What do you think is the hardest language to learn?

China
November 14, 2006 10:18pm CST
I love learning languages and currently speak three. I always get people asking me what the hardest language is...so...what do you think? I believe the answer is based on what your native language is, that has been my experience.
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@Dropey (213)
• United States
15 Nov 06
I would say Chinese or Japanese. A friend of mine tried to learn Japanese and said it was very diffucult. But I have always wanted to know what English sounds like to people who cant speak it. I wonder how hard it is for someone to learn english?
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@Dropey (213)
• United States
15 Nov 06
I dont know how i posted that 3 times. Sorry.
• China
22 Nov 06
No worries, thanks for the reply!
@baronarthur (4187)
• Indonesia
15 Nov 06
Greek for the tenses. But Mandarin is more difficult for conversation.
• China
22 Nov 06
thanks for the reply
@blog_seo (32)
• India
15 Nov 06
I personally observe that it is not the language but ur approch and interest is the important thing.Secondly If you get people(I mean enviorment) to speak that language than it is easy to learn.But if u r learning a laguage that none of ur known person know that language then it is difficult to learn.So it is not the laguage but the factor how make the laguage easy or hard to learn
• China
22 Nov 06
This is also a good point. Thanks for the reply.
• India
15 Nov 06
chinese
• China
22 Nov 06
Thanks for the reply!
• Syria
15 Nov 06
Chinese
• China
22 Nov 06
Yes, Chinese is difficult only because of the tones. In English we don't have to worry about tones so it is strange for us to have to do this. Otherwise, I thought learning Chinese was fairly easy. Thank you for the reply!
@ruby82 (411)
• China
15 Nov 06
My mother tongue is chinese,and I often study to speak english.Many people think chinese sounds like very diffucult,but I don't think so.
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• China
22 Nov 06
thanks for the reply!
• United States
22 Nov 06
I say English, because it doesn't make sense.
@pammitch (465)
• Canada
22 Nov 06
Latin. Some say all languages originated from this one
• China
22 Nov 06
What do you think is the hardest language to learn?I love learning languages and currently speak three. I always get people asking me what the hardest language is...so...what do you think?I believe the answer is based on what your native language is, that has been my experience not find yet,basically,english i snot too easy.
• China
22 Nov 06
What do you think is the hardest language to learn?I love learning languages and currently speak three. I always get people asking me what the hardest language is...so...what do you think?I believe the answer is based on what your native language is, that has been my experience not find yet,basically,english i snot too easy.
@ruby82 (411)
• China
15 Nov 06
My mother tongue is chinese,and I often study to speak english.Many people think chinese sounds like very diffucult,but I don't think so.
@eddyraj (501)
• India
22 Nov 06
i think chinese
@Idlewild (6090)
• United States
22 Nov 06
A friend of mine says Chinese is the hardest for him; there are so many characters and you can't figure them out naturally from looking at them, as you can with the romance languages or other languages in the regular alphabet. Also different characters in Chinese can mean different things depending on how they are pronounced.
• United States
22 Nov 06
I like this question. My native language is French, but I am also fluent in Italian, Spanish, and English. When I was in school I thought the hardest language was German but I definitly changed my mind when I decided to study Chinese. I was completely lost. I changed courses after two weeks. Instead I took Swedish which was much more easier for me. I kind of regret not putting more effort into it but it was just too difficult. :)
@Dropey (213)
• United States
15 Nov 06
I would say Chinese or Japanese. A friend of mine tried to learn Japanese and said it was very diffucult. But I have always wanted to know what English sounds like to people who cant speak it. I wonder how hard it is for someone to learn english?
@Dropey (213)
• United States
15 Nov 06
I would say Chinese or Japanese. A friend of mine tried to learn Japanese and said it was very diffucult. But I have always wanted to know what English sounds like to people who cant speak it. I wonder how hard it is for someone to learn english?