The Easiest Languages to Learn

Originally posted by mcrrock
I think i will stick with English & Pig latin.

Originally posted by mlprior
In that case,

avehay a errymay istmaschray!

Originally posted by mcrrock
Have a merry christmas to.

Polish was the first language I seriously tried to learn, and because I some incentives to learn, I didn't find it so diffucult once I'd got over the declination and conjugation rules. Pronunciation was easy, and because it has an extremely rigid phonetic structure, I could practice by reading newspapers and books.

When I was at school I had a few French and German lessons, but I can't say that I really learnt much because I wasn't very interested in learning at that time. However, since leaving school I have travelled a lot, and the few snippets I did learn at school have made me wish I'd taken it more seriously.

As well as native command of English, near native command of Polish, I'm reasonably fluent in 4 languages and can get by and have conversations in 6 others.

English is generally accepted to be the most difficult language to learn (as a foreign language).

Being a language teacher is incredibly rewarding if students are serious about learning.

EDIT: And learning to communicate in a foreign language is also incredibly satisfying, and it gives you a big advantage if/when you have to, want to, or need to use it.

Originally posted by asromacalcio
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

Lao is pretty close to thai and it took me about three months to find my way through it, so yeah, should be one of the easiest.

How to learn lao grammar in 5 minutes:
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1) just add words like dominos

I go to the mountain = (I) go mountain = Pai pu


2) "bo" is the interogative and negative form

bo pai pu = I don't go to the mountain
pai pu bo = Do you go to the mountain ?


3) Past and future are set with the words "leo" and "si"

pai pu leo = I've been to the mountain
si pai pu = I'll go to the mountain


4) the rest is just words, with different meaning according to the tones

Kai = egg or chicken or far or close or close (as locked)

But it's easy to understand what the person say just by the context of the sentence and some gesture will help too.


Now german! 😀

Originally posted by Jee
Lao is pretty close to thai and it took me about three months to find my way through it, so yeah, should be one of the easiest.

How to learn lao grammar in 5 minutes:
===========================

1) just add words like dominos

I go to the mountain = (I) go mountain = Pai pu


2) "bo" is the interogative and negative form

bo pai pu = I don't go to ...[text shortened]... ust by the context of the sentence and some gesture will help too.


Now german! 😀

sign language so easy you don't even have to open your oral :x

Norwegian is very easy if you know German.

Portuguese and Italian are easy if you speak Spanish

They have 200,000 compared to 800,000 in English. Also I'd add that you don't need to learn them all.

Good point though, nice to see somebody backing me up.

Thanks

Originally posted by c99ux
English is generally accepted to be the most difficult language to learn (as a foreign language).

Being a language teacher is incredibly rewarding if students are serious about learning.

Originally posted by asromacalcio
Couldn't disagree more with point one, couldn't agree more with point two.

Happy Christmas to all