What is the easiest language to learn if your first language is English?

Question

I know a bit of German and that's OK. In French you have to pronounce everything the opposite of what you first thought, then add an 'e'. Just what would be easiest?

Answer 1

If you are male, Brum - the language spoken in Birmingham UK.  Just raise your voice by an octave, two octaves at the end of the sentence.

Answer 2

Spanish is quite easy.

Answer 3

Due to the high percentage of Latin based words used in the english language, it would probably be easier to learn Spanish or French. If you want to study a germanic language Dutch is the most closely related language I'd recommend, German is a bit too hard in my opinion (But I love it!)

Answer 4

First easiest would be sign language ^_~ Then, I'd say Spanish because you don't really have to worry about spelling (everything is spelled exactly the way it sounds), and there aren't as many funky rules.  

Answer 5

Literally, Scots. As it is a real language and is very simular to english only  pronounced differently and has some different words. But it depends on what language you like more, if u like romance languages (spanish french etc) more then u'd be best probably trying spanish as it has alot of words which can be "converted" from english to spanish... eg: words ending in tion ---> cion (with accent on the i) theres like 300 words which that rule applies to.. and other rules. However if you like germanic languages then u'd try norwegian. http://mithridates.blogspot.com/2008/08/...

if you have time then read that.. but basically alot of words are very simular to german and english and so stick easy, it looks complicated at first but if if you say them aloud u can be surprise at the simularities, some are just spelt weirdly. Also

Present (I, you, he argues)

jeg argumenterer

du argumenterer

han argumenterer

vi argumenterer

dere argumenterer

de argumenterer

Past (argued)

jeg argumenterte

du argumenterte

han argumenterte

vi argumenterte

dere argumenterte

de argumenterte

Future (will argue)

jeg vil argumentere

du vil argumentere

han vil argumentere

vi vil argumentere

dere vil argumentere

de vil argumentere

(copied from the link i gave before)

as you see in different tenses they dont change, like in english there are more like.. he is, you are, i am.. he talks, i talk   etc.

but here there is only one.

spanish also has like 6 or something..

also the grammer is basically the same structure as english as in you dont really send verbs to the end etc like in german

Also most people from denmark understand swedish and norwegian and vice versa... its all very simular.. and the grammer is the same so if you wanna learn swedish maybe because more people speak it then go for it.. or if u like denmark etc

Answer 6

I could be Spanish.

Answer 7

My sister, who speaks French, German, Spanish and a bit of Russian (the cow) tells me that the most simple to learn is Spanish.

This is because Spanish, as she describes it, is 'say what you see.' Ninety percent of the words are written as you'd expect them to be said, apparently.

Brum... nice one! Let's face it, Brummies don't speak English :)

Answer 8

Sign language is definitely a good one to learn!  

Answer 9

Huh American?  LOL.

Probably any Germanic language i'd say as you'd have the same roots as in english, German, Dutch...