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Saman asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 1 decade ago

Which language is more difficult to learn for an English speaking person?French، Spanish or German?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    As a student of each of these languages, I would say that each have their own downfalls.

    German and English are closely related. But then again, so are French and Spanish.

    German and English both originated from an ancient language (family) called Teutonic. French and Spanish are both Latin based; however, English has A LOT of Latin influence through French (and I suppose Spanish also).

    As I said, each have their difficulties, so I shall compare them for you (according to my own opinion), as well as putting the pronunciation difficulty on a scale of 1 to 5 (one being easiest):

    FRENCH -- 4

    Various article rules (it uses articles for things that we don't use articles for)

    Lots of verb tenses; however, in spoken French many are barely used

    Two noun genders

    General vocabulary is similar to english

    GERMAN -- 4 (just in a different way than French)

    Three noun genders *nouns are always capitalized

    General vocab is VERY similar to english

    Noun declensions - used for different parts of speech (for ex. indicating possesion in genitive case)

    Use an additional letter in their alphabet, ß, and umlauts.

    Also, I have article problems

    SPANISH -- 2

    (The easiest of the three)

    Many verb tenses

    Articles (as can be expected from a romance family language)

    Vocab is pretty simple and similar

    HOWEVER, don't solely trust my results. German in the hardest for me but this is my third year studying Latin, so of course French and Spanish have come a lot more easily for me.

    GOOD LUCK ^^

    Source(s): http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Language_Learning_Dif... This site answers questions like yours very well.
  • 1 decade ago

    That depends - are you better at learning from listening, reading, or doing?

    German grammer can be complicated, but with both German and Spanish, "what you see is what you get" - i.e. the pronunciation is easy once you've learnt the basics and there are very few exceptions to the rules.

    So in general I'd say that French is harder to learn for native English speakers, unless you're great at learning and remembering what you hear.

    Another (very important) aspect of language learning is practice! Is there a larger community of French, Spanish or German speakers where you live? Any opportunities to practice speaking and listening will help you a lot.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    I am a local English speaker and feature found out all three languages you ask of... German, French and Spanish. I observed that German has essentially the most intricate grammar, so you may also now not like that. There are three one-of-a-kind "genders" for phrases (male, feminine, neuter) and four one-of-a-kind instances. However, I love the sound of it and it is extremely phonetic so it is handy to be taught the pronunciation. French and Spanish are less complicated for English audio system grammar-clever, however now not always in pronunciation. I have an overly difficult time whilst I attempt to pronounce French phrases safely. I are living in California, so Spanish is the language I am concentrating on getting bigger at on account that I are living so nearly Mexico. Perhaps you must keep in mind which language you're going to get essentially the most use out of in Poland. I might wager German, on account that you're so nearly Germany and different German speakme international locations and towns. Yes, the grammar can also be complicated from time to time, however so can French and Spanish. Nothing is as difficult as English :)

  • 1 decade ago

    French. The pronunciation is very different to German which is more closely related to English. Spanish is regarded by most to be a reasonably easy language to learn (in comparison to the other two you mentioned). That's just putting it in a few sentences.

    Source(s): I have learnt French and German
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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It's not that simple. one language is easier in a way that another isn't. for example: German has fewer verb tenses than Spanish, but Spanish has fewer noun genders and case endings. First you must think out what makes a language especially difficult for you and then read up on the languages. Wikipedia is especially helpful for this purpose

  • Rachel
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    It depends. German has a lot of consonants, French is very nasal, and Spanish is the most practical if you plan on living in America for your whole life. I personally find French to be my favorite, followed by German, and Spanish (when spoken badly, as it often is) sometimes irks me. But it's your choice. Good luck.

  • 1 decade ago

    German becuz their language doesnt have a lot of cogneys in the language.....(cogneys r words that look like words from what we use in America, but pronounced differently.......)

    but spanish has the most cogneys in the language (i think becuz i'm learning spansih rite now)

    and most of my friends r taking french rite now, but they have some cogneys in the language (but not a lot.....)

    hope this helps a lot! ♫

    Source(s): spanish classes and my french speaking friends! a girl that speaks and rites in german (vry confusing!)
  • 1 decade ago

    For my money it's German. A complicated grammar more similar to Latin and Russian then to the other Germanic languages.

  • 1 decade ago

    GERMAN, because german people have so many acents, and its very hard, trust me there's a boy in my class and he talks german for us and its so hard, my dad speaks french, its not that hard, and spanish is like the eisiest language ever!

  • 1 decade ago

    spanish and french

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