Re: Easiest Language to "pick up" after learning Latin

From: Marc van Gestel (v.gestel_at_zonnet.nl)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:20:06 +0200

Hi,

Being a dutchman I speak English, German, French, Spanish and I manage a bit
of Arab.

I would say that for several reasons Spanish would be the choice. For one it
is a widely spoken language and second it is close to latin regarding
phonetics and roots. Pronunciation is easy to learn (like latin). Other
languages as Portuguese, French or Italian have to be practised more than
Spanish to "pick up" the slang/idioma.

regards,

Marc
<pj2l@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
news:a8a1f787.0409280850.5e9de567@posting.google.com...
> I'm taking Latin in high school as my foreign language, and while I
> enjoy it and find it really easy, I have some reservations that its
> not a spoken language, and I kind of feel like I'm missing out a
> little. Of the widely spoken Romance languages, which would be the
> easiest for me to learn on my own given that I'm an native English
> speaker and doing well in Latin. Would it be difficult to "pick up"
> Italian or Spanish. I've heard that French and Portuguese are harder.
> I've read that Romainian is very close to Latin, but I don't think I'd
> find many people to talk to. Many of my friends are taking Spanish and
> French, and I had a few months of each in middle school, but not
> enough to really communicate.

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