Language course: which of the following is easiest to learn and understand? French, Italian, German, Spanish?
So I am planning to take any of the following language course. Which do you think is easiest to learn?
* French
* Italian
* German
* Spanish
* Portuguese
* Russian
I feel great affinity with Spanish because some of the words used in Filipino, my native language came from Spanish and I read some (and understand little) Spanish gender differences, but cannot speak it nicely. I am considering to take German too, well, I don’t know why but I think German words and their spelling are great though difficult to pronounce and write. Russian is good too, but I guess I have to learn Cyrillic, apart from learning the language… French is good too, but I am not after the perfection of pronunciation. After all, my English diction isn’t that great, so I am not expecting to be good in French.
This language doesn’t do anything to my degree. It won’t affect my grade, never be credited for my curriculum. I am taking it only for fun, and extra knowledge of foreign culture.
Based on your background, Spanish should be easiest to learn and understand since the Tagalog language has some Spanish influence so you may find some words similar. Moreover, in terms of relevance, Pre American literature in the Philippines are written in Spanish. Spanish is also the most spoken language in the world among your choices, and the third among all of the languages. So when it comes to learning another culture, you can get around more with Spanish.