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    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?
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    Re: Easiest language to learn?

    format_quote Originally Posted by maron View Post
    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".
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    Re: Easiest language to learn?

    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.
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    Re: Easiest language to learn?

    format_quote Originally Posted by Woodrow View Post
    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
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    Re: Easiest language to learn?

    format_quote Originally Posted by wth1257 View Post
    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.
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    Re: Easiest language to learn?

    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
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    Re: Easiest language to learn?

    format_quote Originally Posted by north_malaysian View Post
    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:P

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

    format_quote Originally Posted by wth1257 View Post
    So? I taught myself basic English by the time I was like three >.>

    No formal training either:P

    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?
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    Re: Easiest language to learn?

    This depends on your mother tongue.
    For example, for a Swede, Norwegian would be a synch.
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    Re: Easiest language to learn?

    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.
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    Re: Easiest language to learn?

    format_quote Originally Posted by Lara View Post
    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

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    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
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    Re: Easiest language to learn?

    format_quote Originally Posted by north_malaysian View Post
    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.
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    Re: Easiest language to learn?

    format_quote Originally Posted by Woodrow View Post
    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...
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    Re: Easiest language to learn?

    format_quote Originally Posted by Lara View Post
    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...
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    Re: Easiest language to learn?

    format_quote Originally Posted by north_malaysian View Post
    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
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    Re: Easiest language to learn?

    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"
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    Re: Easiest language to learn?

    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:
    from wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malay_language
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    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 ?
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    Re: Easiest language to learn?

    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.
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