Comments on: Making It Easier To Learn German

By: ladyt2193

ladyt2193 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:31:59 +0000

neither. German is more similar to english bc english is a germanic language. French and Spainish are romantic languages.
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By: Terra Nostra

Terra Nostra — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:29:59 +0000

Emily S gave you an excellent answer. Copy her text and keep it as a reminder..
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By: John

John — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:27:59 +0000

French will help you a bit with some of the vocab (i.e. ‘Büro’ comes from ‘bureau’), but in terms of grammar, French and Spanish will help you very, very, little =]

Hope it helps !
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Fluent French Speaker, Conversational in German, Lived in Europe Most of My Life

By: ?YYe, tAAy. (L)

?YYe, tAAy. (L) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:25:59 +0000

well,I have to say.
German its self,Is hard Like the grammar
‘Der,die,Das’
Etc.

I’m a Native german,and i find French closer to german.
I think it Makes It easier to understand,rather than spanish,because some words do sound similar.
French Is also closer to english.

So I think you should go with french
Its a Beautiful Language and it eventually will help you out with your German.

Good Luck. (:
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By: dnice

dnice — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:23:59 +0000

itllian pershaps
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By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:21:59 +0000

no learning spainsh or french will not help you with german
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By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:19:59 +0000

no.. but it helps if youre taking spanish, Then take french. and visa versa
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By: Emily S

Emily S — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:17:59 +0000

No. German is very similar to English. Spanish and French are romance languages whose structures and vocabulary are entirely different from English and German, both of which are Germanic languages. Other than simply practice in how to learn a foreign language, French and Spanish will not help you with learning German. However, there is something to be said for learning "how" to learn a foreign language. Spanish was the first language I studied and while it didn't help me with most of the languages I learned later in terms of grammar or vocabulary, it definitely taught me the basics of how to learn vocabulary, how languages are structured and how to understand them, and how to learn and remember grammar rules. So it's definitely not a bad thing to learn French or Spanish! Both of these languages have some similarities with English, but neither is closer than the other, really. I'd say go with Spanish because it's so much more commonly spoken, and can be really helpful in lots of places around the world, including the US.
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By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:15:59 +0000

I am learning German and I have taken spanish for a few years now, and I don't think that it helps me at all, it confuses me sometimes.
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By: rickiridiculous!

rickiridiculous! — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:12:59 +0000

does spanish or french make it easier to learn german?
i plan on learning more german eventually, but the high school i’m transferring to only has french and spanish available. does spanish make german easier to learn or does french? and grammatically, is either one close to english?