To think that Spanish is a ridiculous language?

[Ammadam]

Sorry to any spanish speakers. But I just wanted a mimor moan.

I've lived in France and Italy before. I thought the French and Italian languages were totally fine. They make sense. I became quite good at speaking Italian with the locals.

I'm in Spain on holiday. I've come to Spain many times on holiday, and so I'm always trying to learn Spanish a bit.

It's just such a crazy language.

Why is every word so long. Why are there so many changes for every word. Why does it sound like babble. Add to that, it's spoken extremely fast. Apparently it's the second fastest spoken language.

I was actually just talking about this to some Spanish people at a group here. They agreed that it's a very difficult language.

They said that everything is said in a much longer way than in English.

For example "Star wars" in Spanish, is "la guerra de galactica"

I also find French a lot easier than spanish.

Spanish has so many gender changes and word ending changes and so much going on!

The tenses are hard.

Don't feel bad. You're trying !

I know. I do not give a shit.

Basque is a very interesting language. I was speaking to some Basque speakers recently..

I know that "thank you" is "eskerrik asko"

This feels like bait....

Well we are on the 12th page. I think you're a bit late to the party!

I agree -have reported.
Some lovely and entertaining posts on this thread, but OP is just looking for a fight.

Reported lol. Some people are such snowflakes. A language thread? I can't see mumsnet having any issues with that.

We've actually been talking about lots of different languages in the last couple of pages.

Back to the topic, has anyone been to the Basque country?

Jo vaig.

Nice!. It's a really interesting language.

Lived in Bilbao for a year in the 90s. Very few people spoke Euskera although it was taught in schools. Heard it spoken up nearer the French border and in the countryside more.

Your point? Threads have a time limit?

I'm in Nueva York, chica.

English has loads of grammatical and pronunciation idiosyncrasies and nuances, though, it's not just about verbs. Multiple words that mean the same thing, as well, or mean something slightly different depending on circumstances. But even with verbs, there are things like swim/ swam (not swimmed), think/ thought (not thinked or thank) etc.

Yes I completed a degree in various languages both here and when I lived in US and every professional I spoke to said Spanish was the easiest. It really is. It is literal and not really variations for different verbs etc

I’m always amazed at how so many people learn English, from all kinds of different backgrounds. I know it’s everywhere on tv, songs and popular culture but still, it must be hard

Spanish so easy to learn! It’s just different to what you are used to.

But four doesn’t rhyme with flour. Cough doesn’t rhyme with though. Countless examples of English pronunciation being highly irregular. Spanish pronunciation is completely regular - no surprises.

OP, putting aside all the other aspects for a moment, have you gone to any actual Spanish classes?

I think that starting from the very beginning, with a good teacher, would help you to see that Spanish is far from difficult to learn and that it is a beautiful and fascinating language - and not ridiculous at all!

Suerte!

I think Spanish is straightforward and easy, compared to both French and Italian. Easier to pronounce, and far fewer irregular verbs.

Steer clear of Magyar OP.

Spanish grammar is quite complicated, even spanish people make a lot of mistakes when they are talking or writing.
For example you need to say el agua but some people will say la agua ( wrong) and then we have problems with laísmo, loísmo and leísmo.
Calling things different names in different region in Spain.
We talk so fast that we don finish the words ( to y na for todo y nada…)

It's said that English is a difficult language to learn also

It’s kind of weird that you can speak French and Italian and are struggling so much with Spanish. I’d actually wager English is a far harder language to learn as there isn’t a clear pattern like the Romantic languages.