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luzpariseiffel
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    Posted: 03 May 2008 at 9:42pm
Hi, I'm mexican , I'm from Monterrey Nuevo León, I'm 16 years old. I like the Eiffel Tower and I would like to learn English (I'm pre-intermediate level) but I would like to know Is difficult to learn Spanish? Is difficult to pronounce "ñ"?  Why do you want to learn Spanish? Do you enjoy to learn Spanish? Sorry for those many questions, and Thanks!
 
Hola soy mexicana de Monterrey Nuevo León, tengo 16 años, me gusta la Torre Eiffel y me gustaría aprender mucho inglés (actualmente soy nivel pre-intermedio) pero me gustaria saber si aprender español es dificil.
 
¿Es díficil aprender español?
¿Es díficil pronunciar la "ñ"?
¿Por qué quieres aprender español?
¿Te gusta aprender español?
 
I think spanish is difficult, we use many things for say things "la, el,lo,las, y , pero, con............And if we entry to ortography uff! it's more difficult !
 
Yo pienso que el español es díficil, nosotros usamos muchas palabras para decir algo utilizamos muchos nexos "el,la,lo,las,los,pero,y,con........y si entramos a la ortografía ¡ uff! ¡ es más díficil !    
En el cielo tengo una estrella que se llamó Solecito y solo brilla para mi.
I've in the sky a star named Solecito and shines only for me.
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Quote oldlang2003 Replybullet Posted: 04 May 2008 at 5:26am
Welcome to the group!
 
1.  From my experience, Spanish is one of the easiest languages for Americans to learn.  And with the growing number of Spanish speakers in the United States, it's also a very important language.
 
2.  No, the 'n-tilde' is not a difficult sound for Americans.  Everytime we say the word  'onion' or 'canyon', we're making that sound.
 
3.  Good luck with your English studies.  And I hope you get to go to Paris some day to see the Eiffel tower!
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Quote lingua Replybullet Posted: 09 May 2008 at 11:24am
I'm halfway thru level 7 with the FSI, and I find the most difficult part to be the verbs.
For example, in Spanish the verb "Ver" (to see):
 
English:                                    Spanish:
I see                                         Yo Veo
You see                                     Tu Ve
We see                                      Nosotros Veamos
They See                                    Ustedes Vean
 
Just for the word see, I have to learn 4 for the Spanish.
 
And, don't even get me started on the "Imperfect Subjunctives"!   Shocked   LOL
 
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Quote Aishia22 Replybullet Posted: 15 May 2008 at 10:05pm
Originally posted by oldlang2003

Welcome to the group!
 
1.  From my experience, Spanish is one of the easiest languages for Americans to learn.  And with the growing number of Spanish speakers in the United States, it's also a very important language.
 
2.  No, the 'n-tilde' is not a difficult sound for Americans.  Everytime we say the word  'onion' or 'canyon', we're making that sound.
 
3.  Good luck with your English studies.  And I hope you get to go to Paris some day to see the Eiffel tower!


Hi Oldlang thanks for the warm welcome words.
How I wish it’s easy for me to study or learn Spanish like yours. Since Spanish is easy for you, do you have audio or site about Spanish Language? Hope to learn from you guys.

See you later and best wishes.

 


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Quote pdj1961 Replybullet Posted: 20 May 2008 at 12:51pm
It is fairly easy for us, unless it is your first "second" language.  If you want to see difficult, take it from me, try to learn Hungarian or Korean! 
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Quote carolina_yeliza Replybullet Posted: 22 May 2008 at 4:41am
I don't see any difficulties in learning a certain language especially Spanish. There's nothing hard if we are determined. The main reason for me why certain people like to learn Spanish is to avoid "communication gap". It's nice to learn different languages in order to communicate with various nationality.
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Quote MiguelSantiago Replybullet Posted: 29 October 2008 at 5:50pm
Well lets face it all languages can be difficult.
As far as spanish and english go, well here are my thoughts.

To me english is easier to speak on a basic level. A person can get by on a little english. However english is hard to perfect because sometimes it does not have proper rules all the time. and the vocabulary can at times become extensive because english borrows words from so many other languages.

Spanish, I feel like a person needs to reach a certain level before he can really survive in it. I feel like you really need a good foundation to build on with new material from the real world.

¿Es díficil aprender español?
Yes, but compared to other languages, it is said to be the easiest for english speakers to learn.

¿Es díficil pronunciar la "ñ"?
No, however for an english speaker it can be hard to make the vowel sounds properly. A spanish A E I O U can sound funny when an english speaker says uh eh iiii ouu yuuu. haha sorry its hard to explain this typing.  And ofcourse some have problems rolling the Rs and sometimes I see people having trouble with words  like Puerta, fuera, tarde, haha

¿Por qué quieres aprender español?
Well I like to learn, and I have lots of free time. Also I can use it with my friends. And with people I meet at work. But also I am one of Jehovahs witnesses, Soy Testigo de Jehova, y aca en america las congregaciones de espanol siempre necesitan ayuda. Por eso, aprendo espanol. Algun dia quiero ir a mexico y ayudar a las congregaciones de ingles. Y por supuesto sera mejor que hable espanol.

¿Te gusta aprender español?
SI MUCHO!!!!! I love it more than doing lots of other things. It such a rewarding thing to do.



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