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[Dante61]

Question,
45 year old here, can only speak english. I wish to learn a new language, even this late in life yet unsure which of the 3 here I would have a better chance of learning, yes meaning easiest. Italian or Spanish or French. Btw, no I do not know anyone who speaks any of these languages, just bored beyond measure and trying to keep my brain from turning to oatmeal, which it is atm pretty close.

 

[Yody]

All 3 are pretty much the same level of hardness

Just choose the one wich lik the most

Just different variations on Latin

Wich one is more useful-obviously Spanish

 

[Mskedi]

Of the three, Spanish is the easiest to spell.

Really, it would depend on what use you have for them. If you want to read literature in the language, all three are great and you'd best go with your favorite author. If you're living in Southern California, like me, Spanish is the obvious choice. If you plan to travel, then learn the language of the place you'd like to travel to.

I'm partial to Spanish, because I speak it. Also, learning Spanish makes it possible for me to undertand a large percentage of Italian. My roommate in Spain was Italian and she'd speak to me in Italian and I'd respond in Spanish... as long as we weren't talking about anything too complicated, that worked fine.

 

[scraparcs]

(Please forgive this post in English. I don't think I'd be answering the question well if I answered in Spanish!)

There isn't a language on earth that's going to be easy to learn. There's a learning curve no matter which language you learn. So, I'd go and say learn whichever is most useful to you.

On a Spanish forum, you might note that we'll probably be biased towards Spanish. I'm no exception; it's been quite useful to learn.

 

[sweetmercy]

I think Spanish is both the easiest and the most useful. The pronunciation is MUCH easier than French, and in my opinion, sounds much nicer. And if you think about it, is much more widely spoken than French and especially Italian.

But, like another poster said here already, it all depends on things like where you want to travel, etc.

 

[Jeremy Evans]

I'll say this: I learned spanish, and I can understand people that speak italian. I havent listened closely to anything french, but I'm sure it's the same.

 

[savvy]

Yes, all three are somewhat similar. Grammatically, I think Spanish is the easiest of them to learn, also the most useful, especially if the Mexicanos take over US culture, heh. Though, I think Italian sounds prettier.

 

[ps139]

Gotta go with the Italian. (I am completely biased, by the way).

Do you have any Italian, Spanish/Latino, or French heritage? If you do, then I'd go with whatever language your ancestors spoke... it will make learning the language more exciting.

I think French might be a little more difficult because of the spelling/pronunciation disconnect. When you listen to spoken French, how can you tell "parle" from "parlez" ?? Beats me.

Spanish and Italian, for the most part, are spelled how they sound.

Of course everyone from every language speaks fast and leaves out or mixes together a bunch of sounds whenever they speak, so there is always that problem.

Regardless, I think it is great that you want to learn a new language. I wish more people were like that, especially Americans. (I'm American don't be deceived by my country flag). When I've been to Europe or met people from there, it is quite common for someone to be fluent or near fluent in 3 languages. Some people I know can speak 4 or 5. Contrast that with America where kids are bored to death in Spanish class, then they go abroad when they're older and wished they'd paid more attention.. Ok I gotta stop now or else I'll write a short novel here!