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Originally Posted by GreenLantern
I have heard a rumour that it is easier to learn French, THEN Spanish, rather than trying to learn Spanish with zero french.
Is that true? Does that even make sense? When I was in Mexico some of the more educated locals at the resort told me that.. apparently the two languages are very similar?
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They're both, along with Italian, derived from Latin so there are key similarities in the languages, a lot of the difference becomes word memorization and pronunciation differences.
I spoke french as a kid and took three years of spanish in high school. Now I can't speak any of either language.
I tried Rosetta stone, but to be honest it didn't really seem to have realistic everyday language being pushed across. I understand that they are immersing you in the language to a point, showing you items and acts and saying what they are in that language. But when I'm talking about people swimming in the 10th lesson of the first level, that doesn't come across as practical to me.
I'm thinking of trying the Pimsleur method, anyone have any luck with that system?
edit: and yes Buzzard, Romanian is from Latin too, and is apparently closer to classic Latin than any of the other romance languages.