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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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I am somewhat fluent in French; enough that I can watch French TV and have a basic conversation with somebody who speaks French.
Having never taken any Spanish courses I can also understand a lot of Spanish. Enough that I can read the signs or menus, and get the gist of what people are saying when I go to Mexico or the Dominican.
A lot of the words are close enough to know what they are saying.