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| Jack Twist Diglot Newbie France Joined 4583 days ago 14 posts - 14 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Russian | Message 1 of 11 30 April 2012 at 5:35pm | IP Logged |
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Hello everyone !
First I want to apologize for my English mistakes, it's not my mother tongue. I know that my question may seem ridiculous but according to you : do you think it's easier to have a perfect understanding of Russian or in both Spanish and Portuguese with 6 years ? I know that the two last one are different but I'm curious to know. (knowing the fact that I'm french and I have some skills in Italian). Cordially, JT 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Gosiak Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5117 days ago 241 posts - 361 votes  Speaks: Polish*, English, German Studies: Norwegian, Welsh | Message 2 of 11 30 April 2012 at 5:52pm | IP Logged |
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It will be easier for you to learn Spanish and/or Portuguese since they are both Romance languages, like French. Unless you get super motivated to learn Russian.
Bonne chance ;) 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Cheshire Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4646 days ago 23 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese | Message 3 of 11 30 April 2012 at 9:52pm | IP Logged |
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Yeah, it would be a lot easier for you to learn Spanish and Portuguese rather than
Russian but that's not to say that you shouldn't learn Russian. Learn whichever one you're more interested in and you think you'll enjoy the most. Good luck! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Jack Twist Diglot Newbie France Joined 4583 days ago 14 posts - 14 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Russian | Message 4 of 11 30 April 2012 at 11:06pm | IP Logged |
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Thank you for your answers!
I'm interested in the three of them but I may choose the Spanish and Portuguese ; in fact, I fear to be unable to understand Russian perfectly within 6 years, I've just kept reading that it was very difficult. Edited by Jack Twist on 30 April 2012 at 11:06pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6588 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 5 of 11 30 April 2012 at 11:13pm | IP Logged |
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Passively the Romance ones will be easier. And you don't have to do much formal study, just watch movies and sports, listen to audiobooks and music, read books...
Actively it's definitely easier to get skills in one language than in two, especially two similar ones. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Jack Twist Diglot Newbie France Joined 4583 days ago 14 posts - 14 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Russian | Message 6 of 11 30 April 2012 at 11:17pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks.
I am more interesting in getting passive skills but do you think that 6 years can be enough to know them actively ? I would spend one year in each country. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6588 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 7 of 11 30 April 2012 at 11:46pm | IP Logged |
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Depends on how good you'd like to be actively and whether you'll be studying other languages. I've been learning Portuguese/Italian/Spanish for half this time and as you can see I'm not fluent in any of them yet. But I don't speak any other modern Romance language and I don't really have any opportunities to practice these languages here in Russia. Plus I study 5967445 others;)
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| Jack Twist Diglot Newbie France Joined 4583 days ago 14 posts - 14 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Russian | Message 8 of 11 02 May 2012 at 5:45pm | IP Logged |
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Ok, thank you very much !
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