9 Easy and Hard Languages for English Speakers

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9 Easy and Hard Languages for English Speakers Jan 5, 2018 6:53:08 GMT

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Just thought these articles would be interesting to share!

Easy:

1. Afrikaans
2. Danish
3. French
4. Italian
5. Norwegian
6. Portuguese
7. Romanian
8. Spanish
9. Swedish

matadornetwork.com/abroad/9-easy-languages-for-english-speakers-to-learn/

Hard:

1. Arabic
2. Basque
3. Cantonese
4. Finnish
5. Hungarian
6. Japanese
7. Navajo
8. Mandarin
9. Korean

matadornetwork.com/abroad/9-of-the-hardest-languages-for-english-speakers-to-learn/

I'm not a bit surprised that they listed the Asian languages as the hard ones.

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9 Easy and Hard Languages for English Speakers Jan 5, 2018 8:09:48 GMT Lucy likes this

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Post by yezziqa on Jan 5, 2018 8:09:48 GMT

Swedish, norwegian and danish easy? Now, how did they come to that conclusion? Our grammatic systems are very different than the english. The similatities in some of the words is from when the vikings invaded Britain and brought with them several words (housband, window, berserk, etc), but you know what, we don't speak Old Norse anymore. So they have nothing to do with ourlanguages being so closely related as the writer seems to think.

If everyone lived like me, we would just need a quarter of this planet. How many planets do your lifestyle require?

koskiewicz Senior Member @koskiewicz Posts: 6,696 Likes: 3,524	9 Easy and Hard Languages for English Speakers Jan 5, 2018 17:12:13 GMT deembastille likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by koskiewicz on Jan 5, 2018 17:12:13 GMT Hard: Esperanto Easy: Pig Latin

christina Junior Member @christina Posts: 1,972 Likes: 618	9 Easy and Hard Languages for English Speakers Jan 6, 2018 5:32:52 GMT Power Ranger likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by christina on Jan 6, 2018 5:32:52 GMT I'm actually learning German and want to live there and play violin.

Lucy Junior Member @lucy Posts: 1,677 Likes: 961	9 Easy and Hard Languages for English Speakers Jan 6, 2018 20:34:48 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lucy on Jan 6, 2018 20:34:48 GMT Jan 6, 2018 5:32:52 GMT christina said: I'm actually learning German and want to live there and play violin. I would love to learn German.

deembastille Senior Member @deembastille Posts: 5,851 Likes: 2,376	9 Easy and Hard Languages for English Speakers Jan 6, 2018 21:05:10 GMT Lucy likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by deembastille on Jan 6, 2018 21:05:10 GMT Spanish? really? all 26 dialects??? LOLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
	let it go let it go let your love open da door... as my 3 1/2 year old niece sings it. much better message.

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Lucy Junior Member @lucy Posts: 1,677 Likes: 961	9 Easy and Hard Languages for English Speakers Jan 10, 2018 1:29:25 GMT via mobile deembastille likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lucy on Jan 10, 2018 1:29:25 GMT Jan 6, 2018 21:05:10 GMT deembastille said: Spanish? really? all 26 dialects??? LOLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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9 Easy and Hard Languages for English Speakers Jan 11, 2018 14:05:42 GMT Lucy likes this

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Jan 6, 2018 20:34:48 GMT Lucy said:

Jan 6, 2018 5:32:52 GMT christina said:

I'm actually learning German and want to live there and play violin.

I would love to learn German.

I think German belongs to both categories easy and hard

t should be easy for a native English speaker to get enough knowledge to be able to communicate on a base level with German people, watch German TV soap operas or even read some easy texts. But it's hard to master German - even for Germans

9 Easy and Hard Languages for English Speakers

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Post by Lucy on Jan 6, 2018 20:34:48 GMT

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Post by notoriousnobbi on Jan 11, 2018 14:05:42 GMT