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Which language is harder ti learn, Spanish, Italian, or French?

In tris formum I have seen Many answers telling that

Spanish is really easy, but I whant to know why, and what diferences can you give me to justifie that.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Whichever one you learn first.

    Italian, unless you are learning for literature, only has about four tenses, so...easiest for just spoken language.

    The thing is...the more languages you learn, the easier they get. Learning French is very difficult for people who have problems memorizing spelling. Spanish, at first, seems easier, because the spelling/pronunciation is very straightforward. But as you get more advanced, there is more complicated Grammar in Spanish (and it's used in daily speech), whereas French becomes more regular.

    The thing is: If you take French first, you'll find Spanish much easier, because you'll have already lain the groundwork for comprehending the fully inflected verbs. That's pretty much the most complicated piece. All the communicative structures that seem very strange when first learning a Romance Language are there after the first one. It is simply a case of having to learn the words...weather constructions, having hunger, cold, etc., are very simple to just interpose the new words, once you understand that the structure is different from English.

    I took Spanish first. There were whole units in French where my notes were: Learn the vocab. Grammar: same as Spanish.

    I did the same with Italian.

    Italian and French have this thing with the past tense and intransitive verbs...once you have one down, you can simply learn the other...rules are the same.

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    5 years ago

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  • 8 years ago

    Honestly,I'm italian but I know our language is a bit complicate (especially for grammar,) so,maybe italian is the most difficult (but however,you have to learn a lot for all these language)

    unfortunately I can't say my opion..cuz I can't speak neither French nor Spanish,just German and a bit of english...bye!

    sorry the mistakes

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  • 8 years ago

    You don;t say what your native language is. For many English speakers, Spanish is easier, as the pronunciation is very straightforward, the grammar is not too hard, and there will be familiar words [simply because English borrowed so many words from Latin, and Latin is the ancestor of Spanish].

    Of course Latin is also the ancestor of Italian and French - However English people, and people from the USA, sometimes have problems with French pronunciation.

    Source(s): Speak French and Spanish, can read Italian if i have to
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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    in my opinion is

    1-spanish

    2-french

    3-italian

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    They say that Spanish is the easiet between those, BUT they cannot learn "propper" Spanish even after studying 5 years or more.

    However, in my own opinion I would say that French seems to be the hardest.

  • Hi, I' m Italian and Italian it's very dificult, but I would appreciate an English speaking Italian. But in Italian, unlike of English, all verbs are conjugated differently for each person. for example, the verb "to be" (in Italian "essere") this is:

    Io sono.

    Tu sei

    Egli é

    Noi siamo

    Voi siete

    Essi sono

    The three the passato remoto, imperfetto, futuro semplice, passato prossimo, Trapassato Prossimo, Trapassato remoto e futuro semplice.

    ie

    Passato remoto

    Io fui

    Tu fosti

    Egli fu

    Noi fummo

    Voi fuste

    Essi furono

    Imperfetto

    Io ero

    Tu eri

    Egli era

    Noi eravamo

    Voi eravate

    Essi erano

    Futuro semplice

    Io sarò

    Tu sarai

    Egli sarà

    Noi saremo

    Voi sarete

    Essi saranno

    Ecc.

    There are also several different ways, this includes that presente, passato remoto, imperfetto, futuro semplice ecc. Is the way "indicativo" then there congiuntivo (congiuntivo presente, passato, imperfetto e trapassato), condizionale (presente e passato), imperativo (presente), infinito, participio e gerundio.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Either Italian, or French.. From an American point of view, that is.

    To me, French would be the easiest, since I already know it.

  • 8 years ago

    Usually this is what people answer to this question:

    1, Italian - the hardest

    2, French - A tough one, too.

    3, Spanish - Very easy.

  • 8 years ago

    that's a bit weird, i used to think that french is the easiest, Then spanish and italian.

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