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Марк
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Message 41 of 58

12 October 2012 at 6:14pm | IP Logged

tarvos wrote:

For me the hardest language to speak correctly is French. I did not find it hard to learn
most of the basics of Russian, even though I struggle with the more complex word
formation patterns right now (I understand the principles to some degree, but I haven't
internalised enough roots to speak fluently).

That's because you want to speak French correctly. If you decided to speak Russian
correctly, it would be even harder to you.
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Boomerang3378
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Message 42 of 58

12 October 2012 at 9:12pm | IP Logged

By far, English is the easiest language to learn in the world. You can learn English in only two months without any prior knowledge. Plus it has a logical word order and I have never heard of anyone who has faced any problem when learning English.
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Serpent
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Message 43 of 58

13 October 2012 at 2:44am | IP Logged

It's the easiest in most regions because there are TONS of opportunities. That's all.
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Chung
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Message 44 of 58

13 October 2012 at 3:17am | IP Logged

Boomerang3378 wrote:

By far, English is the easiest language to learn in the world. You can learn English in only two months without any prior knowledge.

The ESL industry must then be pulling one hell of a snow job when they offer courses lasting longer than two months.

Boomerang3378 wrote:

Plus it has a logical word order [...]

Then I guess that languages with modifiers after the noun are illogical (e.g. French mon ami âgé "my aged/elderly friend") and so are languages which can typically put questions in the same word order as statements thanks to relying on dedciated interrogative particles / suffixes. (e.g. Northern Saami Gii don leat? - Mun lean Chung, Finnish Kuka sä olet? - Mä olen Chung "Who are you? - I am Chung")

Boomerang3378 wrote:

[...]and I have never heard of anyone who has faced any problem when learning English.

Funny. I recall groaning over spelling and grammar tests as a schoolboy. Ditto for my classmates, not to mention the adult ESL students whom I've observed during my practicum.
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vonPeterhof
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Message 45 of 58

13 October 2012 at 8:06am | IP Logged

Boomerang3378 wrote:

My sarcasm meter is tingling, but I'm not entirely sure..
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Cavesa
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Message 46 of 58

13 October 2012 at 1:43pm | IP Logged

Boomerang3378 wrote:

By far, English is the easiest language to learn in the world. You
can learn English in only two months without any prior knowledge. Plus it has a logical
word order and I have never heard of anyone who has faced any problem when
learning English.

I'm afraid it's not sarcasm, I've heard this from far too many English natives to believe
this is just the innocent sarcasm and not a major lack of information.

And when we are at it: the easiest is Czech, hands down. :-D Phonetically written,
regular grammar,only three tenses, no articles.
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a3
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Message 47 of 58

13 October 2012 at 4:34pm | IP Logged

Cavesa wrote:

Boomerang3378 wrote:

By far, English is the easiest language to learn in the world. You
can learn English in only two months without any prior knowledge. Plus it has a logical
word order and I have never heard of anyone who has faced any problem when
learning English.

...and several declension types for 6 (or were they 7?) cases.
If anything, toki pona would be the easiest, simply because it can be learned in a matter of hours.

Edited by a3 on 13 October 2012 at 4:35pm
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Марк
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Message 48 of 58

13 October 2012 at 4:55pm | IP Logged

a3 wrote:

If anything, toki pona would be the easiest, simply because it can be learned in a matter
of hours.

I don't believe that.

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