Is Spanish hard?

@Katpet (215)
Kenya
February 20, 2007 1:58am CST
I have a desire to learn spanish. Who knows it there and is willing to teach me? Is it hard to learn?
6 responses
joanna08
@joanna08 (394)
• Philippines
18 Mar 07
For me being a Filipina, it is not that hard because we are colonized before by spaniards that is why we have a language very close to spanish. as for you. i think it wouldn't be hard like french or german. believe me. haha.. :)) take classes. i'll be willing to teach you but then i'm just learning myself.. haha... good luck to you!
ocalhoun
@ocalhoun (199)
• United States
31 May 07
It would be difficult for a German, yes. But for a French, it would be easy. It's all in the way languages evolve: Spanish, French, Italian, and about half of English are descended from Latin, so someone who knows one of those well will find it easier to learn the others. Personally, I find that classroom Spanish is very easy to learn, but conversational Spanish is more difficult because of the huge number of very different dialects, and because native speakers of it often speak too quickly for me to pick up the words and translate them. In other words, it is easy to learn Spanish, but it is difficult to become fluent in it.
Alphasee
@Alphasee (389)
• United States
20 Feb 07
Your best bet is to pick up a book, or pick up a class. I know it's probably out of the option to move to somewhere primarily Spanish-speaking, but that also is an option. the only way you can learn is by actually speaking it. So, there's also awesome software out there, such as Rosetta Stone that you could try.
Katpet
@Katpet (215)
• Kenya
20 Feb 07
Thanks Alphasee. I will look for the software.
popciclecold
@popciclecold (38818)
• United States
3 Mar 07
Hi, Katpet I just wanted to say Spanish is not so hard, I work around a lot of spainsh people, who desire to speak English, so they help e and I help them, the one thing I have learned is that you really need to hear the say it, to get the right pronunciation, so try learning from the experts. Popciclecold
joanana
@joanana (770)
• United States
2 Mar 07
I know some spanish but I sincerely doubt that I would make that great of a teacher. Spanish really isn't that hard to learn though, you should be able to pick it up quickly :) Good luck!
r0131n
@r0131n (357)
•
11 Apr 07
I'm learning Spanish using audio cd's. I listen to them while driving to and from work. If you spend an hour driving the its like having an hour lesson a day. What bettery way to spend your time being stuck in traffic!?
rouwel23
@rouwel23 (1353)
• Philippines
11 Aug 07
I also desire to know another language, Spanish is like 3rd or 4th universal language and latin america speaks spanish a lot. I also desire to know Spanish. I dont know how to speak spanish, perhaps there is a tutorial website for free to learn spanish.