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Austria
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Studies: German

 
 Message 9 of 10
16 May 2011 at 7:21pm | IP Logged 
For me, German comes more natrual than Spanish. I tried to learn Spanish because my brother speaks it fluently but it just doesn't click for me. German, on the other hand does for the most part. It's still a work in progress. I feel like the case system is somewhat organized which this is good for me. But it is so challeneging trying to remember which endings go with what etc.
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christian
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United States
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Speaks: English*
Studies: Spanish, Japanese, German

 
 Message 10 of 10
18 May 2011 at 3:57am | IP Logged 
Coming from experience, I think they are equally different. I've studied both Spanish and German, and I will say that Spanish grammar is a whole bunch easier than German. I can also say that I'm able to guess 60% of the time, any English word into Spanish with little or no error. A lot of the -tions and verbs are very similar. On the German side though, the vocab is similar, but it's really hard to get direct guesses easily. Ich - I, Mich/Mir - me (similar). Whether one is easier or not, I don't know.

Bottom line, knowing English will help you in either language. English has many Germanic and Romantic aspects to it.
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