i'm really interested in languages, but i'm 17 and i can only really speak English fluently. i've been learning Spanish since grade 9, but the high school spanish class hasn't helped my fluency at all.
along with spanish i want to learn French, Italian, and Portuguese (all Romance languages so it won't be as difficult if i master spanish first)....but do you think it's possible, even though i am no longer at that stage where language comes easily?

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.

Where can i learn a new language in NYC or Staten island (if that's possible) i would buy Rosetta Stone but i'd rather interact with people or a person who knows the language.

I really want to learn Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese and Sign Language. But I'm focusing more on Spanish right now.

- Thnx
Oh, and i'm 16.

I learned spanish and need to learn another foreign language but don't want to take something too hard to learn (like Mandarin). I am debating Portuguese, German, or Russian
Also I want to learn a language that is useful, and spoken in a lot of countries.

I'm currently learning French and Spanish and want to start learning another language. Im thinking about learning Arabic. I also like Italian and Portuguese but don't kn ow how useful they'll be outside of their countries. Any suggestions other than German and Chinese? And can you give me the reasons why I should learn it.

What kind of job could i get from a BA in spanish, portuguese and italian?
I am currently studying spanish portuguese and italian language, aswell as culture, politics, history and litreature.

I was wondering , apart from teaching, what jobs would i be suited to? Would being fluent in all 3 languages be an advantage for any particular job/ attractive to a certain type of emplpyer?

Okay well I have 3 best friends, one white girl and two koreans. When ever we hang out we will all be talking but then the two korean girls started talking in Korean, so me and the other white girl always feel excluded Once we asked them if it would be cool if we learn Korean but then they got really mad. They make us (well persuade us) to watch these Korean movies and shows. But when we wanted to learn it they got mad... When ever someone asks them what they are saying, they just say, "If I wanted you to know would I be talking in Korean?". So me and my white friend want to learn a language together! It can't be spanish or italian because most of our school speaks it. We both speak spanish, we were thinking of learning Portuguese. Is that hard? If so what language do you think would be easy for us to learn?

The college I'm attending offers the following foreign languages:

Arabic
Chinese (Mandarin)
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Latin
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Sign Language
Spanish

Which one should I study? I'm open to any of them.
Just realized I'm in the wrong category. Sorry about that.
People have asked what I want my profession to be...I'm actually attending a jazz/contemporary music school.

Okay, so I want to get into a prestigious international business program in college and I need to know a foreign language (Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish). I'm already taking Spanish in high school so I figure I should just go with that, but this is a highly competitive program and I've heard if you take one of the lesser taught languages you have a higher chance of getting in. Should I stick with Spanish or learn a new language from scratch? What would be the best language to know?

I'm a native English speaker, going to be learning Spanish at university and Portuguese outside of it (the university doesn't offer Port). Currently I'm aiming to be based in South America after study. I have the option to do another language at university but I'm not sure which one to choose. What about Korean?

Ok, most people I know take French, German, Spanish or Chinese. I'm looking to stand out. Does anyone know what language has a shortage of translators? My choices so far are Russian, Japanese, Arabic and Portuguese. I plan to become a navy nurse in the future so I was wondering what language I should try to learn. I'm already fluent in Spanish and conversational in French.

For some reason Americans only tell mexicans to speak english but its ok for muslims, chinese, portuguese and even spaniards to speak their language. WHY????

Hey so I don't really like the sound of Spanish, I think it is too "working class" or something
but I consider it as one of the most important language now! and It is C"O.O"L!

I speak 3 languages fluently (2 native and 1 Advanced)
I'm a young linguist I'm still 17 y.o
I'm now learning:
a. French (at a local Alliances Français in my town, Intermediate level and with various e/Books + Rosetta Stone and other Softwares )
b. other Germanic languages (Swedish, Norwegian and Dutch) = e/books/softwares

I have a lot of time to learn any languages I want........
I think Spanish is easier than French (especially in term of Pronunciation)
but I'm more attracted to Catalan :S

Should I learn Spanish or not? cuz I don't live in the Americas..... and I don't have any plan moving there either... I'm going to study in France so basically I'm going to spend all my live in Europe...
so is learning Spanish worth for me? cuz My head is already full of Dutch, French, Swedish and Norwegian vocabularies! ::::

German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Italian ?
@Don Verto

Linguist, umm I mean like mmm I'm learning about the languages' structures, not learning how to speak to the native speakers....
@Leanada sorry I didn't mean to offend anyone, Spanish sounds really fast and ummm probably like Cockney accent in London I like Spanish song, but don't really like when someone starts to talk in this language hehe

I want to learn something new and I was wondering which language would be easier to learn?
Portuguese or Italian?
Spanish was my first language so I know it pretty well and English is my second one but I kind of want to learn to speak another language just because I know it helps out when your older as well.
Which one do you consider I should take?
Thanks!

A lot of people from countries come here and do not speak english at all. How do you feel about that?

And how do you feel that most americans who only speak english can go to almost any country and get around with speaking english? Do you feel we should learn spanish as americans since it has become so big in america? Should we attempt to learn french, portuguese?

Which of these would go good with learning spanish as it would be so different that i would mix of the two languages?

Portuguese
french
arabic
russian
hindi
mandarin

I just started with a super girlfriend, shes amazing and I love her as hell. But she is so intelligent that waoo. She speaks French-Italian-Portuguese-Spanich-English. I want to be different what language can i learn to speak ?

i like portuguese more but its free online conjugator/dictionary are less in quality compared to spanish ones. plus spanish is more spoken in the world. so im kinda studying at once?

I'm studying French right now,and am not sure of the following I should study along with it or is it too much to study two languages at once?

Other languages:
Spanish
German
Italian
Portuguese
Chinese
Greek

Which or none at all?

Which language to learn first? spanish or portuguese?

my first language is Chinese, with English being the second.
i am now going to pick up a third and a forth one, they are Spanish and Portuguese.
which one should i learn first so that the total time needed is shorter and the overall result is better at the end?

I am Mexican-American and I know both Spanish and English fluently.
I am going towards medicine and would ike to learn another language.
I have been considering these three: Italian, Portuguese, French
I do not know which one to choose.
Portuguese is most similar to Spanish in lexico but Italian is similar in pronunciation.
French is most known but more difficult.
I am stuck in a dilemma, pllease help! I will give lots of points to anyone that can help me.

Ok looking at Spanish and Portuguese they are both similar languages but which of the two is harder to Learn. Also I'm talking specifically talking about Brazilian Portuguese not continental.
Also is it harder for a Brazilian to learn Spanish or viceversa?

Because my kids speaks spanish, portuguese and english like nothing.. When they were young i used to take them to a spanish babysitter for 4 years and she spoke spanish and portuguese to them. They are only 10 years old and know 3 languages. They talk to each other in spanish and portuguese when they don't want me to know about stuff they are saying. I been learning spanish for 3 years and still not fluent

I am currently studying Spanish at a university, and this fall I will be in Spanish 301. I have a pretty good grasp of the Spanish language and was wondering whether it would be smart for me to begin learning Portuguese. I definitely want to learn Portuguese at some point in my life, but starting to learn it now would open up opportunities for me to study abroad in Portugal in the near future. This is a dream of mine because Portugal is a beautiful country and I love the language. I want to continue my studies in Spanish, as I live in the U.S. and Spanish is a useful language to know here. So, giving up Spanish in order to start studying Portuguese is not an option. Because Spanish and Portuguese are similar, I am afraid that I would start getting them mixed up. Do you think this is a valid fear? Or do I have enough experience with Spanish that I would have little trouble keeping them separate?

I was thinking about learning spanish will it be easier for me to learn it since I'm already fluent in Portuguese (my family is from alot of afriacan countries and they speak portuguese in Angola/ Sao Tome/ Principe /the Cape Verde Islands/ Mozambique) and my boyfriend speaks spanish and portuguese and him said they are alot alike

How close are the two languges?
should I learn it?
will it be easier?

I'm a native English speaker who is in the middle of learning Spanish, I would say that I'm in the higher intermediate levels right now but I want to get into Portuguese in a couple of years. How hard is the jump from Spanish to Brazilian Portuguese. From what I've seen the writing is similar but the spoken language sounds different.

Anybody gone from Spanish to Portuguese?

Basically what the question asks. Have you ever used the computer based language software Rosetta Stone to learn Spanish or another Latin based language like French, Italian, or Portuguese? How long did you use it, did you complete all or most of the lessons/levels, and did it work for you?

If you've used it for another language like German or Dutch feel free to answer but I'm planning on using it for Spanish or one of the other major Romance languages.

I am a freshman in college that is planning to major in Spanish and minor in Portuguese. I'm just wondering if anybody has any ideas for a location in which I can practice both. So far Seville seems to have Spanish, and is close to Portugal... Are there any other options out there? Thank you!

I have been selected, along with 20 others at my university, to study Spanish abroad for a semester. I can choose to visit one of the following (excluding Spain which is the obvious choice):

1) Argentina (where my husband is from but I've all ready been there)

2) Dominican Republic

3) Ecuador

4) Peru

5) Portugal (for portuguese)

6) Brazil (portuguese)

7) Costa Rica

Which would you choose, and why?
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