I know it's all a matter of personal opinion, but of the six or seven I've studied (I only speak two fluently however), Russian is by far and the easiest. Most people studying here seem to think this.
Anyway, I was wondering what languages people here have learned without great difficulty.
(The motivation for posting this is curiosity.)
Spasseeba
Originally posted by asromacalcioThai! Once you've mastered the variations in pronunciation, there aren't that many words to learn. The same word has many different meanings depending on how you pronounce it. So actual word variation isn't a chore to remember.
I know it's all a matter of personal opinion, but of the six or seven I've studied (I only speak two fluently however), Russian is by far and the easiest. Most people studying here seem to think this.
Anyway, I was wondering what languages people here have learned without great difficulty.
(The motivation for posting this is curiosity.)
Spasseeba
swedish. it's like english but without the vast amount of obscure rules and exceptions to them.
how hard a language is to learn, generally depends on the 'distance' it has to your first language. it has been shown that any language is as difficult or easy as any other, as children learn their first language just as early everywhere.
Originally posted by mikelomthai ?
Thai! Once you've mastered the variations in pronunciation, there aren't that many words to learn. The same word has many different meanings depending on how you pronounce it. So actual word variation isn't a chore to remember.
to learn how you must pronounce a word its not so easy !
in fact if you want to learn occidental languages ( latin or germanic )you should use one cerebral hemisphere ...
but in many oriental languages ( chinese for example ) we must use both cerebral hemispheres ... because of the same word with different pronunciation means a different thing !
Originally posted by zintierivMy wife is Thai. Good point made though. Brings to reason that it depends how you are learning the language. If it's from a book then it is a completely different process than living in the country and learning it there. So most languages, I would say, are fairly easy if you are with people of that origin speaking it daily and reading it wherever you go. That makes a big difference. That's why children with cross language parents grow up bi-lingual without even thinking about it. It has been reported that a child, if spoken to and brought up on a daily basis with adults of different languages could speak seven languages without any difficulty.
thai ?
to learn how you must pronounce a word its not so easy !
in fact if you want to learn occidental languages ( latin or germanic )you should use one cerebral hemisphere ...
but in many oriental languages ( chinese for example ) we must use both cerebral hemispheres ... because of the same word with different pronunciation means a different thing !
The post that was quoted here has been removedIf that is supposed to be gnash, then fine. But if you were trying to state the word for "fire" in Orcish, then that is ghash. (I think, I haven't read the Lord of the Rings for ages).
My easiest language is French. I have some very good teachers.
Originally posted by asromacalcioдобрый вечер.
I know it's all a matter of personal opinion, but of the six or seven I've studied (I only speak two fluently however), Russian is by far and the easiest. Most people studying here seem to think this.
Anyway, I was wondering what languages people here have learned without great difficulty.
(The motivation for posting this is curiosity.)
Spasseeba
Russian is not so hard, there are just a lot of words to the language.