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re: Easiest language to learn as an adult? Considering German.
Posted on 4/8/21 at 6:57 pm to Slippy
Posted on 4/8/21 at 6:57 pm to Slippy
Here's a link to the US State Department's ranking of foreign language learning difficult: https://www.state.gov/foreign-language-training/
Italian / Spanish level 1, German level 2.
Italian / Spanish level 1, German level 2.
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Posted on 4/8/21 at 6:59 pm to arcalades
quote:Finnish says “Pidä olutta”.
all European languages are descendants of latin.
It is a Uralic language, as close to Latin as it is to Chinese.
Posted on 4/8/21 at 7:00 pm to Slippy
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It has sentence structures that are very much like English and not a bunch of gender rules.
It has three genders
Posted on 4/8/21 at 7:02 pm to soccerfüt
That's why I brought up Basque. It is close to absolutely zero extant languages on the planet.
Fascinating subject to read about btw.
Fascinating subject to read about btw.
Posted on 4/8/21 at 7:02 pm to wileyjones
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also why Russian isn’t as different from English as you’d think
Russian is a Slavic language, not Germanic.
And it’s very different from English.
Posted on 4/8/21 at 7:03 pm to Slippy
Doesn’t seem practical. The average German speaks better English than low income Americans
Posted on 4/8/21 at 7:05 pm to Ric Flair
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The average *insert anyone on the planet* speaks better English than low income Americans
FIFY
Posted on 4/8/21 at 7:08 pm to Centinel
Posted on 4/8/21 at 7:45 pm to arcalades
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Guess where latin comes from?
Latvia?
Posted on 4/8/21 at 7:48 pm to Slippy
Igpay atinlay
Posted on 4/8/21 at 8:02 pm to BestBanker
Du bist krank zu kopf! Ja vohl!
Posted on 4/8/21 at 8:43 pm to Slippy
Spanish is the easiest
Russian and Arabic are the toughest
Russian and Arabic are the toughest
Posted on 4/8/21 at 8:45 pm to heatom2
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Whatever you do, don't do french.
Why not
Posted on 4/8/21 at 8:56 pm to Centinel
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That's why I brought up Basque. It is close to absolutely zero extant languages on the planet.
Fascinating subject to read about btw.
The crazy thing I remember reading about Basque is that unlike most languages it hasn't really changed much. A Basque speaker today and one from when it was part of the Roman empire could understand each other. Most languages have changed so much it's impossible or they'd have only a basic understanding of each other.
Posted on 4/8/21 at 9:34 pm to Old Money
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Norwegian (bokmål) or Dutch. You choose which one!
Especially Norwegian. You think German grammar is close? Norwegian almost mirrors ours. Very close with sentence structure. The words, once you can make them out individually, sound like very old archaic English words instead of Klingon.
Posted on 4/8/21 at 10:47 pm to SportsGuyNOLA
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Spanish is the easiest
Spanish is easy for Americans because we are surrounded by it, whether the person recognizes it consciously or subconsciously. There are nearly as many Spanish speakers in the United States as there are in Spain, and it has infused our culture to a degree that is hard to over-state. For native English speakers outside the U.S., it is typically a bit more difficult.
German isn't terribly difficult to learn to read for a native English speaker (easier than any Romance language in my opinion). Structure and so forth are quite similar with a lot of similar vocabulary as well. Six to twelve months of regular study and practice would give a lot of native English speakers a decent grasp when picking up a German newspaper. It is fairly difficult to learn to speak in my experience.
Arabic is really, really difficult as a native English speaker. You have to be seriously dedicated to learn it. Semitic languages in general might as well be from another world to any native speaker of an Indo-European language with the possible exception of Farsi.
Posted on 4/8/21 at 10:56 pm to AbuTheMonkey
I don't know any Dutch but give me an article with a picture or two and I can usually puzzle out the gist of what it says.
Posted on 4/8/21 at 11:19 pm to Slippy
During lock down last year, I was learning Spanish on Duolingo. I took two Spanish classes in high school, so I remembered quite a bit. Once things started opening, I haven’t picked it up since. Duolingo has refresher courses to catch you back up.
Learn Spanish. It’s more valuable. Jobs desperately need people who can.
Learn Spanish. It’s more valuable. Jobs desperately need people who can.
Posted on 4/8/21 at 11:21 pm to Slippy
German is hard.
Posted on 4/8/21 at 11:22 pm to Slippy
I'm over a year into German on Duolingo. I can read a lot now but watching German tv I'm lost.
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