones.

I believe Spanish is easier, because it doesn't have a lot of idioms like English does, and it has 17 specific verb tenses and 6-7 conjugations. In English, the tenses are harder to distinguish, along with the fact that Americans use a ton of sarcasm.

We hardly ever use sarcasm! :) - JoshuaBelden, Apr 23, 2012

Let's keep it friendly!! - rac1, Apr 23, 2012

when i was in high school we came across a word that nobady new the pronunciation right of the bat...NOT EVEN TEACHER! in inglish class. you can say " yo caminaba o yo camera o yo camine and would make no real difference unless you were in court and you' - algdnz, Apr 23, 2012

i've been around kids that had to learn spanish as first language and kids that had to learn Inglis. you spend several years learning spelling.in inglis, or is it english? see? very simple. - algdnz, Apr 23, 2012