The most difficult language to learn
In my previous post, I ranted on how people should rather come earlier from work and try learn some English or an alternative language (it was aimed mostly to the workaholic Japanese readers).
And so, speaking of languages, which one is the most difficult to learn ?
It's hard to tell, because a language isn't a set of grammar rules/exceptions and words. Understanding a language can be easy or not easy. In many cases a broader culture is needed to grasp the true meaning of words.
I did a quick search and I found that, apparently, Italian is not so hard to learn after all... in my ass !! Fuck that.. Italian IS hard. From a grammatical standpoint it completely obliterates Japanese and Chinese, which I hear it has a very simple grammar.
Fuck me when you tell me that Italian is easier to learn than Spanish, that is bullshit. I can spot minimal imperfections on one's Italian from a mile away, then I can classify them on a regional tendency to make certain mistakes, a possible social status or on a non native speaker.. in many cases I think I could.
Spanish I could master in one year living in Spain, considering that I can already understand much of it.
To this date I haven't met a non-native speaker that convinced me to be Italian.
But then of course there is the issue of the writing system and the question of peculiarities of different cultures.
Chinese is more difficult because one has to learn a lot of characters and to be extra-careful with pronunciation.
Japanese is more difficult because one has to learn a lot of characters (though less than Chinese), quite a bit of grammar and various forms of politeness that are complex for many Japanese themselves.
But in the end, it's laughter what says it all... if you can laugh in a language, you are a pro, if you can make laugh in a language (without making funny faces) then you are a true master.
Sure, different people have different "innate" humor skills, but in general I think that laughter is the best judge for one's language skills.
How hard is to learn a a language ?
Depends on:
- If your first language is different, how close is it to yours ? (e.g. Japanese<->English, hard !)
- Grammar
- Writing system (Chinese and Japanese, being the most complex ?)
- Phonemes (Italian: relatively easy, English: twisted, Chinese: tough)
- The level one aims to: native level and topping artificial tests doesn't overlap in many cases ! -> You can make me understand everything very properly, but can you make me laugh ?
Still... fack those surveys that say that people didn't find Italian that hard to learn... if you think you did "learn" Italian, come to daddy, I'll be glad to set you back !
And now, let's all get busy learn another language.. or to find a very good excuse for not doing it !
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spanish IS complex too
Fuck me when you tell me that Italian is easier to learn than Spanish, that is bullshit. I can spot minimal imperfections on one's Italian from a mile away, then I can classify them on a regional tendency to make certain mistakes, a possible social status or on a non native speaker.. in many cases I think I could.
I could say the same of spanish. I can recognize quite a few different pronunciations from all over spain, poor and rich, from many specific areas, and even towns within my tiny island. Many are quite damn different, and add to it the lame catalonian they mix.. and those from valencia which is like a mix from both, and in galicia it's like semi portuguese, and in southern spain they don't pronounce the C.. but they do it like a S like south americans do, and gipsies speak very differently as well and many words are even different for many areas.
Then we have grammar, feminine and male pronouns and names, 6 different words for a verb subject (for me, you, she, we, You, they). MANY MANY MANY different verbal conjugations. I know english people who have lived here for 20-30 years and still can't use verbs properly ( a very common mistake is they use past time for conditional phrases .. like.. if they wanna say "if I could do that.. " in a conditional way, they use the PAST tense instead). They also use pronoun sex forms wrong. Then we have accents too.. ´ which mark the tone of the word; use it differently and the word can mean something else. (and in catalan there's 3 modes for that).
However, for a spanish to understand italian.. I think that's a LOT easier than for most others. I've never studied Italian, yet I can recognize most of what they say at the hotel I'm working at atm.
The whole world should be forced to learn english imo, force it like do they with all other subjects in school since the first years. I think Europe is fucking lame with all the bunch of different useless and weird languages and it makes many things harder and costs money.
As for Japanese, I think watching a lot of video media helps a lot in understanding the culture and the way they speak.
Hola !
Well, I didn't mean to imply that other languages aren't filled with subtleties. In fact, every language has its own subtleties that grow from the culture it's tied to.
I didn't make a case for Spanish because I'am Italian and of course I'm somewhat interested in seeing my own language kicking ass around 8)
Spanish sounds easy to me as Italian sounds easy to Spanish speakers.. things are similar in Easter Europe for sure.
I don't like the "I know kung fu" attitude however. Some of the stuff I read was along the lines "students found it takes XXX weeks to learn YYY language". That is bullshit, because average students learn how to ask me for a cup of tea.
ole' 8)
Hmmmm "fuck me"... "come to
Hmmmm "fuck me"... "come to daddy"....
Where are those expressions coming from?
kazamericandude?? ??
Maybe... I certainly don't
Maybe... I certainly don't feel Italian anymore !
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