Easiest language to learn?

[maron]

I think spanish or English is easier to learn,I wish to learn spanish someday cuz lots of people speak it.

But what do you guys think? What is the easist language to learn, Spanish, English or something else?

 

[wth1257]

I think spanish or English is easier to learn,I wish to learn spanish someday cuz lots of people speak it.

But what do you guys think? What is the easist language to learn, Spanish, English or something else?

I have always heard from non native speakers that English was really hard to learn:><:


I don't know that this can really be measured to be honest. I mean in some ways Russian is easy, but in other respects it is quite hard and nuanced same thing with Latin (English Latin and Russian are the only languages I have any real knowledge of so I can't say anything outside of them). It just depends on in what respect you mean "easy".

 

[Woodrow]

That is difficult to say. For most people a language related to their native tongue will be the easiest. While for other people they find a language far removed from their native tongue to be the easiest, as they do not confuse terms.

For myself I found Spanish to be very easy. But, I lived in Texas and Spanish is widely spoken there.

 

[wth1257]

That is difficult to say. For most people a language related to their native tongue will be the easiest. While for other people they find a language far removed from their native tongue to be the easiest, as they do not confuse terms.

For myself I found Spanish to be very easy. But, I lived in Texas and Spanish is widely spoken there.

wait.

You're a former Roman Catholic who's now a Muslim whand you live in Texas?

Do you have a masochistic streek?

good gosh, I though it was difficult being a Roman Catholic in North Carolina:-[

 

[Woodrow]

wait.

You're a former Roman Catholic who's now a Muslim whand you live in Texas?

Do you have a masochistic streek?

good gosh, I though it was difficult being a Roman Catholic in North Carolina:-[

Former Texan, I moved from Texas back in May. I now live mostly on the Cheyenne River Lakota Sioux Reservation and the Pine Ridge Oglala Sioux Reservation, although my alleged permanent home is in Minnesota. At least for now that is where I pay Taxes, but my car is registered in South Dakota.

 

[north_malaysian]

Malay/Malaysian Language is the easiest of all...

When I was in primary school, a girl who is an Indian national just came from Delhi (her father was hired as a lecturer in the local university) when we were all in standard 5, she didnt know a word in Malay/Malaysian Language....

one year later she speaks the language as if it's her first language (the best thing is that she has no problem with the northern Malaysian slang), scored A's for Malaysian Language papers and became the school's best student (all subjects were taught in Malaysian Language excluding English classes)...

She told me that her native language is Urdu

 

[wth1257]

Malay/Malaysian Language is the easiest of all...

When I was in primary school, a girl who is an Indian national just came from Delhi (her father was hired as a lecturer in the local university) when we were all in standard 5, she didnt know a word in Malay/Malaysian Language....

one year later she speaks the language as if it's her first language (the best thing is that she has no problem with the northern Malaysian slang), scored A's for Malaysian Language papers and became the school's best student (all subjects were taught in Malaysian Language excluding English classes)...

She told me that her native language is Urdu

So? I taught myself basic English by the time I was like three >.>

No formal training either

I used to know like three words of Malay from a math teacher bu I've forgotten them: (

 

[north_malaysian]

So? I taught myself basic English by the time I was like three >.>

No formal training either

I used to know like three words of Malay from a math teacher bu I've forgotten them: (

now i'll teach you five Malaysian words:

1) Televisyen = Television
2) Bajet = Budget
3) Doktor = Doctor
4) Fi = Fee
5) Bas = Bus

and the pronounciation is just like the British English... easy right?

 

[Strzelecki]

This depends on your mother tongue.
For example, for a Swede, Norwegian would be a synch.

 

[Silver]

I think arabic is one of the hardest but I'm lucky cos it's my native language. I learnt french at the same time I learnt arabic so I dunno about french cos I was about 2, 3 years old...then I learnt english which was easy because it is close to french. English and italian are easy to learn...
I am not sure which language is the easiest to learn but I know that it is a lot easier to learn any language as a child.

 

[north_malaysian]

I think arabic is one of the hardest but I'm lucky cos it's my native language. I learnt french at the same time I learnt arabic so I dunno about french cos I was about 2, 3 years old...then I learnt english which was easy because it is close to french. English and italian are easy to learn...
I am not sure which language is the easiest to learn but I know that it is a lot easier to learn any language as a child.

you're an Arab? I'll teach you another 5 words in Malaysian Language:

1) Mahkamah = court
2) Aman = peace
3) Hikayat = story
4) Hakim = judge
5) Ayat = sentence

 

[Silver]

1) Mahkamah = court
2) Aman = peace
3) Hikayat = story
4) Hakim = judge
5) Ayat = sentence

Hehe!!! So malaysian is close to english and arabic?? I might try to learn it if it's easy

 

[Woodrow]

you're an Arab? I'll teach you another 5 words in Malaysian Language:

1) Mahkamah = court
2) Aman = peace
3) Hikayat = story
4) Hakim = judge
5) Ayat = sentence

Years ago, in fact so long ago it was before I was born. Malayan Pidgin was very close to being a universal language as the early sea traders throughout the Pacific used it to communicate on all of the Islands they did trade with. Malaysian is a very fascinating language, I don't speak it, but it surprises me that often I can pretty much understand what is being said when I hear people speaking it.

 

[north_malaysian]

Years ago, in fact so long ago it was before I was born. Malayan Pidgin was very close to being a universal language as the early sea traders throughout the Pacific used it to communicate on all of the Islands they did trade with. Malaysian is a very fascinating language, I don't speak it, but it surprises me that often I can pretty much understand what is being said when I hear people speaking it.

Malay language was the lingua franca in southeast Asia especially during the Sultanate of Malacca (1400 - 1511 CE)...

In the urban areas, people love to mix Malaysian and English...

 

[north_malaysian]

Hehe!!! So malaysian is close to english and arabic?? I might try to learn it if it's easy

Actually Malaysian is so close to Indonesian (like 80-90% similarity) and Tagalog (20% similarity?)...

But it's easy to master it as most of the vocabs came from Sanskrit, Arabic, English, Portuguese, Chinese and more languages...

 

[Woodrow]

Malay language was the lingua franca in southeast Asia especially during the Sultanate of Malacca (1400 - 1511 CE)...

In the urban areas, people love to mix Malaysian and English...

I may have to give your language a serious try. thinking back and remebering hearing people speaking it and reading some of your posts, it just may be the easiest language to learn

 

[north_malaysian]

even the grammar is so simple...

for example:

verbs, Makan (eat), Minum (drink), Bunuh (kill)

for Past Tense, you just have to put "telah" before the verb... ie. "telah makan" (ate), "telah minum" (drank), "telah bunuh" (killed)

for Present Tense, you just have to put "sedang" before the verb .... ie. "sedang makan" (is eating), "sedang minum" (is drinking), "sedang bunuh" (is killing)

for Future Tense, you just have to put "akan" before the verb ... ie. "akan makan" (will eat), "akan minum" (will drink), "akan bunuh" (will kill)


Ali is eating - "Ali sedang makan"
Fatimah is eating - "Fatimah sedang makan"
I am eating - "Saya sedang makan"
You are eating - "Anda sedang makan"
They are eating - "Mereka sedang makan"
We are eating - "Kami sedang makan"
He is eating - "Dia sedang makan"
She is eating - "Dia sedang makan"

 

[north_malaysian]

The Malay language has many words borrowed from Arabic (mainly religious terms), Sanskrit,Tamil Persian, Portuguese, Dutch, certain Chinese dialects and more recently, English (in particular many scientific and technological terms). Some examples follow:

• abjad - alphabet/alefbet (from Arabic abjad)
• ahli - community (from Arabic ahlil)
• agama - religion (from Sanskrit agama)
• almari - cupboard (from Tamil almari)
• anggur - grape (from Persian انگور/angur)
• askar - soldier (from Arabic عسکر /askar )
• bahasa - language (from Sanskrit bhāshā)
• bandar - port (from Persian بندر/bandr)
• bangku - stool (from Portuguese banco)
• bas - bus (from English)
• bendera - flag (from Portuguese bandeira)
• biara - monastery (from Javanese derived from Bihara in Sanskrit or Pali)
• bihun - rice vermicelli (from Hokkien bi-hun)
• biola - violin (from Portuguese viola)
• biskut - biscuit (from English)
• bomba - fire brigade (from Portuguese bomba, "pump", or bombeiro, "fireman", lit. "pumper")
• boneka - doll (from Portuguese boneca)
• buat - do (from Sanskrit wuat)
• buku - book (from Dutch boek)
• bumi - earth (from Sanskrit bhumi or from Sanskirtam "buumi")
• cawan - cup (from Mandarin cháwǎn)
• dakwah - sermon (from Arabic da'wah)
• dekan - dean (from Portuguese decano)
• dewan - hall (from Persian دیوان/diwan "administration")
• duka - sadness (from Sanskrit duhkha)
• dunia - world (from Arabic dunyā)
• falsafah - philosophy (from Arabic falsafah)
• gandum - wheat (from Persian گندمGandm)
• garpu - fork (from Portuguese garfo)
• gereja - church (from Portuguese igreja)
• gratis - for free (from Portuguese)
• guru - teacher (from Sanskrit)
• had - limit (from Arabic hadd)
• halal -permitted (from Arabic)
• haram - forbidden (from Arabic)
• hisab - counting/arithmetic (from Arabic حساب /hisāb
• huruf - word character/letter (from Arabic ḥurūf)
• ilmu - knowledge/science (from Arabic alm/ilmi)
• jawab - to answer (from Arabic jawāb)
• jendela - window (from Portuguese janela)
• Khamis - Thursday (Arabic al-khamis)
• kamus - dictionary (from Arabic qāmūs)
• kaunter - counter or desk (from English)
• keju - cheese (from Portuguese queijo)
• kemeja - shirt (from Portuguese camisa)
• kepala - head (from Sanskrit kapala "skull")
• kereta - carriage, car (from Portuguese carreta)
• komputer - computer (from English)
• kongsi - share (from Hokkien kong-si 公司)
• korban - sacrifice (from Arabic Qur-ban)
• kuda - horse (from Sanskrit)
• kuih - cake (from Hokkien 粿)
• kurma - date (from Persian خرما/Khurma)
• limau - lemon/orange (from Portuguese limão "lemon")
• lobak - carrot (from Cantonese 蘿蔔)
• longkang - drain (from Hokkien流失)
• maaf - sorry (from Arabic Ma3fu)
• maha - great (from Sanskrit)
• makmal - laboratory Arabic
• mangga - mango (from English or Portuguese )
• manusia - human being (from Sanskrit manuṣya)
• masjid - mosque ( (from Arabic masjid)
• mentega - butter (from Portuguese manteiga)
• mee/mi - noodles (from Hokkien miᴺ)
• meja - table (from Portuguese mesa)
• muflis - bankrupt (from Arabic muflis)
• miskin - poor (via Arabic miskiin
• najis - excrement (from Arabic)
• nama - name (from Sanskrit naam)
• neraka - hell (from Sanskrit naraka)
• nujum - astrologer (from Arabic al-nujum)
• nanas/nenas - pineapple (from Portuguese or Arabic ananás)
• nusantara - archipelago (esp. the Malay Archipelago) (from Javanese)
• paderi - priest (Christian) (from Portuguese padre)
• pahlawan - hero/warrior (from Persian پ*ﮩ*لوان /pahlawān)
• perpustakaan - library (base word "pustaka" is the Sanskrit word for "book")
• pau - bun (from Hokkien pau 包)
• pesta - party (from Portuguese festa)
• perdana menteri - prime minister (from Tamil Pardama Mantiri")
• pita - tape (from Portuguese fita)
• puasa - fasting (from Sanskrit "upavasa")
• putera - prince (from Sanskrit putra "son")
• purba - ancient (from Sanskrit "purva/poorv" meaning past)
• raja - king (from Sanskrit rāja)
• roda - wheel (from Portuguese roda)
• rokok - cigarette (from Dutch roken "to smoke")
• roti - bread (from Sanskrit roṭi)
• sabun - soap (from Arabic) sàbuun
• sains - science (from English)
• sama - same (from Sanskrit)
• salji - snow (from Arabic thalji)
• sama-sama - together (derived from loanword sama through reduplication)
• sekolah - school (from Portuguese escola)
• seks - sex (from English)
• selamat - safe, well-being (from Arabic salamat, used for greeting phrases as 'selamat pagi', etc)
• sengsara - suffering (from Sanskrit saṃsara)
• sepatu - shoe (from Portuguese sapato)
• singa - lion (from Sanskrit)
• soldadu - soldier (from Portuguese soldado)
• syariah - Islamic law (from Arabic shāri`ah)
• syukur - thankful (from Arabic shukr)
• syurga - heaven (from Sanskrit swargam)[9]
• sistem - system (from English)
• suka - happiness (from Sanskrit sukha)
• tali - string (from Sanskrit)
• tangki - tank (from Portuguese tanque)
• tauhu - beancurd (from Hokkien tao-hu)
• tarikh - date (from Arabic tārīkh)
• teh - tea (from Hokkien tɛ)
• teksi - taxi (from English taxi)
• teko - teapot (from Hokkien tɛ-ko)
• televisyen - television (from English)
• topi - hat (from Sanskrit toppi)
• tuala - towel (from Portuguese toalha)
• tukar - to exchange (from Portuguese trocar)
• unta - camel (from Sanskrit ushtra)
• utara - north (from Sanskrit uttara)
• warna - colour (from Sanskrit varnam)
• waktu - time (from Arabic waqt)
• wanita - women (from Spanish Juanita)
• zirafah - giraffe (from Arabic zirāfah)

from wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay_language

 

[ardianto]

I think a different between Malaysian language and Indonesian language is :
If Malaysian language is British English, Indonesian language is American English.

Benar atau salah hal ini, brother north malaysian ?

 

[Wyatt]

If you speak English, Scots will be the easiest, guaranteed. lol

Anything else, I would say Spanish because it's simple. But, I prefer German which may be a little harder, but way much cooler!

If you're looking to a language that is the easiest, yet far away from English, I'd say Japanese. I've also heard Bahasa Indonesia is easy as well... maybe even Korean. They all have really simple pronunciation.