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- How is French different from Spanish?
- Is it better to learn French or Spanish?
- Can French understand Spanish?
- Is French or Spanish harder to learn?
- Is French easier than Spanish?
- Which language is closest to French?
- Can I learn Spanish in 3 months?
- Is French worth learning?
- What is the hardest language to learn?
- Is Spanish easy if you know French?
- What do the Spanish think of the French?
- Can you understand Spanish if you speak French?
How is French different from Spanish?
French and Spanish have quite different pronunciation systems. Spanish is easier to spell, whereas French is easier to pronounce. In general, I'd describe them like this: Spanish is crisp and clear, but unforgiving, and French is blurry and difficult to parse, but easy to get right for the learner.
Is it better to learn French or Spanish?
While Spanish is a wonderful language and learning it comes with many benefits, none of the above is inherently true. Spanish grammar is sometimes simpler, and the accent is generally considered easier, but French gives English speakers a break in other areas, such as vocabulary.
Can French understand Spanish?
Yes they can. But not always to understand the full text. About 80% of Spanish/French words are cognates, but exact nuances of meaning have diverged over time. The structure/grammar is very similar.
Is French or Spanish harder to learn?
Spanish is arguably somewhat easier for the first year or so of learning, in large part because beginners may struggle less with pronunciation than their French-studying colleagues. ... Later on, Spanish grammar becomes more complicated, and some aspects are certainly more difficult than French.
Is French easier than Spanish?
Spanish is arguably somewhat easier for the first year or so – beginners may struggle less with pronunciation than their French-studying colleagues, and one of the most basic Spanish verb tenses is easier than French.
Which language is closest to French?
Languages similar to French. French is very close to other Romance languages such as Spanish, Portuguese and especially Italian. If you know one of these four languages, you can learn the other one in 6 months of intensive study (I did it).
Can I learn Spanish in 3 months?
Spanish in Three Months Is Possible
It is possible to learn to speak Spanish in three months. However, as we agreed earlier, it's not going to be easy, and you won't be perfect at the end.
Is French worth learning?
French is also, of course, an extremely useful language to learn. Below are some practical reasons for studying French. While 'only' about 80 million people speak French as a first language, it is one of the world's most widely spoken second languages with perhaps 200 million L2 speakers.
What is the hardest language to learn?
The Hardest Languages In The World To Learn
- Mandarin. Right at the top is the most spoken language in the world: Mandarin. ...
- Arabic. Number two, Arabic, challenges English speakers because most letters are written in 4 different forms depending on where they're placed in a word. ...
- Japanese. ...
- Hungarian. ...
- Korean. ...
- Finnish. ...
- Basque. ...
- Navajo.
Is Spanish easy if you know French?
If you know French very well, it won't be hard to learn Spanish or even Italian. ... I would say that Spanish is marginally easier for a total beginner to learn, because its spelling is more phonetic than that of French. But its grammar is every bit as challenging (some say even moreso).
What do the Spanish think of the French?
In general the Spaniards seem to like the French. In the old days the French were thought of as inmoral liberals who tried to corrupt Spain's good religious sacremony, Lol. Today however, the vast majority of Spaniards have a positive image of France and like to visit their neighboring country while on holiday.
Can you understand Spanish if you speak French?
Overall it will be relatively easy to learn Spanish if you know French, but like any language it will take time to reach fluency.
