Carlo Diglot Newbie Italy Joined 6788 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German
| Message 33 of 39 30 October 2006 at 4:21am | IP Logged |
A question in topic; I am italian, which Romance language do you think needs less time (not that don't want dedicate a few time to it.. eh).. it can be easier to learn.
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Topsiderunner Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6942 days ago 215 posts - 218 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Italian, Arabic (Written)
| Message 34 of 39 30 October 2006 at 5:45am | IP Logged |
I think Spanish would be easiest for you in terms of pronunciation and
vocabulary. French is very similar grammatically, but has inherently
diffiucult spelling and pronunciation.
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lneves Tetraglot Newbie Portugal Joined 5622 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Spanish, French, English
| Message 35 of 39 28 July 2009 at 5:12am | IP Logged |
palito wrote:
Eric wrote:
This is probably due to Portugal's close proximity to Spain, and I've heard some people compare Portuguese as another 'dialect' of espa�ol like Galacian or Catalan (can we call Basque a dialect?)
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Galician is supposedly a branch of portuguese, although politically it is not accepted. Basque is a language isolate not related to anything. |
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Maybe we should consider Portuguese as a branch of Galician, since the language has its origins in the actual region of Galicia and Northern Portugal; both regions were named as Galicia before Portugal's idependence.
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heartnsoul Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5745 days ago 45 posts - 47 votes Speaks: Mandarin, English*, Spanish Studies: Italian, German, Greek
| Message 36 of 39 28 July 2009 at 10:01pm | IP Logged |
I haven't yet explored Portuguese, Catalan or Romanian; I learned Spanish first, then Italian and now I am learning French (while still continuing studies in Spanish and Italian to keep them fresh). I feel like this has really benefitted me because Spanish was a great foundation and opened my eyes to the joys of learning a foriegn language. From there I went to Italian, which was close enough to Spanish for me to understand many things, but far enough that it still required diligent study. Italian satisfied a lot of my hunger for a new language, but then I began thinking about French. I've started French and it is also pretty easy for me to grasp and remember because it is so similar to Italian. So, the order in which I learned was Spanish>Italian>French and I'm debating which one to try next. I'm thinking Portuguese, but then the debate remains - Brazilian or European?
Anyway, I'm sure everyone has their own method and has advice about what worked for them. This is what worked for me - for what its worth. :)
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FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6889 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French
| Message 37 of 39 20 November 2011 at 4:24pm | IP Logged |
ElComadreja wrote:
I forgot to mention those... Catalan & Romanian... Is there anymore I'm missing? Catalan looks like half Spanish half French anyway. [;)] )
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when I was in Barcelona, they had signs up in Spanish and Catalan. The only difference seemed to be Catalan uses the letter x.
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RatoDePorão Pentaglot Newbie Brazil Joined 4875 days ago 15 posts - 16 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish, French, Italian Studies: German
| Message 38 of 39 20 November 2011 at 5:09pm | IP Logged |
Carlo wrote:
A question in topic; I am Italian, which Romance language do you think needs less time (not that don't want dedicate a few time to it.. eh).. it can be easier to learn. |
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Napolitan, Lombard...any of those languages spoken in Italy
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RatoDePorão Pentaglot Newbie Brazil Joined 4875 days ago 15 posts - 16 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish, French, Italian Studies: German
| Message 39 of 39 20 November 2011 at 5:10pm | IP Logged |
FuroraCeltica wrote:
ElComadreja wrote:
I forgot to mention those... Catalan & Romanian... Is there anymore I'm missing? Catalan looks like half Spanish half French anyway. [;)] )
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when I was in Barcelona, they had signs up in Spanish and Catalan. The only difference seemed to be Catalan uses the letter x. |
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Catalan sounds a bit like Iberian Portuguese to me :S
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