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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 started on French first and picked it up quickly enough that when I did start taking Spanish it was mainly thru self-study as what I needed to learn was mainly vocab and the relevant grammar differences.
Because French, Spanish & Italian are all derived from Latin, their grammars are quite similar so taking either one should make learning the second a lot easier. The real challenge I found was in not mixing up the vocab when talking one language....I found that I often spoke French/Spanish for a while.
About getting some French conversation - check out the UofC French dept, once upon a time they had a free conversation club but I'm not sure if it's still around.